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Chapter 9: Force and Laws Of Motion

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Intext Questions – 1 Page: 118

1. Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a
train? (c) a five-rupee coin and a one-rupee coin?
2. In the following example, try to identify the number of times the velocity of the ball changes: “A football
player kicks a football to another player of his team who kicks the football towards the goal. The goalkeeper of
the opposite team collects the football and kicks it towards a player of his own team”. Also identify the agent
supplying the force in each case.
3. Explain why some of the leaves may get detached from a tree if we vigorously shake its branch.
4. Why do you fall in the forward direction when a moving bus brakes to a stop and fall backwards when it
accelerates from rest?
Intext Questions – 2 Page: 126,127
1. If action is always equal to the reaction, explain how a horse can pull a cart.
2. Explain, why is it difficult for a fireman to hold a hose, which ejects large amounts of water at a high velocity.
3. From a rifle of mass 4 kg, a bullet of mass 50 g is fired with an initial velocity of 35 m s –1. Calculate the initial
recoil velocity of the rifle.
4. Two objects of masses 100 g and 200 g are moving along the same line and direction with velocities of 2 ms –
1
and 1 ms–1, respectively. They collide and after the collision, the first object moves at a velocity of 1.67 ms –1.
Determine the velocity of the second object.
Exercises Page: 128,129
1. An object experiences a net zero external unbalanced force. Is it possible for the object to be travelling with a
non-zero velocity? If yes, state the conditions that must be placed on the magnitude and direction of the
velocity. If no, provide a reason.
2. When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain.
3. Why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a rope?
4. A batsman hits a cricket ball which then rolls on a level ground. After covering a short distance, the ball comes
to rest. The ball slows to a stop because (a) the batsman did not hit the ball hard enough. (b) velocity is
proportional to the force exerted on the ball. (c) there is a force on the ball opposing the motion. (d) there is no
unbalanced force on the ball, so the ball would want to come to rest.
5. A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with a constant acceleration. It travels a distance of 400 m in 20
s. Find its acceleration. Find the force acting on it if it’s mass is 7 tonnes (Hint: 1 tonne = 1000 kg.)
6. A stone of 1 kg is thrown with a velocity of 20 ms-1 across the frozen surface of a lake and comes to rest after
travelling a distance of 50 m. What is the force of friction between the stone and the ice?
7. An 8000 kg engine pulls a train of 5 wagons, each of 2000 kg, along a horizontal 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
(b) the acceleration of the train.
8. An automobile vehicle has a mass of 1500 kg. What must be the force between the vehicle and road if the
vehicle is to be stopped with a negative acceleration of 1.7 ms-2?
9. What is the momentum of an object of mass m, moving with a velocity v?(a) (mv) 2 (b) mv2 (c) ½ mv2 (d) mv
10. Using a horizontal force of 200 N, we intend to move a wooden cabinet across a floor at a constant velocity.
What is the friction force that will be exerted on the cabinet?
11. Two objects, each of mass 1.5 kg, are moving in the same straight line but in opposite directions. The
velocity of each object is 2.5 ms-1 before the collision during which they stick together. What will be the velocity
of the combined object after collision?
12. According to the third law of motion when we push on an object, the object pushes back on us with an equal
and opposite force. If the object is a massive truck parked along the roadside, it will probably not move. A
student justifies this by answering that the two opposite and equal forces cancel each other. Comment on this
logic and explain why the truck does not move.
13. A hockey ball of mass 200 g travelling at 10 ms–1 is struck by a hockey stick so as 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.
14. A bullet of mass 10 g travelling horizontally with a velocity of 150 m s –1 strikes a stationary wooden block and
comes to rest in 0.03 s. Calculate the distance of penetration of the bullet into the block. Also calculate the
magnitude of the force exerted by the wooden block on the bullet.
15. An object of mass 1 kg travelling in a straight line with a velocity of 10 ms –1 collides with, and sticks to, a
stationary wooden block of mass 5 kg. Then they both move off together in the same straight line. Calculate the
total momentum just before the impact and just after the impact. Also, calculate the velocity of the combined
object.
16. An object of mass 100 kg is accelerated uniformly from a velocity of 5 ms –1 to 8 ms–1 in 6 s. Calculate the
initial and final momentum of the object. Also, find the magnitude of the force exerted on the object.
17. Akhtar, Kiran, and Rahul were riding in a motorcar that was moving with a high velocity on an expressway
when an insect hit the windshield and got stuck on the windscreen. Akhtar and Kiran started pondering over the
situation. Kiran suggested that the insect suffered a greater change in momentum as compared to the change in
momentum of the motorcar (because the change in the velocity of the insect was much more than that of the
motorcar). Akhtar said that since the motorcar was moving with a larger velocity, it exerted a larger force on the
insect. And as a result the insect died. Rahul while putting an entirely new explanation said that both the
motorcar and the insect experienced the same force and a change in their momentum. Comment on these
suggestions.
18. How much momentum will a dumb-bell of mass 10 kg transfer to the floor if it falls from a height of 80 cm?
Take its downward acceleration to be 10 ms–2.
Force and Laws of Motion CBSE Class 9 Science Chapter 9 Questions
1. What do you mean by law of conservation of momentum?

