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Fathima K S
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PHYSICS
Class 09 - Science
Time Allowed: 1 minute Maximum Marks: 97
Section A
1. Using a horizontal force of 200 N, we intend to move a wooden cabinet across a [1]
floor at a constant velocity. What is the friction force that will be exerted on the
cabinet?

Section B
2. It is required to increase the velocity of a scooter of mass 80 kg from 5 to 25 ms-1 [2]
in 2 second. Calculate the force required.

3. Using second law of motion, derive the relation between force and acceleration. A [2]
bullet of mass 10 g strikes a sand bag with a velocity of 103 ms-1 and gets
embedded after travelling 5 cm. Calculate
i. the resistive force exerted by the sand bag on the bullet.
ii. the time taken by the bullet to come to rest.

4. A motorcar is moving with a velocity of 108 km/h and it takes 4 s to stop after the [2]
brakes are applied. Calculate the force exerted by the brakes on the motorcar if its
mass along with the passengers is 1000 kg.

5. A hockey ball of mass 200 g travelling at 10 ms-1 is struck by a hockey stick so as [2]
to return it along its original path with a velocity at 5 ms-1. Calculate the magnitude
of change of momentum occurred in the motion of the hockey ball by the force
applied by the hockey stick.

6. A bullet of mass 10 g is fired with a rifle. The bullet takes 0.003 s to move through [2]
its barrel and leaves with a velocity of 300 ms-1. What is the force exerted on the
bullet by the rifle?

7. A 8000 kg engine pulls a train of 5 wagons, each of 2000 kg, along a horizontal [2]
track. If the engine exerts a force of 40000 N and the track offers a friction force of
5000 N, then calculate:
a. the net accelerating force and

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b. the acceleration of the train.

8. A constant force acts on an object of mass 5 kg for a duration of 2 s. It increases the [2]
object’s velocity from 3 ms-1 to 7 ms-1. Find the magnitude of the applied force.
Now, if the force was applied for a duration of 5 s, what would be the final velocity
of the object?

9. A stone of 1 kg is thrown with a velocity of 20 ms-1 across the frozen surface of a [2]
lake and comes to rest after travelling a distance of 50 m. What is the force of
friction between the stone and the ice?

10. When a force of 40 N is applied on a body it moves with an acceleration of 5 ms-2. [2]
Calculate the mass of the body.

11. A hammer of mass 500 g, moving at 50 ms −1

, strikes a nail. The nail stops the [2]
hammer in a very short time of 0.01 s. What is the force of the nail on the hammer?

12. A bullet of mass 10 g travelling horizontally with a velocity of 150 ms-1 strikes a [2]
stationary wooden block and comes to rest in 0.03 s. Calculate a distance of
penetration of the bullet into the block. Also calculate the magnitude of the force
exerted by the wooden block on the bullet.

13. An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. What must be the force between the [2]
vehicle and road if the vehicle is to be stopped with the negative acceleration of 1.7
ms-2?

14. A hammer of mass 500g, moving at 50 ms-1, strikes a nail. The nail stops the [2]
hammer in a very short time of 0.01s. What is the force of the nail on the hammer?

15. A force of 5 N gives a mass m1, an acceleration of 10 ms-2 and a mass m2, an [2]
acceleration of 20 ms-2. What acceleration would it give if both the masses were
tied together?

16. The velocity-time graph of a ball of mass 20 g moving along a straight line on a [2]
long table is given in Fig.

How much force does the table exert on the ball to bring it to rest?

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17. A car of mass 1000 kg moving with a velocity of 45 km h-1 collides with a tree and [2]
comes to rest in 5s. What will be the force exerted by the car on the tree?

18. A stone of 1 kg is thrown with a velocity of 20 ms-1 across the frozen surface of the [2]
lake and comes to rest after travelling a distance of 50 m. What is the force of
friction between the stone and the ice?

19. A body of mass 500 g is at rest on a frictionless surface. Calculate the distance [2]
travelled by it in 10 s when acted upon by a force of 10-2N.

20. How much momentum will a dumbbell of mass 10 kg transfer to the floor, if it falls [2]
from a height of 0.8 m? Take acceleration due to gravity as 10 ms-2.

21. A motorcar of mass 1200 kg is moving along a straight line with a uniform velocity [2]
of 90 km/h. Its velocity is slowed down to 18 km h-1 in 4 s by an unbalanced
external force. Calculate the acceleration and change in momentum. Also, calculate
the magnitude of the force required.

