What forces can do? - class-IX

Understanding the effects and properties of forces, including friction, contact and non-contact forces, Newton's laws of motion, force equilibrium, and how forces can change the motion and shape of objects. Designed for Class 9 physics students.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a surface molecule,

  1. the net force on it is non zero
  2. the net force on it zero
  3. there is net downward force
  4. there is net upward force
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An iron block of sides $50 cm\times 8 cm\times 15 cm$ has to be pushed along the floor. The force required will be minimum when the surface in contact with ground is

  1. $8 cm\times 15 cm $surface
  2. $50 cm\times 15 cm $surface
  3. $8 cm\times 50 cm $surface
  4. Force is same for all surfaces.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fill in the blanks:

The force responsible for changing the state of motion of a moving object in contact between surface is the _______.

  1. non-contact force
  2. force of friction
  3. magnetic force
  4. muscular force
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fill in the blanks:

The________ force is the force exerted by a surface on an object when it moves across it or make an effort to move across it.

  1. magnetic
  2. friction
  3. gravitational
  4. electrostatic
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Fill in the blanks:
The force of friction arises due to contact between surfaces. It is an example of _________ force
  1. non-contact force
  2. muscular force
  3. contact force
  4. gravitational force
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why does a boat, in still water, come to rest if we stop rowing it?

  1. Due to non-contact force
  2. Due to force of friction
  3. Due to muscular force
  4. Due to magnetic force
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What brings the rolling ball to rest?

  1. Force of friction
  2. Gravitational force
  3. Electrostatic force
  4. Magnetic force
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cases represent that a force can change the shape of an object?

  1. A man trying to stop a sliding car.
  2. A weight put at the centre of a metal scale placed between two bricks.
  3. Two girls pulling each other.
  4. A man pulling a cow with a rope around his neck.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A spring is compressed when a force is applied. This is an example of

  1. force changing the shape of an object
  2. force changing the motion of an object
  3. force breaking a rigid object
  4. none of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Other than changing the state of motion of an object, force

  1. can change the shape of an object
  2. has no other effect
  3. can change the colour of an object
  4. can change the state of rest of an object
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a force changes the shape of a body, the body should be

  1. non-rigid
  2. rigid
  3. fluid only
  4. none of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mark the incorrect statement(s)

  1. Length of a rubber band increases,when a stretching force is applied
  2. A spring shortens in length on the application of a compressive force
  3. Gold on hammering flattens to form a thin leaf
  4. None of above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the game of cricket,the stumps fall when the ball strikes them.This is an example of

  1. Contact force
  2. Non contact force
  3. Displacement force
  4. None
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mark the correct option

  1. The state of motion of an object is described by its speed only
  2. Many a time application of force does not result in a change in the state of motion of an object.
  3. By sitting on a bicycle seat force is applies to the spring fixed to the seat of a bicycle
  4. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mass differs from weight in that :

  1. Weight is a force where as mass is not a force.
  2. The mass of an object is always more than its weight.
  3. Mass can be expressed only in the metric system.
  4. There is no difference.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Swimming is possible on account of :-

  1. First law of motion
  2. Second law of motion
  3. Third law of motion
  4. Newton's law of motion
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Four forces are acting on a body. If the body doesn't change its position or shape, the forces

  1. Must be of equal magnitude
  2. Must be parallel & opposite
  3. Must add up to zero when taken as vectors
  4. Must be in a single line and in same direction
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When you and your friend push a table in opposite direction, it becomes difficult to move. This is because the net force becomes the difference of the two forces.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Make the correct statement (s)

  1. Force in the same direction by addition.
  2. Force in opposite direction by subtraction
  3. Force in same direction by subtracting
  4. Force in opposite direction by addition
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

To move at the same speed, a car with a face and another with streamlined body will require a different amount of force from the engine. the engine of the streamline bodied car will

  1. exert less force
  2. exert more force
  3. exert zero force
  4. exert no force
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A bock of mass m moving with u sticks to an identical block at rest The combined mass will be

  1. Not move
  2. Move with 2 u
  3. Move with u
  4. Move with u/ 2
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Force can only increase or decrease the speed of a moving object or change its direction.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following property of a substance cannot be changed by application of force?

