CLS Aipmt 19 20 XIII Phy Study Package 1 Level 1 Chapter 5

Chapter 5
Laws of Motion
Solutions
SECTION - A
Objective Type Questions
1. A uranium-238 nucleus, initially at rest, emits an a(24He) particle with energy E. The recoil speed of residual
nucleus thorium-234 is (Masses are same as their mass number)
2E E 2E E
(1) (2) (3) (4)
234 234 117 117
Sol. Answer (3)
1 2
m v   mv   0, mv   E
2
2. A man of mass m is standing on a board and pulling the board of mass m up with force F by the pulley system
as shown. Normal reaction between man and board is
m
M
(1) mg – F (2) mg + F (3) (m + M) g + F (4) (m – M)g – F

Sol. Answer (1)
3. Two bodies A and B of mass 5 kg and 10 kg in contact with each other rest on a table against a rigid wall.
The coefficient of friction between the bodies and the table is 0.2, when the force of 200 N is applied horizontally
on A. Which of the following is correct?
A B
200 N
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68 Laws of Motion Solutions of Assignment
(1) The reaction of wall is 200 N

(2) The action reaction force between A and B is more than reaction of wall
(3) The action reaction force between A and B is less than reaction of wall
(4) Both (1) and (3) are correct
Sol. Answer (2)
4. A block of mass 1 kg is placed on a rough wedge which is fixed on an elevator moving upward with constant
velocity 2 m/s. The block m is at rest w.r.t. wedge. Net reaction force on the block is
m 2 m/s
3
 
2
30°
(1) 5 N (2) 10 N
(3) 7.5 N (4) 12 N
Sol. Answer (2)
5. A block of mass 4 kg is placed on a rough horizontal plane. A time dependent horizontal force F = 2t (N)
acts on the block. The frictional force between the block and plane at time t = 2 s is ( = 0.2)
(1) 4 N (2) 8 N
(3) 10 N (4) 12 N
Sol. Answer (1)
F <mg
6. A force gives an object of mass m1 an acceleration of 12 m/s2 and an object of mass m2 an acceleration of
10 m/s2. The ratio of accelerations the force would give to an object of mass m2 – m1 and m2 + m1.
(1) 4 : 1 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 10 : 1 (4) 11 : 1
Sol. Answer (4)
7. Same spring is attached with 2 kg, 3 kg and 1 kg blocks in three different cases. If x1, x2, x3 be the extensions
in the three cases, then
2 kg 2 kg 3 kg 2 kg 1 kg 2 kg
(1) x1 > x2 > x3 (2) x2 > x1 > x3 (3) x3 > x2 > x1 (4) x1 = 0, x3 > x2
Sol. Answer (2)
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8. ( s = 0.5,  k = 0.4) 7 kg F
 =0 35 kg
If a force F of 100 N is applied to block of mass 7 kg, then acceleration of 35 kg mass will be
(1) 2.4 ms–2 (2) 1 ms–2
(3) 0.4 ms–2 (4) 0.8 ms–2

Sol. Answer (4)
 7
F  0.5    7  35 g
 35 
 k  7 g
 a
35
9. A uniform rod of mass M pulled by force F on smooth surface. The value of tension T in the rod varies with
the distance X from the force end is according to the graph
X
P F
L
T T T T
(1) (2) (3) (4)
O X O X X O X
O
Sol. Answer (1)
F
T  L  x 
L
10. Three equal weights of mass 2 kg each are hanging on a string passing over a fixed frictionless pulley. The
tension in the string AB is nearly
2 kg
2 kg A
2 kg B
(1) Zero (2) 13 N
(3) 15 N (4) 20 N
Sol. Answer (2)
11. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m/s. A bob is
suspended from the roof of the car by string of length 1 m. The angle made by the string with the vertical is
(1) Zero (2) 30° (3) 45° (4) 60°
Sol. Answer (3)
v2
tan  
rg
12. A block of mass m is in contact with the cart. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the cart
is . The acceleration a of the cart that prevent the block from falling will be
a
C
m
mg g g g
(1) a  (2) a  (3) a  (4) a 
 m  
Sol. Answer (3)
13. The force F needed to keep the block at equilibrium in given figure is (pulley and string are massless)
Mg Mg
(1) (2)
5 4
Mg Mg
(3) (4)
2 3
Sol. Answer (3)
14. Initially the spring is relaxed. If the mass m is slowly released, then the elongation produced in the spring in
equilibrium
Spring constant = k
mg mg 2mg mg
(1) (2) (3) (4)
k 2k k 4k
Sol. Answer (1)
mg = ky
15. A gardener waters plants by a pipe of cross section 1 mm2. The water comes out at the rate of 100 cc/s.
The reactionary force exerted on the hand of the gardener is
(1) 10 N (2) 100 N (3) 1000 N (4) 500 N
Sol. Answer (1)
udM
F  V = volume
dt
 = density of water
dV dV
F  u Au =
dt dt
2
  dV 
F 
A  dt 
16. In a conical pendulum, the length of string is l and  is the angle of string with horizontal. The time period of
revolution is proportional to
(1) cos (2) sin 
1 1
(3) (4)
cos sin
Sol. Answer (2)
l sin 
T  2
g
17. Two weights w1 and w2 are connected by a light thread which passes over a light smooth pulley. If the pulley
is raised with an acceleration equal to that due to gravity, then the tension in the thread will be
2w1w 2 4w1w 2
(1) w  w (2) w  w
1 2 1 2
w1w 2  w1  w 2 2
(3) w  w (4)
1 2 w1  w 2
Sol. Answer (2)
2m1m2
T  g  a
m1  m2
18. In the arrangement shown, the normal reaction between the block A and ground is
B
2 kg
A
4 kg
(1) 10 N (2) 20 N (3) 40 N (4) Zero

