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NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION

1. Gravel is dropped into a conveyor belt at a rate of 0.5 8. Two masses of 1 kg and 5 kg are attached to
kg/s. The extra force required in newton to keep the belt the ends of a massless string passing over a
moving at 2 m/s is pulley of negligible weight. The pulley itself is
(a) 1 (b) 2 attached to a light spring balance as shown in
(c) 4 (d) 0.5 figure. The masses start moving during this
2. In the arrangement shown in figure, the interval. The reading of spring balance will be
ends P and Q of an unstretchable string (a) more than 6 kg (b) less than 6 kg
move downwards with a uniform speed u. (c) equal to 6 kg (d) none of the above
Pulleys A and B are fixed. Mass M 9. Three blocks of masses 4 kg, 8 kg and 24 kg are
moves upwards with a speed connected to each other with light string and placed on a
(a) 2u cosθ (b) u smooth horizontal floor as shown in figure.
cos θ
(c) 2u (d) u cosθ
cos θ If the system moves with an acceleration of 2 ms-2, the
applied force F is
3. A ship of mass 3 x 107 kg initially at rest is pulled by a
(a) 36 N (b) 72 N
force of 5 x 104 N through a distance of 3 m. Assume that
(c) 18 N (d) 108 N
the resistance due to water is negligible, the speed of the
ship is 10. A force of 100 N needs to be applied parallel to a smooth
(a) 1.5 ms-1 (b) 60 ms-1 inclined plane just to hold a body on it. The angle of
(c) 0.1 ms -1
(d) 5 ms-1 inclination of the inclined plane is 30o. How much
horizontal force needs to be applied to do the same?
4. An elevator is moving vertically downwards with an
(a) 50 N (b) 87 N
acceleration of 6 ms-2. The force exerted on the floor by a
(c) 100 N (d) 115 N
man of mass 70 kg is
(a) 426 N (b) 1106 N 11. A body of mass 10 kg moves at a constant speed of
(c) 266 N (d) 686 N 10 m/s. A constant force then acts for 4 seconds on the
body and gives it a speed of 2 m/s in opposite direction.
5. Three equal masses P, Q and R are pulled with a constant
The force acting on the body is
force F. They are connected to each other with strings.
(a) – 30 N (b) – 20 N
The ratio of the tension between PQ and QR is
(c) – 10 N (d) – 15 N
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 1 12. A force of 2 kgf is applied at one end of a spring balance
kept horizontally, and an equal force of 2 kgf is applied
6. A machine gun is mounted on a 200 kg vehicle on a
at the other end in the opposite direction, simultaneously.
horizontal smooth road (friction negligible). The gun fires
Then the reading on the spring balance is
10 bullets per second with a velocity of 500 m/s. If the
(a) 2 kgf (b) 4 kgf
mass of each bullet be 10 g, what is the acceleration
(c) 0 kgf (d) 1 kgf
produced in the vehicle?
13. Two bodies A and B have masses M and m respectively,
(a) 25 cm/s2 (b) 25 m/s2
2 where M > m, and they are at a distance d apart. Equal
(c) 50 cm/s (d) 50 m/s2
force is applied to them so that they approach each other.
7. A book is lying on an inclined plane having inclination The position where they hit each other is
to the horizontal θo. What is the angle between the (a) nearer to B
weight of the book and the reaction of the plane on the (b) nearer to A
book? (c) at equal distance from A and B
(a) 0o (b) θo (d) cannot be decided
(c) (180 - θ) o
(d) 180o
14. If a force of 250 N acts on a body, the momentum dl
2. (b): We have, u =
acquired is 125 kg m/s, what is the period for which the dt
force acts on the body?
(a) 0.5 s (b) 0.2 s l 2 = h2 + x2
(c) 0.4 s (d) 0.25 s Differentiate w.r.t t,
2
15. A lift is moving with a retardation of 5 m/s . The  dl   dh 
2l   = 2h  + 0
percentage change in the weight of the person in the lift  dt   dt 
is (Take g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 100% (b) 50% lu = hv
(c) 75% (d) 25% lu u u
v= = =
16. Two masses 5 kg and 3 kg are suspended from the ends h h cosθ
l
of an unstretchable light string passing over a frictionless
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pulley. When the masses are released, the force on the 3. (d): a = F = 5 x 10 = 5 x 10 -3
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pulley is m 3 x 10 3
(a) 8 kgf (b) 2 kgf 5
v 2 = 2aS = 2 x x 10 -3 x 3 = 10 - 2
(c) 15 kgf (d) 7.5 kgf 3
v = 0.1 ms-1
17. A box is placed on an inclined plane and has to be
pushed down. The angle of inclination is 4. (c): For downward acceleration F = M(g - a)
(a) equal to angle of friction F = 70 (9.8 – 6) = 266 N
(b) more than angle of friction 5. (b): The tension in the string between P and Q
(c) equal to angle of repose accelerates double the mass as compared to that between
(d) greater than angle of repose
Q and R. Hence,
18. A man walks over a rough surface. The angle between
the force of friction and the instantaneous velocity of the Tension between P and Q = 2xTension between Q and R.
person is 6. (a): Momentum carried by each bullet = mv
(a) π (b) π = 0.010 x 500 = 5 kg m s-1
2 Force = change in momentum per second
(c) 2π (d) zero = 5 x 10 = 50 N
19. A car turns a corner on a slippery road at a constant
Acceleration a = F = 50 = 0.25 m/s 2 or 25 cm/s2
speed of 12 m/s. If the coefficient of friction is 0.4, the m 200
minimum radius of the arc in which the car turns is
7. (c):
(a) 72 m (b) 36 m
(c) 18 m (d) 9 m
20. The length of an elastic string is x when the tension is
5 N. Its length is y when the tension is 7 N. What will be
its length, when the tension is 9 N? 8. (b): Suppose T be the tension in each part of the string
(a) 2x + y (b) 2y – x passing over the pulley. For equilibrium of the pulley,
(c) 7y – 5x (d) 7y + 5x
there is an upward force of 2T acting on the string joining
the pulley to the spring. Therefore, reading of spring
SOLUTIONS balance will be less than 6 kg.
1. (a): m = 0.5 kg/s , v = 2 m/s
t
9. (b): Total force acting  = Total x common
on the system  mass acceleration
m
F= v = 0 .5 x 2 = 1 N F = (4 + 8 + 24) x 2 = 72 N
t
10. (d): Given that mg sinθ = 100 N. 19. (b): Frictional force = mg
If the required force is F, then F cosθ = 100 2

