NCERT Class 6 Science Chapter 10 Fun With Magnets Multiple Choice Questions

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Fun With Magnets Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. Plastic comb

  1. Iron clip
  2. Paper notebook
  3. Silver cup

Answer: 2. Iron clip

Question 2. Which among the following in the given options is an example of a magnetic substance?

  1. Cobalt
  2. Nickel
  3. Iron
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Question 3. A mixture contains sand and iron dust. How can the iron dust be separated from sand?

  1. Blow air over the mixture
  2. Sieve the mixture using a strainer
  3. Pour water in the mixture and then filter it
  4. Spread the mixture and run a magnet all over it

Answer: 4. Spread the mixture and run a magnet all over it

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Question 4. The north pole of a magnet can be identified by

  1. Another magnet has its poles marked as the north pole and south pole
  2. Another magnet no matter whether the poles’ are marked or not
  3. Using an iron bar
  4. Using iron filings 10.

Answer: 1. Another magnet having its poles marked as the north pole and south pole

Question 5. A bar magnet is immersed in a heap of iron filings and pulled out. The amount of iron filings clinging to

  1. The North Pole is almost equal to the South Pole
  2. The North Pole is much less than the South Pole
  3. The South Pole is much less than the North Pole
  4. The magnet will be the same all along its length

Answer: 1. The North Pole is almost equal to the South Pole

Question 6. Three magnets A, B and C were dipped one by one in a heap of iron filings. The number of iron filings sticking to them

Class 6 Science Chapter 10 Fun With Magnets Iron Fillings Sticking

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  1. A>B>C
  2. A < B < C
  3. A < B > C
  4. A=B = C

Answer: 1. A>B>C

Question 7. A freely suspended magnet always points in the

  1. Upside down
  2. East-west direction
  3. North-south direction
  4. Any direction by chance

Answer: 3. North-south direction

Question 8. Which of these will convert an iron rod into a

  1. Bury the iron rod in the soil for a week.
  2. Hit the iron rod with a hammer ten times.
  3. Place the iron rod in a stack of iron bars for a month.
  4. Rub the iron rod against a permanent magnet fifty times.

Answer: 4. Rub the iron rod against a permanent magnet fifty times.

Question 9. Attraction is seen between the poles of two bar magnets in the case of

  1. The north pole of one magnet with the north pole of the other
  2. The south pole of one magnet with the south pole of the other
  3. The north pole of one magnet with the south pole of the other
  4. All of the above

Answer: 3. The North pole of one magnet with the south pole of the other

Question 10. 

Class 6 Science Chapter 10 Fun With Magnets Which Pair Of Cars Will Repel Each Other

Which pair of cars will repel each other?

  1. Pair 4 only
  2. Pair 3 only
  3. Both pair 1 and pair 3
  4. Both pair 2 and pair

Answer: 3. Both pair 1 and pair 3

Question 11. Which of the arrangements It boot for storing n pair of bar magnets?

Class 6 Science Chapter 10 Fun With Magnets Which Of These Arrangements Is Best For Storling A pair Of Bar Magnets

Answer: 3.

The magnetic properties can be destroyed by

  1. Hammering
  2. Heating
  3. None of these
  4. Both (1) and (2)

Answer: 3. None of these

Question 12. Atul Is an Intelligent boy. One day his mother gifted ‘ him a bar magnet. He starts playing with It. He also starts exploring various properties of magnets. His friend tells him that there are many other shapes and types of magnets like cylindrical magnets, horse-shoe magnets, etc. He finds that magnets are used in electrical appliances, compasses and even in making toys. One day his father tells him to keep this bar magnet safely. If a magnet is hammered, heated and struck against a hard substance, it loses its magnetic property.

1. _________________is an artificial magnet.

  1. Horseshoe magnet
  2. Magnetite
  3. Ball-ended magnet
  4. Both (1) and (3)

Answer: 4. Both (1) and (3)

2. A magnet loses its property when

  1. Hammered
  2. Heated
  3. Improperly stored
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

3. Which of the following is a magnetic material?

  1. Silver
  2. Stainless steel
  3. Cobalt
  4. Leather

Answer: 3. Cobalt

4. Lodestone is a ___________

  1. Natural
  2. Man-made
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. None of these

Answer: 1. Natural

Question 13. The poles that attract each other are

  1. North-south
  2. South-south
  3. South-north
  4. Both (1) and (3)

Answer: 4. Both (1) and (3)

Question 14. A freely suspended magnet comes to rest in the

  1. East-west direction
  2. North-east direction
  3. South-west direction
  4. None of the above

Answer: 4. None of the above

Question 15. The magnetic strength of a magnet is strong at

  1. The north pole
  2. The south pole
  3. The centre of the magnet
  4. Both (1) and (2)

Answer: 4. Both (1) and (2)

Question 16.  Which of the following is a magnetic material?

  1. Iron
  2. Plastic
  3. Glass
  4. None of these

Answer: 1. Iron

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