LAWS OF MOTION PHYSICS

CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS [1mark]

1. A body is acted upon by number of external forces .Can remains at rest?
2. If the net force acting on the body is zero, will the body remain necessarily in rest position? Explain your
answer.
3. Why the passenger fall in backward direction when a bus suddenly moving the rest position?
4. Why the passengers fall in forward direction when a moving bus suddenly stops?
5. A man jumping from moving train falls with his head forward, why?
6. Why the electric fan continues its rotation for some time even after switched is off?
7. We beat the blanket with stick to remove the dust particle, why?
8. Why an athlete runs before taking a jump?
9. If a ball is thrown up in a moving train , it comes back to the person’s hand . Why?
10. Why are wheel of vehicles provided with mudguards?
11. Why the Newton’s 1st law of motion called as law of inertia?
12. Distance travelled by body is directly proportional to time. Is any external force act on it?
13. Chinawares are wrapped in straw paper before packing . Why?
14. Why shockers are provided in vehicles?
15. Why it is difficult to walk on greasy floor?
16. Why does a gun recoil?
17. A cricketer moves his hand back while catching, why?
18. Can a single isolated force exist in nature ? Give reason.
19. It is easier to pull than push. Explain.
20. Why the track are banked? Explain.
21. A cyclist bend while taking a run. Explain.
22. A person feel weightless while moving down . Explain why?
23. A horse cannot pull a cart and run in empty space. Why?
24. What are the conditions for maximum and minimum pull of lift on a supporting cable?
25. State the principle of conservation of linear momentum.
26. Will momentum remain conserved if some external force is applied?
27. What is the principle of working of a rocket?
28. Vehicle stop on applying the brakes. Does this phenomena violate the principle of conservation of
momentum.
29. Is impulse a scalar quantity? Write its SI unit and dimension.
30. Define coefficient friction.
31. Define limiting friction.
32. What is the unit of coefficient of friction
33. Which is greater 𝜇 k or 𝜇 s ?
34. Write the relation between coefficient of friction and angle of friction.
35. On what factor coefficient of friction depends?
36. Which is greatest out of static friction ,limiting friction and kinetic friction?
37. Does the force of friction depend upon area of contact?
38. Define angle of friction.
39. What is the angle of friction if coefficient of friction is 1/√3 ?

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40. It is easier to roll a barrel than to pull it along the road. Why?
41. A body is moving along a circular path such that its speed is always constant. Should there be a force acting
on the body?
42. What provides centripetal force to satellite revolving around the earth?
43. Can centripetal force produce rotation
44. Which is real among centripetal and centrifugal force?
45. Does the angle of banking depend upon mass of the vehicle?

CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS [3marks]

46. What is inertia ? discuss its type giving one example in each.
47. Define momentum . Is is a vector or scalar quantity? Give unit and dimension.
48. State Newton’s second law of motion .Hence derive the relation F=ma.
49. Show that the Newton’ second law of motion is called real law of motion.
50. Derive the law of conservation of momentum from Newton’s second law of motion.
51. Sate law of conservation of momentum and prove it by using Newton’ third law of motion.
52. Define the terms momentum and impulse . Stae and prove impulse-momentum theorm.
53. Why does a cyclist lean inwards while negotiating a turn?Explain
54. Friction is a necessary evil. Explain.
55. Why track is banked? Explain.
56. Why do small bodies of small mass require small initial efforts to bring them into motion?
57. Can a body in linear motion be equilibrium?
58. A large size brake on bicycle is as effective as small one.commet
59. Is friction is non conservative ? explain.
60. The outer rail of curved railway track is generally raised over inner.Why/
5 MARKS QUESTIONS
1. Define the principle of conservation of linear momentum. Deduce the law of conservation of linear
momentum from Newton’ s third law of motion.
2. Why circular roads are banked? Derive an expression for angle of banking for safe circular turn?
3. Obtain an expression for minimum velocity of projection of a body at the lowest point for Looping a vertical
loop.
4. Show that the area under the force-time graph gives the magnitude of the impulse of the given force for the
following case when (i) force is constant (ii) variable force.
5. Derive an expression for acceleration of a body down a rough inclined plane? (Sliding only)
6. Derive the optimum velocity of a vehicle on a banked track.
7. Derive centripetal force. How it differs from centrifugal force?
8. Derive the tension in a vertical loop .
(Numericals)
1. A block of mass 500g is at rest on a horizontal table. What steady force is required to give the block a
velocity of 200 cms–1 in 4 s?
2. Calculate the force required to move a train of 200 quintal up on an incline plane of 1 in 50 with an
acceleration of 2 ms–2. The force of friction per quintal is 0.5 N.
3. Three blocks of masses m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 20 kg and m3 = 30 kg are connected by strings on smooth
horizontal surface and pulled by a force of 60 N. Find the acceleration of the system and tensions in the
string.