Sol. Answer (2)
1
19. A glass marble, whose mass is kg falls from a height of 2.5 m, and rebounds to a height of 1.6 m. If the
10
time during which they are in contact be one tenth of a second, then the average force between the marble
and floor is
(1) 12.6 N (2) 17 N (3) 17.2 N (4) 18.4 N
Sol. Answer (1)
m(v2 – v1) = Ft
20. A block of mass m is kept on a plank. The coefficient of friction between the plank and the block is 1. The
plank is slowly raised from one end so that it makes angle  with horizontal. The force of friction acting on
the plank when  = 30° is
m

Mg Mg 3Mg
(1) (2) (3) (4) Mg
2 2 2
Sol. Answer (2)
30° < tan–1(1)
21. A hemispherical bowl of radius R is set rotating about its axis of symmetry which is kept vertical. A small block
kept in the bowl rotates with the bowl without slipping on its surface. If the surface is smooth and the angle
made by the radius through the block with the vertical is , find the angular speed at which the bowl is rotating.
g g g g
(1) (2) (3) (4)
R R cos  R sin  R tan
Sol. Answer (2)

N cos = mg
N sin = mr2, r = R sin
22. A uniform chain of mass m and length l is lying on a horizontal table with one third of its length hanging over
the edge of the table. If the chain is in limiting equilibrium what is the coefficient of friction for the contact
between the table and chain?
l
3
2 1 1 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 3 2 4
Sol. Answer (3)
2  mg
  mg  
3  3
23. A force F(t) = 12 – 3t (N) varying with time acts on a particle moving along x-axis. Starting from v = 0 particle
is taken along x-axis. Find the momentum of particle at t = 10 s.
(1) –30iˆ kg m/s (2) –20iˆ kg m/s (3) 30iˆ kg m/s (4) 20iˆ kg m/s
Sol. Answer (1)
10
P2 – P1   F dt
0
24. A body of mass 1 kg initially at rest explodes and breaks into three fragments of masses in the ratio
1 : 1 : 3. The two pieces of equal masses fly off perpendicular to each other with speed v0 each. What is
the momentum of heavier fragment?
3v 0 v0
(1) 2 (2) 2
5 5
v0
(3) 3v 0 2 (4) 5 2
3
Sol. Answer (2)

Pi = Pf
25. The magnitude of change in velocity of a particle having speed v is v during a time interval t while moving in
a uniform circular motion. The magnitude of centripetal force on the particle is proportional to
v v
(1) (2)
2t t
v v
(3) (4)
3 t 2t
Sol. Answer (3)

v2 + v2 – 2v2 cos  = v2  
3
r 3v t
Again t   r 
3v 
v2 v
a  ac  
r 3 t
26. A particle moves in the x – y plane under the influence of a force such that its linear momentum is
p  t   [iˆ cos  t   j sin  t ] , where  and  are constants. The angle between the force and the momentum
is
(1) 0° (2) 45° (3) 60° (4) 90°
Sol. Answer (4)

dp
F , F. P  0
dt
27. Figure shows plot of force magnitude vs time during the collision of a 50 g ball with wall. The initial velocity
of the ball is 30 m/s perpendicular to the wall, the ball rebounds directly back with same speed perpendicular
to the wall. The maximum magnitude of the force on the ball from the wall during the collision is
F(N)
Fmax
2 4 6 t(ms)
(1) 1000 N (2) 750 N (3) 1500 N (4) 2000 N
Sol. Answer (2)
 Fdt = Change in momentum.
28. A and B are of mass m and C is of mass M. If the system is in equilibrium, then
A C B
(m) (M) (m)
(1) M < 2m (2) M = 2m (3) M > 2m (4) M + m < 0
Sol. Answer (1)
T T
 
Mg
T = Mg
2T cos  = Mg
M
 cos 
2m
29. A man is hanging from the free end of a massless rope of length 40 m. The mass of the man is 20 kg and
the maximum tension that the rope can bear is 300 N. Then starting from rest, the minimum time in which
man can reach the other end of the rope is (g = 10 m/s2)
(1) 2 s (2) 4 s (3) 6 s (4) 8 s
Sol. Answer (2)
30. A small block m is placed on another block of mass 5 kg and length 16 cm. A constant horizontal force of
10 N is applied to the block. All the surfaces are assumed frictionless. The time elapsed before the block m
separates from 5 kg block
m
10 N
5 kg
16 cm
(1) 0.2 s (2) 0.4 s (3) 0.6 s (4) 1 s
Sol. Answer (2)
1
S a t2
2 rel
31. Reading of the spring balance in the system shown is
10 kg 20 kg
40 20
(1) kg (2) 60 kg (3) kg (4) 40 kg
3 3
Sol. Answer (1)
32. The maximum height at which a small mass m can be placed on the parabolic bowl without slipping is
x2
(s = 0.5. Equation of parabolic bowl is y = , where x and y are in metre)
10
y (m)
x (m)
(1) 30 cm (2) 35 cm (3) 40 cm (4) 62.5 cm
Sol. Answer (4)
dy

dx
33. A block of mass 5 kg is placed on a horizontal surface with coefficient of friction  = 0.2, then the maximum
and minimum value of force F for which the block remains at rest are (g = 10 m/s2)
15 N
5 kg F
(1) 15 N, 10 N (2) 25 N, 5 N (3) 10 N, 25 N (4) 5 N, 25 N

