DPS MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL

DOHA – QATAR
CHAPTERWISE QUESTION BANK FOR DIRECT QUESTIONS

SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS : IX

Date of Submission: 03/01/2023

MOTION
I) Define the following terms with its units
(1) Scalar quantity
(2) Displacement
(3) Distance
(4) Average velocity
(5) Acceleration
(6) Uniform speed
(7) Non-uniform speed
(8) Distance
(9) Average speed
(10) Speed
II) In the following questions mention its formula
(1) Velocity-time equation
(2) Displacement-Time equation
(3) Velocity- displacement equation
(4) Average velocity =
(5) Acceleration =
III) Study the graphs of the objects moving in a direction and state
its motion:
(1)
 (2)

(3)

(IV) Numerical
(1) A car covers 30km in 30 min and the next 30km in 40 min. Calculate
the average speed for the entire journey.
(2) The velocity- time graph of a particle moving along a straight line
is shown in fig :
(a) Is the motion uniform?
(b) Is the acceleration uniform?
(c) Does the particle change its direction of motion?
(d)Find the distances covered from 0 to 4 seconds.

FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

(I) State/Define the following :

(1) Force
(2) Balanced force
(3) Inertia
(4) Law of Inertia
(5) Momentum
(6) Second law of motion
(7) Action
(8) Third law of motion
(9) One Newton
(II) In the following questions mention its formula
(1) Momentum (p)
(2) Force F=
(III) Give reasons for the following
(1) Why does the passenger sitting in a moving bus are pushed
in the forward direction when the bus stops suddenly?
 (2) Which of the following has more inertia: A rubber ball and a
stone of the same size and why?
(3) Explain why is it difficult for a fire-man to hold a hose,
which ejects large amounts of water at a high velocity.
(4) While we walk on ground, we moves forward. Why?
(5) Why does a person while firing a bullet holds the gun tightly
to his shoulders?
(IV) Numerical
(1) An object of mass 100 kg is accelerated uniformly from a
velocity of 5 ms-1 to 8 ms−1 in 6 s. Calculate the initial and final
momentum of the object. Also, find the magnitude of the force
exerted on the object.
(2) A force of 25 N acts on a mass of 500 g resting on a frictionless
surface. What is the acceleration produced?
(3) Prove the mathematical formulation of second law of motion.

GRAVITATION

(I) State/ Define the following:

(1) Newton’s law of gravitation
(2) Acceleration due to gravity
(3) Weight of an object
(4) Free fall
(5) Gravitation
(6) Pressure
(7) Archimedes principle
(II) In the following questions mention its formula
(1) Weight of an object
(2) Acceleration due to gravity
(3) Universal gravitational constant
(4) Thrust
 (5) Pressure
(III) Numerical
(1) What happens to the force between two objects if the
distance between them is tripled?
(2) What is the mass of an object whose weight is 49 N?
(3) How much would a 70kg man weigh on the moon? What
would be his mass on the earth and on the moon?
(4) A body is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of
48m/s. Calculate:
(i) The maximum height to which it rises
(ii) The total time it takes to return to the surface of the
earth.
(5) Calculate the force of gravitation between the earth and the
sun given the mass of the earth is 6 × 1024 kg and the sun is
2×10 30 kg. The average distance between the two is 1.5 ×1011
m.

WORK AND ENERGY

(I) Define the following with its units:

(1) Kinetic energy
(2) Gravitational Potential energy
(3) Work
(4) Energy
(II) In the following questions mention its formula
(1) Energy possessed by an object due to the virtue of its
motion.
(2) Energy possessed by an object due to the virtue of its
configuration
(3) Work done
(III) Numerical
(1) An elevator lifts a load of 1250 kg through a height of 20 m.
Calculate the work done by the elevator.
 (2) A bullet of mass 30 g, moving with a speed of 400m/s
penetrates 10 cm into a mud wall. What is the average force
exerted by the wall on the bullet?
(3) Derive an expression for the energy possessed by an object due
to the virtue of its motion.
(4) On a level road, a scooterist applies breaks to slow down from
a speed of 36km/h to 18 km/h. Find the work done by the
breaks. The mass of the scooter is 86 kg and the mass of the
scooterist and petrol is 64 kg.
(5) A body of mass 20 kg falls through a distance of 50 cm. What is
the loss in potential energy?

Sound
(I) Define the following terms with its unit (if any)
(1) Frequency
(2) Wavelength
(3) Time period
(4) Longitudinal wave
(5) Loudness of sound
(6) Ultra sonic
(7) Compressions
(8) Rarefactions

(II) Answer the following question

(1) How the sound produced by a vibrating object reaches the
listener?
(2) What are the factors, which affects the speed of the sound
wave?
(3) What are the differences between noise and music?
(4) Sound travels with a speed of about 330 m/s. what is the
wavelength of sound whose frequency is 550 hz?
(5) A man shouts while standing in front of a hill at a distance of
800m. He hears the echo after 4.9 s. What is the speed of the
sound?