PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE

(a) the heavy body (b) the light body

(c) both (d) none
10. A bird resting on the floor of an air tight box which
is being carried by a boy starts flying. The boy feels
that the box is now
(a) lighter
(b) heavier
(c) shows no change in weight
(d) lighter in the beginning and then heavier

4. A particle at rest suddenly disintegrates into two 12. A bullet weighing 50 gm leaves the gun with a
particles of equal masses which start moving. The velocity of 30 ms If the recoil speed imparted to
two fragments will the gun is Ims, the mass of the gun
(a) move opposite with unequal speeds (a) 1.5 kg (b) 15 kg
(b) move in any direction with any speed (c) 20 kg (d) 30 kg
(c) move in same direction with equal speeds
(d) move opposite with equal speed
5. Two masses of lgm and 4 gm are moving with
kinetic energy in the ratio 4 :1. What is the ratio of
their linear mementum?
(a) 6: 1 (b) 4:1
(c) 1:2 (d) 1:1
6. On a stationary sail boat air is blown from a fan
attached to the boat. The boat
(a) moves in opposite direction in which air is blown
(b) does not move
(c) moves in same direction in which air blows
(d) spins around
7. The spacecraft of mass M moving with a velocity v
in free space explodes and breaks up into two
pieces. If after explosion a piece of mass m comes to
rest, the other piece of spacecraft will have a velocity
Mv Mv
(a) (M-m) (b) (M+m)
my
(c) mVi(M- m) (d) (M+m)
8. A shell explodes and many pieces fly off in different 17. A surface is hit elastically and normally by n balls
directions. The following is conserved per unit time. All the balls have the same mass m and
(a) kinetic energy (b) momentum move with the same velocity u. The force on the
(c) both (d) none surface is
9. A light and a heavy body have equal momenta. (a) 1/2 mm (b) mn?
Which one has greater kinetic energy? (c) 2mn (d) 2mmu
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18. A bomb of mass 9 kg explodes into two pieces of sticks to it. The velocity of the compound body after
mass 3 kg and 6 kg. The velocity of mass 3 kg is collision is
16 ms. The kinetic energy of mass 6 kg in joule is (a) zero (b) v
(a) 768 (b) 96 (c) 2v (d) v/2
(c) 384 (d) 192 27. A bullet of mass 'a' and velocity b' is fired into a
19. A body of mass m at rest explodes into three pieces, large block of wood of mass 'c'. The final velocity
two of which of mass m/4 each are thrown off in of the system is
perpendicular directions with velocity of 3 ms and ab
4 ms respective. (0) Ljece will be thrown (a) atc
(6) (ate)
off with a velocit (d) 1.
cb
(a) 3 ms (c) (a+b) (d) D
(a+ b)
(c) 2 mns-l (d) 1.5 ms C

28. A mass m, moves with a great velocity. If it strikes

20. A body of mass 1 kg initially at rest explodes and another mass m, at rest in a head on collision it
breaks into three fregments of masses in the ratio comes back along its path with a low speed after
1:1:3. The two pieces of equal mass fly off collision. Then
perpendicular to each other with a speed of
15 ms each. The speed of the heavier fregment is (a) m>m,
(a) 45 ms1 (b) 15 ms (b) m= m,
(c) S ns! (d) 52 ms (c) m, < m
(d) there is no relation between m, and m,
21. A block of mass 2n moving with constant velocity
37 collides with another block of mass m which is 29. Two solid rubber balls A and B having masses 200 g
at rest and stick to it. The velocity of the compound and 400g respectively are moving in opposite
block after the collision is directions with velocity of Aequal to 0.3 ms. After
(a) (b) 3v/2 collision the two balls come to rest then the velocity
(c) 25 (d) 3 of B is
(a) -0.15ms-1 (b) 0.15 ms!
(c) 1.5 ms (d) none of these

24. Two balls each ot mass 0.25 kg are moving towards

each other in a straight line, one at 3 ms 1 and the
other at 1 ms collide. The balls stick together after
the collision. The magnitude of the final velocity of
the combined mass is
(a) 1/2 ms (b) lms!
(c) 2ms-! (d) 4 ms-!
25. A bullet weighing 10 gm and moving at 300 ms
strikes a 5 kg block of ice and drops dead. The ice
block is sitting on frictionless level surface. The 32. A steel ball moving with a velocity v collides with
speed of the block, after the collision is an identical balloriginally at rest. The velocity of the
(a) 60 cm s (b) 60 ms first ball after the collision is
(c) 6 cms! (d) 6 ms!
26. A body of mass m moving with a constant velocity (b) -
v hits another body of the same mass moving with
same velocity y but in the opposite direction, and (c) (d) zero
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33. Two perfectly elastic particles A and B of equal then pull on a rope stretched between them. How far
masses travelling along the line joining them with has each moved when they meet?
velocity 15 ms and 10 ms respectively collide. (a) Amoves 3.5 m and B 2.5 m
Their velocities after the elastic collision will be (b) A moves 2 m and B 4 m
(in ms ) respectively (c) both have moved 3 m
(a) 20 and 5 (b) 10 and 15 (d) both have moved 2.5 m
(c) 5 and 20 vdshl.pd 25 40. Two carts on horizontal straight rails are pushed
34. A neutron travellinof mass nucity v and kinetic apart by an explosion of a powder charge Q placed
energy KE collideemwotainn dead on with the between the carts. Suppose the coefficient of friction
nucleus of an atom of mass number A at rest. The between carts and rails are identical. If the 200 kg
fraction of total energy retained by the neutron is cart travels a distance of 36 m and stops, the distance
2
covered by the cart weighing 300 kg is
(a) 12 m (b) 16m
(a) (b) (c) 24 m (d) 32 m

(c) (d)

35. A massive ball moving with speed v collides with a

tiny ball having a mass very much smaller than the
mass of the first ball. The collision is elastic, then
immediately after the impact, the second ball will 42. In case of explosion of a bomb which of the follow
move with speed approximately equal to ing does not change?
(a) (b) v2 (a) chemical energy (b) energy
(c) v (d) 2v (c) kinetic energy (d) mechanical energy

44. A ball of mass m moving with velocity v collides

clastically with wall and rebounds. The change in
momentum of the ball will be
(a) 4m (b) 2m
(C) mV (d) zero
45. A nucleus of mass number A originally at rest emits
a particle with specd v. What will be the recoil speed
of the daughter nucleus?
(a) A-4
(b) A+4
4v 4v
(c) A-4
(d) A+4

38. A man weighing 80 kg is standing on a trolley

weighing 320 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionless
horizontal rails. If the man starts walking on the
trolley along the rails at a speed I ms then after
4 second his displacement relative to the ground
willbe
(a) 3.0 m (b) 32 m
(c) 48 m (d) Sm
39. Two skaters A and B of mass 50 kg and 70 kg
respectively stand facing cach other 6 m apart. They
Answers

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (b)

7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (a)
13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (d)
19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (b)
25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (b)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (d) 36. (c)
37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (b)
43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (b)
49. (d) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (C)
55. (a) 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (d)
61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (c)