TEST-08 (Solution)

TOPIC: Laws of motion

FL F(L  x )
Q.1 A cold soft drink bottle is kept on the balance. (1) (2)
When the cap is open, then the reading of x L
balance will - FL Fx
(3) (4)
(1) Increases Lx Lx
(2) Decreases Sol.[2]
(3) First increases then decreases
(4) Remains same
Sol.[3] Q.8 Three equal weights A, B and C of mass 2 kg
each are hanging on a string passing over a fixed
Q.2 A machine gun fires 20 bullets per second into a frictionless pulley as shown in the figure. The
target. Each bullet weights 150 gms and has a tension in the string connecting weights B and C
speed of 800 m/sec. Find the force necessary to is-
hold the gun in position -
(1) 800 N (2) 1000 N
(3) 1200 N (4) 2400 N
Sol.[4]
Q.3 The tension in the spring is
5N 5N
A B
(1) zero (2) 2.5 N (3) 5 N (4) 10 N
Sol.[3]
Q.4 Figure shows the displacement of a particle C
going along the x-axis as a function of time. The
(1) zero (2) 13 N (3) 3.3 N (4) 19.6 N
force acting on the particle is zero in the region -
Sol.[2]
x
B C E Q.9 Two masses of 4 kg and 5 kg are connected by a
string passing through a frictionless pulley and
A D are kept on a frictionless table as shown in the
figure. The acceleration of 5 kg mass is -
t
(1) AB & CD (2) BC & AB 4kg
(3) CD & BC (4) DE & BC
Sol.[1] 5kg
Q.5 In which of the following cases forces may not
be required to keep the -
(1) Particle going in a circle (1) 49 m/s2 (2) 5.44 m/s2
(2) Particle going along a straight line (3) 19.5 m/s2 (4) 2.72 m/s2
(3) The momentum of the particle constant Sol.[2]
(4) Acceleration of the particle constant
Sol.[3] Q.10 Three blocks of masses m1, m2 and m3 are
connected by massless strings as shown on a
Q.6 A rocket of mass 1000 kg exhausts gases at a frictionless table. They are pulled with a force
rate of 4 kg/sec with a velocity 3000 m/s. The T3 = 40 N. If m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 6 kg and m3 = 4
kg, then tension T2 will be -
thrust developed on the rocket is -
(1) 12000 N (2) 120 N (3) 800 N (4) 200 N m1 m2 m3 T3
T1 T2
Sol.[1]
(1) 20 N (2) 40 N (3) 10 N (4) 32 N
Q.7 A rope of length L is pulled by a constant force Sol.[4]
F. What is the tension in the rope at a distance x
from the end where the force is applied -

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Q.11 A light string passes over a frictionless pulley. 2
v 02 v 02 v  v0
To one of its ends a mass of 6 kg is attached. To (1) (2) (3)  0  (4)
its other end a mass of 10 kg is attached. The 2g g  g  
tension in the thread will be - Sol.[1]

Q.15 A horizontal force of 10 N is necessary to just

hold a block stationary against a wall. The
coefficient of friction between the block and the
wall is 0.2, the weight of the block is -

6 kg
10 kg
(1) 24.5 N (2) 2.45 N
(3) 79 N (4) 73.5 N 10N
Sol.[4]

Q.12 Two masses of 5 kg and 10 kg are connected to a (1) 2N (2) 20 N

pulley as shown. what will be the acceleration of (3) 50 N (4) 100 N
the system (g = acceleration due to gravity) Sol.[1]
Q.16 In the system shown, the initial acceleration of
the wedge of mass 5 M is (there is no friction
anywhere) :

5 kg 5M 2M
10 kg

g g g
(1) g (2) (3) (4) (A) Zero (B) 2g/23 (C) 3g/23 (D) None
2 3 4
Sol. [A]
Sol.[3]
Q.17 A heavy spherical ball is constrained in a frame
Q.13 A body of weight 2 kg is suspended as shown in as in figure. The inclined surface is smooth. The
the figure. The tension T1 in the horizontal string maximum acceleration with which the frame can
(in kg wt) is - move without causing the ball to leave the frame
30º :

