LEVEL # 1

Questions
General concept Q.8 When we jump out a boat standing in water it
based on
moves-
(A) forward (B) backward
Q.1 The Newton's laws of motion are valid in-
(C) side ways (D) none of these
(A) inertial frames
(B) non-inertial frames
(C) rotating frames Q.9 A man is at rest in the middle of a pond on
(D) accelerated frames perfectly smooth ice. He can get himself to the
shore by making use of Newton's-
Q.2 The incorrect statement about Newton's second (A) first law (B) second law
law of motion is-
(C) third law (D) all the laws
(A) it provides a measure of inertia
(B) it provides a measure of force
(C) it relates force and acceleration Q.10 You are on a friction less horizontal plane. How
(D) it relates momentum and force can you get off if no horizontal force is exerted
by pushing against the surface ?
Q.3 Newton's third law is equivalent to the-
(A) by jumping
(A) law of conservation of linear momentum
(B) law of conservation of angular momentum (B) by spitting or sneezing
(C) law of conservation of energy (C) by rolling your body on the surface
(D) law of conservation of energy and mass (D) by running on the plane

Q.4 We can derive Newton's-

Q.11 Swimming is possible on account of -
(A) second and third laws from the first law
(B) first and second laws from the third law (A) first law of motion
(C) third and first laws from the second law (B) second law of motion
(D) All the three laws are independent of each (C) third law of motion
others (D) Newton's law of gravitation
Q.5 Ratio of intertial mass to gravitational mass is-
Q.12 The incorrect relation is-
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 1
(C) 2 : 1 (D) No fixed number dv
(A) F = ma (B) F = m
dt
Q.6 A rider on horse back falls when horse starts dp
running all of a sudden because- (C) F = (D) F = mv
(A) rider is taken back dt
(B) rider is suddenly afraid of falling
(C) inertia of rest keeps the upper part of body Q.13 A heavy block of mass m is supported by a cord
at rest where as lower part of the body C from the ceiling, and another cord D is
moves forward with the horse attached to the bottom of the block. If a sudden
(D) None of the above jerk is given to D, then-
C
Q.7 A man getting down a running bus, falls m
forward because-
(A) due to inertia of rest, road is left behind and
man reaches forward
(B) due to inertia of motion upper part of body D
continues to be in motion in forward
direction while feet come to rest as soon as
they touch the road (A) cord C breaks
(C) he leans forward as a matter of habbit (B) cord D breaks
(D) of the combined effect of all the three (C) cord C and D both break
factors stated in (A), (B) and (C)
(D) none of the cords breaks

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Q.14 ABCD is a rectangle forces of 9N, 8N, 3N act Q.18 A body of mass 5 kg is suspended by the strings
along the lines DC, CB and BA, respectively, in making angles 60º and 30º with the horizontal -
the directions indicated by the order of the T2 T1
letters. Then the resultant force is 60º 5 kg 30º

9N (a) T1 = 25 N (b) T2 = 25 N
D C
(c) T1 = 25 3 N (d) T2 = 25 3 N
8N (A) a, b (B) a, d (C) c, d (D) b, c
A B Q.19 A block D weighing 300 kg is suspended by
3N
means of two cords A and B as shown in the
(A) 8 N (B) 5 N (C) 20 N (D) 10 N figure. W is a vertical wall and R a horizontal
rigid beam. The tension in the string A in kg is-
Q.15 The forces acting on an object are shown in the R
fig. If the body moves horizontally at a constant
45º
speed of 5 m/s, then the values of the forces P
and S are, respectively –
v = 5m/s W 90º
A D 300 kgf
300N M P
(A) zero (B) 150 (C) 300 (D) 400

S S Questions
based on
Motion of the lift
2000N
(A) 0 N, 0 N (B) 300 N, 200 N
Q.20 A lift moves downwards with an acceleration a .
(C) 300 N, 1000 N (D) 2000 N, 300 N A passenger in the lift drops a book. The
acceleration of the book with respect to the floor
Q.16 A person says that he measured the
of lift is- (assume acceleration due to gravity = g)
acceleration of a particle to be non-zero while
(A) g (B) a (C) g – a (D) g + a
no force was acting on the particle-
(A) He is a lier Q.21 The ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary
(B) His clock might have run slow lift and in a lift accelerating downwards with a
(C) His meter scale might have been longer than uniform acceleration 'a' is 3:2. The acceleration
the standard of the lift is -
(D) He might have non-inertial frame (A) g/3 (B) g/2 (C) g (D) 2g
Q.17 A metal sphere is hung by a string fixed to a
wall. The forces acting on the sphere are shown Q.22 A lift is moving up with an acceleration of
in fig. Which of the following statements is/are 3.675 m/sec2. The weight of a man-
(A) increases by 37.5%
correct ?
(B) decreases by 37.5%
T (C) increases by 137.5%

