VIBGYOR HIGH

Second Term Examination

2023-2024
PHYSICS
Grade: IX Max. Marks : 80
Date : 06/03/2024 Time Allowed: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answers 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.
 The intended marks for the questions or parts of questions are given alongside
the questions.
 Section I is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section II.
 This paper consists of 10 printed pages.
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SECTION I (40 Marks)

Attempt all questions from this Section
Question 1 Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options: [15]
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answers only.)
(i) Which of the following units is not a fundamental unit?
(a) metre
(b) kilogram
(c) litre
(d) second

(ii) Sound waves in air are:

(a) transverse electro-magnetic waves
(b) longitudinal mechanical waves
(c) transverse mechanical waves
(d) longitudinal electro-magnetic waves

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(iii) A student investigates the speed of a trolley and finds that it is 50 cm/s,
and one second later that it is 150 cm/s.
What is the acceleration of the trolley?
(a) 50 cm/s2
(b) 100 cm/s2
(c) 150 cm/s2
(d) 200 cm/s2

(iv) Assertion: When a ship enters from river to sea, ship will rise a little.
Reason: The sea water is denser than river water.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct
explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct
explanation of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, but Reason is true.

(v) A ray of light is reflected from two mirrors as shown.What is the angle of
reflection at point X?

(a) 400
(b) 500
(c) 600
(d) 800

(vi) The resistance of different lengths of wires is measured. The wires are
made of the same metal and same thickness.
Which graph shows how the resistance changes with length?

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(vii) The speed of an object at any particular instant of time or at a particular
point of its path is:
(a) Uniform speed
(b) Non- uniform speed
(c) Average speed
(d) Instantaneous speed

(viii) The principle of hydraulic machine is based on:

(a) Boyle’s law
(b) Pascal’s law
(c) Avogadro’s law
(d) Charle’s law

(ix) The length of a simple pendulum is made one-fourth. Its time period
becomes:
(a) One- fourth
(b) Half
(c) Four times
(d) Double

(x) Which diagram correctly shows the positions of the pins and the poles
induced on them?

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(xi) A compass is placed near the south pole of a bar magnet. The pointer of
compass will:
(a) point away from the south pole
(b) point parallel to the south pole
(c) point towards the south pole
(d) point at right angles to the south pole.

(xii) On the front of an ambulance the word is often written backwards in large
letters as shown.

(a) To make it show up more clearly.

(b) To make other drivers think about what it says.
(c) So that it reads correctly when the ambulance is reversing.
(d) So that it will read correctly as ambulance in the rear-view mirror of
the car in front.

(xiii) Which process could release geothermal energy?

(a) Drilling into the earth’s crust.
(b) Harnessing the power of waves.
(c) Harnessing the wind using windmills.
(d) Splitting of heavy atoms.

(xiv) A device used to control the current in an electric circuit.

(a) ammeter
(b) voltmeter
(c) galvanometer
(d) variable resistor

(xv) An object is pushed and then allowed to slide along a table.

The diagram shows the direction of the frictional force acting on the
object. What is the effect of the force of friction on the sliding object?

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 (a) It has no effect.
(b) It increases the object’s weight.
(c) It slows down the object.
(d) It speeds up the object.

Question 2
(i) Give three points of difference between primary cell and secondary cell. [3]
(ii) A wave pulse of frequency 200 Hz, on a string moves a distance 8 m in [2]
0.05 s. Calculate:
(a) the velocity of the pulse,
(b) the wavelength of wave on string.
(iii) Differentiate between the reflection of light from a plane mirror and that [2]
from a plane sheet of paper.
(iv) According to the law of thermodynamics,” No energy transfer is 100 % [2]
efficient”.Why?
(v) An optician keeps a chart of letters 1.5 m behind the patient who looks [2]
into a plane mirror which is at a distance of 2 m in front of him. At what
distance is the chart seen by the patient? Explain.
(vi) Why is the use of wood as a fuel not advisable although wood is a [2]
renewable source of energy?
(vii) (a) What is the relationship between time period and frequency of an [2]
oscillation of a simple pendulum?
(b) Name the physical quantity related to the unit kilogram metre per
second.

Question 3
(i) How does a fluid pressure on a balloon change when: [2]
(a) balloon rises up from a height of 200 m to a height of 500 m?
(b) balloon moves horizontally at height of 200 m?
(ii) The diagram below shows the magnetic field of earth in a limited space. [2]
The field lines are parallel and equidistant.

