Student name ________________________ Roll no ___________
Subject Physics (Grade 8th)
Total time___________ Part – A Total marks – 75
Time allowed for part A - 20 minutes Total marks for part A - 15
1. Tick the correct option for the following statements.
Q1. A 30kg object is supported from rope, such that tension in the rope is equal to its weight. The weight of the
object is,
(a) 30 kg (b) 30N (c) 294 N (d) 9.8 N/kg
Q2. Force need to produce an acceleration of 10 ms-2 in a ball of mass 0.5kg is
(a) 20 N (b) 10.5 N (c) 9.5 N (d) 5 N
Q3. An object at earth and takes to moon should have
(a) Less mass / less weight (b) same mass / more weight (c) same mass / less weight (d) less mass /
same weight
Q4. The unit of coefficient of friction is
(a) N (b) kg (c) μ (d) It has no unit
Q5. The centripetal acceleration for an object of mass 1 kg moving with 6 m/s in a circle of radius 3 m is,
(a) 18 ms-2 (b) 12 ms-2 (c) 10 ms-2 (d) 2 ms-2
Q6. How many times the centripetal force will increase If the mass of a body moving with uniform speed in a circle
is doubled?
a) Six time (b) Two times (c) Four times (d) Eight times
Q7. Which of the following force can act as a centripetal force
(a) tension (b) friction (c) gravitational force (d) All of these
Q8. Conventionally anti clock vise torque is taken as ____________.
(a) Negative (b) Positive
(c) Parallel (d) Zero
Q9. Two children are balance on opposite side of a sea saw if one child leans inward toward the pivot point her side
will.
(a) Rise (b) Fall (c) Neither (d) insufficient data
Q10. A body in equilibrium must must not be.
(a) At rest (b) Moving (c) Rotating (d) Accelerating
Q11. The shortest distance between two couple forces is called.
(a) Moment (b) Couple arm (c) Radius (d) Double moment
Q12. CM is different from CG, when we have nonuniform.
(a) Shape of object (b) Mass of object (c) Gravitational force (d) None of these
Q13. The Point where whole weight of the body appear to act is called_______.
(a) C.M (b) C.G (c) Both A & B (d) None of these
Q14. Motion where all points of an object move about single fixed axis is called________.
(a) Rotational motion (b) Translational motion (c) Vibrational motion (d) none of these
Q15. The S.I unit of torque is.
(a) Nm (b) Nm-1 (c) Nm2 (d) None of these
Student name ________________________ Roll no ___________
Subject Physics (Grade 8th)
Total time _________ Part – B Total marks – 75
Time allowed for part B _____ minutes Total marks for part B – 36
Q2: Answer any nine short questions from the following.
Q1. Why does dust fly off, when a hanging carpet is beaten with a stick?
Q2. why a balloon filled with air move forward, when its air is released?
Q3. Can the rectangular components of the vector be greater than the vector itself, Explain?
Q4. Why is the surface of a conveyor belt made rough?
Q5. Explain way door handle are not put near hinges.
Q6. Why it is more difficult to lean backward? Explain.
Q7. The parking brake on a car causes the rear wheels to lock up. What would be the likely consequence of
applying the parking brake in a car that is in- rapid motion?
Q8. Why do tightrope walkers carry a long narrow rod?
Q9. What is stability?
Q10. What is the type of equilibrium?
Q11. What are couple forces.
Section-C
Total marks for part C – 24
Q3: Answer any Three questions from the following.
Q1. What is weight? Differentiate between mass and weight.
Q2. What are advantages and disadvantages of friction. Also give methods to reduce and improve friction.
Q3. What is the resolution of forces? also write the head to tail rule.
Q4. What is the C.M and C.G? Also write the first and second condition of equilibrium.
