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MECHANICS

ASSIGNMENT & PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS

1. A particle of mass 2 kg moves along a straight line which of the statements is correct regarding ac-
such that the position coordinate of the particle celeration
(a) It is maximumat mean position
depends on time as x  2t 3  3t 2  4t meter, force
(b) It is maximum extreme positions
on the particle at t = 1 sec is
(c) It same every where
(a) 6 N (b) 12 N
(d) It is never zero.
(c) 8 N (d) 4 N
7. A rope of uniform mass density is whriled at a
2. A body of mass 10 kg is being acted upon by a
constant angular speed. Dependence of tension
force 3t 2 and an opposing constant force of 32 on distance from fixed end is
Newton. The initial speed is 10 m/s. The velocity (a) linear (b) parabolic
of the body after 5 seconds is (c) elliptical (d) hyperbolic
(a) 6.5 m/s (b) 4.5 m/s 
8. A particle is moving under a force F  2iˆ  3 ˆj .
(c) 3.5 m/s (d) 2.5 m/s
Which of the following is correct
3. The linear momentum p of a particle varies with
(a) x  y  constant
time as follows p  a  bt 2 where a and b are
(b) 2 x  3 y  constant
constants. The net force acting on the particle is
(c) 2 x  3 y  constant
(a) proportional to t (b) proportional to t 2
(c) zero (d) constant (d) 3 x  2 y  constant
4. A body of mass 2 kg sliding with a constant ve- 9. A particle of mass 2kg is moving in a circle of ra-
locity of 4 m/sec on a frictionless horizontal table. dius 1 meter. If speed of particle varies with time
The force required to keep the body moving with as V = 2t, net force on the particle at t = 1/2 sec
the same velocity is is
(a) 8 Newton (b) zero Newton (a) 2N (b) 4N
(c) 2 104 Newton (d) 1/2 Newton (c) 2 5 N (d) 2 3 N
5. A particle of mass 1 kg is moving along the x-axis. 10. In the figure shown coefficient of static friction
There is no force on the particle except during the between the blocks is 0.5 while ground is smooth.
time interval between t = 0s and t = 5s, when a Which of the following statements is true
force of the form F (t)  12 t 2 N / s 2 acts on it. If
10 kg
the velocity of the particle at t = 0 is 500 m/s, its
10N 20 kg
velocity at t = 10 s is : [JNU 2009]
(a) 800 m/s (b) 1000 m/s
(c) 1700 m/s (d) 4500 m/s (a) Friction force on 10 kg block is 50 N
6. For a spring mass system or simple pendulum

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10 tal force F = Mg is applied to the block. If  is

(b) Friction force on 10 block is the static friction between the block and the plane,
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the range of  so that the block remains station-
(c) The block do not move on the floor
(d) 10 kg block slides down on 20 kg block ary is [JEST 2018]
11. A 2 kg block is lying on a rough surface. If coeffi- (a)    tan   
cient of static friction between the block and (b) 1    cot   1  mu
ground is 0.2. What maximum force can be ap-
plied on the block without moving it 1  1 
(C)  tan  
1  mu 1  mu
45
1  1 
F (d)  cot  
1  mu 1  mu
15. A large cylinder of radius R filled with particles of
(a) 5N mass m. The cylinder spins about its axis at an
(b) 7N angular speed  radians per second, providing
(c) 9N an acceleration g for the particle at the rim. If the
(d) 11N temperature T is constant insider the cylinder, What
12. System shown in figure is in equilibrium and at rest. is the ratio of air pressure P0 at the axis to the
The spring and the string are massless, now the pressure Pc at the rim? [JEST 2018]
string is cut. The acceleration of mass 2m and m
just after the string is cut will be  mgR   mgR 
(a) exp  2k T  (b) exp   2k T 
 b   b 

mgR 2kbT
(c) 2k T (d)
b mgR
2m
16. A particle inside a hollow sphere of radius r, hav-
m
 
