DAILY PRACTICE SHEET-7 (a) 26 sec (b) 6 sec

(c) 5 sec (d) 2 sec

Objective Type Questions : 8. A force of 5 N acts on a body of weight
1. A force acts on an object which is free to 9.8 N. What is the acceleration produced in
move. If we know the magnitude of the force m/s2 -
and the mass of the object, Newton’s (a) 0.51 (b) 1.96
second law of motion enables us to determine (c) 5.00 (d) 49.00
the object’s - 9. The engine of a car produces an acceleration
(a) weight (b) speed of 6 m/s2 in the car. If this car pulls a block
(c) acceleration (d) position of the same mass, then the acceleration
2. A body at rest breaks into two pieces of would be -
equal masses. The parts will move - (a) 6 m/s2 (b) 12 m/s2
(a) in same direction (c) 3 m/s2 (d) 1.5 m/s2
(b) along different lines 10. In a game of tug of war, a condition of
(c) in opposite directions with equal speeds equilibrium exists. Both the teams pull the
(d) in opposite directions with unequal rope with a force of 104 N. Tension in the
speeds rope is -
3. When a bus starts suddenly, the passengers (a) 104 N (b) 108 N
standing inside leans backwards. This is an (c) 2 × 104 N (d) zero
example of - 11. When two bodies collide elastically, then -
(a) Newton’s first law of motion (a) kinetic energy of the system alone is
(b) Newton’s second law of motion conserved
(c) Newton’s third law of motion (b) only momentum is conserved
(d) Law of conservation of momentum (c) both energy and momentum are
4. The law of conservation of momentum states conserved
that the momentum of a system - (d) neither energy nor momentum is
(a) can not be changed conserved
(b) can not be constant
(c) can be changed by any force 12. The action and reaction forces referred to in
(d) can be changed by external force Newton’s third law of motion -
(a) must act on same body
5. A block of mass 2kg is sliding with a (b) must act on different bodies
constant velocity of 8 m/s on a frictionless (c) need not be equal in magnitude but must
horizontal surface. The force exerted on the have the same line of action
horizontal surface is nearly - (d) must be equal in magnitude but need not
(a) 20 N (b) 10 N (c) 40 N (d) 16 N have the same line of action
6. A machine gun fires n bullets per second, 13. You are marooned on the frictionless
each of mass m. If the speed of each bullet horizontal plane and cannot exert any
is u, then the force of recoil is - horizontal force by pushing against the
(a) mng (b) mnv surface. How can you get off ?
(c) mnvg (d) (mnv)/g (a) By running on the plane
7. A force of 6 N acts on a mass of 1 kg (b) By jumping
which acquires a velocity 30 m/s. The time (c) By rolling your body on the surface
for which the force acts is - (d) By sneezing or spitting

