PHYSICS PRACTICE SHEET -2

CHAPTER – 7. MOTION
1. a) Give four differences between distance and displacement. The position-time graph for children ‘A
and B’ returning from their school ‘O’ to their homes ‘P’ and ‘Q’ is shown in fig. From the graph find:
(i) Which of the two ‘A’ or ‘B’ lives closer to school?
(ii) Which of the two ‘A’ or ‘B’ starts earlier from school?
(iii) Which of the two ‘A’ or ‘B’ walks faster?

(b) The speed of a car increases from 18 km/h to 36 km in 10 seconds. Find its acceleration.
2. (a) Give one similarity and one dissimilarity between the two graphs.

(b) What do you understand by the term acceleration? What is meant by its being positive or
negative? Explain with example. Write its SI units.
3. Name the physical quantities denoted by:
(a) the slope of the distance-time graph
(b) the area under velocity-time graph
(c) the slope of velocity-time graph.
4. State the law of inertia. Why do we fall in forward direction if a moving bus stops suddenly and fall in
the backward direction if it suddenly accelerates from rest?
5. The table below shows the speed of a bus in three hours of its travel.
First Second-
Time Third hour
hour hour
Speed of 35 40 m/
60 km/h
the bus km/h h
Calculate the average speed of the bus.

6. The given graph shows how the car travelled from house to school.

Did the car move with uniform motion from house to school? Explain your answer.
OR
While driving a vehicle how the use of safety belts does prevent accidents? To show that a body
remains at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, mention one situation from everyday life.

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 7. A particle moves over three-quarters of a circle of radius r cm. Calculate the magnitude of:
(a) its distance and (b) displacement.

8. Study the following graph and choose the correct options to answer the following questions given below:
The velocity-time graph of an object is shown in the following figure.

(a) State the Kind or motion that objects has, from A to B and from B to C.
(b) What does the area enclosed by the velocity-time graph represent?
(c) Identify the part of graph where the object has zero acceleration. Give reasons for your answer.
OR
Identify the part of graph where the object has negative acceleration. Give reasons for your answer.
9. The velocity-time graph shows the motion of a cyclist. Find (i) the cyclist’s acceleration, (ii) higher velocity after
20 s.

10. A body can have zero average velocity but not zero average speed. justify giving an example.
11. Which of the following figure represents the uniform motion of a moving object correctly? Why? [2]

Why is it easier to stop a tennis ball in comparison to a cricket ball moving with the same speed?
CHAPTER– 8. FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION
1. Observe the diagram and answer the following below:
Two forces F1 =20 N and F2 = 30 N are acting on an object as shown in figure:
(a) Find the net force acting on the object.
(b) State the direction of the net force acting on the object.
(c) If the object still does not move under the application of these forces, what can be the possible
reason for this? [4]
OR
Why no force is required to move an object with a constant velocity?

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 2. A body of mass 1000 kg moving at a speed of 10 m/s reaches the speed of 50 m/s in 20s. Calculate the
force required to do so.

3. A man pushes four boxes of different mass. [2]

The table shows the acceleration produced for each box during the push.

Mass of
Acceleration
the box
produced (m/s2)
(kg)
10 200
20 100
40 50
80 25
What amount of force does the man exert on each box? Is the force acting on each box unbalanced? Explain
your answer.

4. While driving a vehicle how the use of safety belts does prevent accidents? To show that a body
remains at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, mention one situation from everyday life.
5. (a) Define momentum. Write its S.I unit.
(b) How much momentum will an object of mass 10 kg transfer to the floor, if it falls from a height of
5 m (g =10 m/s2)?
(c) Explain how a karate player can break a pile of tiles with a single blow of his hand?
6. a) State Newton’s Second Law of Motion. Express it mathematically and find the SI unit of force from
it.
(b)

In the diagram given above, if the card is flicked away with a jerk, what will you observe? Explain the
reason for this observation.
7. (a) State the law that provides the formula for measuring force and the law which provides the definition of
force.
(b) Velocity time graph of a 50 g marble rolling on a floor is given below. Find:
(i) time in which it stops. ‘
(ii) negative acceleration produced on it.
(iii) positive force acting on the marble.

8. State why Newton’s first law of motion is called law of inertia.

CHAPTER– 9. GRAVITATION
1. (a) A bar of metal has a mass of 200 g and a certain weight. Mass remains the same when weighed at
equator but weight decreases. Why?
(b) Differentiate between mass and weight. Write any four differences.
2. (a) Name the principle used to check purity of milk with lactometer.
(b) State the same principle.
(c) Write its another application.
3. What happens to the magnitude of the force of gravitation between two objects if:
(a) mass of one of the objects is tripled?

