PACE DPS REFINERY, TOWNSHIP - PANIPAT

ANDHERI / BORIVALI / DADAR / CHEMBUR / THANE / NERUL / KHARGHAR / POWAI

Question practice session

1. Calculate the acceleration of the block and trolly system shown in the figure. The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the trolly and the surface is 0.05. (g = 10 m/s², mass of the string is negligible and no
other friction exists).

(a) 1.50 m/s2

(b) 1.66 m/s²
(c) 1.00 m/s2
(d) 1.25 m/s²

2. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) Frictionless 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.

3. A block A of mass m, 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 m, is suspended. The coefficient
of kinetic friction between the block and table is µ. When the block A is sliding on the table, the tension in
the string is:
(𝑚2 −𝜇𝑘 𝑚1 )𝑔
(a) (𝑚 +𝑚 )
1 2
𝑚1 𝑚2 (1+𝜇1 )𝑔
(b) (𝑚1 +𝑚2 )
𝑚1 𝑚2 (1−𝜇1 )𝑔
(c) (𝑚
1 +𝑚2 )
(𝑚2 + 𝜇𝑘 𝑚1 )𝑔
(d) (𝑚 +𝑚 )
1 2

4. A plank with a box on it at one end is gradually raised about the other end. As the angle of inclination
with the horizontal reaches 30°, the box starts to slip and slides 4.0 m down the plank in 4.0 s. The
coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the box and the plank will be, respectively:

(a) 0.4 and 0.3

(b) 0.6 and 0.6
(c) 0.6 and 0.5
(d) 0.5 and 0.6
5. The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination 0 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
(a) μ = 2 tan θ
(b) µ = tan θ
1
(c) µ = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
2
(d) µ = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃

6. A conveyor belt is moving at a constant speed of 2 m/s. A box is gently dropped on it. The coefficient of
friction between them is µ = 0.5. The distance that the box will move relative to belt before coming to rest
on it, taking g = 10 ms-2
(a) 1.2 m
(b) 0.6 m
(c) Zero
(d) 0.4 m

7. A gramophone record is revolving with an angular velocity w. A coin is placed at a distance r from the
center of the record. The static coefficient of friction is µ. The coin will revolve with the record if
𝜇𝑔
(a) 𝑟 ≥ 2
𝜔
(b) r = μgω2
𝜔2
(c) 𝑟 < 𝜇𝑔
𝜇𝑔
(d) 𝑟 ≤
𝜔2

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

The coefficient of static friction between the block and t cart is µ. The acceleration a of the cart that will
prevent block from falling satisfies:
𝑔
(a) 𝑎 < 𝜇
𝑔
(b) 𝑎 > 𝜇
𝑔
(c) 𝑎 > 𝜇𝑚
𝑔
(d) 𝑎 ≥ 𝜇

9. A block B is pushed momentarily along a horizontal surface with an initial velocity V. If u is the
coefficient of sliding friction between B and the surface, block B will come to rest after a time:

(a) gu/V
(b) g/V
(c) V/g
(d) V/µg

10. The coefficient of static friction, μ,, between block A of mass 2 kg and the table as shown in the figure is
0.2. What would be the maximum mass value of block B so that the two blocks do not move?
The string and the pulley are assumed to be smooth and massless, (g 10 m/s²):
 (a) 4.0 kg
(b) 0.2 kg
(c) 0.4 kg
(d) 2.0 kg

11. A block of mass 10 kg placed on rough horizontal surface having coefficient of friction µ = 0.5, if a
horizontal force of 100 N acting on it then acceleration of the block will be:
(a) 10 m/s²
(b) 5 m/s²
(c) 15 m/s²
(d) 0.5 m/s²

12. On the horizontal surface of a truck a block of mass 1 kg is placed (µ = 0.6) and truck is moving with
acceleration 5 m/s² then the frictional force on block will be:
(a) 5 N
(b) 6 N
(c) 5.88 N
(d) 8 N