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14. Choose the wrong statement of the following 21. A driver accelerates his car first at the rate
(a) 1 kg wt = 9.8 N
of 18 m/s2 and then the rate of 12 m/s2. The
(b) Momentum is a vector quantity
ratio of the forces exerted by the engines
(c) Force is always conserved
respectively will be -
(d) Momentum is conserved in the absence
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 2
of an external force
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 3 : 2
15. A long-jumper runs before jumping because
(a) he covers a greater distance 22. A body of mass 5kg undergoes a change in
(b) he maintains momentum conservation speed from 30 to 40 m/s. Its momentum
(c) he gains energy by running would increase by -
(d) he gains momentum (a) 50 kg m/s (b) 75 kg m/s
16. A man is standing on a boat in still water. If (c) 150 kg m/s (d) 350 kg m/s
he walks towards the shore the boat will -
23. The force needed to produce an acceleration
(a) move away from the shore
(b) remain stationary of 6 m/s2 in a ball of mass 4 kg will be -
(c) move towards the shore (a) 24 N (b) 30 N
(d) sink (c) 32 N (d) 36 N
17. A body of mass 300 gm is at rest. What 24. A body of mass 5 kg undergoes a change
force in Newton will you have to apply to in speed from 20 to 0.20 m/s. The
move it through 200 cm in 10 sec.? momentum of the body would -
(a) Zero (b) 12 Newton (a) increase by 99 kg m/s
(c) 1.2 Newton (d) 0.12 Newton (b) decrease by 99 kg m/s
18. A boat of mass 3000 kg, initially at rest is (c) increase by 101 kg m/s
pulled by a force of 1.8 × 104 Newton (d) decrease by 101 kg m/s
through a distance of 3 m. Assuming that
25. A bullet of mass 0.01 kg is fired from a gun
the resistance due to water is negligible,
velocity of boat is - weighing 5.0 kg. If the initial speed of the
(a) 6 m/s (b) 8 m/s (c) 9 m/s (d) 11 m/s bullet is 250 m/s, what is the speed with
which the gun recoils?
19. A certain force applied to mass m1 gives it
(a) – 0.5 m/s (b) – 0.25 m/s
an acceleration of 15 m/s2. The same force
is applied on m2 to give it acceleration of (c) + 0.5 m/s (d) + 0.25 m/s
10 m/s2, if the two masses are fixed together 26. A body of mass 100 g is moving with a
and the same force is applied to the velocity of 15 m/s. The momentum
combination, then the acceleration will be - associated with that ball will be -
(a) 6 m/s2 (b) 8 m/s2 (a) 0.5 kg m/s (b) 1.5 kg m/s
2
(c) 9 m/s (d) 11 m/s2 (c) 2.5 kg m/s (d) 3.2 kg m/s
20. A bullet of mass A and velocity B is fired
27. If the momentum of a body is doubled, the
into a block of wood of mass C. If loss of
any mass and friction be neglected, then kinetic energy is -
velocity of the system must be - (a) Halved (b) Unchanged
AB A C (c) Doubled (d) Increases 4 times
(a) (b) 28. A stationary ball weighing 0.25 kg acquires
A C B C
AC A B a speed of 10 m/s when hit by a hockey
(c) (d) stick. The impulse imparted to the ball is -
B C AC
(a) 2.5 N s (b) 2.0 N s

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 (c) 1.5 N s (d) 0.5 N s balanced each other
29. The combined effect of mass and velocity is (d) the body in vacuum
taken into account by a physical quantity 37. A body is said to be under balanced forces
called - when the resultant force acting on the body
(a) torque is -
(b) moment of force (a) unity (b) zero
(c) momentum (c) infinite (d) None of these
(d) moment of momentum
38. Which of the following represents the SI
30. Momentum is a measure of - unit of force?
(a) weight (b) mass (a) dyne (b) gram-weight
(c) quantity of motion (d) velocity (c) newton (d) kilogram-weight
31. A rocket works on the - 39. Essential characteristic of equilibrium is that
(a) first law of motion (a) momentum equals zero
(b) second law of motion (b) acceleration equals zero
(c) third law of motion (c) kinetic energy equals zero
(d) law of conservation of energy (d) velocity equals zero
32. It is difficult to walk on ice because of - 40. When a constant force is applied to a body,
(a) absence of friction it moves with uniform -
(b) absence of inertia (a) acceleration (b) velocity
(c) more inertia (c) speed (d) momentum
(d) more friction
41. When a force of 1 newton acts on a mass
33. Friction between any two objects is due to
of 1 kg that is able to move freely, the object
(a) attraction between them
moves with a -
(b) repulsion between them
(a) speed of 1 ms–1
(c) some adhesive forces between them
(b) acceleration of 1 ms–2
(d) irregularities on the surfaces
(c) speed of 1 k ms–1
34. A and B are two objects with mass 6 kg (d) acceleration of 10 ms–2
and 34 kg respectively. Then -
42. Passengers standing in a bus are thrown
(a) A has more inertia than B
outwards when the bus takes a sudden turn,
(b) B has more inertia than A
(a) outward pull on them
(c) A and B both have same inertia
(d) None of these (b) inertia
(c) change in momentum
35. Which of the following class of forces is (d) change in acceleration
different from others?
(a) Pulling of a cart 43. Graphite powder is used in machines to -
(b) Stretching of a coiled spring (a) enhance friction (b) enhance profit
(c) Kicking of a football (c) reduce friction (d) reduce efficiency
(d) Electrical force 44. A body of mass M collides against a wall
36. When a body is stationary - with velocity V and rebounds with the same
(a) there is no force acting on it speed. Its change of momentum is -
(b) the forces acting on it are not in contact (a) zero (b) MV
with it (c) 2 MV (d) – MV
(c) the combination of force acting on it 45. If a force of 50 N is applied on a nail of

