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Laws Of Motion

IMPULSE shown above. Momentum enquired by the

body in 9 second In
1. A force F (in N) is related to the time (in (a) 12 Na (b) 8 Na
seconds) for which it acts by the equation (c) 10 Na (d) 15 Na
F = 2t + 3t 2 , then the impulse generated in
first 5 seconds is 7. A woman throws an object of mass 600 g with
(a) 50 Ns (b) 75 Ns a speed of 26 m/s, If the object hits a wall and
(c) 150 Ns (d) 175 Ns rebounds with half the original speed, the
magnitude of change In momentum of the
2. A cricket player throws a 160 gram ball which object will be
strikes the bat of the batsman normally at a (a) 12,6 kg m/s (b) 1.5 kg m/s
speed of 90 km/h and the ball returns with a (c) 10.75 kg m/s (d) 26 kg m/s
speed of 144 km/h. What is the magnitude of
impulse acting on the ball? 8.
(a) 10.4 kg m/s (b) 2.4 kg m/s
(c) 12 kg m/s (d) 8.4 kg m/s

3. Two billiard balls A and B, each of mass 50g

and moving in opposite directions with speed
of 5m/s each, collide and rebound with the
same speed. If the collision lasts for 10−3 s, the
impulse imparted to each ball is
A variable force is acting on a particle of mass
(a) 0.25 Ns (b) 5.0 Ns
1 kg Initially at rest and after 3.5 seconds it
(c) 0.5 Ns (d) 2.5 Ns
starts moving with a velocity ‘u’. If the F-t
graph shown above is an ellipse, value of u is
4. A body of mass 0.5 kg at rest is acted upon by
(a) 110 m/s (b) 65 m/s
a force of 75 dynes for an interval of 4
(c) 44 m/s (d) 125 m/s
seconds. Then value of impulse is
(a) 3 10−2 Ns (b) 1.5 10−2 Ns 9. A ball of mass m falls vertically with speed v
(c) 1.5 10−3 Ns (d) 3 10−3 Ns v
on ground and rebounds with speed . The
4
5. Force (in newton) on a bullet fired from a gun impulse imparted to the ball is
in F − ( 50 t ) . where t is in seconds. After 0.2 5mv
(a) mv (b)
seconds, the force stops acting. What is the 4
impulse imparted to the bullet? 3mv mv
(a) 2 Na (b) 1 Na (c) (d)
4 4
(c) 1.5 Na (d) 0.5 Na
10.
6.

A body starts moving under the influence of a

variable force and Its force-time graph is
 A variable force is acting on a body initially at 16. A person of mass 50 kg stands on a weighing
rest and the force versus time graph is shown. scale on a lift. If the lift is descending with a
The momentum acquired by the body in 8 downward acceleration of 9 m s-2, the reading
seconds is of the weighing scale will be
(a) 54 Na (b) 51 Na (a) 50 kg (b) 10 kg
(d) 42 Na (d) 63 Na (c) 9 kg (d) 5 kg

17. A 60 kg man stands on a weighing scale in the

lift. At some instant he finds, scale reading has
FREE BODY DIAGRAM(FBD), changed from 60 kg to 50 kg for a while and
EQUILIBRIUM, LIFT PROBLLEMS then comes back to the original mark. What
should we conclude?
11. An elevator weighing 6000 kg is pulled (a) The lift was in uniform motion upwards
upward by a cable with an acceleration of 5 (b) The lift was in uniform motion downwards
m / s2 . Then tension in the cable is (c) The lift while in uniform motion upwards,
(a) 6000 N (b) 9000 N is stopped suddenly
(c) 60000 N (d) 90000 N (d) The lift while in uniform motion
downwards, is suddenly stopped
12. The ratio of magnitude of the net force acting
on a stone of mass 0.1 kg just after it is 18. Two forces, one with a magnitude of 3N and
dropped from the window of a stationary train the other with a magnitude of 5N, are applied
to that just after it is dropped from the window to an object in gravity-free space in four
of a train accelerating at ‘a’ is different ways. For which orientations of the
g g forces shown in the diagrams is the magnitude
(a) (b) of the acceleration of the object the least?
g+a g + a2
2

g
(c) (d) 1
a (a) (b)

13.
(c) (d)