13. If 100 N force is applied to 10 kg block as shown in diagram, then acceleration produced for slab:

(a) 1.65 m/s²

(b) 0.98 m/s²
(c) 1.2 m/s²
(d) 0.25 m/s²

14. Consider a car moving along a straight horizontal road with a speed of 72 km/h. If the coefficient of static
friction between the tyres and the road is 0.5, the shortest distance, in which the car can be stopped is
(taking g = 10 m/s²):
(a) 30 m
(b) 40 m
(c) 72 m
(d) 20 m

15. A heavy uniform chain lies on horizontal table top. If the coefficient of friction between the chain and the
table surface is 0.25, then the maximum fraction of the length of the chain that can hang over one edge of
the table is:
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 35%
(d) 15%
16. Starting from rest, a body slides down a 45° inclined plane in twice the time it takes to slide down the
same distance in the absence of friction. The coefficient of friction between the body and the inclined
plane is:
(a) 0.80
(b) 0.75
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.33

MCQs with One Correct Answer

17. A coin placed on a rotating table just slips when it is placed at a distance of 1 cm from the center. If the
angular velocity of the table in halved, it will just slip when placed at a distance of _____ from the centre:
(a) 2 cm
(b) 1 cm
(c) 8 cm
(d) 4 cm

18. A bullet of mass 0.1 kg moving horizontally with speed 400 ms hits a wooden block of mass 3.9 kg kept on
a horizontal rough surface. The bullet gets embedded into the block and moves 20 m before coming to
rest. The coefficient of friction between the block and the surface is _____. (Given g10 ms²)
(a) 0.50
(b) 0.90
(c) 0.65
(d) 0.25

19. A block of mass 5 kg is placed at rest on a table of rough surface. Now, if a force of 30N is applied in the
direction parallel to surface of the table, the block slides through a distance of 50 m in an interval of time
10s. Coefficient of kinetic friction is (given, g=10ms²):
(a) 0.50
(b) 0.60
(c) 0.75
(d) 0.25

20. As shown in the figure a block of mass 10 kg lying on a horizontal surface is pulled by a force F acting at
an angle 30°, with horizontal. For µ₁ = 0.25, the block will just start to move for the value of F: [Given
g=10 ms-2]

(a) 20 N
(b) 33.3 N
(c) 25.2 N
(d) 35.7 N

21. A body of mass 10 kg is moving with an initial speed of 20 m/s. The body stops after 5 s due to friction
between body and the floor. The value of the coefficient of friction is: (Take acceleration due to gravity g
= 10 ms-2)
(a) 0.2
(b) 0.3
(c) 0.5
(d) 0.4

𝒈
22. A block of mass m slides down the plane inclined at angle 30° with an acceleration 𝟒
. The value of
coefficient of kinetic friction will be:
 2√3+1
(a) 2
1
(b)
2√3
√3
(c) 2
2√3−1
(d) 2

23. The time taken by an object to slide down 45° rough inclined plane is n times as it takes to slide down a
perfectly smooth 45° incline plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the incline
plane is
1
(a) √1−𝑛2
1
(b) √1 −
𝑛2
1
(c) 1 + 𝑛2
1
(d) 1 − 𝑛2

24. Consider a block kept on an inclined plane (inclined at 45°) as shown in the figure. If the force required
to just push it up the incline is 2 times the force required to just prevent it from sliding down, the
coefficient of friction between the block and inclined plane (u) is equal to:

(a) 0.33
(b) 0.60
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.50

25. A bag is gently dropped on a conveyor belt moving at a speed of 2 m/s. The coefficient of friction between
the conveyor belt and bag is 0.4. Initially, the bag slips on the belt before it stops due to friction. The
distance travelled by the bag on the belt during slipping motion is: [Take g = 10 m/s²]
(a) 2 m
(b) 0.5 m
(c) 3.2 m
(d) 0.8 m

26. A block of mass M slides down on a rough inclined plane with constant velocity. The angle made by the
incline plane with horizontal is 0. The magnitude of the contact force will be:
(a) Mg
(b) Mg cos θ
(c) √𝑀𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛θ + 𝑀𝑔𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
(d) 𝑀𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ √1 + 𝜇

