LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL, RAPTINAGAR, GORAKHPUR

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2021-2022

Class: IX Time: 2 Hours
Physics Max Marks: 80

Section I is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from section-II. The intended marks for questions or
parts of the questions are given in the brackets [ ].

SECTION – I [(2x5 = 10) x 4 = 40 Marks]

Question 1
a) What do you understand by the term order of magnitude of a quantity? Write its example also.
b) Define solar day and mean solar day.
c) Write two differences between fundamental unit and derived unit.
d) A student finds that boiling point of water in a particular experiment is 97.80C. If the actual boiling
point of water is 99.40C, calculate the percentage error.
e) Define pitch and least count of the vernier callipers, write its formula also.

Question 2
a) Define simple pendulum, write an expression for the time period of a simple pendulum.
b) Calculate the length of second’s pendulum on the surface of the moon when acceleration due to
gravity on moon is 1.63 m/s2.
c) Differentiate in between independent and dependent variable in regards of graph.
d) State two important precautions for drawing a graph line.
e) How does a graph help in determining the proportional relationship between two quantities?

Question 3
a) By giving an example prove rest and motion are relative terms.
b) Distinguish between scalar and vector quantities.
c) Define instantaneous speed by taking an example.
d) Define the term acceleration due to gravity. State its value in C.G.S as well as in S.I system.
e) Draw a graph, when velocity-time graph is parallel to time axis.

Question 4
a) Give an example of an accelerated body, moving with uniform speed. Explain your answer.
b) Why metre length in terms of wavelength of light is considered more accurate?
c) In a vernier callipers 19 main scale division coincide with 20 vernier scale divisions. If the main
scale has 20 division in a centimetre, calculate (i) Pitch (ii) L.C of venier callipers.
d) Give an example of a body which covers a certain distance but its displacement is zero.
e) Define effective length and amplitude.

SECTION – II [(3+3+4) x 4 = 40 Marks]

(Attempt any four questions)
Question-5
a) Write three characteristics of standard units.
b) Two pendulums A and B have length 2m and 0.5m. Which pendulum will make more oscillations in
one minute and why?
c) A micrometre screw gauge has a positive zero error of 5 divisions, such that its main scale is marked
in ½ mm and the circular scale has 100 divisions. The spindle of the screw advances by 1 division
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 complete rotation. If this screw gauge reading is 7 divisions on main scale and 56 divisions on
circular scale for the diameter of a thin wire, calculate:
i) Pitch ii) L.C iii) observed diameter iv) corrected diameter

Question-6
a) Explain the method in steps to find the volume of an irregular solid with the help of measuring
cylinder.
b) Draw a diagram to show the motion of a body whose speed remains constant, but velocity changes
continuously.
c) A venier scale has 20 divisions. It slides over a main scale, whose pitch is 0.5mm. If the number of
divisions on the left hand zero of vernier on the main scale is 36 and the 16th vernier scale division
coincides with main scale, calculate the diameter of the sphere, held in the jaws of vernier callipers.
If the venire has a negative error of 0.04 cm, calculate the corrected diameter of sphere.

Question-7
a) Two simple pendulums A and B have equal lengths but their bobs weighs 50 gf and 100 gf
respectively. What would be the ratio of their time periods? What is the reason for your answer?
b) Define graph. How can proportionality constant be determined from the best fit straight line graph?
c) A car travels at a uniform velocity of 25 m/s for 5 s. The brakes are then applied and car comes to
rest with a uniform retardation in further 10 s. Draw a graph of velocity vs time. From the graph find
out distance which car travels, after brakes are applied. Calculate the value of retardation.

Question-8
a) Draw a neat and clean, labelled diagram of vernier callipers.
b) Is it possible to increase the degree of accuracy by mathematical manipulations? Support your
answer by an example.
c) A body at rest is released downward from the top of a tower. Draw a distance –time graph for its free
fall under gravity during first 3 seconds. Show your table of values starting t=0 with interval of 1
second [g=10 m/s2 ].

Question-9
a) A train takes 70 minutes to travel from the station P to Q and 50 minutes to return from Q to P. If the
distance between P to Q is 50 km, calculate (i) average speed (ii) average velocity of train.
b) What do you understand by the following terms as applied to micrometre screw gauge?
i) sleeve cylinder ii) Thimble iii) base line
c) A body falls freely downward from a certain height. Show graphically the relation between the
distance fallen and square of time. How will you determine ‘g’ from graph?

Question-10
a) Define the following term:
i) variable velocity ii) average velocity iii) acceleration
b) A person standing on an oscillating swing sits down. How does the time period of a swing get
affected? What happens to its frequency of oscillation?
c) A train starting from rest, picks up a speed of 20 m/s in 200 s. It continues to move at the same rate
for next 500 s, and is then brought to rest in another 100 s.
i) Plot a speed –time graph.
ii) From graph calculate:
1) Uniform rate of acceleration
2) Uniform rate of retardation
3) Total distance covered before stopping.

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