RPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ROHTAK

RPS Public School, Rohtak

Assignment
Class- 11
Subject-Physics
1. A ship of mass 3 x 107 kg initially at rest is pulled by a force of 5 x 104 N through a
distance of 3m. Assume that the resistance due to water is negligible, the speed of the ship is

(a) 1.5 ms-1

(b) 60 ms-1

(c) 0.1 ms-1

(d) 5 ms-1

2. An open knife edge of mass 200 g is dropped from height 5 m on a cardboard. If the knife
edge penetrates distance 2 m into the cardboard to the knife edge is

(a) 7N

(b) 25 N

(c) 35 N

(d) None of these

  
3. A body with mass 5 kg is acted upon by a force F =  3 i  4 j  N. If its initial velocity at t
 
  

= 0 is v =  6 i  12 j  m/s. The time at which it will just have a velocity along the Y-axis is
 

(a) never

(b) 10 s

(c) 2s

(d) 15 s

4. A block of mass m is moving on a wedge with the acceleration a 0. The wedge is moving
with the acceleration a1. The observer is situated on wedge. The magnitude of pseudo force on
the block is
(a) ma 0

(b) ma1

(c) m a 02  a12

a a 
(d) m 1 0 
 2 

5. A machine gun fires 10 bullets/s, each of mass 10 g, the speed of each bullet is 20 cms-1,
then force of recoil is

(a) 200 dyne

(b) 2000 dyne

(c) 20 dyne

(d) None of these

  
6. A body, under the action of a force F  6 i  8 j 10 k , acquires an acceleration of 1 ms -2.
The mass of this body must be

(a) 2 10kg

(b) 10 kg

(c) 20 kg

(d) 10 2kg

7. A disc of mass 100 g is kept floating horizontally in air by firing bullets, each of mass 5g
with the same velocity at the same rate of 10 bullets/s. The bullets rebound with the same speed
in opposite direction, the velocity of each bullet at the time of impact is

(a) 196 cms-1

(b) 9.8 cms-1

(c) 98 cms-1

(d) 980 cms-1

8. A boat of mass 40 kg is at rest. A dog of mass 4 kg moves in the boat with a velocity of
-1
10 ms . What is the velocity of boat?

(a) 4 ms-1

(b) 2 ms-1

(c) 8 ms-1
(d) 1 ms-1

9. A body of mass 0.25 kg is projected with muzzle velocity 100 m/s from a tank of mas 100
kg. What is the recoil velocity of the tank?

(a) 5 m/s

(b) 25 m/s

(c) 0.5 m/s

(d) 0.25 m/s

10. A rigid ball of mass m strikes a rigid wall at 60o and gets reflected without loss of speed
as shown in the figure. The values of impulse imparted by the wall on the ball will be

(a) mv

(b) 2mv

(c) mv/2

(d) mv/3

11. The force F acting on a particle of mass m is indicated by the force-time graph shown
below. The change in momentum of the particle over the time interval from 0 to 8 s is

(a) 24 N-s

(b) 20 N-s

(c) 12 N-s

(d) 6 N-s
12. Three forces start acting simultaneously on a particle moving with velocity v. These
forces are represented in magnitude and direction by the three sides of a triangle aBC (as shown).
The particle will now move with velocity

(a) less than v

(b) greater than v

(c) |v| in the direction of largest force BC

(d) v remaining unchanged

13. You are marooned on a frictionless horizontal plane and cannot exert any horizontal force
by pushing against the surface. How can you get off

(a) by jumping

(b) by rolling your body on the surface

(c) by splitting or sneezing or throwing any object

(d) by throwing an object in opposite direction

14. A bullet of mass 10 g moving horizontal with a velocity of 400 m/s strikes a wood block
of mass 2 kg which is suspended by light inextensible string of length 5 m. As result, the centre
of gravity of the block found to rise a vertical distance of 10 cm. The speed of the bullet after it
emerges of horizontally from the block will be

(a) 100 m/s

(b) 80 m/s

(c) 120 m/s

(d) 160 m/s

15. An explosion breaks a rock into three parts in a horizontal plane. Two of them go off at
right angles to each other. The first part of mass 1 kg moves with a speed of 12 ms -1 and the
second part of mass 2 kg moves with 8 ms -1 speed. If the third part files off with 4 ms -1 speed,
then its mass is

(a) 3 kg

(b) 5 kg
(c) 7 kg

(d) 17 kg

16. A lift is moving down with acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift.
The acceleration of the ball as observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on
the ground are respectively

(a) g, g

(b) g – a, g – a

(c) g – a, g

(d) a, g

17. A balloon with mass m is descending down with an acceleration a (where, a < g). How
much mass should be removed from it, so that its starts moving up with an acceleration a?

