TIMMANAGOUDAR EDUCATION ACADEMYS'S

PRISM PU SCIENCE COLLEGE, DHARAWAD

Newton's Law of motion

First law of motion

1. A rider on horse back falls when horse starts running all of a sudden
because [MP PMT 1982]
(a) Rider is taken back
(b) Rider is suddenly afraid of falling
(c) Inertia of rest keeps the upper part of body at rest whereas
lower part of the body moves forward with the horse
(d) None of the above
2. When a train stops suddenly, passengers in the running train feel an
instant jerk in the forward direction because
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(a) The back of seat suddenly pushes the passengers forward
(b) Inertia of rest stops the train and takes the body forward
(c) Upper part of the body continues to be in the state of motion
whereas the lower part of the body in contact with seat
remains at rest
(d) Nothing can be said due to insufficient data
3. Inertia is that property of a body by virtue of which the body is [MGIMS Wardha 1982]
(a) Unable to change by itself the state of rest
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(b) Unable to change by itself the state of uniform motion
(c) Unable to change by itself the direction of motion
(d) Unable to change by itself the state of rest and of uniform
linear motion
4. A man getting down a running bus falls forward because
[CPMT 1981]
(a) Due to inertia of rest, road is left behind and man reaches
forward
(b) Due to inertia of motion upper part of body continues to be in
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motion in forward direction while feet come to rest as soon as

they touch the road
(c) He leans forward as a matter of habit
(d) Of the combined effect of all the three factors stated in (a), (b)
and (c)
5. A boy sitting on the topmost berth in the compartment of a train
which is just going to stop on a railway station, drops an apple
aiming at the open hand of his brother sitting vertically below his
hands at a distance of about 2 meter. The apple will fall [CPMT 1986]
(a) Precisely on the hand of his brother
(b) Slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of
motion of the train
(c) Slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction
opposite to the direction of motion of the train
(d) None of the above
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6. Newton's first law of motion describes the following (c) 200 cm/sec (d) 2000 cm/sec
[MP PMT 1996] 4. An object will continue moving uniformly until
(a) Energy (b) Work [CPMT 1975]
(c) Inertia (d) Moment of inertia (a) The resultant force acting on it begins to decrease
7. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a (b) The resultant force on it is zero
ball vertically up into air. The ball falls (c) The resultant force is at right angle to its rotation
[EAMCET (Med.) 1995; MH CET 2003;BCECE 2004] (d) The resultant force on it is increased continuously
(a) Outside the car 5. A diwali rocket is ejecting 0.05 kg of gases per second at a velocity
(b) In the car ahead of the person of 400 m/sec. The accelerating force on the rocket is
(c) In the car to the side of the person [NCERT 1979; DPMT 2001; MP PMT 2004]
(d) Exactly in the hand which threw it up (a) 20 dynes (b) 20 N
8. A bird weighs 2 kg and is inside a closed cage of 1 kg. If it starts (c) 22 dynes (d) 1000 N
flying, then what is the weight of the bird and cage assembly 6. A body[AFMC
of mass 2 kg moving on a horizontal surface with an initial
1997]
(a) 1.5 kg (b) 2.5 kg velocity of 4 m/sec comes to rest after 2 sec. If one wants to keep
this body moving on the same surface with a velocity of 4 m/sec, the
(c) 3 kg (d) 4 kg
force required is [NCERT 1977]
9. A particle is moving with a constant speed along a straight line path.
A force is not required to [AFMC 2001]
(a) 8 N (b) 4 N

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(a) Increase its speed (c) Zero (d) 2 N
(b) Decrease the momentum 7. A body of mass 2 kg is hung on a spring balance mounted vertically
in a lift. If the lift descends with an acceleration equal to the
(c) Change the direction
acceleration due to gravity ‘g’, the reading on the spring balance will
(d) Keep it moving with uniform velocity be [NCERT 1977]
10. When a bus suddenly takes a turn, the passengers are thrown (a) 2 kg (b) (4  g) kg
outwards because of
[AFMC 1999; CPMT 2000, 2001] (c) (2  g) kg (d) Zero
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(a) Inertia of motion (b) Acceleration of motion 8. In the above problem, if the lift moves up with a constant velocity of
(c) Speed of motion (d) Both (b) and (c) 2 m/sec, the reading on the balance will be
11. A mass of 1 kg is suspended by a string A. Another string C is [NCERT 1977]
connected to its lower end (see figure). If a sudden jerk is given to (a) 2 kg (b) 4 kg
C, then (c) Zero (d) 1 kg
A 9. In the above problem if the lift moves up with an acceleration equal
(a) The portion AB of the string will break
to the acceleration due to gravity, the reading on the spring balance
(b) The portion BC of the string will break
1kg B will be [NCERT 1977]
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(c) None of the strings will break

(a) 2 kg (b) (2  g) kg
(d) The mass will start rotating
C
12. In the above Question, if the string C is stretched slowly, then (c) (4  g) kg (d) 4 kg
(a) The portion AB of the string will break 10. A coin is dropped in a lift. It takes time t 1 to reach the floor when
(b) The portion BC of the string will break
lift is stationary. It takes time t 2 when lift is moving up with
(c) None of the strings will break
constant acceleration. Then
(d) None of the above
(a) t1  t 2 (b) t 2  t1
Second Law of Motion (c) t1  t 2 (d) t1  t 2
1. If a bullet of mass 5 gm moving with velocity 100 m /sec, penetrates 11. If the tension in the cable of 1000 kg elevator is 1000 kg weight, the
the wooden block upto 6 cm. Then the average force imposed by elevator [NCERT 1971]
the bullet on the block is [MP PMT 2003] (a) Is accelerating upwards
(a) 8300 N (b) 417 N (b) Is accelerating downwards
(c) 830 N (d) Zero (c) May be at rest or accelerating
2. Newton's second law gives the measure of (d) May be at rest or in uniform motion
[CPMT 1982] 12. A man weighing 80 kg is standing in a trolley weighing 320 kg. The
(a) Acceleration (b) Force trolley is resting on frictionless horizontal rails. If the man starts
(c) Momentum (d) Angular momentum walking on the trolley with a speed of 1 m / s, then after 4 sec his
displacement relative to the ground will be [
3. A force of 100 dynes acts on mass of 5 gm for 10 sec. The velocity
produced is [MNR 1987]
(a) 5 m (b) 4.8 m
(a) 2 cm/sec (b) 20 cm/sec (c) 3.2 m (d) 3.0 m
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13. In doubling the mass and acceleration of the mass, the force acting on 23. A particle of mass 0.3 kg is subjected to a force F  kx with
the mass with respect to the previous value k  15 N / m. What will be its initial acceleration if it is released
(a) Decreases to half (b) Remains unchanged from a point 20 cm away from the origin
(c) Increases two times (d) Increases four times [AIEEE 2005]
14. A force of 5 N acts on a body of weight 9.8 N. What is the (a) 5 m/s 2
(b) 10 m/s 2

acceleration produced in m /sec 2 [NCERT 1990] (c) 3 m/s 2

(d) 15 m/s 2

(a) 49.00 (b) 5.00 24. A block of metal weighing 2 kg is resting on a frictionless plane. It
(c) 1.46 (d) 0.51 is struck by a jet releasing water at a rate of 1 kg/sec and at a speed
of 5 m/sec. The initial acceleration of the block will be
15. A body of mass 40 gm is moving with a constant velocity of 2
2
cm/sec on a horizontal frictionless table. The force on the table is (a) 2.[NCERT
5 m / sec
1978] (b) 5.0 m / sec 2
(a) 39200 dyne (b) 160 dyne
(c) 10 m / sec 2 (d) None of the above
(c) 80 dyne (d) Zero dyne
16. When 1 N force acts on 1 kg body that is able to move freely, the 25. Gravels are dropped on a conveyor belt at the rate of 0.5 kg/sec. The
body receives [CPMT 1971]
extra force required in newtons to keep the belt moving at 2 m/sec
is [EAMCET 1988]
(a) A speed of 1 m/sec
(a) 1 (b) 2
(b) An acceleration of 1 m / sec 2 (c) 4 (d) 0.5

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26. A parachutist of weight ‘w’ strikes the ground with his legs fixed and
(c) An acceleration of 980 cm / sec 2
comes to rest with an upward acceleration of magnitude 3 g. Force
(d) An acceleration of 1 cm / sec 2 exerted on him by ground during landing is
(a) w (b) 2w
17. An object with a mass 10 kg moves at a constant velocity of 10
m/sec. A constant force then acts for 4 second on the object and (c) 3w (d) 4w
gives it a speed of 2 m/sec in opposite direction. The acceleration 27. At a place where the acceleration due to gravity is 10 m sec 2 a
produced in it, is [CPMT 1971]
force of 5 kg-wt acts on a body of mass 10 kg initially at rest. The
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(a) 3 m / sec 2 (b)  3 m / sec 2 velocity of the body after 4 second is
[EAMCET 1981]
(c) 0.3 m / sec 2 (d)  0.3 m / sec 2
1 1
(a) 5 m sec (b) 10 m sec
18. In the above question, the force acting on the object is
[CPMT 1971] (c) 20 m sec 1 (d) 50 m sec 1
(a) 30 N (b) – 30 N 28. In a rocket of mass 1000 kg fuel is consumed at a rate of 40 kg/s.
(c) 3 N (d) – 3 N The velocity of the gases ejected from the rocket is 5  10 4 m / s .
19. In the above question, the impulse acting on the object is The thrust on the rocket is [MP PMT 1994]
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[CPMT 1971]
(a) 2  10 3 N (b) 5  10 4 N
(a) 120 newton  sec (b) 120 newtont sec
(c) 2  10 6 N (d) 2  10 9 N
(c) 30 newton  sec (d) 30 newton  sec 29. A man is standing on a weighing machine placed in a lift. When
stationary his weight is recorded as 40 kg. If the lift is accelerated
20. A machine gun is mounted on a 2000 kg car on a horizontal
frictionless surface. At some instant the gun fires bullets of mass 10 upwards with an acceleration of 2 m / s 2 , then the weight recorded
gm with a velocity of 500 m/sec with respect to the car. The
in the machine will be (g  10 m / s 2 )
number of bullets fired per second is ten. The average thrust on the
system is [CPMT 1971] [MP PMT 1994]
(a) 550 N (b) 50 N (a) 32 kg (b) 40 kg
(c) 250 N (d) 250 dyne (c) 42 kg (d) 48 kg
30. A body of mass 4 kg weighs 4.8 kg when suspended in a moving lift.
21. In the above question, the acceleration of the car will be The acceleration of the lift is
[CPMT 1971] [Manipal MEE 1995]
(a) 0.25 m / sec 2
(b) 2.5 m / sec 2 2 2
(a) 9.80 ms downwards (b) 9.80 ms upwards
(c) 5.0 m / sec 2 (d) 0.025 m / sec 2 (c) 1.96 ms 2 downwards (d) 1.96 ms 2 upwards
22. A person is standing in an elevator. In which situation he finds his 31. An elevator weighing 6000 kg is pulled upward by a cable with an
weight less than actual when [AIIMS 2005] acceleration of 5 ms 2 . Taking g to be 10 ms 2 , then the tension
(a) The elevator moves upward with constant acceleration in the cable is [Manipal MEE 1995]
(b) The elevator moves downward with constant acceleration. (a) 6000 N (b) 9000 N
(c) The elevator moves upward with uniform velocity (c) 60000 N (d) 90000 N
(d) The elevator moves downward with uniform velocity 32. A ball of mass 0.2 kg moves with a velocity of 20 m/sec and it stops
in 0.1 sec; then the force on the ball is [BHU 1995]
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(a) 40 N (b) 20 N (a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 3
(c) 4 N (d) 2 N (c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
33. A vehicle of 100 kg is moving with a velocity of 5 m/sec. To stop it 41. A 5000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing. The exhaust speed is
1
in sec , the required force in opposite direction is 800 ms 1 . To give an initial upward acceleration of 20 ms 2 , the
10
[MP PET 1995]
amount of gas ejected per second to supply the needed thrust will
(a) 5000 N (b) 500 N be (g  10 ms 2 ) [CBSE PMT 1998]
(c) 50 N (d) 1000 N
(a) 127.5 kg s 1 (b) 187.5 kg s 1
34. A boy having a mass equal to 40 kilograms is standing in an
elevator. The force felt by the feet of the boy will be greatest when
(c) 185.5 kg s 1 (d) 137.5 kg s 1
the elevator
42. If a person with a spring balance and a body hanging from it goes
(g  9.8 metres / sec 2 ) [MP PMT 1995; BVP 2003]
up and up in an aeroplane, then the reading of the weight of the
(a) Stands still body as indicated by the spring balance will
(b) Moves downward at a constant velocity of 4 metres/sec [AIIMS 1998; JIPMER 2000]
(c) Accelerates downward with an acceleration equal to (a) Go on increasing
4 metres / sec 2 (b) Go on decreasing
(d) Accelerates upward with an acceleration equal to (c) First increase and then decrease

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2
4 metres / sec (d) Remain the same
35. A rocket has an initial mass of 20  10 3 kg . If it is to blast off 43. The time period of a simple pendulum measured inside a stationary
lift is found to be T. If the lift starts accelerating upwards with an
with an initial acceleration of 4 ms 2 , the initial thrust needed is acceleration g/3, the time period is
(g ~ 10 ms 2 ) [Kurukshetra CEE 1996] [EAMCET 1994; CMEET Bihar 1995; RPMT 2000]

