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Standard- 10 ICSE Subject-Physics Faculty-Manan Shah

CH-1 FORCE
SECTION A
Q. 1. What is the S.I unit of moment of force?
Q. 2. A brass ball is hanging from a stiff cotton thread. Draw a neat, labelled diagram showing the forces acting
on the brass ball and the cotton thread.
Q. 3. A meter scale is kept on a knife edge at 50 cm mark. A weight of 20 gf is hanging at 80 cm
mark and a weight of 50 gf is hanging at 60 cm mark. Where should a weight of 55 gf be placed to make
the meter scale balanced?
Q. 4. A uniform meter scale is put on a knife edge at 40 cm mark. It is found that this scale gets balanced when
a weight of 20 gf is suspended from the 20 cm mark. Find the weight of meter scale.
Q. 5. What is the weight of a body placed at the centre of the earth?
Q. 6. Calculate the resultant torque from the following diagram:

Q. 7. A uniform metre scale is in equilibrium position. Calculate the mass of the ruler.

Q. 8. Name the factors affecting the turning effect of a body.


Q. 9. (i) Define Equilibrium.
(ii) In a beam balance when the beam is balanced in horizontal position, it is in ____ Equilibrium.
Q:10 Two forces each of 5 N act vertically upwards and downwards respectively on the two ends of a uniform
Metre rule which is placed at its mid-point as shown in the diagram. Determine the magnitude of the
resultant moment of these forces about the midpoint.

Q. 11. (I) Define 1 kgf.


(ii) How is it related to the S.I. unit of force?
Q. 12. A boy of mass 30 kg is sitting at a distance of 2 m from the middle of a see saw. Where should a boy of
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Question bank
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mass 40 kg sit so as to balance the see saw?


Q. 13. (i) What is meant by the term 'moment of force'?
(ii) If moment of force is assigned a negative sign will the turning tendency of the force be clockwise or
anti-clockwise?
Q. 14. (i) Define one Newton.
(ii) Write the relation between S.I. unit and C.G.S. unit. of force.
Q. 15. A uniform meter scale can be balanced at the 70.5 cm mark when a mass of 0.05 kg is hung from the 94
cm mark.
(i) Draw a diagram of the arrangement.
(ii) Find the mass of the meter scale.
Q. 16. A uniform metre scale is kept in equilibrium when supported at the 60 cm mark and a mass M is
suspended from the 90 cm mark as shown in the figure. State with reasons, whether the weight of the
scale is greater than, less than or equal to the weight of mass M.
SECTION B
Q. 1. (i) Define the term momentum. (ii) How is force related to the momentum of a body?
(iii) State the condition when the change in momentum of a body depends only on the change in its
velocity.
Q. 2. A nut is opened by a wrench of length 20 cm. If the least force required is 2 N, find the moment of force
needed to loosen the nut.
Q. 3. A uniform half metre rule balances horizontally on a knife edge at 29 cm mark when a weight of 20 gf is
suspended from one end.
(i) Draw a diagram of the arrangement.
(ii) What is the weight of the half metre rule?
Q. 4. A man can open a nut by applying a force of 150 N by using a lever handle of length 0.4 m.
What should be the length of the handle, if he is able to open it by applying a force of 60 N?
Q. 5. A body of mass 1.50 kg is dropped from the 2nd floor of a building which is at a height of 12 m. What is
the force acting on it during its fall? (g = 9.80 𝑚/𝑠 )
Q. 6. On what factors does the position of the Centre of gravity of a body depend?
Q. 7. Where is the Centre of gravity of the following objects situated?
(i) Ring (ii) Rhombus (iii) Scalene triangle (iv) Cylinder.
Q. 8. What is the position of the Centre of gravity of a triangular lamina?
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