Sol. Answer (2)
34. The magnitude of acceleration of blocks of mass 2 kg and 4 kg are a1 and a2 respectively. (Pulley and strings
are massless and g = 10 m/s2). The relation between a1 and a2 is
F = 60 N
2 kg
4 kg
(1) a1 = 2a2 (2) 2a1 = a2 (3) a1 = 4a2 (4) a1 = a2
Sol. Answer (1)
30 – 2g = 2a1
4g – 30 = 4a2
35. A coin placed on a rotating turn table just slips if it is placed at a distance 4 cm from the centre. If the angular
velocity of the turn table is doubled, it will just slip at a distance of
(1) 3 cm (2) 4 cm (3) 2 cm (4) 1 cm
Sol. Answer (4)
g = r2
SECTION - B
Previous Years Questions
1. Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [NEET-2018]

(1) Rolling friction is smaller than sliding friction.
(2) Limiting value of static friction is directly proportional to normal reaction.
(3) Coefficient of sliding friction has dimensions of length.
(4) Frictional force opposes the relative motion.
Sol. Answer (3)
Coefficient of sliding friction has no dimension
f
f = sN  s 
N
2. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth inclined wedge ABC of inclination  as shown in the figure. The
wedge is given an acceleration a towards the right. The relation between a and  for the block to remain
stationary on the wedge is
A
m
a

C B
[NEET-2018]
g g
(1) a  (2) a (3) a = gtan (4) a = gcos
cosec  sin 
Sol. Answer (3)
N cos

ma N sin
(pseudo) 
mg a

In non-inertial frame,
N sin = ma ...(i)
N cos = mg ...(ii)
a
tan  
g
a = g tan 
3. One end of string of length l is connected to a particle of mass ‘m’ and the other end is connected to a small
peg on a smooth horizontal table. If the particle moves in circle with speed ‘v’, the net force on the particle
(directed towards center) will be (T represents the tension in the string) [NEET-2017]
m v2 m v2
(1) T (2) T  (3) T  (4) Zero
l l
Sol. Answer (1)
 mv 2 
Centripetal force   is provided by tension so the net force will be equal to tension i.e., T.
 l 
4. Suppose the charge of a proton and an electron differ slightly. One of them is –e, the other is (e + e). If the
net of electrostatic force and gravitational force between two hydrogen atoms placed at a distance d (much
greater than atomic size) apart is zero, then e is of the order of [Given mass of hydrogen
mh = 1.67 × 10–27 kg] [NEET-2017]
(1) 10–20 C (2) 10–23 C (3) 10–37 C (4) 10–47 C
Sol. Answer (3)
Fe = Fg
1 e2 Gm 2
 2
40 d 2 d
9 × 109 (e2) = 6.67 × 10–11 × 1.67 × 10–27 × 1.67 × 10–27
6.67  1.67  1.67

e 2   10 74
9
e  10 37
5. A rigid ball of mass m strikes a rigid wall at 60° and gets reflected without loss of speed as shown in the
figure below. The value of impulse imparted by the wall on the ball will be [NEET (Phase-2) 2016]
m
V
60°
60°
(1) mV (2) 2mV
mV mV
(3) (4)
2 3
Sol. Answer (1)

| J |  | P2  P1 |  2mV cos   mV
6. A car is negotiating a curved road of radius R. The road is banked at an angle . The coefficient of friction
between the tyres of the car and the road is s. The maximum safe velocity on this road is [NEET-2016]
g s  tan  s  tan  s  tan  g s  tan 

(1) (2) gR 2 (3) gR (4)
R 2 1– s tan  1– s tan  1– s tan  R 1– s tan 
Sol. Answer (3)
Ncos
N
Nsin 
fLcos

fL
mg

Vertical equilibrium
Ncos  = mg + fLsin 
 mg = Ncos  – fLsin  …(1)
Horizontal equilirbium
mv 2
Nsin  + fLcos  …(2)
R
Eqn(2) v 2 sin   s cos 


Eqn(1) Rg cos   s sin 
sin   s cos 
 v  Rg
cos   s sin 
tan   s
 Rg
1  s tan 
7. A plank with a box on it at one end is gradually raised about the other end. As the angle of inclination with
the horizontal reaches 30º, the box starts to slip and slides 4.0 m down the plank in 4.0 s. The coefficients
of static and kinetic friction between the box and the plank will be, respectively [Re-AIPMT-2015]
mg
(1) 0.4 and 0.3 (2) 0.6 and 0.6 (3) 0.6 and 0.5 (4) 0.5 and 0.6
Sol. Answer (3)
Static coefficient of friction, s = tan 30°
1 1
s = =  s = 0.6
3 1.7
2s
For kinetic friction, a = = g sin 30º – k cos 30°
t2
k = 0.5
r
8. Two stones of masses m and 2m are whirled in horizontal circles, the heavier one in a radius and lighter
2
one in radius r. The tangential speed of lighter stone is n times that of the value of heavier stone when they
experience same centripetal forces. The value of n is [Re-AIPMT-2015]
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
Sol. Answer (2)
m(nv )2 2mv 2
F 
r r
2
n2 = 4
n=2
9. Three blocks A, B and C of masses 4 kg, 2 kg and 1 kg respectively, are in contact on a frictionless surface,
as shown. If a force of 14 N is applied on the 4 kg block, then the contact force between A and B is
[AIPMT-2015]
A B C
(1) 18 N (2) 2 N (3) 6 N (4) 8 N
Sol. Answer (3)
10. A block A of mass m1 rests on a horizontal table. A light string connected to it passes over a frictionless pulley
at the edge of table and from its other end another block B of mass m2 is suspended. The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the block and table is k. When the block A is sliding on the table, the tension in the string
is [AIPMT-2015]
m1m2 (1   k )g (m2  k m1 )g
(1) (2)
(m1  m2 ) (m1  m2 )
(m2   k m1 )g m1m2 (1   k )g
(3) (4)
(m1  m2 ) (m1  m2 )
Sol. Answer (4)
11. A system consists of three masses m1, m2 and m3 connected by a string passing over a pulley P. The mass
m1 hangs freely and m2 and m3 are on a rough horizontal table (The coefficient of friction = ). The pulley is
frictionless and of negligible mass. The downward acceleration of mass m1 is: (Assume m1 = m2 = m3 = m)
[AIPMT-2014]
m2 m3
P
m1
g 1  g   2g
(1) (2)
9 3
g 1  2  g 1  2 
(3) (4)
3 2
Sol. Answer (3)
m1g – T = m1a ...(i)
T – (m2 + m3)g = (m2 + m3)a ...(ii)
Solve (i) & (ii) for a
12. The force F acting on a particle of mass m is indicated by the force-time graph shown below. The change in
momentum of the particle over the time interval from 0 s to 8 s is [AIPMT-2014]
6
3
F (N)
0
2 4 6 8
–3
t (s)
(1) 24 Ns (2) 20 Ns
(3) 12 Ns (4) 6 Ns
Sol. Answer (3)
8
P   Fdt
0
So area of F – t curve will give change in momentum.
1
P   2  6  (2  3)  4  3  12 Ns
2
13. A balloon with m is descending down with an acceleration a (where a < g). How much mass should be removed
from it so that it starts moving up with an acceleration a? [AIPMT-2014]
2ma 2ma
(1) (2)
g a g a
ma ma
(3) (4)
g a g a
Sol. Answer (1)
14. The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination  is perfectly smooth while lower half is rough. A block starting
from rest at the top of the plane will again come to rest at the bottom, if the coefficient of friction between
the block and lower half of the plane is given by [NEET-2013]
2
(1)  = (2)  = 2tan
tan 
1
(3)  = tan (4)  =
tan 
Sol. Answer (2)

