NUMERICAL EXERCISE (EAMCET – DEEPTHI)

FORCE; MOMENTUM & IMPULSE

1. A body of mass 5kg traverses in successive seconds distances of 8, 9 and 10 metres. The force acting on it is
(a) 1N (b) 2N (c) 3N (d) 5N
-2
2. The force which is acting on a 1kg mass develops in it an acceleration 1ms in its own direction is known as
(a) 1kgwt (b) 1 dyne (c) 1 pound (d) 1 Newton
3. A body of mass 50gms is allowed to fall freely under gravity. Calculate its momentum after 5 secs [ g = 980 cm-2]
(a) 245 C.G.S (b) 2450 C.G.S. (c) 245 × 102 C.G.S (d) 245 × 103 C.G.S
4. A player kicks a 0.5 kg football and gives it a velocity of 10 m/s starting from rest. The contact between the force
& ball lasts for 1/50 secs. What is the force of impact.
(a) 2500N (b) 1250N (c) 250 N (d) 625N
5. A hammer with a 500gm head is used to be drive nails horizontally into a wall. A force of 450N is required to
penetrate the wall. Each blow should force the nail 5mm into the wall. What should be the velocity of the hammer
head to strike the nail
(a) 9 m/s (b) 1.5 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 6 m/s
6. A constant force acts for 5 seconds on a body of mass 5 quintals and then ceased to act. During the next 5 secs the
body describes 100m. Find the magnitude of the force (1 quintal = 100 kg)
(a) 200N (b) 2000N (c) 200 dynes (d) 2000 dynes
7. If a force of 15 newtons acts upon a mass of 15kg. What velocity does it generate in 8 secs.
(a) 2 m/s (b) 8 m/s (c) 11 m/s (d) 21 m/s
8. A particles of mass 3 kg is moving with a velocity of 5 m/s along a straight line PQ. A force of 12 Newtons acts at
right angle to PQ on the particles for 3s. Find the velocity of the particle at the end of 3s…
(a) 13 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 5 m/s (d) none
9. A 1 kg ball drops vertically onto the floor with a speed of 25m/s and rebounds with a speed of 10 m/s. What is the
impulse acting on the ball in (N – s)
(a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 56 (d) 70
10. A body of mass 2 kg moving on a horizontal surface with a initial velocity of 4 m/s comes to rest after 2 secs. If
one wants to keep this body moving on same surface with a velocity of 4 m/s the force required is
(a) 8N (b) 4N (c) 2N (d) zero
11. A bullet of mass 4 × 10-2 kg moving with a velocity of 20 m/s pierces through a sand bag and comes to rest after
0.05 sec. The resistance offered by the sand bag is
(a) 40N (b) 30N (c) 20N (d) 10N
12. A force of 200N acts in the opposite direction on a body moving with uniform velocity and brings it to rest in 0.25
sec. what is the initial momentum of the body (in kg-m/s)
(a) 50 (b) 75 (c) 100 (d) 125
13. A glass marble whose mass is 20 gms falls from a height of 0.25m and rebounds to a height of 1.m. If g = 9.8
m/s2, find the impulse acting on the fall (in N-s)
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.252 (d) 0.534
14. A ball of mass 160gm travelling with a velocity of 25 m/s is struct by a stick. The ball returns with a velocity of
30 m/s. what is the impulse of the blow (in N-s)
(a) 2.2 (b) 3.3 (c) 4.4 (d) 8.8
15. A hammer of mass 2.5 kg moving with a speed of 1 m/s strikes the head of a nail driving it 10 cm into the wal.
Find the impulse in (N-s)
(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 7.5 (d) 10
16. A stone of mass 3kg fall from the top of a tower 100m high and buries itself 2m deep in the sand. The time of
penetration is (g = 10m/s2)
(a) √5 sec (b) 25/√5 sec (c) √5/25 sec (d) 25√5 sec
17. A mass m kg is subjected to a constant force of F kg.wt for t sec initially the body is being at rest. Under the
action of force the body moves a distance ‘x’ metres (in t secs) and aquires a velocity of V m/s. Then x is
(a) gt2F/m (b) gtF/2m (c) V2m/2gF (d) V2m/g2F
18. A man pushes a truck initially at rest and weighing 5 tonnes along horizontal rail with a steady force of 400N. The
resistance to motion amounts to 60N per tone. The velocity of the truck at the end of 30 sec is
(a) 0.6 m/s (b) 0.3 m/s (c) 0.2 m/s (d) none
 
