Sample Question Paper-1

Physics
Class-9
SOLVED

Time Allowed : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 80

Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

Section-A
(Attempt all questions from this Section )
Question 1.

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options : [15]
(i) Which of the following is not the fundamental quantity?
(a) Length (b) Volume
(c) Temperature (d) Solid angle
(ii) Which one of the following is the largest unit of length
(a) Parsec (b) Kilometer
(c) angstrom (d) light year
(iii) Which of the following parameters are required to express a vector quantity?
(a) Unit and direction
(b) Numerical value of the quantity and the direction
(c) Unit and numerical value of the quantity
(d) Unit, numerical value of the quantity and direction
(iv) Which of the following statement is true?
(a) Distance is a scalar quantity and displacement is a vector quantity.
(b) Displacement is a scalar quantity and distance is a vector quantity.
(c) Distance and displacement both are scalar quantity.
(d) Distance and displacement both are vector quantities.
(v) An ammeter is to be connected in
(a) In series with the component through which current is to be measured.
(b) In parallel to the component through which current is to be measured.
(c) in series or in parallel to the component through which current is to be measured.
(d) None of the above.
(vi) Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Gravitational force is always attractive.
(b) Electrostatic force is always attractive
(c) Gravitational force may be either attractive or repulsive.
(d) Magnetic force is always attractive.
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(vii) Thrust and ……… have the same unit.

(a) Pressure (b) Force
(c) Acceleration due to gravity (d) Density of fluid
(viii) Which of the following factors affect the pressure?
(a) Thrust and the area on which the thrust is applied.
(b) Thrust and the temperature of the body on which the thrust is applied.
(c) Thrust and the area on which the thrust is applied and the temperature.
(d) None of the above.
(ix) ………… Joule of heat is required to raise the temperature of 1g of water from 0°C to 1°C.
(a) 4.186 (b) 1
(c) 4186 (d) 41.86
(x) Temperature in Kelvin is obtained by
(a) subtracting 273 from the temperature in degree Celsius.
(b) adding 273 with the temperature in degree Celsius.
(c) adding 32 with the temperature in degree Celsius.
(d) subtracting 32 from the temperature in degree Celsius.
(xi) In irregular reflection
(a) laws of reflection are not followed
(b) laws of reflection are followed
(c) most of the rays do not follow laws of reflection.
(d) most of the rays follow laws of reflection.
(xii) If angle of incidence is plotted along X-axis and angle of reflection along Y-axis for a regular reflection,
then the nature of the graph will be
(a) A straight line parallel to X-axis
(b) A straight line parallel to Y-axis
(c) A straight line passing through origin and making 45o angle with both the axes.
(d) The nature of the graph is unpredictable.
(xiii) What is the audibile range of human ear ?
(a) 20 Hz to 20 kHz (b) 20 KHz to 20 Hz
(c) 20 Hz to 2000 Hz (d) 2000 Hz to 2000 Hz
(xiv) The distance which compression or a rarefaction travels per unit time gives 
(a) The density of sound wave (b) Speed of sound
(c) Wavelength of sound (d) Frequency of sound
(xv) Sound travels through which medium ?
(a) Solid (b) Liquid
(c) Gas (d) All of the given
Question 2
(a) (i) Define the least count of an instrument. [3]
(ii) What is the least count of a standard laboratory micrometer screw gauge ?
(iii) What is meant by measurement ?
(b) A spring balance is used to find the weight of a body X on the surface of the moon. The mass of the body X is
2 kg and its weight is recorded as 3.4 N. The weight of another body Y recorded by the same balance is found
to be 7.65 N. Calculate the mass of the body Y. [2]
(c) State two differences between mass and weight. [2]
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(d) Two pendulums P and Q have equal lengths but their bobs weigh 10 gf and 20 gf respectively. [2]
(i) Compare their time periods.
(ii) Give a reason for your answer.
(e) Why do we need to run a certain distance before getting into a moving bus ? [2]
(f) Copy the diagram below and clearly mark the directions of the forces that act on it and name the forces. [2]

