1. A mass of 1 kg is suspended by a string A. Another string C is connected to its lower end (see figure).

If a sudden
jerk is given to C, then

(a) The portion AB of the string will break

A
(b) The portion BC of the string will break
(c) None of the strings will break
1kg B
(d) The mass will start rotating
2. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically up into air. The ball falls
C
[EAMCET (Med.) 1995; MH CET 2003;BCECE 2004]
(a) Outside the car
(b) In the car ahead of the person
(c) In the car to the side of the person
(d) Exactly in the hand which threw it up
3. A particle of mass 0.3 kg is subjected to a force F  kx with k  15 N / m . What will be its initial acceleration
if it is released from a point 20 cm away from the origin
[AIEEE 2005]
(a) 5 m/s2 (b) 10 m/s2
(c) 3 m/s2 (d) 15 m/s2
4. A parachutist of weight ‘w’ strikes the ground with his legs fixed and comes to rest with an upward acceleration
of magnitude 3 g. Force exerted on him by ground during landing is [EAMCET 1988]
(a) w (b) 2w
(c) 3w (d) 4w
5. A cricket ball of mass 250 g collides with a bat with velocity 10 m/s and returns with the same velocity within
0.01 second. The force acted on bat is [CPMT 1997]
(a) 25 N (b) 50 N
(c) 250 N (d) 500 N
6. The linear momentum p of a body moving in one dimension The adjacent figure is the part of a horizontally
stretched net. section AB is stretched with a force of 10 N. The tensions in the sections BC and BF are
[KCET 2005]

150 150
° °
D

120
G C F
° H
B
120 120
° °
(a) 10 N, 11 N A
(b) 10 N, 6 N
(c) 10 N, 10 N
(d) Can't calculate due to insufficient data

7. varies with time according to the equation p  a  bt 2 where a and b are positive constants. The net force acting
on the body is [Pb. PET 2002]
(a) A constant
(b) Proportional to t 2
(c) Inversely proportional to t
(d) Proportional to t
8. A body of mass 8kg is moved by a force F  3 x N , where x is the distance covered. Initial position is x  2 m
and the final position is x  10 m. The initial speed is 0 . 0 m / s. The final speed is
[Orissa JEE 2002]
(a) 6 m/s (b) 12 m/s
 (c) 18 m/s (d) 14 m/s
9. A particle moves in the xy-plane under the action of a force F such that the components of its linear momentum
p at any time t are p x  2 cos t , p y  2 sin t . The angle between F and p at time t is
[MP PET 1996; UPSEAT 2000]
(a) 90° (b) 0°
(c) 180° (d) 30°
10. A book is lying on the table. What is the angle between the action of the book on the table and the reaction of the
table on the book [Kerala PMT 2005]
(a) 0° (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 180°
11. When a horse pulls a wagon, the force that causes the horse to move forward is the force
[Pb. PET 2004]
(a) The ground exerts on it (b) It exerts on the ground
(c) The wagon exerts on it (d) It exerts on the wagon
12. Two blocks are connected by a string as shown in the diagram. The upper block is hung by another string. A
force F applied on the upper string produces an acceleration of 2m / s 2 in the upward direction in both the
blocks. If T and T  be the tensions in the two parts of the string, then
F [AMU (Engg.) 2000]
T
2 kg
(a) T  70 . 8 N and T   47 . 2 N
(b) T  58 . 8 N and T   47 . 2 N T'

(c) T  70 . 8 N and T   58 . 8 N 4 kg
(d) T  70 . 8 N and T   0
13. A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass m. If a force P is applied at
the free end of the rope, the force exerted by the rope on the block will be
[CBSE PMT 1993; CPMT 1972, 75, 82;
MP PMT 1996; AIEEE 2003]
Pm
(a) P (b)
M m
PM Pm
(c) (d)
M m M m
14. A rope of length L is pulled by a constant force F. What is the tension in the rope at a distance x from the end
where the force is applied [MP PET 1996, 97, 2000]
FL F( L  x )
(a) (b)
x L
FL Fx
(c) (d)
Lx Lx
15. Three blocks of masses m 1 , m 2 and m 3 are connected by massless strings as shown on a frictionless table. They
are pulled with a force T3  40 N . If m 1  10 kg , m 2  6 kg and m 3  4 kg , the tension T2 will be
[MP PMT/PET 1998]

m1 m2 m3 T3
T1 T2

(a) 20 N (b) 40 N
(c) 10 N (d) 32 N
16. Two masses 2 kg and 3 kg are attached to the end of the string passed over a pulley fixed at the top. The tension
and acceleration are
7g g 21 g g
(a) ; (b) ;
8 8 8 8
 21 g g 12 g g
(c) ; (d) ;
8 5 5 5
17. A body of weight 2kg is suspended as shown in the figure. The tension T1 in the horizontal string (in kg wt) is
[Kerala PMT 2002]
30°
(a) 2 / 3
T1
(b) 3 /2

(c) 2 3
(d) 2
2 kg-wt
18. The variation of momentum with time of one of the body in a two body collision is shown in fig. The
instantaneous force is maximum corresponding to point
p
(a) P
S
(b) Q
R
(c) R
Q
(d) S P
t
19. A string of negligible mass going over a clamped pulley of mass m supports a block of mass M as shown in the
figure. The force on the pulley by the clamp is given by
[IIT-JEE 2001]

m
(a) 2 Mg

(b) 2 mg

(c) (M  m ) 2  m 2 g M

(d) (M  m ) 2  M 2 g

20. A particle of mass m is projected with velocity v making an angle of 45 o with the horizontal. The
magnitude of the angular momentum of the particle about the point of projection when the particle
is at its maximum height is (where g  acceleration due to gravity)
(a) Zero (b) mv 3 /(4 2 g)
(c) mv 3 /( 2 g) (d) mv 2 / 2 g

21. A particle is moving in a straight line and passes through a point O with a velocity of 6 ms 1 . The
particle moves with a constant retardation of 2 ms 2 for 4 s and there after moves with constant
velocity. How long after leaving O does the particle return to O
(a) 3 s (b) 8 s
(c) Never (d) 4 s
22. Two masses of 4 kg and 5 kg are connected by a string passing through a frictionless pulley and are kept on a
frictionless table as shown in the figure. The acceleration of 5 kg mass is
(a) 49 m / s 2
(b) 5 . 44 m / s 2
4kg
(c) 19 . 5 m / s 2
(d) 2 . 72 m / s 2 5kg

23. One end of a massless rope, which passes over a massless and frictionless pulley P is tied to a hook C while the
other end is free. Maximum tension that the rope can bear is 360 N. with what value of minimum safe
acceleration (in ms 2 ) can a monkey of 60 kg move down on the rope
 P [AIEEE 2002]

(a) 16
(b) 6
(c) 4
C
(d) 8
24. The range of a particle when launched at an angle of 15 o with the horizontal is 1.5 km. What is the
range of the projectile when launched at an angle of 45 o to the horizontal
[CPMT 1982]
(a) 1.5 km (b) 3.0 km
(c) 6.0 km (d) 0.75 km
25. A body of mass 0.5 kg is projected under gravity with a speed of 98 m/s at an angle of 30 o with the
horizontal. The change in momentum (in magnitude) of the body is
[MP PET 1997]
(a) 24 .5 N  s (b) 49 .0 N  s
(c) 98 .0 N  s (d) 50 .0 N  s