27. A 2 kg block is pushed against a vertical wall by applying a horizontal force of 50 N. The coefficient of
static friction between the block and the wall is 0.5. A force F is also applied on the block vertically
upward (as shown in figure). The maximum value of F applied, so that the block does not move upward,
will be:
 (a) 10 N
(b) 20 N
(c) 25 N
(d) 45 N

28. A block of mass 40 kg slides over a surface, when a mass of 4 kg is suspended through an inextensible
massless string passing over frictionless pulley as shown below. The coefficient of kinetic friction between
the surface and block is 0.02. The acceleration of block is. (Given g = 10 ms-2.)

(a) 1 ms-2
(b) 1/5 ms-2
(c) 4/5 ms-2
(d) 8/11 ms-2

29. A system of two blocks of masses m = 2 kg and M = 8 kg is placed on a smooth table as shown in figure.
The coefficient of static friction between two blocks is 0.5. The maximum horizontal force F that can be
applied to the block of mass M so that the blocks move together will be:

(a) 9.8N
(b) 39.2N
(c) 49 N
(d) 78.4N

30. A disc with a flat small bottom beaker placed on it at a distance R from its center is revolving about an
axis pass- ing through the center and perpendicular to its plane with an angular velocity w. The
coefficient of static friction between the bottom of the beaker and the surface of the disc is µ. The breaker
will revolve with the disc if:
𝜇𝑔
(a) 𝑅 ≤ 2𝜔2
𝜇𝑔
(b) 𝑅 ≤ 𝜔2
𝜇𝑔
(c) 𝑅 ≥ 2𝜔2
𝜇𝑔
(d) 𝑅 ≥ 𝜔2

31. An insect is at the bottom of a hemispherical ditch of radius 1 m. It crawls up the ditch but starts slipping
after it is at height h from the bottom. If the coefficient of friction between the ground and the insect is
0.75, then his: (g= 10 ms-2)
(a) 0.20 m
(b) 0.45 m
(c) 0.60 m
(d) 0.80 m

32. A block of mass 5 kg is (i) pushed in case (A) and (ii) pulled in case (B), by a force F=20 N, making an
angle of 30° with the horizontal, as shown in the figures. The coefficient of friction between the block and
floor is µ = 0.2. The difference between the accelerations of the block, in case (B) and case (A) will be:
(g=10 ms-2)
 (a) 0.4 ms-2
(b) 3.2 ms-2
(c) 0.8 ms-2
(d) 0 ms-2

33. Two blocks A and B masses m₁=1 kg and mp3 kg are A kept on the table as shown in figure. The
coefficient of friction between A and B is 0.2 and between B and the surface of the table is also 0.2. The
maximum force F that can be applied on B horizontally, so that the block A does not slide over the block
B is: [Take g = 10 m/s²]

(a) 8 N
(b) 16 N
(c) 40 N
(d) 12 N

34. A block kept on a rough inclined plane, as shown in the figure, remains at rest upto a maximum force 2 N
down the inclined plane. The maximum external force up the inclined plane that does not move the block
is 10 N. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is: [Take g=10 m/s²]

√3
(a)
2
√3
(b) 4
1
(c) 2
2
(d) 3

35. Two masses m₁ = 5 kg and m₂ = 10 kg, connected by an inextensible string over a frictionless pulley, are
moving as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction of horizontal surface is 0.15. The minimum
weight m that should be put on top of m₂ to stop the motion is:

(a) 18.3 kg
(b) 23.3 kg
(c) 43.3 kg
(d) 10.3 kg
36. A body of mass 2kg slides down with an acceleration of 3m/s² on a rough inclined plane having a slope of
30°. The external force required to take the same body up the plane with the same acceleration will be: (g
= 10m/s²)
(a) 4 N
(b) 14 N
(c) 6 N
(d) 20 N