19. A lift is at rest on ground floor and Rahul

weighs 75 kg as recorded by the weighing
machine in it. Now the lift starts moving
A circus performer of weight W is walking on
downwards with an acceleration of 1.8 m / s2 .
a “high wire” as shown. Assume that wire is
The reading in the weighing machine is
very tight. Tension in the wire
(a) 91.2 kg (b) 74.7 kg
(a) is approximately W
(c) 61.2 kg (d) 88.7 kg
(b) is much less than W
(c) is much more than W
20. A 5 kg block is suspended by a rope from the
(d) depends on whether he stands on one foot
ceiling of an elevator and the elevator
or two feet
accelerates downward at 3 m / s2 . The force
14. With what minimum acceleration can a exerted by the rope on the block is
fireman slide down a rope whose breaking (a) 50 N, down (b) 34 N, up
strength is 4/5th of his weight? (c) 34 N, down (d) 50 N, up
(a) 0.2 g (b) 0.33 g
(c) 0.4 g (d) 0.5g 21.

15. Let the tension in the cable of a 1200 kg lift be

18000 newton. Then the lift is
(a) at rest
(b) moving with uniform speed If masses of blocks A and B are 2 kg and 5 kg
(c) moving upwards with uniform acceleration respectively, the normal reaction between A
(d) moving downwards with uniform and B is
acceleration (a) 20 N (b) 70N
(c) 75 N (d) 25 N
 27. The tension in the cable of a lift of mass 625
22. kg moving upwards with an acceleration of
4 m / s2 is
(a) 6250 N (b) 2500 N
A cylinder of weight W is resting on a V (c) 9870 N (d) 8750 N
groove as shown in figure. Its free body
diagram is 28.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
One end of a massless rope, which passes over
a massless and frictionless pulley P is tied to a
23. What is the tension in a cable which is pulling hook C while the other end is free. If
a lift (weight 2400 kg) upwards with an maximum tension that the rope can bear is 360
acceleration of 2.2 m / s2 ? N, with what value of minimum safe
(a) 2.88  104 newton acceleration can a man of 60 kg move down
through the rope?
(b) 3.6  104 newton
(a) 4 ms−2 (b) 6 ms−2
(c) 2.36  104 newton
(c) 16 ms−2 (d) 8 ms−2
(d) 3.34  104 newton

24. A 60 kg person is going by a lift. The ratio of 29. A ball suspended by a thread is lifted upwards
his weight in the stationary lift to that while it with an acceleration of 2 m / s2 and the
is moving downwards with a constant tension in the string is T1 . Now if the ball is
acceleration is 7 : 5. The acceleration of the lift
lowered with same acceleration and the
is
(a) 4.2 m / s2 (b) 2.1 m / s2 tension in the string is T2 , then T1 : T2 is equal
(c) 1.4 m / s 2
(d) 2.8 m / s2 to
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2
25. The ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary (c) 1:1 (d) 3:1
lift and that when it is moving downward with
uniform acceleration ‘a’ is 3:2 . The value of 30. In a game of tug of wars, a condition of
‘a’ is
equilibrium exists. Both the terms pull the rope
(a) 1.5 g (b) g
(c) 0.67 g (d) 0.33 g with a force of 104 N. The tension in the rope
is
26. (a) 104 N (b) 108 N
(c) O N (d) 2  104 N

31.
The figure shows a force of 40 N acting at 30
to the horizontal on a body of mass 5 kg
resting on a smooth horizontal surface. Which
of the following statements is correct?
A. The horizontal force acting on the
body is 20 3
A man of mass 50kg is standing on the
B. The net vertical force acting on the
body is 30 N weighting machine as shown. What is the
C. The body is lifted up reading of the weighing machine?
(a) A only (b) b only (a) 500 N (b) 300 N
(c) Both A and B (d) A, B and C (c) 800 N (d) 200 N
32. A helicopter of mass M is rising vertically
upwards with a uniform acceleration a. If the 38. A vertical rope can bear a maximum tension of
mass of the pilot in the helicopter is m. What 960 N. What is the maximum acceleration
is the magnitude and direction of the action with which a chimpanzee of mass 72 kg can
force exerted by the helicopter on the climb upwards on the rope?
surrounding air? (a) 3.3 m / s2 (b) 0.90 m / s2
(a) m(g + a) vertically downwards (c) 2.2 m / s2 (d) 1.1 m / s2
(b) m(g - a) vertically upwards
(c) (M + m) (g + a) vertically upwards
(d) (M + m) (g + a) vertically downwards. 39.