(a) 6  10 N
4
(b) 28  10 N 4
(a) T 3 (b) T 3 / 2
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(c) 20  10 N 4
(d) 12  10 N 4
(c) T/ 3 (d) T / 3
36. The ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary lift and when it is
moving downward with uniform acceleration ‘a’ is 3 : 2. The value of 44. A cork is submerged in water by a spring attached to the bottom of
‘a’ is (g-Acceleration due to gravity of the earth) a pail. [MP
When the pail is kept in a elevator moving with an
PET 1997]
acceleration downwards, the spring length
3 g
(a) g (b) [EAMCET (Engg.) 1995]
2 3
(a) Increases (b) Decreases
2
(c) g (d) g
(c) Remains unchanged (d) Data insufficient
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37. The mass of a lift is 500 kg. When it ascends with an acceleration of 45. Two trolleys of mass m and 3m are connected by a spring. They
2 m / s , the tension in the cable will be [g  10 m / s ]
2 2 were compressed and2000]
[MP PMT 1999, released once, they move off in opposite
direction and comes to rest after covering distances S 1 and S 2
(a) 6000 N (b) 5000 N
respectively. Assuming the coefficient of friction to be uniform, the
(c) 4000 N (d) 50 N
ratio of distances S 1 : S 2 is
38. If force on a rocket having exhaust velocity of 300 m/sec is 210 N,
then rate of combustion of the fuel is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1995]
[CBSE PMT 1999; MH CET 2003; Pb. PMT 2004] (a) 1 : 9 (b) 1 : 3
(a) 0.7 kg/s (b) 1.4 kg/s
(c) 3 : 1 (d) 9 : 1
(c) 0.07 kg/s (d) 10.7 kg/s
39. In an elevator moving vertically up with an acceleration g, the force 46. A boy of 50 kg is in a lift moving down with an acceleration
exerted on the floor by a passenger of mass M is 9.8 ms 2 . The apparent weight of the body is (g  9.8 ms 2 ) [EAMCET (Med
[CPMT 1999]
KCET 2000]
1
(a) Mg (b) Mg (a) 50  9.8 N (b) Zero
2
(c) Zero (d) 2 Mg 50
(c) 50 N (d) N
40. A mass 1 kg is suspended by a thread. It is 9 .8
(i) lifted up with an acceleration 4.9 m / s 2 47. A body is imparted motion from rest to move in a straight line. If it
is then obstructed by an opposite force, then
(ii) lowered with an acceleration 4.9 m / s 2 .
[NTSE 1995]
The ratio of the tensions is [CBSE PMT 1998]
(a) The body may necessarily change direction
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(b) The body is sure to slow down 55. A train is moving with velocity 20 m/sec. on this dust is falling at
(c) The body will necessarily continue to move in the same the rate of 50 kg/minute. The extra force required to move this train
with constant velocity will be [RPET 1999]
direction at the same speed
(a) 16.66 N (b) 1000 N
(d) None of these
(c) 166.6 N (d) 1200 N
48. A mass of 10 gm is suspended by a string and the entire system is 56. The average force necessary to stop a bullet of mass 20 g moving
2
falling with a uniform acceleration of 400 cm / sec . The tension with a speed of 250 m/s, as it penetrates into the wood for a
distance of 12 cm is
in the string will be (g  980 cm / sec 2 ) [SCRA 1994]
[CBSE PMT 2000; DPMT 2003]
(a) 5,800 dyne (b) 9,800 dyne (a) 2.2  10 N
3
(b) 3.2  10 3 N
(c) 11,800 dyne (d) 13,800 dyne (c) 4.2  10 3 N (d) 5.2  10 3 N
49. A second's pendulum is mounted in a rocket. Its period of oscillation 57. The average resisting force that must act on a 5 kg mass to reduce
decreases when the rocket [CBSE PMT 1994] its speed from 65 cm/s to 15 cm/s in 0.2s is
(a) Comes down with uniform acceleration [RPET 2000]
(b) Moves round the earth in a geostationary orbit (a) 12.5 N (b) 25 N
(c) Moves up with a uniform velocity (c) 50 N (d) 100 N
(d) Moves up with uniform acceleration 58. A mass is hanging on a spring balance which is kept in a lift. The

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50. Two balls of masses m 1 and m 2 are separated from each other by lift ascends. The spring balance will show in its reading
[DCE 2000]
a powder charge placed between them. The whole system is at rest
on the ground. Suddenly the powder charge explodes and masses are (a) Increase
pushed apart. The mass m 1 travels a distance s1 and stops. If the (b) Decrease
(c) No change
coefficients of friction between the balls and ground are same, the
(d) Change depending upon velocity
mass m 2 stops after travelling the distance [BHU 1994]
59. An army vehicle of mass 1000 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s
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m m and is acted upon by a forward force of 1000 N due to the engine and
(a) s 2  1 s1 (b) s 2  2 s1
m2 m1 a retarding force of 500 N due to friction. What will be its velocity
after 10 s [Pb. PMT 2000]
m 12 m 22
(c) s2  s1 (d) s2  s1 (a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s
m 22 m 12 (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
51. A force vector applied on a mass is represented as 60. A body of mass 2 kg is moving with a velocity 8 m/s on a smooth

F  6ˆi  8 ˆj  10kˆ and accelerates with 1 m / s 2 . What will be the surface. If it is to be brought to rest in 4 seconds, then the force to
be applied is [Pb. PMT 2000]
mass of the body [CBSE PMT 1996]
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(a) 8 N (b) 4 N
(a) 10 2 kg (b) 2 10 kg (c) 2 N (d) 1 N
(c) 10 kg (d) 20 kg 61. The apparent weight of the body, when it is travelling upwards with
52. A cart of mass M is tied by one end of a massless rope of length 10 an acceleration of 2m / s 2 and mass is 10 kg, will be
m. The other end of the rope is in the hands of a man of mass M. (a) 198 N (b) 164 N
The entire system is on a smooth horizontal surface. The man is at x
(c) 140 N (d) 118 N
= 0 and the cart at x = 10 m. If the man pulls the cart by the rope,
the man and the cart will meet at the point 62. A man [CBSE
measures
PMTtime
1997]period of a pendulum (T ) in stationary lift. If
(a) x 0 (b) x  5m g
the lift moves upward with acceleration , then new time period
4
(c) x  10 m (d) They will never meet
will be [BHU 2001]
53. A cricket ball of mass 250 g collides with a bat with velocity 10 m/s
and returns with the same velocity within 0.01 second. The force 2T 5T
(a) (b)
acted on bat is [CPMT 1997] 5 2
(a) 25 N (b) 50 N
5 2
(c) 250 N (d) 500 N (c) (d)
2T 5T
54. A pendulum bob of mass 50 gm is suspended from the ceiling of an
elevator. The tension in the string if the elevator goes up with 63. A 30 gm bullet initially travelling at 120 m/s penetrates 12 cm into a
uniform velocity is approximately wooden block. The average resistance exerted by the wooden block
[AMU (Med.) 1999]
is [AFMC 1999; CPMT 2001]
(a) 0.30 N (b) 0.40 N (a) 2850N (b) 2200 N
(c) 0.42 N (d) 0.50 N (c) 2000N (d) 1800 N
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64. A force of 10 Newton acts on a body of mass 20 kg for 10 seconds. 73. A lift is moving down with acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a
Change in its momentum is [MP PET 2002] 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
(a) 5 kg m / s (b) 100kg m / s
respectively [AIEEE 2002]
(c) 200 kg m / s (d) 1000 kg m / s (a) g, g (b) g  a, g  a

65. A body of mass 1.0kg is falling with an acceleration of 10 m / sec 2 . (c) g  a, g (d) a, g

Its apparent weight will be (g  10m / sec 2 ) 74. A man weighs 80kg . He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which
[MP PET 2002] is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5m / s 2 . What
(a) 1.0 kg wt (b) 2.0 kg wt would be the reading on the scale. (g  10m / s 2 )

(c) 0.5 kg wt (d) Zero (a) 400 N (b) 800 N

(c) 1200 N (d) Zero
66. A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 gm moving at the rate of
75. A monkey of mass 20kg is holding a vertical rope. The rope will not
20 m/sec. if the catching process be completed in 0.1 sec the force of
break when a mass of 25 kg is suspended from it but will break if
the blow exerted by the ball on the hands of player is [Kerala PET 2005]
the mass exceeds 25 kg. What is the maximum acceleration with
(a) 0.3 N (b) 30 N
which the monkey can climb up along the rope (g  10m / s 2 )
(c) 300 N (d) 3000 N

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67. If rope of lift breaks suddenly, the tension exerted by the surface of (a) 10 m / s 2 (b) 25 m / s 2
lift [AFMC 2002]
(c) 2.5m / s 2 (d) 5 m / s 2
(a = acceleration of lift)
76. If in a stationary lift, a man is standing with a bucket full of water,
(a) mg (b) m (g  a) having a hole at its bottom. The rate of flow of water through this
hole is R 0 . If the lift starts to move up and down with same
(c) m(g  a) (d) 0
acceleration and then that rates of flow of water are R u and R d ,
68. A boy whose mass is 50kg stands on a spring balance inside a lift.
IS then [UPSEAT 2003]
The lift starts to ascent with an acceleration of 2ms 2 . The
(a) R0  Ru  Rd (b) Ru  R 0  R d
reading of the machine or balance (g  10 ms 2 ) is
(c) Rd  R0  Ru (d) Ru  R d  R 0
[Kerala PET 2002]
(a) 50 kg (b) Zero 77. A rocket with a lift- off mass 3.5  10 4 kg is blasted upwards

(c) 49 kg (d) 60 kg with an initial acceleration of 10m / s 2 . Then the initial thrust of
the blast is [AIEEE 2003]
69. A rocket is ejecting 50 g of gases per sec at a speed of 500 m / s.
(a) 1.75  10 5 N (b) 3.5  10 5 N
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The accelerating force on the rocket will be

[Pb. PMT 2002] (c) 7.0  10 5 N (d) 14.0  10 5 N
(a) 125 N (b) 25 N 78. 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
(c) 5N (d) Zero stationary. If the lift moves downward with an acceleration of

70. A block of mass 5 kg is moving horizontally at a speed of 1.5 m/s. 5 m / s 2 , the reading of the spring balance will be
A perpendicular force of 5N acts on it for 4 sec. What will be the (a) 49 N (b) 24 N
distance of the block from the point where the force started acting N PMT 2002]
(c) 74[Pb. (d) 15 N
(a) 10 m (b) 8 m 79. A plumb line is suspended from a ceiling of a car moving with
(c) 6 m (d) 2 m horizontal acceleration of a. What will be the angle of inclination
with vertical [Orissa JEE 2003]
71. A lift of mass 1000 kg is moving with an acceleration of 1 m / s 2 in
upward direction. Tension developed in the string, which is (a) tan 1 (a / g) (b) tan 1 (g / a)
connected to the lift, is [CBSE PMT 2002]
(c) cos 1 (a / g) (d) cos 1 (g / a)
(a) 9,800 N (b) 10,000 N
(c) 10,800 N (d) 11,000 N 80. Mass of a person sitting in a lift is 50 kg. If lift is coming down with
72. A lift accelerated downward with acceleration 'a'. A man in the lift a constant acceleration of 10 m / sec 2 . Then the reading of spring
throws a ball upward with acceleration a0 (a0  a). Then balance will be (g  10m / sec 2 )
acceleration of ball observed by observer, which is on earth, is [AIEEE 2002] [RPET 2003; Kerala PMT 2005]
(a) (a  a0 ) upward (b) (a  a0 ) upward (a) 0 (b) 1000N
(c) (a  a0 ) downward (d) (a  a0 ) downward (c) 100 N (d) 10 N
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81. A body of mass 2 kg has an initial velocity of 3 meters per second 87. The linear momentum p of a body moving in one dimension varies
along OE and it is subjected to a force of 4 N in a direction with time according to the equation p  a  bt 2 where a and b
perpendicular to OE. The distance of the body from O after 4 are positive constants. The net force acting on the body is
seconds will be [CPMT 1976]
(a) A constant
(a) 12 m (b) 20 m
(b) Proportional to t 2
(c) 8 m (d) 48 m (c) Inversely proportional to t
82. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth wedge of inclination  . (d) Proportional to t
The whole system is accelerated horizontally so that the block does 88. The spring balance inside a lift suspends an object. As the lift begins
not slip on the wedge. The force exerted by the wedge on the block to ascent, the reading indicated by the spring balance will
(g is acceleration due to gravity) will be (a) Increase
[CBSE PMT 2004]
(b) Decrease
(a) mg cos  (b) mg sin
(c) Remain unchanged
(c) mg (d) mg / cos  (d) Depend on the speed of ascend
89. There is a simple pendulum hanging from the ceiling of a lift. When
83. A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40 g with a velocity the lift is stand still, the time period of the pendulum is T. If the
1200 ms 1 . The man holding it can exert a maximum force of resultant acceleration becomes g / 4 , then the new time period of
144 N on the gun. How many bullets can he fire per second at the the pendulum is [DCE 2004]

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most [AIEEE 2004] (a) 0.8 T (b) 0.25 T
(a) One (b) Four (c) 2 T (d) 4 T
90. A man of weight 80 kg is standing in an elevator which is moving
(c) Two (d) Three
with an acceleration of 6 m / s 2 in upward direction. The apparent
84. An automobile travelling with a speed of 60 km / h, can brake to
weight of the man will be (g  10 m / s 2 )
stop within a distance of 20 m. If the car is going twice as fast, i.e.
120 km/h, the stopping distance will be (a) 1480 N (b) 1280 N
(c) 1380 N (d) None of these
IS [AIEEE 2004]
91. A force of 100 dynes acts on a mass of 5 gram for 10 sec. The
(a) 20 m (b) 40 m velocity produced is [Pb. PET 2004]
(c) 60 m (d) 80 m (a) 2000 cm / sec (b) 200 cm / sec
85. A man of weight 75 kg is standing in an elevator which is moving (c) 20 cm / sec (d) 2 cm / sec
with an acceleration of 5 m / s 2 in upward direction the apparent 92. When the speed of a moving body is doubled
weight of the man will be (g  10 m / s ) 2
[UPSEAT 2004]

[Pb. PMT 2004]

(a) Its acceleration is doubled
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(b) Its momentum is doubled

(a) 1425 N (b) 1375 N
(c) Its kinetic energy is doubled
(c) 1250 N (d) 1125 N
(d) Its potential energy is doubled
86. The adjacent figure is the part of a horizontally stretched net.
section AB is stretched with a force of 10 N. The tensions in the 93. A body of mass m collides against a wall with a velocity v and
sections BC and BF are [KCET 2005] rebounds with the same speed. Its change of momentum is
(a) 2 mv (b) mv
E
(c) – mv (d) Zero
150° 150° 94. A thief stole a box full of valuable articles of weight W and while
D carrying it on his back, he jumped down a wall of height ‘ h’ from
the ground. Before he reached the ground he experienced a load of
120° (a) 2W (b) W
G C F
H (c) W/2 (d) Zero
B
120° 120° 95. N bullets each of mass m kg are fired with a velocity v ms 1 at the
rate of n bullets per second upon a wall. The reaction offered by the
A wall to the bullets is given by
(a) 10 N, 11 N
Nmv
(b) 10 N, 6 N (a) nmv (b)
n
(c) 10 N, 10 N
Nm Nv
(d) Can't calculate due to insufficient data (c) n (d) n
v m
 Newton's Laws of Motion
96. If a body of mass m is carried by a lift moving with an upward (c) Proportional to t
acceleration a, then the forces acting on the body are (i) the reaction (d) Inversely proportional to t
R on the floor of the lift upwards (ii) the weight mg of the body
acting vertically downwards. The equation of motion will be given by[MNR 1998] A ball of mass 0.5 kg moving with a velocity of 2 m/sec strikes a
103.
wall normally and bounces back with the same speed. If the time of
(a) R  mg  ma (b) R  mg  ma
contact between the ball and the wall is one millisecond, the average
(c) R  ma  mg (d) R  mg  ma force exerted by the wall on the ball is [

