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Force and Pressure

Standardized achievement test in Physics on Force and Pressure for class 6 students of CBSE, ICSE and other boards. Covers types of forces, friction, pressure, and their applications.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of forces is arising between two charged bodies?

  1. Nuclear
  2. Gravitational
  3. Electrostatic
  4. Magnetic
  5. Muscular
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the CGS unit of force?

  1. Dyne
  2. Pascal
  3. Newton
  4. Joule
  5. Metre
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Athletes wear spiked shoes

  1. to decrease friction
  2. to increase speed
  3. to balance the body
  4. to increase friction
  5. to easily change the direction
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pressure is defined as

  1. force acting per unit area
  2. area acting per unit force
  3. product of force and area
  4. product of mass and area
  5. product of mass and gravitational force
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an example of contact force?

  1. Lifting a bucket full of water.
  2. A car moving with the help of a machine.
  3. A fan moving with the help of a motor fitted in it.
  4. A bus and a car colliding with each other.
  5. Falling of a ball or stone thrown towards the sky.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The frictional force that fluids exert on objects is called as

  1. drench
  2. drag
  3. dredge
  4. dyne
  5. dreg
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following features of the fish help(s) them to reduce fluid friction?

  1. Gills
  2. Paired fins
  3. Streamlined bodies
  4. Scales
  5. Tail
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following activities is not based upon friction?

  1. Writing
  2. Speaking
  3. Hearing
  4. Walking
  5. Dancing
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is not true about friction?

  1. Friction generates heat.
  2. Friction wears out the rubbing surfaces.
  3. Friction causes wastage of energy.
  4. Friction depends on the nature of surfaces in contact.
  5. Friction depends on area.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not used to reduce friction?

  1. Oil
  2. Sand
  3. Ball bearings
  4. Graphite
  5. Talcum powder
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The force due to rolling, static and sliding friction in the increasing order is

  1. sliding, static and rolling
  2. rolling, static and sliding
  3. static, sliding and rolling
  4. rolling, sliding and static
  5. static, rolling and sliding
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the force that always oposses motion?

  1. Muscular force
  2. Gravitational force
  3. Electrostatic force
  4. Magnetic force
  5. Frictional force
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Deep sea divers are asked to wear special suits because

  1. the sea water is very cold
  2. of the safety from dangerous aquatic animals
  3. special suits maintain the pressure equal to atmospheric pressure
  4. special suits reduce the pressure from the atmospheric pressure
  5. special suits reduce the weight
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Three boxes of the same material filled with oil, sand and graphite, respectively have the same weight. The surface area of the box which is filled with oil is larger than the other two. If the three boxes are allowed to push simultaneously, then which of the following statements is true?

  1. Force of friction will be more on the oil box.
  2. Force of friction will remain the same on all boxes.
  3. Force of friction will be more on the sand and graphite box than the oil box.
  4. Force of friction will be more on the sand box only.
  5. Force of friction will be less on the oil box.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Spring balance measures the

  1. mass of the body
  2. weight of the body
  3. direction of force applied on a body
  4. direction of motion of a moving body
  5. length of the body
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