T1
30º

2 kg-wt
g
(A) g/2 (B) g 3 (C) (D) g 2
(1) 2/ 3 (2) 3 /2 (3) 2 3 (4) 2 3
Sol.[3] Sol. [C]

Q.14 A car is moving along a straight horizontal road Q.18 If velocity of block B in the given arrangement is
with a speed v0. If the coefficient of friction 300 mm/sec. towards right. Then velocity of A
between the tyres and the road is , the shortest will be :
distance in which the car can be stopped is -

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 300 mm/sec T T
B F2 F1

A
m2g = 80N m1g = 20N
(A) 200 mm/sec (B) 100 mm/sec F.B.D of m2 F.B.D of m1
(C) 450 mm/sec (D) 150 mm/sec
F.B.D. of m2 T + F2 = 80 N
Sol. [A]
and F2 = 70 × 0.5 = 35 N
Q.19 The velocities of A and B are marked in the  T = 80 – 35 = 45 N
figure. The velocity of block C is (assume that F.B.D. of ml T + F1 + mg
the pulleys are ideal and string inextensible) or 45 = F1 + 20
3m/s or F1 = 25N
25 25
 x1 =  = 0.5m
k1 50
C
B
1 m/s   Compression in first spring = – 0.5 m
A
Q.21 The system of blocks and pulley as shown is
(A) 5 m/s` (B) 2 m/s (C) 3 m/s (D) 4 m/s released from rest. Then
Sol. [A]

Q.20 The system shown in the figure is in equilibrium.

Masses m1 and m2 are 2 kg and 8kg respectively.
Spring constants k1 and k2 are 50 N/m and
2 kg
70 N/m respectively. If the compression in 1 kg
second spring is 0.5 m. What is the compression
in first spring ? (Both springs have the same
1 kg
natural length) -
(A) blocks remain at rest
(B) 2 kg block will move up
(C) 2 kg block will move down
(D) None of these
Sol.[C]
T T
T T
m1 T
m2 T

k1 k2 2 kg 2 kg
1 kg 2 kg
2st
1st
(A) 1.3m (B) –0.5m (C) 0.5m (D) 0.9m
1 kg
2T T
Sol.[B] As the springs are fixed to the horizontal and
2 kg 2 kg
have the same natural length, hence if one spring 2st
1st
is compressed, the other must be expanded.
Hence, the compression will be negative. Q.22 An open tank 10 m long and 2 m deep is filled
upto 1.5 m height of oil of specific gravity 0.82.
The tank is uniformly accelerated along its
length from rest to a speed of 20 m/sec
horizontally. The shortest time in which the

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 speed may be attained without spilling any oil is
: [g = 10 m/sec2]
(A) 20 sec (B) 18 sec (C) 10 sec (D) 5 sec
v
Sol.[A] v = u + ax t, ax = A
t
5m
a v 0 .5
tan  = x = = (in triangle ABC) 37º
g tg 5 B
ax
C 3 3
(A) g (B) g
0.5m 2 4
A
2m B g g
(C) (D)
2 3 2
Sol.[C] Apply energy conservation.
10 m
Q.25 A weight W attached to the end of a flexible
10 20
t= = 20 sec. rope of diameter d = 0.75cm is raised vertically
10
by winding the rope on a reel as shown. If the
reel is turned uniformly at the rate of 2 rps. What
Q.23 Five persons A, B, C, D and E are pulling a cart
is the tension in rope. The inertia of rope may be
of mass 100 kg on a smooth surface and cart is
neglected -
moving with acceleration 3m/s2 in east direction.
When person 'A' stops pulling, it moves with
acceleration 1 m/s2 in the west direction. When
person 'B' stops pulling, it moves with
acceleration 24 m/s2 in the north direction. The
magnitude of acceleration of the cart when only
A and B pull the cart keeping their directions
same as the old directions, is - d

(A) 26 m/s2 (B) 3 71 m/s2 W

(C) 25 m/s2 (D) 30 m/s2
(A) 1.019 W (B) 0.51 W
Sol.[C] When all are pulling
 (C) 2.04 W (D) W
Fnet  100  3î ...(1) T
When 'A' stops
 
