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HEAD START ACADEMY (Teaching since 1994)
Laws of Motion Assignment
Q1) A body m1 of mass 10kg is placed on a smooth horizontal table. It is connected to a
string which passes over a frictionless pulley and carries at the other end, a body m 2 of
mass 5kg. What acceleration will be produced in the bodies when the nail fixed on the
table is removed? What will be the tension in the string during the motion of the
bodies? What when the bodies stop? (g=9.8N/kg) [3.27m/s2; 32.7N; 49N]
Q2) The masses m1, m2 and m3 of the three bodies shown in the figure are 5, 2 and 3kg
respectively. Calculate the values of tension T1, T2 and T3 when: (i) they whole system
is going upward with an acceleration of 2m/s2; (ii) the whole system is stationary. (g =
9.8m/s2) [118N; 59N; 35.4N; 98N; 49N; 29.4N]
Q3) A rubber ball of mass 50g falls from a height of 100cm and rebounds to a height of
50cm. Find the impulse and average force between the ball and the ground, if time of
contact is 0.1s. [0.3778Ns; 3.78N]
Q4) The initial speed of a body of mass 2kg is 5m/s. A
force acts for 4 seconds in the direction of motion of
the body. The force time graph is shown in figure.
Calculate impulse of the force and also find the speed
of the body. [8.5Ns; 9.25m/s]
Q5) A ball of mass 20gm hits a wall at an angle of 450
with a velocity of 15m/s. If the ball rebounds at 900
to the direction of incidence calculate the impulse received by the ball. [ 0.3 √ 2 kg m s−1 ]
Q6) Two billiard balls each of mass 50g moving in opposite directions with a speed of
36km/hr collide and rebound with the same velocity. What is the impulse imparted to
each ball due to the other? [1kg m/s]
Q7) A bullet of mass 50g moving with a speed of 500m/s is brought to rest in 0.01s. Find
the impulse and the average force. [-25Ns; -2500N]
Q8) A cricket ball of mass 150gm moving with a speed of 12m/s is hit by a bat so that the
ball is turned back with a velocity of 20m/s. Calculate the impulse received by the ball.
[-4.8kg m/s]
Q9) A body of mass 10kg is hung by a spring balance in a lift. What would be the reading of
the balance when: (i) the lift is ascending with an acceleration of 2m/s 2; (ii) descending
with the same acceleration; (iii) descending with a constant velocity of 2m/s.
Take g = 10m/s2. [12kg wt; 8kg wt; 10kg wt]
Q10) A stream of water flowing horizontally with a speed of 15m/s gushes out of a tube of
cross sectional area 10-2m2, and hits a vertical wall nearby. What is the force exerted by
the impact of water, assuming that water rebounds with the same speed. [4500N]
Q11) A gun weighing 10kg fires a bullet of 30g with a velocity of 330m/s. With what
velocity does the gun recoil? What is the resultant momentum of the gun and the bullet
before and after firing? [-0.99m/s; zero before and after firing]
Q12) A bomb at rest explodes into three fragments of equal masses. Two fragments fly off at
right angles to each other with velocities of 9m/s and 12m/s. Calculate the speed of the
third fragment. [15m/s]
Q13) A bomb at rest explodes into three parts of the same mass. The linear momenta of the
two parts are −2 p i^ and p ^j . Calculate the magnitude of momentum of third part. [ p √5 ]
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HEAD START ACADEMY (Teaching since 1994)
Laws of Motion Assignment
Q14) What is the acceleration of the block and trolley system
shown in the figure, if the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the trolley and the surface is 0.04? What is the
tension in the string? Take g = 10m/s2. Neglect the mass of
the string. [0.96m/s2; 27.2N]
Q15) Find the force required to move a train of 2000 quintals up
an incline of 1 in 50, with an acceleration of 2m/s2, the force
of friction being 0.5 newton per quintal. [440,200N]
Q16) Two wooden blocks are placed on a circular rotating table of radius 1m at 10cm and
60cm from the centre of the table. The table is rotating with angular velocity about the
axis of rotation. Out of these two blocks, which one continues to revolve with the table?
Give μ=0.2. [The block placed at 10cm will revolve with the table]
Q17) An engine draws a train up an incline of 1 in 100 at the rate of 36km/hr. If the resistance
due to friction is 5kg per metric ton, calculate the power of the engine, given mass of
train and engine is 100 metric ton [147kW].
Q18) Calculate the power of an engine which can pull a train of mass 25000 quintal up an
incline of 1 in 100 at the rate of 10.8km/h. Resistance due to
friction is 2N/quintal. [8.85 x 105 watt]
Q19) (a) Figure shows the position graph of a particle of mass 4kg.
What is the force on the particle for t<0; 0<t<4s and t>4s.
(b) The impulse at t = 0 and t = 4s. Consider one dimensional
motion only.
[zero; zero; 3kg m/s; -3kg m/s]
Q20) Two bodies of masses 10kg and 20kg respectively kept on a
smooth, horizontal surface are tied to the ends of a light string.
A horizontal fore F = 600N is applied to: (i) A; (ii) B along the
direction of string. What is the tension in the string in each case? [400N; 200N]
Q21) Two billiards balls each of mass 0.5kg moving in opposite direction with speed 6m/s
collide and rebound with the same speed. What is the impulse imparted to each ball due
to the other? [-0.6kg m/s]
Q22) A batsman deflects ball by an angle of 450 without changing its initial speed which is
equal to 54km/h. What is the impulse imparted to the ball? Mass of the ball is 0.15kg.