33. Let a 100 gm bob be suspended by a string

from the ceiling of an elevator moving
upwards with a uniform velocity. Then tension
in the string is
(a) 1N (b) 2N The pulleys and strings shown in figure are
(c) 0.1N (d) 10 N smooth and of negligible mass. For the system
to remain in equilibrium, the angle θ should
34.
be
(a) 0 (b) 30
(c) 45 (d) 60°

40. A man measures his weight by standing on a

weighing machine. If he leaps on the left side
A board of mass 5 kg is suspended from a
of the machine, then its reading
horizontal beam by two supporting wires, each
(a) remains same
at an angle of 45° to the vertical. The tension
(b) increases
of each wire is approximately
(c) decreases
(a) 50N (b) 35 N
(d) first increases then decreases to zero
(c) 12.5N (d) 20N
41. A balloon of gross weight ‘w’ is falling
35. A truck of mass 2400 kg is moving initially
vertically downward with a constant
with a speed 54 km/h. If the engine exerts a
acceleration a(<g). The magnitude of the air
force of 1600 N in the forward direction and a
resistance is
resisting frictional force of 800 N is acting,
 a
velocity of the truck after 15 s will be (a) w (b) w 1 + 
(a) 90 km/h (b) 72 km/h  g
(c) 36 km/h (d) 60 km/h  a a
(c) w 1 −  (d) w
 g g
36. A 30 kg boy slides down a rope with an
acceleration of 1 m / s2 . If W' denotes the 42. A bird of mass 250 gram is sitting in a large
apparent weight of the boy and T the tension closed cage which is placed on a weighing
in the rope, then machine and the machine records a weight of
(a) W' = 310 N (b) T = 310 N 30 N. The bird flies upward in the cage with
(c) W' = T = 270N (d) W' = T = 330 N an acceleration of 3 m / s2 . Weighing machine
will now record a weight
37. A ball of mass 440 gram, thrown vertically (a) 30N (b) 30.75 N
upwards reaches the maximum height in 7.5 (c) 32.5 N (d) 27.5 N
seconds. What is the change in momentum
during this period?
(a) 3.3 kg m/s (b) 33 kg m/s
(c) 0.33 kg m/s (d) 6.6 kg m/s
43. A 1 kg pendulum bob is held at an angle θ
from the vertical by a horizontal force F as
shown. The tension in the string supporting the
pendulum bob (in newton) is
2 2
(a) (b)
cosθ sin θ
Which figure represents the correct F.B.D. of
(c) 5 (d) none of these
rod of mass m as shown in figure?

47. A bird is sitting in a wire cage hanging from

(a) (b) the spring balance. Let the reading of the
spring balance be W1 . If the bird flies about
inside the cage, the reading of the spring
balance is W2 . Which of the following is true?
(c) (d) (a) W1 = W2
(b) W1  W2
(c) W1  W2
(d) Nothing definite can be predicted
44.

48. A 10 kg object can be lowered down from a

height using a cord with a breaking strength of
80 N, without breaking the cord by lowering it
(a) very slowly
(b) with acceleration less than 2 m / s2

The above figure shows an arrangement of (c) with acceleration greater than 2 m / s2
fixed smooth pulleys and massless strings. (d) at high speed
What is the angle θ so that the system remains
in equilibrium? 49. The apparent weight of a man, of weight ‘mg’,
(a) 106 (b) 120 in a rocket moving vertically upwards with an
acceleration of 2.5g, is
(c) 150 (d) 90
(a) mg (b) 3.5 mg
(c) 2.5 mg (d) none of these
45. A thief stole a box full of valuable articles of
weight W and while carrying it on his back, he
50. A monkey is descending from the branch of a
jumped down a wall of height ‘h’ from the
tree with constant acceleration. If the breaking
ground. Before he reached the ground he
strength of branch is 75% of the weight of
experienced a load of
monkey, the minimum acceleration with which
(a) 2W (b) W
the monkey can slide down without breaking
w
(c) (d) zero the branch is
2
g
(a) g (b)
2
46.
g 3g
(c) (d)
4 4
 Laws Of Motion

Answer key

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d)

5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b)

9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (d)

13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (d)

17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (b)

21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (d)

25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (a)

29. (b) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (d)

33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (c)

37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (d)

41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (d) 44. (b)

45. (d) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (c)

49. (b) 50. (c)