(g) If I travel from Mumbai to Pune (150 km) in 2½ hrs via the Express Highway and return to Mumbai via the
old High way (180 km) in 3½ hrs, calculate the average velocity during the entire journey. [2]
Question 3
(a) A sound wave of frequency 500 Hz and wavelength 0.66 m is travelling in a medium. Calculate the velocity
of the wave in the medium. [2]
(b) Sound waves A & B are travelling in two different media. Find which wave will be travelling faster, when
[2]
(i) A is travelling in water and B is travelling in CO2.
(ii) A is travelling in CO2 and B is travelling in hydrogen.
Also support your answers with reasons.
(c) A body is completely immersed in a fluid. [2]
State two factors on which the upthrust acting on the body depends.
(d) A and B are two metal spheres which are connected with the help of a metal wire. State the direction of flow
of electrons in each case. [2]
A B
(i)

A B
+++
(ii) + ++
+++

(e) Why do we use a convex mirror as a rear view mirror? [2]

Section-B
(Attempt any four questions from this Section)
Question 4
(a) A train is moving at a velocity of 25 ms–1. It is brought to rest by applying the brakes which produces a
uniform retardation of 0.5 ms–2. Calculate [3]
(i) The velocity of the train after 10 s
(ii) If the mass of the train is 20000 kg then calculate the force required to stop the train.
(b) (i) State the universal law of gravitation. [3]
(ii) Express it in a mathematical form. (Explain the symbols used.)
(iii) State the value of universal gravitational constant in S.I. unit.
(c) Using the following velocity time graph of a body answer the following questions. [4]

V (ms–1)30

25

20

15

10

(0,0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 t(s)
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(i) During which time intervals is the body moving with variable velocity ?
(ii) What is the acceleration of the body during the interval 3 s to 5 s?
(iii) What is the displacement of the body in the last four seconds of its motion?
Question 5
(a) (i) Differentiate between the terms supersonic and ultrasonic. [3]
(ii) State two uses of ultrasound.
(b) State three factors on which the speed of sound depends. [3]
(c) The speed of sound in air is 320 ms–1 and in water it is 1600 ms–1. It takes 2.5 s for sound to reach a certain
distance from the source placed in air. [4]
(i) Find this distance.
(ii) How much time will it take for sound to travel the same distance when the source is in water?
Question 6
(a) The diagrams below show pins suspended from the same magnet to their maximum limit in two different
cases. State with a reason whether the set of pins A or the set of pins B are made out of soft iron. Also define
the magnetic process which enables us to suspend the pins one below the other. [3]

S N S N

Pins B

Pins A

(b) (i) Define a secondary cell. [3]

(ii) Give one example of a secondary cell.
(iii) State one advantage of a secondary cell over a primary cell.
(c) (i) Define a neutral point. [4]
(ii) In the diagram below AB is a magnet and CD is an iron bar.
Study the diagram and determine the polarities at the ends A, B, C and D.

B A C D

Question 7
(a) The area of pistons in hydraulic machine are 6 cm2 and 576 cm­2. What force on the smaller piston will support
a load of 1152 N on the larger piston ? State the assumption made in the above calculation. [3]
(b) (i) Define global warming. [3]
(ii) State two ways by which global warming impacts on life on earth.
(c) Complete the path of the ray AB over plane mirrors M1 and M2 and label all the angles of incidences. [4]
M2

B
45°
M1
Question 8
(a) (i) Why does a piece of steel sink in water but float on mercury ? [3]
(ii) If a bowl is formed from the same steel piece then it can float in water. Why ?
(b) The diagram below shows a frozen pond in a cold region. [3]
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(i) State the expected temperatures at A and B.

(ii) Name the phenomenon responsible for these temperatures mentioned in part (i).
Air below 0°C

B
(c) A metal piece weighs 200 gf in air and 150 gf when completely immersed in water. [4]
(i) Calculate the relative density of the metal piece.
(ii) How much will it weigh in a liquid of density 0.8 g cm–3?
Question 9
(a) Copy and complete the following ray diagram to obtain the image of the object AB kept in front of the
concave mirror. [3]

(b) An object of height 20 cm is kept at a distance of 48 cm in front of a mirror of focal length 12 cm. If the mirror
forms a virtual, diminished image of the object then calculate : [3]
(i) the distance of the image from the mirror.
(ii) its magnification.
(c) Study the diagram below and [4]
(i) Identify the electrical components labelled A, B and C.
(ii) State whether the circuit given below is open or closed.

B
A
A C

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