22. What will be acceleration of a body of mass 5 kg, if a force of 200 N is applied on [2]
it?

23. A man throws a ball of mass 0.4 kg vertically upwards with a velocity of 10 m/s. [2]
What will be its initial momentum? What would be its momentum at the highest
point of its reach?

24. A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with constant acceleration. It travels a [2]
distance of 400 metres in 20 s. Find its acceleration. Find the force acting on it, if
its mass is 7 metric tons.

25. Two blocks made of different metals identicals in shape and sizes are acted upon by [2]
equal forces which cause them to slide on a horizontal surface. The acceleration of
the second block is found to be 5 times that of the first. What is the ratio of the
mass of the second to the first?

26. A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with a constant acceleration. It travels [2]
a distance of 400 m in 20 s. Find its acceleration. Find the force acting on it if its
mass is 7 metric tonnes.

27. Which would require a greater force,accelerating a 2 kg mass at 5 ms-2 or a 4 kg [2]

mass at 2 ms-2?.

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28. An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. What must be the force between the [2]
vehicle and road if the vehicle is to be stopped with a negative acceleration of 1.7
ms-2?

29. A bullet of mass 5 g travelling at a speed of 120 ms-1 penetrates deeply into the [2]
fixed target and is brought to rest in 0.01 s. Calculate: (a) the distance of
penetration in the target, (b) the average force exerted on the bullet.

30. An object undergoes an acceleration of 8 ms-2 starting from rest. Find the distance [2]
travelled in 1 second.

Section C
31. A bullet travelling at 360 m/s strikes a block of soft wood. The mass of the bullet is [3]
2.0 g. The bullet comes to rest after penetrating 10 cm into the wood.
a) Find the average de-accceleration force exerted by the wood.
b) Find the time taken by the bullet to come to rest.

32. The velocity-time graph of a ball moving on the surface of the floor is as shown in [3]
the figure. Calculate the force acting on the ball, if mass of the ball is 100 g.

33. The motion of a body of mass 5 kg is shown in the velocity-time graph. [3]

Find from the graph

i. The acceleration.
ii. The force acting on the body.
iii. The change in momentum of the body in 2 s after the start.

34. The speed-time graph of a car is given. The car weighs 1000 kg. [3]
i. What is the distance travelled by car in the first 2s?

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ii. What is the braking force applied at the end of 5 s to bring the car to stop within
one second?

35. The velocity-time graph of an object of mass m = 50 g is shown in the figure. [3]
Observe the graph carefully and answer the following questions.
i. Calculate the force on the object in time interval 0 to 3 s.
ii. Calculate the force on the object in the time interval 6 to 10 s.
iii. Is there any time interval in which no force acts on the object? Justify your
answer.

36. The velocity-time graph of a ball moving on the surface of a floor is shown in the [3]
figure. Find the force acting on the ball if the mass of the ball is 50 g.

Section D
37. A body of mass 2 Kg is at rest at the origin of a frame of reference. A force of 5 N [5]
acts on it at t = 0. The force acts for 4 s and then stops.
i. What is the acceleration produced by the force on the body?
ii. What is the velocity at t = 4 s
iii. Draw the vt graph for the period t = 0 to t = 6 S.
iv. Find the distance travelled in 6 s.

38. A 8000 kg engine pulls a train of 5 wagons, each of 2000 kg, along a horizontal [5]
track. If the engine exerts a force of 40000 N and the track offers a frictional force

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of 5000 N, then calculate:

(a) the net accelerating force;
(b) the acceleration of the train; and
(c) the force of wagon 1 on wagon 2.

39. i. State second law of motion. [5]

ii. A bus starts from the stop and take 20 second to get the speed of 10m/s. If the
mass of the bus along with passengers is 10000 kg, calculate the force applied by
the engine of bus to push the bus at the speed of 10m/s.

40. Two hockey players of opposite teams, while trying to hit a hockey ball on the [5]
ground collide and immediately become entangled. One has a mass of 60 kg and
-1
was moving with a velocity of 5.0 ms while the other has a mass of 55 kg and
-1
was moving faster with a velocity of 6.0 ms towards the first player. In which
direction and with what velocity will they move after they become entangled?
Assume that the frictional force acting between the feet of the two players and the
ground is negligible.

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