97. With what minimum acceleration can a fireman slides down a rope (a) 2000 N (b) 1000 N
2 (c) 5000 N (d) 125 N
while breaking strength of the rope is of his weight [CPMT 1979]
3 104. A particle moves in the xy-plane under the action of a force F such
2 that the components of its linear momentum p at any time t are
(a) g (b) g p x  2 cos t , py  2 sin t . The angle between F and p at time t
3
is
1
(c) g (d) Zero [MP PET 1996; UPSEAT 2000]
3
98. A ball of mass m moves with speed v and it strikes normally with a (a) 90° (b) 0°
wall and reflected back normally, if its time of contact with wall is t (c) 180° (d) 30°
then find force exerted by ball on wall 105. n small balls each of mass m impinge elastically each second on a

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[BCECE 2005] surface with velocity u. The force experienced by the surface will be
2mv mv RPET 2001; BHU 2001; MP PMT 2003]
(a) (b) (a) mnu (b) 2 mnu
t t
1
mv (c) 4 mnu (d) mnu
(c) mvt (d) 2
2t
106. A ball of mass 400 gm is dropped from a height of 5m. A boy on
99. The velocity of a body at time t = 0 is 10 2 m/s in the north-east the ground hits the ball vertically upwards with a bat with an
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direction and it is moving with an acceleration of 2 m/s directed
2
average force of 100 newton so that it attains a vertical height of 20
towards the south. The magnitude and direction of the velocity of m. The time for which the ball remains in contact with the bat is
the body after 5 sec will be
[g  10 m / s 2 ] [MP PMT 1999]
[AMU (Engg.) 1999]
(a) 0.12s (b) 0.08 s
(a) 10 m/s, towards east
(c) 0.04 s (d) 12 s
(b) 10 m/s, towards north
107. The time in which a force of 2 N produces a change of momentum
(c) 10 m/s, towards south
of 0.4 kg  ms 1 in the body is
(d) 10 m/s, towards north-east
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[CMEET Bihar 1995]

100. A body of mass 5 kg starts from the origin with an initial velocity
(a) 0.2 s (b) 0.02 s
u  30ˆi  40 ˆj ms 1 . If a constant force F  (ˆi  5 ˆj)N acts on
(c) 0.5 s (d) 0.05 s
the body, the time in which the y–component of the velocity
108. A gun of mass 10kg fires 4 bullets per second. The mass of each
becomes zero is
bullet is 20 g and the velocity of the bullet when it leaves the gun is
[EAMCET (Med.) 2000]
300 ms 1 . The force required to hold the gun while firing is
(a) 5 seconds (b) 20 seconds
[EAMCET (Med.) 2000]
(c) 40 seconds (d) 80 seconds
(a) 6 N (b) 8 N
101. A body of mass 8kg is moved by a force F  3 x N , where x is (c) 24 N (d) 240 N
the distance covered. Initial position is x  2 m and the final 109. A gardner waters the plants by a pipe of diameter 1mm. The water
position is x  10 m. The initial speed is 0.0m / s. The final speed comes out at the rate or 10 cm /sec. The reactionary force exerted on
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is [Orissa JEE 2002] the hand of the gardner is

[KCET 2000]
(a) 6 m/s (b) 12 m/s
2
(c) 18 m/s (d) 14 m/s (a) Zero (b) 1.27  10 N
4
102. The linear momentum p of a body moving in one dimension varies (c) 1.27  10 N (d) 0.127 N
with time according to the equation p  a  bt 2 , where a and b 110. A solid disc of mass M is just held in air horizontally by throwing 40
are positive constants. The net force acting on the body is stones [MP
per PMT
sec 1993]
vertically upwards to strike the disc each with a
velocity 6 ms 1 . If the mass of each stone is 0.05kg what is the
(a) Proportional to t 2
mass of the disc (g  10ms 2 )
(b) A constant
[Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
 Newton's Laws of motion

(a) 1.2kg (b) 0.5 kg (d) Newton's first law of motion

7. A body floats in a liquid contained in a beaker. If the whole system
(c) 20kg (d) 3kg
as shown in figure falls freely under gravity, then the upthrust on
111. A ladder rests against a frictionless vertical wall, with its upper end the body due to liquid is [Manipal MEE 1995]
6m above the ground and the lower end 4m away from the wall. The
weight of the ladder is 500 N and its C. G. at 1/3rd distance from the
lower end. Wall's reaction will be, (in Newton) (a) Zero
[AMU (Med.) 2000]
(a) 111 (b) 333 (b) Equal to the weight of liquid displaced
(c) 222 (d) 129 (c) Equal to the weight of the body in air
112. A satellite in force-free space sweeps stationary interplanetary dust (d) None of these
at a rate dM / dt  v where M is the mass, v is the velocity of
8. Newton's third law of motion leads to the law of conservation of
the satellite and  is a constant. What is the deacceleration of the
(a) Angular momentum (b) Energy
satellite [CBSE PMT 1994]
(c) Mass (d) Momentum
(a)  2v 2 / M (b)  v 2 / M 9. A man is carrying a block of a certain substance (of density 1000
(c)  v / M
2
(d)  v 2 kgm 3 ) weighing 1 kg in his left hand and a bucket filled with
water and weighing 10 kg in his right hand. He drops the block into
113. 10,000 small balls, each weighing 1 gm, strike one square cm of area the bucket. How much load does he carry in his right hand now
per second with a velocity 100 m/s in a normal direction and

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rebound with the same velocity. The value of pressure on the (a) 9 kg (b) 10 kg
surface will be [MP PMT 1994] (c) 11 kg (d) 12 kg
10. A man is standing on a balance and his weight is measured. If he
(a) 2  10 3 N / m 2 (b) 2  10 5 N / m 2 takes a step in the left side, then weight [AFMC 1996]
(a) Will decrease
(c) 10 7 N / m 2 (d) 2  10 7 N / m 2
(b) Will increase
(c) Remains same
Third Law of Motion
(d) First decreases then increases
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1. Swimming is possible on account of [AFMC 1998, 2003] 11. A man is standing at a spring platform. Reading of spring balance is
(a) First law of motion 60 kg wt. If man jumps outside platform, then reading of spring
balance
(b) Second law of motion
[AFMC 1996; AIIMS 2000; Pb. PET 2000]
(c) Third law of motion (a) First increases then decreases to zero
(d) Newton's law of gravitation (b) Decreases
2. When we jump out of a boat standing in water it moves (c) Increases
(a) Forward (b) Backward (d) Remains same
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(c) Sideways (d) None of the above 12. A cold soft drink is kept on the balance. When the cap is open, then
the weight [AFMC 1996]
3. You are on a frictionless horizontal plane. How can you get off if no
horizontal force is exerted by pushing against the surface (a) Increases
(a) By jumping (b) Decreases
(c) First increases then decreases
(b) By spitting or sneezing
(d) Remains same
(c) By rolling your body on the surface
13. Action and reaction forces act on
(d) By running on the plane (a) The same body (b) The different bodies
4. On a stationary sail-boat, air is blown at the sails from a fan (c) The horizontal surface (d) Nothing can be said
attached to the boat. The boat will 14. A bird is sitting in a large closed cage which is placed on a spring
(a) Remain stationary balance. It records a weight of 25 N. The bird (mass m = 0.5 kg)
(b) Spin around flies upward in the cage with an acceleration of 2 m / s 2 . The
(c) Move in a direction opposite to that in which air is blown spring balance will now record a weight of
(d) Move in the direction in which the air is blown [MP PMT 1999]
5. A man is at rest in the middle of a pond on perfectly smooth ice. He (a) 24 N (b) 25 N
can get himself to the shore by making use of Newton's N 1981]
(c) 26[CPMT (d) 27 N
(a) First law (b) Second law 15. A light spring balance hangs from the hook of the other light spring
(c) Third law (d) All the laws balance and a block of mass M kg hangs from the former one. Then
6. A cannon after firing recoils due to [EAMCET 1980]
the true statement about the scale reading is
(a) Conservation of energy [AIEEE 2003]

(b) Backward thrust of gases produced (a) Both the scales read M/2 kg each
(c) Newton's third law of motion (b) Both the scales read M kg each
 Newton's Laws of Motion
(c) The scale of the lower one reads M kg and of the upper one (b) 14700 N
zero (c) 12000 N
(d) The reading of the two scales can be anything but the sum of (d) Zero
the reading will be M kg
24. In the above ques., the height to which the lift takes the passenger is
16. A machine gun fires 20 bullets per second into a target. Each bullet
weighs 150 gms and has a speed of 800 m/sec. Find the force (a) 3.6 meters (b) 8 meters
necessary to hold the gun in position (c) 1.8 meters (d) 36 meters
[EAMCET 1994]
Conservation of Linear Momentum and Impulse
(a) 800 N (b) 1000 N
(c) 1200 N (d) 2400 N 1. A jet plane flies in the air because [NCERT 1971]

17. The tension in the spring is [AMU (Engg.) 2001] (a) The gravity does not act on bodies moving with high speeds

5N 5N (b) The thrust of the jet compensates for the force of gravity
(c) The flow of air around the wings causes an upward force,
(a) Zero (b) 2 .5 N which compensates for the force of gravity
(d) The weight of air whose volume is equal to the volume of the
(c) 5N (d) 10 N
plane is more than the weight of the plane

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18. A book is lying on the table. What is the angle between the action of 2. A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 gm moving at a rate of 20
the book on the table and the reaction of the table on the book [Kerala
m/sPMT 2005]
. If the catching process be completed in 0.1 s, then the force of
(a) 0° (b) 30° the blow exerted by the ball on the hands of the player is[AFMC 1993; CBSE PMT
(c) 45° (d) 180° (a) 0.3 N (b) 30 N
19. When a horse pulls a wagon, the force that causes the horse to (c) 300 N (d) 3000 N
move forward is the force [Pb. PET 2004] 3. A rocket has a mass of 100 kg. 90% of this is fuel. It ejects fuel
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(a) The ground exerts on it (b) It exerts on the ground vapours at the rate of 1 kg/sec with a velocity of 500 m/sec relative
to the rocket. It is supposed that the rocket is outside the
(c) The wagon exerts on it (d) It exerts on the wagon
gravitational field. The initial upthrust on the rocket when it just
20. A student attempts to pull himself up by tugging on his hair. He will starts moving upwards is [NCERT 1978]
not succeed [KCET 2005]
(a) Zero (b) 500 N
(a) As the force exerted is small
(c) 1000 N (d) 2000 N
(b) The frictional force while gripping, is small. 4. In which of the following cases forces may not be required to keep
(c) Newton's law of inertia is not applicable to living beings. the [AIIMS 1983]
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(d) As the force applied is internal to the system. (a) Particle going in a circle
(b) Particle going along a straight line
21. A man is standing at the centre of frictionless pond of ice. How can
(c) The momentum of the particle constant
he get himself to the shore [J&K CET 2005]
(d) Acceleration of the particle constant
(a) By throwing his shirt in vertically upward direction
5. A wagon weighing 1000 kg is moving with a velocity 50km/h on
(b) By spitting horizontally smooth horizontal rails. A mass of 250 kg is dropped into it. The
(c) He will wait for the ice to melt in pond velocity with which it moves now is
[MP PMT 1994]
(d) Unable to get at the shore (a) 2.5 km/hour (b) 20 km/hour
22. A body of mass 5kg is suspended by a spring balance on an inclined (c) 40 km/hour (d) 50 km/hour
plane as shown in figure. The spring balance measure 6. If a force of 250 N act on body, the momentum acquired is 125 kg-
m/s. What is the period for which force acts on the body
(a) 50 N (a) 0.5 sec (b) 0.2 sec
(b) 25 N (c) 0.4 sec (d) 0.25 sec
(c) 500 N 7. A 100 g iron ball having velocity 10 m/s collides with a wall at an
M angle 30° and rebounds with the same angle. If the period of contact
(d) 10 N
30° lift and the passenger between the ball and wall is 0.1 second, then the force experienced
23. A lift is going up. The total mass of the by the wall is [CPMT 1997]
is 1500 kg. The variation in the speed of the lift is as given in the
(a) 10 N (b) 100 N
graph. The tension in the rope pulling the lift at t = 11th sec will be
(c) 1.0 N (d) 0.1 N
3.6
speed in m/sec

(a) 17400 N

2 10 12
 Newton's Laws of motion

8. A ball of mass 150g starts moving with an acceleration of 20m / s 2 . velocities of 3 m/s and 4 m/s respectively. The third piece will be
When hit by a force, which acts on it for 0.1 sec. The impulsive force thrown off with a velocity of
is [AFMC 1999; Pb. PMT 2003] [CPMT 1990]

(a) 0.5 N-s (b) 0.1 N-s (a) 1.5 m/s (b) 2.0 m/s
(c) 0.3 N-s (d) 1.2 N-s (c) 2.5 m/s (d) 3.0 m/s
9. A body, whose momentum is constant, must have constant 20. The momentum of a system is conserved [CPMT 1982]
[AIIMS 2000] (a) Always
(a) Force (b) Velocity (b) Never
(c) Acceleration (d) All of these (c) In the absence of an external force on the system
10. The motion of a rocket is based on the principle of conservation of (d) None of the
[AFMC above
2000]
(a) Mass (b) Kinetic energy 21. A body of mass 0.25 kg is projected with muzzle velocity 100 ms 1
(c) Linear momentum (d) Angular momentum
from a tank of mass 100 kg. What is the recoil velocity of the tank
11. A rope of length 5m is kept on frictionless surface and a force of 5 N
is applied to one of its end. Find tension in the rope at 1m from this (a) 5 ms 1 (b) 25 ms 1
end [RPET 2000]
(c) 0.5 ms 1 (d) 0.25 ms 1
(a) 1 N (b) 3 N
(c) 4 N (d) 5 N 22. A bullet is fired from a gun. The force on the bullet is given by

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F  600  2  10 5 t , where F is in newtons and t in seconds. The
12. An aircraft is moving with a velocity of 300 ms 1 . If all the forces
force on the bullet becomes zero as soon as it leaves the barrel.
acting on it are balanced, then [Kerala PMT 2004] What is the average impulse imparted to the bullet
(a) It still moves with the same velocity (a) 9 Ns (b) Zero
(b) It will be just floating at the same point in space (c) 0.9 Ns (d) 1.8 Ns
(c) It will fall down instantaneously 23. A bullet of mass 0.1 kg is fired with a speed of 100 m/sec, the mass
(d) It will lose its velocity gradually of gun is 50 kg. The velocity of recoil is
(e) It will explode [AFMC 1995; JIPMER 2000; Pb.PMT 2002]
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13. A rocket of mass 1000 kg exhausts gases at a rate of 4 kg/sec with a (a) 0.2 m/sec (b) 0.1 m/sec
velocity 3000 m/s. The thrust developed on the rocket is m/secJEE 2005]
(c) 0.5[Orissa (d) 0.05 m/sec
(a) 12000 N (b) 120 N 24. A bullet mass 10 gm is fired from a gun of mass 1kg. If the recoil
(c) 800 N (d) 200 N velocity is 5 m/s, the velocity of the muzzle is
14. The momentum is most closely related to [DCE 2001] [Orissa JEE 2002]

