Class – 9th Assignment

Subject – Physics (Friction)

1. A body slipping on a rough horizontal plane moves with a deceleration of 4.0 m/s2. What is the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the plane ? Ans - 0.4
2. A block is projected along a rough horizontal road with a speed of 10 m/s. If the coefficient to
kinetic friction is 0.10, how far will it travel before coming to rest ? Ans – 50 m
3. A block of mass is kept on a horizontal table. If the static friction coefficient is , find the
frictional force acting on the block. Ans - zero
4. A block slides down an inclined surface of inclination with the horizontal. Starting from rest it
covers 8m in the first two seconds. Find the coefficient of kinetic friction between the two.
Ans – 0.11
5. Suppose the block of the previous problem is pushed down the incline with a force of 4 N. How far
will the block move in the first two seconds after starting from rest ? The mass of the block is 4 kg.
Ans – 10 m
6. A body of mass 2 kg is lying on a rough inclined plane of inclination . Find the magnitude of the
force parallel to the incline needed to make the block move
(a) up the incline Ans – 13 N
(b) down the incline. Coefficient of static friction = 0.2. Ans - zero
7. Repeat part (a) of problem 6 if the push is applied horizontally and not parallel to the incline.
Ans – 17.5 N
8. In a children-park an inclined plane is constructed with an angle of incline in the middle part
(figure 6-E1). Find the acceleration of a boy sliding on it if the friction coefficient between the cloth
of the boy and the incline is 0.6 and g = 10 m/s2. Ans - √

9. Consider the situation shown in figure (6-E2). Calculate

(a) the acceleration of the 1.0 kg blocks, Ans –
(b) the tension in the string connecting the 1.0 kg blocks and Ans – 2.4 N
(c) the tension in the string attached to 0.50 kg. Ans – 4.8 N
10. 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 hold 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.

(a) 900 N (b) 100 N (c) 1100 N (d) 1200 N

11. A 20 kg block is initially at rest on a rough horizontal surface. A horizontal force of 75 N is required
to set the block in motion. After it is in motion, a horizontal force of 60 N is required to keep the
block moving with constant speed. The coefficient of static friction is
(a) 0.38 (b) 0.44 (c) 0.52 (d) 0.6
12. A block of 1 kg is stopped against a wall by applying a force F perpendicular to the wall. If
then minimum value of F will be
(a) 980 N (b) 49 N (c) 98 N (d) 490 N
13. Two masses A and B of 10kg and 5kg. respectively, are connected with a string passing over a
frictionless pulley fixed at the corner of a table as shown. The coefficient of static friction between
A and the table is 0.2. The minimum mass C that should be placed on A to prevent it from moving is
equal to

(a) 15 kg (b) 10 kg (c) 5 kg (d) 12 kg

14. If a box is lying on the floor of a wagon with a coefficient of friction 0.2, what is the maximum
acceleration of the wagon for which the box would remain stationary ? (Let g = 9.81 m/s2)
(a) 1.96 m/s2 (b) 2 m/s2 (c) 3.92 m/s2 (d) 4 m/s2
15. Assertion (A) : Two surfaces are polished and brought in contact with each other to reduce friction.
Reason (R) : Rough surfaces have less friction between them.
(a) Both A and R are True (b) Both A and R are false
(c) A is false but R is true (d) A is true but R is false

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16. A 60 kg body is pushed with just enough force to start it moving across a floor and the same force
continues to act afterwards. The coefficient of static friction and sliding friction are 0.5 and 0.4
respectively. The acceleration of the body is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17. If a ladder weighing 250 m is place against a vertical wall having coefficient of friction 0.3 then
what will be the maximum normal reaction between wall and the ladder
(a) 25 N (b) 50 N (c) 75 N (d) 100 N
18. A 500 kg horse pulls a cart of mass 1500 kg along a level road with an acceleration of 1m/s2. If the
coefficient of sliding friction is 0.2, then the force exerted by horse on the cart
(a) 3000 (b) 6000 (c) 4000 (d) 4500
19. A lift is moving down with an acceleration equal to the acceleration due to gravity. A body of mass
M kept on the floor of the lift is pulled horizontally if the coefficient of friction is then the
frictional resistance offered by the body is
(a) mg (b) (c) (d) zero
20. A uniform rope of length L meters is lying over a table. If the coefficient of friction be , then the
maximum length of the part of the rope which can overhang the edge without sliding is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
21. The limiting value of static friction between two contact surfaces is
(a) Proportional to normal force between the surface in contact
(b) Independent of apparent area of contact
(c) Depends on the microscopic area of contact
(d) All of these
22. A block of mass is stationary on a rough inclined plane making an angle with the horizontal.
Find the contact force between block and the plane
(a) mg (b) mg sin (c) mg cos (d) mg tan
23. In the figure shown, a block of weight 10 N resting on a horizontal surface. The coefficient of static
friction between the block and the surface is . A force of 3.5 N will keep the block in
uniform motion, once it has been set in motion. A horizontal force of 3 N is applied to the block,
then the block will

(a) Move over the surface with constant velocity

(b) Move having accelerated motion over the surface
(c) Not move
(d) First it will move with a constant velocity for some time and then will have accelerated motion
24. What is the maximum value of the force F such that the block shown in the arrangement, does not
move

(a) 20 N (b) 10 N (c) 12 N (d) 15 N

25. 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)

(a) 5.73 m/sec2 (b) 8.0 m/sec2 (c) 3.17 m/sec2 (d) 10.0 m/sec2

Answer Key

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C A B A A D D C D D

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C D A C A A