ing coefficient of friction 1/ 3 can rest upto a
(a) g/2 upwrds, g downwards height of
(b) g upwards, g/2 downwards (a) 0.134r (b) r / 0.134
(c) g upwards, 2g downwards (c) r / 4 (d) r / 8
(d) 2g upwards, g downwards 17. A jet of gas consists of molecules of mass m, speed
13. A point particle of mass m carrying an electric v and number density n all moving co-linearly. This
charge q is attached to a spring of force constant jet hits a wall at an angle  to the normal. The
k. A constant electric field E along the spring is
pressure exerted on the wall by the jet assuming
applied due to which the block moves. Speed of
elastic collision will be
the particle as a function of its displacement (x) is
(a) P  2mnv 2 cos 2 
2qEx  kx 2 2qEx  kx 2
(a) (b) (b) P  2 mnv 2 cos 
m m

qEx  kx 2 2qEx  kx 2 (c) P   3 / 2 mnv cos2 

(c) (d)
2m 2m (d) P  mnv 2
14. A block of mass M rests on a plane inclined at an
angle  with respect to the horizontal. A horizon- 18. A train of mass ‘M’ travelling with uniform veloc-
ity on a travel line. The last carriage, whose mass

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is m, becomes uncoupled at an instant. The driver

discovers it after travelling a distance ‘l’ and stops
the engine. The resistance to the motion is uniform
and proportional to the weight. The pull of the
engine is uniform. When both parts of the train
come to rest, the distance between them is 2m
[JNU 2013] h
m
 M   M 
(a)  l (b)  l
 M  m   M  m 
3h
 m   m  (a)
(c)  l (d)  l g
 M  m   M  m 
19. In the figure shown the block is pulled with a con- 6h
stant force F. What is speed of the block at the (b)
g
instant when acceleration is zero.
3h
k m (c)
2g
F

2h
(d)
3g
F
(a) 22. The trajectory of a particle of mass m is described
mk
in the cylindrical polar coordinates by z  0, ˆ  
2F
(c)
mk and r  t   r0 sin h  t  , where  and r0 are con-

F stant. The radial force is.

(c) (a) m r02  2 sin h t  (b) mr0  2 sin h  t 
2mk

F (c) mr0  2 cos h  t  (d) 0

(d)
2 mk 23. A particle with time-varying mass
20. In the previous question maximum elongation of
 t 
spring is m(t )  m0  1   , where m0 and  are positive
  
F 2F constants, moves along the x-axis under the ac-
(a) (b)
k k tion of a constant positive force F for 0  t   .
F F If the particle is at rest at time t = 0, then at time t
(c) (d) = t, its velocity v will be [TIFR 2013]
2k 4k
21. In the figure shown the two blocks are released F  t Ft t
from the position shown. After what time the two (a)  log  1   (b)  m log 
m0   0
will cross each other. [Assume pulley and string to
be light and smooth] 1
F  t
Ft  t 
(c) 1   (d) 1  
m0    m0   

24. A block of mass M is held aginst a vertical wall by

applying a force F. Coefficient of static friction

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between the wall and the block is  . The small-

Y
est value of F that can do is

(d) F
90
M X
F O 

27. Consider a particle of mass m attached to two

identical springs each of lenght l and spring con-
25. A uniform rope of length l lies on a table. If the
stant k (see the figure below). The equilibrium
coefficient of friction is  , then the maximum length
configuration is the one where the springs are
l1 of the part of this rope which can overhang from unstretched. There are no other external forces
the edge of the table without sliding down is on the system. If the particle is given small dis-
placement along the x-axis, which of the following
l l
(a) (b) describes the equation of motion for small oscilla-
 1  1
tions?
l   1 y
(c) (d)  
 1  l 
26. A block rests on a rough plane whose inclination
 to horizontal can be varied. Which of the fol- 0
lowing graphs indicates how the frictional force F
between the block and plane varries as  is in-
creased? 0 x

Y
kx3
(a) mx  0 (b) mx  kx  0
l2
(a) F
kx 2
90
X (c) mx  2kx  0 (d) mx 
0
O  l
28. In the figure shown equation of motion of block
Y which is displaced horizontally is
x
k k
m
(b) F
90
X
O 
k k
(a) 
x x0 (b) 
x x0
m 2m
Y
k 2k
(c) 
x x0 (d) 
x x0
2m m
(c) F 29. In the figure shown the block is given a small dis-
90
X placement ‘x’ along the spring 3. Equation of mo-
O 
tion of the block is (Assume that system is lying on
a table)

