Fun with Magnets

This test is standardised achievment test in Physics suitable for the students of cbse,icse and all other boards of class 6 and also useful for the students of diferent competitions and olympiads.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is preferred to make an electromagnet?

  1. Soft iron
  2. Steel
  3. Plastic
  4. Glass
  5. Cobalt
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The poles of a magnet are located at its

  1. upper surface
  2. lower surface
  3. middle point
  4. ends
  5. whole surface
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A magnetic compass is placed at the mid point of a bar magnet. The correct observation will be that

  1. it will point in the North-South direction
  2. it will align along the length of the bar magnets with its N-pole towards the N-pole of the bar magnet
  3. it will align along the length of the bar magnet with its N-pole towards the S-pole of the magnet
  4. it will point randomly in any direction
  5. it will align along the length of the bar magnets with its S-pole towards the S-pole of the bar magnet
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many number of poles are there are in a magnet?

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 6
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following is a ceramic magnet used?

  1. Refrigerator door
  2. Loud speakers
  3. Telephones
  4. Computers
  5. Dynamos
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Magnets do not lose their properties significantly when

  1. left in open
  2. the magnet is hammered several times
  3. dropped from a height
  4. an alternating current is passed around the magnet
  5. the magnet is heated to a very high temperature
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A matchbox containing an unknown object, is placed on a thin glass table. From the other side of the glass i.e. below the table, a bar magnet is brought in front of the matchbox. When the bar magnet moves, it is able to drag the matchbox along. What is in the matchbox?

  1. Marble
  2. Match-sticks
  3. Steel ball bearings
  4. Rice grains
  5. Glass beads
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following items is needed to make an electromagnet?

  1. An iron nail, a battery and a copper wire
  2. An iron nail, a battery and a light bulb
  3. An iron nail, a light bulb and copper wire
  4. A battery, a light bulb and a copper wire
  5. An iron nail, a battery and a thread
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Magnetic lines of force ______________.

  1. are closed and continuous curves
  2. travel in the East-West direction
  3. always intersect each other
  4. can travel in any direction
  5. depend upon the shape of magnet
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a natural magnet?

  1. Loadstone
  2. Alnico
  3. Magnadur
  4. Bar magnet
  5. Alconico
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The power of the magnetic force __________.

  1. increases from North pole to South pole
  2. is same all over the magnet
  3. is minimum near its ends and maximum in the middle
  4. decreases from North pole to South pole
  5. maximum near its ends and decreases towards the middle
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

We can magnetise a magnetic substance without touching it by a magnet by

  1. single touch method
  2. double touch method
  3. magnetic induction
  4. using electric current
  5. using magnetic compass
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A freely suspended magnet, rests in the

  1. N-E direction
  2. E-W direction
  3. W-E direction
  4. S-N direction
  5. N-S direction
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the surest test of magnetism?

  1. Attraction
  2. Repulsion
  3. Diffusion
  4. Induction
  5. De-magnetise
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A magnetic keeper is

  1. a person who looks after magnets
  2. a piece of aluminium that is placed at the ends of the two bar magnets
  3. a piece of steel that is placed at the ends of the two bar magnets
  4. a piece of soft iron that is placed at the ends of the two bar magnets
  5. a box in which magnet is kept