For first half
s
2g sin    =
s/2
v= sg sin 
2
for second half 0
2
s/
s V 2

= (a is retardation)
2 2a
s sg sin 
Or, =
2 2  g sin    g cos  
Solving this
 = 2 tan 
15. Three blocks with masses m, 2m and 3m are connected by strings, as shown in the figure. After an upward
force F is applied on block m, the masses move upward at constant speed v. What is the net force on the
block of mass 2m? (g is the acceleration due to gravity) [NEET-2013]
F
v
m
2m
3m
(1) 2mg (2) 3mg (3) 6mg (4) Zero

Sol. Answer (4)
a=0 F T1 T2
Using Fnet = Mtotala m 2m 3m
F – (m + 2m + 3m) = 0 T1 T2 mg
F=6m
T1 = F, T2 = T1 since a = 0
Hence net force on 2m will be T1 – T2 = 0
16. An explosion breaks a rock into three parts in a horizontal plane. Two of them go off at right angles to each
other. The first part of mass 1 kg moves with a speed of 12 ms–1 and the second part of mass 2 kg moves
with 8 ms–1 speed. If the third part flies off with 4 ms–1 speed, then its mass is [NEET-2013]
(1) 5 kg (2) 7 kg
(3) 17 kg (4) 3 kg
Sol. Answer (1)
1(12)
Using momentum conservation
m(4) = (12)2  (16)2

2(8)
4m = 20
m (4)
m = 5 kg
17. A car of mass 1000 kg negotiates a banked curve of radius 90 m on a frictionless road. If the banking angle
is 45°, the speed of the car is [AIPMT (Prelims)-2012]
(1) 5 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1
(3) 20 ms–1 (4) 30 ms–1
Sol. Answer (4)
v2
tan =
rg
v2
tan 45°=
90 (10)
v = 30 m/s
18. A car of mass m is moving on a level circular track of radius R. If s represents the static friction between
the road and tyres of the car, the maximum speed of the car in circular motion is given by
[AIPMT (Mains)-2012]
Rg mRg
(1) s mRg (2) s (3) s (4) s Rg
Sol. Answer (4)
v2
tan  = s =
Rg
 vmax.= s Rg
19. A person of mass 60 kg is inside a lift of mass 940 kg and presses the button on control panel. The lift starts
moving upwards with an acceleration 1 m/s2. If g = 10 ms–2, the tension in the supporting cable is
[AIPMT (Prelims)-2011]
(1) 1200 N (2) 8600 N (3) 9680 N (4) 11000 N
Sol. Answer (4)
T = mg + ma
= m (g + a)
= 1000 (10 + 1) = 11000 N
20. A body of mass M hits normally a rigid wall with velocity v and bounces back with the same velocity. The
impulse experienced by the body is [AIPMT (Prelims)-2011]
(1) Zero (2) Mv (3) 1.5Mv (4) 2Mv
Sol. Answer (4)
Impulse = change in momentum
= Mv – (– Mv) = 2Mv
21. A radioactive nucleus of mass M emits a photon of frequency  and the nucleus recoils. The recoil energy
will be [AIPMT (Prelims)-2011]
h2 2
(1) h (2) Mc2 – h (3) (4) Zero
2Mc 2
Sol. Answer (3)
22. A block of mass m is in contact with the cart C as shown in the figure.

