EXERCISES

Chose the correct option from the given options

:
1. When a force acts on a body of mass 100 g , the change in its velocity is 20 cm s−1 per
second. The magnitude of this force is N.
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.02 (C) 0.002 (D) 2.0

2. A bullet of mass m , moving horizontally with velocity v hits and gets embedded in a
wooden block of mass M resting on a horizontal frictionless surface. What will be the
velocity of this composite system ?
mv Mv Mv mv
(A) (B) (C) (D)
M −m M −m M+m M+m

3. The accelerated motion of the vehicle on a horizontal road is due to what ?

(A) Engine of the vehicle (B) Driver
(C) Earth's gravitational force (D) Friction between the road and the
vehicle.

4. An object of mass 8 kg is suspended through two light spring balances as shown in the
figure Then,
(A) both the balances will read 8 kg.
(B) both the balances will read 4 kg .
(C) The upper balance will read 8 kg and the lower balance will read zero.
(D) The balances will read any value but their sum will be 8 kg.

5. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth inclined plane of angle θ . The normal force
exerted by the surface of the plane would be
mg
(A) mg (B) (C) mg cos ⁡θ (D) mg sin ⁡θ
cos ⁡θ

6. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth slope of angle θ . The whole system (slope +
block) is moved horizontally with acceleration a in such a way that the block does not slip
on the slope. Hence, a=¿
(A) g tan ⁡θ (B) g sin ⁡θ (C) g cos ⁡θ (D) g/sin ⁡θ
7. A block is placed on the top of a smooth inclined plane of inclination θ , kept on the floor
of a lift. When the lift descends with a retardation a , the relative acceleration of the
block, parallel to the surface of the slope, is
(A) g sin ⁡θ (B) a sin ⁡θ (C) (g−a)sin ⁡θ (D) (g+ a)sin ⁡θ

8. Which of the following statement is correct ?

(A) A body has a constant velocity but a varying speed.

(B) A body has a constant speed but a varying value of acceleration.

(C) A body has a constant speed and non-zero constant acceleration.

(D) A body has a constant speed but varying velocity.

9. A reference frame attached with a geostationary satellite moving around the earth can be
regarded as
(A) non-inertial (B) inertial (C) any one of them (D) none of above

10.A person standing on the floor of a lift drops a coin. The coin reaches the floor of the lift
in time t 1 if the lift is stationary and in time t 2 if it is accelerated in upward direction.
Then
(A) t 1=t 2 (B) t 1< t 2 (C) t 1> t 2 (D) cannot say anything.

11.A person standing on the floor of a lift drops a coin. The coin reaches the floor of the lift
in time t 1 if the lift is stationary and in time t 2 if it is moving with uniform velocity in
upward direction. Then
(A) t 1=t 2 (B) t 1< t 2 (C) t 1> t 2 (D) cannot say anything.

12. N bullets, each of mass m , are fired normally towards a wall at the constant rate of n
bullets per second with velocity v . They stop on the wall. Hence, the reaction on bullets
by the wall is
N mv n Nm n Nv
(A) nmv (B) (C) (D)
n v m

13.A force acts on an object of mass 1.5 kg at rest, for 0.5 s . After the force stops acting, the
object travels a distance of 5 m in 2 s. Hence, the magnitude of the force will be .......... .
(A) 5 N (B) 7.5 N (C) 10 N (D) 12.5 N

14.A force of 4 N acts on an object of mass 2 kg in X -direction and another force of 3 N acts
on it in Y -direction. Hence, the magnitude of the acceleration of the object will
be ........... .
(A) 15 m s−2 (B) 20 m s−2 (C) 25 m s−2 (D) 35 m s−2

15.A rope which can withstand a maximum tension of 400 N hangs from a tree. If a monkey
of mass 30 kg climbs on the rope in which of the following cases will the rope break ?
(Take g=10 m s−2 and neglect the mass of the rope.)

