Physics For Class IX (Science Group)

UNIT 9: THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER

Section (A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Tick mark (✓) the correct answer:
01. Heat is the form of:
(a) Pressure
(b) Weight
(c) Energy ✓
(d) All

02. Heat capacity is the product of mass and ___.

(a) Boiling point
(b) Freezing point
(c) Energy
(d) Specific heat of material ✓

03. The amount of heat needed to convert a substance from liquid to gas is called:
(a) Heat of vaporization ✓
(b) Specific heat
(c) Latent heat of fusion
(d) All

04. Thermal energy transfer required per unit mass to increase the temperature by 1°C or
1 K is called:
(a) Latent heat of Vaporization
(b) Specific heat capacity ✓
(c) Latent heat of fusion
(d) Thermal capacity

05. A fixed temperature at which a pure liquid boils is called:

(a) Melting point
(b) Freezing point
(c) Boiling point ✓
(d) Both 'a' and 'b'

06. The melting point of ice at normal atmospheric pressure is:

(a) 0 °C ✓
(b) 0 K
(c) 100 °C
(d) Both 'a' and 'b'

07. Thermal energy transfer required to change a solid into liquid without changing its
temperature is called:
(a) Latent heat of Fusion ✓
(b) Latent heat of vaporization
(c)Latent heat of boiling
(d) Specific heat capacity

08. Thermal energy transfer required to change a liquid into gas without changing its
temperature is called:
(a) Latent heat of freezing
(b) Latent heat of vaporization ✓
(c) Latent heat of boiling
(d) Latent heat of melting

09. Evaporation can occur at:

(a) Freezing point
(b) Melting point
(c) Boiling point
(d) All temperatures ✓

10. Rate of evaporation of a liquid can be increased by:

(a) increasing humidity
(b) decreasing temperature
(c) increasing its boiling point ✓
(d) decreasing atmospheric pressure

11. Linear thermal expansion of a solid depend upon:

(a) increasing in temperature
(b) original length
(c) properties of material
(d) all of these ✓

12. The S.I unit of heat is:

(a) calorie
(b) joule ✓
(c) Celsius
(d) Kelvin

13. It is the degree of hotness of a body:

(a) Heat
(b) Specific heat
(c) Temperature ✓
(d) Latent heat

14. Thermometer is a device, used to measure:

(a) temperature ✓
(b) heat
(c) specific heat
(d) latent heat

15. This scale of temperature is mostly used for environmental measurements:

(a) Kelvin scale
(b) Fahrenheit scale
(c) Celsius scale ✓
(d) Both `a' & 'b'

16. This scale of temperature is mostly used for industrial measurements:

(a) Kelvin scale ✓
(b) Fahrenheit scale
(c) Celsius scale
(d) Both 'a' & 'b'

17. Which one is correct to convert temperature from Celsius scale to Kelvin scale?
(a) K = 1.8 °C + 273
(b) K= 1.8 °C - 273
(c) K = °C - 273
(d) K = °C + 273 ✓

18. Which one is correct to convert temperature from Celsius scale to Fahrenheit scale?
(a) °F = 1.8 °C - 32
(b) °F = 1.8 °C + 32 ✓
(c) °F = 1.8 °C - 273
(d) °F = 1.8 °C + 273

19. Which one is correct to convert temperature from Fahrenheit scale to Celsius scale?
(a) °C = °F - 32 / 1.8 ✓
(b) °C = °F + 32 / 1.8
(c) °C = °F - 1.8 / 32
(d) °C = °F + 1.8 / 32

20. Specific heat of water is:

(a) 240 Jkg-1K-1
(b) 2400 Jkg-1K-1
(c) 420 Jkg-1K-1
(d) 4200 Jkg-1K-1 ✓

21. Boiling point of water is:

(a) 100 K
(b) 100 °F
(c) 100 °C ✓
(d) 92.8 °F

22. It is a term in physics that describe how much heat is added to a substance to raise
its temperature by 1°C:
(a) Latent heat of Fusion
(b) Latent heat of vaporization
(c) Specific heat capacity
(d) Heat capacity ✓

23. Heat capacity depends upon the nature of material:

(a) increasing in temperature
(b) original length
(c) nature of material ✓
(d) all of these

24. Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance through 1 °C

is called:
(a) Latent heat of Fusion
(b) Latent heat of vaporization
(c) Specific heat capacity ✓
(d) Heat capacity

25. Equation of specific heat capacity 'c' is as under:

(a) Q / ΔT
(b) ΔQ / mΔT ✓
(c) ΔT / mΔQ
(d) mΔQ / ΔT

26. Joule per kilogram per Kelvin (Jkg-1K-1 )is the 5.1 unit of:
(a) specific heat capacity ✓
(b) heat capacity
(c) latent heat of Fusion
(d) thermal expansion