(D) remains the same
N
Q.23 If the tension in the cable supporting an
elevator is equal to the weight of the elevator,
W the elevator may be -
→ → →
(a) N + T + W = 0 (a) going up with increasing speed
(b) T2 = N2 + W2 (b) going down with increasing speed
(c) T = N + W (c) going up with uniform speed
(d) N = W tan  (d) going down with uniform speed
(A) a, b, c (B) b, c, d (A) a, d (B) a, b, c (C) c, d (D) a, b
(C) a, b, d (D) a, b, c, d
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Q.24 The mass of a lift is 600 kg and it is moving Q.30 A particle moves in the xy plane under the
upwards with a uniform acceleration of 2 m/s2. action of a force F such that the value of its
linear momentum (P) at any time t is,
Then the tension in the cable of the lift is-
Px = 2 cos t, Py = 2 sin t. The angle  between
(A) 7080 N (B) 5880 N
P and F at that time t will be -
(C) 4680 N (D) zero N
(A) 0º (B) 30º (C) 90º (D) 180º

Questions Q.31 The linear momentum P of a body moving in

based on
Second law & third law
one dimension varies with time according to the
Q.25 When a 1 Newton force acts on a 1 kg body that equation P = at3 + bt where a and b are positive
constants. The net force acting on the body is
is able to move freely, the body receives-
(A) proportional to t2
(A) A speed of 1 m/sec (B) a constant
(B) An acceleration of 1 m/sec2 (C) proportional to t
(C) An acceleration of 980 cm/sec2 (D) inversely proportional to t
(D) An acceleration of 1 cm/sec2
Q.32 A player catches a ball of 200 g moving with a
speed of 20 m/s. If the time taken to
Q.26 A force of 10 Newton acts on a body of mass
complete the catch is 0.5 sec, the force exerted
20 kg for 10 seconds. The change produced in on the players hand is -
momentum is given by- (A) 8 N (B) 4 N (C) 2 N (D) 0 N
(A) 5 kg m/sec (B) 100 kg m/sec
(C) 200 kg m/sec (D) 2000 kg m/sec Questions
based on
Motion of the blocks

Q.27 A car travelling at a speed of 30 kilometer per Q.33 Blocks are in contact on a frictionless table. A
hour is brought to a half in 8 metres by applying horizontal force F = 3N is applied to one block
brakes. If the same car is travelling at 60 km per as shown. The force exerted by the smaller
hour, it can be brought to a half with same block m2 on block m1 is-
braking power in- m1 = 2kg
F
(A) 8 metres (B) 16 metres m2 = 1kg
(C) 24 metres (D) 32 metres
(A) 1 N (B) 2 N
(C) 3 N (D) 6 N
Q.28 A bullet of 5 g, travelling at a speed of 100 m/s
penetrates a wooden block up to 6.0 cm. Then Q.34 Three block are connected as shown, on a
the average force applied by the bullet on the horizontal frictionless table and pulled to the
block is- right with a force T3 = 60 N. If m1 = 10 kg,
(A) 417 N (B) 8333 N m2 = 20 kg and m3 = 30 kg, the tension
(C) 83.3 N (D) zero T2 is-
m2 m3
Q.29 A force-time graph for a linear motion is shown m1 T T T
1 2 3
in figure where the segments are circular. The
linear momentum gained between zero and (A) 10 N (B) 20 N
(C) 30 N (D) 60 N
8 seconds in -
Q.35 A block of mass M is pulled along a
Force Newton

horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass

+2
m. A force P is being applied to one end of the
Time rope, the force that the rope exerts on the block
4 8
2 6 (sec) M is-
–2
 M   m 
(A)  P (B)  P
 M + m  M+m
(A) – 2 N.s (B) 0 N.s
(C) 4 N.s (D) – 6  N.s M+m M+m
(C)  P (D)  P
 m   M 

