Assignment 4
Assignment 4
Q. At any instant the velocity of a particle of mass 0.5 kg is (2ti + 3t2j) m/s. If the
force acting on the particle at t = 1s is (i + xj) N. Then, the value of x will
be_________
[Ans: 3]
Q. A particle moves in the X – Y plane under the influence of a force such that its
linear momentum is ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
p(t) = A[i cos(kt) – j sin(kt)], where A and k are constants. The
angle between the force and the momentum is__________
[Ans: 90º]
Q. A truck shown in the Fig. is driven with an acceleration a = 3 m/s2. Find the
acceleration of the bodies A and B of masses 10 kg and 5 kg respectively, assuming
pulleys are massless and the friction is absent everywhere. Also find the tension
in the strings.
B A
[Ans: 1 m/s2]
R
2r
Q. A rocket of mass 100 kg burns 0.1 kg of fuel per second. If the velocity of exhaust
gas is 1 km/s, then it lifts with an acceleration of__________
[Ans: 1 m/s2]
Q. A hockey player receives a corner shot at a speed of 15 ms-1 at an angle of 30°
with the y – axis and then shoots the ball of mass 100 g along the negative x-axis
with a speed of 30 ms-1. If it remains in contact with the hockey stick for 0.01s,
the force imparted to the ball in the x-direction is__________
[Ans: 375 N]
Q. A stationary bomb explodes into three pieces. One piece of 2 kg mass moves
with a velocity of 8ms-1 at right angles to the other piece of mass 1 kg moving with
a velocity of 12 ms-1. If the mass of the third piece is 0.5 kg, then its velocity
is____________
[Ans: 40 m/s]
Q. The strings and pulleys are massless and frictionless. The ratio between
accelerations of the blocks as shown in the figure is _____________
a1 a2
[Ans: 6]
Previous Year Questions
Q. A piece of wire is bent in the shape of a parabola y = kx2 (y – axis vertical) with
a bead of mass m on it. The bead can slide on the wire without friction. It stays at
the lowest point of the parabola when the wire is at rest. The wire is now
accelerated parallel to the x – axis with a constant acceleration a. The distance of
the new equilibrium position of the bead, where the bead can stay at rest with
respect to the wire, from the y – axis is____________
Q. Two blocks of mass m = 5kg and M = 10 kg are connected by a string passing
over a pulley B as shown. Another string connects the center of pulley B to the
floor and passes over another pulley A as shown. An upward force F is applied at
the centre of pulley A. Both the pulleys are massless. Find the accelerations of
blocks m and M if F is
(a) 100 N
(b) 300 N
(c) 500 N
Take g = 10 m/s2
F
B
m M
Q. In the system shown in the figure, a bead of mass m can slide on the string.
There is friction between the bead and the string. Block B has mass equal to twice
that of the bead. The system is released from rest with length l = 18.75 m of the
string hanging below the bead. Assuming the pulley and string to be massless.
Find the distance (in meter) moved by the block B before the bead slips out of the
thread.
Bead
m
l = 18.75 m
B
A
2M
B M
Q. The pulleys and strings shown in the Fig. are smooth and of negligible mass.
For the system to remain in equilibrium, the angle θ should be________
√2 m
m m
A M
60º
B
30º
C
√3 m 3√3 m