PHYSICS: LAWS OF MOTION

1. To keep a particle moving with constant velocity on a frictionless horizontal surface an external force
a) Should act continuously b) should be a variable force
c) should not act d) should act apposite to the direction of motion
2. The internal force acting on an isolated system
a) Can change the velocity the system b) Cannot change the velocity the system
c) Can change the acceleration of the system d) Can change the direction of motion
3. A person in a car tends to fall back when it suddenly starts is an example for
a) inertia of rest b) inertia of motion c) inertia of direction d) both 1 & 2
4. The area under force time curve gives
a) work b) power c) displacement d) impluse
5. A train is moving with acceleration along a straight line with respect to ground. A person in the train finds
that
a) Newton’s 2nd law is false but newtons 3rd law is true
b) Newton’s 3rd las is false but newtons 2nd las is true
c) all the three newtons las are false but can apply 2 nd law by considering a pseudo force
d) All the three newtons laws are true
6. A force P acts on a particle so as to accelerate it from rest to certain velocity. If P is replaced then by Q which
decelerates it to rest
a) P must be equal to Q b) P may be equal to Q c) P must be unequal to Q d) P ¿ Q
¿
7. A body of mass m has its position X at a time t, expressed by the equation
1
x=3t3/2+2t- The instantaneous force F on the body is proportional to
2
a) t3/2 b) t c) t-1/2 d) t0
8. A jet of water with a cross sectional area ‘a’ is striking against a wall at an angle θ to the horizontal and
rebounds elastically. If the velocity of water jet is v and the density is ρ, the normal force acting on the wall is
a) 2av2 ρ cos θ b) av ρ cos θ c) 2 av ρ cos θ d) av cos θ
9. A force F varies with time in accordance The mean force for one cycle
a) F0 b) F0/2 c) 2F0 d) Zero
10. Graph of a body is shown below. It explains that
a) at B force is zero b) at B there is a force but towards motion
c) at B there is a force which opposes motion d) at B the force may be in any direction
11. A body is moving with an acceleration ‘a’ under the action of a force ‘g’ . The weight of the body is
a) g/a b) –g2/a c) g2/a d) a2/g
12. A force produces an acceleration of a1 in a body and the same force produce an acceleration of a2 in another
body. If the two bodies are combined and same force is applied on the combination, the acceleration
produced in it is
a1 +a2 a1 a2
a) a1+a2 b) c) d) √ a1 a2
a1 a 2 a1+¿ a ¿
2

13. The behaviour of a body under resultant force is given by

a) first law of motion b) second law of motion c) third law of motion d) law of gravitation
14. Which law of Newton defines an ‘inertial frame of reference’ ?
a) First law of motion b) Second law of motion c) third law of motion d) Law of gravitation
15. The statement “acceleration is zero if and only if the net force is zero” is valid in
a) Non-inertial frames b) inertial frames
 c) both in inertial frames and non-inertial frames d) neither inertial frames nor non-inertial frames
16. You move forward when your car suddenly when you car rapidly accelerates. Which law of Newtons is
involved in these ?
a) third law b) Second law c) first law d) law of gravitation