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Q.36 Two masses are hanging vertically over Q.39 Two bodies of mass 0.3 kg and 0.4 kg are tied
frictionless pulley. The acceleration of the two to the ends of a weightless string which passes
over a smooth pulley as shown in the figure.
masses is-
The tension in the string is-

T T
m1 a
m2
0.3 kg
m m2
(A) 1 g (B) g
m2 m1 0.4 kg
(A) 3.06 Newton (B) 3.36 Newton
 m − m1   m + m2 
(C)  2  g (D)  1  g (C) 4.05 Newton (D) 3.0 Newton
 m1 + m 2   m 2 − m1 
Q.40 A block of mass m1 = 2 kg on a smooth inclined
Q.37 Two bodies of 5 kg and 4 kg are tied to a string plane at angle 30º is connected to a second
block of mass m2 = 3 kg by a cord passing over
as shown in the figure. If the table and pulley
a frictionless pulley as shown in figure. The
both are smooth, acceleration of 5 kg body will acceleration of each block is-
be equal to- (Assume g = 10 m/sec2)
4 kg T
m1
T m2
30º

5 kg (A) 2 m/sec2 (B) 4 m/sec2

(C) 6 m/sec2 (D) 8 m/sec2
(A) g (B) g/9 (C) 4g/9 (D) 5g/9
Q.41 A body floats in liquid contained in a beaker. If
Q.38 Three equal weights A, B, C of mass 2 kg each the whole system as shown in figure falls under
gravity then the upthrust on the body is-
are hanging on a string passing over a fixed
frictionless pulley as shown in the fig. The
tension in the string connecting weights B and
C is-
(A) 2 mg (B) zero
(C) mg (D) less than mg

Q.42 Two blocks are connected by a cord passing

over a small frictionless pulley and resting on
frictionless planes as shown in the figure The
A B accleration of the blocks is-

C A
100 kg 50 kg

37º 53º
(A) zero (B) 13 Newton
(A) 0.33 m/s2 (B) 0.66 m/s2
(C) 3.3 Newton (D) 19.6 Newton
(C) 1 m/s2 (D) 1.32 m/s2

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Q.43 A thief stole a box full of valuable articles of Q.47 In given figure find out the acceleration of any
weight W and while carrying it on his back, he of the particle-
jumped down a wall of height h from the
ground. Before he reached the ground, he
experienced a load of
(A) 2W (B) W (C) W/2 (D) zero
m
Q.44 A block of mass m is placed on a smooth wedge 3m
(A) (1/2)g (B) g
of inclination . The whole system is
(C) (1/3) g (D) (1/4) g
accelerated horizontally so that the block does
not slip on the wedge. The force exerted by the Q.48 In the figure a smooth pulley of negligible
weight is suspended by a spring balance.
wedge on the block has magnitude -
Weights of 1kg and 5 kg are attached to the
(A) mg (B) mg/cos  opposite ends of a string passing over the pulley
(C) mg cos  (D) mg tan  and move with acceleration because of gravity.
During the motion, the spring balance reads a
weight of –
Q.45 Two objects A and B of masses mA and mB are
attached by strings as shown in fig. If they are
given upward acceleration, then the ratio of
tension T1 : T2 is –

T1
A mA 1 kg
5 kg
T2
(A) 6 kg
B m
B (B) less than 6 kg
(A) (mA + mB)/mB (B) (mA + mB)/mA (C) more than 6 kg
(D) may be more or less than 6 kg
mA + mB mA − mB
(C) (D)
mA − mB mA + mB Questions
based on
Friction Force

Q.46 If the arrangement in fig is given a downward

Q.49 A block is placed on a rough floor and a
acceleration (a) then the ratio of tensions T1 and
horizontal force F is applied on it. The force of
T2 in strings, is – friction f by the floor on the block is measured
for different values of F and a graph is plotted
T1
between them -
A mA
(a) The graph is a straight line of slope 45°
T2
(b) The graph is straight line parallel to the
B m F axis
B

(c) The graph is a straight line of slope 45º for

(A) (mA + mB)/mB (B) (mA + mB)/mA
small F and a straight line parallel to the F-
mA − mB axis for large F.
(C) (D) None of these
mA + mB (d) There is small kink on the graph
(A) c, d (B) a, d (C) a, b (D) a, c

