Spotlight_CoE(XI)_(2022-23)_Day-2_In-Class Assignment

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1. On a table, three blocks are placed as shown in the figure. Mass of each block is m and coefficient of friction for
each block is . A force F is applied on the first block so as to move the system. The minimum required F should
be

(1) 8mg (2) 9mg

(3) 7mg (4) 5mg
2. A wedge is fixed on a horizontal surface. The block A is pulled upward by applying a force F as shown.
There is no friction between the wedge and block A while coefficient of friction between A and B is ?. If there
is no relative motion between the block A and B then frictional force developed between A and B is

F m M g sin
(A) m cos (B) mg
m M
F m M g sin mg
(C) m cos (D)
m M 2
3. Two balls of mass m 1 and m 2 are suspended on two threads of length l1 and l2 at the end of a freely hanging
rod. Find the angular velocity () with which the rod + support should be rotated about the vertical axis so
that the rod remains in vertical position.

(A) 2(10)1/4rad/s (B) Zero

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(C) 14 rad/s (D) 10 4 rad/s

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4. A particle is being pulled by means of a string as shown in figure. The free end is being pulled with constant
velocity v0. If the ball moves along the hemispherical surface, then the velocity of particle at the given position
would be

(A) v v 0 sec
4 2

(B) v = v0
(C) v = v0sec

(D) v v 0 cos
4 2

5. A block of mass 3 kg is pressed against a vertical wall with force 100 N. Coefficient of friction between block and
wall is 0.2. A force of 40 N is applied on the block horizontally parallel to the wall.
(A) Acceleration of block is 10 m/s2
(B) Acceleration of block in vertical direction is 8 m/s2
(C) Acceleration of block in horizontal direction is 8 m/s2
(D) Friction force acting in the block is 20 N
6. In the shown figure, pulleys and strings are ideal and the system is released from rest. The force of friction
mg
between bead of mass m and thread is
8

mg
(A) The tension in string holding pulley P2 is
4

mg
(B) The tension in string holding the pulley P 2 is
8

16I
(C) The time in which the bead separates from thread is
19g

19I
(D) The time in which the bead separates from thread is
16g

7. All the pulleys and strings shown in figure are massless and frictionless. Mark the correct statement(s). (Take
g = 10 m/s2)

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(A) The frictional force acting on 1 kg block is 2 N

(B) The frictional force acting on 1 kg block is 6 N
(C) The tension in the string connecting 4 kg block and 1 kg block is 2 N
(D) The tension in the string connecting 1 kg block and 4 kg block is zero
8. A block of mass m is released from rest on a wedge of mass M as shown. ax is the horizontal acceleration of
wedge and N is the ground reaction upon wedge, N1 is normal reaction between block and wedge. Assume all
contact surfaces are smooth. Mark the incorrect statement(s).

N1 cos
(A) N = (M + m)g (B) ax
M
N1 sin
(C) ax (D) N1 = mgcos
M
9. A small block of mass 1 kg is moving with constant speed of 10 m/s on a typical path in a xy vertical plane whose

x3 x2
equation is y . Here, y-axis is along the vertical upward direction and x-axis along horizontal. Normal
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reaction (in newton) offered by ground at x = 2 m is 10K. Find K.
10. The three blocks in figure are released from rest and accelerate at the rate of 2 ms –2. Find the coefficient of
friction between the block and the surface.

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11. A sphere of mass kg is placed on two inclined planes of angle 30° and 60° with the horizontal as shown. Find
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the normal reaction at P (in N).

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12. There is a sufficiently large inclined plane making an angle  with the horizontal. A small block is given a velocity
of 64 m/s perpendicular to the x-axis in the plane of the incline, the friction coefficient of which is given by  = tan
, where  is the inclination of the plane. Find the magnitude of final velocity (in m/s) of the block.

13. In the arrangement shown in figure, all surfaces are smooth. If the system is released from the position shown,
mass M moves with acceleration a1 and mass m moves with acceleration a2. If a2 n2 1 a1; the value of n is
_______

14. In the arrangement shown, the block is in equilibrium and both the springs are compressed by same amount in
equilibrium. Immediately after cutting spring-1 only, the acceleration of block is a1 and immediately after cutting
1
spring-2 only acceleration of block is a2. Ratio of magnitudes of a1 and a2 is . The value of n is_________.
n

15. The speed (in m/s) with which the right wedge should be moved so that the rod moves vertically downwards is

16. A solid block of mass 2 kg is resting inside a cube as shown in figure. The cube is moving with a velocity

v 5ti 2t j ms 1 , where t is in second. The solid block is in equilibrium with respect to the cube. The net force

exerted by the cube on the solid block is 13 × K newtons. If g 10 j m/s2 , the value of K is_____.