17. You are thrown outer side when your car suddenly takes a turn. Which law of Newton is involved in this
a) third law b) Second law c) first law d) law of gravitation
18. An object is thrown vertically upward with some velocity. If gravity is turned off at the instant the object
reaches the maximum height, what happens ?
a) the object continues to move in a straight b) The object will be at rest velocity
c) The object falls back with uniform velocity d) The object falls back with uniform acceleration
19. Which of the following is the most significant law of motion given by Newton ?
a) First law of motion b) Second law of motion c) Third law of motion d) Zeroth law of motion
20. The quantity of motion of a body is best represented by
a) its mass b) its speed c) its velocity d) its linear momentum
21. A particle is moving with a constant speed along a straight line path. A force is not required to
a) Increase its speed b) Decrease c) Change the direction d) Keep it moving with uniform velocity
22. 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 b) The portion BC of the string will break
c) None of the strings will break d) The mass will start rotating
23. In the above Question, if the string C is stretched slowly, then
a) The portion AB of string will break b) The portion BC of the string will break
c) None of the string will break d) None of the above
24. If a bullet of mass 5 mg moving with velocity 100 m/sec, penetrates the wooden block upto 6 cm. Then the
average force imposed by the bullet on the block is
a) 8300 N b) 417 N c) 830 N d) Zero
25. A force of 100 dynes acts on mass of 5 gm for 10 sec. The velocity produced is
a) 2 cm/sec b) 20 cm/sec c) 200 cm/sec d) 200 cm/sec
26. A coin is dropped in a lift. It takes time t 1 to reach the floor when lift is stationary. It takes time t2 when lift is
moving up with constant acceleration. Then
a) t1 > t2 b) t2> t1 c) t1 =t2 d) t1>>t2
27. If the tension in the cable of 1000 kg elevator is 1000 kg weight, the elevator
a) Is accelerating upwards b) Is accelerating downwards
c) May be at rest or accelerating d) May be at rest or in uniform motion
28. A man weighing 80 kg is standing in a trolley weighing 320 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionless horizontal
rails. If the man starts walking on the trolley with a speed of 1 m/s, then after 4 sec his displacement relative
to the ground will be
a) 5 m b) 4.8 m c) 3.2 m d) 3.0m
29. A force of 5 N acts on a body of weight 9.8 N. what is the acceleration produced in m/sec 2
a) 49.00 b) 5.00 c) 1.46 d) 0.51
30. 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
a) 5 m/s2 b) 10m/s2 c) 3 m/s2 d) 15 m/s2
31. An army vehicle of mass 1000 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s and is acted upon by a forward force of
1000 N due to the engine and retarding force of 500 N due to friction. What will be its velocity after 10 s
a) 5 m/s b) 10 m/s c) 15 m/s d) 20 m/s
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32. A man measures time period of a pendulum (T) in stationary lift. If the lift moves upward with acceleration ,
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then new time period will be
2T √5 T √5 2
a) b) c) d)
√5 2 2T √5 T
33. A boy whose mass is 50kg stands on a spring balance inside a lift. The lift starts to ascent with an acceleration
of 2m s−2 . The reading of the machine or balance (g=10ms−2 ¿ is
a) 50 kg b) Zero c) 49 kg d) 60 kg
34. A rocket is ejecting 50g of gases per sec at a speed of 500 m/s. The acceleration force on the rocket will be
a) 125 N b) 25 N c) 5 N d) Zero

35. A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40 g with a velocity 1200 ms -1. The man holding it can exert a maximum
force of 144 N on the gun . How many bullets can he fire per second at the most
a) One b) Four c) Two d) Three
36. An automobile travelling with a speed of 60 km / h, can brake to stop within a distance of 20 m. If the car is
going twice as fast i.e 120 km/h, the stopping distance will be
a) 20 m b) 40 m c) 60 m d) 80 m
37. The linear momentum p of a body moving in one dimension varies with time according to the equation
p=a+bt2 where a and b are positive constants. The net force acting on the body is
a) A constant b) Proportional to t2
c) Inversely proportional to t c) Proportional to t
38. A ball of mass m moves with speed v and it strikes normally with a wall and reflected back normally, if its time
of contact with wall is t then find force exerted by ball on wall
2mv mv mv
a) b) c) mvt d)
t t 2t
39. A body of mass 5 kg is suspended by a spring balance on an inclined plane The spring balance measure
a) 50 N b) 25 N c) 500 N d) 10 N
40. Two masses m1=5kg and m2 = 4.8 kg tied to a string are hanging over a light frictionless pulley. What is the
acceleration of the masses when they are free to move (g=9.8 m/s 2)
a) 0.2 m/s2 b) 9.8 m/s2 c) 5m /s2 d) 4.8 m/s2
41. The position –time graph of a particle of mass 0.1 kg .find The impulse at t=2 sec is
a) 0.2 kg m sec-1 b) -0.2kg m sec-1 c) 0.1kg m sec -1 d) -0.4kg m sec-1
42. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to their vector difference. In that case, the force
a) Are equal to each other in magnitude b) Are not equal to each other in magnitude
c) Cannot be predicted d) Are equal to each other
43. A body of weight 2 kg is suspended. The tension T 1 in the horizontal string (in kg wt) is
a) 2/√ 3 b) √ 3/2 c) 2 √ 3 d) 2
44. A block A of mass 7 kg is place on a frictionless table . A thread tied to it passes over a frictionless pulley and
carries a body B of mass 3 kg at the other end the acceleration of the system is ( given g = 10ms -2)
a) 100 ms-2 b) 3 ms-2 c) 10 ms-2 d) 30 ms-2
45. A bullet mass 10 gm is fired from a gun of mass 1 kg . if the recoil velocity is 5 m/s , the velocity of the muzzle
is
a) 0.05 m/s b) 5m/s c) 50 m/s d) 50 m/s