C m
The coefficient of static friction between the block and the cart is . The acceleration  of the cart that will
prevent the block from falling satisfies [AIPMT (Prelims)-2010]
mg g g g
(1)  > (2)  > (3)   (4)  <
 m  
Sol. Answer (3) N

 mg (m)
m N
g
 (Pseduo force)
 mg
23. A gramophone record is revolving with an angular velocity . A coin is placed at a distance r from the centre of
the record. The static coefficient of friction is . The coin will revolve with the record if [AIPMT (Prelims)-2010]
2
(1) r = g2 (2) r<
g
g g
(3) r< (4) r
2 2
Sol. Answer (3)

24. A body, under the action of a force F  6iˆ  8 jˆ  10kˆ , acquires an acceleration of 1 m/s2. The mass of this
body must be [AIPMT (Prelims)-2009]
(1) 10 kg (2) 20 kg (3) 10 2 kg (4) 2 10 kg
Sol. Answer (3)
25. The mass of a lift is 2000 kg. When the tension in the supporting cable is 28000 N, then its acceleration is
(1) 4 ms–2 upwards (2) 4 ms–2 downwards (3) 14 ms–2 upwards (4) 30 ms–2 downwards
Sol. Answer (1)
Fnet = ma
28000 – 2000 g = 2000 a
8000
a = = 4 m/s2 upwards
2000
26. Sand is being dropped on a conveyor belt at the rate of M kg/s. The force necessary to keep the belt moving
with a constant velocity of v m/s will be [AIPMT (Prelims)-2008]
Mv
(1) Zero (2) Mv newton (3) 2Mv newton (4) newton
2
Sol. Answer (2)
vdM
F= = vM
dt
27. Three forces acting on a body are shown in the figure. To have the resultant force only along the y-direction,
the magnitude of the minimum additional force needed is [AIPMT (Prelims)-2008]
y
4N
1N
30°
60°
x
2N
3
(1) 3N (2) 0.5 N (3) 1.5 N (4) N
4
Sol. Answer (2)
To have the resultant force only along the y-direction
 Component of forces along x-axis should be zero
4 sin 30° – 1 cos 60° – 2 cos 60° = x
x = 0.5 N
28. A roller coaster is designed such that riders experience ''weightlessness'' as they go round the top of a hill
whose radius of curvature is 20 m. The speed of the car at the top of the hill is between
(1) 13 m/s and 14 m/s (2) 14 m/s and 15 m/s (3) 15 m/s and 16 m/s (4) 16 m/s and 17 m/s
Sol. Answer (2)
mv 2
= mg
r
 v = 20  10
= 10 2  14.1 m/s
29. A block B is pushed momentarily along a horizontal surface with an initial velocity v. If  is the coefficient of
sliding friction between B and the surface, block B will come to rest after a time [AIPMT (Prelims)-2007]
B V
v2 v g g
(1) (2) (3) (4)
g g v v
Sol. Answer (2)
v = u – at
v =0
v
t =
g
30. A 0.5 kg ball moving with a speed of 12 m/s strikes a hard wall at an angle of 30° with the wall. It is reflected
with the same speed and at the same angle. If the ball is in contact with the wall for
0.25 s, the average force acting on the wall is: [AIPMT (Prelims)-2006]
3 0°
30°
(1) 48 N (2) 24 N (3) 12 N (4) 96 N

Sol. Answer (2)
31. A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both the ends.
The tube is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity . The force
exerted by the liquid at the other end is : [AIPMT (Prelims)-2006]
ML2 ML2  ML2 2

(1) (2) (3) ML2 (4)
2 2 2
Sol. Answer (1) x dx
M
dm = dx
L
L
L 2
 dF = 0 dM  x [ ∵ F = M2r]
L
M 2
F =
L
 x dx
0
M 2  L2 
=  
L 2
M 2L
=
2
32. A conveyor belt is moving at a constant speed of 2 m/s. A box is gently dropped on it. The coefficient of friction
between them is  = 0.5. The distance that the box will move relative to belt before coming to rest on it, taking
g = 10 ms–2, is [AIPMT (Mains)-2011]
(1) Zero (2) 0.4 m
(3) 1.2 m (4) 0.6 m
Sol. Answer (2)
v2 – u2 = 2as
(2)2 – 0 = 2 (0.5 × 10)s
4
 s= = 0.4 m
10
33. A stone is dropped from a height h. It hits the ground with a certain momentum P. If the same stone is dropped
from a height 100% more than the previous height, the momentum when it hits the ground will change by
(1) 68% (2) 41%
(3) 200% (4) 100%
Sol. Answer (2)
h ' h
 100 = 100  h' = 2h
h
mv1 = m 2gh
mv2 = m 2g (2h) = 2 mv1
2 mv1  mv1
change% = 100 = 41%
mv1
34. A mass m moving horizontally (along the x-axis) with velocity v collides and sticks to a mass of 3m moving
vertically upward (along the y-axis) with velocity 2v. The final velocity of the combination is
2 ˆ 1 ˆ 3 ˆ 1 ˆ
(1) vi  vj (2) vi  vj
3 3 2 4
1 ˆ 3 ˆ 1 ˆ 2 ˆ
(3) vi  vj (4) vi  vj
4 2 3 3
Sol. Answer (3)

Using momentum conservation, mviˆ  3m (2v ) ˆj = 4m v
 1 ˆ 3 ˆ
v = vi  vj
4 2
35. An object is moving on a plane surface uniform velocity 10 ms–1 in presence of a force 10 N. The frictional
force between the object and the surface is
(1) 1 N (2) –10 N (3) 10 N (4) 100 N
Sol. Answer (2)
Fnet = 0 to move with constant velocity
F+F=0
F = – 10 N
36. A body of mass M starts sliding down on the inclined plane where the critical angle is ACB = 30° as shown
in figure. The coefficient of kinetic friction will be
30°
A B
Mg
(1) (2) 3Mg (3) 3 (4) None of these
3
Sol. Answer (3)
mg sin = mg cos
where  = 90 – 30° = 60°
tan  = 
= 3
37. In non-inertial frame, the second law of motion is written as
(1) F = ma (2) F = ma + Fp (3) F = ma – Fp (4) F = 2ma

