SM SIR PHYSICS

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Time : 45 Min N.L.M., FRICTION & CIRCULAR MOTION Marks : 180

01) The force required just to move a body up an 3) 0.51

inclined plane is double the force required just to 4) 0.41
prevent the body sliding down. If the coefficient of
friction is 0.25, the angle of inclination of the plane 06) Two masses A and B of 10 kg and 5 kg
is respectively are connected with a string passing
1) 30° over a frictionless pulley fixed at the corner of a
2) 36.8° table as shown. The coefficient of static friction of A
3) 42.6° with table is 0.2. The minimum mass of C that may
4) 45° be placed on A to prevent it from moving is

02) A uniform metal chain is placed on a rough

table such that one end of chain hangs down over
the edge of the table. When one-third of its length
hangs over the edge, the chain starts sliding. Then,
the coefficient of static friction is
1
1)
4
1) 5 kg
1
2) 2) 10 kg
2 3) 12 kg
2 4) 15 kg
3)
3
3 07) The linear momentum p of a body moving in
4) one dimension varies with time according to the
4
equation p  a  bt2 , where a and b are positive
03) 10,000 small balls, each weighing 1 gm, strike constants. The net force acting on the body is
one square cm of area per second with a velocity 1) proportional to t.
100 m/s in a normal direction and rebound with 2) inversely proportional to t.
the same velocity. The value of pressure on the 3) proportional to t 2 .
surface will be 4) a constant.
1) 2  103 N / m2
2) 107 N / m2 08) Weights w1 and w2 are suspended from the
ends of a light string passing over a smooth fixed
3) 2  105 N / m2 pulley. If the pulley is pulled up at an acceleration
4) 2  107 N / m2 g, the tension in the string will be
2w1w 2
1)
04) A body of mass 40 kg resting on a rough w1  w 2
horizontal surface is subjected to a force F which is 4w1w 2
just enough to start the motion of the body. If 2)
w1  w 2
s  0.5, k  0.4 and the force F is continuously
w1w 2
applied on the body, then what is the acceleration 3)
2(w1  w 2 )
of the body? (Take g  10 m s2 )
w1w 2
1) 2.4 m s 2 4)
w1  w 2
2) 1 m s 2
3) 2m s 2 09) What happens to the centripetal acceleration of
4) 0 a revolving body, if you double the orbital speed v
and half the angular velocity  ?
05) If a cyclist moving with a speed of 4.9 m/s on a 1) The centripetal acceleration is halved.
level road can take a sharp circular turn of radius 2) The centripetal acceleration is doubled.
4 m, then coefficient of friction between the cycle 3) The centripetal acceleration is quadrupled.
tyres and road is 4) The centripetal acceleration remains unchanged.
1) 0.71
2) 0.61 10) A particle describes a horizontal circle in a
conical funnel whose inner surface is smooth with

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speed of 0.5 m/s. What is the height of the plane of
circle from vertex of the funnel?
1) 0.25 cm
2) 2 cm
3) 2.5 cm
4) 4 cm
11) The weight of an aeroplane flying in the air is
balanced by
1) force due to reaction of gases ejected by the
revolving propeller.
2) force due to the pressure difference between the
upper and lower surfaces of the wings created by
different air speeds on the surfaces.
3) vertical component of the thrust created by air
currents striking the lower surface of the wings.
4) upthrust of air which will be equal to the weight
of the air having the same volume as the plane.
3) 8.0 m/s2
4) 10.0 m/s2
16) A ship of mass 3 x 107 kg initially at rest is
pulled by a force of 5 x 104 N through a distance of
3 m. Assume that the resistance due to water is
negligible, the speed of the ship is
1) 0.1 m/s
2) 1.5 m/s
3) 5 m/s
4) 60 m/s
17) Two equal masses each of 2 kg are suspended
from a spring balance as shown in the figure. The
reading of the spring balance will be

12) Starting from rest, a body slides down a 45°

inclined plane in twice the time it takes to slide
down the same distance in the absence of friction. 1) between zero and 2 kg
The coefficient of friction between the body and the 2) 4 kg
inclined plane is 3) 2 kg
1) 0.25 4) Zero
2) 0.33
3) 0.75 18) A fireman of mass 60 kg slides down a pole. He
4) 0.80 is pressing the pole with a force of 600 N. The
coefficient of friction between the hands and the
13) A mass of 1 kg is suspended by a string A. pole is 0.5. With what acceleration will the fireman
Another string C is connected to its lower end. If a slide down? (g = 10 m/s2)
sudden jerk is given to C, then 1) 1 m/s2
2) 2.5 m/s2
3) 5 m/s2
4) 10 m/s2

