Laws of Motion & Application of Forces

(Constrained Motion, Newton’s Laws & Friction)

1. Which one out of four fundamental forces is the weakest force between two protons at a distance of 1 fermi.

2. A light string passed over a friction less pulley. At its one end is tied a mass of 6 kg while a mass of
10 kg at the other end. Then the acceleration produced in the mass will be : (Take g=9.8m/s2)
(A) 2.45 m/sec2
(B) 9.8 m/sec2
(C) 4.9 m/sec2
(D) 4.5 m/sec2

3. In previous question, the value of tension in the string will be :

(A) 24.5 N (B) 14.70 N (C) 73.5 N (D) 39.20 N

4. The velocity of end 'A' of rigid rod placed between two smooth vertical walls
moves with velocity 'u' along vertical direction. Find out the velocity of end 'B'
of that rod, always remains in contact with the vertical walls.

5. In the arrangement shown in figure the ends P and Q of an unsupportable string

move downwards with uniform speed U. Pulleys A and B are fixed. Mass M
moves upwards with a speed :
(A) 2 U cos 
(B) U cos 
(C) 2 U/cos 
(D) U/cos 

6. A block of mass 'm' is placed on inclined plane as shown in figure. Calculate

force between block and inclined plane.

7. An object will continue accelerating until :

(A) Resultant force on it begins to decrease (B) Its velocity changes direction
(C) The resultant force on it is zero
(D) The resultant force is at right angles to its direction of motion.

8. Two masses M1 and M2 are attached to the ends of a light string which passes
over a massless pulley attached to the top of a double inclined smooth plane of
angles of inclination.  and . The tension in the string is :
M (sin ) g M (sin ) g
(A) 2 (B) 1
M1  M 2 M1  M 2
M 1M 2 (sin   sin ) g
(C) (D) Zero
M1  M 2

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9. A sphere of mass 'm', radius 'R' placed between two vertical walls having
separation 'd' which is slightly greater than '2R'.
(i) Calculate force exerted by walls on the sphere.
(ii) Calculate force exerted by surface on the sphere.

10. Five identical cubes each of mass ‘m’ are on a straight line with two adjacent faces in contact on a horizontal surface
as shown in the figure. Suppose the surface is frictionless and a constant force P is applied from left to right to the end
face of A, which of the following statements are correct :
5P
(A) The acceleration of the system is
m
P
(B) The resultant force acting on each cube is 5
2P P
(C) The force exerted by C on D is 5
(D) The acceleration of the cube D is 5 m

11. The 50 kg homogeneous smooth sphere rests on the 30º incline A and bears against the smooth
vertical wall B. Calculate the contact forces at A and B.

12. The pulleys in the diagram are all smooth and light. The acceleration of A is a upwards and
the acceleration of C is f downwards. The acceleration of B is :
(A) ½( f – a) up (B) ½(a + f ) down
(C) ½(a + f ) up (D) ½(a – f ) up

13. A string 1 is connected between surface and a block of mass 1 kg which is pulled by
another string 2 by applying force F = 10 N as shown in figure : (g = 10 m/s2)
(i) Calculate tension in string (1).
(ii) Calculate tension in string (2).

14. Three masses of 1 kg, 6 kg and 3 kg are connected to each other with threads
and are placed on table as shown in figure, What is the acceleration with
which the system is moving ? Take g = 10 ms–2
(A) Zero (B) 1 m s–2
(C) 2 m s–2 (D) 3 m s–2

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ANSWER KEY
1. [Gravitational] 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. [u tan ] 5. (D) 6. [mg cos] 7. (C) 8. (C)
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9. [(i) Zero; (ii) mg] 10. (B) (C) 11. [NA N; NB = N] 12. (A) 13. [(i) Zero; (ii) 10 N] 14. (C)
3 3

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