(a) Force (b) Impulse (a) 0.05 m/s (b) 5 m/s

(c) Power (d) K.E. (c) 50 m / s (d) 500 m/s
25. A rocket can go vertically upwards in earth's atmosphere because
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15. Rocket engines lift a rocket from the earth surface because hot gas
with high velocity [AIIMS 1998; JIPMER 2001, 02] (a) It is lighter than air
(a) Push against the earth (b) Of gravitational pull of the sun
(b) Push against the air (c) It has a fan which displaces more air per unit time than the
weight of the rocket
(c) React against the rocket and push it up
(d) Of the force exerted on the rocket by gases ejected by it
(d) Heat up the air which lifts the rocket
26. At a certain instant of time the mass of a rocket going up vertically
16. A man fires a bullet of mass 200 g at a speed of 5 m/s. The gun is
is 100 kg. If it is ejecting 5 kg of gas per second at a speed of 400
of one kg mass. by what velocity the gun rebounds backwards[CBSE PMT 1996; JIPMER 2000]
m/s, the acceleration of the rocket would be (taking g  10 m / s 2 )
(a) 0.1 m/s (b) 10 m/s
(c) 1 m/s (d) 0.01 m/s (a) 20 m / s 2 (b) 10 m / s 2
17. A bullet of mass 5 g is shot from a gun of mass 5 kg. The muzzle
velocity of the bullet is 500 m/s. The recoil velocity of the gun is (c) 2 m / s 22004]
[DCE (d) 1 m / s 2
(a) 0.5 m/s (b) 0.25 m/s 27. A jet engine works on the principle of
(c) 1 m/s (d) Data is insufficient [CPMT 1973; MP PMT 1996]
18. A force of 50 dynes is acted on a body of mass 5 g which is at rest (a) Conservation of mass
for an interval of 3 seconds, then impulse is (b) Conservation of energy
[AFMC 1998] (c) Conservation of linear momentum
3 3 (d) Conservation of angular momentum
(a) 0.15  10 Ns (b) 0.98  10 Ns

(c) 1.5  10 3 Ns (d) 2.5  10 3 Ns Equilibrium of Forces

19. A body of mass M at rest explodes into three pieces, two of which of 1. The weight of an aeroplane flying in the air is balanced by
mass M/4 each are thrown off in perpendicular directions with [NCERT 1974]
 Newton's Laws of Motion
(a) Vertical component of the thrust created by air currents 10. Which of the four arrangements in the figure correctly shows the
striking the lower surface of the wings
vector addition of two forces F1 and F2 to yield the third force
(b) Force due to reaction of gases ejected by the revolving
propeller F3 [Orissa JEE 2003]
(c) Upthrust of the air which will be equal to the weight of the air 
 
having the same volume as the plane F1  F1
F3 F3
(d) Force due to the pressure difference between the upper and
lower surfaces of the wings created by different air speeds on (a) (b)
the surfaces  
F2 F2
2. When a body is stationary [NCERT 1978]

(a) There is no force acting on it F1 
(b) The force acting on it is not in contact with it F1 
 F3
(c) The combination of forces acting on it balances each other  F2
(c) F3 (d)
(d) The body is in vacuum 
3. Two forces of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F2
F. The angle between the two forces is 11. Which of the following sets of concurrent forces may be in
[CBSE PMT 1990] equilibrium [KCET 2003]
(a) F1  3 N , F2  5 N , F3  9 N

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(a) 45° (b) 120°
(c) 150° (d) 60° (b) F1  3 N , F2  5 N , F3  1 N
4. Two forces with equal magnitudes F act on a body and the (c) F1  3 N , F2  5 N , F3  15 N
magnitude of the resultant force is F/3. The angle between the two
forces is [MP PMT 1999] (d) F1  3 N , F2  5 N , F3  6 N
12. Three forces starts acting simultaneously on a particle moving with
 17   1 
(a) cos 1    (b) cos 1    velocity v . These forces are represented in magnitude and direction
 18   3 by the three sides of a triangle ABC (as shown). The particle will
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now move with velocity
2 8
(c) cos 1   (d) cos 1   [AIEEE 2003]
3 9
(a) v remaining unchanged C
5. An object is subjected to a force in the north-east direction. To
balance this force, a second force should be applied in the direction [KCET
(b) Less than1994]
v
(a) North-East (b) South
(c) South-West (d) West (c) Greater than v
A B
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6. The resultant force of 5 N and 10 N can not be (d) v in the direction of the largest force BC
[RPET 2000]
13. Which of the following groups of forces could be in equibrium
(a) 12 N (b) 8 N (a) 3 N, 4 N, 5 N (b) 4N, 5 N, 10 N
(c) 4 N (d) 5 N (c) 30N, 40 N, 80 N (d) 1N, 3 N, 5 N
7. The resultant of two forces 3 P and 2 P is R. If the first force is 14. Two blocks are connected by a string as shown in the diagram. The
doubled then the resultant is also doubled. The angle between the upper block is hung by another string. A force F applied on the
two forces is [KCET 2001] upper string produces an acceleration of 2m / s 2 in the upward
(a) 60 o
(b) 120 o
direction in both the blocks. If T and T  be the tensions in the
two parts of the string, then
(c) 70 o (d) 180 o
[AMU (Engg.) 2000]
8. The resultant of two forces, one double the other in magnitude, is F
perpendicular to the smaller of the two forces. The angle between T
the two forces is (a) T  70.8 N and T   47.2 N 2 kg
[KCET 2002] (b) T  58.8 N and T   47.2 N
(a) 60 0 (b) 120 0 (c) T  70.8 N and T   58.8 N T'

(c) 150 0 (d) 90 0 (d) T  70.8 N and T   0 4 kg

9. Two forces are such that the sum of their magnitudes is 18 N and 15. Consider the following statements about the blocks shown in the
their resultant is perpendicular to the smaller force and magnitude diagram that are being pushed by a constant force on a frictionless
of resultant is 12 N. Then the magnitudes of the forces are table [AIEEE 2002] [AMU (Engg.) 2001]
(a) 12 N, 6 N (b) 13 N, 5N
(c) 10 N, 8 N (d) 16 N, 2 N F 3 kg
2 kg
1 kg
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A. All blocks move with the same acceleration

(a) Zero
B. The net force on each block is the same Which of these (b) 13 N
statements are/is correct A
(c) 3.3 N B
(a) A only (b) B only
(d) 19.6 N
(c) Both A and B (d) Neither A nor B 4. Two masses of 4 kg and 5 kg are connected by a string C passing
16. If two forces of 5 N each are acting along X and Y axes, then the through a frictionless pulley and are kept on a frictionless table as
magnitude and direction of resultant is shown in the figure. The acceleration of 5 kg mass is
[DCE 2004]
(a) 49 m / s 2
(a) 5 2,  / 3 (b) 5 2 ,  / 4 (b) 5.44 m / s 2 4kg

(c)  5 2,  / 3 (d)  5 2 ,  / 4 (c) 19.5 m / s 2

5kg
17. Which of the following is the correct order of forces (d) 2.72 m / s 2
[AIEEE 2002] 5. Two masses 2 kg and 3 kg are attached to the end of the string
(a) Weak < gravitational forces < strong forces (nuclear) < passed over a pulley fixed at the top. The tension and acceleration

M
electrostatic are
(b) Gravitational < weak < (electrostatic) < strong force 7g g 21g g
(a) ; (b) ;
(c) Gravitational < electrostatic < weak < strong force 8 8 8 8
(d) Weak < gravitational < electrostatic < strong forces 21g g 12 g g
(c) ; (d) ;
8 5 5 5
18. A block is kept on a frictionless inclined surface with angle of
6. Three blocks A, B and C weighing 1, 8 and 27 kg respectively are
inclination ''. The incline is given an acceleration 'a' to keep the
connected as shown in the figure with an inextensible string and are
block stationary. Then a is equal to
IS [AIEEE 2005]
moving on a smooth surface. T3 is equal to 36 N. Then T2 is
(a) g
(a) 18 N
(b) g tan 
(b) 9 N C
A B
(c) g / tan  a (c) 3.375 N T1 T2 T3

(d) g cosec  (d) 1.25 N
7. Two bodies of mass 3 kg and 4 kg are suspended at the ends of
massless string passing over a frictionless pulley. The acceleration of
Motion of Connected Bodies
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the system is (g  9.8 m / s 2 )

1. A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by [MP PET 1994; CBSE PMT 2001]
a rope of mass m. If a force P is applied at the free end of the rope, 2
(a) 4 .9 m / s (b) 2.45 m / s 2
the force exerted by the rope on the block will be
[CBSE PMT 1993; CPMT 1972, 75, 82; (c) 1.4 m / s 2 (d) 9.5 m / s 2
MP PMT 1996; AIEEE 2003] 8. Three solids of masses m1 , m 2 and m 3 are connected with
Pm weightless string in succession and are placed on a frictionless table.
(a) P (b)
M m If the mass m 3 is dragged with a force T, the tension in the string

PM Pm between m 2 and m 3 is
(c) (d)
M m M m [MP PET 1995]
2. A rope of length L is pulled by a constant force F. What is the m2 m3
tension in the rope at a distance x from the end where the force is (a) T (b) T
m1  m 2  m 3 m1  m 2  m 3
applied [MP PET 1996, 97, 2000]
FL F(L  x ) m1  m 2 m2  m3
(a) (b) (c) T (d) T
x L m1  m 2  m 3 m1  m 2  m 3
FL Fx
(c) (d) 9. Three blocks of masses m1 , m 2 and m 3 are connected by massless
Lx Lx
3. Three equal weights A, B and C of mass 2 kg each are hanging on a strings as shown on a frictionless table. They are pulled with a force
string passing over a fixed frictionless pulley as shown in the figure T3  40 N . If m1  10 kg, m 2  6 kg and m 3  4 kg , the
The tension in the string connecting weights B and C is[MP PET 1985; SCRA 1996] tension T2 will be [MP PMT/PET 1998]
 Newton's Laws of Motion

(c) 10ms 2
m1 m2 m3 T3
T1 T2
(d) 30ms 2
15. Three blocks of masses 2 kg, 3 kg and 5 kg are connected to each
(a) 20 N (b) 40 N
other with light string and are then placed on a frictionless surface as
(c) 10 N (d) 32 N shown in the figure. The system is pulled by a force F  10 N , then
10. A block of mass m 1 rests on a horizontal table. A string tied to the tension T1  [Orissa JEE 2002]
block is passed on a frictionless pulley fixed at the end of the table
and to the other end of string is hung another block of mass m 2 . (a) 1N
The acceleration of the system is (b) 5 N 5kg
2kg 3kg
[EAMCET (Med.) 1995; DPMT 2000] 10N T1 T2
(c) 8 N
m2g m1 g (d) 10 N
(a) (b)
(m 1  m 2 ) (m 1  m 2 ) 16. Two masses m 1 and m 2 are attached to a string which passes
m2g over a frictionless smooth pulley. When m1  10kg ,
(c) g (d)
m1 m 2  6kg , the acceleration of masses is [Orissa JEE 2002]

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11. A 2 kg block is lying on a smooth table which is connected by a
body of mass 1 kg by a string which passes through a pulley. The 1 (a) 20 m / s 2
kg mass is hanging vertically. The acceleration of block and tension (b) 5 m / s 2
in the string will be [RPMT 1997]
(c) 2.5 m / s 2
(a) 3.27 m / s 2 , 6.54 N (b) 4.38 m / s 2 , 6.54 N
(d) 10m / s 2 m2
m1
(c) 3.27 m / s 2 , 9.86 N (d) 4.38 m / s 2 , 9.86 N
17. A body of weight 2kg is suspended as shown in the figure. The
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12. A light string passes over a frictionless pulley. To one of its ends a tension T1 in the horizontal string (in kg wt) is
mass of 6 kg is attached. To its other end a mass of 10 kg is
[Kerala PMT 2002]
attached. The tension in the thread will be 30°
[RPET 1996; JIPMER 2001, 02] (a) 2/ 3 T1

(b) 3 /2
(a) 24.5 N
(c) 2 3
(b) 2.45 N
2 kg-wt
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(c) 79 N (d) 2

(d) 73.5 N 18. One end of a massless rope, which passes over a massless and
6 kg 10 kg frictionless pulley P is tied to a hook C while the other end is free.
13. USS 150) Two masses of 5kg and 10kg are connected to a pulley as Maximum tension that the rope can bear is 360 N. with what value
shown. What will be the acceleration of the system (g  acceleration
of minimum safe acceleration (in ms 2 ) can a monkey of 60 kg
due to gravity) [CBSE PMT 2000]
move down on the rope
(a) g P [AIEEE 2002]
g
(b)
2 (a) 16
(b) 6
g
(c) (c) 4
3 5 kg 10 kg (d) 8 C
g
(d) 19. A light string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks
4
of masses m 1 and m 2 (vertically). If the acceleration of the system is
14. A block A of mass 7 kg is placed on a frictionless table. A thread
tied to it passes over a frictionless pulley and carries a body B of g/8 then the ratio of the masses is
mass 3 kg at the other end. The acceleration of the system is (given [AIEEE 2002]
2 (a) 8 : 1 (b) 9 : 7
g = 10 ms ) [Kerala (Engg.) 2000]
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 5 : 3
(a) 100 ms 2
A
(b) 3ms 2

B
 Newton's Laws of motion

20. Two masses m 1  5 kg and m 2  4.8 kg tied to a string are 2. A closed compartment containing gas is moving with some
acceleration in horizontal direction. Neglect effect of gravity. Then
hanging over a light frictionless pulley. What is the acceleration of
the pressure in the compartment is [IIT-JEE 1999]
the masses when they are free to move (g  9.8 m / s 2 ) [AIEEE
(a) Same 2004]
everywhere (b) Lower in front side
(c) Lower in rear side (d) Lower in upper side
(a) 0 .2 m / s 2
3. A ship of mass 3  107 kg initially at rest is pulled by a force of
(b) 9.8 m / s 2 5  10 4 N through a distance of 3 m. Assume that the resistance
(c) 5 m / s2 due to water is negligible, the speed of the ship is
[IIT 1980; MP PMT 2000]
(d) 4.8 m / s 2 (a) 1.5 m/s (b) 60 m/s
m1
2 m (c) 0.1 m/s (d) 5 m/s
21. A block of mass 4 kg is suspended through two light spring balances
4. The mass of a body measured by a physical balance in a lift at rest
A and B. Then A and B will read respectively
is found to be m. If the lift is going up with an acceleration a, its
[AIIMS 1995] mass will be measured as [MP PET 1994]

