MOTION

1. SI unit of velocity is

(a) ms⁻² (b) ms⁻¹ (c) ms (d) m²s²

2. v-t graph for a body is shown in the figure below.

The motion of the body is

(a) uniform motion (b) at rest

(c) non-uniform motion (d) moving with uniform acceleration

3. The shortest distance measured from the initial to the final positions of an object is known as

(a) acceleration (b) displacement (c) velocity (d) speed

4. Which is not a vector quantity?

(a) speed (b) velocity (c) acceleration (d) displacement

5. SI unit of acceleration is

(a) ms⁻¹ (b) ms² (c) ms⁻² (d) m⁻¹s

6. The distance travelled by an object per unit time is known as

(a) displacement (b) velocity (c) speed (d) acceleration

7. ms ⁻² is the unit of

(a) distance (b) displacement (c) acceleration (d) velocity

8. Which of the following is true about displacement?

(a) it cannot be zero (b) its magnitude is greater than the distance covered

(c) it can be zero (d) none of the above

9. The relation among the initial velocity 'u', final velocity 'v' and displacement 's' of a body moving
with uniform acceleration 'a' is

(a) u² - v² = 2as (b) v² - u² = 2as (c) u² + 2as = v² (d) ½ ma (v² - u²)

10. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
(a) curved line (b) circular (c) straight line (d) none of these

11. The rate of change of velocity is called

(a) acceleration (b) displacement (c) speed (d) none of the above

12. The change of displacement per unit time is called

(a) acceleration (b) retardation (c) speed (d) velocity

13. 36 kmh⁻¹ is equal to

(a) 5 ms⁻¹ (b) 10 ms⁻¹ (c) 36 ms⁻¹ (d) 18 ms⁻¹

14. What does the odometer of an automobile measure?

(a) speed (b) distance (c) acceleration (d) velocity

15. The magnitude of acceleration of an object in uniform velocity is

(a) zero (b) positive (c) negative (d) none of the above

16. If distance covered by an object is zero, what can you say about its displacement?

(a) it is negative (b) it cannot be zero (c) it must be zero (d) it may or may not be zero

17. An object changes its initial velocity 'u' to final velocity 'v' in time 't'. What will be the acceleration?

(a) a = v - u (b) a = v - u / t (c) a = v + at (d) a = ut + ½ at²

FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

1. Mathematical expression of the second law of motion is

(a) F = mv (b) F = mgh (c) F = ma (d) F = mg

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

3. Force opposing the motion of an object is

(a) balanced forces (b) unbalanced forces (c) weight (d) friction

4. Which has more inertia, if their size is same?

(a) a rubber ball (b) a paper ball (c) a stone ball (d) a clay ball

5. Which of the following objects has the maximum inertia?

6. The inertia of a moving object depends on

(a) mass of the object (b) shape of the object

(c) speed of the object (d) momentum of the object

9. The acceleration produced by a force of 5 N, acting on a mass of 20 kg in ms⁻² is

(a) 2.5 (b) 0.25 (c) 25 (d) 250

10. 1 newton of force means

(a) 1 kgm/s (b) 1 kgm/s² (c) 1 gm/s² (d) 1 kgcm/s

11. What is the momentum of an object of massm, moving with a velocityv ?

(a) (mv)² (b) mv² (c) ½mv² (d) mv

12. Momentum is the product of

(a) mass and velocity (b) distance and velocity (c) mass and distance (d) none of these

13. A and B are two bodies with masses 46 kg and 76 kg respectively. Then

(a) A has more inertia than B (b) B has more inertia than A

(c) Both A and B have the same inertia (d) none of the above

14. Walking on the ground is an example of

(a) Newton's third law of motion (b) Newton's first law of motion

(c) Newton's second law of motion (d) Newton's law of gravitation

15. The force required to produce an acceleration of 3m/s² in a body of mass 6 kg is

(a) 2 N (b) 0.5 N (c) 12 N (d) 18 N

16. kgms⁻² is the unit of

(a) momentum (b) speed (c) acceleration (d) force

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

(a) become double (b) remain same (c) become half (d) become four times

GRAVITATION

1. As we go from the equator to the poles then the value of acceleration due to gravityg
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains same (d) none of the above

2. Gravitational force is the force between

(a) the earth and a point mass only (b) the earth and the sun only

(c) any two bodies having some mass (d) two charged bodies only

3. 1 atmosphere =

(a) 1.10 × 10² Pa (b) 1.01 × 10⁵ Pa (c) 1.10 × 10¹⁰ Pa (d) 1.01 × 10² Pa

4. Mass of the earth is

(a) 5.98 × 10²⁰ kg (b) 7.36 × 10²⁴ kg (c) 5.23 × 10²⁴ kg (d) 5.98 × 10²⁴ kg ( nearly 6 × 10²⁴
kg)