where Fp is a pseudo-force while a is the acceleration of the body relative to non-inertial frame.
Sol. Answer (3)
F = ma – Fp
where Fp is pseudo force
38. A person holding a rifle (mass of person and rifle together is 100 kg) stands on a smooth surface and fires
10 shots horizontally, in 5 s. Each bullet has a mass of 10 g with a muzzle velocity of 800 ms–1. The final
velocity acquired by the person and the average force exerted on the person are
(1) –1.6 ms–1; 8 N (2) –0.08 ms–1; 16 N (3) –0.8 ms–1; 16 N (4) –1.6 ms–1; 16 N
Sol. Answer (3)
10
Bullet shots per second = =2
5
10
0 = 10 × (800) + 100 V  V = – 0.8 m/s
1000
F = n mV
(10)
= 2  800 = 16 N
1000
39. In a rocket, fuel burns at the rate of 1 kg/s. This fuel is ejected from the rocket with a velocity of 60 km/s.
This exerts a force on the rocket equal to
(1) 6000 N (2) 60000 N (3) 60 N (4) 600 N
Sol. Answer (2)

vdm
F=
dt
= 60 × 103 × (1)
= 60000 N
40. A satellite in force-free space sweeps stationary interplanetary dust at a rate of dM/dt = v, where M is mass
and v is the speed of satellite and  is a constant. The tangential acceleration of satellite is
 v 2
(1) (2)  v 2
2M
 2v 2  v 2
(3) (4)
M M
Sol. Answer (4)
F  v .v  v 2
a= = =
M M M
41. A man fires a bullet of mass 200 gm at a speed of 5 m/s. The gun is of one kg mass. By what velocity the
gun rebounds backward?
(1) 1 m/s (2) 0.01 m/s (3) 0.1 m/s (4) 10 m/s
Sol. Answer (1)
(0.2)5
v= = 1 m/s
1
42. A 10 N force is applied on a body produces in it an acceleration of 1 m/s2. The mass of the body is
(1) 15 kg (2) 20 kg (3) 10 kg (4) 5 kg
Sol. Answer (3)
F 10
m= = = 10 kg
a 1
43. A force of 6 N acts on a body at rest and of mass 1 kg. During this time, the body attains a velocity of
30 m/s. The time for which the force acts on the body is
(1) 7 second (2) 5 second (3) 10 second (4) 8 second
Sol. Answer (2)
6
a= = 6 m/s2
1
v = at
v 30
 t = = =5s
a 6
44. A shell, in flight, explodes into four unequal parts. Which of the following is conserved?
(1) Potential energy (2) Momentum (3) Kinetic energy (4) Both (1) & (3)
Sol. Answer (2)
45. A 5000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing. The exhaust speed is 800 ms–1. To give an initial upward
acceleration of 20 ms –2, the amount of gas ejected per second to supply the needed thrust will be
(g = 10 ms–2)
(1) 185.5 kg s–1 (2) 187.5 kg s–1 (3) 127.5 kg s–1 (4) 137.5 kg s–1
Sol. Answer (2)
m = 5000 kg v = 800 m/s a = 20 m/s2
dm  dm 
v  mg 800    50000
dt  dt 
a= = =2
m 5000
dm
 = 187.5 kg/s
dt
46. A bullet is fired from a gun. The force on the bullet is given by F = 600 – 2  105 t, where F is in newton
and t in second. The force on the bullet becomes zero as soon as it leaves the barrel. What is the impulse
imparted to the bullet?
(1) 9 Ns (2) Zero (3) 1.8 Ns (4) 0.9 Ns
Sol. Answer (4)
When bullet leaves the barrel, force becomes zero
F = 600 – 2 × 105t = 0
600
t = = 3 × 10–3 s
2 105
3  103
I =  Fdt =  (600  2  105 t ) dt
0
3  103
 105 t 2 
600 t  2   = 1.8 – 0.9 = 0.9 N.s
 2  0
47. A ball of mass 0.25 kg attached to the end of a string of length 1.96 m is moving in a horizontal circle. The
string will break if the tension is more than 25 N. What is the maximum speed with which the ball can be
moved?
(1) 5 m/s (2) 3 m/s (3) 14 m/s (4) 3.92 m/s
Sol. Answer (3)
2
mv max.
Tmax. = 25 =
R
2
vmax. = 196
vmax. = 14 m/s
48. A mass of 1 kg is suspended by a thread. It is (i) lifted up with an acceleration 4.9 m/s2, (ii) lowered with
an acceleration 4.9 m/s2. The ratio of the tensions is
(1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 3 : 1 (4) 2 : 1

