1. A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with constant acceleration.

It travels
a distance of 400 m in 20 s. Calculate the acceleration and the force acting on it
if its mass is 7 metric tonnes. (Ans. 2 ms-2,14,000 N)
2. A force of 5 N gives a mass an acceleration of 8 ms-2 and a mass m2 an
acceleration of 24 ms-2. What acceleration would it give if both the masses are
tied together? (Ans. 6 ms-2)
3. In an X-ray machine, an electron is subjected to a force of 10-23 N. In how much
time the electron will cover a distance of 0.1 m? Take mass of the electron =
10-30 kg. (Ans. 1.4 × 10-4s)
4. A bullet of mass 100 g moving with 20 m/s strikes a wooden plank and
penetrates upto 20 cm. Calculate the resistance offered by the wooden plank.
(Ans. 100 N)
5. A force of 50 N is inclined to the vertical at an angle of 30°. Find the
acceleration it produces in a body of mass 2 kg which moves in the horizontal
direction.(Ans. 12.5 ms-2)
6. A ship of mass 3 × 107 kg and initially at rest can be pulled through a distance
of 3 m by means of a force of 5 × 104 N. The water resistance is negligible. Find
the speed attained by the ship. (Ans. 0.1 ms-1)
7. A balloon has a mass of 5 g in air. The air escapes from the balloon at a
uniform rate with a velocity of 5 cms-1. If the balloon shrinks completely in 2.5 s,
find the average force acting on the balloon. (Ans. 10 dyne)
8. A cricket ball of mass 150 g is moving with a velocity of 12 ms-1, and is hit by a
bat, so that the ball is turned back with a velocity of 20 ms-1. The force of the
blow acts for 0.01 second on the ball. Find the average force exerted by the bat
on the ball. (Ans. 480 N)
9. A hammer weighing 1 kg moving with the speed of 10 ms-1 strikes the head of a
nail driving it 10 cm into a wall. Neglecting the mass of the nail, calculate (i) the
acceleration during impact (ii) the time interval of the impact and (iii) the
impulse. [Ans. (j) –500ms-2 (ii) 0.02 s (iii) -10 Ns]
10. A ball of mass 20 g hits a wall at an angle of 45° with a velocity of 15 ms-1. If the
ball rebounds at 90° to the direction of incidence, calculate the impulse
received by the ball. (Ans. 0.42 kg ms-1)
11. A glass ball whose mass is 10 g falls from a height of 40 m and rebounds to a
height at 10 m. Find the impulse and the average force between the glass ball
and the floor if the time during which they are in contact is 0.1 s. (Ans. u.42 Ns,
4.2 N)
12. A force acting on a body of mass 2 kg varies with time as shown in Fig. Find
(i) impulse of the force and (ii) the final velocity of the body.
[Ans. (i) 12 kg ms-1 (ii) 6 ms-1]