19. A 0.2 kg object is subjected to a force of 3i  0.4 j newton. What is velocity vector after 6 secs
     
(a) 12i  9 j (b) 9i  12 j (c) 8i  16 j (d) none
2
20. A resultant force of 20N gives a body of mass m, an acceleration of 8 m/s and a body of mass m2 an acceleration
of 24 m/s2. What acceleration will this force cause when two masses combine together
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 4 m/s2 (c) 6 m/s2 (d) None
21. A car of mass 1000 kg moving at 25m/s is brought to rest over a distance of 50m. The time required to stop the
car is
(a) 2 sec (b) 3 sec (c) 4 sec (d) none
22. A block of mass 2kg is moving with a velocity of 36 km/hr. If its velocity is reduced to 18 Km/hr in 0.5 sec. What
is the retarding force on the block
(a) 20N (b) 40 N (c) 60 N (d) 80 N
23. A body of mass 2kg acted on by a force travels 3m in the first sec and a further distance of 1m in the next second.
The force acting on the body in newton is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
24. The force on a body is ‘g’ N. When it is moving with constant acceleration ‘a’ the weight of the body is
(a) g (b) g2 (c) ga (d) g2/a
25. A body of mass ‘m’ is acted on by two forces F1 and F2 as shown in fig. with an angle 900 between them. If m =
5kg, F1 = 3N, F2 = 4N. Find the acceleration both in magnitude and direction.
(a) 1 m/s2, 370 from F1 towards F2.
(b) 1 m/s2, 370 from F2 towards F1.
(c) 2 m/s2, 530 from F1 towards F2.
(d)2 m/s2, 370 from F2 towards F1.
26. A force acts on a body moving with a velocity ‘u’ and stops it in ‘t’ sec. Find the force required to stop the same
body in same time when is moving with uniform velocity V
(a) Fu/V (b) FV/u (c) F (d) F uV
27. A body of mass 100 kg is to be pulled along a smooth inclined plane whose inclination is 3 in 5. Then the
minimum force to be used along the plane is (g = 10ms-2)
(a) 100N (b) 600 N (c) 1200 N (d) none
28. A body of mass 0.05 kg travelling with a velocity of 5 m/s makes an angle of 30 0 with vertical wall as shown in
fig. The body rebounds with same speed making an angle of 300 with the wall. Find the change in momentum of
the body (in Kg – m/s)
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.75 (d) 1.25
29. A stone of mass 2Kg falls through water with an acceleration of 3 m/s . If g = 10 m/s2 the resistance of water is
2

(a) 14 N (b) 12N (c) 10N (d) None

30. A cricket ball of mass 100gm is moving with a velocity of 12m/s and is hit by a bat so that the ball is turned back
with a velocity of 20ms-1. The force of blow acts for 0.01 sec on the ball. Find the average force exerted by the bat
on ball.
(a) 400N (b) 480 N (c) 500 N (d) 600 N
31. While waiting in a car at a stoplight an 80Kg man and his car are suddenly accelerate to a speed of 5 m/s as the
result of a rearend collision. If the time of impact is 0.4s. Find the average force on the man
(a) 100N (b) 200 N (c) 500 N (d) 1000N
32. The driver of car moving at a speed of 20 ms-1 sees a child standing in middle of road. He immediately applied
brakes to bring the car to rest in 5s, just in time to save the child. If the mass of car is 940 Kg, that of driver is 60
Kg, what is the magnitude of retarding force on the vehicle
(a) 1000 N (b) 2000 N (c) 3000 N (d) 4000 N
33. A helicopter of mass M is rising vertically upwards with acceleration ‘a’, if the mass of the person in helicopter is
‘m’. What is magnitude and direction of force exerted by the person on the floor of helicopter
(a) m(g+a) vertically downwards (b) m(g-a) vertically upwards
(c) m(g+a) vertically upwards (d) m(g-a) vertically downwards
34. A firehose squirts 10 Kg/s of water against, a flat plate. The velocity of stream is 10 m/s. If water comes to rest
against the plate, find the average force on plate
(a) 10N (b) 100 N (c) 1000 N (d) 1 N
35. A plumb line suspended from the roof of a carriage moving with acceleration ‘a’ inclines at an angle θ, with the
vertical, then
(a) a = g tan θ (b) a = F/m (c) a = dV/dt (d) a = d2x/dt2

ANSWERS
1. d 8. a 15. a 22. d 29. a
2. d 9. a 16. c 23. d 30. b
3. d 10. b 17. c 24. d 31. d
4. c 11. c 18. a 25. b 32. d
5. c 12. a 19. b 26. b 33. a
6. b 13. c 20. c 27. b 34. b
7. b 14. d 21. c 28. a 35. a
 VARIABLE MASS SYSTEM

