DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

PLP Practice Sheet (Physics) (2023-24)

CLASS: IX

CHAPTER 7 : MOTION

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Name the quantity measured by the area occupied below the velocity-time graph.
2. Draw velocity-time graph for an object moving with uniform velocity.
3. What can you say about the motion of a body if its displacement-time graph is a straight line parallel to
the time axis?
4. Under what condition is the magnitude of distance and displacement equal?

5. A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 5m. What is its displacement when it completes 1½
revolutions?
6. What is the nature of the distance-time graph for accelerated motion?
7. If the acceleration of the particle is constant in magnitude but not in direction, what type of path does
the particle follow?
8. Why is the motion of an athlete moving along the circular path an accelerated motion?
9. Define uniform motion.
10. State the meaning of uniform circular motion.

SHORT ANSWER QUASTIONS

1. A body is moving along a circular path of radius R. what will be the distance and displacement of the
body when it completes half a revolution?
2. What is the difference between distance and displacement?
3. The graph given below is the distance-time graph of an object.

a. Find the speed of the object during first four seconds of its journey.
b. How long was it stationary?
c. Does it represent a real situation? Justify your answer.
4. A body can have zero average velocity but not zero average speed. Justify
5. An electric train is moving with a velocity of 120km/hr. How much distance will it cover in 30s.
6. A particle moves 3m north, then 4m east and finally 6m south. Calculate the displacement.
7. Discuss the motion depicted in the following graph:

Numericals

1) A girl moves with the speed of 6 km/h for 2h and with the speed of 4km/h for the next 3h. Find the total
distance moved and average speed of the girl. (24 km, 48 km/h,)

2) A farmer moves along the boundary of a square field of side 10m in 40s. What will be the magnitude of
displacement of the farmer at the end of 2min.20s? ( 10√2 m)

4) A bus accelerates uniformly from 54km/h to 72km/h in 10s. Calculate: (i) the acceleration (ii) the distance
covered by the bus in that time. (0.5 m/s2, s=175m)

5) A car travels at 54 km/h for first 20 s, 36 km/h for next 30 s and finally 18 km/h for next 10 s. Find its
average speed.

6. Study the speed-time graph of a body shown in figure and

answer the following questions:

(a) What type of motion is represented by OA?

(b) What type of motion is represented by AB?
(c) What type of motion is represented by BC?
(d) Calculate the acceleration of the body.
(e) Calculate the retardation of the body.
(f) Calculate the distance travelled by the body from A to B.
(g) total distance travelled by the body in 16 sec
CHAPTER 8: FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

Chose the correct option:

1. What may be observed due to inertia?
a. The object will accelerate
b. The object will move with constant velocity
c. The object may change its direction of motion
d. The object will travel with variable speed
2. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. This shows that the motion of
train is:
a. Accelerated
b. Uniform
c. Retarded
d. Along circular path
3. A physical quantity is equal to rate of change of momentum. What is the SI unit of that quantity?
a. kg m/s2
b. kg m/s
c. m/s2
d. Pascal
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:

(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

1) Assertion: Out of car and a truck, truck will have more inertia.
Reason: More the mass, more the inertia hence truck has more inertia.
2) Assertion : Mass is a measure of inertia of the body in linear motion.
Reason : Greater the mass, greater is the force required to change its state of rest or motion.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. What is meant by inertia? What are the types of inertia? Give one example of each.
2. State Newton’s second law of motion. Give reason why it is easier to push an empty cart in a
supermarket than it is to push a loaded one?
3. State Newtons’s laws of motion and give one example of each.
4. Why does a fielder lowers his hand while when he catches the ball ?
5. Define momentum of a body. Write its mathematical expression.
 6. Calculate the force required to impart a car a velocity of 30m/s in 10 seconds. The mass of the car
is 1500 kg.
7. A motorcycle is moving with a velocity of 90km/h and it takes 5 seconds to stop after the brakes
are applied. Calculate the force exerted by the brakes on the motorcycle if its mass along with the
rider is 200kg.
8. What is the momentum of a man of mass 75kg when he walks with a velocity of 2m/s?
9. What would be the force required to produce an acceleration of 2m/s2 in a body of mass 12 kg?
What would be the acceleration it the force were doubled?
10. Two cars having masses in the ratio 4 : 5, accelerate in the ratio 2:3. Find the ratio of forces exerted
by each of them.