19) A particle does uniform circular motion in a

horizontal plane. The radius of the circle is 20 cm.
1) the portion AB of the string will break. The centripetal force acting on the particle is 10 N.
2) the portion BC of the string will break. It's kinetic energy is
3) the mass will start rotating. 1) 0.1 J
4) none of the strings will break. 2) 1.0 J
3) 0.2 J
14) A mass of 10 kg is suspended from a spring 4) 2.0 J
balance. It is pulled by a horizontal string so that it
makes an angle of 60 with the vertical. What is 20) Three equal weights A, B and C of mass 2 kg
the new reading of the balance? each are hanging on a string passing over a fixed
1) 10 kg wt frictionless pulley as shown in the figure. The
tension in the string connecting weights B and C is
2) 20 3 kg wt
3) 20 kg wt
4) 10 3 kg wt

15) A block of mass M=5 kg is resting on a rough

horizontal surface for which the coefficient of
friction is 0.2. When a force F=40 N is applied, the
acceleration of the block will be (g =10 m/s2) 1) 3.3 N
2) 13 N
3) 19.6 N
4) Zero

21) A weightless thread can bear tension upto 3.7

1) 3.17 m/s2 kg wt. A stone of mass 500 gms is tied to it and
2) 5.73 m/s2 revolved in a circular path of radius 4 m in a

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vertical plane. If g =10 ms-2, then the maximum 2) 1.52 m /s2

angular velocity of the stone will be
1) 2 radians/second 3) 1.47 m /s2
2) 4 radians/second 4) 0.98 m /s2
3) 21 radians/second
4) 16 radians/second 27) Three identical particles are joined together by
a thread as shown in fig. All the three particles are
22) A tube of length L is filled completely with an moving in a horizontal plane. If the velocity of the
incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both outermost particle is v0, then the ratio of tensions
the ends. The tube is then rotated in a horizontal in the three sections of the string is
plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular
velocity  . The force exerted by the liquid at the
other end is 1) 3 : 4:5
1) ML2 2) 3 : 5:6
ML2 3) 3 : 5:7
2) 4) 7 : 11 : 6
2
ML22 28) The length of second's hand in a watch is 1 cm.
3)
2 The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is
ML2 1) Zero
4) 
4 2) cm /s
30
23) A 2 kg block is lying on a smooth table, which 
3) cm /s
is connected by a body of mass 1 kg by a string 30 2
which passes through a pulley. The 1 kg mass is
hanging vertically. The acceleration of block and  2
4) cm /s
tension in the string will be 30
1) 3.27 m /s2 , 6.54 N
29) A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible
2) 3.27 m /s2 , 9.86 N 10
string of length L  m is whirling in a circular
3) 4.38 m /s2 , 6.54 N 3
4) 4.38 m /s2 , 9.86 N path of radius L in a vertical plane. If the ratio of
the maximum tension in the string to the
minimum tension in the string is 4 and if g is
24) A brick of mass 2 kg begins to slide down on a
plane inclined at an angle of 45o with the taken to be 10 m /s2 , the speed of the stone at the
horizontal. The force of friction will be highest point of the circle is
1) 9.8 sin 45o 1) 10 m /s
2) 9.8 cos 45o
2) 20 m /s
3) 19.6 sin 45o
4) 19.6 cos 45o 3) 5 2 m /s
4) 10 3 m /s
25) A motorcycle is going on an overbridge of
radius R. The driver maintains a constant speed.
As the motorcycle is ascending on the overbridge, 30) A cork is submerged in water by a spring
the normal force on it attached to the bottom of a pail. When the pail is
1) decreases. kept in a elevator moving with an acceleration
2) increases. downwards, the spring length
3) remains the same. 1) decreases.
4) fluctuates. 2) increases.
3) data insufficient.
26) A 40 kg slab rests on a frictionless floor as 4) remains unchanged.
shown in the figure. A 10 kg block rests on the top
of the slab. The static coefficient of friction between 31) A particle moves with constant angular velocity
the block and slab is 0.60 while the kinetic friction in circular path of certain radius and is acted upon
is 0.40. The 10 kg block is acted upon by a by a certain centripetal force F, if the centripetal
horizontal force 100 N. If g =9.8 m/ s2, the force F is kept constant but the angular velocity is
resulting acceleration of the slab will be doubled, the new radius of the path (original radius
R) will be
1) R/2
2) R/4
3) 2R
4) 4R
1) 6.1 m /s2