A  a  a
(a) m  1   (b) m  1  
 g  g
(a) 4 kg and zero kg
(c) m (d) Zero

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(b) Zero kg and 4 kg
B 5. Three weights W, 2W and 3W are connected to identical springs
(c) 4 kg and 4 kg suspended from a rigid horizontal rod. The assembly of the rod and
(d) 2 kg and 2 kg the weights fall freely. The positions of the weights from the rod are
22. Two masses M and M/2 are joint together4kgby means of a light such that [Roorkee 1999]
inextensible string passes over a frictionless pulley as shown in (a) 3W will be farthest
figure. When bigger mass is released the small one will ascend with (b) W will be farthest
an acceleration of [Kerala PET 2005] (c) All will be at the same distance
(d) 2W will be farthest
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6. When forces F1 , F2 , F3 are acting on a particle of mass m such that
(a) g/3
F2 and F3 are mutually perpendicular, then the particle remains
(b) 3g/2
(c) g/2 stationary. If the force F1 is now removed then the acceleration of
(d) g the particle is
M/2
23. Two masses m and m (m > m ) are connectedMby massless flexible
1 2 1 2
[AIEEE 2002]
and inextensible string passed over massless and frictionless pulley. (a) F1 / m (b) F2 F3 / mF1
The acceleration of centre of mass is [J&K CET 2005]
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2 (c) (F2  F3 ) / m (d) F2 / m

 m1  m 2  m1  m 2
(a)   (b) g
m m  g m1  m 2 7. The spring balance A reads 2 kg with a block m suspended from it.
 1 2 
A balance B reads 5 kg when a beaker filled with liquid is put on the
m1  m 2 pan of the balance. The two balances are now so arranged that the
(c) g (d) Zero
m1  m 2 hanging mass is inside the liquid as shown in figure. In this situation [

1. A vessel containing water is given a constant acceleration a towards

the right, along a straight horizontal path. Which of the following m
diagram represents the surface of the liquid
[IIT 1981] B
(a) The balance A will read more than 2 kg
(b) The balance B will read more than 5 kg
a a a a
(c) The balance A will read less than 2 kg and B will read more
than 5 kg
(A) (B) (C) (D) (d) The balances A and B will read 2 kg and 5 kg respectively
(a) A (b) B
8. A rocket is propelled by a gas which is initially at a temperature of
(c) C (d) D
4000 K. The temperature of the gas falls to 1000 K as it leaves the
 Newton's Laws of Motion
exhaust nozzle. The gas which will acquire the largest momentum (c) 45 o
while leaving the nozzle, is
[SCRA 1994] (d) 60 o
14. A string of negligible mass going over a clamped pulley of mass m
(a) Hydrogen (b) Helium
supports a block of mass M as shown in the figure. The force on the
(c) Nitrogen (d) Argon pulley by the clamp is given by
9. Consider the following statement: When jumping from some height, [IIT-JEE 2001]
you should bend your knees as you come to rest, instead of keeping
your legs stiff. Which of the following relations can be useful in m
(a) 2 Mg
explaining the statement
[AMU (Engg.) 2001] (b) 2 mg
M
(a)  P1   P2 (c) (M  m )2  m 2 g

(b) E  (PE  KE)  0 (d) (M  m)2  M 2 g

(c) Ft  m v 15. A pulley fixed to the ceilling carries a string with blocks of mass m
and 3 m attached to its ends. The masses of string and pulley are
(d)  x   F negligible. When the system is released, its centre of mass moves

M
Where symbols have their usual meaning with what acceleration
[UPSEAT 2002]
10. A false balance has equal arms. An object weigh X when placed in
one pan and Y when placed in other pan, then the weight W of the (a) 0 (b) g/4
object is equal to [AFMC 1994]
(c) g/2 (d)  g / 2
(a) XY
16. A solid sphere of mass 2 kg is resting inside a cube as shown in the
X Y
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(b)
2 figure. The cube is moving with a velocity v  (5 t ˆi  2t ˆj)m / s .
Here t is the time in second. All surface are smooth. The sphere is at
X2 Y 2
(c) rest with respect to the cube. What is the total force exerted by the
2 sphere on the cube. (Take g = 10 m/s )
2

2
(d)
y
X Y2 2
A B
11. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to their vector
differences. In that case, the force
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[CBSE PMT 2003]

(a) Are equal to each other in magnitude D C
(b) Are not equal to each other in magnitude O x

(c) Cannot be predicted (a) 29 N (b) 29 N

(d) Are equal to each other

(c) 26 N (d) 89 N
12. In the arrangement shown in figure the ends P and Q of an
unstretchable string move downwards with uniform speed U. Pulleys 17. A stick of 1 m is moving with velocity of 2.7  10 8 ms 1 . What is
A and B are fixed. Mass M moves upwards with a speed [IIT 1982]
the apparent length of the stick (c  3  10 8 ms 1 )
(a) 2U cos  A B
  [BHU 1995]
(b) U cos 
(a) 10 m (b) 0.22 m
2U M
(c) P Q (c) 0.44 m (d) 2.4 m
cos 
18. One day on a spacecraft corresponds to 2 days on the earth. The
U speed of the spacecraft relative to the earth is
(d)
cos 
[CBSE PMT 1993]
13. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth and of
negligible mass. For the system to remain in equilibrium, the angle (a) 1.5  10 8 ms 1 (b) 2.1  10 8 ms 1
 should be [IIT-JEE 2001]
(c) 2.6  10 8 ms 1 (d) 5.2  10 8 ms 1
(a) 0o 
o
(b) 30

m m
2m
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19. A flat plate moves normally with a speed v1 towards a horizontal (a) AB
jet of water of uniform area of cross-section. The jet discharges (b) BC
water at the rate of volume V per second at a speed of v 2 . The (c) CD
density of water is  . Assume that water splashes along the surface (d) DE
of the plate at right angles to the original motion. The magnitude of 5. A body of 2 kg has an initial speed 5ms . A force acts on it for some
–1

the force acting on the plate due to the jet of water is time in[IIT
the1995]
direction of motion. The force time graph is shown in
figure. The final speed of the body.
(a) Vv1 (b) V (v1  v2 )
F(N)
(a) 9.25 ms 1
V V  4
(c) v12 (d)  (v1  v 2 )
2
(b) 5 ms 1
v1  v 2  
v 2
2.5
(c) 14.25 ms –1

(d) 4.25 ms –1

0 2 4 4.5 6.5 t(s)

6. Which of the following graph depicts spring constant k versus

length l of the spring correctly

k k
1. A block B is placed on block A. The mass of block B is less than the

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mass of block A. Friction exists between the blocks, whereas the (a) (b)
ground on which the block
A is placed is taken to be F
smooth. A horizontal force B
l l
F, increasing linearly with k k
time begins to act on B. A
The acceleration a A and (c) (d)
a B of blocks A and B
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respectively are plotted against t. The correctly plotted graph is l l
7. A particle of mass m moving with velocity u makes an elastic one
aB aB dimensional collision with a stationary particle of mass m. They are
in contact for a very short time T. Their force of interaction
a a
aB aB increases from zero to F linearly in time T/2, and decreases linearly
0

(a) (b) aA to zero in further time T/2. The magnitude of F is 0

aA (a) mu / T F
t t (b) 2mu / T
aB aB (c) mu / 2T F0
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(c) a (d) a
aB aA aB (d) None of these
aA
8. A particle of mass m, initially at rest, is acted upon by a variable force
t
aA aA F for a brief interval of time T. It begins to move T/2 with Ta velocity u
2. t
In the figure given below, the position-time grapht of a particle of after the force stops acting. F is shown in the graph as a function of
mass 0.1 Kg is shown. The impulse at t  2 sec is time. The curve is[AIIMS
a semicircle.
2005]

(a) 0.2 kg m sec 1

x ( m) F02
(a) u
6 2m
(b)  0.2kg m sec 1 F0
T 2
Force

4
(b) u 
(c) 0.1kg m sec 1 2 8m
1 t(sec) F0 T
(d)  0.4 kg m sec 2 4 6 (c) u
4m O Time T
3. The force-time (F – t) curve of a particle executing linear motion is F0 T
(d) u 
as shown in the figure. The momentum acquired by the particle in 2m
time interval from zero to 8 second will be 9. A body of mass 3kg is acted on by a force which varies as shown in
[CPMT 1989] the graph below. The momentum acquired is given by
(a) – 2 N-s (a) Zero F(N)
+2
(b) + 4 N-s (b) 5 N-s
Force (N)

2 4 6 8
(c) 6 N-s (c) 30 N-s 10
(d) Zero Time (s)
–2 (d) 50 N-s
4. Figure shows the displacement of a particle going along the X-axis
as a function of time. The force acting on the particle is zero in the 2 4 6
region t(s)
x

B C
E

A D
t
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10. The variation of momentum with time of one of the body in a two 5. Assertion : If two objects of different masses have same
body collision is shown in fig. The instantaneous force is maximum momentum, the lighter body possess greater
corresponding to point velocity.
Reason : For all bodies momentum always remains same.
p
(a) P 6. Assertion : Aeroplanes always fly at low altitudes.
S
(b) Q Reason : According to Newton’s third law of motion, for
R every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
(c) R
Q 7. Assertion : No force is required by the body to remain in any
(d) S P state.
11. Figures I, II, III and IV depict variation of force with timet Reason : In uniform linear motion, acceleration has a finite
F (N) F (N)
value.
8. Assertion : Mass is a measure of inertia of the body in linear
motion.
0.3 Reason : Greater the mass, greater is the force required to
0.25
(I) (II) change its state of rest or of uniform motion.
t (10–3s) t (10–3s) 9. Assertion : The slope of momentum versus time curve give us
0 1.0 0 1.0 2.0
the acceleration.
Reason : Acceleration is given by the rate of change of
F (N) F (N)
momentum.
10. Assertion : A cyclist always bends inwards while negotiating a

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(III) 1.0 (IV) 1.0 curve.
Reason : By bending, cyclist lowers his centre of gravity.
–3
t (10 s) –3
t (10 s) 11. Assertion : The work done in bringing a body down from the
top to the base along a frictionless incline plane is
0 1.0 0 1.0
The impulse is highest in the case of situations depicted. Figure the same as the work done in bringing it down the
(a) I and II (b) III and I vertical side.
Reason : The gravitational force on the body along the
(c) III and IV (d) IV only
inclined plane is the same as that along the vertical
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side.
12. Assertion : Linear momentum of a body changes even when it
is moving uniformly in a circle.
Reason : Force required to move a body uniformly along a
straight line is zero.
13. Assertion : A bullet is fired from a rifle. If the rifle recoils
Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of freely, the kinetic energy of rifle is more than that
the options given below: of the bullet.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct Reason : In the case of rifle bullet system the law of
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explanation of the assertion. conservation of momentum violates.

(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct 14. Assertion : A rocket works on the principle of conservation of
explanation of the assertion. linear momentum.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false. Reason : Whenever there is a change in momentum of one
(d) If the assertion and reason both are false. body, the same change occurs in the momentum of
(e) If assertion is false but reason is true. the second body of the same system but in the
opposite direction.
1. Assertion : Inertia is the property by virtue of which the body 15. Assertion : The apparent weight of a body in an elevator
is unable to change by itself the state of rest only. moving with some downward acceleration is less
Reason : The bodies do not change their state unless acted than the actual weight of body.
upon by an unbalanced external force. Reason : The part of the weight is spent in producing
downward acceleration, when body is in elevator.
2. Assertion : If the net external force on the body is zero, then
16. Assertion : When the lift moves with uniform velocity the man
its acceleration is zero.
in the lift will feel weightlessness.
Reason : Acceleration does not depend on force. Reason : In downward accelerated motion of lift, apparent
3. Assertion : Newton’s second law of motion gives the weight of a body decreases.
measurement of force. 17. Assertion : In the case of free fall of the lift, the man will feel
Reason : According to Newton’s second law of motion, force weightlessness.
is directly proportional to the rate of change of
Reason : In free fall, acceleration of lift is equal to
momentum.
acceleration due to gravity.
4. Assertion : Force is required to move a body uniformly along a
circle. 18. Assertion : A player lowers his hands while catching a cricket
Reason : When the motion is uniform, acceleration is zero. ball and suffers less reaction force.
Reason : The time of catch increases when cricketer lowers
its hand while catching a ball.
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19. Assertion : The acceleration produced by a force in the motion 51 a 52 b 53 d 54 d 55 a

of a body depends only upon its mass.
56 d 57 a 58 d 59 c 60 b
Reason : Larger is the mass of the body, lesser will be the
acceleration produced. 61 d 62 a 63 d 64 b 65 d
20. Assertion : Linear momentum of a body changes even when it 66 b 67 d 68 d 69 b 70 a
is moving uniformly in a circle.
71 c 72 d 73 c 74 c 75 c
Reason : In uniform circular motion velocity remain
constant. 76 b 77 c 78 b 79 a 80 a
21. Assertion : Newton’s third law of motion is applicable only 81 b 82 d 83 d 84 d 85 d
when bodies are in motion.
86 c 87 d 88 a 89 c 90 b
Reason : Newton’s third law applies to all types of forces, e.g.
gravitational, electric or magnetic forces etc. 91 b 92 b 93 a 94 d 95 a
22. Assertion : A reference frame attached to earth is an inertial 96 b 97 c 98 a 99 a 100 c
frame of reference.
101 a 102 c 103 a 104 a 105 b
Reason : The reference frame which has zero acceleration is
called a non inertial frame of reference. 106 a 107 a 108 c 109 d 110 a
23. Assertion : A table cloth can be pulled from a table without 111 a 112 c 113 d
dislodging the dishes.

