1. Out of the four basic forces in nature, the weakest force is
a) the electromagnetic force b) the strong nuclear force c) the gravitational force d) the weak nuclear force
2. A car is moving along a road with a uniform speed of 20 km/hour. The net force acting on the car is a) the driving force (P), which drives the car in the forward direction b) the opposing (frictional) force (f), opposite to the direction of motion of the car c) zero d) P + F
3. If a force of 200 N acts on a body, the change in momentum is 100 kg m/s. What is the time for which the force acts on the body? a) 1 sec b) 0.75 sec c) 0.5 sec d) 0.25 sec
4. A batsman hits back a ball of mass 0.2 kg, straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of 6 m/s. What is the impulse imparted to the ball? a) 1.6 N –s b) 2.4 N-s c) 3.2 N –s d) 4 N-s
5. Swimming is based on Newton’s
a) first law of motion b) second law of motion c) third law of motion d) law of gravitation
6. In order to apply Newton’s laws of motion in an accelerated (non – inertial) frame of reference , we make the use of a) electrostatic force b) gravitational force c) pseudo force d) electromagnetic force
7. A force acts on a body of mass 50 kg, for 10 second. When the force stops acting on the body, the body covers 80 m in the next 10 second. What is the magnitude of the force? a) 40 N b) 50 N c) 30N d) 60 N
8. A body of mass 5 kg is moving in a straight line. The relation between its displacement and time t is given by x = (t3 – 2t – 10) metre. What is the force acting on it at the end of 5 second? a) 150 N b) 120 N c) 100 N d) 80 N
9. A body of mass 10 kg has velocities of 10 m, 11 m/s and 12 m/s, at the end of successive seconds. What is the force acting on the body? a) 15 N b) 20 N c) 10 N d) 5 N 10. A body of mass 2 kg is at rest. Two forces of 6 N and 8 N act on the body at right angles to each other. What is the velocity of the body after 3 seconds? a) 10 m/s b) 15 m/s c) 5 m/s d) 20 m/s
11. Two persons greet each other by shaking hands, What kind of force do they exert on each other a) Gravitational b) Nuclear c) Electromagnetic d) Weal nuclear force
12. ( ) A force F = 3iɵ + 4ɵj + 5kɵ N produces an acceleration of 1.414 m/s2 in a body. What is the mass of the body? a) 3 kg b) 4 kg c) 5 kg d) 10 kg
13. A body of mass 5 kg is moving with a velocity 20 m/s. If a force of 100 N is applied on it for 10 s in the same direction as its velocity, what will be the velocity of the body? a) 180 m/s b) 200 m/s c) 220 m/s d) 250 m/s
14. A Force Fapplied to a body (A) of mass m1 produces an acceleration of 4 m/s2. If the same force F is applied to another body (B) of mass m2, then an acceleration of 10 m/s2 is produced in the body. A and B are then tied together and the same force is applied to the combined body. What is the acceleration of the system? 10 20 a) m / s2 b) m / s2 7 7 5 7 c) m / s2 d) m / s2 3 20
15. Which one of the following observers is in an inertial frame?
a) A cyclist negotiating a sharp tune b) A child revolving in a ‘merry go round’ c) The driver of a car moving on a straight road with a constant speed d) A pilot in an aircraft, which is in take off stage
16. A rider on a horse back falls forward if the horse
a) the large weight of the horse b) the inertia of the horse c) losing the balance d) the inertia of the rider
17. A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 g moving at a rate of 20 m/s. The catching process is completed in 0.1 second. What is the force exerted by the ball on the hand of the player? a) 15 N b) 20 N c) 30 N d) 40 N
18. A railway engine (mass 104 kg) is moving with a speed of 72 km/h. The force which should be applied to bring it to rest over a distance of 20 m is a) 7200 N b) 10000 N c) 3600 N d) 100000 N
2 19. A student sitting on a chair, attempts to lift the chair. He will not succeed a) as the force exerted is small b) the weight of the chair opposes the upward force c) Newton’s law of inertia is not applicable to living beings d) as the force applied by the student is an internal force of the system
20. A particle of mass m is moving with a uniform velocity v1. It is given an impulse such that its velocity becomes v2. The impulse v2. The impulse is equal to a) m (v1 + v2) b) m [|v2| – |v1|] 1 c) m ( v 22 − v12 ) d) m (v2 – v1) 2
21. A ball of mass 150 g moving with an acceleration of 20 m/s2 is hit by a force, which acts on it for 0.1 s. a) 0.1 N b) 0.5 N c) 0.3 N d) 1. 2 N