2ma
(a)
ga

2ma
(b)
ga

ma
(c)
ga

ma
(d)
ga

18. A spring balance is attached to the ceiling of lift. A man hangs his bag on the string and
the balance reads 49 N, when the lift is stationary. If the lift moves downwards with an
acceleration of 5 ms-2. The reading of the spring balance would be

(a) 24 N

(b) 74 N

(c) 15 N

(d) 49 N

19. A person of mass 60 kg is inside a lift of mass 940 kg and presses the button on control
panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration 1.0 m/s2. If g = 10 m/s2, the tension in
the supporting cable is

(a) 9680 N

(b) 11000 N

(c) 1200 N
(d) 8600 N

20. The mass of a lift is 2000 kg. When the tension in the supporting cable is 28000 N, then
its acceleration is

(a) 30 ms-2 downwards

(b) 4 ms-2 upwards

(c) 4 ms-2 downwards

(d) 14 ms-2 upwards

21. The ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary lift and when it is moving downwards
with uniform acceleration a is 3: 2, then the value of a is

3
(a) g
2

g
(b)
3

(c) g

2
(d) g
3

22. A block of mass 10 kg is kept on a horizontal surface. A force F is acted on the block as
shown in figure. For what minimum value of F, the block will be lifted up?

(a) 98 N

(b) 49 N

(c) 200 N

(d) None of these

23. Two blocks of masses m1 = 4 kg and m2 = 2 kg are connected to the ends of a string
which passes over a massless, frictionless pulley. The total downward thrust on the pulley is
nearly

(a) 27 N

(b) 54 N

(c) 2.7 N
(d) None of these

24. Three blocks of masses m1, m2 and m3 are placed on a horizontal frictionless surface. A
force of 40 N pulls the system, then calculate the value of T, if m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 6 kg, m3 = 4 kg

(a) 40 N

(b) 20 N

(c) 10 N

(d) 5N

25. Three identical blocks of masses m = 2kg are drawn by a force F = 10.2 N with an
acceleration of 0.6 ms-2 on a frictionless surface, then what is the tension (in N) in the string
between the blocks B and C?

(a) 9.2 N

(b) 7.8 N

(c) 4N

(d) 9.8 N

26. The mass m is placed on a body of mass M. There is no friction. The force F is applied on
M and it moves with acceleration a. Then, the net force on the top body is

(a) F

(b) ma

(c) F – ma

(d) None of these

27. Three blocks A, B and C of masses 4 kg, 2 kg and 1 kg, respectively, are in contact on a
frictionless surface as shown. If a force of 14 N is applied on the 4 kg block, then the contact
force between A and B is

(a) 6N

(b) 8N

(c) 18 N

(d) 2N

28. A spring balance is attached to the ceiling of a lift. A man hangs his bag on the spring and
the spring reads 49 N, when the lift is stationary. If the lift moves downward with an acceleration
of 5 ms-2, the reading of the spring balance will be

(a) 24 N

(b) 74 N

(c) 15 N

(d) 49 N

29. Three blocks with masses m, 2m and 3m are connected by string as shown in the figure.
After an upward force F is applied on block m, the masses move upward at constant speed v.
What is the net force on the block of mass 2m?

(g is the acceleration due to gravity)

(a) zero

(b) 2 mg

(c) 3 mg

(d) 6 mg
30. A marble block of mass 2 kg lying on ice when given a velocity of 6 m/s is stopped by
friction in 10 s. Then, the coefficient of friction is

(a) 0.01

(b) 0.02

(c) 0.03

(d) 0.06

31. A block of mass 4 kg is kept on a rough horizontal surface. The coefficient of static
friction is 0.8. If a force of 19 N is applied on the block parallel to the floor, then the force of
friction between the block and floor is

(a) 32 N

(b) 18 N

(c) 19 N

(d) 9.8 N

32. The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination θ is perfectly smooth while lower half
is rough. A block starting from rest at the top of the plane will again come to rest at the bottom. If
the coefficient of friction between the block and lower half of the plane is given by

1
(a) 
tan 

2
(b) 
tan 

(c)   2 tan 

(d)   tan 

33. A block of mass m is in contact with the cart C as shown in the figure.

The coefficient of static friction between the block and the cart is μ. The acceleration α of the
cart that will prevent the block from falling satisfies

mg
(a) 

 g
(b) 
m

g
(c) 


g
(d) 


34. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) Frictional force opposes the relative motion