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32) A heavy uniform chain lies on a horizontal the net force on the particle? (directed towards
table-top. If the coefficient of friction between the centre) (T represents the tension in the string)
chain and table surface is 0.25, then the maximum 1) T
fraction of length of the chain, that can hang over mv2
one edge of the table is 2) T 
l
1) 15%
3) 0
2) 20%
3) 25% mv2
4) T 
4) 35% l

33) A body of mass m rests on horizontal surface.
The coefficient of friction between the body and the
surface is . If the mass is pulled by a force P as
shown in the figure, the limiting friction between
body and surface will be
38) A string of length L is fixed at one end and
carries a mass M at the other end. The string
makes 2/  revolutions per second around the
vertical axis through the fixed end as shown in the
figure, then tension in the string is

  P 
1)  mg    
  2 
  P  1) 16 ML
2)  mg     2) 4 ML
  2  3) 2 ML
  3 P  4) ML
3)  mg  
 2  
   39) Radius of the curved road on national highway
4) mg is R. Width of the road is b. The outer edge of the
road is raised by h with respect to inner edge so
34) A body is moving along a rough horizontal that a car with velocity v can pass safe over it. The
surface with an initial velocity 6 m/s. If the body value of h is
comes to rest after travelling 9 m, then the v
1)
coefficient of sliding friction will be Rgb
1) 0.8
2) 0.6 v2b
2)
3) 0.4 Rg
4) 0.2 v2b
3)
35) A 100 g iron ball having velocity 10 m/s R
collides with a wall at an angle 30° and rebounds v 2R
4)
with the same angle. If the period of contact g
between the ball and wall is 0.1 second, then the
force experienced by the wall is 40) An insect crawls up a hemispherical surface
1) 0.1 N very slowly (see the figure). The coefficient of
2) 1.0 N friction between the insect and the surface is 1/3.
3) 10 N If the line joining the centre of the hemispherical
4) 100 N surface to the insect makes an angle  with the
vertical, the maximum possible value of  is given
36) A simple pendulum oscillates in a vertical by
plane. When it passes through the mean position,
the tension in the string is 3 times the weight of
the pendulum bob. What is the maximum
displacement of the pendulum of the string with
respect to the vertical? 1) tan   3
1) 90o 2) cot   3
2) 60o 3) cosec   3
3) 45o
4) sec   3
4) 30o

37) One end of string of length l is connected to a 41) A particle is kept at rest at the top of a sphere
particle of mass ‘m’ and the other end is connected of diameter 42 m. When disturbed slightly, it slides
to a small peg on a smooth horizontal table. If the down. At what height 'h' from the bottom, the
particle moves in circle with speed ‘v’, what ) will be particle will leave the sphere?

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1) 7m
2) 14 m
3) 28 m
4) 35 m

42) A block A with mass 100 kg is resting on

another block B of mass 200 kg. As shown in
figure a horizontal rope tied to a wall holds it. The
coefficient of friction between A and B is 0.2 while
coefficient of friction between B and the ground is
0.3. The minimum required force F to start moving
B will be

1) 1200 N
2) 1100 N
3) 900 N
4) 700 N

43) A horizontal force of 129.4 N is applied on a 10

kg block which rests on a horizontal surface. If the
coefficient of friction is 0.3, the acceleration should
be
1) 19.6 m/s2
2) 12.6 m/s2
3) 10 m/s2
4) 9.8 m/s2

44) A block can slide on a smooth inclined plane of

inclination  kept on the floor of a lift. When the
lift is descending with a retardation a, the
acceleration of the block relative to the inclined is
1) (g  a)sin 
2) g sin
3) (g  a)
4) (g  a)sin 

45) When a horse pulls a wagon, the force that

causes the horse to move forward is the force
1) the ground exerts on it.
2) it exerts on the wagon.
3) the wagon exerts on it.
4) it exerts on the ground.

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