27. The heat of fusion for water at 0 °C is approximately:

(a) 2230 Joules per gram
(b) 2130 Joules per gram
(c) 1230 Joules per gram
(d) 334 Joules per gram ✓

28. The heat of vaporization for water at 100°C is about:

(a) 2230 Joules per gram ✓
(b) 2130 Joules per gram
(c) 1230 Joules per gram
(d) 334 Joules per gram

29. Wet clothes dry in sun due to the:

(a) heat capacity
(b) specific heat
(c) evaporation ✓
(d) latent heat

30. Which statement is true for evaporation?

(a) It only takes place with the supply of an external heat source.
(b) It occurs only at a certain temperature called "Boiling point".
(c) It does not cause cooling.
(d) It takes place only at the liquid surface. ✓

31. Which statement is NOT true for boiling?

(a) It only takes place with the supply of an external heat source.
(b) It does not cause cooling.
(c) No formation of bubbles ✓
(d) It takes place throughout the liquid.

32. Evaporation causes:

(a) boiling
(b) freezing
(c) fusion
(d) cooling ✓

33. Volatile liquids have:

(a) low boiling point ✓
(b) high boiling point
(c) low freezing point
(d) high freezing point

34. Which statement is NOT correct?

The rate of evaporation increases with:
(a) with the increase in temperature
(b) with the increase in wind speed
(c) with the increase in humidity ✓
(d) with the increase in surface area of liquid

35. Salty water evaporates:

(a) more faster than pure water
(b) more slowly than pure water ✓
(c) with the same rate
(d) No evaporation occurs

36: The co-efficient of volume expansion of liquids is:

(a) zero
(b) equal to that of solids
(c) greater than solids ✓
(d) less than solids

37. If "β" is the coefficient of volume expansion and "α" is the coefficient of linear
expansion than:
(a) β = 2α
(b) β = 3α ✓
(c) α = 2β
(d) α = 3β

38. It is used to control temperature of ovens, irons water heaters, refrigerators, air
conditioners and so on:
(a) Bimetallic thermostat ✓
(b) Rivet
(c) Radiator
(d) Mercury

Fill In The Blanks:

1.  Heat is the form of energy. 
2. Unit or SI unit of heat is Joule.
3.  Degree of hotness or coldness of a body is called as temperature.
4.  Heat that determines the direction of transfer of thermal energy is called temperature.
5.  Three different scales, Celsius , Fahrenheit and Kelvin are used for quantitative
measurement of temperature.
6.  Temperature on Celsius scale is converted into Kelvin using K = °C + 273.
7.  Temperature on Celsius scale is converted to Fahrenheit using: °F=1.8 °C + 32.
8.  Thermal energy transfer required per unit mass to raise the temperature by 1 °C or 1
K is called specific heat capacity.
9.  The product of mass and specific heat capacity is called thermal capacity or heat
capacity of an object.
10.  Thermal energy transfer required to change the state of a substance from solid to liquid
without changing its temperature is called latent heat of fusion.
11.  Thermal energy transfer required to change the state of a substance from liquid into gas
without changing its temperature is called heat of vaporization.
12.  The process in which liquid changes into gas without any external energy supply is
called evaporation.
13.  Real expansion of water is the sum of apparent expansion of water and volume
expansion of flask.
14.  Temperature, humidity, surface area of liquid, pressure, boiling point and moving air are
the factors which affect the evaporation process of a liquid.
15.  Increase in length or size of a substance on heating is called thermal expansion.
16.  Increase in the length of a solid, when heated is called linear thermal expansion.
17.  Increase in volume of a solid, when heated is called volume thermal expansion.
18.  Volume thermal expansion of a solid depends upon increase in temperature, its
original volume and properties of material.
19.  Increase in volume of a solid after heating is calculated by using ΔV = βV0 ΔT.
 UNIT 8 ENERGY SOURCES AND TRANSFER OF ENERGY

Section (A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Tick mark (✓) the correct answer:
1. If force of 6 N displaces an object 2 m in the direction of force, then work done will be:
(a) 0
(b) 12 Joule ✓
(c) 3 Joule
(d) Both b and c

2. If a body of mass 1 kg is moving with velocity of 1 m/sec. then K.E of the body will be:
(a) Joules
(b) Joules
(c) Joule
(d) 1 Joule
(Note: Here numerical values are missing in the textbook. Answer will be 1/2 joule ✓)