37. A rocket is fired vertically from the earth with an acceleration of 2g, where g is the gravitational
acceleration. On an inclined plane inside the rocket, making an angle 0 with the horizontal, a point object
of mass m is kept. The minimum coefficient of friction µmin between the mass and the inclined surface
such that the mass does not move is:
(a) tan2 θ
(b) tan θ
(c) 3 tan θ
(d) 2 tan θ

38. Given in the figure are two blocks A and B of weight 20 N and 100 N, respectively. These are being
pressed against a wall by a force F as shown. If the coefficient of friction between the blocks is 0.1 and
between block B and the wall is 0.15, the frictional force applied by the wall on block Bis:

(a) 120 N
(b) 150 N
(c) 100 N
(d) 80 N

39. A small ball of mass m starts at a point A with speed v and moves along a frictionless track AB as shown.
The track BC has coefficient of friction µ. The ball comes to stop at Cafter travelling a distance L which
is:

2ℎ 𝑉𝑜2
(a) 𝜇
+ 2𝜇𝑔
ℎ 𝑉𝑜2
(b) 𝜇 + 2𝜇𝑔
ℎ 𝑉𝑜2
(c) 2𝜇 + 𝜇𝑔
ℎ 𝑉𝑜2
(d) 2𝜇 + 2𝜇𝑔

40. A block is placed on a rough horizontal plane. A time dependent horizontal force F = kt acts on the block,
where k is a positive constant. The acceleration - time graph of the block is:
41. A body starts from rest on a long inclined plane of slope 45°. The coefficient of friction between the body
and the plane varies as µ = 0.3 x, where x is distance travelled down the plane. The body will have
maximum speed (for g = 10 m/s²) when x =
(a) 9.8 m
(b) 27 m
(c) 12 m
(d) 3.33 m

42. A block of mass m is on an inclined plane of angle 𝛉. The coefficient of friction between the block and the
plane is u and tan 𝛉 > µ. The block is held stationary by applying a force P parallel to the plane. The
direction of force pointing up the plane is taken to be positive. As P is varied from P 1 = mg(sin𝛉 - µ cos𝛉)
to P2 = mg(sin𝛉) + µ cos𝛉), the frictional force fversus P graph will look like
43. A block of base 10 cm x 10 cm and height 15 cm is kept on an inclined plane. The coefficient of friction
between them is √3. The inclination → of this inclined plane from the horizontal plane is gradually
increased from 0°. Then
(a) at θ = 30°, the block will start sliding down the plane
(b) the block will remain at rest on the plane up to certain θ and then it will topple
(c) at θ = 60°, the block will start sliding down the plane and continue to do so at higher angles
(d) at θ = 60°, the block will start sliding down the plane and on further increasing θ, it will topple at certain θ.

44. What is the maximum value of the force F such that the block shown in the arrangement, does not move?

(a) 20 N
(b) 10 N
(c) 12 N
(d) 15 N

45. An insect crawls up a hemispherical surface very slowly (see fig.). The coefficient of friction between the
insect and the surface is 1/3. If the line joining the center of the hemispherical surface to the insect makes
an angle a with the vertical, the maximum possible value of a is given by

(a) cot a = 3
(b) tan a = 3
(c) sec a = 3
(d) cosec a = 3

46. A block of mass 0.1 kg is held against a wall applying a horizontal force of 5 N on the block. If the
coefficient of friction between the block and the wall is 0.5, the magnitude of the frictional force acting on
the block is:
(a) 2.5 N
(b) 0.98 N
(c) 4.9 N
(d) 0.49 N

47. A block of mass 2 kg 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
(a) 9.8 N
(b) 0.7×9.8×√3N
(c) 9.8×√3N
(d) 0.7×9.8N

2
Integer Value Answer
48. A block is moving on an inclined plane making an angle 45° with the horizontal and the coefficient of
friction is μ. The force required to just push it up the inclined plane is 3 times the force required to just
prevent it from sliding down. If we define N = 10 μ, then N is

49. A block of mass 1 kg lies on a horizontal surface in a truck. The coefficient of static friction between the
block and the surface is 0.6. If the acceleration of the truck is 5 m/s², the frictional force acting on the
block is ..... newtons.