CHAPTER 9 : GRAVITATION

Chose the correct option:

1) The value of quantity G in the law of gravitation:
a. depends on mass of earth only
b. depends on radius of earth only
c. depends on both mass and radius of earth
d. is independent of mass and radius of the earth
2) The weight of an object at the centre of the earth of radius R is:
a. zero
b. infinite
c. R times the weight at the surface of the earth
d. 1/R2 times the weight at surface of the earth

3) A body of mass 1 kg is attracted by the earth with a force equal to

a. 9.8N
b. 1N
c. 6.67 x 1011 N m2/ Kg2
d. 9.8 m/s

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:

(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

4) Assertion: During a journey from the earth to the moon and back, maximum fuel is spent to overcome the
earth’s gravity at takeoff.
Reason: Earth’s mass is much greater than that of the moon.

5) Assertion : When distance between two bodies is doubled and also mass of each body is doubled, then
the gravitational force between them remains the same.
Reason : According to Newton’s law of gravitation, product of force is directly proportional to the
product mass of bodies and inversely proportional to square of the distance between them.
 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1) Suppose gravity of earth suddenly becomes zero, then in which direction will the moon begin to
move if no other celestial body affects it?
2) What happens to the force between two objects, When?
i) the mass of one object is doubled?
ii) the distance between the objects is doubled?
3) Suppose that the radius of the earth becomes twice of its original radius without any change in its
mass. Then what will happen to your weight?
4) Calculate the force of gravity acting on your friend of mass 60kg.
5) How does acceleration due to gravity change with shape of earth ? (At poles and equator)
6) An object weighs 10N when measured on the surface of the earth. What would be its weight when
measured on the surface of the Moon? g = 10 m/s2.
7) An object is thrown vertically upwards and rises to a height of 10m. Calculate (i) the velocity with
which the object was thrown upwards and (ii) the time taken by the object to reach the highest point.
Take g = 10 m/s2.
8) a) Define pressure. What is the relation between pressure, force and area ?
b) Why School Bags have Wide Straps ?
9) A block of wood is kept on a table top. The mass of the wooden block is 5 kg and its dimension
are 40 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm. Find the pressure exerted by the wooden block on the table top if it is
made to lie on the table with its sides of dimensions (a) 20 cm x 10 cm (b) 40 cm x 20 cm.
10) a) Define Archimedes’ principle.
b) When a boat is partially immersed in water, it displaces 600 kg of water. How much is the
buoyant force acting on the boat in newtons ?

CHAPTER 10 : Work and Energy

1. A car is accelerated on a levelled road and attains a velocity 4 times of its initial velocity. In this process
the potential energy of the car.
a) does not change b) becomes twice to that of initial
c) becomes 4 times that of initial d) becomes 16 times that of initial

2. Which one of the following is not the unit of energy?

a) Joule b) newton metre c) kilowatt d) kilowatt hour
3. When an object falls freely towards the earth, then its total energy
a) decreases b) Increases
c) first increases and then decreases d) remains constant

4. A car is accelerated on a levelled road and attains a speed of 4 times its initial speed• In this process kinetic
energy of the car :
a) Does not change b) becomes 4 times that of initial kinetic energy
c) becomes 8 times that of initial kinetic energy d) becomes 16 times that of initial kinetic energy
5. Each of the following statement describes a force acting. Which force is causing work to be done ?
a. the weight of a pot at rest on a table. b. The pull of a moving tractor on its trolley.
c. The tension in the string of a moving pendulum. d. The push of a person on a wall.

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:

(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

1. Assertion : The work done during a round trip is not zero.

Reason : No force is required to move a body in its round trip.
2. Assertion : When the force retards the motion of a body, the work done is negative.
Reason : Work done depends on angle between force and displacement.
3. Assertion : A winded toy car, when placed on floor, starts moving.
Reason : Toy car has kinetic energy stored in it which facilitates its motion.