13. Calculate the impulse necessary to stop a 1500 kg car travelling at 90 km/h.
(Ans.-37500 Ns)
14. A body of mass 0.25 kg moving with velocity 12 m/s is stopped by applying a
force of 0.6 N. Calculate the time taken to stop the body. Also calculate the
impulse of this force. (Ans. 5 s, 3 Ns)
15. A woman weighing 50 kg f stands on a weighing machine placed in a lift. What
will be the reading of the machine, when the lift is (i) moving upwards with a
uniform velocity of 5 ms-1 and (ii) moving downwards with a uniform
acceleration of 1 ms-2? Take g = 10 ms2. [Ans. (i) 500 N (ii) 450 N]
16. Find the apparent weight of a man weighing 49 kg on earth when he is standing
in a lift which is (i) rising with an acceleration of 1.2 ms-2 (ii) going down with the
same acceleration (iii) falling freely under the action of gravity and (iv) going up
 or down with uniform velocity. Given g = 9.8 ms-2. [Ans. (i) 55 kg f (ii) 43 kg f
(iii)0 (iv) 49 kg f]
17. The strings of a parachute can bear a maximum tension of 72 kg wt. By what
minimum acceleration can a person of 96 kg descend by means of this
parachute? (Ans. 2.45 ms-2)
18. A 70 kg man in sea is being lifted by a helicopter with the help of a rope which
can bear a maximum tension of 100 kg wt. With what maximum acceleration
the helicopter should rise so that the rope may not break? Given g = 9.8 ms-2.
(Ans 4.2 ms-2)
19. An elevator and its load weigh a total of 800 kg. Find the tension T in the
supporting cable when the elevator, originally moving downwards at 20 ms-1 is
brought to rest with constant retardation in a distance of 50 m.
(Ans. 1014 × 104N)
20. A 40 kg shell is flying at a speed of 72 kmh-1. It explodes into two pieces. One
of the two pieces of mass 15 kg stops. Calculate the speed of the other.
(Ans. 32 ms-1)
21. A gun weighing 4 kg fires a bullet of 80 g with a velocity of 120 ms-1. With what
velocity does the gun recoil? What is the combined momentum of the gun and
bullet before firing and after firing? (Ans. 2.4 cms-1, zero before and after firing)
22. A car of mass 1000 kg moving with a speed of 30 m/s collides with the back of
a stationary lorry of mass 9000 kg. Calculate the speed of the vehicles
immediately after the collision if they remain jammed together. (Ans. 3 ms-1)
23. A truck of mass 2×104 kg travelling at 0.5 ms-1. collides with another truck of
half its mass moving in the opposite direction with a velocity of 0.4 ms-1. if the
trucks couple automatically on collision, calculate the common velocity with
which they move. (Ans. 0.2 ms-1)
24. A neutron of mass 1.67×10-27 kg moving with a speed of 3 × 106 ms-1 collides
with a deutron of mass 3.34 × 10-27 kg which is at rest. After collision, the
neutron sticks to the deutron and forms a triton. What is the speed of the triton?
(Ans. 106 ms-1)
25. A machine gun of mass 10 kg fires 20 g bullets at the rate of 10 bullets per
second with a speed of 500 ms-1. What force is required to hold the gun in
position? (Ans. 100 N)
26. A rocket with a lift mass of 3.5 × 104 kg is blasted upwards with an acceleration
of 10 ms-2. Calculate the initial thrust of the blast. (Ans. 7.0 × 105N)
27. Fuel is consumed at the rate of 50 g per second in a rocket. The exhaust gases
are rejected at the rate of 5 × 105 cms-1. What is the thrust experienced by the
rocket? (Ans. 250 N)
28. In the first second of its flight, a rocket ejects 1/60 of its mass with a relative
velocity of 2073 ms-1. What is the initial acceleration of the rocket?
(Ans. 24.75 ms-2)
29. A rocket fired from the earth's surface ejects 1% of its mass at a speed of
2000ms-1 in the first second. Find the average acceleration of the rocket in the
first second. (Ans. 20 ms-2)
30. A rocket is going upwards with accelerated motion. A man sitting in it feels his
weight increased by 5 times his own weight. If the mass of the rocket including
that of the man is 1.0 × 104kg, how much force is being applied by rocket
engine? Given g = 10 ms-2. (Ans. 5 × 105N)
31. A mass of 2U kg is suspended by a rope of length 2 m from a ceiling. A force of
173.2 N in the horizontal direction is applied at the midpoint of the rope as
shown in Fig. What is the angle the rope makes with the horizontal in
equilibrium? Take g = 10 ms-2. Neglect mass of the rope. (Ans. 30°)
32. A body of weight 200 N is suspended with the help of strings as shown in Fig.
Find the tensions T1 and T2. (Ans.T1 =146.4 N,T2= 179.3 N)

33. Two masses of 6 kg and 4 kg are connected to 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. Take
g=10 ms-2. (Ans. 2 ms-2, 24 N)
34. Two masses m1 and m2are connected by a massless string as shown in Fig.
Find the value of tension in the string if a force of 200 N is applied on (i) m1 and
(ii) m2. [Ans. (i) 75 N (ii) 125 N]

35. Two bodies whose masses are m 1= 50 kg and m2 = 150 kg are tied by a light
string and are placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. When is pulled by a
force F, and acceleration of 5 ms-2 is produced in both the bodies. Calculate the
value of F. What is the tension in the string? (Ans. 1000 N, 750 N)
36. As shown in Fig. Three masses m, 3m and 5m connected together lie on a
frictionless horizontal surface and pulled to the left by a force F. The tension T1
in the first string is 24 N. Find (i) acceleration of the system, (ii) tension in the
second string, and (iii) force F. [Ans. (i) a = 3 / m (ii) T2= 15 N (iii)F = 27 N]
37. In Fig. Find the acceleration a of the system and the tensions T1 and T2 in the
strings. Assume that the table and the pulleys are frictionless and the strings
are massless. Take g = 9.8 ms-2. (Ans. 1.4 ms-2, 22.4 N, 33.6 N)