Sol. Answer (3) T1 a
T1 = mg + ma
T2 = mg – ma mg
T2
T1 9.8  4.9 3
T2 = 9.8  4.9 = 1 a
49. If the force on a rocket, that releases the exhaust gases with a velocity of 300 m/s is 210 N, then the rate
of combustion of the fuel is
(1) 0.07 kg/s (2) 1.4 kg/s (3) 0.7 kg/s (4) 10.7 kg/s
Sol. Answer (3)
vdm
F=
dt
dm F 210
= = = 0.7 kg/s
dt v 300
50. A 500 kg car takes a round turn of radius 50 m with a velocity of 36 km/h. The centripetal force is
(1) 1000 N (2) 750 N (3) 250 N (4) 1200 N
Sol. Answer (1)
mv 2 500(10)2
Fc = = = 1000 N
r 50
51. Two masses as shown are suspended from a massless pulley. Calculate the acceleration of the 10 kg mass
when masses are left free.
5 kg
10 kg
2g g
(1) (2)
3 3
g g
(3) (4)
9 7
Sol. Answer (2)
 m1  m2  g
a = m  m  g =
 1 2  3
52. A mass of 1 kg is thrown up with a velocity of 100 m/s. After 5 second, it explodes into two parts. One part
of mass 400 g moves down with a velocity 25 m/s. Calculate the velocity of other part just after the explosion.
(g = 10 ms–2)
(1) 40 m/s 
(2) 40 m/s 
(3) 100 m/s 
(4) 60 m/s 
Sol. Answer (3)
v = u – g(t) = 50 m/s
400 600
So, 1 (50) = (25) + v
1000 1000
v = 100 m/s 
53. A man is slipping on a frictionless inclined plane and a bag falls down from the same height. Then the velocity
of both is related as (vB = velocity of bag and vm = velocity of man)
(1) vB > vm (2) vB < vm
(3) vB = vm (4) vB and vm can’t be related
Sol. Answer (3)
Height is same and friction is absent so using mechanical energy conservation both will reach with the same
speed.
1
mgh = mv 2
2
54. A body of mass 3 kg moving with velocity 10 m/s hits a wall at an angle of 60° and returns at the same
angle. The impact time was 0.2 s. Calculate the force exerted on the wall.
60º
60º
(1) 150 3 N (2) 50 3 N (3) 100 N (4) 75 N

Sol. Answer (1)
p 2(3)(10)sin 60 3
F= = = 300 = 150 3 N
t 0.2 2
55. A cricketer catches a ball of mass 150 g in 0.1 s moving with speed 20 m/s, then he experiences force of
(1) 300 N (2) 30 N (3) 3 N (4) 0.3 N
Sol. Answer (2)
150
0 (20)
p 1000
F= = = 30 N
t 0.1
56. On the horizontal surface of a truck, a block of mass 1 kg is placed ( = 0.6) and truck is moving with
acceleration 5 m/s2 then the frictional force on the block will be
(1) 5 N (2) 6 N (3) 5.88 N (4) 8 N
Sol. Answer (1)
fL = 0.6 × 1 g = 6 N
Now, Fnet = 1 (5) = 5 N
 Only static friction is acting on it.

57. An object of mass 3 kg is at rest. Now a force F  6t 2 iˆ  4tˆj is applied on the object then velocity of object
at t = 3s is
(1) 18iˆ  3 ˆj (2) 18iˆ  6 ˆj
(3) 3iˆ  18 ˆj (4) 18iˆ  4 ˆj
Sol. Answer (2)

F = 6t2 iˆ + 4t ĵ
mdv
= 6t2 iˆ + 4 tˆ ĵ
dt
mdv = 6t2 dt iˆ + 4tdt. ĵ
Integrating both sides

t 3
m (v  u ) =  2t 3 iˆ  2t 2 ˆj  t 0
given u = 0, m = 3 kg
v = 18iˆ  6 ˆj
58. A block of mass 10 kg placed on rough horizontal surface having coefficient of friction  = 0.5, if a horizontal
force of 100 N is acting on it then acceleration of the block will be (g = 10 ms–2)
(1) 10 m/s2 (2) 5 m/s2 (3) 15 m/s2 (4) 0.5 m/s2
Sol. Answer (2)
F  fk 100  (0.5)(10) (10) 50

a = = = = 5 m/s2
m 10 10
59. A lift of mass 1000 kg is moving with acceleration of 1 m/s2 in upward direction, then the tension developed
in string which is connected to lift is
(1) 9800 N (2) 10,800 N
(3) 11,000 N (4) 10,000 N
Sol. Answer (2)
T = m(g + a)
= 1000 (9.8 + 1)
= 10800 N
60. A monkey of mass 20 kg is holding a vertical rope. The rope will not break when a mass of 25 kg is
suspended from it but will break if the mass exceeds 25 kg. What is the maximum acceleration with which
the monkey can climb up along the rope? (g = 10 m/s2)
(1) 5 m/s2 (2) 10 m/s2 (3) 25 m/s2 (4) 2.5 m/s2
Sol. Answer (4)
Tmax. – mg = ma
250 – 20g = 20a
a = 2.5 m/s2
61. A man weighs 80 kg. He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform
acceleration of 5 m/s2. What would be the reading on the scale? (g = 10 m/s2)
(1) Zero (2) 400 N (3) 800 N (4) 1200 N
Sol. Answer (4)
Wapp = m(g + a)
= 80 (10 + 5)
= 1200 N
62. The coefficient of static function, (s) between block A of mass 2 kg and the table as shown in the figure is
0.2. What would be the maximum mass value of block B so that the two blocks do not move? (The string
and the pulley are assumed to be smooth and massless)
2 kg A
(1) 2.0 kg (2) 4.0 kg (3) 0.2 kg (4) 0.4 kg

Sol. Answer (4) N
T
T < fr
MBg < S (2) (g) fr A T

B
MB < (0.2) (g)
MB < 0.4 kg mBg

mAg
63. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth wedge of inclination  . The whole system is accelerated
horizontally so that the block does not slip on the wedge. The force exerted by the wedge on the block
(g is acceleration due to gravity) will be
(1) mgcos
(2) mgsin
(3) mg
(4) mg/cos
Sol. Answer (4)
a
mg sin = ma cos
ma cos N
 a = g tan
ma
N = ma sin + mg cos 
mg sin
mg sin2  mg masin
N= + mg cos = 
cos  cos 
64. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m/s. A bob is
suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length 1.0 m. The angle made by the wire with the vertical
is
(1) 0°

