Kolkata North Pulley block system

1. Find tension in both strings (Take g = 100 m/s2)

360 480 480 320

(a) T = N; T ' N (b) T = N; T ' N
7 7 7 7
240 320
(c) T = N; T ' N (d) None of these
6 6

2. Find acceleration of block A

3 1 1
(a) a = (b) a = (c) a = (d) None of these
4 4 2

3. Find tension in strings (Take g = 100 m/s2)

112g 60g 30g

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
15 15 11

4. Find acceleration of block A.

g g g
(a) a = (b) a = (c) a = (d) None of these
4 6 8

5. Each of the system shown below is initially at rest. Pulleys are massless and frictionless.

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(a) Acceleration of block A in figure 1 is same as that in figure 2

(b) Acceleration of block A in figure 1 is less than that in figure 2 and greater than that in figure 3
(c)The ratio of velocity of block A in figure 1 to that in figure 2 after it has moved through 1 m is 1
1
(d) The ratio of velocity of block A in figure 1 to that in figure 2 after it has moved through 1 m is
2

6. Two blocks A and B of equal masses m are suspended with ideal pulley and string
arrangement as shown. The acceleration of mass B is
g 5g
(a) (b)
3 3
2g 2g
(c) (d)
3 5

7. A trolley T (mass 5 kg) on a horizontal smooth surface is pulled by a load

L (2 kg) through a uniform rope ABC of length 2 m and mass 1 kg. As the
load falls from BC = 0 to BC = 2m, its acceleration (in ms-2). Charge from
(a) 20/6 to 20/5 (b) 20/8 to 30/8
(c) 20/5 to 30/6 (d) None of these
8. 3
A fireman wants to slide down a rope. The breaking load for the rope is th of the weight of the
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fireman. The acceleration of the fireman to prevent the rope from breaking will be (Acceleration due to
gravity is g)
(a) g/4 (b) g/2 (c) 3g/4 (d) Zero

9. Three blocks m1, m2 and m3 of masse 8 kg, 3 kg and 1 kg are placed in contact on a smooth surface.
Forces F1 = 140 N and F2 = 20 N are acting on blocks m1 and m3 respectively a shown. The reaction
between blocks m2 and m3 is
8kg
3kg
1kg
F1 = 140N m1 m2 m3 F2 = 20N

(a) 2.5 N (b) 7.5 N (c) 22.5 N (d) 30 N

10. In the system shown in figure mB = 4 kg and mA = 2 kg. The pulleys are
massless and friction is absent everywhere. The acceleration of block A is
(g = 10 m/s2)
10 20
(a) m/s2 (b) m/s2
3 3
5 5
(c) m/s2 (d) m/s2
2 3

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11. A man of mass 2m is pulling up a block of mass m with constant velocity. The
acceleration of man is (neglect any friction).

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

12. 1
In the figure, pulleys are smooth and strings are massless, m1 = 1kg and m2 = kg. To
3
keep m3 art rest, mass m3 should be
2
(a) 1 kg (b) kg
3
1
(c) kg (d) 2 kg
4

13. Two blocks m1 and m2 of equal masses as shown in figure. Assume ideal
pulleys and strings and neglect friction at all the surface. The acceleration of
the two blocks will be

4g g 2g g
(a) , (d) ,
13 13 7 7
3g g g g
(c) , (d) ,
10 10 4 4

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Answer Key
of
Pulley block system
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. BD
6. D 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. D
11. B 12. A 13. C

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