5. The weight of an object on the moon decreases as compared to earth by

(a) 3 times (b) 6 times (c) 4 times (d) 5 times

6. The accepted value of G

(a) 6.673 × 10⁻¹¹ Nm²kg⁻² (b) 6.673 × 10⁻²² Nm²kg⁻²

(c) 6.673 × 10⁻²⁰ Nm²kg⁻² (c) 6.736 × 10⁻¹¹ Nm²kg⁻²

7. The value of 'g' on the surface of the moon

(a) is more than that on the earth (b) is the same as the earth

(c) keeps changing day by day (d) is less than on the earth

8. The SI unit of pressure is

(a) kelvin (b) newton (c) pascal (d) metre

9. Mass of a body is 10 kg. Its weight is

(a) 10 N (b) 9.8 N (c) 49 N (d) 98 N

10. The value of acceleration due to gravity 'g' on the earth is

(a) 9.8 ms (b) 9.8 ms⁻¹ (c) 8.9 ms⁻² (d) 9.8 ms⁻²

11. The SI unit of acceleration due to gravity is

(a) ms⁻² (b) kgms⁻² (c) N (d) ms⁻¹

12. The instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure is

(a) hydrometer (b) galvanometer (c) thermometer (d) barometer

13. The moon goes round the earth due to

(a) centripetal force (b) frictional force (c) centrifugal force (d) balanced forces
14. The upward pressure of fluids is known as

(a) buoyancy (b) frictional force (c) centrifugal force (d) balanced forces

15. Which of the following is based on Archimedes' Principle?

(a) barometer (b) lactometer (c) stethoscope (d) voltmeter

16. Which of the following is the mathematical expression of the universal law of gravitation?

(a) F = ma (b) F = GMm/d² (c) g = GM/R² (d) F α v²/r

17. Ships float on water because of

(a) buoyancy (b) thrust (c) pressure (d) none of the above

WORK AND ENERGY

1. Commercial unit of energy is

(a) watt (b) kilowatt hour (c) joule (d) hour

2. The SI unit of power is

(a) joule/second (b) newton/metre (c) watt/second (d) none of these

3. 1 kwh in joule is

(a) 3 × 10⁶ J (b) 3.6 × 10⁻⁶ J (c) 1000 J (d) 3.6 × 10⁶ J

4. The expression for kinetic energy of an object is

(a) Eₖ = mv² (b) Eₖ = ½mv² (c) Eₖ = mv (d) Eₖ = m²v

5. How much energy does a 100 W electric bulb transfer in 1 minute?

(a) 600 J (b) 100 J (c) 6000 J (d) 3600 J

6. Power (P) can be expressed as

(a) mv² (b) mgh (c) mgh/t (d) ½mv²

7. A body of mass 21 kg moves with a velocity of 1 m/s. Its kinetic energy is

(a) 2 J (b) 4 J (c) 0.5 J (d) 10.5 J

8. Work done = ________ × displacement. Fill in the blank.

(a) force (b) velocity (c) speed (d) none of these

9. 1 kW =

(a) 1000 W (b) 1000 J/s (c) both 'a' and 'b' (d) 1000 J
10. How much time will be required to perform 520J of work at the rate of 20W?

(a) 24s (b) 16s (c) 2s (d) 26s

11. When a force is applied but no displacement is produced in the point of application, the amount
of work done is

(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) none of the above

SOUND

1. The distance between two consecutive compressions (C) or two consecutive rarefactions (R) is
called

(a) wavelength (b) frequency (c) time period (d) amplitude

2. The audible range of human being is

(a) 20 Hz to 200 Hz (b) 20 Hz to 20 kHz (c) 20 Hz to 2000 Hz (d) no fixed limits

3. In which of the following metals, speed of sound is maximum?

(a) iron (b) copper (c) aluminium (d) nickel

4. The velocity of light in air is

(a) 3 × 10⁸ m/s (b) 3 × 10⁸ m/s² (c) 3.8× 10⁸ m/s (d) 3.8 × 10⁹ m/s

5. Photoelectric effect was discovered by

(a) Albert Einstein (b) H. R. Hertz (c) J. C. Maxwell (d) Issac Newton

6. An animal catching preys using ultrasound is

(a) dolphin (b) bat (c) dog (d) elephant

7. The frequency of infrasonic sound is

(a) more than 20 Hz (b) lower than 20 Hz (c) more than 2000 Hz (d) 20 kHz

8. To hear a distinct echo, the time interval between the original sound and the reflected one must be
at least

(a) 0.5 s (b) 1 min (c) 0.1 s (d) 1.2 s

9. Sound waves travel fastest in

(a) liquids (b) solids (c) gases (d) vacuum

10. Which of the following sound frequency man cannot hear?

(a) 10 Hz (b) 100 Hz (c) 1000 Hz (d) 10,000 Hz

11. The sensation of sound persists in our brain for about

12. Relation among speed of sound 'v', frequency 'f' and wavelength 'λ' isis

Correct Answer is (iv)

13. The speed of sound wave is maximum in

(a) iron (b) air (c) hydrogen (d) water

14. The unit of frequency is

(a) metre (b) second (c) metre/second (d) hertz

15. Sound waves are

(a) mechanical waves (b) longitudinal waves

(c) pressure waves (d) all of the above

16. The sound which is produced due to mixture of several frequencies is

(a) note (b) tone (c) noise (d) unpleasant to the ear

17. Which of the following animals can produce ultrasound?

(a) dolphin (b) whale (c) elephant (d) none of these

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