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 area 0.01 sq. cm, then the thrust is - (c) The upper scale will read 10 kg and the
(a) 50 N (b) 100 N lower zero.
(c) 0.05 N (d) 10 N (d) The readings may be anything but their
sum will be 10 kg.
46. Tyres are made circular because -
50. Which figure represents the correct F.B.D.
(a) they can be inflated of rod of mass m as shown in figure :
(b) they require less material
(c) they look beautiful
(d) they face less friction
47. Tyres are inflated to the required value of
save fuel. Because of this -
(a) normal reaction is increased
(b) normal reaction is decreased
(c) contact area is increased (a) (b)
(d) contact area is decreased
48. For a 1 kg mass v-t graph is as shown then
which of the following is true?
(c) (d) None of these

51. Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless

table. One has mass m and the other 2m. A
(a) force between A and B force between force F is applied on 2m as shown in the
figure. Now the same force F is applied
C and D
from the right on m. In the two cases
(b) force between A and B force between respectively, the ratio of force of contact
C and D between the two blocks will be :
(c) force between B and C = 1
(d) data insufficient to calculate the force
49. A block of mass 10 kg is suspended through
(a) same (b) 1 : 2
two light spring balances as shown in the
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 3
figure.
52. Two forces of 6N and 3N are acting on
the two blocks of 2kg and 1kg kept on
frictionless floor. What is the force exerted
on 2kg block by
1kg block ?

(a) 1N (b) 2N (c) 4N (d) 5N

(a) Both the scales will read 10 kg
(b) Both the scales will read 5 kg

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53. A body of mass 8 kg is hanging from
another body of mass 12 kg. The
combination is being pulled by a string with (a) 40 N (b) 30 N
an acceleration of 2.2 m s–2. The (c) 50 N (d) 60 N
tension T1 and T2 will be respectively :(use
g = 9.8m/s2 ) 57. In the arrangement shown in figure m1 = 1
(a) 200 N, 80 N kg, m2 = 2 kg. Pulleys are massless and
(b) 220 N, 90 N strings are light. For what value of M the
mass m1 moves with constant velocity?
(c) 240 N, 96 N
(Neglect friction)
(d) 260 N, 96 N

54. 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 = 10m s–2 .
(a) 6 kg (b) 4 kg
(c) 8 kg (d) 10 kg
58. A string of negligible mass going over a
clamped pulley of mass m supports a block
of mass M as shown in the figure. The force
on the
(a) Zero (b) 1 m s–2 pulley by the clamp is given by -
(c) 2 m s–2 (d) 3 m s–2
55. Assuming all the surfaces to be frictionless,
acceleration of the block C shown in the
figure is -
(a) 2 Mg
(b) 2 mg

(c) (M m)2 m2 g

(d) (M m)2 M2 g
(a) 5 m/s2 (b) 7 m/s2
(c) 3.5 m/s2 (d) 4 m/s2 59. What is the maximum value of the force F
such that the block shown in the arrangement,
56. Two blocks of mass 4 kg and 2 kg are
does not move?
connected by a heavy string and placed on
rough horizontal plane. The 2 kg block is
pulled with a constant force F. The coefficient
of friction between the blocks and the ground
is 0.5. What is the value of F so that tension
(a) 20 N (b) 10 N
in the string is constant throughout during
the motion of the blocks : (g = 10 m/s2) (c) 12 N (d) 15 N

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 following : (g = 10 m/s2)

Fill in the blanks :

60. Imgaine that you are holding a book weighing
4 N at rest on the palm of your hand.

(i) A downword force of magnitude 4

N is exerted on the book by _______
Column-A Column-B
(ii) An upward force of magnitude _______ is
(a) Acceleration of 2 kg block (P) 8 SI unit
exerted on the book by the hand.
(b) Net force on 3 kg block (Q) 25 SI unit
(iii) Is the upward force(b) the reaction to the (c) Normal reaction between (R) 2 SI unit
downword force (a)? 2 kg and 1 kg
(iv) The reaction to force (a) is a force of (d) Normal reaction between (S) 45 N
magnitude____,exerted on_____by____. 3 kg and 2 kg
Its direction is_______. (T) None