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R
1 k 
90
k

45 2 1 g 1 g
(a) tan (b) sin
3 2R 2R
k
1 g 1 g
(c) cos (d) cot
 R
2
2R
33. A particle starts moving along a circle of radius r
(a)  
x  1 2
k
m
x0  with tangential acceleration  t . In how much time
it will complete first revolution

(b) 
x  2 1  mk x  0  6 r 
1/ 2
 6 r 
1/3

(a)   (b)  
     
2k
(c) 
x x0
m  12 r 
1/ 2
 12 r 
1/3

(c)   (d)  
3k      
(d) 
x x0
2m 34. A block of mass ‘m’ slides on a frictionless table.
30. A particle of mass m describes a circle of radius r. It is constrained to move inside a ring of radius
The centripetal acceleration of the particle is 4 / r 2 . r0 which is fixed to the table. At t = 0 the block is
What will be the momentum of the particle? moving inside, along the of the ring (i.e., in the tan-
(a) 2m / r (b) 2m / r gential direction) with velocity v 0 . The coefficient
(c) 4m / r (d) 4m / r of friction between the block and the ring is
31. A particle is moving in a circle of radius R in such  .What is velocity of block at a time ‘t’.
a way that an any instant the normal and tangential
components of its acceleration are equal. If its
speed at t = 0is v0 . The time taken to complete r0
v0
the first revolution is
(a) R/ v0 (b) v0 / R

R R  2
(c) v 1  e 
 2
(d) v e v0
tv0 
(b) 1  tv0 
0 0
(a) v e r0
32. A thin circular ring rotates about its vertical diam- 0 r0
eter with constant angular velocity  . A bead
embedded in the ring remains at rest with respect v0 v0
to the ring in the position shown in the figure. Value 2
 
of  must be (c) 1  tv0   (d) log 1  tv0  
 r0   r0 

35. A particle of mass m attached to a light spring of

spring constant k oscillates in vertical plane as

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shown in the figure. Equations of particle are (natu- to light string moves on the smooth table with con-
ral length of spring is l ) stant angular momentum ‘l’. The string passes
through a hole on the table and a block of mass M

hangs from it. If r be distance of m from hole at
r
k
any instant of time t, then acceleration of M is
m

(a) 2r  r

  g cos 
m

r  r 2  g cos   k (r  l )
 n

(b) 2r  r

  g sin 
r  r 2  g cos   k (r  l )


(c) 2r  r

   g sin  M
r  r  g cos   k (r  l )
 2

(d) 2r  r

   g sin  l2
Mg Mg 
r  r 2   g cos   k ( r  l )
 (a) (b) mr 3
M m M m
36. In the figure shown if block A moves along verti-
cal line and block B swings in the same vertical Mg  l2
Mg  l2
mr 3 mr 3
plane. Which of the following is correct for the (c) (d)
M M m
system
39. A particle of mass m attached to a light string is
moving in circle of radius r0 with angular velocity

r 0 as shown in figure. From the instant t = 0 the

 B
m string is pulled slowly with constant speed v. An-
A
m gular speed of particle after time t will be

r  r  2  g 1  cos  
(a) 

r  r 2  g 1  cos  
(b) 2

r  r  2  g 1  cos  
(c) 
v

r  r 2  g 1  cos  
(d) 2 r00  vt 
(a) r  vt (b) 0 1  r 
37. The free fall time of a test mass on an object of 0  0 
mass M from a height 2R to R is [JEST]
r020
2
 vt 
(d) 0 1  
3 3
R R (c) r  vt 2
(a)  / 2  1 (b) 0   r0 
GM GM
40. In previous question what force is needed to pull
R3 2 R3 the string
(c)  / 2  (d) 
GM GM
 vt  mr0402
(a) m0 r0 1  
2
(b) r  vt 3
38. In the figure shown a particle of mass m attached
0
 v0  0 

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mr0302
2 able to ride at a constant height z0 without falling
 vt 
(d) mr0 1  
2
(c) r  vt 2 down? [JEST 2015]
0   r0 
0

