MCQ CLASS IX

1. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r. The displacement after half a

circle would be:
(a) Zero
(b) πr
(c) 2r
(d) 2πr
2 A body is thrown vertically upward with velocity u, the greatest height h to
which it will rise is,
(a) ulg

(b) u2l2g

(c) u2lg

(d) ul2g

2.The numerical ratio of displacement to distance for a moving object is

(a) always less than 1

(b) always equal to 1

(c) always more than 1

(d) equal or less than 1

3. If the displacement of an object is proportional to square of time, then the

object moves with

(a) uniform velocity

(b) uniform acceleration

(c) increasing acceleration

(d) decreasing acceleration

4. From the given υ – t graph, it can be inferred that the object is

(a) in uniform motion

(b) at rest

(c) in non-uniform motion

(d) moving with uniform acceleration

5. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round which is moving with a

constant speed of 10 ms-1 It implies that the boy is

(a) at rest

(b) moving with no acceleration

(c) in accelerated motion

(d) moving with uniform

6. Area under a υ -1 graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit
(а) m2

(b) m

(c) m3

(d) ms-1

7. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a levelled road. Their distance versus
time graphs are shown in the adjacent figure. Choose the correct statement.

(a) Car A is faster than car D.

(b) Car B is the slowest.

(c) Car D is faster than car C.

(d) Car C is the slowest.

8. Which of the following figures correctly represents uniform motion of a moving

object?
9. Slope of a velocity-time graph gives

(a) the distance

(b) the displacement

(c) the acceleration

(d) the speed

10. In which of the following cases of motions, the distance moved and the
magnitude of displacement are equal?

(a) If the car is moving on a straight road

(b) If the car is moving in Circular path

(c) The pendulum is moving to and fro

(d) The earth is revolving around the sun.

11. A boy goes from A to B with a velocity of 20 m/min and comes back from B
to A with a velocity of 30 m/min. The average velocity of the boy during the whole
journey is

(a) 24 m/min

(b) 25 m/s

(c) Zero

(d) 20 m/min

12. Velocity-time graph of an object is given below. The object has

(a) Uniform velocity

(b) Uniform speed

(c) Uniform retardation

(d) Variable acceleration

13. Which one of the following graphs shows the object to be stationary?

14. A body is projected vertically upward from the ground. Taking vertical upward
direction as positive and point of projection as origin, the sign of displacement of
the body from the origin when it is at height h during upward and downward
journey will be

(a) Positive, positive

(b) Positive, negative

(c) Negative, negative

(d) Negative, positive

15. According to the given velocity-time graph, the object

(a) is moving with uniform velocity

(b) has some initial velocity

(c) is moving uniformly with some initial velocity

(d) is at rest

16. The ratio of speed to the magnitude of velocity when the body is moving in
one direction is

(a) Less than one

(b) Greater than one

(c) Equal to one

(d) Greater than or equal to one

17. A car is moving along a straight road with uniform velocity. It is shown in the
graph.
18. Which of the following situations is possible?

(a) An object can have acceleration, but constant velocity.

(b) The velocity of an object may be zero but acceleration is not zero.

(c) Distance and the magnitude of displacement are equal in circular motion.

(d) Average speed and the magnitude of average velocity are always equal in
circular motion.

19. Which of the following graphs is not possible?

20. Which of the following statements is not correct for an object moving along a
straight path in an accelerated motion?

(a) Its speed keeps changing

(b) Its velocity always changes

(c) It always goes away from the Earth

(d) A force is always acting on it

21. According to the third law of motion, action and reaction

(a) always act on the same body

(b) always act on different bodies in opposite directions

(c) have same magnitude and directions

(d) act on either body at normal to each other

22. A goalkeeper in a game of football pulls his hands backwards after holding
the ball shot at the goal. This enables the goalkeeper to

(a) exert larger force on the ball

(b) reduce the force exerted by the balls on the hands

(c) increase the rate of change of momentum

(d) decrease the rate of change of momentum

23. The inertia of an object tends to cause the object

(a) to increase its speed

(b) to decrease its speed

(c) to resist any change in its state of motion

(d) to decelerate due to friction.

24. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means
that motion of the train is

(a) accelerated

(b) uniform

(c) retarded
(d) along circular tracks
26. An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4 ms-1 on a
frictionless horizontal table. The force required to keep the object moving with
the same velocity is
(a) 32 N
(b) 0 N
(c) 2 N
(d) 8 N

26. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of

(a) mass

(b) energy

(c) momentum

(d) velocity

27. If the mass of a body is doubled and its velocity becomes half, then the linear
momentum of the body will

(a) remain same

(b) become double

(c) become half

(d) become four times.

28. When a number of forces acting simultaneously on a body bring about a

change in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, then these
forces acting on the body are said to be

(a) balanced forces

(b) equal forces

(c) unbalanced forces

(d) opposite forces

28. When a car at high speed makes a sharp turn, the driver in a car tends to get
thrown to the side opposite to the turn. This is due to the

(a) inertia of motion

(b) inertia of time

(c) inertia of rest

(d) inertia of direction

29.A man is standing on a boat in still water. If he walks towards the shore, then
the boat will

(a) move away from the shore

(b) move towards the shore

(c) remain stationary

(d) none of these

30. Which of the following is an incorrect statement?

(a) Mass is measure of inertia of a body.

