Magnetism Book Back Questions & Answers
Unit 1 > Science > Class 6 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium
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1. An object that is attracted by magnet.
a. wooden piece
b. plain pins
c. eraser
d. a piece of paper
Correct answer: b. plain pins
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2. People who made mariners compass for the first time.
a. Indians
b. Europeans
c. Chinese
d. Egyptians
Correct answer: c. Chinese
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3. A freely suspended magnet always comes to rest in the _____________ direction
a. North - east
b. South - west
c. East - west
d. North - south
Correct answer: d. North - south
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4. Magnets lose their properties when they are
a. used
b. stored
c. hit with a hammer
d. cleaned
Correct answer: c. hit with a hammer
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5. Mariners compass is used to find the
a. speed
b. displacement
c. direction
d. motion.
Correct answer: c. direction
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1. Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as __________, __________ and ____________.
Correct answer: Bar-magnet, Horseshoe magnet and Ring magnet.
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2. The Materials which are attracted towards the magnet are called________.
Correct answer: magnetic substances.
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3. Paper is not a ______ material.
Correct answer: magnetic
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4. In olden days, sailors used to fi nd direction by suspending a piece of ___________.
Correct answer: lode stones.
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5. A magnet always has __________ poles.
Correct answer: two
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1. A cylindrical magnet has only one pole.
Correct answer: False
Correct Statement: A cylindrical magnet has two poles
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2. Similar poles of a magnet repel each other.
Correct answer: True
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3. Maximum iron fi lings stick in the middle of a bar magnet when it is brought near them.
Correct answer: False
Correct Statement: Maximum iron filings stick in the poles of a bar magnet when it is brought near them.
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4. A compass can be used to find EastWest direction at any place.
Correct answer: True
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5. Rubber is a magnetic material.
Correct answer: False
Correct Statement: Rubber is a non-magnetic material.
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1. Compass
Correct answer: Magnetic needle
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2. Attraction
Correct answer: Opposite poles
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3. Repulsion
Correct answer: Like poles
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4. Magnetic poles
Correct answer: Maximum magnetic strength
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1. Iron nail, pins, rubber tube , needle.
Correct answer: Rubber tube (Rubber tube is a non-magnetic substance, others are magnetic substances)
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2. Lift, escalator, electromagnetic train, electric bulb.
Correct answer: Electric bulb (Electric bulb does not have magnets others have electromagnets)
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3. Attraction, repulsion, pointing direction, illumination.
Correct answer: Illumination (Illumination is not a property of magnet, others are magnetic properties)