  1. Shape
  2. Size
  3. elasticity
  4. reactivity with water
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A body can change its state of rest or of uniform motion on its own. True or false.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the wrong statement:

  1. 1 kg wt = 9.8 N
  2. Momentum is a vector quantity.
  3. Force is always conserved.
  4. Momentum is conserved in the absence of an external force.
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The action of a force on an object imparts:

  1. motion.
  2. change in shape.
  3. change in size.
  4. all of these
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If you push a light object continuously, its speed:

  1. will keep on increasing.
  2. will keep on decreasing.
  3. will remain same.
  4. will become zero.
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Change in state of motion of an object can be described as:

  1. change in speed only.
  2. change in direction of motion only.
  3. change in both speed or direction.
  4. change in neither speed nor direction.
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
In pressing a rubber ball placed on a table, the application of force leads to:
  1. a change in the shape of the object.
  2. a change in the state of the motion of the object.
  3. a change in the mass of the object.
  4. no change anywhere.
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the the magnitude of the applied force changes while maintaining its direction, then choose the correct statement.

  1. Effect of force remain the same.
  2. Effect of force changes.
  3. Effect of force may or may not change.
  4. Insufficient information
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The application of a force would result in a change in the state of motion of an compressible object. The given statement is:

  1. always true.
  2. not always true.
  3. always false.
  4. insufficient information
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the direction of force of friction acting on a body moving on a fixed surface?

  1. Along the direction of motion
  2. Opposite to the direction of motion
  3. It has no direction
  4. At an angle to the direction of motion
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a force is applied on a non-rigid object,

  1. its shape changes
  2. its shape remains same
  3. only its state of motion changes
  4. nothing happens
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fill in the blank.

A rubber balloon _________ when the molecules of air exert force on its walls. 

  1. Expands
  2. Contracts
  3. No change in dimension is seen
  4. All of the above
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Study the impact force when a golfer drives a golf ball $230$ meters down the fairway.

  1. The impact force on the golf ball is greatest
  2. The impact force on the club head is greatest
  3. The impact force is the same for both
  4. The impact force has no effect on the club
  5. The impact force has no effect on the ball
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An object is subjected to a non-zero net force, $F$. Which of the following statements about its motion could not be true?

  1. The object will remain at rest
  2. The object has a constant velocity
  3. The object is travelling in a straight-line path with a constant speed
  4. The object is travelling in a circular path with a constant speed
  5. The acceleration of the object is perpendicular to the net force
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The amateur boxers, use larger and more padded gloves than professional boxers. The amateur boxers are more protected from injury because:

  1. The larger glove exerts a larger impulse on the boxer
  2. The larger glove exerts a larger force on the boxer
  3. The larger glove exerts more energy on the boxer
  4. The larger glove increases time of impact on the boxer
  5. The larger glove increases the power exerted on the boxer
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of the statements about force are true?

  1. It can be seen
  2. It causes an object to move
  3. It is pull or a push
  4. It can change the motion of an object
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
State whether true or false.
When a body is travelling at a constant velocity, the net force on it is infinite.
  1. True
  2. False
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Force is an external effect in the form of a push or pull, which ..................

  1. Produces or tries to produce motion in a body at rest
  2. Stops or tries to stop a moving body
  3. Changes or tries to change the direction of motion of the body
  4. None of these
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

You are on a frictionless horizontal plane. How can you get off if no horizontal force is exerted by pushing against the surface?

  1. By jumping
  2. By splitting or sneezing
  3. By rolling your body on the surface
  4. By running on the plane
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What causes a moving body to resist a change in its state of motion?

  1. Its acceleration
  2. Its speed
  3. Its inertia
  4. Its weight
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A rider on horse falls back when horse starts running all of a sudden because

  1. Rider is taken back
  2. Rider is suddenly afraid of falling
  3. Inertia of rest keeps the upper part of body at rest while lower part of the body moves forward with the horse.
  4. Inertia of motion keeps the upper part of body at rest while lower part of the body moves forward with the horse.
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a body is moving with a constant speed along a straight line; then in order to change its direction of motion, an external force has to be applied in a direction normal to the direction of motion.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of the statements about force are true?

