ASTU SPECIAL SCHOOL

PHYSICS SELF PRACTICE QUESTION FOR GRADE 9 IN 2015 E.C.

UNIT 1: VECTORS
CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS
1. Define basic and derived physical quantities.
2. Define scalars and vector quantities.
3. Categorize the following given physical quantities under basic, derived, scalar and vector
quantities
Mass, Speed, Velocity, Temperature, Electric current, Time, Distance, Displacement,
Length, Charge, Amount of substance, Acceleration, Weight, Luminous intensity,
Work, Energy, Power, Acceleration due to gravity, Friction, Pressure, Frequency,
Heat, Torque, Momentum, Force, Electric field strength, Magnetic field strength,
Capacitance, Potential difference, Resistance
4. Is there any physical quantity neither scalar nor vector?
5. Identify the statement that contains the vector only.
A. The change in momentum of a rubber ball bouncing off the floor.
B. The velocity of an airplane flying at 300 km. h-1 on a bearing of 40 .
C. The speed of a car travelling at100 km.h-1.
D. The acceleration of an object thrown vertically upwards
6. A vector has zero magnitude. Is it necessary to specify its direction? Explain.
7. If two vectors are equal, what can you say about their components?
8. ⃗ ⃗⃗ =0, identify which clearly interpret it.
A. The two vectors are unequal in magnitude and opposite direction
B. The two vectors are equal in magnitude and opposite direction
C. The two vectors are unequal in magnitude and same direction
D. The two vectors are unequal in magnitude, opposite and same direction
9. If two vectors have the same magnitude, do their components have to be the same?
10. Why vector additions are more complex than scalar addition?
11. Identify the true statement.
A) A scalar quantity can be added to a vector
B) It is possible for the magnitude of a vector to equal zero even though one of its
components is non-zero
C) Scalar quantities are path dependent, while vectors are not.
D) Scalar quantities and vector quantities can both be added algebraically
E) A scalar contains magnitude and direction while a vector does not.
12. List and discuss types of vectors.
13. Discuss the use of Pythagoras theorem and trigonometric relation in resolution of vectors
and write the equation related to this.
14. Define equilibrium and state its first condition.

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PROBLEMS
1. A force of magnitude F acts at an angle to the horizontal. Write the magnitude of the
horizontal and vertical components of the force and its direction.
2. Two forces of magnitude 2 N and 5 N acts simultaneously on a body. Find the interval
possible resultant of the two forces?
3. Find the resultant and direction of the forces. 40N

a) 100N 80N b)
30N
4. The maximum resultant of two vectors is 26 unit and minimum resultant is 16 unit, then
the magnitude of each vector is: (A) 21, 5 (B) 13, 13 (C) 20, 6 (D) 13, 6
5. Find the resultant force from the figure below.

6. The magnitude of vector is⃗⃗⃗⃗ 35.0 units and points in the direction 325° counterclockwise
from the positive x-axis. Calculate the x- and y-components of this vector.
7. Find the magnitude and direction of each of the following four vectors. For each draw a
graph.
Vector x- component y- component
A 3 units -4 units
B 5 units 1 units
C -2 units -3 units
D -12 units 6 units
8. A net force of 55 N acts due west on an object. What single force on the object produces
equilibrium?
9. Three forces are acting on an object which is in equilibrium. What is Force A?

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MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. Which of the following groups are vector quantities?
A. Velocity, Displacement, Energy B. Weight, Momentum, Displacement
C. Momentum, Acceleration, Work D. Power, Force, Acceleration
2. Which of the following groups are scalar quantities?
A. energy, torque and force B. speed, density and mass
C. temperature, distance and velocity D. volume, acceleration and weight
3. Two forces of magnitude 3 N and 4 N respectively act on a body. The maximum
possible magnitude of the resultant of these forces is
A 12 N B7N C5N D1N
4. A force of magnitude F acts at an angle α to the horizontal. The magnitude of the
horizontal component of the force is …
A. F cos α B. F sin α C. F sin (900 - α) D. 0
5. Two forces of magnitude 20 N and 50 N acts simultaneously on a body. Which one of the
following forces cannot be a resultant of the two forces?
A 20 N B. 30 N C 40 N D 70 N
6. What is the magnitude of the sum of 15 km displacement and 25 km displacement when
the angle between them is 135 (Use cosine law: = ).
A. 37km B. 74km C. 29 km D. 58km
7. Unit vectors are vectors characterized by having:
A. One magnitude only B. One magnitude and direction
C. Two magnitude only. D. Two magnitude and direction
8. Among the given pairs, which contains collinear vectors?
A. 20N, East and 30N, south B. 40N, North and 60N, south
C. 40N, North and 60N, east D. 20N, west and 30N, north
9. A net force of 55 N acts due west on an object. What single force on the object produces
equilibrium?
A. 55N, East B. 55N, West C. 55N, North D. 55N, South
10. Two boys push on a box. One pushes with a force of 125 N to the east. The other exerts a
force of 165 N to the north. What is the size and direction of the resultant force on the
box respectively?
A. 290N, 53 B. 40 N, 55 C. 207N, 52.85 D. 145N, 52.85
11. What is the resultant force if two forces, A and B, act on an object? Force A is 85 N and
is at an angle of 20° to the horizontal. Force B is 125 N and is at an angle of 60° to the
horizontal.
A. 142.4N B.197.8 N C. 137.4N D. 145N
12. The system is equilibrium if the net force equal to:
A. nonzero B. zero C. One D. Two

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13. Three forces are applied on a box as indicated as in figure 1. What is the resultant and
equilibrant force respectively? 100N

200N 350N Figure 1

A.50N to the West, 50N, to the West B. 50N to the East, 50N, to the West

C. 50N to the West, 50N, to the East D. 50N to the East, 50N, to the East

14. After walking 11 km due north from camp, a hiker then walks 11 km due east. What is
the total distance walked by the hiker and total displacement from the starting point
respectively?

A. 22m, 11m, South East B. 22m, 11m, North east

C.11m, 22m South East D. 11m, 22m South East

15. Choose the incorrect statement.

A. Vectors having same direction can be added.
B. Vectors having same magnitude can be added.
C. Vectors having different physical quantities can be added.
D. Vectors representing same physical quantity can be added.
16. Two equal forces acting at a point, at right angle to each other have a resultant of 14.14N.
The magnitude of each force is
A. 28.28 N B. 24.14 N C. 10 N D. 7.07 N
17. Two equal forces are acting at a point with an angle of 60 between them. If the resultant
force is equal to 40 N, the magnitude of each force is
A. 40 N B. 20 N C. 80 N D. 30 N
18. In which quadrant both the x- and y- components of a given vector are negative? If it is in
quadrant ______. A. I B. II C. III D. IV
19. In which quadrant both the x- and y- components of a given vector are positive? If it is in
quadrant ______. A. I B. II C. III D. IV
20. The values of x- and y- components of a vector ⃗ are, 0 and 0. In which
quadrant they are exist? A. I B. II C. III D. IV
21. The values of x- and y- components of a vector ⃗ are, 0 and 0. In which
quadrant they are exist? A. I B. II C. III D. IV
22. Given that ⃗ = 10 units with 45 from +v x-axis. y 10units

What are the x- and y- components of⃗⃗⃗⃗? 45 x Figure 2

A. 7unit, 7unit B. 7 unit, 10 unit C. 8 unit, 7 unit D. 6unit, 7 unit