(b) Limiting value of static friction is directly proportional to normal reaction

(c) Rolling friction is smaller than sliding friction

(d) Coefficient of sliding friction has dimensions of length

35. A block A of mass m1 rests on a horizontal table. A light string connected to it passes
over a frictionless pulley at the edge of table and from its other end another block B of mass m2
is suspended. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the table is μk. When the
block A is sliding on the table, the tension in the string is

 m 2   k m1  g
(a)
 m1  m 2 
m1m 2 1   k  g
(b)
 m1  m 2 
m1m 2 1   k  g
(c)
 m1  m 2 
 m 2  k m1  g
(d)
 m1  m 2 

Long Answer Questions (5 Marks)

1. State and prove law of conservation of momentum.
2. Briefly describe different types of inertia giving relevant examples of each.
3. What are centripetal and centrifugal forces? A body attached to a string of
length l describes a vertical circle such that it is just able to cross the
highest point. Find the maximum velocity at the bottom of the circle.
4. What is apparent weight? A person having mass 60kg is standing in an
elevator. Calculate the apparent weight of the man when
(a) the elevator is stationary
(b) the elevator is moving with a uniform velocity of 4ms-2 in the downward
direction.
(c) the elevator is moving with a uniform velocity of 4ms-2 in the upward
direction.
(d) the elevator is moving with a uniform acceleration of 4ms-2 in the
upward direction.
(e) the elevator is moving with a uniform velocity of 4ms-2 in the downward
direction.
(f) the cable of the elevator breaks and elevator is freely falling under
gravit
5. Derive an expression for velocity of a car moving on a banked circular road
having coefficient of friction µ.
6. A helicopter of mass 2000 kg rises with a vertical acceleration of 15 m s
.The total mass of the crew and passengers is 500 kg. Give the magnitude
and direction of the (g = 10 m s )(a) force on the floor of the helicopter by
the crew and passengers.(b) action of the rotor of the helicopter on the
surrounding air.(c) force on the helicopter due to the surrounding air.

Short answer type questions

1. Show that Newton’s second law is real law and explain that it contains the other two
laws.
2. Explain Atwood machine and derive expression for acceleration and Tension
3. What is a free body diagram. Two blocks m =50kg and M = 150kg are tied by a light string
and are placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. When m is pulled by a force F, an
acceleration of 5ms-2 is produced in both the bodies. Calculate the value of F. Calculate
the tension in the string.
4. Derive an expression for work done in moving a body over a roughhorizontal surface.
5. Derive an expression for work done in moving a body up a rough inclined plane.
6. Derive an expression for bending of a cyclist while moving on a circular level road
7. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720km/h, with its wings banked at
150. Calculate the radius of the loop.
8. A car of mass 1200kg is moving with a speed of 12m/s on a circular path of radius 20m on
a level road. What should be the frictional force between the car and the road so that the
car does not slip. What should be the value of coefficient of friction to attain this force?
9. Derive an expression for the acceleration of a block sliding over a rough inclined plane.
10. A train ha to negotiate a curve of radius 400m. By how much should the outer rail be
raised with respect to the inner rail for a speed of 48km/h? the distance between rails is
1m.
11. Draw a free body diagram of a car on a banked road.
12. 12.Explain all the three types of inertia.
13.A mass of 2 kg is suspended with thread AB (Fig. 5.5). Thread CD of the
same type is attached to the other end of 2 kg mass. Lower thread is
pulled gradually, harder and harder in the downward direction so as to
apply force on AB. Which of the threads will break and why?
13. In the above given problem if the lower thread is pulled with a jerk, what happens?
14. Two masses of 5 kg and 3 kg are suspended with help of mass less inextensible strings as
shown in Fig. 5.6. Calculate T and T when wholesystem is going upwards with acceleration 2 m
s-2 (use g = 9.8 m s).

15. Block A of weight 100 N rests on a frictionless inclined plane of slope angle 30° (Fig.5.7). A
flexible cord attached to A passes over a frictionlesspulley and is connected to block B of weight
W. Find the weight W for which the system is in equilibrium.

17.A block of mass M is held against a rough vertical wall by pressing it with a
finger. If the coefficient of friction between the block and the wall is μ and the
acceleration due to gravity is g, calculate the minimum force required to be
applied by the finger to hold the blockagainst the wall?
18.A 100 kg gun fires a ball of 1kg horizontally from a cliff of height 500m. It
falls on the ground at a distance of 400m from the bottomof the cliff. Find
the recoil velocity of the gun.(acceleration due to gravity = 10 m s-2 )