Fnet  FA  100 1(î ) …(2)  a
Sol.[A] a T = W 1   = 6
When 'B' stops  g
 
Fnet  FB  100  24( ĵ) …(3)
W
from these three get
 
FA  FB and solve.
Q.26 A pulley system is attached to a massless board
as shown below. The board pivots only at the
Q.24 The blocks A and B shown in the figure have pivot point. A 10 kg mass M sits exactly in the
masses MA = 5kg and MB = 4kg. The system is middle of the board.
released from rest. The speed of B after A has
travelled a distance 5m along the incline is -

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 fixed at point A on a smooth vertical ring of
radius R as shown in figure. The normal reaction
 F
at B just after it is released to move is -
B

M
A 30°

pivot piont
If the angle  is 30º, the minimum force F
necessary to lift the 10 kg mass is - mg
(A) (B) 3 mg
(A) 12.5 N (B) 25 N (C) 50 N (D) 100 N 2
Sol.[B] Tension in string is F 3 3 mg
(C) 3 3 mg (D)
L 2
Mg = 2FL Sol. [D]
2
Q.30 Assuming all the surfaces to be frictionless,
Mg
F= = 25 N acceleration of the block C shown in the figure
4 is–
3 m/s2
4 m/s2
Q.27 Blocks A and B have masses 2 kg and 3 kg A B
respectively. The ground is smooth. P is an
external force of 10 N. The force exerted by B
on A is-
3kg a C
2kg
P=10N (A) 5 m/s2 (B) 7 m/s2 (C) 3.5 m/s2 (D) 4 m/s2
A B Sol. [C]
Q.31 Two small balls of same size and masses m1 and
(A) Attractive electromagnetic force m2 (m1 > m2) are tied by a thin weightless thread
(B) Repulsive electromagnetic force and dropped from a certain height. Taking
(C) Gravitation force upward buoyancy force F into account the
tension T of the thread during the flight after the
(D) None of these
motion of the balls becomes uniform will be-
Sol.[B] Conceptual g
(A) (m1 – m2)g (B) (m1 – m2)
2
Q.28 In the figure which of the systems are at rest. g
(C)(m1 + m2)g (D) (m1 + m2)
2
[B] m2 Fb
Sol. Fb = Buoyancy force of air
T + m2g
m1 : m1g = T + Fb …….(1)
2m m 2m m m2 : m2g + T = Fb ……. (2) T
m m From eq. (1) & (2)
2m m1 Fb
mg mg m1g – T = m2 g + T
2mg
(m1 – m 2 ) g m1g
T =
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
(A) A only (B) A and C only Q.32 Two blocks of masses M1 and M2 are connected
with a string passing over a pulley as shown in
(C) A, B and C only (D) C only
figure. The block M1 lies on a horizontal surface
Sol.[B] Conceptual . The coefficient of friction between the block
Q.29 A bead of mass m is attached to one end of a M1 and the horizontal surface is . The system
spring of natural length R and spring constant accelerates. What additional mass m should be
( 3  1) mg placed on the block M1 so that the system does
k . The other end of the spring is not accelerate?
R

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 m
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(velocity in m/s)
M1

v
M2

0 t  4
M 2  M1 M2
(A) (B)  M1 (time in sec)
  (A) 0.3 (B) 0.20 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.40
M1 Sol.[B] From the graph, retardation of block, a = –2 m/s2
(C) M 2  (D) (M2 – M1)  2
 | a | = g, = = 0.2
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Sol.[B] System does not accelerate it M2g  (M1+m)g
M2   (M1 + m) Q.35 A particle is placed at rest inside a hollow
M  M1 M hemisphere of radius R. The coefficient of
or m  2 or m  2  M1 friction between the particle and the hemisphere
 
1
Q.33 A block of mass m slides in an inclined right is  = . The maximum height upto which the
angled trough as shown in the figure. If the 3
coefficients of kinetic friction between block and particle can remain stationary is-
material composing the trough is k, find the R  3 
acceleration of the block - (A) (B) 1  R
2  2 
Trough 
3 3R
(C) R (D)
2 8
 Sol. [B]
(A) g(sin  – 2 k cos )
f 
(B) g(sin  –k cos ) N

