Test ID - 111109

Test No. 5 Grade- 11th

Time allowed: 60 Minutes Max Marks: 30

Topic- FRICTION

Instructions:

 There are 30 questions in this paper.

 Question number 1 to 30 carry 1 Mark each

1. Maximum value of static friction is called

(A) Limiting friction (B) Rolling friction
(C) Normal reaction (D) Coefficient of friction

2. Which is suitable method to decrease friction?

(A) Ball and bearings (B) Lubrication
(C) Polishing (D) All of the above

3. Work done by the friction force is

(A) Negative (B) Positive
(C) Zero (D) All of the above

4. It is earlier to roll a barrel than pull it along the road. This statements is
(A) False (B) True
(C) Uncertain (D) Not possible

5. A horizontal force of 129.4N is applied on a 10kg block which rests on a horizontal surface. If the coefficient
of friction is 0.3, the acceleration should be
(A) 9.8 m/s2 (B) 10 m/s2
(C) 12.6 m/s 2 (D) 19.6 m/s2

6. When a body is moving on a surface, the force of friction is called

(A) Static friction (B) Dynamic friction
(C) Limiting friction (D) Rolling friction

7. A box is placed on an inclined plane and has to be pushed down. The angle of inclination is
(A) Equal to angle of friction (B) More than angle of friction
(C) Equal to angle of repose (D) Less than angle of repose

8. When a body is placed on a rough plane inclined at an angle  to the horizontal, its acceleration is
(A) g (sin - cos) (B) g (sin - cos)
(C) g (sin - cos) (D) g (sin - cos)

9. When a body is lying on a rough inclined plane and does not move, the force of friction
(A) is equal to R (B) is less than R

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(C) is greater than R (D) is equal to R

10. A body of 5kg weight kept on rough inclined plane of angle 30 0 starts sliding with a constant velocity. Then
the coefficient of friction is (assume g = 10 m/s2)
1 2
(A) (B)
3 3
(C) 3 (D) 2 3

11. If s, k and r are coefficients of static friction, sliding friction and rolling friction, then
(A) s < k <r (B) k < r <s
(B) r < k <s (D) r < k <s

12. To avoid slipping while walking on ice, one should take smaller steps because of the
(A) friction of ice is large (B) larger normal reaction
(C) friction of ice is small (D) smaller normal reaction

13. Which one of the following is not used to reduce friction?

(A) Oil (B) Ball bearing
(C) Sand (D) Graphite

14. A box is lying on an inclined plane what is the coefficient of friction if the box starts sliding when an angle of
inclination is 300
(A) 0.732 (B) 0.577
(C) 0.832 (D) 0.5

15. When two surfaces are coated with a lubricant, then they,
(A) stick to each other (B) slide upon each other
(C) rolls upon each other (D) none of these

16. Which of the following statements is not true?

(A) The coefficient of friction between two surfaces increases on the surface in contact are made
rough.
(B) The force of friction acts in a direction opposite to the applied force.
(C) Rolling friction is greater than sliding friction
(D) The coefficient of friction between wood and wood is less than 1.

17. The maximum static frictional force is

(A) equal to twice the area of surface in contact
(B) independent of the area of surface in contact
(C) equal to the area of surface in contact
(D) none of these

18. The coefficient of friction  and the angle of friction  are related as
(A) sin  =  (B) cos  = 
(C) tan  =  (D) tan  = 

19. A block weighs w is held against a vertical wall by applying a horizontal force F. The minimum value of F
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needed to held the block is

(A) less than w (B) equal to W
(C) greater than w (D) data is insufficient

20. A force of 98N is required to just start moving a body of mass 100kg over ice. The coefficient of static
friction is
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.4
(C) 0.2 (D) 0.1

21. Two bodies of 5 kg and 4 Kg are tied to a string as shown in Fig. If the table and pulley both are
smooth, then acceleration of 5 kg mass will be

(a) 49 m/s2 (b) 5.45 m/s2

(c) 19.5 m/s2 (d) 2.72 m/s2

22. Two weights W1 and W2 are connected by a light thread which passes over a light smooth pulley. If the pulley is
raised upwards with an acceleration equal to g, then the tension in the thread will be

2W1W2 W1W2
(a) (b)
W1  W2 W1  W2
4W1W2 6W1W2
(c) (d)
W1  W2 W1  W2

23. Two masses m and 2 m are joined to each other by means of a frictionless pulley as shown in fig.
When the mass 2 m is released, the mass m will ascend with an acceleration of

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g g
(a) (b)
3 2
(c) g (d) 2g

24. A man of mass M is standing on a board of mass m. The friction coefficient between the board
and the floor is . The maximum force that the man can exert on the rope so that the
board does not move is.

(m  M)g
(a) (m  M)g (b)
 1
(m  M)g
(c) (d)None of these.
 1

25. Consider the situation shown in fig. The acceleration of block of mass m is

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(a) g/3 up the plane

(b) g/3 down the plane
(c) g/2 up the plane
(d) g/2 down the plane.

26. Two blocks of masses m1 and m2 are placed in contact with each other on a
horizontal platform. The coefficient of friction between the platform and the
two blocks is the same. The platform moves with an acceleration. The force
of interaction between the blocks is.

(a) Zero, only if m1 = m2

(b) non zero when m1 > m2
(c) non zero when m1 < m2
(d) zero in all cases.

27. A 40 Kg slab rests on a frictionless floor. A 10 Kg block rests on top of the slab, fig. The static
coefficient of friction between the block and the slab is 0.60 while the kinetic coefficient is
0.40. The 10 Kg block is acted upon by a horizontal force of 100 N. If g = 9.8 m/s2, the
resulting acceleration of the slab will be :

(a) 0.98 m/s2 (b) 1.47 m/s2

(c) 1.52 m/s2 (d) 6.1 m/s2

28. A body of mass 60 kg is dragged with just enough force to start moving on a rough surface with
coefficients of static and kinetic frictions 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. On applying the same
force, what is the acceleration ?

(a) 0.98 m/s2 (b) 9.8 m/s2

(c) 0.54 m/s2 (d) 5.292 m/s2

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29. For the arrangement shown in Fig., the tension in the string to prevent it from sliding down is

(a) 6 N (b) 6.4 N

(c) 0.4 N (d) zero

30. A mass M of 100 kg is suspended with use of strings A, B and C as shown in fig. where W is
vertical wall and R is a rigid horizontal rod. The tension in string B is

(a)100 g N (b) 0
100
(c) 100 2 gN (d) gN
2

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