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Answer Q.17 and Q.18 by appropriately matching the lists based on the information given in the paragraph.
A system of three masses m1 = 2 kg, m2 = 3 kg and m3 = 5 kg are place on the smooth ground as shown in figure.
Friction coefficient between mass m 1 and m2 is 1 = 0.2 and between mass m 2 and m3 is 2 = 0.3.

Assume that the masses do not fall off from each other in due course of motion.
List-I gives the four entities regarding system of masses and List-II gives the magnitude of some quantity (responses)
in respective SI units for the corresponding masses once they are subjected to given situation as stated below.
List-I List-II
I. For mass m 1 (P) 8
II. For mass m 2 (Q) 2
III. For mass m3 (R) 11/3
IV. For m2 with respect to m3 (S) 2/3
(T) 3
(U) 0
17. If force (F = 30 N) is applied on mass m 2 = 3 kg horizontally, then correct match for the acceleration of stated
system of masses will be
(A) I – (Q); II – (P); III – (R); IV – (T) (B) I – (Q); II – (R); III – (P); IV – (T)
(C) I – (Q); II – (R); III – (T); IV – (S) (D) I – (T); II – (Q); III – (R); IV – (S)
18. If at t = 0 masses m 1, m2 and m3 are given a horizontal velocity in same direction as u1 = 1 m/s, u2 = 6 m/s and
u3 = 10 m/s respectively, then correct match for the velocity of stated system of mass at t = 1 sec will be
(A) I – (T); II – (P); III – (U); IV – (U) (B) I – (T); II – (P); III – (P); IV – (U)
(C) I – (T); II – (S); III – (R); IV – (U) (D) I – (Q); II – (P); III – (U); IV – (P)
19. A particle of mass m strikes normally to a stationary wedge of mass 5m kept on the smooth horizontal surface as
shown. If the particle sticks to the wedge then loss in kinetic energy of the system during collision is

13 1
(A) mv 22 (B) mv 02
72 4

23 15
(C) mv 02 (D) mv 02
48 36

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20. A small ball of mass m is connected by an inextensible massless string of length l with another ball of mass 3m.
They are released from a sufficiently large height h. Time when the string becomes taut for the first time after 3m
strikes the ground is, (all collisions are elastic)

1 1
(A) (B)
gh 2gh

2I I
(C) (D)
gh 2 2gh

21. A ball is released from rest from O on a smooth inclined plane as shown in figure. If collision with the smooth
horizontal surface is perfectly inelastic, time taken by the ball to reach the point C is (g = 10 m/s 2)

(1) 2 2 s (B) 3 s

3
(3) 3 2 s (D) s
2
22. A mass m is suspended by a massless string forming a simple pendulum of length 2.0 m. The string of the
pendulum is initially at an angle of 60° with the vertically downward direction when the mass is released from rest.
Centripetal acceleration of the mass m when it is at lowest position, is (g = 10 m/s 2)
(1) 10 m/s2 (2) 5 m/s2
(3) 20 m/s2 (4) 25 m/s2
23. Just over half length of the uniform chain of length L is hanging and the rest is placed over a rough table having
coefficient of friction  = 0.5, If the chain is released from rest from this configuration then find speed of the chain
at the moment it leaves the table completely.

3gL 3gL
(1) (2)
4 8

gL 5gL
(3) (4)
8 8

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24. A motor drives a body along a straight line with a constant force starting from rest. The power (P) delivered
by the motor must vary with time (t) as

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

25. A ball of mass m 1 = 4 kg falls from height h1 = 5 m from rest to strike another identical ball at rest, elastically
and head on. Find the horizontal distance at which second ball strikes the ground from the position of its
start.

(A) 40 m (B) 30 m
(C) 20 m (D) 10 m
26. Choose the correct statement(s).
(A) If two particles collide elastically, magnitude of momentum of each particle in the centre of mass
reference frame is conserved
(B) In center of mass frame of reference, momentum of a system is always conserved
(C) After a perfectly inelastic head on collision, the outgoing particles have zero kinetic energy in centre of
mass frame
(D) If two particles collide head on (perfectly inelastic collision), some K.E. of the colliding particles in their
centre of mass reference frame is transformed to internal energy within the colliding particles after
collision and remaining energy is possessed by the particles in form of kinetic energy
27. A block of mass m is kept on a rough horizontal surface with coefficient of friction . The block is attached with the
2 mg
vertical wall through a spring of spring constant k. Spring is compressed by distance and block is released
k
from rest.