3. If a machine performs 20 J of work in 10 sec. then it power is:

(a) 200 watt
(b) 20 watt
(c) 2 watt ✓
(d) 0.2 watt

4. A body of mass 1 kg is lifted through a height of l m. The energy possessed in the

body will be: (consider g = 10 ms-2).
(a) 1 J
(b) 10 Joule ✓
(c) 100 Joule
(d) 1000 Joule

5. The energy released during fission or fusion reaction is called:

(a) Solar energy
(b) Geothermal energy
(c) Tidal energy
(d) Nuclear energy ✓

6. Which is the renewable source of energy?

(a) Solar and wind ✓
(b) Coal
(c) Natural gas
(d) Petroleum

7. The ratio of output to input is called:

(a) Energy
(b) Work
(c) Power
(d) Efficiency ✓

8. Work done per unit time is called:

(a) Efficiency
(b) Energy
(c) Power ✓
(d) Force

9. Coal, gas and oil are all examples of:

(a) Tidal energy
(b) Nuclear energy
(c) Fossil fuel energy ✓
(d) Biomass energy

10. ______ is not a renewable source of energy.

(a) Solar energy
(b) Coal ✓
(c) Wind energy
(d) Geothermal energy

11. When a force makes something move, in Physics, it is called:

(a) work ✓
(b) power
(c) kinetic energy
(d) efficiency

12. The S.I. unit of work is:

(a) foot
(b) pound
(c) erg
(d) joule ✓

13. 1 joule = ____.

(a) 1 Nm-1
(b) 10 Nm-1
(c) 1 Nm ✓
(d) 10 Nm

14. The ability to do work is defined as:

(a) power
(b) energy ✓
(c) efficiency
(d) potential energy

15. The S.l. unit of energy is:

(a) joule ✓
(b) watt
(c) foot-pound
(d) erg

16. Mathematically, kinetic energy is represented by:

(a) mv2
(b) ½ mv2 ✓
(c) mgh
(d) ½ mgh

17. The energy that a body possesses by virtue of its position, shape or state of a system
is known as:
(a) kinetic energy
(b) potential energy ✓
(c) gravitational energy
(d) geothermal energy

18. Mathematically potential energy is given as:

(a) mv2
(b) ½ mv2
(c) mgh ✓
(d) ½ mgh

19. Water stored in a dam is an example of:

(a) kinetic energy
(b) potential energy ✓
(c) chemical energy
(d) geothermal energy

20. Fossil fuels have stored:

(a) potential energy
(b) geothermal energy
(c) solar energy
(d) chemical energy ✓

21. This kind of energy is stored in the Earth as its natural heat.
(a) Geothermal energy ✓
(b) Chemical energy
(c) Nuclear energy
(d) Potential energy

22. Wood, organic material, garbage and sugarcane are sources of:
(a) geothermal energy
(b) chemical energy
(c) biomass energy ✓
(d) solar energy

23. Which one of the following has no unit?

(a) Power
(b) Work done
(c) Energy
(d) Efficiency ✓

24. Efficiency is:

(a) (output / input) x 100 ✓
(b) (input / output) x 100
(c) (input/ 100) x output
(d) input x output

25. The rate of doing work is known as:

(a) energy
(b) efficiency
(c) power ✓
(d) kinetic energy

26. The amount of energy transferred per unit time is called as:
(a) energy
(b) efficiency
(c) power ✓
(d) kinetic energy

27. Power is a:
(a) scalar quantity ✓
(b) vector quantity
(c) Both 'a' &'b'
(d) None of these

28. Unit of power is:

(a) joule
(b) watt ✓
(c) Nm
(d) erg

29. Joule /sec = ______:

(a) Nm
(b) watt ✓
(c) erg
(d) pound

30. 1 hp = _______.
(a) 103 watt
(b) 106 watt
(c) 100 watt
(d) 746 watt ✓

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. Work is the product of force and the distance. 
2. W = F . S or F x S
3. The ability to do work is called energy.
4. SI unit of energy is Joule (J).
5. Energy possessed by an object due to its motion is called as Kinetic Energy. 
6. K∙E =  1/2 mv2
7. Energy due to position of an object is called Potential Energy 
8. P∙E = mgh.
9. Energy exists in many different forms such as nuclear energy, heat energy, electrical
energy, chemical energy, light energy, etc.
10. Solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy and
hydroelectric energy are the examples of renewable sources of energy.
11. Wood, coal, petroleum, natural gas and Uranium are examples of nonrenewable
sources of energy.
12. The ratio of output to the input is called efficiency.
13. The work done in unit time is called power.
14. SI unit of work is Watt.

