Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata
Half-Yearly Examination (Online) – 2021-22
Subject: PHYSICS Maximum Marks: 40
Class : IX Time: 1hr 15mins
Section A(Answer all questions)
1. Choose the correct alternative: (1×5=5)
a) 1amu =
i. 1.66×10-27g
ii. 1.66×10-24kg
iii. 1.66×10-24g
iv. None of above
b) The unit of rate of change of momentum can be represented in terms of fundamental unit as:
i. Kg.m.s-1
ii. Kg.m2.s
iii. Kg.m.s-1
iv. Kg.m.s-2
c) Which one of the following is a scalar quantity?
i. mass×velocity
ii. force/acceleration
iii. mass×accelaration
iv. force×time
d) A book of weight 10N is kept on a table. The reaction force is applied by the table is:
i. 10N, downward
ii. 1kgf, downward
iii. 100kgf, upward
iv. 1kgf, upward
e) A concave mirror can produce an image which is same size that of object, when object distance
is 20cm. find the focal length of the mirror.
i. +10cm
ii. -10cm
iii. +40cm
iv. -40cm
2. Give reasons for the following: (2×5=10)
a) Draw a graph between acceleration and mass when force is constant.
b) Average velocity of a body is zero, even if its average speed is not zero.
c) An athlete prefers to land on sand instead of hard floor while taking a long jump.
d) A ball thrown vertically upwards in a moving train, come back to thrower’s hand.
e) The screen of a cinema hall is made rough.
3. While visiting an amusement park Ritam had seen a special type of mirror. When he had stood in
front of it he found that his image has a very small head, a fat body and legs of normal size.
a) What can be shapes of the three parts of the mirror?
b) If he had moved by 2m towards the mirror, which part of the image would move by the same
extent?
c) Which of these three parts could be used in headlight of an automobile? (3+1+1=5)
Section-B
Answer any two questions
4. (3+4+3=10)
a) An object is moving with velocity v. After 1s velocity increases to nv. Prove that displacement
of the object after 1s is: s = (n+1)v/2.
b) While performing an experiment of simple pendulum a student found following readings:
No of Effective Time for 20 osc( in s) Time for 1 osc(in s)
obn length(cm)
1 100 41.2 2.06
2 110 43.4 ---
3 120 49.6 2.48
4 130 46.9 ---
i. Fill up the blank spaces.
ii. What experimental error do you notice in the above data? Explain briefly.
c) At what distance in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10cm, an object be placed so that its
virtual image of size five times that of the object is obtained?
5. (4+3+3=10)
a) A ball is thrown vertically upward from top of a tower with initial velocity of 19.6m/s. The ball
reaches the ground after 5s. Find the displacement of the ball.
b) Write down the function of the following parts of a screw gauge.
i. Ratchet
ii. Thimble
iii. Circular scale
c) How many images of himself can an observer see in a room whose two adjacent walls are fitted
with plane mirrors? Explain briefly.
6.
a) (4+3+3=10)
i. State the Newton’s law of gravitation.
ii. The gravitational force between two bodies of mass 2m each, separated by a distance r
is F. For two different pair of bodies of mass m each, separated by a distance r/2 this
force becomes D. Find F:D.
b) The velocity-time graph of a body moving with uniform retardation is as shown. Calculate the
average velocity from the graph by showing proper calculation.
Also draw the displacement-time graph.
20 m/s
8s
c) Explain with diagram why a convex mirror is used as a rear view mirror of a car instead of a
plane mirror.
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