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Reason : To every action there is an equal and opposite Third Law of Motion
reaction.
24. Assertion : A body subjected to three concurrent forces cannot 1 c 2 b 3 b 4 a 5 c
be in equilibrium.
6 c 7 a 8 d 9 c 10 c
Reason : If large number of concurrent forces acting on the
same point, then the point will be in equilibrium, if 11 a 12 c 13 b 14 b 15 b
sum of all the forces is equal to zero.
16 d 17 c 18 d 19 a 20 d
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25. Assertion : Impulse and momentum have different dimensions.
21 b 22 b 23 c 24 d
Reason : From Newton’s second law of motion, impulse is
equal to change in momentum.
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First Law of Motion

1 c 2 c 3 d 4 b 5 b

6 c 7 d 8 c 9 d 10 a

11 b 12 a

Second Law of Motion

1 b 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 b

6 b 7 d 8 a 9 d 10 a

11 d 12 c 13 d 14 b 15 a

16 b 17 b 18 b 19 b 20 b

21 d 22 b 23 b 24 a 25 a

26 d 27 c 28 c 29 d 30 d

31 d 32 a 33 a 34 d 35 b

36 b 37 a 38 a 39 d 40 a

41 b 42 c 43 b 44 b 45 d

46 b 47 b 48 a 49 d 50 c
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Conservation of Linear Momentum Impulse

1 b 2 b 3 b 4 c 5 c

6 a 7 a 8 c 9 b 10 c

11 c 12 a 13 a 14 b 15 c First Law of Motion

16 c 17 a 18 c 19 c 20 c 1. (c)
21 d 22 c 23 a 24 d 25 d 2. (c)
3. (d)
26 b 27 c
4. (b)
5. (b) Horizontal velocity of apple will remain same but due to
Equilibrium of Forces retardation of train, velocity of train and hence velocity of boy
w.r.t. ground decreases, so apple falls away from the hand of
1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 c boy in the direction of motion of the train.
6 c 7 b 8 b 9 b 10 c
6. (c) Newton’s first law of motion defines the inertia of body. It
states that every body has a tendency to remain in its state
11 d 12 a 13 a 14 a 15 a (either rest or motion) due to its inerta.

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7. (d) Horizontal velocity of ball and person are same so both will
16 b 17 b 18 b
cover equal horizontal distance in a given interval of time and
after following the parabolic path the ball falls exactly in the
Motion of Connected Bodies hand which threw it up.
8. (c) When the bird flies, it pushes air down to balance its weight.
1 c 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 d So the weight of the bird and closed cage assembly remains
unchanged.
6 b 7 c 8 c 9 d 10 a 9. (d) Particle will move with uniform velocity due to inertia.
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11 a 12 d 13 c 14 b 15 c 10. (a)
11. (b) When a sudden jerk is given to C, an impulsive tension
16 c 17 c 18 c 19 b 20 a
exceeding the breaking tension develops in C first, which
21 c 22 a 23 a breaks before this impulse can reach A as a wave through
block.
12. (a) When the spring C is stretched slowly, the tension in A is
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greater than that of C, because of the weight mg and the
former reaches breaking point earlier.
1 c 2 b 3 c 4 c 5 c
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6 a 7 bc 8 d 9 c 10 b Second Law of Motion

11 a 12 d 13 c 14 d 15 b
1. (b) u  100 m / s, v  0, s  0.06 m
16 c 17 c 18 c 19 d
u2 (100)2 1  10 6
Retardation  a   
Graphical Questions 2 s 2  0 .06 12
5  10 3  1  10 6 5000
1 d 2 b 3 d 4 ac 5 c  Force  ma    417 N
12 12
6 d 7 b 8 c 9 d 10 c
2. (b) F  ma
11 c F 100
3. (c) Acceleration a    20 cm / s 2
m 5
Assertion & Reason Now v  at  20  10  200 cm / s
4. (b)
1 e 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c
 dm 
6 a 7 c 8 a 9 d 10 c 5. (b) F  u   400  0 .05  20 N
 dt 
11 c 12 b 13 d 14 a 15 c
6. (b) u  4 m / s , v  0, t  2 sec
16 e 17 a 18 a 19 b 20 c
v  u  at  0  4  2a  a  2 m / s 2
21 e 22 d 23 b 24 e 25 e
 Retarding force  ma  2  2  4 N
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This force opposes the motion. If the same amount of force is 50 1

applied in forward direction, then the body will move with    0.025 m / s 2
2000 40
constant velocity.
22. (b)
7. (d) Reading on the spring balance = m (g – a)
and since a = g  Force = 0
23. (b) Force on particle at 20 cm away F  kx
8. (a) The lift is not accelerated, hence the reading of the balance will
be equal to the true weight. F = 15 × 0.2 = 3 N As k  15 N / m 
R  mg  2 g Newton or 2 kg  Acceleration =
Force 3
  10 m / s 2
9. (d) When lift moves upward then reading of the spring balance, Mass 0.3
R  m(g  a)  2(g  g)  4 g N  4 kg [As a  g ]  dm 
24. (a) Force on the block F  u    5 1  5 N
2h  dt 
10. (a) For stationary lift t1 
g F 5
 Acceleration of block a    2 .5 m / s 2
and when the lift is moving up with constant acceleration m 2

t2 
2h
 t1  t 2  dm 
25. (a) Opposing force F  u    2  0.5  1 N
ga  dt 
11. (d) Since T= mg, it implies that elevator may be at rest or in So same amount of force is required to keep the belt moving at

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uniform motion. 2 m/s
12. (c) If the man starts walking on the trolley in the forward direction
then whole system will move in backward direction with same 26. (d) Resultant force is w  3w  4w
momentum. Force 50 N
27. (c) Acceleration    5 m / s2
1m/s Mass 10 kg
From v  u  at  0  5  4  20 m / s
v
 dm 
(c) Thrust F  u    5  10 4  40  2  10 6 N
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 dt 
Momentum of man in forward direction = Momentum of
system (man + trolley) in backward direction 29. (d) In stationary lift man weighs 40 kg i.e. 400 N.
 80  1  (80  320)  v  v  0.2 m / s When lift accelerates upward it's apparent weight
 m(g  a)  40(10  2)  480 N i.e. 48 kg
So the velocity of man w.r.t. ground 1.0  0.2  0.8 m / s
For the clarity of concepts in this problem kg-wt can be used
 Displacement of man w.r.t. ground  0.8  4  3.2 m in place of kg.
13. (d) Force = Mass  Acceleration. If mass and acceleration both are 30. (d) As the apparent weight increase therefore we can say that
doubled then force will become four times. acceleration of the lift is in upward direction.
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14. (b) As weight = 9.8 N  Mass = 1 kg R  m(g  a)  4.8 g  4(g  a)

Force 5
Acceleration    5 m / s2  a  0.2 g  1.96 m / s 2
Mass 1
15. (a) Force on the table = mg = 40  980  39200 dyne 31. (d) T  m (g  a)  6000 (10  5)  90000 N
F 1N m v 0.2  20
16. (b) a    1 m / s2 32. (a) F  ma    40 N
m 1 kg t 0.1

 v v  dv  100  5
(2)  (10)  12 33. (a) Fm    5000 N
17. (b) a  2 1    3 m / s 2  dt  0 .1
t 4 4
34. (d)
18. (b) F  ma  10  (3)  30 N
35. (b) F  m (g  a)  20  10 3  (10  4 )  28  10 4 N
19. (b) Impulse = Force  Time = 30  4  120 N-s
20. (b) u = velocity of bullet mg 3
36. (b)   ag/3
dm m(g  a) 2
 Mass thrown per second by the machine gun
dt 37. (a) T  m (g  a)  500(10  2)  6000 N
= Mass of bullet × Number of bullet fired per second
 dm  dm F 210
 10 g  10 bullet/ sec  100 g / sec  0.1 kg / sec 38. (a) F u      0.7 kg / s
 dt  dt u 300
udm
 Thrust   500  0.1  50 N 39. (d) R  m (g  a)  m (g  g)  2mg
dt
 g  3g
Thrust on the car 40. (a) T1  m (g  a)  1   g   
21. (d) Acceleration of the car   2 2
Mass of the car
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 g g T 3  dm  50
T2  m (g  a)  1   g     1  55. (a) F u   20   16.66 N
 2 2 T2 1  dt  60
udm 56. (d) u  250 m / s , v  0 , s  0.12 metre
41. (b) F  m(g  a)
dt  u2 v2  20  10 3  (250)2
dm m(g  a) 5000  (10  20) F  ma  m  

    187.5 kg / s  2s  2  0 .12
dt u 800
42. (c) Initially due to upward acceleration apparent weight of the  F  5.2  10 3 N
body increases but then it decreases due to decrease in gravity.
 v  u  5(65  15)  10 2
57. (a) F m   12.5 N
l l  t  0.2
43. (b) T  2 and T '  2
g 4 g/3 58. (d)
g 4g
[ As g'  g  a  g   ] F  1000  500 
3 3 59. (c) v u t  10     10  15 m / s
m  1000 
3 m(u  v) 2  (8  0)
 T'  T 60. (b) F  ma    4N
2 t 4
44. (b) Density of cork = d, Density of water =  61. (d) R  m (g  a)  10  (9.8  2)  118 N

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Resultant upward force on cork  V (  d ) g
l T g g 4 2
This causes elongation in the 62. (a) T  2     
g T g g
g 5 5
spring. When the lift moves down
with acceleration a, the resultant 4
upward force on Cork
m (u 2  v 2 ) 30  10 3  (120)2
cork  V(  d)(g  a) which is 63. (d) F   1800 N
less than the previous value. So the
2S 2  12  10 2
elongation decreases. 64. (b) dp  F  dt  10  10  100 kg m/s
45.
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(d) When trolley are released then they
posses same linear momentum but in opposite direction. 65. (d) R  m (g  a)  m (10  10)  zero
Kinetic energy acquired by any trolley will dissipate against 66. (b) Force exerted by the ball
friction.
 dv  20
p2 1  F  m    0 .15   30 N
  mg s   s  2 [As P and u are constants]  
dt 0 .1
2m m
67. (d) If rope of lift breaks suddenly, acceleration becomes equal to g
2
m  so that tension, T  m(g  g)  0
2
    
s 3 9
 1   2 
s 2  m1   
1 1 68. (d) R  m (g  a)  50 (10  2)  600 N  60 kg wt
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46. (b) Apparent weight  m (g  a)  50 (9.8  9.8)  0  dm  3

69. (b) F u   500  50  10  25 N
47. (b) Opposite force causes retardation.  dt 
48. (a) T  m(g  a) = 10(980 – 400) = 5800 dyne
70. (a) S Horizontal  ut  1.5  4  6 m
l
49. (d) T  2 . T will decrease, If g increases. 1 2 1 F 2 1
g S Vertical  at  t   1  16  8 m
2 2m 2
It is possible when rocket moves up with uniform acceleration.
1 S Net  6 2  8 2  10 m
50. (c) We know that in the given condition s 
m2 71. (c) T  m (g  a)  1000(9.8  1)  10800 N
2
m 
2 72. (d) The effective acceleration of ball observed by observer on earth
s2  m 1 
    s 2   1   s1 = (a – a )
s1  m 2  m  0

  2 As a0  a, hence net acceleration is in downward direction.

F 6 2  8 2  10 2 73. (c) Due to relative motion, acceleration of ball observed by
51. (a) m   200  10 2 kg observer in lift = (g – a) and for man on earth the acceleration
a 1
remains g.
52. (b) In the absence of external force, position of centre of mass
remain same therefore they will meet at their centre of mass. 74. (c) For accelerated upward motion
R  m (g  a)  80 (10  5)  1200 N
 dv  0.25  [(10)  (10)]
53. (d)Force  m     25  20  500 N
 dt  0.01 75. (c) Tension the string  m (g  a)  Breaking force
3
54. (d) T  mg  50  10  10  0.5 N  20(g  a)  25  g  a  g / 4  2.5 m / s 2
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76. (b) Rate of flow will be more when lift will move in upward 83. (d) u = velocity of bullet
direction with some acceleration because the net downward dm
pull will be more and vice-versa.  Mass fired per second by the gun
dt
Fupward  m (g  a) and Fdownward  m (g  a)
dm
77. (c) Initial thrust must be = Mass of bullet (m ) × Bullets fired per sec (N)
B

dt
m [g  a]  3.5  10 (10  10)  7  10 N
4 5
 dm 
Maximum force that man can exert F  u  
78. (b) When the lift is stationary W  mg  dt 
 49  m  9.8  m  5 kg .  F  u  mB  N
When the lift is moving downward with an acceleration F 144
R  m (9.8  a)  5[9.8  5]  24 N  N  3
m B  u 40  10  3  1200
79. (a) When car moves towards right with acceleration a then due to
pseudo force the plumb line will tilt in backward direction 84. (d) The stopping distance, S  u 2 ( v 2  u 2  2as)
making an angle  with vertical. 2
u 
2
S  120 
From the figure, a  2   2     4
S 1  u1   60 
tan   a / g 
1
 S 2  4  S1  4  20  80 m
   tan (a / g) a

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85. (d) The apparent weight,
 R  m(g  a)  75(10  5)  1125 N
g 86. (c) By drawing the free body diagram of point B
80. (a) R  m (g  a)  0
81. (b) Displacement of body in 4 sec along OE Let the tension in the section BC and BF are T1 and
s x  v x t  3  4  12 m T2 respectively.
C F
F = 4N From Lami's theorem 120°
F
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T1 T2 T B
  120° 120°
sin120 sin120 sin120
T=10N
 T  T1  T2  10 N .
ux = 0 vx = 3m/s
O dp d A
E
87. (d) F  (a  bt 2 )  2bt  F  t
Force along OF (perpendicular to OE) = 4 N dt dt
F 4 88. (a) When the lift moves upwards, the apparent weight,
 ay    2 m / s2
m 2  m(g  a) . Hence reading of spring balance increases.
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Displacement of body in 4 sec along OF

1 1 89. (c) When lift is at rest, T  2 l / g
 sy  uy t  a y t 2   2  (4 )2  16 m [As uy  0 ]
2 2 If acceleration becomes g/4 then

 Net displacement s  s x2  sy2  (12)2  (16)2  20 m l 4l

T   2  2  2T
g/4 g
82. (d) R ma cos
90. (b) The apparent weight of man,
 a R  m(g  a)  80(10  6)  1280 N
ma
mg cos F  100 
mg sin   + 91. (b) v  u  at  0    t     10  200 cm / sec
m   5 
When the whole system
 ma sin  towards left then pseudo
is accelerated
mg
force (ma) works on a block towards right. 92. (b)
For the condition of equilibrium 93. (a) p  pi  p f  mv  (mv )  2 mv
g sin 94. (d) In the condition of free fall apparent weight becomes zero.
mg sin  ma cos   a 
cos  N
95. (a) Total mass of bullets = Nm, time t 
 Force exerted by the wedge on the block n
R  mg cos  ma sin Momentum of the bullets striking the wall = Nmv
 g sin  mg (cos 2   sin2  ) Nmv
R  mg cos  m   sin 
Rate of change of momentum (Force) = = nmv.
t
 cos  cos
96. (b)
mg
R
cos 
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97. (c) If man slides down with some acceleration then its apparent velocity of rebound
weight decreases. For critical condition rope can bear only 2/3
of his weight. If a is the minimum acceleration then, v 2  2 gh2  2  10  20  20 m/s or v 2  20 m/s
Tension in the rope  m(g  a) = Breaking strength
dv m(v 2  v1 ) 0.4 (20  10)
2 2g g Fm    100 N
 m(g  a)  mg  a  g   dt dt dt
3 3 3
98. (a) For exerted by ball on wall by solving dt  0.12 sec
= rate of change in momentum of ball  p 
| p | 0 .4
107. (a) F   t     0.2 s
mv  (mv ) 2mv t | F| 2
= 
t t 108. (c) Rate of change of momentum of the bullet in forward direction
= Force required to hold the gun.
99. (a) v  u  a t  v  u 2  a 2 t 2  2u at cos 
F  nmv  4  20  10 3  300  24 N
v  200  100  2  10 2  10  cos 135  10 m / s
V 10 cm 3 m3
109. (d) Rate of flow of water   10  10  6
u=102 m/s t sec sec
North
10 3 kg
v Density of water  
 m3
135 West East
Cross-sectional area of pipe A   (0.5  10 3 )2