UNIT 7: PROPERTIES OF MATTER

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) , Fill in the blanks and Concept Map

Section (A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Tick mark (✓) the correct answer:
1. An object with particles close together and vibrating describes a _______.
a) Gas
b) Liquid
c) Solid ✓
d) All three

2. A burning candle is an example of ______ state of matter.

a) Gas
b) Liquid
c) Solid
d) All three ✓

3. During which process a gas becomes a liquid ______.

a) Melting
b) Freezing
c) Condensing ✓
d) Boiling

4. A solid can _______.

a) have a fixed shape ✓
b) be easily compressed
c) take a shape of container
d) have freely moving molecules

5. According to kinetic molecular theory, the pressure exerted by a gas is caused by the
_______.
a) bombardment of the gas molecules on the walls of the container. ✓
b) collision between gas molecules.
c) large distances between gas molecules.
d) random motion of the gas molecules.

6. If a gas is heated in a sealed cylinder, then _______ increases.

a) pressure inside the container
b) average kinetic energy of the particles
c) temperature of the gas
d) All of them ✓

7. A gas in a container of fixed volume is heated. What happens to the molecules of the
gas?
a) They collide less frequently.
b) They expand.
c) They move faster. ✓
d) They move further apart.

8. In a liquid, some energetic molecules break free from the surface even when the liquid
is too cold for bubbles to form. What is the name of this process?
a) boiling
b) condensation
c) convection
d) evaporation ✓

9. What happens to the molecules of a gas when the gas changes into a liquid?
a) They move closer and lose energy. ✓
b) They move closer and gain energy.
c) They move apart and lose energy.
d) They move apart and gain energy.
 UNIT 6: GRAVITATION
Multiple Choice Question

Section (A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Tick mark (✓) the correct answer:
1. The motion of a falling ball towards Earth is due to the _____.
a) Weightlessness
b) Gravitational force ✓
c) Acceleration due to gravity
d) Both 'a' and 'b’

2. Newton's law of gravitation holds between every two objects on the _____.
a) on Earth
b) on Jupiter
c) on Moon
d) on Universe ✓

3. Numerical value of G is ______.

a) G = 6.673 10-11 Nm2 kg-2 ✓
b) G = 6.673 1011 Nm2 kg-2
c) G = 6.763 10-11 Nm2 kg-2
d) G = 6.763 1011 Nm2 kg-2

4. Gravitational field of Earth is directed _____.

a) towards the Earth ✓
b) towards the Sun
c) towards the Moon
d) away from Earth

5. ______ was the first scientist who gave the concept of gravitation.
a) Einstein
b) Newton ✓
c) Faraday
d) Maxwell

6. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation force ∝ _______.

a) m1 m2
b) 1/r2
c) r2
d) Both (a) and (b) ✓

7. Gravitational force is always ______.

a) Repulsive
b) Attractive ✓
c) Both
d) None of these

8.Numerical value of ______ remains constant every where.

a) g
b) G ✓
c) F
d) W

9. Gravitation force is ______ of the medium between the objects.

a) Dependent
b) Independent ✓
c) Both 'a' and 'b'
d) None of these

10. Near Earth's surface g = ______.

a) 10 ms-2 ✓
b) 1.6 ms-1
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these

11. Newton's law of gravitation is consistent with Newton's _________ law of motion.
a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 3rd ✓
d) All of them

12. Spring balance is used to measure _________.

a) Mass
b) Weight ✓
c) Elasticity
d) Density

13. Your weight as measured on Earth will be _____.

a) Increased
b) Decreased ✓
c) Remains same
d) None of these

14. Mass of Earth is _____.

a) 6.0 x 1023 kg
b) 6.0 x 1024 kg ✓
c) 6.0 ´ 1025 kg
d) 6.0 ´ 1026 kg

15. _____ is a natural satellite.

a) Earth
b) Jupiter
c) Moon ✓
d) Mars

16. A communication satellite completes its one revolution around the Earth in ______
hours.
a) 6
b) 12
c) 18
d) 24 ✓

17. The velocity of a satellite is _____ of its mass.

a) Independent ✓
b) Dependent
c) Equal
d) Double

18. _______ are used to put satellites into orbits.

a) Helicopter
b) Aeroplane
c) Rocket ✓
d) None of these

19. The critical velocity vc = ______.

a) gR
b) g/R
c) √ gR ✓
d) √ g/R

20. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, force is inversely proportional to

____.
a) m1 m2
b) 1/r2
c) r2 ✓
d) Both (a) & (b)

21. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, force ∝ to _____.

a) m1 m2 ✓
b) 1/m1 m2
c) r2
d) Both (a) & (c)