41. A particle slides on the inside surface of a friction- (a) gz0 (b) 3gz0
less cone. The cone is fixed with its tip on the (c) 2gz0
ground and its axis vertical, as shown in the figure
on the right. The semi-vertex angle of the cone is (d) The biker will not be able to maintain a con-
stant height, irrespective of speed.
 . If the particle moves in a circle of radius r0 , 44. In Millikan’s oil- drop experiment an oil drop of
without slipping downwards, the angular frequency radius r , mass m and charge
 of this motion will be [TIFR 2015]
q  6 r  v1  v2  / E is moving upwards with a

terminal velocity v2 due to an applied electric field

r0
of magnitude E, where  is the coefficients of
viscosity. The acceleration due to gravity is given
by : [JEST 2016]

(a) g  6 rv1 / m (b) g  3 rv1 / m
(c) g  6 rv2 / m (d) g  3 rv2 / m
45. A particle travels in a medium along a horizontal
g g
(a) r0 cos  (b) r0 sin  linear path. The initial velocity of the particle is v0
and the viscous force acting on it is proportional
g g to its instantaneous velocity. In the absence of any
(c) r0 cot  (d) r0 tan  other forces, which one of the following figures
correctly represents the velocity of the particle as
42. In the figure shown an isosceles triangualr plate of a function of time JAM 2016]
equal sides L is placed on two discs of radii R.
Value of force F needed to keep the system in
equllibrium is (mass per unit area of each object is v(t)

)
(a)
L L
t
F  F
R R

v(t)
1 2
(a) l  g cos 
2
(b) l 2 g cos 2 
2 (b)
1 2
(c) l 2 g sin .cos  l  g sin 2 
(d) t
2
43. A bike stuntman rides inside a well of frictionless
surface given by z  a  x 2  y 2  , under the ac- v(t)

tion of gravity acting in the negative z-direc-

 (c)
tion. g   gzˆ . What speed should he maintain to
t

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oscillations of frequency  and amplitude

v(t) A  l 0 . The average (over a complete time pe-

2
(d) riod T  of the pendulum) tension on the string

t is [JNU 2013]

46. Two solid spheres S1 and S2 of the same uniform

density fall from rest under gravity in a viscous mA2 2 mA2 2
medium and after some time, each terminal ve- (a) mg  (b) mg 
4l 4l
locities v1 and v 2 respectively. If the masses of
mA2 2 mA2 2
S1 and S2 are m1 and m 2 respectively, and (c) mg  (d) mg 
2l 2l
v1 = 4 v 2 , then the ratio m1/ m 2 is [TIFR 2011]
1] 49. A boat of mass m was travelling with speed v0
1 1 when rowing is stopped. Assume retarding force
(a) (b) due to water depends on instantaneous speed v
8 4
(c) 4 (d) 8 as aebv . After what time the boat will stop if mass
47. A ball of mass m is hung from a support by a mass- of boat is m
less wire of lenght l. The support is rotated with
m  bv0 m
an angular speed.   g / l around a vertical (a)
ab
e  (b)
ab

1  e  bv0 
axis through the point of suspension as shown in m m
the figure. The ball rests in equillibrium at an angle (c)
ab

1  e  bv0 (d)
2ab
1  e  bv0 
0 . Which of the following statements concering 50. A bead of mass M slides along a parabolic wire
0 and the tension T, is true? [JNU 2012] described by z  2  x 2  y 2  . The wire rotates
with angular velocity  about the z-axis. At what

value of  does the bead maintain a constant non
T zero height under the action of gravity along  ẑ ?
0
[JEST 2017]
l
(a) 3g (b) g
m
(c) 2g (d) 4g
(a) 0 = 0 and T = mg 51. An object of mass m is thrown vertically up. It is

1  g 
acted upon by a constant resistive force F. If t1
(b) 0  tan  2  and T < mgcos 0
 l and t 2 be the time of ascent and time of descent

1  g  then value of t1 / t2 is
(c) 0  sin  2  and T  mgcos 0
 l
gF /m gF /m
(a) (b)
1  g  gF /m gF /m
(d) 0  cos  2  and T  mgcos 0
 l
48. A simple pendulum consisting of a point massm gF /m gF /m
(c) (d)
tied to a massless string of lenght ‘l’executes small gF /m gF /m

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52. A constant force F is applied on a particle of mass

m2 g 2kh
‘m’ which is initially at rest. As particle starts mov- (b) tanh
2k m
ing a resistive force -bv begins to act on it. Speed
of the particle at any instant of time ‘t’ is m2 g   2kh  
(c) 1  exp   
Ft F  t 
b 2k   m 
(b) b 1  e 
m
(a)
m   m2 g   2kh  
(d) 1  exp   
2k   m 
F   t 
b
Ft   
bt
t
(c) m  1  e m
 (d) m  1  e m