38. A block of mass 1 kg lies on a horizontal surface in a truck. The coefficient of

static friction between the block and the surface is 0.6. If the acceleration of the
truck is 5 ms-2, calculate the frictional force acting on the block. (Ans. 5 N)
39. A body weighing 20 kg just slides down a rough inclined plane that rises 5 m in
every 13 m. What is the coefficient of friction? (Ans. 0.4167)
40. Find the distance travelled by a body before coming to rest, if it is moving with a
speed of 10 ms-1 and the coefficient of friction between the ground the body is
0.4. (Ans. 12.75 m)
41. A motor car running at the rate of 7 ms-1 can be stopped by applying brakes in
10m. Show that total resistance to the motion, when brakes are on, is one
fourth of the weight of the car.
42. Find the power of an engine which can maintain a speed of 50 ms-1 for a train
of mass 3 × 105 kg on a rough line. The coefficient of friction is 0.05. Take
g=10 ms-2. (Ans. 7500 kW)
43. An automobile of mass m starts from rest and accelerates at a maximum rate
possible without slipping on a road with μs = 0.5. If only the rear wheels are
driven and half the weight of the automobile is supported on these wheels, how
much time is required to reach a speed of 100 kmh-1. (Ans. 11.3 s)
44. A suitcase is gently dropped on a conveyor belt moving at 3 ms-1. If the
coefficient of friction between the belt and the suitcase is 0.5, how far will the
suitcase move on the belt before coming to rest? (Ans. 0.92 m)
45. In Fig. The masses of A and B are 10 kg and 5 kg respectively. Calculate the
minimum mass of C which may stop A from slipping. Coefficient of static friction
between A and the table is 0.2. (Ans. 15 kg)

46. A block of mass 2 kg rests on a plane inclined at an angle of 30° with the
horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the block and the surface is 0.7.
What will be the frictional force acting on the block? (Ans. 11.9 N)
47. Find the force required to move a train of mass 105 kg up an incline 1 in 50 with
an acceleration of 2 ms-2. Coefficient of friction between the train and the rails is
0.005. Take g = 10 ms-2. (Ans 2.25 × 105 N)
48. A block slides down an incline of 30° with an acceleration equal to g/4. Find the
coefficient of kinetic friction. (Ans.1/2√3)
49. A 10 kg block slides without acceleration down a rough inclined plane making
an angle of 20° with the horizontal. Calculate the acceleration when the
inclination of the plane is increased to 30° and the work done over a distance of
1.2 m. Take g = 9.8 ms-2. (Ans. 1.8 ms-2, 21.6 J)
50. A metal block of mass 0.5 kg is placed on a plane inclined to the horizontal at
an angle of 30°. If the coefficient of friction is 0.2, what force must be applied (i)
to just prevent the block from sliding down the inclined plane (ii) to just move
 the block up the inclined plane and (iii) to move it up the inclined plane with an
acceleration of 20 cms-2? [Ans. (i) 1.6 N (ii) 3.299 N (iii) 3.399 N]
51. A body of mass 10 kg is placed on an inclined surface of angle 30°. If the
coefficient of limiting friction is 1/√3, find the force required to just push the body
up the inclined surface. Force is being exerted parallel to the inclined surface.
(Ans. 98 N)
52. A particle of mass 21 g attached to a string of 70 cm length is whirled round in a
horizontal circle. If the period of revolution is 2 s, find the tension in the string.
(Ans. 14520 dyne)
53. A stone of mass 4 kg is attached to a string of 10 m length and is whirled in a
horizontal circle. The string can withstand a maximum tension of 160 N.
Calculate the maximum velocity of revolution that can be given to the stone
without breaking the string. (Ans. 20 ms-1)
54. A 100 g weight is tied at the end of a string and whirled around in a horizontal,
circle of radius 15 cm at the rate of 3 revolutions per second. What is the
tension in the string? (Ans. 5.334 N)
55. Find the maximum speed at which a car can take turn round a curve of 30 m
radius on a level road if the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road
is 0.4.Take g = 10 ms-2. (Ans. 11 ms-1)
56. A cyclist speeding at 6 ms-1 in a circle of 18 m radius makes an angle θ with the
vertical. Calculate θ. Also determine the minimum possible value of the
coefficient of friction between the tyres and the ground. (Ans. 11°32', 0.2041)
57. A railway carriage has its CG at a height of 1 m above the rails which are 1 m
apart. Calculate the maximum safe speed at which it can travel round an
unbanked curve of radius 80 m. (Ans. 19.8 ms-1)
58. A curve in a road forms an arc of radius 800 m. If the road is 19.6 m wide and
outer edge is 1 m higher than the inner edge, calculate the speed for which it is
banked. (Ans. 20 ms-1)