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4. A bullet of mass 0.01 kg is fired horizontally into a 4 kg wooden block at rest on a horizontal surface. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and surface is 0.25. The bullet remain embedded in the block
and combination moves 20 m before coming to rest. Find the speed of the bullet strike the block? (4000 m/s)
5. A glass marble of mass 300 g after falling from a height of 40 m rebounds to a height of 10 m. Find the
impulse and the average force between the marble and the floor. The time during which they are in contact
is 0.1 s. Take g = 9.8 ms–2.
6. A cricket ball of mass 150 gm moves at a speed of 12 m/s and after hitting by the bat it is deflected back at
the speed of 20 m/sec. If the bat and the ball remained in contact for 0.02 sec then calculate the impulse and
average force exerted on the ball by the bat. [Assume the ball always moves normal to the bat].
7. An elevator and its load weight a total of 1600 !b. Find the tension T in the supporting cable when the
elevator, originally moving downward at 20 m/s is brought to rest with constant acceleration in a distance
of 50 m.
8. A lift of mass 2000 kg is supported by thick steel ropes. If the maximum upward acceleration of the lift be 1.2
ms–2 and the breaking stress for the ropes be 2.8 × 108 N m–2, what should be the minimum diameter of the
ropes? (g = 9.8 ms–2)
9. The masses m1, m2 and m3 of the three bodies shown in fig. are 5, 2, 3 kg respectively. Calculate the values
of the tension T1, T2 and T3 when (a) the whole system is going upward with an accelerating of 2ms–2, (b) the
whole system is stationary (g = 9.8 ms–2)
10. While lunching a rocket of mass 2×104kg , a force of 5×105 N is applied for 20 s . Calculate the velocity
attained by the rocket at the end of 20s.
11. A ball moving with a momentum 5kgm/s strikes against a wall at an angle of 45 0 and reflected at the same
angle . Calculate the change in momentum.
12. An elevator weighing 5000 kg moving upward and tension in the supported cable is 50000N . Find the
upward acceleration. How far it rise in a time 10 s starting from rest.
13. A body of mass 15kg is hung by a spring balance when (i) ascending with acceleration of 2m/s 2 (ii)
descending with same acceleration (iii) descending with constant velocity of 2m/s
14. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 kg moving initially with a speed of 15 ms–
1. How long does the body take to stop?
15. A constant force acting on a body of mass 3.0 kg changes its speed from 2.0 m s m s –1 in 25 s. The direction
of the motion of the body remains unchanged. What is the magnitude and direction of the force?
16. A body of mass 5 kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces 8 N and 6 N. Give the magnitude and
direction of the acceleration of the body.
17. The driver of a three-wheeler moving with a speed of 36 km/h sees a child standing in the middle of the road
and brings his vehicle to rest in 4.0 s just in time to What is the average retarding force on the vehicle? The
mass of the three kg and the mass of the driver is 65 kg.
18. A rocket with a lift-off mass 20,000 kg is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 5.0 m s–2. Calculate
the initial thrust (force) of the blast.
19. A body of mass 0.40 kg moving initially with a constant speed of 10 m/ s subject to a constant force of 8.0 N
directed towards the south for 30 s. Take the instant the force is applied to be t = 0, the position of the body
at that time to be predict its position at t = 5 s, 25 s, 100 s.
20. A truck starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at 2.0 m/ s 2 dropped by a person standing on the top of
the truck (6 m high from the ground). What are the (a) velocity, and (b) acceleration of the stone at t=11s
21. A bob of mass 0.1 kg hung from the ceiling of a room by a string 2 m long is set into oscillation. The speed of
the bob at its mean position is 1 m /s the bob if the string is cut when the bob is (a) at one of its extreme
position (b) at its mean position.

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22. A man of mass 70 kg stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving
upwards with a uniform speed of 10 m s, downwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 m/ s2
upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 m/ s2, What would be the readings on the scale in each case?
What would be the reading if the lift mechanism failed and it hurtled down freely under gravity?
23. Two bodies of masses 10 kg and 20 kg respectively kept on a smooth, horizontal surface are tied to the ends
of a light string. A horizontal force F = 600 N is applied to (i) A, (ii) B along the direction of string. What is the
tension in the string in each case?
24. Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light inextensible string that goes over a
frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses, and the tension in the string when the masses are
released.
25. Two billiard balls each of mass 0.05 kg moving in opposite directions with speed 6 m s -1 collide and rebound
with the same speed. What is the impulse imparted to each ball due to the other?
26. A shell of mass 0.020 kg is fired by a gun of mass 100 kg. If the muzzle speed of the shell is 80 m s–1, what is
the recoil speed of the gun?
27. A batsman deflects a ball by an angle of 45° without changing its initial speed which is equal to 54 km/h.
What is the (Mass of the ball is 0.15 kg.)
28. A stone of mass 0.25 kg tied to 1.5 m with a speed of 40 rev./min in a horizontal plane. What is the tension
in the string? What is the maximum speed with which the stone can be whirled around if the string can
withstand a maximum tension of 200 N?
29. A helicopter of mass 1000 kg rises with a vertical acceleration of 15 m s –2. The crew and the passengers
weigh 300 kg. Give the magnitude and direction of the force on the floor by the crew and passengers, action
of the rotor of the helicopter on the surrounding air, force on the helicopter due to the surrounding air.
30. A stream of water flowing horizontally with a speed of 15 m/ s cross-sectional area 10–2 m2, and hits a
vertical wall nearby. What is the force exerted on the wall by the impact of water, assuming it does not
rebound?
31. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 km/h with its wings banked at 15°. What is the
radius of the loop?
32. A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope fig-1 which can stand a maximum tension of 600 N. In which of the
following cases will the rope break: the monkey climbs up with an acceleration of 6 m s–2
climbs down with an acceleration of 4 m s–2, climbs up with a uniform speed of 5 m s–1
falls down the rope nearly freely under gravity?

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33. A block of mass 15 kg is placed on a long trolley. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the
trolley is 0.18. The trolley accelerates from rest with 0.5 m s -2 for 20 s and then moves with uniform velocity.
Discuss the motion of the block as viewed by (a) a stationary observer on the ground, (b) an observer moving
with the trolley.
34. A 70 kg man stands in contact against the inner wall of a hollow cylindrical drum of radius 3 m rotating
about its vertical axis with 200 rev/min. The coefficient of friction between the wall and his clothing is 0.15.
What is the minimum rotational speed of the cylinder to enable the man to remain stuck to the wall (without
falling) when the floor is suddenly removed?

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