Friction

Friction Fundamentals Quiz

Test your knowledge of friction in this engaging quiz! Explore concepts ranging from the basics of friction between different surfaces to practical applications in everyday life. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just someone curious about physics, this quiz is designed for you.

You'll find questions covering:

Types of friction
Effects of surfaces on friction
Real-world applications of friction

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Whenever the surfaces in contact tend to move or move with respect to each other, the force of friction comes into play

Only if one of the two objects is liquid

Irrespective of whether the objects are solid, liquid, or gaseous.

Only if one of the two objects is gaseous.

Only if the objects are solid.

In Fig. A boy is shown pushing the box from right to left. The force of friction will act on the box

From right to left

From left to right

Vertically upwards

Vertically downwards

A toy car released with the same initial speed will travel farthest on

Cemented surface

Brick surface

Muddy surface

Polished marble surface

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Friction acts on a ball rolling along the ground.

Friction acts on a boat moving on water.

Friction does not act on a ball moving through air.

Friction acts on a bicycle moving on a smooth road.

A boy rolls a rubber ball on a wooden surface. The ball travels a short distance before coming to rest. To make the same ball travel longer distance before coming to rest, he may

Sprinkle talcum powder on the wooden surface.

Cover the ball with a piece of cloth.

Sprinkle sand on the wooden surface.

Spread a carpet on the wooden surface.

In a large commercial complex, there are four ways to reach the main road. One of the paths has loose soil, the second is laid with polished marble, the third is laid with bricks and the fourth has a gravel surface. It is raining heavily and Anya wishes to reach the main road. The path on which she is least likely to slip is

Bricks

Loose soil

Gravel

Polished marble

To sharpen the blade of a knife by rubbing it against a surface, which of the following will be most suitable?

Stone

Wooden block

Glass block

Plastic block

Four children were asked to arrange forces due to rolling, static and sliding frictions in a decreasing order. Their arrangements are given below: Choose the correct arrangement.

Static, sliding, rolling

Sliding, static, rolling

Rolling, static, sliding

Rolling, sliding, static

Alida runs her toy car on the dry marble floor, wet marble floor, newspaper and towel spread on the floor. The force of friction acting on the car on different surfaces in increasing order will be:

Wet marble floor, dry marble floor, towel, newspaper.

Wet marble floor, dry marble floor, newspaper and towel.

Newspaper, towel, dry marble floor, wet marble floor.

Towel, newspaper, dry marble floor, wet marble floor.

Which device is used to reduce friction in the axles of cars and shafts of electric motors

Screws

Ball-bearings

Nuts

Bolts

Which one produces maximum friction

Rubbing sand paper on butter paper

Rubbing sand paper on glass top table

Rubbing sand paper on aluminium

Rubbing sand paper on sand paper

Which produces least friction

Box sliding down a slope

Box with wheels rolling down

Stationary box

Box sliding on a horizontal surface

Friction on a wooden table can be reduced by

Polishing it

Rubbing oil on it

Putting a glass table top on it

All of the above

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