(2)
3

(3)
6

(4)
4
Sol. Answer (4)
T cos  = mg T
mv 2
T sin  =
r mg
v2 10 10
Divide both equations, tan  = =  = 45°
rg 10 10
65. A man of 50 kg mass is standing in a gravity free space at a height of 10 m above the floor. He throws a
stone of 0.5 kg mass downwards with a speed 2 m/s. When the stone reaches the floor, the distance of the
man above the floor will be
(1) 20 m
(2) 9.9 m
(3) 10.1 m
(4) 10 m
Sol. Answer (3)
1
Using momentum conservation, 0 = 0.5 (2) + 50 V  V = m/s
50
Time taken by stone to reach the ground
S = ut
10 = 2(t) t = 5 second
 1 
Distance covered by man upwards will be S =   5 = 0.1 m
 50 
Total height above the ground = 10 + 0.1 = 10.1 m
SECTION - C
Assertion-Reason Type Questions
1. A : Due to inertia an object is unable to change by itself its state of rest and uniform motion.
R : An object cannot change its state unless acted upon by an unbalanced external force.
Sol. Answer (1)
2. A : Acceleration of an object in uniform motion is zero.
R : No force is required to move an object uniformly
Sol. Answer (1)
3. A : Newton's second law of motion gives the measurement of force.
R : According to second law of motion, force is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum.
Sol. Answer (1)
4. A : According to Newton's third law of motion for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
R : There is no time lag between action and reaction.
Sol. Answer (2)
5. A : Inertia depends on the mass of an object.
R : Greater the mass, larger is the force required to change its state of rest or of uniform motion.
Sol. Answer (1)
6. A : In case of free fall of a lift, the apparent weight of a man in it will be zero.
R : In free fall, acceleration of lift is equal to acceleration due to gravity.
Sol. Answer (1)
7. A : Static friction force is a self adjusting force.
R : The interatomic forces at the point of contact give rise to friction between the surfaces.
Sol. Answer (2)
8. A : The value of kinetic friction is less than the limiting friction.
R : When motion of an object started, the inertia of rest has been overcome.
Sol. Answer (1)
9. A : During horizontal circular turn of a car, the centripetal force required should be less than the limiting friction
between its tyres and road.
R : The centripetal force to car is provided by the frictional force between its tyres and the road.
Sol. Answer (1)
10. A : A person on a frictionless surface can get away from it by blowing air out of his mouth.
R : For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Sol. Answer (1)
11. A : It is difficult to move a cycle along a road with its brakes on.
R : Sliding friction is greater than rolling friction.
Sol. Answer (1)
12. A : It makes easier to walk on slippery muddy road if we throw some sand on it.
R : On throwing sand, frictional force of the surface increases.
Sol. Answer (1)
13. A : Banking of roads reduces the wear and tear of the tyres of automobiles.
R : By banking of the roads, one component of the normal reaction on the automobile contributes to necessary
centripetal force.
Sol. Answer (1)
14. A : The centripetal and centrifugal forces never cancel each other.
R : They are action and reaction forces.
Sol. Answer (3)
15. A : Work done by friction can increase the kinetic energy of the body.
R : Friction is a type of contact force and it always opposes the relative motion or tendency of relative motion.
Sol. Answer (2)


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Chapter 5

(1) mg – F (2) mg + F (3) (m + M) g + F (4) (m – M)g – F

(1) The reaction of wall is 200 N

(1) 2.4 ms–2 (2) 1 ms–2

(3) 0.4 ms–2 (4) 0.8 ms–2

(1) (2) (3) (4)

(1) 10 N (2) 20 N (3) 40 N (4) Zero

Sol. Answer (2)

N sin = mr2, r = R sin

Sol. Answer (2)

 Fdt = Change in momentum.

31. Reading of the spring balance in the system shown is

(1) 15 N, 10 N (2) 25 N, 5 N (3) 10 N, 25 N (4) 5 N, 25 N

1. Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [NEET-2018]

Sol. Answer (1)

9 × 109 (e2) = 6.67 × 10–11 × 1.67 × 10–27 × 1.67 × 10–27

6.67  1.67  1.67

(1) mV (2) 2mV

Sol. Answer (1)

g s  tan  s  tan  s  tan  g s  tan 

Eqn(2) v 2 sin   s cos 

So area of F – t curve will give change in momentum.

Sol. Answer (2)

for second half 0

(1) 2mg (2) 3mg (3) 6mg (4) Zero

Using Fnet = Mtotala m 2m 3m

m(4) = (12)2  (16)2

Sol. Answer (4)

Sol. Answer (3) N

Sol. Answer (3)

(1) 48 N (2) 24 N (3) 12 N (4) 96 N

ML2 ML2  ML2 2

mv2 = m 2g (2h) = 2 mv1

37. In non-inertial frame, the second law of motion is written as

(1) F = ma (2) F = ma + Fp (3) F = ma – Fp (4) F = 2ma

Sol. Answer (3)

where Fp is pseudo force

(1) 6000 N (2) 60000 N (3) 60 N (4) 600 N

Sol. Answer (2)

Sol. Answer (4)

Sol. Answer (1)

Using momentum conservation

(1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 3 : 1 (4) 2 : 1

Sol. Answer (1)

(1) 150 3 N (2) 50 3 N (3) 100 N (4) 75 N

(1) 18iˆ  3 ˆj (2) 18iˆ  6 ˆj

(3) 3iˆ  18 ˆj (4) 18iˆ  4 ˆj

Sol. Answer (2)

mdv = 6t2 dt iˆ + 4tdt. ĵ

Integrating both sides

F  fk 100  (0.5)(10) (10) 50

(1) 2.0 kg (2) 4.0 kg (3) 0.2 kg (4) 0.4 kg

MBg < S (2) (g) fr A T

MB < 0.4 kg mBg

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