LAWRENCE COLLEGE, GHORA GALI, MURREE

Series Test (Round-1)-2018

Physics for Class IX-AB

Time: 20 Minutes Marks: 20

PC No: Name: __________ Section:

Q No.1 All the questions are provided with four choices, encircle the correct
choice. Cutting/overwriting &the use of ink remover/lead pencil is not
allowed.

1. Which instrument is most used to measure the internal diameter of a test tube?
a) Meter Rule b) Vernier Callipres c) Measuring tape d) Screw Gauge

2. One micrometer is equal to:

a) 10-6m b) 106m c) 10-3m d) 10 3m
3. Which one of the following is not a derived unit?
a) Gram b) Kilogram c) Newton d) Mole
4. The value of acceleration produced by a 20N force in a mass of 8 kg is
a ) 2.5 N b) 3.5 N c) 5.5 N d) 7.5 N
5. See-saw is an example of:
a) Rotatory motion b) Circular motion
c) Vibratory motion d) Random motion
6. A body has translatory motion if it moves along a:
a) straight line b) circle
c) line without rotation d) curved path
7. A change in position is called:
a) speed b) velocity c) displacement d) distance
8. Inertia depends upon:
a) force b) mass c) net force d) velocity
9. A measuring cylinder is used to measure:
a) mass b) volume c) area d) level of liquid
10. Newton’s law of motion is valid only in the absence of:
a) force b) net force c) friction d) momentum
11. The weight of a body of 20 kg mass is:
a) 2 N b) 20 N c) 40 N d) 200 N
12. Which force is needed to a car moving in circular path?
a) friction b) tension c) gravitational d) centripetal
13. The number of forces that can be added by head to tail rule are:
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) any number
14. A body is in equilibrium when its:
 a) acceleration is uniform b) speed is uniform c) both a and b d) acceleration is zero
15. The net torque acting on a rotating body with uniform speed is:
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
16. If the force is 200N and length of spanner is 0.15m then torque will be:
a) 30 N m b) 20 N m c) 15 N m d) 10 N m
17. The orbital speed of a low orbit satellite is:
a) zero b) 8 ms -1 c) 800 ms-1 d) 8000 ms-1
18. Earth’s gravitational force of attraction vanishes at:
a) 6400 km b) infinity c) 42300 km d) 100 km
19. Near the surface of earth, the gravitational field strength is about:
a) 3 N kg-1 b) 5 N kg-1 c) 10 N kg-1 d) 8 N kg-1
20. The value of g on moon’s surface is 1.6 ms -2.What will be the weight of a 100 kg body on the

surface of the moon?

a) 100N b) 160N c) 1000N d) 1600N

LAWRENCE COLLEGE, GHORA GALI, MURREE

Series Test (Round-1)-2018
Physics for Class IX-AB
Time: 2:40 Hours Marks: 80
SECTION-A
Q No. 2 Answer any Eight parts from the followings: (8 X 2=16)
1. What is meant by base units?

2. Estimate your age in seconds?

3. What is nuclear physics?

4. Differentiate between speed and velocity?

5. What is meant by scientific notation or standard form?

6. Write two advantages of physics in our daily life?

7. Define pitch of screw?

8. Can a body moving at a constant speed have acceleration?

 9. How can vector quantities be represented graphically?

10. How are vector quantities important to us in our daily life?

Q No. 3 Answer any Eight parts from the followings: (8 X 2=16)

1. Draw the graph of constant speed?

2. Define gravitational acceleration?

3. Convert 36 Km-1 into ms-1.

4. What is the difference between action and reaction?

5. Why it is dangerous to travel on roof of a bus?

6. Why is the law of conservation of momentum important?

7. Why the spinner of a washing machine is made to spin at a very high speed?

8. Prove that 1N=1Kgms-1?

9. Write two advantages and disadvantages of friction?

10. Differentiate between centripetal and centrifugal force?

Q No. 4 Answer any Nine parts from the followings: (9 X 2=18)

1. Differentiate between stable and neutral equilibrium?

2. How head to tail rule help to find the resultant of force?

3. Give an example of a moving body which is in equilibrium?

4. Why the height of vehicles is kept as low as possible?

5. What is meant by resolution of forces or vectors?

6. Define plumb line?

7. What is meant by force of gravitation?

8. Why earlier scientists could not guess about the gravitational force?

9. Why law of gravitation is important to us?

10. Why does the value of g vary from place to place?

 SECTION-B

Attempt any three questions from section B (10x3=30)

Q.3 a. Explain distance time graph and speed time graph. [6]
b. How does prefixes micro, nano and pico relates to each other? [4]

Q.4 a. Describe Newton’s second & third law of motion with examples. [6]
b. A force of 20N moves a body with acceleration of 2ms -2, what is its mass? [4]

Q.5 a. What is meant by perpendicular components? How force can be resolved into its perpendicular
components. [6]
b. A nut has been tightened by a force of 200 N using 10 cm long spanner. What length of spanner is
required to loosen a same nut with 150 N force. [4]

Q.6 a. Find the mass of earth by using law of gravitation. [6]

b. Find the value of g due to earth at geostationary satellite. The radius of the geostationary
orbit is 48700 Km. [4]