CLASS-9-PHYSICS_29-8-2021

Force and laws of motion

1. Consider two spring balances hooked as shown in Fig. We pull them in opposite
directions. If the reading shown by A is 3 N, the reading shown by B will be

(a) 3 N (b) 2.5 N (c) 1.5 N (d) zero

2. A stone is tied to the middle of a string and suspended from one end as shown in Fig.
Here S is the stone and O is the point of suspension. If you give a sharp jerk at P, the
string will break

(a) below the stone (b) at the point P itself

(c) from above the stone (d) nothing can be decided
3. A sledge of mass 25 kg is pulled across level ground with a horizontal force of 60 N.
The constant force of friction is 20 N. What is the acceleration of the sledge?
(a) 0.63 m/s2 (b) 1.6 m/s2 (c) 2.4 m/s2 (d) 3.2 m/s2
4. Which of the following involves Newton’s second law of motion?
(a) When two bodies of unequal masses are acted upon by the same force for the
same time, the momentum gained by both the bodies is the same.
(b) A body at rest moves in the same direction as that of the applied force.
(c) A body hitting a wall with his hand using muscular force experiences pain.
(d) Both (a) and (b)
5. A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with a constant acceleration. It travels a
distance of 400 m in 20 s. Find the force acting on it if its mass is 7 metric tonnes.
(a) 7000 N (b) 14000 N (c) 28000 N (d) 3500 N
6. An electric fan is placed on a stationary boat and air is blown with it on the sail of the
boat. Which of the following statements is correct ?
(a) The boat will start moving with uniform speed.
(b) The boat will be uniformly accelerated in the direction of the flow of air.
(c) The boat will be uniformly accelerated in the direction opposite to the direction of
flow of air.
(d) The boat will remain stationary as before.
7. If a constant force acts on a body initially at rest, the distance moved by the body in
time t is proportional to :
(a) t (b) t2 (c) t3 (d) t4
8. In a game of tug of war, a condition of equilibrium exists. Both the teams pull the rope
with a force of 104N. Find the tension in the rope.
(a) 104N (b) 105N (c) 0 N (d) 2 x 104N

9. A car of mass 400kg travelling at 72 kmph crashes into a truck of moss 4000 kg and
travelling at 9 kmph in the same direction. The car bounces back with a speed at 18
kmph. The speed of the truck after the impact is
(a) 9 kmph (b) 18 kmph (c) 27 kmph (d) 36 kmph.

10. A bullet of mass 100 g is fired from a gun of mass 20 kg with a velocity of 100 ms -1.
The velocity of recoil of the gun is
(a) 0.5 m/s (b) 1 m/s (c) 0.2 m/s (d) 5 m/s
11. An object of mass 10 kg is dropped from a height reaches the ground in 3 seconds. Its
momentum just before it hits the ground is
(a) 29.4 kgm/s (b) 294 kg m/s (c) zero (d) 392 kgm/s
12. A cricket ball of mass 100 g is moving with velocity 25 m/s. Then the momentum of the
ball is
(a) 7.5 kg.m/s (b) 3 kg.m/s (c) 2 .5 kg.m/s (d) 4 kg.m/s
13. What will be the momentum of a toy car of mass 200 g moving with a speed of 5 m/s ?
(a) 1 kg m/s (b) 2 kg m/s (c) 3 kg m/s (d) 4 kg m/s
14. Momentum has units
(a) kg m/sec (b) kg-m (c) kg-m.sec (d) kg/sec
15. An athlete runs some distance before taking a long jump, because
(a) It helps him to gain energy
(b) It helps to apply large force
(c) It gives himself large amount of inertia
(d) None of these