(C) g(sin  –2k cos ) 

n

(D) g(sin  –  k cos ) mg cos  mg sin 

mg
Sol.[A] Normal reaction of each surface,
N N Q.36 A boy of mass m standing on a block of mass M
which in turn lying on a rough surface of
coefficient of static friction . Boy is pulling him
through pulley system shown in the figure. The
maximum force he can exert so that block does
mg cos not slip :
N N mg
 = mg cosN = cos ..(1)
2 2 2
 mg sin – (N + N) = ma
 a = g sin  – 2 g cos


Q.34 A block of mass 2 kg is given a push

horizontally and then the block starts sliding
over a horizontal plane. The graph shows the mM
velocity-time graph of the motion. The (A) m(M + m) g (B)  g
Mm
coefficient of sliding friction between the plane
 ( M  m)g  ( M  m )g
and the block is - (C) (D)
(1  ) 1 
Sol. [C]

Q.37 A block of mass m slides in an inclined right

angle trough as in the figure. If the coefficient of

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 kinetic friction between the block and the u = 23.5 m/s
material composing the trough is , then the Q.42 The coefficient of static friction for wood on
acceleration of the block will be : concrete is 0.6. The force needed to set a 40 kg
crate in motion on a concrete floor is
(A) 2.4 N (B) 235.2 N (C) 24 N (D) 200 N
Sol. [C]
Q.43 A force applied to a 50 kg box on a level floor is
 just enough to start it moving. The coefficients of
(A) (cos  –  sin )g (B) (sin  –  sin )g static and kinetic friction are, respectively, 0.5 and
(C) (sin  –  cos )g (D) (sin  – 2  cos ) 0.3. If the same force continues to be applied to the
Sol. [D] box, it will have an acceleration of approximately
(g = 10 m/s2)
Q.38 A man slides down a light rope whose breaking (A) 2 m/s2 (B) 4 m/s2 (C) 3 m/s2 (D) 5 m/s2
strength is  times his weight (< 1). What Sol. [A] Force required to move box F > 250 N
should be his maximum acceleration so that the Minimum force needed = 0.5 × 50 × 10 = 250 N
rope just breaks ?
a
g g
(A) g (B) g(1 – ) (C) (D)
1  2 250N
Sol. [B]
fk = 150 N
Q.39 A block of mass m starts sliding on the plank of 250 N – 150 N = ma  a = 2m/s2
mass M. There is a sufficient friction between
plank and the block. After some time both block
Q.44 A particle is moving with kinetic energy E,
and plank moves together. Choose the correct
statement – straight up an inclined plane with angle , the
Smooth v coefficient of friction being . The work done
m
against friction before the particle comes down
M
to rest is -
E cos  E cos 
(A) Total mechanical energy of system constant (A) (B)
sin    cos  sin    cos 
(B) The kinetic energy of system increases
(C) The total mechanical energy of system E E
(C) (D)
decreases sin    cos  g(sin    cos )
(D) The linear momentum of system is not
conserve Sol.[A]
Sol. [C]
Q.45 Starting from rest, a body slides down a 45°
Q.40 Relative to the force needed to keep a box inclined plane in twice the time it takes to slide
moving at constant velocity across a floor, to down the same distance in the absence of
start the box moving usually needs
friction. The coefficient of friction between the
(A) less force
(B) the same force body and the inclined plane is -
(C) more force (A) 0.33 (B) 0.25 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.80
(D) any of the above, depending on the natures  1 
of the surfaces in contact Sol. [C]  µ = tan(1–1/n2) = tan45º 1 – 2  = 0.75
 2 
Sol. [C]
Q.41 The coefficient of static friction between a car’s
tires and a level road is 0.80. If the car is to be
stopped in a maximum time of 3.0 s, its speed
cannot exceed
(A) 2.4 m/s (B) 7.8 m/s (C) 2.6 m/s (D)23.5
m/s
Sol. [D] v = u + at
0 = u – 0.8 × 3 × 9.8

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