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 (b) distance between the objects is doubled?
(c) mass of both objects is doubled?
4. Peter pours the same amount of four different liquids in separate cylinders.
The cylinders are of the same size.
He then drops a glass marble in each of the four cylinders.
He also notes the time the marble takes to reach the bottom of each cylinder.
The table shows the results.

Time taken by the marble to

Liquid reach the bottom of the
cylinder (in seconds)
Liquid 1 1.8 s
Liquid 2 1.5 s
Liquid 3 0.8s
Liquid 4 1.0s
Which liquid exerted the most upward force on the marble? Justify your answer.
5. (a) Write the formula to find the magnitude of gravitational force between the Earth and an object on
the Earth’s surface.
(b) Derive how does the value of gravitational force ‘F’ change between two objects when the:
(i) distance between them is reduced to half, and
(ii) mass of one object is increased four times.
6. Explain (a) Universal gravitational constant (b) Free fall
7. In which direction do the following forces act when an object is in motion:
(a) Frictional force (b) Gravitational force (c) Centripetal force
8. Name the positions on Earth where the value of ‘g’ is
(i) maximum
(ii) minimum?
Justify your answer.
9. (a) State Archimedes’ principle.
(b) State the laws of floatation.
(c) Why is it easier to swim in sea water than in river water ?
10. A man’s weight when taken at the poles is 600 N. Will his weight remain the same when measured at the
equator? Will there be an increase or decrease in his weight? Explain.
11. (a) Prove that if the Earth attracts two bodies placed at the same distance from the center of Earth, with equal
force; then their masses will be the same.
(b) Mathematically express the acce1eration due to gravity that is expressed by a free-falling object.
(c) Why is ‘G’ called a universal constant?
12. To establish the relation between the loss in weight of a solid when immersed in water with the weight of water
displaced by it, four students A and B, performed an experiment. They noted following readings.

Studen Wt. of the Weight lost by Buoyant Weight of the

t object in air the object force water displaced

A 100 N 30 N 70 N 30 N

B 100 N 30 N 30 N 70

Readings of which students are correct and why?

13. In which direction do the following forces act when an object is in motion? Explain with the help of an example.
(a) Frictional force
(b) Gravitational force

CHAPTER– 10. WORK AND ENERGY

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 1. The following diagram shows a simple pendulum consisting of a bob of mass 100 g. Initially, the bob
of the pendulum is at rest at ‘O’. Ills then displaced to one side at A. The height of ‘A’ above ‘O’ is 5
cm. What is the value of kinetic energy and potential energy of the bob at the position P’ whose

height above O is 2 cm?

2. When an object is immersed in the fluid name the two forces acting on it?
3. a) A stone is thrown upwards from a point A, as shown in the figure. After reaching the highest point B it comes
down. Explain the transformation of energy from A to B and B to A and also mention the type of energy
possessed by the stone at points A, B, and C of its journey.
(b) A body of mass 20 kg is dropped from a height of 101 m. Find its K.E. and PE. after (i) 1st second (ii) 2nd
second (iii) 3rd second.

4. (a) Define power. Derive its SI unit.

(b) An electric bulb is rated 15 watts. What does it mean?
(c) What is the energy consumed in joules if it is used for 10 minutes?
5. In which of these conditions is the work done negative?
(i) Wind force making a boat move forward on water.
(ii) Brake force resisting the motion of a moving wheel.
(iii) Buoyant force slowing the sinking of an iron nail in water.
6. Study the given figure’ and answer the following questions.

(a) What will be the work done in Fig (ii)?

(b) Write an expression for work in terms of force and displacement.
(C) What is the angle between force and displacement when the work done is negative? [4]
OR
Why will be the work done in Fig (i) called zero?

CHAPTER– 11. SOUND

1. A sound wave travelling in a medium is represented as shown in the figure:

(a) Which letter represents the amplitude of the sound wave?

(b) Which letter represents a wavelength of the wave?
(c) What is the frequency of the source of sound if the vibrating source of sound makes 360 oscillations in two
minutes?
OR
Calculate the time period of the source of sound in the above case.

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2. The picture shows four sound waves.

Which two sound waves have almost the same loudness?

3. In the musical instrument jal-tarang, the bowls contain different amounts of water.
(a) Which of the howls produces a low pitch sound?
(b) Which of the bowls produces a high-pitched sound?
(c) Which wave property determines the pitch? [3]

4. Waves of frequency 200 Hz are produced in a string as shown in the figure. Answer the following questions
as given:

(a) Find the amplitude of the wave.

(b) Find the velocity of the wave.
(c) Find the wavelength of the wave.
OR
What is the frequency of a sound wave?

5. How defects in a metal block can be detected by using ultrasound? Explain.