(A) Acceleration of the block just after it is released is g

(B) Speed of block is maximum when spring attains its natural length

m
(C) Maximum speed of the block is g
k
(D) Maximum elongation in the spring is zero

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28. A block A of mass m is kept over a long plank B of same mass m. Coefficient of friction between the blocks is 
and the ground is smooth. Another block of mass m is projected towards the system with velocity v0.

(A) If collision is perfectly elastic then speed of block B just after collision is v0

mv 02
(B) If collision is perfectly elastic, total heat dissipated when relative motion ceases between A and B is
4

v0
(C) If collision is perfectly inelastic then velocity of block A just after collision is
3

mv 02
(D) Loss in kinetic energy during collision if collision is perfectly inelastic is
4

A B
29. The potential energy function of a particle is given by U r 2 , where A and B are constants and r is the
2r 3r
distance from the centre of the force (origin). The force field is conservative and radial component of force can be
obtained from potential energy function.

2A
(A) The equilibrium distance will be
B

3A
(B) The equilibrium distance will be
B

r0 B2
(C) If the motion is radial then velocity is zero at for the total energy of the particle to be (where r0 is
3 6A
distance from origin at position of equilibrium)

r0 B2
(D) If the motion is radial then velocity is zero at for the total energy of the particle to be (where r0 is
2 6A
distance from origin at position of equilibrium)
30. A particle is moved slowly along paths 1, 2 and 3 from A to B. W 1, W 2 and W 3 are work done along 1, 2 and 3
respectively. All the paths are on a horizontal surface and lengths of path are related as S1 > S3 > S2.

(A) In the gravitational field W 1 > W 2 > W 3

(B) In the gravitational field W 1 = W 2 = W 3
(C) If the coefficient of friction along all the paths is  and w3, w2 and w3 are the work done by frictional force
along 1, 2 and 3 respectively, then w1 = w2 = w3
(D) If the coefficient of friction along all the paths is  and w1, w2 and w3 are the work done by frictional force
along 1, 2 and 3 respectively, then w1 > w3 > w2
31. A block of mass m rests on a rough incline with coefficient of friction  as shown. It is known that  > tan. The
block is attached with a spring of spring constant k through a light rope that passes over a pulley. The other end
of the spring is pulled with a gradually increasing force F.

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mg sin
(A) Elongation in the spring when friction force between block and inclined plane is zero is
k

mg sin F
(B) Elongation in the spring when friction force between block and inclined plane is zero is
k

2
m 2 g 2 sin cos
(C) Potential energy stored in the spring when block m begins to move is
2k

2
m 2 g 2 sin cos
(D) Work done by force F till time when block m starts to move is
k
32. A plank of length L and mass M is placed at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. As shown in figure a small block
of mass m is projected with a velocity v0. The coefficient of friction between the block and the plank is , plank is
very long so that block eventually comes to rest on it.

mv 0
(A) The final common velocity is v
M m

1 m2M
(B) The work done by friction on the plank is 2
v 02
2 m M

1 mM M 2m 2
(C) The work done by friction on the block is 2
v0
2 M m

1 mM
(D) The net work done by friction is v 02
2 2M m

33. The ring shown in figure is given a constant horizontal acceleration aH g / 3 . Maximum deflection of the
string from the vertical is 0, then

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(A) 0 = 30°
(B) 0 = 60°
(C) At maximum deflection, tension in string is equal to mg

2mg
(D) At maximum deflection, tension in string is equal to
3

34. An agent applies force of constant magnitude F 0 always in the tangential direction in vertical plane as
shown in the figure. Assume that the bob is at rest at its lowest point.

2L F0 mg 2L F0 mg
(A) Speed of bob at ? = 60° is (B) Speed of bob at ? = 60° is
m 3 2 m 3 2

2F0 mg 2F0 mg
(C) Tension in thread at ? = 60° is (D) Tension in thread at ? = 60° is
3 2 3 2

35. A block of mass 1 kg slides down a curved track that is one quadrant of a circle of radius 1 m. Its speed at the
bottom is 2 m/s. The work done by frictional force is –n J. Find n. [g = 10 m/s 2]

36. A block A of mass 1 kg is placed on the rough surface of block B of mass 3 kg. Block B is placed on smooth
horizontal surface. Blocks are given the velocities as shown. Find the magnitude of net work done by frictional
force (in joule) till the relative slipping between the blocks stop. Assume the lower block to be very long.