(A) When the monkey climbs with constant speed of 5 m s−1

(B) When the monkey climbs with constant acceleration of 2 m s−2

(C) When the monkey climbs with constant acceleration of 5 m s−2

 (D) When the monkey climbs with constant speed of 12 m s−1

16. A ball with momentum 0.5 kg m s−1 coming towards a batsman is hit by him such that
it goes on the same path in opposite direction with momentum 0.3 kg m s−1. If the time of
contact of the ball with the bat is 0.02 s, find the force on the ball by the bat.
(A) 10 N
(B) 40 N
(C) 75 N
(D) 30 N

17.A block of mass 1000 kg lying steady on the horizontal surface of a table needs 200 N
horizontal force to come into motion. What is the coefficient of static friction between the
block and the surface of table? [take g=10 m s−2 ]
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.02 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.05 .
18.As shown in the figure, a horizontal force of 70 N is applied on a system of blocks of
masses 4 kg ,2 kg and 1 kg placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. If the tension in
one string is T 1=60 N , find the tension T 2 in the second string.

(A) 40 N (B) 60 N (C) 20 N (D) 10 N

19.A body of mass 30 kg at one end and another of 50 kg at the other end of a string passing
over a frictionless pully are suspended as shown in the figure. What is the acceleration of
this system ? [take g=10 m s−2 ]
(A) 8 m s−2 (B) 6 m s−2 (C) 2.5 m s−2 (D) 2 m s−2

20.As shown in the figure blocks of masses 2 kg ,5 kg and 3 kg are arranged with light
strings and frictionless pully fitted on frictionless horizontal surface. What is the
acceleration of this system ? [take g=10 m s−2 ]
(A) 1 m s−2 (B) 2 m s−2 (C) 5 m s−2 (D) 8 m s−2
21.What is the value of the force ⃗F to be applied horizontally on a block of mass 5 kg which
is in contact with a wall, as shown in the figure. (take g=10 m s−2 ) such that it does not
fall down. The coefficient of friction between the block and the wall is 0.4 .

(A) 200 N (B) 20 N (C) 12.5 N (D) 125 N

22. A stationary bomb explodes into three pieces. If the momenta of two pieces are 2 í
unit and 3 ´j unit respectively, then what is the value of the momentum of the third piece?
(A) √ 13 unit (B) 5 unit (C) 6 unit (D) 13 unit
23.As shown in the figure, one block of 2.0 kg at one end and the other of 3.0 kg at the other
end of a light string are connected. If this system remains stationary, find the magnitude
and direction of the frictional force. (take g=10 m s−2 )
(A) 20 N , downward on slope (B) 20 N , upward on slope
(C) 10 N , downward on slope (D) 10 N , upward on slope.

24.A man sitting in a train moving with uniform (constant) velocity tosses a coin upward
from his hand, which comes back in his hand after sometime. What will be the nature of
motion of the coin observed by a steady observer on the ground outside the train?
(A) parabola (B) horizontal
(C) Straight line upward and then straight line downward. (D) circular

Consider a pendulum suspended from the ceiling of a room and oscillating in the vertical
plane suppose that the string breaks when (i) the bob is at the end position of its path, (ii)
bob is in the mean position of its path. What will be the nature of the path of bob, till it
touches the ground.
(A) (i) curved towards downward; (ii) straight line downward
 (B) (i) straight line downward; (ii) parabola
(C) (i) straight line upward; (ii) parabola
(D) (i) straight line upward; (ii) curved towards downward

25.Seven blocks each of mass 10 kg are arranged one above the other as shown in Fig. 5.32.
What are the values of the contact forces exerted on the third block; by the fourth block
and the second block respectively ? (Take g=10 m s−2 )

(A) 40 N ,50 N (B) 50 N , 40 N (C) 40 N ,20 N (D)

50 N , 30 N

ANSWERS

Answer the following questions in short :

1. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown in the vertical direction with a velocity of 2 m s−1 . At the
top of its path (i) what is the value of its velocity? (ii) What is the value of its
acceleration? (iii) what is the value of the force acting on it ? [ Take g=10 m/s 2 ] [Ans. :
2
0 , 10 m/s ,2 N ]

2. Define inertia

3. What is meant by non-inertial frame of reference ?

4. What is similar from the dynamics point of view between a book lying stationary on the
horizontal table and a raindrop falling downward with constant speed ?
 5. F → t graph for a body is shown in the figure. What is the change in the value of
momentum in the initial time interval of 0.03 s ?

−1
0.3 kg m s

[Ans. : ]
6. What is impending motion ?