    56. A small raindrop of mass m experiences a viscous

53. Spherical particles of a given material of drag force Fd = bv , proportional to its instanta-
density  are released from rest inside a liquid neous speed ‘v’. If it starts from at rest at a height
medium of lower density. The viscous drag from h, its speed after a time ‘t’ is [JNU 2012]
may be approximated by the Stoke’s law, i.e., mg  bt 
(a)   t   tanh  
Fd  km v , where v its instantaneous velocity..
1/3
b m

If   m  is the time taken by a particle of mass m mg  bt/ m

(b)   t   e
to reach half its terminal velocity, then the ratio b

  8m  /   m  is mg
(c)   t  
2b
1  e 2 bt/ m 
(a) 8 (b) 1/8
(c) 4 (d) 1/4 mg
54. A particle of mass m is thrown upward with ve- (d)   t  
b
1  e  bt/ m 
locity v and there is retarding air resistance pro- 57. A stone of mas ‘m’ is tied to a string and swirled in
portional to the square of the velocity with
proportonality constant k. If the particle attains a a circular path of radius r0 with angular speed 0 .
maximum height after time t, and g is the gravita- At t = 0 the length of the string is begun to reduce
tional acceleration, what is the velocity v ? at constant rate  . Tension in the string after time
[JEST] ‘t’ will be
k  g   g  (a) m02 r0 (b) m02  r0   t 
(a) tan  t  (b) gk tan  t 
g  k   k  m02 r02 m02 r04
(c) (d)
r0   t  r0   t 
3

(c)
g
k
tan  gk t  (d) gk tan  gk t  58. A very long rod rotates about a pivot with a con-
55. A body of mass m falls from rest at a height ‘h’ stant angular velocity  . A bead is constrained to
under gravity (acceleration due to gravity g) slide along the rod without friction. At time t = 0,
through a dense medium which provides a resis- the bead is at rest at a distance d away from the
tive force F   kv 2 , where k is a constant and v pivot. Its distance r(t) from the pivot at time t is
is the speed. It will hit the ground with a kinetic (a) dsin h t  (b) dsin t 
energy [TIFR 2014]
(c) dcos h t  (d) dcos t 
2
m g  2kh 
(a) exp    59. A particle of mass’m’ is tied to a spring of natural
2k  m  length l. The other end of the spring is fixed. The
whole system lies on smooth horizontal plane. If
particle is given a speed in some arbitrary direc-

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tion parallel to the plane then in polar coorndinates

(c) 2  2 H / g  (d) 3  2 H / g 
1/ 2 1/ 2

 r ,  its equation of motion will be 63. A bead of mass M slides along a parabolic wire
described by z  2  x 2  y 2  . The wire rotates

O with angular velocity  about the z-axis. At what

value of  does the bead maintain a constant
nonzero height under the action of gravity along
k  ẑ ?
r  r 2   r , 2r  r  0
(a) 
m (a) 3g (b) g
k
r  r 2    r  l  , 2r  r  0
(b)  (c) 2g (d) 4g
m
64. A friction less horizontal circular table is spinning
k with a uniform angular velocity  about the verti-
r  r 2   r  l  , 2r  r  0
(c) 
m cal axis through its centre. If a ball of radius a is
(d) placed on it at a distance r from the centre of the
table, its linear velocity will be [NET NOV 2020]
k k
r  r 2    r  l  , 2 r  r    r  l 

