D.A.V.

SCHOOL
(Affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi)
SREE NANDEESWARAR CAMPUS, ADAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI-88
CLASS: VI HOME ASSIGNMENT- 2 SUBJECT: PHYSICS
(2023 – 2024)

1. A bar magnet has no markings to indicate its poles. How will you find, its N-S pole?

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2.Three identical iron bars were dipped in a heap of iron filings one by one. The figure shows the amount
of iron filings sticking to each of them.
a. Which iron bars is likely to be the strongest magnet? Give reason.
b. Which iron bar is not a magnet?

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3.Suggest an arrangement to store a U-shaped magnet. How is this different from storing a pair of bar
magnet?

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4.Observe picture A and B and state which of the following

statement is correct? Give reason to support your answer.

a. In A, car 1 and car 2 will come closer and in B, car 3 and car 4
will come closer.
b. In A, car 1 and car 2 will move away from each other and in B,
car 3 and car 4 will move away.

c. In A, car 1 and 2 will come closer to each other and in B, car 3

and car 4 will move away from each other.

5. Ravi kept a magnet close to an ordinary iron bar. He observed

that the iron bar attracts a pin shown in figure. What inference could be drawn from the observation?
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6. Suspend a bar magnet with a thread on a stand and rotate the base of the stand. What will happen?

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7. A bar magnet is cut into two pieces A and B from the middle. Will the two pieces act as individual
magnets? Name this property of a magnet.

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8. Rashmi is playing with her friends. Her grandma asked her to look for her sewing needle that has fallen
on the ground. She brings a magnet to search the needle.
a. Which property of a magnet would you think helped Rashmi to find the needle? ___________________
b. Name any 4 magnetic and non- magnetic substances. ________________________________________
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9. The question below consists of an Assertion and a Reason. Use the following key to choose the
appropriate answer.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
i) Assertion: Like poles of the magnet repel each other.
Reason: North pole of a magnet repels south pole of the other magnet. _________
ii) Assertion: Demagnetisation is the process of destroying the magnetic properties of a magnet.
Reason: Magnets lose their properties if they are heated, hammered or dropped from a height. To
keep them safe they are kept in magnetic keepers. _______
iii) Assertion: A magnet has an ability to pull or attract objects made of iron even from a distance.
Reason: A magnetic substance can be separated from a non-magnetic substance with the help of a
magnet. ________
10. Where are the poles of a circular magnet? How will you find this?