100 Centripetal force = mv

F= = 115 N r
cos 30 o
mv 2
11. (b): F = m dv = 10 x (2 − 10) = 10 x (−2) = −20 N mg =
dt (4 − 0) r
12. (a): Reading of spring balance = tension v2 12 x 12
r= = = 36 m
Tension g 0.4 x 10

m1m2 2x2 20. (b): Let the initial length of the string be L.
T = 2 g = 2x x 9.8 = 19.6 N
m1 + m2 2+2 (x – L)K = 5
19.6 (y – L) = 7
= = 2 kgf
9 .8 (z – L) = 9
2v y
40cosθ Solving, we get z = 2y – x
Time of flight T = = = 4cosθ
g 10
13. (b): Centre of mass of a system always lies towards the
heavier body.

14. (a): F = dp
dt
dp 125
t= = = 0.5 s
F 250
15. (b): Change in weight,
a 5
W0 − Wapp = = = 0.5 or 50%
g 10
16. (d): T – 3g = 3a and 5g – T = 5a

Solving for T, we have T = 15 g

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Force on the pulley F = 2T
15
F=2x g = 7.5g N or 7.5 kgf
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17. (d): When the angle of inclination is equal to angle of
repose, the body just slides down the plane. But when
the angle of inclination is greater than the angle of
repose, the body begins to accelerate down the plane.
18. (d): When a man walks on a rough surface, required
angle between frictional force and instantaneous velocity
is zero.