AAI ATC Physics 2025 & IMD SA Physics - Assignment-1

1. A constant power is applied to a body, so the body is moving unidirectional. Now at any time
t, the displacement of the body is proportional to
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

2. The speed of an elevator is 2m/s when it carries a maximum weight of 1800 kg. The
opposing force experienced by the elevator is 4000N. What is the minimum power delivered
by the motor?
(a) 59 Hp
(b) 57 Hp
(c) 43 Hp
(d) 67 Hp

3. The length of an iron bar is 0.7m and its mass is 4 kg. The bar is supported on two knife edge
placed 0.1 m from each end. A load of 6 kg is suspended at 0.3m from one end. What are the
reactions at each of the knife edges?
(a) 55 N and 21 N
(b) 43 N and 25 N
(c) 55 N and 43 N
(d) 37 N and 63 N

4. Suppose the length of the string of a pendulum is L and the mass of the bob attached is m.
Taking moment of inertia as I, find the angular acceleration for small displacement.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

5. With reference to the figure shown, the force required to pull out the block having mass 'm2'
with an acceleration 'a' (coefficient of friction between the surfaces concerned = μ) is?

(a)
(b)
 (c)
(d)

6. A particle of mass 10 gm on a smooth horizontal table is fastened to one end of a fine string
which passes through a small hole in the table. It supports at its other end a particle of mass
20gm. Find the velocity with which the particle on the table be projected horizontally so as to
describe a circle of radius 5cm. (take g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 0.5 m/s
(b) 1.0 m/s
(c) 1.25 m/s
(d) 1.5 m/s

7. Two blocks of mass as m1 and m2 connected to each other by a mass-less inextensible string
length l and these are placed along a diameter of a turn table. There is no friction between m2
and the surface of the table whereas the friction between m1 and the surface of the table is μ.
The table is rotating with an angular velocity ω about a vertical axis passing through the
centre of the turn table. The masses m1 and m2 are lying at distances r1 and r2 respectively
from the centre of the turn-table. If the masses are observed to be at rest with respect to an
observer on the turn table. Calculate the friction force on m1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

8. A car of mass m accelerates on a smooth horizontal road under the action of a driving force.
In the process its speed increases from to within a distance x and the engine
develops a constant power output P. If all the quantities are in SI units, the value of P in watt
is equal to?
(a) 2
(b) 2.5
(c) 3
(d) 4

9. A ball strikes another ball, having four times its mass, which is moving with one-third of its
velocity in the same direction. If the impact reduces the first ball to rest, the coefficient of
restitution is:
(a) 3/4
(b) 3/8
(c) 5/8
(d) 7/8

10. A disc of mass 'm', which has a radius 'a' can rotate freely about a horizontal axis through P.
The distance of P from the centre of the disc is r (r < a). If the disc is released in this position
it acquires an angular acceleration arising out of the torque due to the weight of the dice. Find
the value of 'r' for which this angular acceleration is a maximum.
 (a) a/2
(b) a/4
(c) a/
(d) a/

11. Two particles of masses 2 m and 3 m move under the influence of their mutual action and
reaction only, no external force is acting on the system. They execute uniform circular
motion about their common centre of mass, the distance between them being 'R'. If the total
angular momentum of the system is L, then their angular velocities are:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

12. A 50 g bullet is fired through a stack of fiber board sheets 10 cm thick. The velocity of the
bullet at the point of approaching the stack is 500 ms–1. What will be its velocity in ms–1 at
the exit point form the stack if the average resistance offered by the stack to the bullet 4 × 104
N?
(a) 200
(b) 300
(c) 400
(d) 500

13. A body of mass 2 kg is moving along a path, such that its position vector expressed as a
function of time is given by where 'r' is in meters and 't’ is in seconds.
Find the work done on the body during t = 0 to t = 1 sec.
(a) 41 J
(b) 52 J
(c) 61 J
(d) 72 J

14. Find the moment of inertia of an annular cylinder of mass 'm' and having inner and outer
radii 'r1' and 'r2' respectively about the axis of the cylinder.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

15. Two boats cross a river 400 m wide. The speed of each boat in still water is 2.5 ms–1 and the
speed of the stream is 1.5 ms–1. One boat crosses the river along the shortest path and the
time taken is p sec, whereas the other crosses in shortest time and the time taken is q sec then
(p – q) is equal to:
(a) 0
(b) 10
(c) 20
 (d) None of the above

16. On a rainy day when a boy is running at a speed of 4 ms–1, rain strikes him vertically at a
speed of 4 ms–1. For what speed of the boy will rain strike him at an angle of ?
(a) 2 m/s
(b) 6 m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

17. A body of mass 'm' rests on an inclined plane of inclination 'α' in limiting equilibrium by way
of application of a force P at an angle θ with the inclined plane. The coefficient of friction
between the body and the plane is μ. Then P is equal to :
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

18. A load W is raised by a rope, from rest to rest, through a height 10m. The least time in which
the ascent can be made is sec. It is known that the greatest tension which the rope
safely bear is nW. 'n' is equal to:
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 10

19. A bomb explodes in air into three parts. Two of them having masses 100 g. each move at an
angle with each other having equal velocities of 100 m/s each. The third part moves in
a direction opposite to the bisector of the angle between the directions of motion of the first
two parts with a velocity of magnitude 25 m/s. What is the mass of the third part in gm?
(a) 200g
(b) 400 g
(c) 250 g
(d) 500 g