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South 2
dv mv Vv V V  V  
Force  m      
at = 10 m/s dt t t t At  t  A
at sin 10 sin135
tan    1    45  V 
u  at cos  10 2  10 cos 135  v  
i.e. resultant velocity is 10 m/s towards East.  At 
By substituting the value in the above formula we get
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100. (c) uy  40 m / s , Fy  5 N , m  5 kg . F  0.127 N
110. (a) Weight of the disc will be balanced by the force applied by the
Fy bullet on the disc in vertically upward direction.
So ay   1 m / s 2 (As v  u  at )
m F  nmv  40  0.05  6  Mg
 v y  40  1  t  0  t  40 sec . 40  0.05  6
 M  1.2 kg
101. (a) Increment in kinetic energy = work done 10
x2 10 111. (a)
  (3 x ) dx
1
 m(v 2  u 2 )  F.dx 
2 x1 2 dp  dM  F  v2
 v a 
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112. (c) F v  2

1 3 3 dt  dt  M M
 mv 2  [ x 2 ]10
2  [100  4 ]
2 2 2 F n[mv  (mv )] 2mnv
113. (d) P  
1 3 A A A
  8  v 2   96  v  6m / s
2 2 2  10 3  10 4  10 2
 d p   2  107 N / m 2
d 10  4
102. (c) F = (a  bt 2 )  2bt i.e. F  t
dt dt
p mv  (mv ) 2mv 2  0.5  2 Third Law of Motion
103. (a) Fav     = 2000 N
t t t 10 3
 1. (c) Swimming is a result of pushing water in the opposite
104. (a) Given that p  p xˆi  p y ˆj  2 cos t ˆi  2 sin t ˆj direction of the motion.
 dp 2. (b) Because for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
 F  2 sin t ˆi  2 cos t ˆj takes place.
dt
    3. (b)
Now, F. p  0 i.e. angle between F and p is 90°. 4. (a) The force exerted by the air of fan on the boat is internal and
 d p for motion external force is required.
105. (b) F  Rate of change of momentum 5. (c)
dt
As balls collide elastically hence, rate of change of momentum 6. (c)
of ball = n[mu  (mu )] = 2mnu 7. (a) Up thrust on the body  v  g . For freely falling body
i.e. F  2mnu effective g becomes zero. So up thrust becomes zero
106. (a) Velocity by which the ball hits the bat 8. (d)
9. (c) Total weight in right hand = 10 + 1 = 1 kg
v1  2 gh1  2  10  5 or v1  10 m/s  10 m/s
10. (c)
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11. (a) For jumping he presses the spring platform, so the reading of Change in horizontal momentum
spring balance increases first and finally it becomes zero. F
Time of contact
12. (c) Gas will come out with sufficient speed in forward direction, so
reaction of this forward force will change the reading of the 2 P cos  2mv cos 
  60°
spring balance. 0.1 0 .1
P=mv 30°
13. (b)
2  0 .1  10  cos 60
14. (b) Since the cage is closed and we can treat bird, cage and the air   10 N
as a closed (isolated) system. In this condition the force applied 0 .1
by the bird on cage is an internal force, due to this the reading 8. (c) Impulse = Force  time = m a t
of spring balance will not change.
15. (b) As the spring balance are massless therefore both the scales  0.15  20  0.1  0.3 N-s
read M kg each.
9. (b) For a given mass P  v . If the momentum is constant then
16. (d) F  mnv  150  10 3  20  800  2400 N . it's velocity must have constant.
17. (c) 5N force will not produce any tension in spring without 10. (c)
support of other 5N force. So here the tension in the spring
will be 5N only. F(L  x ) 5(5  1)
11. (c) T   4N
18. (d) Since action and reaction acts in opposite direction on same L 5
line, hence angle between them is 180°. 12. (a)
19. (a)

M
 dm 
20. (d) As by an internal force momentum of the system can not be 13. (a) F  u   3000  4  12000 N
changed.  dt 
21. (b) 14. (b)
22. (b) Since downward force along the inclined plane
15. (c) It works on the principle of conservation of momentum.
= mg sin  5  10  sin 30 = 25 N
m Bv B 0 . 2  5
23. (c) At 11th second lift is moving upward with acceleration 16. (c) vG   1m /s
mG 1
0  3 .6
a  1.8 m /s 2
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2 17. (a) By the conservation of linear momentum m Bv B  mava
Tension in rope, T  m(g  a)
m B  v B 5  10 3  500
 1500(9.8  1.8) = 12000 N  vG    0.5 m / s
mG 5
24. (d) Distance travelled by the lift
 Area under velocity time graph 18. (c) Impulse, I  F  t  50  10 5  3 = 1.5  10 3 N-s
1  1 
   2  3 .6   8  3 .6     2  3 .6  = 36m 19. (c) Momentum of one piece 
M
3
2  2  4
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M
Conservation of Linear Momentum and Impulse Momentum of the other piece  4
4
1. (b)
9M 2 5M
2. (b) Force exerted by the ball on hands of the player  Resultant momentum   M2 
16 4
mdv 0.15  20 The third piece should also have the same momentum. Let its
   30 N
dt 0.1 velocity be v, then
5M M 5
 dm    v or v   2 .5 m / sec
3. (b) F  u   500  1  500 N 4 2 2
 dt 
20. (c)
4. (c) If momentum remains constant then force will be zero 21. (d) Using law of conservation of momentum, we get
dP
because F  100 v  0.25  100  v  0.25 m / s
dt
5. (c) According to principle of conservation of linear momentum 22. (c) F  600  2  10 5 t  0  t  3  10 3 sec
1000  50  1250  v  v  40 km / hr t 310 3
Impulse I  0 F dt  0 (600  2  10 3 t)dt
6. (a) Change in momentum = Impulse 3
 [600 t  10 5 t 2 ]0310  0.9 N  sec
p 125
 p  F  t  t    0.5 sec 23. (a) According to principle of conservation of linear momentum,
F 250
m Gv G  m Bv B
7. (a) During collision of ball with the wall horizontal momentum
changes (vertical momentum remains constant) m B v B 0 .1  10 2
 vG    0.2m /s
mG 50
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m GvG 15
24. (d) m G v G  m B v B  v B    500m / s
mB 10  10 3
25. (d)
26. (b) The acceleration of a rocket is given by T  T   20  4 ….(i) T   40  8 …(ii)
v  m  400  5  By solving (i) and (ii) T   47.23 N and T  70.8 N
a  g     10
m  t  100  1 
15. (a)
 (20  10)  10 m / s 2 y
16. (b)  F  5 2  5 2  5 2 N .
27. (c)
5 F
and tan  

Fy= 5N
=1
Equilibrium of Forces 5
 x
    / 4. Fx= 5N
1. (d) Application of Bernoulli's theorem.
2. (c) 17. (b)
18. (b) mg cos 
3. (b) F  (F)2  (F)2  2 F.F cos    120 ma  
4. (a) 2
Fnet  F12  F22  2 F1 F2 cos mg sin 

M
 a
2 mg
F  17  
    F 2  F 2  2 F 2 cos  cos     Let the mass of a block is m. It will remains stationary if forces
3  18 
acting on it are in equilibrium i.e, ma cos  mg sin 
5. (c) Direction of second force should be at 180°.
a  g tan 
6. (c) Fmax  5  10  15 N and Fmin  10  5  5 N
Here ma = Pseudo force on block, mg = Weight.
Range of resultant 5  F  15
7. (b)
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R 2  (3 P)2  (2 P)2  2  3 P  2 P  cos  …(i) Motion of Connected Bodies
(2 R)2  (6 P)2  (2 P)2  2  6 P  2 P  cos …(ii) m
1. (c)
by solving (i) and (ii), cos  1 / 2    120 M P

2 F sin P
8. (b) tan     (as  = 90°) Acceleration of the system 
F  2 F cos  mM
 F  2 F cos  0 2F R MP
The force exerted by rope on the mass 
mM
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1
 cos   
2   = 90° 2. (b)
  120 F 3. (b) Tension between m 2 and m 3 is given by
9. (b) A  B  18 …(i) 2m1m 3
T g
12  A 2  B 2  2 AB cos …(ii) m1  m 2  m 3

222 m1
B sin A   9 .8 = 13 N
m2
tan    tan 90  cos   …(iii)
A  B cos  B 222 T

By solving (i), (ii) and (iii), A  13 N and B  5 N m3

10. (c) m2 5 49
4. (b) a  g   9 .8   5.44 m / s 2
11. (d) Range of resultant of F1 and F2 varies between (3+5)=8N and m1  m 2 4 5 9

(5  3)  2 N . It means for some value of angle ( ) , 2m1m 2 223 12

resultant 6 can be obtained. So, the resultant of 3N, 5N and 6N 5. (d) T  g g g
m1  m 2 23 5
may be zero and the forces may be in equilibrium.
 m  m1  32
 g  
g
12. (a) Net force on the particle is zero so the v remains unchanged. a   2  g
 1
m  m 2   3  2  5
13. (a) For equilibrium of forces, the resultant of two (smaller) forces
should be equal and opposite to third one. T3
6. (b) T2  (m A  m B ) ×
14. (a) FBD of mass 2 kg FBD of mass 4kg m A  m B  mC

T 4N
T 8N

2 kg 4 kg

T 20 N
40 N
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36 21. (c) As the spring balances are massless therefore the reading of
T2  (1  8 )  9 N both balance should be equal.
(1  8  27)
 m  m1  m m / 2 
 g  
g
(m 2  m1 ) 22. (a) a   2  g
7. (c) Acceleration  g  m1  m 2  m m /2 3
(m 2  m1 )

4 3  m  m2 
  9.8 
9 .8
 1.4 m / sec 2 23. (a) Acceleration of each mass  a   1 g

43 7  m1  m 2 
8. (c) Now acceleration of centre of mass of the system
m1 m2 T' m3 T m1 a1  m1 a2
Acm 
m1  m 2
T
T '  (m1  m 2 )  As both masses move with same acceleration but in opposite
m1  m 2  m 3
direction so a1  a2 = a (let)
T3 (10  6)  40
9. (d) T2  (m1  m 2 )    32 N m1 a  m 2 a
m1  m 2  m 3 20  Acm 
m1  m 2
10. (a)

M
 m  m2   m1  m 2 
m2 1   1  
 m m
 g

(a) Acceleration  g   9 .8  3.27 m /s 2
 m1  m 2
11.
m1  m 2 2 1   1 2 
2 a m1 a
and T  m1a  2  3.27  6.54 N  m  m2  m2
  1  g

2m 1 m 2 2  10  6  m1  m 2 
12. (d) T  g  9.8  73.5 N
m1  m 2 10  6
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m  m1 10  5 g
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13. (c) a 2 g g
m1  m 2 10  5 3 1. (c) Due to acceleration in forward direction, vessel is an
accelerated frame therefore a Pseudo force will be exerted in
m2 3
14. (b) a  g 10  3 m / s 2 backward direction. Therefore water will be displaced in
m1  m 2 73 backward direction.
 m2  m3  35 2. (b) The pressure on the rear side would be more due to fictitious
15. (c) T1   g 
  10  8 N
 m1  m 2  m 3  35 force (acting in the opposite direction of acceleration) on the
 2
rear face. Consequently the pressure in the front side would be
 m  m1  10  6  lowered.
 g  
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16. (c) a   2    10  2.5 m / s 2

 1
m  m 2   10  6 
F
3. (c) v 2  2as  2  s [ As u  0]
17. (c) T sin 30  2kg wt T sin 30 m 
30o
 T  4 kg wt T
 5  10 4 
30o  v 2  2 3  1

T1  T cos 30 °  3  10
7
T cos 30 T1  100

 4 cos 30 °  v  0.1 m / s
2 kg-wt
2 3 4. (c) Mass measured by physical balance remains unaffected due to
18. (c) If monkey move downward with acceleration a then its variation in acceleration due to gravity.
apparent weight decreases. In that condition
5. (c) For W, 2W, 3W apparent weight will be zero because the
Tension in string  m(g  a) system is falling freely. So the distances of the weight from the
This should not be exceed over breaking strength of the rope rod will be same.
i.e. 360  m(g  a)  360  60(10  a)
6. (a) For equilibrium of system, F1  F22  F32 As   90
 a  4 m / s2
Net force
 m  m2  g  m1  m 2  m 9 In the absence of force F1 , Acceleration 
19. (b) a   1 g 
   g  1 

Mass
 1
m  m 2  8  1
m  m 2  m 2 7
F22  F32 F1
 m  m2   5  4.8   
20. (a) a 1 g     9 .8  0 .2 m / s
2
m m
 m1  m 2   5  4 .8 
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7. (b,c) Force of upthrust will be there on mass m shown in 2
 m  m2 
2
3m  m 
 g  
g
figure, so A weighs less than 2 kg . Balance will show 15. (b) acm   1   g
sum of load of beaker and reaction of upthrust so it  1
m  m 2   3 m  m  4
reads more than 5 kg.  
16. (c) As v  5 t ˆi  2t ˆj  a  a xˆi  ay ˆj  5ˆi  2ˆj ay
8. (d) Heavier gas will acquire largest momentum i.e. Argon .
ax
m v 
9. (c) Ft  m v  F  F  ma xˆi  m(g  ay )ˆj
t max

By doing so time of change in momentum increases and  | F |  m ax2  (g  ay )2  26 N
impulsive force on knees decreases. m(g+ay)
2
X Y v2  2 .7  10 8 
10. (b) When false balance has equal arms then, W  17. (c) l  l0 1   1 1     l  0 .44 m

 3  10
2 2 8
c 

11. (a) Let two vectors be A and B then ( A  B).( A  B)  0 T0

18. (c) T
[1  (v 2 / c 2 )]1 / 2
A. AB.BB. AB.B 0
By substituting T0  1 day and T  2 days we get