  1. It can be seed
  2. It causes an object to move
  3. It is pull or a push
  4. It can change the motion of an object
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Three forces are acting on a body in which of following option (s) can the body be in equilibrium?

  1. $2N, 4N, 5N$
  2. $1N, 2N, 4N$
  3. $3N, 3N, 7N$
  4. $5N, 2N, 1N$
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A ball of mass 250 g  moving  with a speed of  hits a wall normally . it rebounds with the same speed . If the two were in contact for , the average force exerted by the wall on the ball is 

  1. $4 \times {10^{ - 3}}N$
  2. $2 \times {10^{ - 3}}N$
  3. ${10^{ - 3}}N$
  4. ${10^{ - 2}}N$
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

 A force of $15 N$ increases the length ofa by $1 \mathrm { mm }$. The additional force require increase the length by $2.5 \mathrm { mm }$ in N is 

  1. $2.25$
  2. $22.5$
  3. $37.5$
  4. $3.75$
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The force between two identical bar magnets whose centers are r meter apart is $2.8$N when their axis are in the same line. If the separation is increased to $2r$ meters, the force between them is reduced to

  1. $2.4N$
  2. $1.2$N
  3. $0.7$N
  4. $0.175$N
Question 50 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A lift coming down is just about to reach the ground floor. Taking the ground floor as origin and positive direction upwards for all quantities, which of the following is correct ($x$=displacement, $v$= velocity, $a$=acceleration):

  1. $x < o, v<0, a>0$
  2. $x > 0, v < 0, a < 0$
  3. $x > 0, v < 0, a> 0$
  4. $x > 0, v >0,a >0$
Question 51 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A particle moves in a potential region given by $U = 8{x^2} - 4x + 400,J.$ Its state of equilibrium will be$-$ 

  1. 8 m
  2. 10 m
  3. 12 m
  4. 0.25 m
Question 52 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of Newton's three laws does the following example illustrate? If you have a hockey pick sliding along a table, it will eventually come to a stop.

  1. Newton's First Law
  2. Newton's Second Law
  3. Newton's Third Law
  4. All of the above
Question 53 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A force produces transnational motion:

  1. when the body is free to move
  2. when the body is hindered to move
  3. when the body is rigidly fixed
  4. when none of the above are true
Question 54 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When no force acts on a body , it must be _______.

  1. Moving
  2. At rest
  3. In uniform motion
  4. Either B or C
Question 55 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If we apply the brakes to a moving car, it comes to rest. This shows that force can make a moving object go slower.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Ambiguous
  4. Data insufficient
Question 56 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Eqbal has to push a lighter box and Seema has to push a similar heavier box on the same floor. Who will have to apply a larger force ?

  1. Eqbal
  2. Seema
  3. Both apply same force
  4. cant say
Question 57 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
State whether true or false.
If a body is moving with a constant speed along a straight line, then in order to change its direction of motion, an external force or its component has to act in a direction normal to the direction of motion.
  1. True
  2. False
Question 58 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following cases, the net force acting on the body is not zero?

  1. An object floating in mercury
  2. A ball freely falling from a certain height
  3. A cork floating on the surface of water.
  4. All of the above cases.
Question 59 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two bodies of masses ${m} _{1}$ and ${m} _{2}$ are acted upon by a constant force $F$ for a time $t$. They start from rest and acquire kinetic energies ${E} _{1}$ and ${E} _{2}$ respectively. Then $\dfrac{{E} _{1}}{{E} _{2}}$ is

  1. $\dfrac{{m} _{1}}{{m} _{2}}$
  2. $\dfrac{{m} _{2}}{{m} _{1}}$
  3. $1$
  4. $\dfrac{\sqrt{{m} _{1}{m} _{2}}}{{m} _{1}+{m} _{2}}$