(b) Newton’s first law of motion is the law of inertia.

(c) Unbalanced force produces constant velocity.

(d) Newton’s third law talks about the direction of the force.

31. A ball is thrown vertically upward in a train moving with uniform velocity. The
ball will

(a) fall behind the thrower

(b) fall ahead of the thrower

(c) return back to the thrower

(d) fall on the left of the thrower

31.Which of the following is not an application of conservation of linear

momentum?

(a) While firing a bullet, the gun must be held tight to the shoulder

(b) When a man jumps from a boat to the shore

(c) A rocket explodes on midway from the ground

(d) A body suspended from the hook of a spring balanced in a lift which is
accelerated downward

32.When we stop pedalling, the bicycle begins to slow down. This is because of
the

(a) Frictional force acting along the direction of motion of bicycle

(b) Air resistance which is in the direction of motion

(c) Frictional force acting opposite to the direction of motion of bicycle by the
road

(d) Nature of the bicycle to stop after some time

33.Inertia is the property of a body by virtue of which, it cannot change by itself

(a) its state of rest

(b) its steady state of uniform motion

(c) its direction of motion

(d) all of these.

33.An athlete does not come to rest immediately after crossing the winning line
due to the

(a) inertia of motion

(b) inertia of rest

(c) inertia of direction

(d) none of these

34.The masses of two bodies are in ratio 5 : 6 and their velocities are in ratio 1 :
2. Then their linear momentum will be in the ratio

(a) 5 : 6

(b) 1 : 2

(c) 12 : 5

(d) 5 : 12

35.Two objects of different masses falling freely near the surface of the moon
would
(a) have same velocities at any instant

(b) have different acceleration

(c) experience forces of same magnitude

(d) undergo a change in their inertia

36.The value of acceleration due to gravity

(a) is same on equator and poles

(b) is least on poles

(c) is least on equator

(d) increases from pole to equator

37.The gravitational force between two objects is F. If masses of both objects are
halved without changing the distance between them, then the gravitational force
would become

(a) F/4

(b) F/2

(c) F

(d) 2F

38.A boy is whirling a stone tied to a string in a horizontal circular path. If the
string breaks, the stone

(a) will continue to move in the circular path

(b) will move along a straight line towards the centreof the circular path
(c) will move along a straight line tangential to the circular path

(d) will move along a straight line perpendicular to the circular path away from
the boy

39. Law of gravitation gives the gravitational force between

(a) the Earth and a point mass only

(b) the Earth and Sun only

(c) any two bodies having some mass

(d) two charged bodies only

40.The value of quantity G in the law of gravitation

(a) depends on mass of Earth only

(b) depends on radius of Earth only

(c) depends on both mass and radius of Earth

(d) is independent of mass and radius of the Earth

41.The atmosphere is held to the Earth by

(a) gravity

(b) wind

(c) clouds

(d) Earth’s magnetic field

42.The force of attraction between two unit point masses separated by a unit
distance is called

(a) gravitational potential

(b) acceleration due to gravity

(c) gravitational field

(d) universal gravitational constant

43.The weight of an object at the centre of the Earth of radius R is :

(a) zero

(b) infinite

(c) R times the weight at the surface of the Earth

(d) 1/R2 times the weight at surface of the Earth

44.An object weighs 10 N in air. When immersed fully in water, it weighs only 8 N.
The weight of the liquid displaced by the object will be

(a) 2 N

(b) 8 N

(c) 10 N

(d) 12 N

45.A girl stands on a box having 60 cm length, 40 cm breadth and 20 cm width in

three ways. In which of the following cases, pressure exerted by the box will be

(a) maximum when length and breadth form the base

(b) maximum when breadth and width form the base

(c) maximum when width and length form the base

(d) the same in all the above three cases

46.An apple falls from a tree because of gravitational attractionbetween the Earth
and the apple. If F1 is the magnitude of force exerted by the Earth on the apple
and F2 is the magnitude of force exerted by the apple on the Earth, then

(a) F1 is very much greater than F2

(b) F2 is very much greater than F1

(c) F1 is only a little greater than F2

(d) F1 and F1 are equal

47.The acceleration due to gravity on the Earth depends upon the

(a) mass of the body

(b) mass of the Earth

(c) shape and size of the body

(d) volume of the body

48.When a mango falls from a mango tree then

(a) only the Earth attracts the mango.

(b) only the mango attracts the Earth.

(c) both the mango and the Earth attract each other.
(d) both the mango and the Earth repel each other.

49.When a ship floats in sea water

(a) The weight of water displaced is greater than the weight of ship

(b) The weight of water displaced is less than the weight of the ship

(c) The weight of water displaced is equal to the weight of the ship

(d) It displaces no water.

50.The SI unit of pressure is

(a) Nm2

(b) N/m

(c) N/m2

(d) N2/m2

51.If the gravitational attraction of the Earth suddenly disappears, which of the
following statements will be true?

(a) The weight of body will become zero but the mass will remain same.

(b) The weight of a body will remain same but the mass will become zero.

(c) Both mass and weight become zero.

(d) Neither mass nor weight becomes zero.