Laws Of Motion

1. The speed of a car weighing 1500 kg increases from 36 km/h to 72 km/h uniformly. What will
be the change in momentum of the car?

(a) 15000 kg km/h

(b) 15000 kg m/s

(c) 54000 kg m/s

(d) 54000 g m/s

2. The unit of measuring the momentum of a moving body is:

(a) m/s

(b) kg.m/s

(c) kg.m/s2

(d) N m2/kg2

3. Force exerted on a body changes it's

(a) Direction of motion
(b) Momentum
(c) Kinetic energy
(d) All the above

4. There are two statements

Statement A :Rate of change of momentum corresponds to force
Statement B :Rate of change of momentum corresponds to Kinetic Energy
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) Both A and B are correct
(d) Both A and B are wrong
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6. A 6 kg object is subject to three forces F1 = 20i + 30j N,F2 = 8i - 50j N and F3 = 2i + 2j N.find
the acceleration of object
(a) 5i + 3j
(b) 5i - 3j
(c) 3i + 5j
(d) 3i - 5j

7. A space probe built on Earth has a mass of 750 kg.Calculate the weight of the space probe on
Earth.

A)77 N

B)750 N

C)760 N

D)7350 N
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11. A particle of mass m is given an impulse such that the velocity of the particle changes from
v1 to v2. The impulse is equal to

(a) m(v2 + v1)

(b) m (v2 – v1)

(c) m (|v2|-|v1|)

(d) 12(v22−v21)

12. What is the force acting on the particle if the motion of the particle is given as y=ut+12gt2

(a) F = ma

(b) F = 0

(c) F = mg

(d) F ≠ 0
13. If an object moves with a constant velocity, we can conclude that

a. it is moving toward its natural place.

b. there are no forces acting on it.
c. there is no unbalanced (net) force acting on it.
d. it has a very large inertia.

14. What is the net force on an 800-kg airplane flying with a constant velocity of 160 km/hour
north?

a. zero
b. 160 N
c. 800 N
d. 128 000 N

15. What is the mass of a cart that has an acceleration of 5 m/s/s when a net force of 2000 N is
applied to it?

a. 10,000 kg
b. 2000 kg
c. 1000 kg
d. 400 kg

16. A 40-kg crate is being pushed across a horizontal floor. If the coefficient of sliding friction is
0.4, what is the frictional force acting on the crate?

a. 16 N
b. 40 N
c. 100 N
d. 160 N

17. If F1 is the force exerted on a cart by a horse and F2 is the force exerted on the horse by the
cart, then F1 is _____ F2.

a. much greater than

b. slightly greater than
c. equal to
d. slightly less than
18. A body is sliding down a rough inclined plane which makes an angle of 30 degree with the
horizontal. If the coeffcient of friction is 0.26, the acceleration in m/s² is
(a) 1.95
(b) 2.78
(c) 3.47
(d) 4.6

19. A gun of mass 1000 kg fires a projectile of mass 1 kg with a horizontal velocity of 100 m/s.
The velocity of recoil of the gun in the horizontal direction is
(a) 5 m/s
(b) 0.1 m/s
(c) 15 m/s
(d) 20 m/s

20. A block of mass 2 kg rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30 degree with the
horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between he block and the plane is 0.7. The frictional
force on the block is
(a) 9.8 N
(b) 0.7 × 9.8 × √3 N
(c) 9.8 × √3 N
(d) 0.7 × 9.8 N

21. 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) 15 m/s²
(b) 3 m/s²
(c) 10 m/s²
(d) 5 m/s²

22. Two bodies of masses 4 kg and 5 kg are acted upon by the same force. If the acceleration of
lighter body is 2 m/s², the acceleration of heavier body is
(a) 1 m/s²
(b) 1.2 m/s²
(c) 1.6 m/s²
(d) 1.8 m/s²
23. A heavy truck has more momentum than a passenger car moving at the same speed because
the truck

a) has greater mass

b) has greater speed
c) is not streamlined
d) has a large wheelbase

24. Momentum is conserved

a) in an elastic collision of two balls

b) in an inelastic collision of two balls
c) in the absence of an external force
d) in all of the preceding cases

25. A gun recoiling when it is fired is an example of

a) conservation of momentum
b) conservation of angular momentum
c) conservation of energy
d) none of the above

26. A 1500 kg truck traveling at 80 km/h collides with another car of mass 1000 kg traveling at
30 km/h in the same direction. The two cars stick together after the collision. Their speed
immediately after the collision is

a) 40 km/h
b) 60 km/h
c) 110 km/h
d) 55 km/h

27. The impulse-momentum relationship is a direct result of

A) Newton's 1st law.

B) Newton's 2nd law.

C) Newton's 3rd law.

28. You're driving down the highway and a bug spatters into your windshield. Which undergoes
the greater change in momentum during the time of contact?

A) the bug

B) your car

C) both the same

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33. Complete the following statement: The maximum speed at which a car can safely negotiate a
frictionless banked curve depends on all of the following except

a)the angle of banking.

b)the radius of the curve.

c)the mass of the car.

g)acceleration due to gravity

Questions 34-35

A 0.2kg ball rotates at a constant speed of 3m/s on the end of 1.2m long string.The string
describes a horizontal circle

34.What is the centripetal acceleration of the object?

A)1.2 m/s2

B)3.0 m/s2

C)7.5 m/s2

D)3.2 m/s2

35. What is the centripetal force exerted on the object?

A)1.0N

B)1.2N

C)0.2N

D)1.5N

36. Define Laws of motion.

37.A bullet of mass 0.05 kg moving with a speed of 80 m/s enters a heavy wooden block is
stopped after a distance of 50 cm. What is the average resistive force exerted by the block on the
bullet ?

38. Show that maximum speed of a car on banked road is