[4.16 kg m/s]
Q23) A helicopter of mass 1000kg rises with a vertical acceleration of 15m/s. The crew and
the passengers weigh 300kg. Give the magnitude and direction of:
(a) force on the floor by the crew and passengers. [7500N, vertically downwards]
(b) action of the rotor of the helicopter on surrounding air. [32500N, vertically
downwards]
(c) force on the helicopter due to the surrounding air. [32500, vertically upwards]
Q24) A steam of water flowing horizontally with a speed of 15m/s pushes out of a tube of
cross sectional area 10-2m2, and hits at a vertical wall nearby. What is the force exerted
on the wall by the impact of water, assuming that it does not rebound? [2250N]
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HEAD START ACADEMY (Teaching since 1994)
Laws of Motion Assignment
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Q25) A disc revolves with a speed of 33 3 rev/min and has a radius of 15cm. Two coins are
placed at 4cm and 14cm away from the centre of the record. If the coefficient of friction
between the coins and the record is 0.15, which of the two coins will revolve with the
record? [1st coin will revolve]
Q26) A 70kg man stands in contact against the inner wall of a hollow cylindrical drum of
radius 3m rotating about its vertical axis with 200rpm. The coefficient of friction
between the wall and his clothing is 0.15. What is the minimum rotational speed of the
cylinder to enable the man to remain stuck to the wall (without falling) when the floor is
suddenly removed? [4.7rad/s]
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Q27) A cubical block rests on an inclined plane of μ= , determine the angle of inclination
√3
when the block just slides down the inclined plane. [α = 300]
Q28) A box of mass 4kg is placed on a wooden plank of length 1.5m which is lying on the
ground. The plank is lifted from one end along its length so that it becomes inclined. It
is noted that when the vertical height of the top end of the plank rom the ground
becomes 0.5m, the box begins to slide. Find the coefficient of friction between the box
and the plank. [0.35]
1
Q29) A mass of 200kg is resting on a rough inclined plane of 300. If the coefficient is μ= ,
√3
find the least and the greatest forces acting parallel to the plane to keep the mass in
equilibrium. [0; 1960N]
Q30) A box of mass 4kg rest upon an inclined plane. The inclination of the plane to the
horizontal is gradually increased. It is found that when the slope of the plane is 1 in 3,
the box starts sliding down the plane. Given g = 9.8m/s2.
(a) Find the coefficient of friction between the box and the plane.[0.35]
(b) What force applied to the box parallel to the plane will just make it move up the
plane?[26.13N]
Q31) When an automobile moving with a speed of 36km/h reaches an upward inclined road
of angle 300, its engine is switched off. If the coefficient of friction involved is 0.1, how
much distance will the automobile move before coming to rest? (g=10m/s 2) [8.52m]
Q32) A ball of mass 0.1kg suspended by a string 30cm long. Keeping the string always taut,
the ball describes a horizontal circle of radius 15cm. Calculate the angular speed.
[6.14 rad/s]
Q33) A bucket containing water is tied to one end of a rope of length 2.5m and rotated about
the other end in a vertical circle in such a way that the water in it does not spill. What is
the minimum velocity of the bucket at which this happens and how many revolutions
[
per minute is it making then? Take g = 10m/s2. π rpm
60
]
Q34) A bus starts from rest accelerating uniformly with 4m/s2. At t = 10s a stone id dropped
out of a window of the bus 2m high. What are the: (i) magnitude of velocity and (ii)
acceleration of the stone at 10.2s? Take g = 10m/s2. [40.04m/s; 10m/s2 downard]
 Jyotsna’s PH:
8595786519,9643636530
HEAD START ACADEMY (Teaching since 1994)
Laws of Motion Assignment
Q35) A ball moving with a momentum of 5kgms strikes against a wall at an angle of 450 and
-1

is reflected at the same angle. Find change in momentum. [-7.05 kgms-1 away from the
wall]
Q36) A ball moving with a momentum of 15kgms-1 strikes against the wall at an angle of 300
and is reflected with the same momentum at the same angle. Calculate impulse.
[ 15 √ 3 kgm s−1 ]
Q37) A cricket ball of mass 150g is moving with a velocity of 12m/s, and is hit by a bat, so
that the ball is turned back with a velocity of 20m/s. The force of the blow acts for 0.01
second on the ball. Find the average force exerted by the bat on the ball. [480N]
Q38) A machine gun has a mass of 20kg. It fires 30g bullets at the rate of 400 bullets
per second with a speed of 400m/s. What force must be applied to the gun to keep
it in position? [4800N]
Q39) A body of mass 1kg initially at rest explodes and brakes into three fragments of masses
in the ratio 1:1:3. The two pieces of equal mass fly off perpendicular to each other with
a speed of 30m/s each. What is the velocity of the heavier fragment? [14.14m/s]
Q40) A bullet of mass 0.01kg is fired horizontally into a 4kg wooden block at rest on
horizontal surface. The coefficient of the kinetic friction between the block and the
surface is 0.25. The bullet gets embedded in the block and the combination moves 20m
before coming to rest. With what speed did the bullet strike the block? [HINT:
Retardation = -2.45m/s2; velocity of the block = √ 98 m/s ] [3969.7m/s]
Q41) A box of mass 4kg rests, upon an inclined plane. The inclination of the plane to the
horizontal is gradually increased. It is found that when the slope of the plane is 1 in 3,
the box starts sliding down the plane. Given g = 9.8m/s2.
(i) Coefficient of friction between box and plane. [0.35]
(ii) What force applied to the box parallel to the plane will just make it move up the
√2 0.35. [26.13N]
plane? Given tan-1 4 =
Q42) When an automobile moving with 36km/h reaches an upward inclined road of angle
300, its engine is switched off. If coefficient of friction involved is 0.1, how much
distance will the automobile move before coming to rest? Take g = 10m/s 2 [8.52m]