A freely suspended bar magnet rests in
- ✓North-south directions
- BEast-west directions
- CUpside down
- DAny direction by chance
Answer: A.
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[1 Marks Each] M.C.Q.
161 Q→02Assertion (A) & Reason (B) MCQ
4 Q→03[1 Marks Each] Blanks
33 Q→04True Or False.[1 Marks Each]
18 Q→05[1 Marks Each] QUE - ANS
78 Q→06[3 Marks Each] QUE-ANS
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9 Q→08case /data -based (4 Marks)
1 Q→09Answer The Following Questions In Short.[2 Marks Each]
18 Q→Sample Questions
Fun with Magnets questions
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Arpita is standing in the middle of a cross road with a compass. The red portion of the compass needle is pointing towards her. She wants to go towards east then she should turn:
- ARight and then go straight.
- ✓Left and then go straight.
- CRight and then go left.
- DLeft and then go right.
Answer: B.
View full solution →For centuries , travellers use ____ to find directions?
- ✓Compass
- BAntenna
- CA piece of non-magnetic substance.
- DHe does not require anything more.
Answer: A.
View full solution →A How is a compass useful to us?
- AIn finding the altitude of a place.
- BIn finding only the north of a place.
- ✓In finding all the directions of a place.
- DIn making artificial magnets.
Answer: C.
View full solution →Nikhilesh has a small piece of metal and a thread. He wants to find whether the metal is a magnet or not. Which of these things would he need?
- AA piece of magnetic substance.
- BA magnet or a compass.
- CA piece of non-magnetic substance.
- ✓He does not require anything more.
Answer: D.
View full solution →Assertion – the process of making magnet from iron are artificial method Reason – There are different shapes of magnet like bar magnet, horsehoe magnet cylindrical or ball ended magnet.
- ✓Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
- BAssertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
- CAssertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
- DAssertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Answer: A.
View full solution →Assertion – Opposite pole of two magnets attract each other where as similar pole repel one another. Reason – A freely suspended magnet always aligns in n-s direction.
- AAssertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
- ✓Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
- CAssertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
- DAssertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Answer: B.
View full solution →Assertion – There are two poles of bar magnet only. Reason – The magnet have north and south pole.
- AAssertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
- BAssertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
- CAssertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
- ✓Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Answer: D.
View full solution →Assertion – Magnet attracts materials like iron, nickel, cobalt are called magnetic materials. Reason – Materials that are not attracted to words magnet are called
- AAssertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
- ✓Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
- CAssertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
- DAssertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Answer: B.
View full solution →Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
A compass needle always points in a direction $.........$.
View full solution →A compass needle always points in a direction $.........$.
The materials which are not attracted by magnet are called $.........$.
View full solution →Poles of bar magnet are located near $.........$.
View full solution →Cobalt is a $.........$ material. $($Magnetic$/$ Non$-$magnetic$).$
View full solution →Magnet was discovered in $.........$.
View full solution → If we cut a bar magnet in two halves we will have two magnets. True/ False
Magnets are made up of different materials and in different shapes. True/ False
North and south poles are found to exist separately. True/ False
Magnetite is a natural magnet. True/ False.
A cylindrical magnet has only one pole. True/ False.
Where are south and north poles of earth’s magnet?
State whether the statement are true or false:
A cylindrical magnet has only one pole.
A cylindrical magnet has only one pole.
What is lodestone?
How magnets lose their property?
Fill in the blank:
Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as __________, ______ and ____________.
Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as __________, ______ and ____________.
A bar magnet is cut into two pieces $A$ and $B$, from the middle, as shown in Fig.
Will the two pieces act as individual magnets? Mark the poles of these two pieces. Suggest an activity to verify your answer.
View full solution →Will the two pieces act as individual magnets? Mark the poles of these two pieces. Suggest an activity to verify your answer.
Four identical iron bars were dipped in a heap of iron filings one by one. The figures given below show the amount of iron filings sticking to each of them.
- Which of the iron bars is likely to be the strongest magnet?
- Which of the iron bars is not a magnet? Justify your answer.
How is a compass used to find directions?
Boojho kept a magnet close to an ordinary iron bar. He observed that the iron bar attracts a pin as shown in Fig.
What inference could he draw from this observation? Explain.
What inference could he draw from this observation? Explain.
You are provided with two identical metal bars. One out of the two is a magnet. Suggest two ways to identify the magnet.
Match Column $I$ with Column $II$ (One option of $A$ can match with more than one option of $B$)
View full solution →| $COLUMN\ I$ | $COLUMN\ II$ | ||
| $(a)$ | Magnet attracts | $(i)$ | resis along a particular direction |
| $(b)$ | Magnet can be repelled | $(ii)$ | iron |
| $(c)$ | Magnet if suspended freely | $(iii)$ | by another magnet |
| $(d)$ | Poles of the magnet can be identified by | $(iv)$ | iron filing |
You are given an iron strip. How will you make it into a magnet?
Suggest an arrangement to store a $U$ shaped magnet. How is this different from storing a pair of bar magnets?
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Fig. shows a magnetic campass. What will happen to the position of its needle if you bring a bar magnet near it? Draw a diagram to show the effect on the needle on bringing the bar magnet near it. Also draw the diagram to show the effect when the other end of the bar magnet is brought near it.
How will you test that ‘tea dust’ is not adulterated with iron powder?
$1.$ What does Sudhir’s activity show?
- ABar $1$ is made of iron
- ✓Bar $2$ is made of nickel
- CBar $3$ is made of silver
- DBar $4$ is made of cobalt
Answer: B.
View full solution →Where are the poles of a circular magnet? How will you find this?
Column $I$ shows different positions in which one pole of a magnet is placed near that of the other. Column $II$ indicates the resulting action between them for each situation. Fill in the blanks.
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noitcarttA
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$S-$_________
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noitslupeR
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How should two-bar magnets be kept?
What is demagnetisation?
Distinguish between the following.
Magnetic materials and Non-magnetic materials.
Magnetic materials and Non-magnetic materials.
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