CHAPTER-5

LAWS OF MOTION

2 MARK

1. State third law of motion. Action and reaction are equal and opposite. Why do they not
balance each other?
2. What do you mean by equilibrium of forces?
3. Friction is a self adjusting force comment?
4. Proper inflation of tyres of vehicles saves fuel. Why?
5. Give some methods to reduce friction.
6. What happens when the surfaces in contact are over polished?
7. Calculate the impulse due to the force 𝐹 = 4𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ 𝑁. If this force acts from ti=0 to
tf=0.33.
8. The body of mass ‘m’ strikes on a surface with a speed ‘v’ and it rebounds with the same
speed. Find the change in momentum of the body.
9. Why wheels are made circular in automobiles.
10. Explain why does a cyclist bend inward while riding along a curved road?
11. State Impulse momentum theorem.
12. Is friction a necessary evil? Justify.
13. To what extent a cyclist has top bend to negotiate a curved path? Derive an expression.

3 MARK

1. State second law of motion. Derive the expression for force from Newton’s second law?
2. Why is second law of motion considered to be the real law of motion among the three?
3. Why is it easier to pull lawn-roller than to push it?
4. The figure shows the force versus time graph for a particle.

100 N

0.2 s 0.4 s

(i) Find the change in momentum of the particle

(ii) Find the average force on the particle.
5. Define force of friction. How does the use of ball bearing reduce friction?
6. Distinguish between static friction, limiting friction and kinetic friction. How do they
vary with the applied force, explain by diagram.

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 7. Define impulse. A cricket ball of mass 150 g moving with speed of 12 m/s is hit by a bat
so that the ball is turned back with a velocity of 20 m/s. Calculate the impulse received
by the ball.
8. State law of conservation of momentum and prove it using third law of motion.
9. Two masses m1 and m2 are connected to the ends of a string passing over a pulley. Find
the tension and acceleration associated.
10. A block of wood of mass 3 kg is resting on the surface of a rough inclined surface,
inclined at an angle ϴ as shown in the figure .
(i) Name the forces (1,2,3)
(ii) If the coefficient of static friction is 0.2, calculate the value of all the three forces
(g=10 m/s2).

30˚

5 MARKS

1. (i) Define friction

(ii)Show that the kinetic friction is less than the static friction.
(iii)Establish that static friction is a self-adjustable force
(iv)Write the basic laws of limiting friction.
2. Derive an expression for velocity of a car on a banked circular road having coefficient of
friction. Hence write the expression for optimum velocity.
3. Consider a mass ‘m’ attached to a string of length ‘l’ performing vertical circle. Find an
expression for the (i) velocity at any point (ii) tension at any point (iii) velocity minimum
at the lower most point for a vertical circle.
4. (i)A curved road of diameter 1.8 km is banked so that no friction is required at a speed
of 30
ms-1. What is the banking angle?
(ii)Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light inextensible string
that goes over a frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses and the tension
in the string when the masses are released.

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 5. Explain (i) why does a horse have to apply more force to start a cart than to keep it
moving?
(ii)What is the need for banking the tracks? (iii) State two advantages and two
disadvantages of friction. (iv) Derive an expression for the safe speed of a vehicle to be
in a banked road.

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