37. A variable for F x 2 i xy j N is acting on a particle which moves from point (0, 0) to (1m, 2m) along the path

p
OAB as shown. The work done by force is joules, where p and q are co-prime intergers .Find the value of (p + q).
q

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38. A ball of mass m is released on a smooth incline plane of length l and inclination . It hits a rigid board elastically
l
which is fixed at a distance from the bottom. Impulse imparted by board on the ball in the first collision is
4

m
pgl sin . Find the value of p.
2

nmg
39. The system of blocks must be released from h with the spring unstretched so that after perfectly inelastic
k
collision (e = 0) with ground, B may be lifted off the ground. Find the least possible value of n. (k is spring
constant).

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40. A person is pulling a mass m kg from ground on a fixed rough hemispherical surface upto the top of the
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hemisphere with the help of light inextensible string. Assuming block is pulled with negligible velocity, the work
done (in joule) by tension in the string (g = 10 m/s2) is ______.

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mu 2
41. Ball A collides with ball B at rest as shown. Loss in kinetic energy in collision is . The value of n
n
is_____.

Answer Q. 42 and Q. 43. by appropriately matching the lists based on the information given in the paragraph.
A particle of mass m tied to one end of a string of length L performs circular motion in a vertical plane. The other end of
the string is fixed. The string is horizontal when the particle is at points B and D and vertical when the particle is at
points A and C. Vi represents speed of the particle at point i and T i represents tension in the string when particle is at
point i. It is given that VA 3 gL0 and when L = L0 the value of VC is V0 and TC is T0. List-I gives names of variables
while List-II lists the magnitude of some quantity.

List-I List-II
(I) VA (P) 4

19
(II) VB (Q)
4

3
(II) TA (R)
5

39
(IV) TB (S)
5

13
(T)
4

8
(U)
5

L0
42. If L , then the correct match in the units of V0 and T0 (as appropriate) will be
2
(A) (I)  (R); (II)  (Q); (III)  (U); (IV)  (P) (B) (I)  (Q); (II)  (R); (III)  (P); (IV)  (T)
(C) (I)  (S); (II)  (T); (III)  (P); (IV)  (Q) (D) (I)  (R); (II)  (U); (III)  (Q); (IV)  (P)

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43. If the value of L is taken such that VC
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(A) (I)  (R); (II)  (P); (III)  (S); (IV)  (T)
(C) (I)  (R); (II)  (T); (III)  (P); (IV)  (S)
, then the correct match would be
(B) (I)  (R); (II)  (S); (III)  (P); (IV)  (T)
(D) (I)  (U); (II)  (S); (III)  (P); (IV)  (Q)

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Answer Q.44 and Q.45 by appropriately matching the lists based on the information given in the paragraph.
A particle of mass m attached to a light string of length l, which is suspended from a fixed point, the particle is free to
rotate in vertical circle. If a horizontal velocity u is imparted to the particle at the lowest point. Then match the listing for
below mentioned situation.

List-I List-II
I. At point P (P) 0
II. At point C (Q) 1/8
III. At point Q (R) 1/4
IV. At point B (S) 3/8
(T) 1/2
(U) 3/4
44. For the condition when particle is just able to complete the circular motion. If T A is the tension at the lowest
position (A), and T is the tension at different corresponding points (P, C, Q, B). Then correct matching for the ratio
of T/TA as stated for the points in List-I to the ratio in List-II will be
(A) I – (T); II – (S); III – (R); IV – (P) (B) I – (U); II – (S); III – (Q); IV – (P)
(C) I – (U); II – (T); III – (R); IV – (P) (D) I – (U); II – (R); III – (Q); IV – (P)

45. For the condition when the particle is just able to complete the vertical circular motion. If a A is the magnitude of

centripetal acceleration at lowest point (A) and a is the magnitude of centripetal acceleration at points

5 a
(P, C, Q, B). Then correct matching for the ratio  mentioned in List-II for the corresponding points stated in
8 aA
List-I will be
(A) I – (T); II – (S); III – (R); IV – (Q) (B) I – (U); II – (T); III – (S); IV – (R)
(C) I – (U); II – (S); III – (R); IV – (Q) (D) I – (T); II – (U); III – (Q); IV – (R)

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