NEWTON’S LAW OF MOTION (A3)

PART A

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [8 x 1 = 8]

1. If the net force acting on a body be zero, then will the body remain necessarily in rest position?
2. If force is acting on a moving body perpendicular to the direction of motion, then what will be its effect on the speed
and direction of the body?
3. Which of the following is a scalar quantity? Inertia, force and linear momentum.
4. Does equilibrium mean that a body is at rest?

Column Matching
Column – I Column – II
5. When lift is accelerated up then (p) Less than actual weight
apparent weight
6. When lift is accelerated down, the (q) Greater than actual weight
apparent weight
7. When lift is moving up or down with (r) Zero
constant velocity, then apparent
weight
8. When lift is free falling then (s) Equal to actual weight.
apparent weight.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [3 x 4 = 12]

9. A horizontal force of 600 N pulls two masses 10 kg and 20 kg (lying on a frictionless table) connected by a light
string. What is the tension in the string? Does the answer depend on which mass end the pull is applied?
10. A block of mass m2 = 2.0 kg moves on a level, frictionless surface. It is connected by a light, flexible, nonstretching
cord passing over a light frictionless pulley to a falling block of mass m 1 = 1.0 kg as in figure.
(a) What is the acceleration of the system?
(b) What is the tension in the cord between the two blocks.

11. What is the tension in a rod of length L and mass M at a distance y from F 1. When the rod is acted on by two unequal
forces F1 and F2 (< F1) as shown in figure?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [2 x 5 = 10]

12. The masses m1, m2 and m3 of the three bodies shown in figure are 5,2 and 3 kg respectively. Calculate the values of
tension T1, T2 and T3 when (i) the whole system is going upward with an acceleration of 2 m/s 2 (ii) the whole system
is stationary (g = 9.8 m/s2)
13. Three books of mass 3 kg, 2 kg and 1 kg are placed side by side on a smooth surface as shown in figure. A
horizontal force of 12N is applied on 3 kg block. Find the net force on 2 kg block.

PART B
MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS [10 x 3 = 30]

1. A 7 kg object is subjected to two forces (in newton) = 20 + 30 and =8 –9 , the magnitude of

resulting acceleration of ms–2 will be
(a) 5 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) 2

2. find acceleration of bigger block that the smaller block remain at rest w.r.t. wedge assume all surfaces are smooth.

(a) g tan  (b) g sin 

(c) g cos  (d) none of these
3. In an elevator moving vertically up with an acceleration ‘g’, the force exerted on the floor by a passenger of mass M
is
(a) Mg (b) 1/2 Mg
(c) zero (d) 2 Mg

4. The time period of simple pendulum of length l is measured in a elevator descending with acc. g/3 is

(a) 2 (b) 2

(c) 2 (d) 2

5. A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal surface by a rope of mass m by applying a force F at one end of the
rope. The force which the rope exerts on the block is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

6. A particle of mass 10 kg is moving in a straight line. If its displacement, x with time t is given by x = (t 3 – 2t – 10) m,
then the force acting on it at the end of 4 seconds is
(a) 24 N (b) 240 N
(c) 300 N (d) 1200 N

7. A light string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m 1 and m2 (vertically). If the
acceleration of the system is (g/8), then the ratio of masses is
 (a) 8 : 1 (b) 9 : 7
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 5 : 3

8. A lift is moving down with an acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift. The acceleration of the ball as
observed by the man in the lift, and a man standing stationary on the ground are respectively
(a) g, g (b) a, a
(c) (g – a) ; g (d) a, g

9. When forces F1, F2, F3 are acting on a particle, mass m such that F2 and F3 are mutually perpendicular, then the
particle remain stationary. If the force F1 is now removed, then the acceleration of the particle is

(a) (b)

(c) F3/m (d) none of these

10. A man weighs 80 kg. He stands on a weighing scale in the lift, which is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration
of 5 m/s2. What would be the reading on the scale ? (g = 10 m/s 2)
(a) Zero (b) 400 N
(c) 800 N (d) 1200 N

ASSERTION REASON TYPE QUESTIONS [5 x 3 = 15]

Directions (Q. No. 11 to 15) : Each of these questions contains two statements : Statement I (Assertion) and Statement II
(reason). Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to
select one of the codes (a), (b), (c), (d) given below :
a. Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is a correct explanation for Statement I
b. Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is not a correct explanation for Statement I
c. Statement I is true; Statement II is false
d. Statement I is false; Statement II is true
11. Statement I No force is required to move a body uniformly along a straight line.
Statement II Because F = ma = m (0) = 0.
12. Statement I In free fall, apparent weight of a body is equal to the actual weight of the body.
Statement II Nothing prevents the body from falling.
13. Statement I A body has no inertial. When it is at the centre of the earth.
Statement II At the centre of the earth, the weight of a body is zero.
14. Statement I A body can be at rest even when it is under the action of any number of external forces.
Statement II Because vector sum of all the external forces is zero.
15. Statement I A body dropped from a given height and another body projected horizontally from the same height
strike the ground simultaneously.
Statement II Because horizontal velocity has no effect in the vertical direction.
 PHYSICS
ANSWERS OF BATCH – A3

OBJECTIVE TYPE

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (d)

6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d)

ASSERTION REASON TYPE

11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (a)