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MCQ On Class 6 Science Exploring Magnets
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What are materials that are attracted to magnets called?
- a) Non-magnetic materials
- b) Magnetic materials
- c) Lodestones
- d) Artificial magnets
Answer: b) Magnetic materials
Where do iron filings stick most on a bar magnet?
- a) In the middle
- b) Near the ends
- c) Uniformly all over
- d) They don’t stick at all
Answer: b) Near the ends
What are the ends of a magnet called?
- a) Tips
- b) Edges
- c) Poles
- d) Corners
Answer: c) Poles
How many poles does a magnet have?
- a) One
- b) Two
- c) Three
- d) Four
Answer: b) Two
What happens if you break a magnet into smaller pieces?
- a) You get single poles
- b) The pieces lose magnetism
- c) Each piece still has both poles
- d) Only one piece remains magnetic
Answer: c) Each piece still has both poles
Which direction does a freely suspended magnet align with?
- a) East-West
- b) North-South
- c) Northeast-Southwest
- d) Random directions
Answer: b) North-South
What is the device called that uses a magnetic needle to find directions?
- a) Lodestone
- b) Compass
- c) GPS
- d) Magnetometer
Answer: b) Compass
What happens when you bring the North pole of one magnet near the North pole of another?
- a) They attract
- b) They repel
- c) Nothing happens
- d) They fuse together
Answer: b) They repel
What happens when you bring the North pole of one magnet near the South pole of another?
- a) They attract
- b) They repel
- c) Nothing happens
- d) They cancel each other out
Answer: a) They attract
What is a naturally occurring magnet called?
- a) Artificial magnet
- b) Lodestone
- c) Electromagnet
- d) Permanent magnet
Answer: b) Lodestone
What is the colored end of a compass needle usually indicating?
- a) South pole
- b) North pole
- c) East direction
- d) West direction
Answer: b) North pole
What was the ancient Indian device similar to a compass called?
- a) Disha-yantra
- b) Matsya-yantra
- c) Magnet-yantra
- d) Compass-yantra
Answer: b) Matsya-yantra
How many times should you stroke an iron needle with a magnet to make it magnetic?
- a) 5-10 times
- b) 15-20 times
- c) 30-40 times
- d) 50-60 times
Answer: c) 30-40 times
What shape was the ancient Indian compass (matsya-yantra) in?
- a) Fish-shaped
- b) Bird-shaped
- c) Arrow-shaped
- d) Star-shaped
Answer: a) Fish-shaped
What happens when you bring an iron bar near both poles of a magnet?
- a) It’s attracted to both poles
- b) It’s repelled by both poles
- c) It’s attracted to North and repelled by South
- d) Nothing happens
Answer: a) It’s attracted to both poles
What is the best way to identify a magnet?
- a) By its color
- b) By its weight
- c) By its property of repulsion
- d) By its shape
Answer: c) By its property of repulsion
Which of these is not a way to indicate the North pole of a magnet?
- a) N marking
- b) Red paint
- c) White dot
- d) Blue paint
Answer: d) Blue paint
How should you store bar magnets properly?
- a) With like poles together
- b) With unlike poles together
- c) Separately in different boxes
- d) Wrapped in metal foil
Answer: b) With unlike poles together
What does a freely suspended magnet always align with?
- a) The earth’s magnetic field
- b) The nearest metal object
- c) The direction of the wind
- d) The sun’s position
Answer: a) The earth’s magnetic field
What is the earth considered as, in terms of magnetism?
- a) A small magnet
- b) A giant magnet
- c) A non-magnetic body
- d) An electromagnet
Answer: b) A giant magnet
What material is often used in magnetic compasses?
- a) Copper needle
- b) Plastic needle
- c) Magnetized needle
- d) Wooden needle
Answer: c) Magnetized needle
What happens to the strength of magnetic force when distance increases?
- a) Increases
- b) Decreases
- c) Remains the same
- d) Becomes zero instantly
Answer: b) Decreases
In which direction does the red-painted end of a compass needle point?
- a) South
- b) East
- c) West
- d) North
Answer: d) North
What shape of magnet is often used in refrigerator door seals?
- a) Bar magnet
- b) U-shaped magnet
- c) Ring magnet
- d) Disc magnet
Answer: c) Ring magnet
What happens when you place a piece of glass between a magnet and iron filings?
- a) Iron filings are not attracted
- b) Iron filings are still attracted
- c) Glass becomes magnetic
- d) Magnet loses its power
Answer: b) Iron filings are still attracted
Which of these is not advised to be kept near magnets?
- a) Mobile phones
- b) Remote controls
- c) Wooden objects
- d) Both a and b
Answer: d) Both a and b
What type of magnets are those found in pencil boxes and toys?
- a) Natural magnets
- b) Artificial magnets
- c) Electromagnets
- d) Temporary magnets
Answer: b) Artificial magnets