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Q.50 Mark the correct statements about the friction Q.54 It is easier to pull a body than to push, because -
between two bodies - (A) the coefficient of friction is more in pushing
(a) static friction is always greater than the than that in pulling
kinetic friction (B) the friction force is more in pushing than
(b) coefficient of static friction is always greater that in pulling
than the coefficient of kinetic friction (C) the body does not move forward when
(c) limiting friction is always greater than the pushed
kinetic friction (D) None of these
(d) limiting friction is never less than static
friction Q.55 A block of metal is lying on the floor of a bus.
(A) b, c, d (B) a, b, c The maximum acceleration which can be given
(C) a, c, d (D) a, b, d to the bus so that the block may remain at rest,
will be -
Q.51 A block of mass 2kg rests on a rough inclined
(A) g (B) /g (C) 2g (D) g2
plane making an angle of 30º with the
horizontal. The coefficient of static friction
Q.56 A chain is lying on a rough table with a fraction
between the block and the plane is 0.7. The
frictional force on the block is- 1/n of its length hanging down from the edge of
(A) 0.7 × 9.8 Newton the table. if it is just on the point of sliding
(B) 9.8 Newton down from the table, then the coefficient of
(C) 0.7 × 9.8 3 Newton friction between the table and the chain is -
(D) 9.8 × 3 Newton 1 1
(A) n (B)
( n − 1)
Q.52 A body of mass M is kept on a rough horizontal
1 n −1
surface (friction coefficient = ). A person is (C)
( n + 1) (D)
( n + 1)
trying to pull the body by applying a horizontal
force but the body is not moving. The force by Q.57 Two masses A and B of 10 kg and 5 kg
the surface on A is F, where - respectively are connected with a string passing
(A) F = Mg over a frictionless pulley at a corner of a table as
(B) F = Mg shown in the adjoining diagram. The coefficient
(C) Mg  F  Mg 1 + 
2
of friction of A with the table is 0.2. The
minimum mass of C that may be placed on A to
(D) Mg  F  Mg 1 − 
2

prevent it from moving is equal to -

Q.53 In a situation the contact force by a rough C
horizontal surface on a body placed on it has A
constant magnitude if the angle between this
force and the vertical is decreased the frictional
force between the surface and the body will -
(A) increase
B
(B) decrease
(C) remain the same (A) 0 kg (B) 5 kg
(D) may increase or decrease (C) 10 kg (D) 15 kg

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Q.58 In the figure, the block A and B are of masses
3 kg and 2 kg. The coefficient of friction
between the two blocks A and B is 0.3. The
surface of the table is smooth. Then -
T1 B 2 kg Q.60 For the arrangement shown in fig., the tension
A in the string to prevent it from sliding down, is -
3 kg
T2
M = 1kg
10 kg µ = 0.8
37º
(a) The acceleration of masses is 5.75 ms–2
(A) 6 N (B) 6.4 N
(b) The tensions are T1 and T2 in the strings are
(C) 0.4 N (D) None of these
90.36 N and 17.55 N
(c) Acceleration of masses is 8.15 ms–2 Q.61 A block moves down a smooth inclined plane of
(d) Tension T1 and T2 in the strings are 17.38 N inclination . Its velocity on reaching the
and 40.50 N bottom is v. If it slides down a rough inclined
(A) a, c (B) c, d plane of some inclination, its velocity on
(C) b, d (D) a, d reaching the bottom is v/n, where n is a number
greater than 0. The coefficient of friction is
Q.59 A block of mass M rests on a rough horizontal given by -
surface as shown. Coefficient of friction F 1I
(A)  = tan  1 −
between the block and the surface is . A force Hn K 2

F = Mg acting at angle  with the vertical side F 1I

(B)  = cot  1 −
of the block pulls it in which of the following Hn K 2

cases the block can be pulled along the surface ? F1 − 1 I

(C)  = tan  H
1/ 2

 F =Mg n K2

(D)  = cot  H
F1 − 1 I 1/ 2

n K
M
µ 2

(A) tan    (B) tan (/2)  

(C) cot    (D) cot (/2)  

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 ANSWER KEY

LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A A A C B C B B C B C D B D C D C B C C
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. A A C A B B D A B C A A A C A C D B B B
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B D D B A A A B A A B C B B A B D D D D
Q.No. 61
Ans. A

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