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DPP – 2 (Friction)

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Q 1. A body of mass 5kg, is at rest on a table of coefficient of friction 0.1. If a horizontal
pull force 4N acts on body, the acceleration of the body is (g = 10 m/𝑠 2 )
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(a) 5 m/𝑠 2 (b) 5 m/𝑠 2
(c) 0.5 m/𝑠 2 (d) zero

Q 2. A block of mass 5 kg is lying on a rough horizontal surface. The coefficient of static

and Kinetic friction is 0.3 and 0.1 and g=10m/𝑠 2 If a horizontal force of 50N is
applied on the block, the frictional force is
(a) 5 N (b) 10 N
(c) 15 N (d) 50 N

Q 3. A block of 1 kg is stopped against a wall by applying a force F perpendicular to the

wall. If μ=0.2 then minimum value of F will be (g = 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2 )
(a) 980 N (b) 49 N
(c) 98 N (d) 490 N

Q 4. A body is lying on an inclined plane. If the box starts sliding when the angle of
inclination is 60°, what is the coefficient of static friction of the box and the plane?
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(a) √3 (b)
√3
(c) √2 (d) √5

Q 5. A body of mass 60 kg is pushed with just enough force to start moving on a rough
surface with coefficient of static and kinetic friction 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. On
applying the same force, what is the acceleration? (g = 9.8 m/𝑠 2 )
(a) 0.98 m/𝑠 2 (b) 1 m/𝑠 2
(c) 9.8 m/𝑠 2 (d) 4 m/𝑠 2

Q 6. 6 kg block is kept on an inclined rough surface as shown in figure. Find the force
required to move the block downwards with constant velocity. (g = 10 m/𝑠 2 )

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(a) 40 N (up)
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(b) 36 N (down)
(c) 20 N (up) (d) 16 N (down)

Q 7. The minimum force required to moves body up an inclined plane is three times
to minimum force required to prevent it from sliding down the plane. If the
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coefficient of friction between the body and the inclined plane is 2√3 , the
inclination of the inclined plane is (in both cases force is parallel to inclined
plane):
(a) 600 (b) 450
(c) 300 (d) 150

Q 8. A block is placed on rough inclined plane which inclination is changing gradually

from 00 𝑡𝑜 900 . Angle of friction (angle between normal and contact force)
(a) Increases continuously
(b) Decreases continuously
(c) First increases then decreases
(d) First increases then slightly decreases and becomes constant

Q 9. A block A with mass 100kg is resting on another block B of mass 200kg. As shown in
figure a horizontal rope tied to a wall hold it. The coefficient of friction between A
and B is 0.2 while coefficient of friction between B and the ground is 0.3. The
minimum required force F to start moving B will be. Take g=10m/𝑠 2

(a) 900 N (b) 200 N

(c) 1100 N (d) 1200 N

Q 10. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3 in the diagram where mass 𝑚2 = 20kg and 𝑚1
= 4kg. The acceleration of the block shall be (g = 10 m/𝑠 2 )

(a) 10 m/𝑠 2 (b) 2.7 m/𝑠 2

(c) 7.2 m/𝑠 2 (d) zero

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Q 11. Pulling force making an angle θ to the horizontal is applied on a block of weight W
placed on a horizontal table. If the limiting angle of friction is α, then the magnitude
of force required to move the body is equal to
𝑊 sin 𝛼 𝑊 cos 𝛼
(a) 𝑔 tan(𝜃−𝛼) (b) cos(𝜃−𝛼)
𝑊 sin 𝛼 𝑊 tan 𝛼
(c) cos(𝜃−𝛼) (d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝜃−𝛼)
Q 12. In the figure shown, a block of weight 10 N is resting on a horizontal surface. The
coefficient of static friction between the block and the surface 𝜇𝑠 = 0.4. A force of 3.5
N will keep the block in uniform motion, once it has been set in motion. A horizontal
force of 3 N is applied to the block, then the block will

(a) Move over the surface with constant velocity

(b) Move having accelerated motion over the surface
(c) Not move
(d) First it will move with a constant velocity for some time and then will have
accelerated motion

Q 13. A body of mass 40kg resting on a rough horizontal surface is subjected to a force P
which is just enough to start the motion of the body. If 𝜇𝑠 = 0.5, 𝜇𝑘 = 0.4, g = 10m/𝑠 2
and the force P is continuously applied on the body, then the acceleration of the body
is. (g = 10 m/𝑠 2 )
(a) zero (b) 1 m/𝑠 2
(c) 2 m/𝑠 2 (d) 2.4 m/𝑠 2

Q 14. Two block A and B are placed one over other. Blocks B is acted upon by a force of 20N
which displaces it through 5m. Find frictional force on block A

(a) 8 N (b) 10 N
(c) 15 N (d) 20 N

Q 15. A 2kg block is present against a rough wall by a force F=20N as shown in figure. Find
acceleration of the block and force of friction acting on it. (Take g = 10 m/𝑠 2 )

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(a) 4 m/𝑠 2 (b) 1 m/𝑠 2

(c) zero (d) 6 m/𝑠 2

Q 16. Find the maximum possible force which can be applied to the 8 kg block shown in
figure to move both the blocks together if bottom surface is having friction coefficient
0.3. Take g=10m/𝑠 2

(a) 19 N (b) 80 N
(c) 64 N (d) 91 N

Q 17. A block A of mass 2 kg rests on another block B of mass 8 kg which rests on a horizontal
floor. The coefficient of friction between A and B is 0.2 while that between B and floor
is 0.5. When horizontal force F = 25 N is applied on the block B, the force of friction
between A and B is (in N) (Take g = 10m/𝑠 2 )
(a) 2 N (b) 3 N
(c) 4 N (d) zero

Q 18. A block of mass 2kg rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the
horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is 0.7. The
frictional force on the block is (Take g = 10m/𝑠 2 )
(a) 10 N (b) 7√3 N
(c) 10√3 N (d) 12.12 N
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Answer Key
Q.1 d Q.2 a Q.3 b Q.4 a Q.5 a
Q.6 a Q.7 c Q.8 d Q.9 c Q.10 d
Q.11 c Q.12 c Q.13 b Q.14 a Q.15 a
Q.16 d Q.17 d Q.18 a