7. Give the dimensional formula of impulse of force.

(a)

(b)

Can you tell which beaker is steady and which is coming down with acceleration, in the above
figure ? [Hint: The level of a steady liquid remains horiozontal. On the liquid in the accelerating
beaker fictitious force acts opposite to acceleration of beaker.]

9. In uniform circular motion (i) only the value of velocity is constant (ii) velocity vector is
constant (iii) dinection of velocity is constant Select the correct. [Ans. : (i)] [Similar
questions for acceleration, momentum and force can be formed.]
10.Which out of (i) value of velocity, (ii) value of acceleration, (iii)value of force, (iv) the
momentum vector of the body is not constant during uniform circular motion? [Ans. : (iv)]

Answer the following questions :

1. Define momentum. Write Newton's second law of motion and hence derive the equation
⃗
F =m ⃗a

2. Write the law of conservation of momentum and explain with an illustration.

3. Give Newton's first and second laws of motion. State which information they provide
about force.

4. Explain about the static friction and give its laws.

5. Obtain the formula for the maximum safe speed ( v max ) of a vehicle on a level curved road.

6. For a vehicle moving on a banked curved road, using free body diagram (FBD), obtain the
formula for the maximum safe speed ( v max )
 7. State advantages and disadvantages of friction.

Solve the following problems :

1. Two balls, each of mass 80 g , moving towards each other with a velocity 5 m s−1, collide
and rebound with the same speed. What will be the impulse of force on each ball due to
the other? What is the value of change in momentum of each ball ? [Ans. :
−1
0.8 N S ,0.8 kg m s ]
2. Two blocks of masses 6 kg and 2 kg are placed in contact on a horizontal frictionless
surface. If a horizontal force of 2 N is applied to mass 6 kg. to move them together, what
will be the acceleration of 2 kg block ? What will be the force on this block ?

3. Three blocks of masses 1 kg , 2 kg and 3 kg are placed in contact with each other on a
horizontal frictionless surface as shown in Fig. 4.28. A force of 12 N is applied as shown
in the figure. [Ans. : 0.25 m s−2 , 0.5 N ]

Calculate (i) the acceleration of the system of these three blocks, (ii) the contact force acting
on 2 kg block by first block of 1 kg and (iii) the contact force on 3 kg block.

4. A block of 50 kg on a smooth plane inclined at 60∘ and another block of 30 kg on a smooth

plane inclined at 30∘ with horizontal, are cannected by a light string passing over a
frictionless pully as shown in the Fig. 5.35. [Ans. : (i) 2 m s−2 (ii) 10 N (iii) 6 N ] Calculate
the acceleration of the blocks and tension in the string. [Take g=10 m s−2 , √ 3=1.7 ] [Ans. :
2
3.437 m s , 253.11 N ]
5. Two blocks, each of mass 3 kg, are connected by a light string and are placed on a
horizontal surface. If a force of 20 N is applied in the horizontal direction on either of
these blocks, the acceleration of each block is 0.5 m s−2 Assuming that the frictional
forces on the two blocks are equal, calculate the tension produced in the string. [Ans. :
10 N ]
6. As shown in Fig. 5.37 unequal forces F 1 and F 2 ( F 2 < F 1 ) act on a rod of length L. Calculate
the tension at a point situated at a distance y from end A .

(
[Ans. : T =F 1 1−
y
L) ( )
+ F2
y
L
]

7. For a body of mass 2.0 kg moving in a straight line, the graph of its distance x from the
starting point → time t is shown in the Fig. 5.38 Find the value of impulse of force at. (i)
t=2 s and (ii) t=6 s for very small time intervals.
 30 N s

[Ans. : (i) 0, (ii) ]

8. Two objects of masses m 1 and m 2; start moving towards each other under the effect of
only the gravitational force on each other. If the distances travelled by them are s1 and s2
s1 s 1 m2
respectively when they meet, find the ratio . [Ans. : = ]
s2 s 2 m1

9. The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination θ is perfectly smooth while the lower
half is rough. A block starting from rest from the top of the plane; if comes back to rest at
the bottom, what is the coefficient of friction between the surface of the block and the
rough surface of the inclined plane? [Ans. : μ=2 tan ⁡θ ]