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 (a) Are the magnetic field lines uniform or non-uniform?
(b) Where is the position of geographic north,A or B?
(iii) (a) Define acceleration. [2]
(b) Is it possible for a body to have a constant speed in accelerated
motion?
(iv) A body weighs 550 gf in air and 370 gf in water when it is completely [2]
immersed in water. Find:
(a) the upthrust on the body,
(b) the volume of the body.
(v) (a) The flash of an exploding cracker is seen even before we hear the [2]
sound. Why?
(b) In which state of matter does the sound travel the fastest?

SECTION II (40 Marks)

Attempt any four questions from this Section
Question 4
(i) The velocity- time graph of a car is given below. The car weighs 1000 kgf. [3]
(a) What is the distance travelled by the car in first two seconds?
(b) What is the braking force applied at the end of `5 seconds` to bring
the car to a stop within one second?

(ii) Show that the rate of change of momentum is equal to the product of [3]
mass and acceleration.
(iii) (a) Mention any two requirements for selecting a unit of a physical [4]
quantity.
(b) Name the instrument which can accurately measure:
(1) the diameter of a sphere.
(2) the thickness of a paper.

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Question 5
(i) (a) How is S.I. unit of heat related to the unit calorie? [3]
(b) Name two substances which contract on heating.
(ii) When an object is placed at a distance of 40cm from a concave mirror, [3]
the size of the image is one-fourth that of the object.
(a) Calculate the distance of image from the mirror.
(b) What will be the focal length of the mirror?
(iii) (a) Define pressure. [4]
(b) Calculate the equivalent height of mercury,which will exert as much
pressure as 960 m of sea water of density 1040 kgm-3.
(Density of mercury is 13600 kgm-3)
(c) Which fact about liquid pressure does the diagram below illustrate?

Question 6
(i) The figure shows the snapshot of a sound wave in a certain medium at a [3]
certain instant.

(a) What is the amplitude of the wave?

(b) If a wave of higher frequency is passed in the given medium, will the
speed of wave increase, decrease or remain the same?
(c) How does the speed of sound in air vary with temperature?
(ii) (a) Is magnetic field scalar or vector quantity? [3]
(b) An iron piece is converted into a magnet by passing electric current
through a copper wire wound around it. Name the device.
(c) State any one use of the device given in (b).

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 (iii) The diagram below shows a circuit in which a lamp is connected through [4]
connecting wires to a battery.

(a) The lamp in the circuit does not glow. Give reason.
(b) Name an instrument used to measure the potential difference in the
circuit.
(c) Redraw the diagram to show how the above instrument is
connected to measure the potential difference of the lamp and mark
the direction of current in the circuit.

Question 7
(i) (a) Express the speed 36 kmh-1 in ms-1. [3]
(b) What can you say about the motion of a body if:
(1) its displacement –time graph is a straight line parallel to time
axis and
(2) its velocity –time graph is a straight line parallel to time axis?
(ii) A stone dropped from the top of a cliff reaches ground level in 4 s and [3]
buries itself 0.8 m into the mud. Calculate:
(a) height of cliff,
(b) final velocity of stone on reaching ground level, and
(c) retardation produced by the mud. Take g = 9.8 ms-2.
(iii) (a) A bunch of feathers and a stone of the same mass are released [4]
simultaneously in air. Which will fall faster and why?
(b) A block of wood of volume 25 cm3 floats on water with 20 cm3 of its
volume immersed. Calculate:
(1) the density of wood,
(2) the weight of block of wood.

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Question 8
(i) (a) Draw a graph to show the dependence of acceleration on force for a [3]
constant mass.
(b) Why does a glass vessel break when it falls on a hard floor but does
not break when it falls on a carpet?
(ii) (a) State the approximate speed of ultrasound in air. [3]
(b) A hunter fires a gun on a cliff. Sound of firing is heard 12.5 s after
seeing the smoke by an observer 4 km away from the cliff. Calculate
the speed of sound in the air.
(iii) (a) What do you mean by global warming? [4]
(b) State one disadvantage of construction of large dams for generating
hydroelectric power.
(c) Copy and complete the following ray diagram to obtain the image of
an object OA kept in front of the concave mirror.

Question 9
(i) (a) What is a neutral point? [4]
(b) State any one property of magnetic field lines.
(c) Copy the following figure and draw atleast two magnetic field lines
between the two magnets.

(ii) (a) How much is the charge on an electron? [3]

(b) What is responsible for the flow of current through (1) a metallic
conductor, (2) an electrolyte?

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(iii) (a) What is meant by efficient use of energy? [3]
(b) 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.

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