22. It changes the path of the Moon around the Earth.

a) centripetal force
b) centrifugal force
c) pull of the gravity ✓
d) turning effect of the force

23. It determines the gravitational force acting per unit mass:

a) G
b) g ✓
c) 𝜏
d) None of these

24. Gravitational force is always present between two objects because of their:
a) volumes
b) shapes
c) density
d) masses ✓

25. Gravitation force follows the:

a) direct square law
b) inverse square law ✓
c), direct law
d) inverse law

26. In 1798, he completed the 1st experiment that demonstrated Newton's Law of

universal gravitation.
a) Einstein
b) Cavendish ✓
c) Faraday
d) Maxwell

27. Earth's field force is a:

a) non-contact force ✓
b) contact force
c) Both 'a' & 'b'
d) None of these

28. Weight is measure in:

a) kg
b) kg-m
c) kg/m
d) N ✓

29. Ocean tides are caused by the:

a) gravity of the earth
b) gravity of the sun
c) gravity of the moon
d) Both "b" & "c" ✓
30. The first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1, was sent into space by:
a) USA
b) USSR ✓
c) UK
d) China

31. The gravitational pull of the Earth on the satellite provides the needed to keep a
satellite in orbit around some planet.
a) centripetal force ✓
b) centrifugal force
c) gravity
d) force of attraction

32. The height of a geostationary satellite is about ____ km from the surface of the Earth.
a) 32,000
b) 35,600
c) 40,800
d) 42,300 ✓

33. The time required for a satellite or complete one revolution around the Earth in its
orbit is called its:
a) period
b) rotational period
c) time period ✓
d) revolving time

34. Expression for the mass of the Earth is:

a) gRE2 / G ✓
b) gG / RE2
c) gG / RE
d) gRE / G

35. The velocity that a satellite must possess when orbiting around the Earth in an orbit
of radius (r = R + h) is:
a) √ R + h / GM
b) √ M(R + h) / G
c) √ G(R + h) / M
d) √ GM / R + h ✓

36. The expression for the time period of a satellite orbiting around the Earth is:
a) 2π √ r/GM
b) 2π √ r2/G2M
c) 2π √ r2/GM ✓
d) 2π √ r2/GM2

37. Sun's gravitational attraction to the Earth is ____ times greater than that of the moon
to the Earth.
a) 100
b) 156
c) 177 ✓
d) 189

38. The constant horizontal velocity required to put the satellite into a stable circular
orbit around the Earth is called:
a) orbital velocity
b) critical velocity ✓
c) centripetal velocity
d) centrifugal velocity

39. Expression for critical velocity is:

a) √ gR ✓
b) √ gME
(c) √ g(R + h)
(d) √ gGR

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. Gravity’ is taken from Latin word ‘gravitas’ means ‘weight’.
2. The gravitational force (pull) of Earth is known as gravity.
3. Everybody in the universe attracts every other body with a gravitational force of
magnitude:
F = Gm1m2/ r2
4. Gravitational force forms an action-reaction pair.
5. Newton's law of gravitation is consistent with Newton's third law of motion.
6. “G” has constant value through out the universe.
7. “g” has different values at different places.
8. A gravitational field is a region in which a mass is attracted due to gravitational
attraction.
9. Weight of an object is the gravitational pull of Earth acting on it.
10. W = mg.
11. Mass of Earth is 6.0 x 1024kg.
12. A satellite is an object that revolves around a planet.
13. Natural satellite is a planet that revolves around another planet naturally.
14. Moon is natural satellite of Earth.
15. An artificial satellite is an object which is sent to space to revolve around a planet.
16. Sputnik-1 and Explorer-1 are artificial satellites.
17. Meteosat are artificial satellites of Earth.
18. Critical velocity is the constant horizontal velocity needed to put a satellite into an
stable circular orbit around the Earth.
19. “G” is also known as Newtonian constant of gravitation or the Cavendish
gravitational constant.
20. The gravitational field strength “g” is approximately 10 Newton per kilogram or 10
Nkg-1.
21. An object of mass 1 kg has a weight of 9.8 N near the surface of Earth.
22. British scientist George Atwood (1746-1807) used two masses suspended from a fixed
pulley, to study the motion and measure the value of ‘g’. This is named as “Atwood Machine”.
23. Ocean tides are caused by the gravity of Sun and Moon.
24. The Earth has 9.3 times more mass than Mars.
25. Earth is used for communication purpose, therefore it is known as “Communication
Satellite”.
26. Velocity of Geostationary satellite with respect to Earth is zero.
27. The velocity required to keep the satellite into its orbit is called “Orbital Velocity”.