2. Why do roads on mountains have inward inclination at sharp turns?
3. Why is it dangerous to jump out of a moving bus?
4. How do safety belts of cars help in preventing accidents?
5. Explain how momentum gets conserved in collision of two bodies?
6. How are Newton�s three laws of motion related?
7. Explain inertia and momentum in detail.
8. Define force and its various types. What is its unit?
9. Give three examples exhibiting inertia in our daily life
10. What change will a force bring in a body?
11. From a rifle of mass 5kg, a bullet of mass 50gram is fired with an initial velocity of 50m/s.
Calculate the initial recoil velocity of the rifle.
12. Explain how Newton�s second law of motion is used in sports?
13. Why does one get hurt on jumping from a great height to the floor?
14. What is a balanced force?
15. We want to move a wooden cabinet across the floor with a horizontal force of 200N200N at a constant
speed. What is the frictional force exerted on the case?
16. There are three bodies made of aluminium, steel and wood that have the same shape and volume. Which of
them would have greater indolence?
17. Two balls of the same size but different materials, rubber and iron, are held on the smooth floor of a moving
train. The brakes are suddenly applied to stop the train. Are the balls rolling? If yes, in which direction? Will they
move at the same speed? Justify your answer.
18. Two identical bullets are fired, one from a light rifle and another one from a heavy rifle of the same power.
Which rifle will hurt the shoulder more, and why?
19. A horse continues to exert force to move a cart at a constant speed. Explain why.
20. Suppose a ball of the mass m is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity v, where its velocity
decreases continuously until it becomes zero. After that, the ball starts falling and reaches the speed v before
hitting the ground. That implies that the magnitude of the ball’s initial and final moments are equal. However, it
is not an example of conservation of momentum. Explain why.
21. Two friends on roller skates face each other 5 m apart. One throws a 2kg ball to the other, who catches it.
How does this activity affect the position of the two? Explain your answer
22. The lawn sprinkler starts rotating as soon as the water is added. Explain the principle on which it works.
Force and Laws of Motion CBSE Class 9 Science Chapter 9 Question Answer
1. Which of the following statements is not correct for an object moving along a straight path in an
accelerated motion?
(a) A force is always acting on it
(b) Its velocity constantly changes
(c) It always moves away from the Earth’s surface
(d) Its speed keeps changing
2. According to the third law of motion, action and reaction

(a) act on either body at average to each other
(b) always act on different bodies in the opposite direction
(c) have the same magnitude and directions
(d) always work on the same body
3. A goalkeeper in the game of football pulls his hands backwards after holding the ball shot at the goal. That
enables the goalkeeper to
(a) decrease the rate of change in momentum
(b) reduce the force exerted by the ball on the hands
(c) increase the rate of change in momentum
(d) exert more significant force on the ball
4. The inertia of an object tends to cause the object
(a) to decelerate due to friction
(b) to decrease its speed
(c) to resist any change in its state for motion
(d) to increase its speed
5. A passenger in a moving train tosses the coin which falls behind him. It means that the motion of the train i
(a) accelerated
(b) along circular tracks
(c) retarded
(d) uniform
6. An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4 m/s on a frictionless horizontal table. The
force required to keep the thing moving at the same speed is
(a) 2 N
(b) 0 N
(c) 32 N
(d) 8 N
7. Rocket works on the principle of the conservation of
(a) mass
(b) energy
(c) momentum
(d) velocity
8. A water tanker filled up to 2/3 of its height is moving with a uniform speed. On sudden application of the
brake, the water in the tank would
(a) move backwards
(b) move forward
(c) be unaffected
(d) rise upwards
9. A batsman hits a cricket ball which then rolls on level ground. After covering a short distance, the ball
comes to rest. The ball comes s to a stop because –
1. Velocity is proportional to the force exerted on the ball.
2. The batsman didn’t hit the ball hard enough.
3. There is a force on the ball opposing the motion.
4. There is no unbalanced force on the ball. Thus the ball would come to rest.
10. What is the momentum of an object of mass m, moving with the velocity v?
1. (mv)2
2. 1/2mv2
3. mv2
4. Mv
11. What is the S.I. unit of momentum?
1. Kgms
2. Mskg
3. kgms−1
4. kgms
12. What is the numerical formula for force?
1. F=ma
2. F=ma
3. F=ma2
4. F=m2a
13. If the initial velocity is zero, the force acting is
1. Retarding
2. Acceleration
3. Both
4. None
14. What is the S.I. unit of the force?
1. kgms2
2. kgms
3. kgm2s2
4. kgm2s2
15. Newton’s first law for motion is also called
1. Law of Inertia
2. Law of Momentum
3. Law of Action & Reaction
4. None of these
16. Which law explains swimming?
1. Newton’s first law
2. Newton’s second law
3. Newton’s third law
4. All of these
17. The S.I. unit of weight is:
1. N
2. Nm
3. Ns
4. Nms
18. Which equation defines Newton’s Second law of motion?
1. F=ma=dpdt
2. F=mdadt=P
3. dFdt=ma=P
4. F=ma=P
19. The people on the bus are pushed backwards if the bus starts suddenly due to
1. Inertia due to rest
2. Inertia due to motion
3. Inertia due to direction
4. Inertia
20. If the force acting on the body is zero. Its momentum is
1. zero
2. constant
3. Both
4. None

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Chapter 9: Force and Laws Of Motion

Intext Questions – 1 Page: 118

1. What do you mean by law of conservation of momentum?

2. According to the third law of motion, action and reaction

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