(a) rrˆ  aˆ (b) r rˆ  aˆ
m m
60. A ball weighing 100gm, released from a height of (c) arˆ  rˆ (c) 0 (zero)
5 m, bounces perfectly elastically off a plate. The 65. A print mass m is constrained to move on the in-
collision time between the ball and the plate is 0.5 ner surface of a paraboloid of revolution
s. The average force on the plate is approximately
x 2  y 2  a z (where a  0 is a constant). When
[NET June 2017]
(a) 3 N (b) 2 N it spirals down the surface, under the influence of
(c) 5 N (d) 4 the gravity (along z direction), the angular speed
about the z-axis is proportional to
61. A ball of mass m is dropped from a tall building [NET NOV 2020]
with zero initial velocity. In addition to gravity, the (a) 1 (independent of 2)
ball experiences a damping force of the form  , (b) z
Where  is its instantaneous velocity and  is a (c) z – 1
constant. Given the values m=10kg,   10 kg / s (d) z – 2
and g  10 m / s 2 , the distance travelled (in 66. The velocity V  x  of a particle maving in one di-
metres) in time t in seconds, is[NET Dec. 2016]
x 
(a) 10  t  1  e  t  (b) 10  t  1  e  t  mension is given by V  x   V0 sin  x  ,where
 0 
(c) 5t 2  1  e  t  (d) 5t 2 V0 and x0 are positive constants of approximate
62. A ball is dropped vertically from a height H on to
x E,
a plane surface and permitted to bounce dimenisons. If the paritcle is initially at x0
repreatedly along a vertical line. After every
where |  | 1 ,then in the long time it
bounce, its kinetic energy becomes a quarter of
its kinetic energy before the bounce. The ball will [NET NOV 2020]
come to rest after time [TIFR 2016] (a) excutes an oscillatory motion around x  0
(b) tends towards x  0
(b)  2 H / g 
1/ 2
(a) infinity
(c) tends towards x  x0

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(d) exceutes an oscillatory motion around x  x0

67. A pendulum exceutes small oscillations between Water level

angles  0 and  0 . If    d is the time spend h 0

R

between  and   d ,then    is best repre-

sented by [NET NOV 2020]

At the moment of release, the dependence of the

(a) upward force on the Cork on h is
[NET NOV 2020]
0
3 3
h 1 h  h 1 h 
(a)    (b)   
 R 3 R  R 3 R 
3 3
h 2 h  h 2 h 
(c)    (d)   
(b) R 3 R  R 3 R 
(MSQ) MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
–0 0 0
1. A solid sphere of radius R and density  is attached
to one end of a mass-less spring of force constant
 k. The other end of the spring is connected to an-
other solid sphere of radius R and density 3  .
The complete arrangement is placed in a liquid of
(c) density 2  and is allowed to reach equilibrium.
The correct statement(s) is/are
– 0 0 0
4 R 3  g
(a) the net elongation of the spring is

3k

8 R3  g
(b) the net elongation of the spring is
3k
(d)
(c) the light sphere is partially submerged
– 0 0 0 (d) the light sphere is completely submerged.
(NAT) NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE
68. A solid spherical Cork of radius R and specific
1. A force F  2t is applied on a block which is
gravity 0.5 floats on water. The Cork is pushed
down so that its centre of mass is at a distance h initially at rest on a rough horizontal surface. If m
(where 0  h  R ) below the surface of water,, = 2 kg,   0.5 and direction of force makes
and then released. Thevolume of the part of the 45 with horizontally then speed of the block at
Cork above water level is the moment normal reaction becomes zero is
__________m/s.
2 1 
 R 3   cos  0  cos 3  0  where 0 is the 2. A block of mass 2 kg is at rest on a horizontal
3 3  table. The coefficient of friction between the block
angle as shown in the figure. and the table is 0.1. A horizontal force 3 N is ap-
plied to the block. The speed of the block ( in m/

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s) after it has moved a distance 10 m is

_______________. [JAM 2015]
3. At t = 0, a particle of mass m having velocity
v 0 starts moving through a liquid kept in a hori
zontal tube and experience a drag force
 dx 
 Fd   k  . It covers a distance L before
 dt 
coming to rest. If the times taken to cover the dist
ances L/2 and L/4 are t2 and t4 respectively, then
the ratio t2 / t4 (ignoring gravity) is _____ (Specify
your answer to two digits after the decimal point)
[JAM 2017]

ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a)
4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b)
7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c)
10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (a)
13. (a) 14. (*) 15. (d)
16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b)
19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (a)
22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (b)
25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a)
28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (d)
34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (b)
37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (c)
40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (a)
43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (d)
46. (d) 47. (d) 48. (a)
49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (d)
52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (c)
55. (d) 56. (d) 57. (d)
58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (d)
61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (d)
64. (d) 65. (c) 66. (c)
67. (b) 68. (a)

(MSQ) MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1. (a,d)

(NAT) NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE

1. (67) 2. (3.162)
3. (2.41)

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