(v) The reaction to force (b) is a force of DAILY PRACTICE SHEET-8

magnitude____, exerted on_____by___. Subjective Type Questions :
Its direction is_______. 1. How long will it take a force of 10N to stop
a mass of 2.5 kg which is moving at 20 m/s?
(iv) That the forces (a) and (b) are equal
and opposite is an example of Newton’s 2. A boy whose mass is 75 kg holds in his
hands a bag weighing 40 N. With what force
_________ law.
does the floor push up on his feet?
(vi) That forces (b) and (e) are equal and (take g = 9.8 m/s2)
opposite is an example of Newton’s 3. A 16 g mass moving in the +x direction at
________ law. 30 cm/s while a 4g mass is moving in the
-x direction at 50 cm/s. They collide head
True or False : on and stick together. Find their velocity
after collision.
61. The frictional force acting between two
bodies is parallel to the contact surface. 4. If a body is at rest can we say that no force
is acting on the body?
62. Kinetic friction < static friction.
5. A force acts on a 2 kg mass & gives it an
63. When a person walks on a rough surface acceleration of 3 m/s2. What acceleration is
the frictional force exerted by the surface on produced by the same force when acting on
the person is opposite to the direction of his a mass of
motion. (a) 1 kg
(b) 4 kg
Match the following : (c) How large is the force
64. In the diagram shown in figure, match the

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6. Calculate the force required to move a car
from rest to a velocity of 30 m/s in 10
seconds. The mass of the car is 1500 kg.

7. A particle of mass 2 kg is initially at rest. A

force starts acting on it in one direction
whose magnitude changes with time. The
force-time graph is shown in figure. Find the 12. A block of mass 1 kg placed on ground is
velocity of the particle at the end of 10 sec. pulled by a string by applying 10 N force.
(g = 10 m/s2)

(i) Draw F.B.D. of block.

8. A block moving with a velocity of 1.2 m/s
(ii) Give action–reaction pair involved in the
in brought to rest in 3 sec. by the application
above problem.
of a force of 4N. Find the mass of the block.

9. A monkey of mass 30 kg climbs a rope 13. A block of mass ‘m’ is placed on inclined
which can withstand a maximum tension plane as shown in figure. Calculate force
360N. Find the maximum acceleration which between block and inclined plane.
this rope can tolerate for the climbing of
monkey. (g = 10 m/s2)

10. Two bodies of mass 4 and 6 kg are attached

to the ends of a string passing over a pulley.
The 4 kg mass is attached to the table top 14. A block of mass 1 kg is suspended by a
string of mass 1 kg, length 1m as shown in
by another string. Find the tension in the
figure. (g = 10 m/s2) Calculate:
string T1.

(a) the tension in string at its lowest point.

(b) the tension in string at its mid–point.
11. Draw F.B.D. of the sphere of mass M (c) force exerted by support on string.
placed between two vertical walls as shown
in figure (All surface are smooth). 15. In the figure shown, the pulley is moving
with velocity u. Calculate the velocity of the

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 block attached with string.

16. f block A has a velocity of 0.6 m/s to the

right, determine the velocity of block B.

17. Velocities of blocks A, B and pulley p1 are

shown in figure. Find velocity of pulley p1
and block C.

18. A particle of mass 50 gram moves on

a straight line. The variation of speed
with time is shown in figure. Find the
force acting on the particle at t = 2, 4 and
6 seconds.

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DPS-7
Q . N. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. a c a d a b c c c a
Q . N. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. c b c c d a d a a a
Q . N. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. d a a b c b d a c c
Q . N. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. c a d b d c b c b a
Q . N. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Ans. b b c c a d d a a c
Q . N. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
Ans. b c c c c b c d a
60. (i) Earth, (ii) 4N, (iii) No, (iv) 4N, Earth, book, upward, (v) 4N, hand, book, downward,
(iv) IInd, (vi) IIIrd
61. True 62. True 63. False
64. A R, B T, C Q, D T
DPS-8
1. 5 seconds 2. 775 N 3. 14 m/s
4. No, we can only say that net force acting on the body is zero.
5. 1.5 m/s2d 6. 4500 N 7. 50 m/s 8. 10 kg 9. 2 m/s2
10. 19.6 N
11. Vertical wall does not exert 13. mg cos .
force on sphere (N' = 0).
14. (a) 10 N
(b) 15 N
(c) 20 N.
15. 2u
16. VB = 3 VA = 1.8 m/s in downward direction.

17. VP1 = 5 m/s downward

12. (i) (N = 0).
VC = 25 m/s upward
18. 0.25 N along the motion, zero and
0.25 N opposite to the motion.

(ii) Gravitational between earth and block .

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