3
Numeric Answer

50. When a body slides down from rest along a smooth inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the
horizontal, it takes time T. When the same body slides down from the rest along a rough inclined plane
making the same angle and through the same distance, it takes time aT, where a is a constant greater
𝟏 𝒂𝟐 −𝟏
than 1. The co-efficient of friction between the body and the rough plane is ( 𝟐 ) where x = ______.
√𝒙 𝒂

51. A hanging mass M is connected to a four times bigger mass by using a string-pulley arrangement, as
shown in the figure. The bigger mass is placed on a horizontal ice- slab and being pulled by 2 Mg force.
In this situation.
𝒙
tension in the string is Mg for x = _____ . Neglect mass of the string and friction of the block (bigger
𝟓
mass) with ice slab. (Given g = acceleration due to gravity)

52. A body of mass 'm' is launched up on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the horizontal.
√𝒙
The coefficient of friction between the body and plane is 𝟓
if the time of ascent is half of the time of
descent. The value of x is ___.

53. A boy of mass 4 kg is standing on a piece of wood having mass 5 kg. If the coefficient of friction between
the wood and the floor is 0.5, the maximum force that the boy can exert on the rope so that the piece of
wood does not move from its place is ______. N. (Round off to the Nearest integer) [Take g = 10ms-2]

√𝒙
54. A body of mass 1 kg rests on a horizontal floor with which it has a coefficient of static friction 𝟓
if the
time of ascent is half of the time of descent. The value of x is _____.

55. A boy of mass 4 kg is standing on a piece of wood having mass 5 kg. If the coefficient of friction between
the wood and the floor is 0.5, the maximum force that the boy can exert on the rope so that the piece of
wood does not move from its place is_____N. (Round (Ro off to the Nearest integer) [Take g = 10ms2]
 𝟏
56. A body of mass 1 kg rests on a horizontal floor with which it has a coefficient of static friction . It is
√𝟑
desired to make the body move by applying the minimum possible force F N. The value of F will be
______. (Round off to the Nearest integer) [Take g = 10 ms-2]

𝑿𝟐
57. An inclined plane is bent in such a way that the vertical cross-section is given by 𝒚 = 𝟒 where y is in
vertical and x in horizontal direction. If the upper surface of this curved plane is rough with coefficient of
friction µ = 0.5, the maximum height in cm at which a stationary μ= block will not slip downward is ____
cm.

58. The coefficient of static friction between a wooden block of mass 0.5 kg and a vertical rough wall is 0.2.
The magnitude of horizontal force that should be applied on the block to keep it adhere to the wall will be
______ N. [g = 10 ms-2]

5 True/False

59. When a person walks on a rough surface, the frictional force exerted by the surface on the person is
opposite to the direction of his motion.

6 MCQs with One or More than One Correct Answer

60. A small block of mass of 0.1 kg lies on a fixed inclined plane PQ which makes an angle 0 with the
horizontal. A horizontal force of 1 N acts on the block through its centre of mass as shown in the figure.
The block remains stationary if (take g = 10 m/s²)

(a) θ=45°
(b) θ>45° and a frictional force acts on the block towards P.
(c) θ>45° and a frictional force acts on the block towards Q.
(d) θ45° and a frictional force acts on the block towards Q.

61. A particle P is sliding down a frictionless hemispherical bowl. It passes the point A at t = 0. At this instant
of time, the horizontal component of its velocity is v. A bead Q of the same mass as P is ejected from A at
1 = 0 along the horizontal string AB, with the speed v. Friction between the bead and the string may be
neglected. Let tp and to be the respective times taken by P and Q to reach the point B. Then:

(a) tp < tQ
(b) tp = tQ
(c) tp > tQ
𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒄 𝑨𝑪𝑩
(d) 𝒑 =
𝒕𝑸 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒄 𝑨𝑩