1. If water falls on a plate with a velocity of 20 m/s at a rate of 0.5 kg/s, find the force on the plate
(a) 10 N (b) 15N (c) 20 N (d) 25 N
2. A disc of mass 10gm is kept floating horizontally by throwing 10 marbles/s against it from below. If the mass
of each marble is 5gm, find the velocity with which each of the marbles are striking the disc. Assuming that
the marbles strike the disc normally rebounded downward with the same speed (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a) 0.9 m/s (b) 0.98 m/s (c) 0.49 m/s (d) none
3. A hose directs a horizontal jet of water moving with a velocity of 20 m/s onto a vertical wall. The cross
sectional area of the jet is 5 × 10-4 m2. If the density of water is 103 Kg/m3, find the force on the wall assuming
that the water is brought to rest there
(a) 100N (b) 200N (c) 300N (d) 400N
-2 2
4. A fire extinguishing pipe of crosssectional area 10 m throws water on a vertical wall with a horizontal
velocity of 0.2 m/s. Find the force on the water if the water returns back with a horizontal velocity of 0.1 m/s,
density of water = 103 kg/m3.
(a) 0.6 N (b) 0.8 N (c) 1 N (d) 1.2 N
5. A fire engine pumps water at such a rate that the velocity of water leaving the nozzle is 15 m/s. If the jet is
directed perpendicular on a wall and the water does not rebound. Find the pressure on the wall. Density of
water = 103 Kg/m3. Express the result in × 105 N/m2.
(a) 2.25 (b) 5 (c) 1.125 (d) none
6. A block of metal of mass 2Kg is resting on a frictionless plane. It is struck by a jet releasing water at a rate of
1Kg/sec and at a speed of 5 m/s. The initial acceleration of the block is
(a) 5 m/s2 (b) 2.5 m/s2 (c) 7.5 m/s2 (d) none
7. The mass of a rocket is 500 Kg and the relative velocity of gases ejecting from it is 250 m/s with respect to
the rocket. Find the rate of burning of the fuel to give the rocket on initial acceleration of 20 m/s 2 in the
vertically upward direction g = 10 m/s2.
(a) 30 kg/s (b) 60 Kg/s (c) 90 Kg/s (d) 120 kg/s
8. The mass of the gas emitted from the rear of a toy rocket is initially 0.1 kg/sec. If the speed of the gas relative
to the rocket is 50m/s and the mass of rocket is 2 kg. What is the initial acceleration of the rocket (g = 10
m/s2)
(a) 0.25 m/s2 (b) 5 m/s2 (c) 7.5 m/s2 (d) none
9. A 8000 kg rocket is set for a vertical firing. If the exhaust speed of the gases is 800 m/s. How much gas is
ejected per sec to over come the weight of the rocket
(a) 100 kg/s (b) 300 Kg/s (c) 200 kg/s (d) 400 kg/s
10. A machine gun fires ten 100gm bullets per sec at a speed of 600 m/s. What is the acceleration of machine gun
if its mass is 100 kg is placed on frictionless platform
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 3 m/s2 (c) 4 m/s2 (d) 6 m/s2
11. A machine gun fires 50 gm bullets at a speed of 1000 m/s. The gunner holding the gun in his hands can exert
an average force of 180N against the gun. Determine the maximum number of bullets that can be fired per
minute
(a) 60 (b) 120 (c) 216 (d) 300
12. A balloon has 2 gm of air. If a small hole is pierced into it, the air comes out with a speed of 2 m/s. If the
balloon shrinks completely in 5s,the average thrust experienced by the balloon is
(a) 8 × 10-4 N (b) 10 × 10-4 N (c) 12 × 10-4 N (d) None
dM
13. A satellite in force free space sweeps stationary inter planetary dust at a rate  V where M is the mass
dt
and V is the velocity of satellite and α is a constant the deceleration of the satellite is
(a) αV/M (b) αV2/M (c) αM/V (d) αM/V2
 14. Sand falls on to a conveyer belt at a constant rate of 2 Kg/sec. If the belt is moving at 0.1 m/sec. Then the
extra force required to maintain speed of the belt is
(a) 2N (b) 0.2 N (c) 20 N (d) zero
15. A rocket set for vertical launching, has a mass of 50 Kg and contains 450 kg of fuel. It can have maximum
exhaust speed of 2 Kms-1. If g = 10ms-2, what should be the minimum rate of fuel of consumption to just lift
it off the launching pad.
(a) 2.5 kgs-1 (b) 5 Kgs-1 (c0 7.5 kg s-1 (d) 10 kgs-1