Answer the following Questions

1. Name the quantity whose unit is kilowatt-hour ?

2. Is work a scalar or vector quantity?
3. What kind of energy is possessed by a compressed spring?
4. Two bodies A and B of equal masses are kept at heights of h and 2h
respectively. What will be the ratio of their potential energies?
5. How much work is done on a body if the body displaces perpendicular to force ?
6. Define the SI unit of work.
7. A lamp consumes 1000 J of energy in 5 sec. What is its power?
8. Define SI unit of power?
9. A porter lifts a luggage of 5 kg from the ground and puts it on his head 2m above the ground. Calculate
the work done by him on the luggage?
10. A light and heavy body have the same kinetic energy . Which is moving faster?
11. Is it possible that a force is acting on a body but still work done is zero? Explain giving one example.
12. A body weighing 40 kg makes a high jump of 1.5m
(i) What is his kinetic energy at the highest point?
(ii) What is his potential energy at the highest point? (g = 10 m/s2 )
13. How much work should be done on a bicycle of mass 20 kg to increase its speed from 2m/s to 5m/s?
14. Derive work energy Theorem.
15. Find the momentum of a body of mass 100 g having a kinetic energy of 20 J.
16. Identify in each case whether work done in each case is negative, positive or zero by giving appropriate
reason in support of your answer
17. What is the power of a pump which takes 10 seconds to lift 100 kg of water to a water tank situated at a
height of 20 m ? (g = 10 m s–2)
(a) A body falling freely due to force of gravity.
(b) A man of 60 kg carrying a luggage of 80 kg on his head waiting for the train on platform.
(c) A squirrel going up a tree.
(d) An engine is pulling coaches of train.

CHAPTER 11 : Sound.

1. Which of the following device does not work on multiple reflection mof sound waves?
a) stethoscope b) hydrophone c) soundboard d) megaphone

2. Which characteristic of the sound helps you to identify your friend by his voice while sitting with others in
a darkroom?
a) frequency b) loudness c)timbre d)pitch

3. The bats can fly in the darkness of night without colliding with the other objects by emitting special sounds
while flying. Which sound is used by the bats to navigate?
a) Ultrasound b) Infrasound c) Audible sound d) None of these
4. At 200 C, the minimum distance of a person from a sound reflecting surface to hear an echo is
a) 12.2m b) 17.2m c)15.2m d)34.4m

5. We can change a feeble sound to a loud sound by increasing its

a) frequency b) amplitude c) velocity d)wavelength

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:

(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

1. Assertion : Two persons on the surface of moon cannot talk to each other.
Reason : There is no atmosphere on moon.

2. Assertion : Echo is produced when sound is incident on hard and polished surface.
Reason : Sound energy can be totally reflected by objects with soft and loose texture.

3. Assertion : The sound of the human voice is produced due to vibrations in the vocal cords.
Reason : Vibration means a kind of rapid to and fro motion of an object.
Answer the following Questions

1. Why do we say that sound waves are longitudinal?

2. Which property of sound helps to differentiate between sound of a boy and a girl.
3. State the laws of reflection of sound.
4. Give the conditions required for hearing a distinct echo.
5. Differentiate between ultrasound and infrasound?
6. Give any two uses of multiple reflection of sound.
7. What is ultrasonography?
8. Explain how defects in a metal block can be detected using ultrasound.
9. Define amplitude, time period and frequency of sound wave.
10. Two sound waves A and B are shown in the figure. Identify the sound wave hiving :
(i) high loudness (ii) high pitch

11. Describe with the help of a diagram, how compressions and rarefactions are produced in the air near a
source of sound.
12. A wave is moving in air with a velocity of 340m/s. Calculate the wavelength if its frequency is 512Hz?
13. An echo is returned in 6 seconds. What is the distance of reflecting surface from source? [Given that
speed of sound is 342 m/s].
14. (a) What is reverberation ? Write two ways of reducing reverberation.
(b) Distinguish between tone and note.
(c) With the help of a simple diagram, explain how defects in a metal block can be detected using
ultrasound.
15. (a) What is the frequency range of hearing in humans ?
(b) Which of the following sound frequencies cannot be heard by a human ear ?
(i) 10 Hz (ii) 100 Hz (iii) 10,000 Hz (iv) 15 Hz (v) 40,000 Hz
16. The longitudinal waves travel a distance of 16m in 4s in a coiled spring . The distance between two
consecutive compressions is 20 cm. Find : (i) Speed (i) Wavelength of the wave (ii) Frequency of the
wave.