Physics - 9

Time: 2 hr M.M. 80
Attempt all questions from section A and any four questions from section B.

SECTION-A (40 Marks)

[Attempt all questions]
Que1
(a) State Newton’s second law of motion. (2)
(b) Define the term fundamental unit. (2)
(c) Define term frequency of a simple pendulum and write its S.I unit. (2)
(d) What is second’s pendulum? What is its effective length? (2)
(e) The thickness of a paper is 10-4 m. Find the number of papers in 1metre? (2)

Que2
(a) What is zero error of a vernier callipers. (2)
(b) Why an athlete runs a certain distance before taking a long jump? Explain (2)
(c) What do you understand by uniform velocity? (2)
(d) Define the term inertia of motion. (2)
(e) What do you understand by atmospheric pressure (2)

Que3
(a) Define the term buoyant force? (2)
(b) Define acceleration. State its S.I. unit. (2)
(c) What is the CGS unit of force how is it related to the Si unit of force? (2)
(d) A body starts from rest and acquires a velocity 10ms-1 in 2 s. Find the acceleration. (2)
(e) State Archimedes principal. (2)

Que4
(a) What is the weight of a body whose mass is 20kg?(take g=10ms-2) (2)
(b) State Pascal’s Law. (2)
(c) Why it is easier to swim in sea water than in river water? (2)
(d) What is aneroid barometer? (2)
(e)Write two advantages of mercury used as a barometric liquid (2)
 SECTION -B (40 Marks)
[Attempt any four questions]
Que5
(a) Differentiate between speed and velocity. (give at least three differences) (3)
(b) Explain why, a fielder in cricket moves his hands backward while catching a fast moving ball? (3)
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(c) Brakes applied to a car produce a uniform retardation of 0.9 ms . If the car was travelling with a velocity
of 27ms-1, what distance will it cover before coming to rest? (4)

Que6
(a)Write any three defects of a simple barometer? (3)
(b)The normal pressure of air is 76cm of mercury. Calculate the pressure in SI units.[Take g=10ms-1 and
density of mercury=13600 kgm-3] (3)
(c) A train travels with a speed of 60 km/h from station A to station B and then comes back with a speed of
80km/h from station B to station A. Find (i) the average speed (ii) the average velocity of the train. (4)

Que7
(a) The speed of a car weighing 1500kg increases from 40ms-1to 50 ms-1. Calculate the change in its
momentum. (3)
(b) Explain how does the time- period of a simple pendulum depends on
(i) length of pendulum (ii) acceleration due to gravity. (3)
(C)Write the laws of liquid pressure. (4)

Que8
(a) when the a shot is fired from a gun, the gun recoils .explain giving suitable reason. (3)
(b) An Iron nail sinks in water while a ship made of iron does not sink in water. (3)
(c) Describe an experiment to demonstrate the presence of atmospheric pressure. (4)

Que9
(a) A hammer exerts a force of 1.5 N on each of the two nails A and B. The area of cross section of tip of
nail A is 2 mm2 while that of nail B is 6 mm2. Calculate the pressure on each Nail. (3)
(b) State Newton's law of gravitation. Write an expression for the gravitational force of attraction
between two bodies of masses m1 and m2 separated by a distance r. (3)
(c) Compare the time periods of two pendulums of length 1m and 9 m. (4)

Q10(a) How does the density of a substance determine whether a solid piece of that substance will float or
sink in a given liquid? (3)
(b) Name the three systems of unit and state their various fundamental units. (3)
(c) A body is moving in a straight line and its displacement at various instants of time is given in the
following table:

Time(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Displacement(m) 2 6 12 12 12 18 22 24

Plot displacement-time graph and calculate:

(i) Total distance travelled in interval 1 s to 5 s,
(ii) Average velocity in time interval 1s to 5 s. (4)