ANSWERS

1. a 7. c 13. b
2. b 8. a 14. b
3. b 9. a 15. a
4. a 10. d
5. a 11. c
6. b 12. a
 APPARENT WEIGHT & NORMAL FORCE

1. A body having a mass of 75 kg holds in his hands a bag weighing 40N. If g = 10m/s 2, with what force does the
floor push up his feet
(a) 790 N (b) 750 N (c) 40 N (d) none
2. A man weighing 100 Kg is standing on the platform of stationary lift. Calculate the apparent weight of a man
when the lift moves up with an acceleration of 4 m/s2, g = 10 m/s2
(a) 100 Kg (b) 140 Kg (c) 150 Kg (d) 160 Kg
3. A boy who normally weighs 300N on a spring scale suddenly jump upwards. The scale reading jumps to 400N.
What is boy’s maximum acceleration upwards. (g = 10m/s2)
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 3 m/s2 (c) 3.3 m/s2 (d) 4.67 m/s2
4. A body hangs from a spring balance supported from the roof of an elevator. If the elevator has an upward
acceleration of 2.45 m/s2, and the balance reads 50 newtons. What is the true weight of the body (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a) 30 N (b) 40 N (c) 50 N (d) none
5. A man of mass 80 Kg in a lift is moving upwards with a velocity of 8 m/s and is brought to rest over a distance of
20m. Find the force exerted on the man by the floor of elevation. g = 10 m/s2.
(a) 576 N (b) 672 N (c) 840 N (d) none
2
6. A body of mass 2.5 kg falls vertically downwards with an acceleration a = 19.6 m/s . Find the force which acts
on the body simultaneously along with the force of gravity during the fall.
(a) 2.5 N (b) 19.6 N (c) zero (d) 24.5 N
7. A person of 70Kg mass is lifted by an helicopter with the help of a rope. If the helicopter is raising up with an
acceleration of 4m/s2. Find the tension in the rope (g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 980 N (b) 490 N (c) 1020 N (d) none
8. The total mass of an elevator with 80 kg man in it is 1000 kg. The elevator moving upward with a speed of 8 m/s
is brought to rest over a distance of 16m. Calculate the force exerted on the man by elevated floor (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a) 424 N (b) 524 N (c) 624 N (d) none
9. An elevator starts from rest with an constant upward acceleration. It moves 2m in the first 0.4 sec. A passenger in
the elevator is holding a 3 kg package by a vertical string. If g = 10 m/s2, what is the tension in the string during
the acceleration process
(a) 90 N (b) 100 N (c) 105 N (d) none
10. With what minimum acceleration can a fire man slide down a rope when breaking strength is 2/3 of his weight
(a) 2/3 g (b) 1 g (c) 1/3 g (d) none
11. Ten coins are arranged one above the other. The mass of each coin is 10gm. The reaction force on the sixth coin
from the bottom on the seventh coin is (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a) 29.4 × 10-2 N (b) 39.2 × 10-2 N (c) 40 N (d) 30 N
12. A lift is moving up with an acceleration of 4 m/s2. If g = 10 m/s2, the weight of the man is
(a) increased by 25% (b) increased by 40% (c) decreased by 20% (d) decreased by 40%
13. A body of 1 kg is suspended by string. Find the tension in thread if the body moves up with an acceleration of 5
m/s2 (given g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 1 N (b) 10 N (c) 15 N (d) 20 N
14. A lamp hangs from a light cord from the roof of an elevator when the elevator is descending, it decelerates at 2.5
m/s2 before coming to rest. If the tension in string is 25N, calculate the mass of the lamp (g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 1 kg (b) 2 kg (c) 3 kg (d) 4 kg
15. A man inside a lift moving up with g/2 acceleration has apparent weight W1. The same man inside the lift moving
down with acceleration of g/2 has apparent weight W2. Then the value of W1/W2 is
(a) 3/1 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/9 (d) 9/1

ANSWERS
1. a 3. c 5. b 7. a 9. c 11. b 13. c 15. b
2. b 4. b 6. d 8. c 10. c 12. b 14. b
 CONNECTED BODIES