22. A player takes 0.1 s in catching a ball of mass 150 g moving with velocity of 20 m/s. The force imparted by the ball on the hands of the player is a) 3 N b) 0.3 N c) 30 N d) 300 N
23. While launching a rocket of mass 2 × 104 kg, a force of 5 × 105 N is applied for 20 s. What is the velocity attained by the rocket at the end of 20 s? a) 300 m/s b) 350 m/s c) 450 m/s d) 500 m/s
24. A machine gun fires of mass 50 gram with a velocity of 800 m/s. The man holding the machine gun can exert a maximum force of 200N. What is the maximum number of bullets he can fire per second? a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) Any number of bullets
25. A block (A) of mass 3 kg in contact with a second block (B) of mass 2 kg rests on a frictionless horizontal surface. A horizontal force of 20 N is applied to push the block A. What is the force with which the block A pushes the block B? a) 4 N b) 6 N c) 8 N d) 10 N
26. A ball of mass 500 gram strikes a wall with a velocity of 80 m/s and rebounds with the same velocity. If the time of contact is 1/30 sec, then the force exerted by the ball on the wall is a) 2000 N b) 2200 N c) 2400 N d) 2500 N
27. If a force of 180 N acts on of a body, its momentum changes by 120 kg m/s. What is the time for which the force acts on the body? 1 1 a) s b) s 2 3 2 3 c) s d) s 3 2
3 28. Rockets work on the principle of conservation of a) mass b) energy c) angular momentum d) linear momentum
29. A stationary ball of mass 150 g starts moving at 20 m/s, when it is hit by a force which acts on it for 0.1 second, then the impulsive force is a) 3N b) 300 N c) 75 N d) 30 N
30. A body of mass 2 kg collides with a wall with speed 100 m/s and rebounds with same speed. If the time of contact was 1/50 second, the force exerted on the wall is a) 104N b) 2 × 104N c) 4 N d) 8 N
31. The engine of a car produces an acceleration of 4 m/s2 in the car. If this car pulls another car of the same mass, what will be the acceleration produced? a) 4 m/s2 b) 2 m/s2 1 c) 8 m/s2 d) m / s2 2
32. A ball of weight 0.1 kg moving with a speed of 30 m/s strikes with a bat and returns in opposite direction with a speed of 40 m/s, then the impulse is a) 0.1 × (40) + 0.1 × (– 30) b) 0.1 × (40) – 0.1 × (–30) c) 0.1 × (40) – 0.1 × (20) d) – 0.1 × (40) – 0.1 × 30
33. A constant force acts on a body of mass 5 kg at rest for 10 s. If the body moves through a distance of 250 m, what is the magnitude of the force? a) 15 N b) 25 N c) 30 N d) 40 N
34. A force time graph for the linear motion of a particle is as shown in the figure. What is the change in linear momentum of the particle between 0 and 8 second?
a) – 2 π N –S b) 4π N – S c) Zero d) – 4π N - S
35. The momentum of a body is numerically equal to its kinetic energy. What is the velocity of the body in m/s? a) 2 m/s b) 3 m/s c) 4 m/s d) 1 m/s
36. The linear momentum P of a body moving in one dimension varies with time according to the equation P = a + bt2, where a and b are positive constants. The net force acting on the body is a) Proportional to t2 b) a constant c) proportional to t d) inversely proportional to t
4 37. A taxi without any passengers, moving on a frictionless horizontal road, with a velocity u can be stopped in a distance d. Now the passengers add 40% to its weight. What is the stopping distance at velocity u, if the retardation remains the same? a) 1.4 d b) (1. 4)2d 1 c) 1.4 d d) d 1.4
38. A stone is dropped from a height h. It hits the ground with a certain momentum P. If the same stone is dropped, from a height 100% more than the previous height, the momentum when it hits the gound will changed by a) 68% b) 41% c) 200% d) 100%
39. A block of mass 15 kg is held by a string on a smooth inclined plane of inclination 60° What is the tension T in the sting? (g = 10 m/s2)
a) 55 N b) 60 N c) 75 N d) 90 N
40. A man weighing 60 kg is standing on a trolley weighing 240 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionless horizontal rails. If the man starts walking on the trolley with a velocity of 1 m/s, then after 4s, his displacement relative to the ground is a) 6 m b) 4.8 m c) 3.2 m d) 2.4 m
41. In the following figure, a body of mass 1.2 kg is at rest at point P. If R and F denote the reaction and the frictional force, respectively, then
a) R = 6 N; F = 6 3N b) R =3 N, F = 3 3N c) R = 6 N; F =3 N d) R = 6 3 N; F = 6N