M
A B 0 A B  AB
2 2 2 2
v  2.6  10 8 ms 1

b b dp  dm 
12. (d) 19. (d) Force acting on plate, F  v 
A y B dt  dt 
 
l dm
O Mass of water reaching the plate per sec =
dt
M V
P Q  Av  A(v1  v 2 )  (v1  v 2 )
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As P and Q fall down, the length l decreases at the rate of U ( v  v1  v 2  velocity of water coming out of jet w.r.t. plate)
m/s. V
( A  Area of cross section of jet  )
From the figure, l  b  y2 2 2 v2
Differentiating with respect to time dm V V 
 F v  (v1  v 2 )  (v1  v 2 )    (v1  v 2 )2
dl db dy  db dl 
dt v2  v2 
2l   2b   2y   As  0,  U 
dt dt dt  dt dt  Graphical Questions
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dy  l  dl dy  1  U 1. (d) If the applied force is less than limiting friction between block
       U 
dt  y  dt dt  cos   cos  A and B, then whole system move with common acceleration
F
13. (c) From the figure for the equilibrium of the system i.e. a A  aB 
m A  mB
1
2T cos   2mg  cos      45 But the applied force increases with time, so when it becomes
2 more than limiting friction between A and B, block B starts
T T moving under the effect of net force F – F
 
k

Where Fk  Kinetic friction between block A and B

T T
F  Fk
 Acceleration of block B, aB 
m m mB
2m
As F is increasing with time so a will increase with time
B

Kinetic friction is the cause of motion of block A

14. (d) Force on the pulley by the clamp T FPC
Fk
m  Acceleration of block A, a A 
mA
Fpc  T 2  [(M  m)g]2
It is clear that aB  a A . i.e. graph (d) correctly represents the
Fpc  (Mg)  [(M  m )g]
2 2 variation in acceleration with time for block A and B.
mg Mg
2. (b) Velocity between t  0 and t  2 sec
Fpc  M 2  (M  m)2 g dx 4
 vi    2m/s
dt 2
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Velocity at t  2 sec , v f  0 1. (e) Inertia is the property by virtue of which the body is unable to
change by itself not only the state of rest, but also the state of
Impulse = Change in momentum  m(v f  vi ) motion.
2. (c) According to Newton’s second law
 0.1(0  2)  0.2 kg m sec 1
Force
3. (d) Momentum acquired by the particle is numerically equal to Acceleration = i.e. if net external force on the body is
area enclosed between the F-t curve and time axis. For the Mass
given diagram area in upper half is positive and in lower half is zero then acceleration will be zero
negative (and equal to upper half), so net area is zero. Hence
dp
the momentum acquired by the particle will be zero. 3. (a) According to second law F   ma.
dt
4. (a,c) In region AB and CD, slope of the graph is constant i.e. velocity
is constant. It means no force acting on the particle in this If we know the values of m and a, the force acting on the body
region. can be calculated and hence second law gives that how much
force is applied on the body.
5. (c) Impulse = Change in momentum  m(v 2  v1 ) …(i)
4. (b) When a body is moving in a circle, its speed remains same but
Again impulse = Area between the graph and time axis velocity changes due to change in the direction of motion of
1 1 body. According to first law of motion, force is required to
  2  4  2  4  (4  2.5)  0.5  2  2.5 change the state of a body. As in circular motion the direction
2 2
of velocity of body is changing so the acceleration cannot be
 4  8  1.625  5  18.625 ...(ii) zero. But for a uniform motion acceleration is zero (for

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rectilinear motion).
From (i) and (ii), m(v 2  v1 )  18.625
5. (c) According to definition of momentum
18.625 18.625 1
 v2   v1   5  14.25 m / s P  mv if P = constant then mv = constant or v  .
m 2 m
As velocity is inversely proportional to mass, therefore lighter
F
6. (d) K and increment in length is proportional the original body possess greater velocity.
x
6. (a) The wings of the aeroplane pushes the external air backward
1
IS and the aeroplane move forward by reaction of pushed air. At
length i.e. x  l  K 
l low altitudes. density of air is high and so the aeroplane gets
It means graph between K and l should be hyperbolic in sufficient force to move forward.
nature. 7. (c) Force is required to change the state of the body. In uniform
motion body moves with constant speed so acceleration should
7. (b) In elastic one dimensional collision particle rebounds with same be zero.
speed in opposite direction
F
i.e. change in momentum  2mu 8. (a) According to Newton’s second law of motion a  i.e.
m
But Impulse  F  T  Change in momentum magnitude of the acceleration produced by a given force is
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inversely proportional to the mass of the body. Higher is the

2mu
 F0  T  2mu  F0  mass of the body, lesser will be the acceleration produced i.e.
T mass of the body is a measure of the opposition offered by the
8. (c) Initially particle was at rest. By the application of force its body to change a state, when the force is applied i.e. mass of a
momentum increases. body is the measure of its inertia.
Final momentum of the particle  Area of F - t graph dp
9. (d) F  Slope of momentum-time graph
dt
 mu  Area of semi circle
i.e. Rate of change of momentum = Slope of momentum- time
 r2  r1r2  (F0 ) (T / 2)  F0 T graph = force.
mu    u 
2 2 2 4m 10. (c) The purpose of bending is to acquire centripetal force for
circular motion. By doing so component of normal reaction will
9. (d) momentum acquired = Area of force-time graph counter balance the centrifugal force.
1 11. (c) Work done in moving an object against gravitational force
  (2)  (10)  4  10  10  40  50 N-S (conservative force) depends only on the initial and final
2
position of the object, not upon the path taken. But
dp gravitational force on the body along the inclined plane is not
10. (c) F , so the force is maximum when slope of graph is
dt same as that along the vertical and it varies with the angle of
maximum inclination.
11. (c) Impulse = Area between force and time graph and it is 12. (b) In uniform circular motion of a body the speed remains constant
maximum for graph (III) and (IV) but velocity changes as direction of motion changes.
As linear momentum = mass × velocity, therefore linear momentum
of a body changes in a circle.
Assertion and Reason On the other hand, if the body is moving uniformly along a
straight line then its velocity remains constant and hence
acceleration is equal to zero. So force is equal to zero.
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13. (d) Law of conservation of linear momentum is correct when no
external force acts . When bullet is fired from a rifle then both
should possess equal momentum but different kinetic energy. E
P2
  Kinetic energy of the rifle is less than that of bullet
2m
because E  1/m
14. (a) As the fuel in rocket undergoes combustion, the gases so
produced leave the body of the rocket with large velocity and
give upthrust to the rocket. If we assume that the fuel is burnt
at a constant rate, then the rate of change of momentum of the
rocket will be constant. As more and more fuel gets burnt, the
mass of the rocket goes on decreasing and it leads to increase
of the velocity of rocket more and more rapidly.
15. (c) The apparent weight of a body in an elevator moving with
downward acceleration a is given by W  m (g  a).
16. (e) For uniform motion apparent weight = Actual weight
For downward accelerated motion,
Apparent weight < Actual weight
17. (a)

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18. (a) By lowering his hand player increases the time of catch, by
doing so he experience less force on his hand because
F  1/dt .
19. (b) According to Newton’s second law,
F  ma  a  F / m
For constant F, acceleration is inversely proportional to mass
i.e. acceleration produced by a force depends only upon the
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mass of the body and for larger mass acceleration will be less.
20. (c) In uniform circular motion, the direction of motion changes,
therefore velocity changes.
As P = mv therefore momentum of a body also changes in
uniform circular motion.
21. (e) According to third law of motion it is impossible to have a
single force out of mutual interaction between two bodies,
whether they are moving or at rest. While, Newton’s third law
is applicable for all types of forces.
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22. (d) An inertial frame of reference is one which has zero

acceleration and in which law of inertia hold good i.e. Newton’s
law of motion are applicable equally. Since earth is revolving
around the sun and earth is rotating about its own axis also,
the forces are acting on the earth and hence there will be
acceleration of earth due to these factors. That is why earth
cannot be taken as inertial frame of reference.
23. (b) According to law of inertia (Newton’s first law), when cloth is
pulled from a table, the cloth come in state of motion but
dishes remains stationary due to inertia. Therefore when we
pull the cloth from table the dishes remains stationary.
24. (e) A body subjected to three concurrent forces is found to in
equilibrium if sum of these force is equal to zero.
  
i.e. F1  F2  F3  .....  0.
25. (e) From Newton's second law
Impulse = Change of momentum.
So they have equal dimensions
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1. A car is moving with uniform velocity on a rough horizontal road. (c) The reading of spring balance will decrease and physical
Therefore, according to Newton's first law of motion balance will remain in equilibrium
(a) No force is being applied by its engine (d) The reading of spring balance will increase and the physical
(b) A force is surely being applied by its engine balance will remain in equilibrium

(c) An acceleration is being produced in the car 8. As shown in the figure, two equal masses each of 2 kg are
suspended from a spring balance. The reading of the spring balance
(d) The kinetic energy of the car is increasing
will be
2. A person is sitting in a travelling train and facing the engine. He
tosses up a coin and the coin falls behind him. It can be concluded
that the train is [SCRA 1994] (a) Zero
(a) Moving forward and gaining speed (b) 2 kg

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(b) Moving forward and losing speed (c) 4 kg
2kg 2kg
(c) Moving forward with uniform speed (d) Between zero and 2 kg
(d) Moving backward with uniform speed 9. A player kicks a football of mass 0.5 kg and the football begins to
3. A block can slide on a smooth inclined plane of inclination  kept move with a velocity of 10 m/s. If the contact between the leg and
on the floor of a lift. When the lift is descending with a retardation 1
the football lasts for sec, then the force acted on the football
a, the acceleration of the block relative to the incline is 50
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(a) (g  a) sin (b) (g  a) should be
(a) 2500 N (b) 1250 N
(c) g sin (d) (g  a) sin
(c) 250 N (d) 625 N
4. A 60 kg man stands on a spring scale in the lift. At some instant he
finds, scale reading has changed from 60 kg to 50kg for a while and 10. The engine of a jet aircraft applies a thrust force of 10 5 N during
then comes back to the original mark. What should we conclude ? take off and causes the plane to attain a velocity of 1 km/sec in 10
(a) The lift was in constant motion upwards sec. The mass of the plane is
(b) The lift was in constant motion downwards (a) 10 2 kg (b) 10 3 kg
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(c) The lift while in constant motion upwards, is stopped suddenly

(c) 10 4 kg (d) 10 5 kg
(d) The lift while in constant motion downwards, is suddenly
stopped 11. A force of 50 dynes is acted on a body of mass 5 g which is at rest
for an interval of 3 seconds, then impulse is
5. When a body is acted by a constant force, then which of the
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following quantities remains constant
(a) Velocity (b) Acceleration (a) 0.15  10 3 N-s (b) 0.98  10 3 N-s
(c) Momentum (d) None of these (c) 1.5  10 3 N-s (d) 2.5  10 3 N-s
6. A man of weight mg is moving up in a rocket with acceleration 4 g.
The apparent weight of the man in the rocket is 12. Two weights w1 and w 2 are suspended from the ends of a light
string passing over a smooth fixed pulley. If the pulley is pulled up at
(a) Zero (b) 4 mg
an acceleration g, the tension in the string will be
(c) 5 mg (d) mg
4 w1w 2
7. A spring balance and a physical balance are kept in a lift. In these (a)
balances equal masses are placed. If now the lift starts moving w1  w 2
upwards with constant acceleration, then
2w1w 2
(a) The reading of spring balance will increase and the (b)
w1  w 2
equilibrium position of the physical balance will disturb
(b) The reading of spring balance will remain unchanged and w1w 2
(c)
physical balance will remain in equilibrium w1  w 2
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w1w 2 FM F
(d) (a) (b)
2(w1  w 2 ) mM M m
FM Fm
13. The masses of 10 kg and 20 kg respectively are connected by a (c) (d)
m M m
massless spring as shown in figure. A force of 200 N acts on the 20
kg mass. At the instant shown, the 10 kg mass has acceleration 15. In the above question, the acceleration of mass m is
F FT
12 m / sec 2 . What is the acceleration of 20 kg mass (a) (b)
m m
FT F
(c) (d)
m M
20 kg
10 kg
200N 16. Three weight A, B and C are connected by string as shown in the
(a) 12 m / sec 2 (b) 4 m / sec 2 figure. The system moves over a frictionless pulley. The tension in
the string connecting A and B is (where g is acceleration due to
gravity)
(c) 10 m / sec 2 (d) Zero (a) g
14. Two masses M and m are connected by a weightless string. They are g
(b)
pulled by a force F on a frictionless horizontal surface. The tension 9
in the string will be
8g

M
(c) 5 kg
F 9 3 kg A C
M m
T 10g
(d)
9
1 kg B
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1. (b) Since, force needed to overcome frictional force.

2. (a) The coin falls behind him it means the velocity of train was
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increasing otherwise the coin fall directly into the hands of

thrower.
3. (a) Acceleration of block in a stationary lift = g sin
If lift is descending with acc. then it will be (g–a)sin.
but in the problem acceleration = – a (retardation)
 Acceleration of block = [g  (a)] sin = (g  a) sin
4. (c) For upward acceleration apparent weight  m (g  a)
If lift suddenly stops during upward motion then apparent
weight = m(g  a) because instead of acceleration, we will
consider retardation.
In the problem it is given that scale reading initially was 60 kg
and due to sudden jerk reading decreasing and finally comes
back to the original mark i.e., 60 kg.
So, we can conclude that lift was moving upward with constant
speed and suddenly stops.
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5. (b) F  ma for a given body if F  constant then a = constant.

6. (c) R  m(g  a)  m(g  4 g)  5mg
7. (d) The fictitious force will act downwards. So the reading of
spring balance will increase. In case of physical balance, the
fictitious force will act on both the pans, so the equilibrium is
not affected.
8. (b) In this case, one 2 kg wt on the left will act as the support for
the spring balance. Hence its reading will be 2 kg.
dv
9. (c) Force on the football F  m
dt
m (v 2  v1 ) 0 .5  (10  0)
F   250 N .
dt 1 / 50

Change in velocity
10. (b) Acceleration produced in jet =
Time

M
(10 3  0)
a  100m / s 2
10

Force 10 5
 Mass =  2  10 3 kg .
Acceleration 10
11. (c) Impulse = Force × Time = 50 × 10 × 3
–5
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= 1.5 × 10 N-s
–3

2 m1m 2 2 m 1 m 2 (g  g )
12. (a) T (g  a) 
(m1  m 2 ) m1  m 2

4 m 1m 2 4 w1w 2
T  g
m1  m 2 w1  w 2

13. (b) As the mass of 10 kg has acceleration 12 m/s therefore it apply

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120N force on mass 20kg in a backward direction.

Net forward force on 20 kg mass = 200 – 120 = 80N

80
 Acceleration   4 m / s2 .
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 F 
14. (a) T  M a= M  
m  M 

FT
15. (b) Net force on mass m, ma  F  T  a 
m

2  m BmC 2 1  5 10
16. (d) T  g  g  g.
m A  mB  mC 3 1  5 9

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