1. Two bodies having masses m1 = 30 Kg, m2 = 40kg are attached in the ends of a string of negligible mass and
suspended by a light friction less pulley. If g = 9.8 m/s2. Find the acceleration of the system
(a) 0.07 m/s2 (b) 1.4 m/s2 (c) 2.8 m/s2 (d) none
2. Two weights w1 & w2 are suspended from the ends of a light spring passing over a smooth pulley is pulled up at
an acceleration g1 the tension in the string will be
4 w1 w2 2 w1 w2 w1  w2 w1 w2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
w1  w2 w1  w2 w1 w2 w1  w2
3. Two masses 2 Kg and 3 kg are attached to the ends of the string passed over a pulley fixed at the top. The tension
and acceleration in the string in terms of ‘g’ are
7 g 21 g 21 g 12 g
(a) g, (b) g, (c) g, (d) g,
8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5
4. Two masses 2 kg and 0.5 kg are tied to the ends of a light sting over a smooth pulley fixed at the edge of the table.
The larger mass is resting on smooth horizontal table and the smaller mass is hanging vertically. Find the tension
in the strength. g = 9.8 m/s2.
(a) 2N (b) 0.5 N (c) 2.5 N (d) 3.92 N
5. Two masses 1 kg & 3kg are connected by massless string. The string passes over a frictionless pulley. The lighter
mass is resting on table. Calculate the force required to keep this mass on table. g = 9.8 m/s2.
(a) 9.8N (b) 19.6 N (c) 32.5N (d) 50N
6. A force of F = 10 Kgwt is exerted horizontally against a 60 kg block which in turn pushes a 40 kg block. If the
blocks are on a frictionless surface, what force does one block exert on the second g = 10m/s2.
(a) 20 N (b) 40 N (c) 60 N (d) 80 N
7. A mass (0.5 Kg) is placed on a smooth horizontal surface with a string attached to it. The string goes over a
frictionless pulley and is connected to another mass B(0.2 Kg) At t = 0, the mass ‘A’ is at a distance of 2m from
the end and moving with a speed of 0.5 m/s towards the left. What distance does it travel (left or right) and its
speed at t = 1 sec, g = 9.8 m/s2.
(a) 0.9m towards right & 2m towards right (b) 1m towards right and 2m/s towards right
(c) 0 and 5 m/s towards left (d) none
8. A block of mass M is pulled along horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass ‘m’. Force P is applied at one
end of the rope. The force exerted by the rope on the block is
PM Pm P
(a) F = (b) F = (c) F = (d) none
mM mM M m
9. An elevator has a mass of 4000kg when the tension in the supporting cable is 48000N. what is it’s acceleration (g
= 10 m/s2) starting from rest, how far does it move in 3 sec
(a) a = 1 m/s2 upward, s= 9m (b) a = 2m/s2 upwards, s = 9m
(c) a = 3 m/s2 upward, s = 5m (d) a = 4m/s2, upward, s = 6m
10. A balloon is descending with a constant acceleration a. The mass of a balloon and its content is M. What mass m
of its content should be released so that the ball starts ascending with same acceleration. Assume the volume of
balloon remains the same when the mass is released
4 Ma Ma 2 Ma
(a) m = (b) m = (c) m = (d) None
ga ga ga
11. A 1000kg lift is supported by a cable that can support by 2000Kg. The shortest distance in which the lift can be
stopped when it is descending with a speed of 2.5 m/s is (g = 10 m/s2)
(a) S = 5/16 m (b) S = 3/16 m (c) S = 7/16 m (d) none
12. A mass 2kg is placed on a smooth horizontal table and connected by a light inextensible string passing over a
small smooth pulley at the edge of the table to a mass of 1 kg hanging freely. The acceleration of system and the
tension in the string
g 2g g g 2g g 2g 2g
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
13. Three blocks of masses m1 = 1kg, m2 = 2 kg, m3 = 3 kg are connected by massless string and placed on
horizontal frictionless surface as shown in fig. A force F = 12 N is applied to mass m1 as shown. The connected
force acting on mass m2 is
(a) 12 N (b) 10 N (c) 8 N (d) 6 N
14. Two blocks of masses 5kg and 3 kg are placed in contact on horizontal and frictionless surface as shown in fig. A
force of 4N is applied on mass 5 kg as shown. The acceleration of mass 3 kg will be
4 2 4 2
(a) ms (b) ms (c) 2 ms-2 (d) 0.5 ms-2
5 3
15. Three blocks of masses m1 = 1kg, m2 = 2 kg and m3 = 3 kg are placed in contact on a horizontal frictionless
surface. A force of 12 N applied to mass m1 as shown, the acceleration of the system is
(a) 12 ms-2 (b) 6 ms-2 (c) 4 ms-2 (d) 2 ms-2

ANSWERS

1. a 4. d 7. a 10. c 13. d
2. a 5. b 8. a 11. a 14. d
3. d 6. b 9. b 12. a 15. d