20. A ball moving on a smooth horizontal plane on a straight line with a velocity 100 cms–1 hit
an identical ball which is at rest. The collision is perfectly elastic and the two balls move
along two straight paths after the collision. The velocity of the first ball gets reduced to 60
cms–1. Find the angle between the directions of the balls after the collision.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
21. An electric motor starts from rest and on application of a torque on the shaft that is about the
axis rotation of the motor. It acquires an angular acceleration, during the first 2
seconds of its start, after which it becomes zero. What will be the total angular displacement
(in terms of number of revolutions) of the shaft in 5 sec?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

22. The density of a material in SI units is 128 kgm−3. In certain units in which the unit of length
is 25 cm and the unit of mass is 50 g, the numerical value of density of the material is
(a) 40
(b) 16
(c) 640
(d) 410

23. What is the dimension of energy in terms of linear momentum (P), area of (A) and Time (T)?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

24. It is estimated that per cm2 of earth receives about 2 calorie of heat energy per minute from
the sun. This is called solar constant, the value of solar constant in S.I. units is
(a) 2 J m2s−1
(b) 1.4 Wm−2
(c) 2.4 kWm−2
(d) 1.4 kJm−2s−1

25. A physical quantity of the dimensions of length that can be formed out of C, G and
is [c is velocity of light, G is universal constant of gravitation and e is charge]. Find its
dimension.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

26. If time ( ), velocity ( ) and angular momentum ( ) are taken as the fundamental units, then
the dimension of mass ( ) in terms of these is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

27. Match List-I with List-II:

 List-I List-II
A Rydberg Constant 1 Kgm-1s-1
B Planck Constant 2 Kgm2s-1
C Magnetic field energy density 3 m-1
D Coefficient of viscosity 4 Kgm-1s-2

Choose the correct option.

ABCD
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 3 2 1 4

28. The unit of Polarizability of the molecule is:

(a) C2m1N–1
(b) C–2m–1N1
(c) C-2m1N–1
(d) C2m–1N–1

29. If mass is measure in units of α kg, length in β m and time in γ sec then calorie would be
(a) 4.2 αβ2 γ–2
(b) 4.2 α–1 β2 γ2
(c) 4.2 α–1 β–2 γ2
(d) 4.2 α–2 β–1 γ–2

30. If the capacitance of a nanocapacitor is measured in terms of a unit 'u' made by combining
the electric charge 'e', Bohr radius 'a0', Planck's constant ' ' and speed of light 'c' then
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

31. The frequency ( ) of an oscillating liquid drop may depend upon radius ( ) of the drop,
density ( ) of liquid and the surface tension ( ) of the liquid as . The values
of respectively are:
(a) (-3/2, 1/2, 1/2)
(b) (-3/2, -1/2, 1/2)
(c) (3/2, 1/2, -1/2)
(d) (3/2, -1/2, 1/2)

32. The frequency of vibration of a mass suspended from a spring of spring constant is
given by a relation of the type , where C is a dimensionless constant. The values
of x and y are
(a)
(b)
 (c)
(d)

33. If p represents radiation pressure, c represents speed of light and S represents radiation
energy striking unit area per sec. The non-zero integers x, y, z such that px Sy cz is
dimensionless are
(a) x = 1, y = 1, z = 1
(b) x = −1, y = 1, z = 1
(c) x = 1, y = −1, z = 1
(d) x = 1, y = 1, z = −1

34. Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion (A) and other is labeled as
Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Time period of oscillation of a liquid drop depends on surface tension (S), if
density of the liquid is ρ and radius of the drop is r, then is dimensionally
correct, where K is dimensionless.
Reason (R): Using dimensional analysis we get R.H.S. having different dimension than that
of time period.

In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

35. A large number of water drops, each of radius r, combine to have a drop of radius R. If the
surface tension is T and mechanical equivalent of heat is J, the rise in heat energy per unit
volume will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

36. The dimension of stopping potential in photoelectric effect in units of Planck’s constant h,
speed of light c and gravitational constant G and ampere A is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

37. Suppose refractive index μ is given as where A and B are constants and λ is
wavelength, then dimension of B are same as that of
 (a) Wavelength
(b) Volume
(c) Pressure
(d) Area

38. In a screw gauge, there are 100 divisions on the circular scale and the main scale moves by
0.5 mm on a complete rotation of the circular scale. The zero of circular scale lies 6 divisions
below the line of graduation when two studs are brought in contact with each other. When a
wire is placed between the studs, 4 linear scale divisions are clearly visible while 46th
division the circular scale coincides with the reference line. The diameter of the wire
is_____×10–2 mm.
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 19

39. A certain body weighs 22.42 g and has a measured volume of 4.7 cc. The possible error in
the measurement of mass and volume are 0.01 g and 0.1 cc. Then, maximum error in the
density will be
(a) 22%
(b) 2%
(c) 0.2%
(d) 0.02%

40. The pressure on a square plate is measured by measuring the force on the plate and the length
of the sides of the plate. If the maximum errors in the measurement of force and length are
respectively 4% and 2 %, then the maximum error in the measurement of pressure is
(a) 1 %
(b) 2 %
(c) 6 %
(d) 8 %

41. A physical quantity S is related to four observables a, b, c, d, as . If the

percentage errors of measurement in a, b, c, d, are 2%, 1%, 1% and 1% respectively, then
percentage error in the quantity S is
(a) 6%
(b) 8%
(c) 9%
(d) 10%

42. A student in the laboratory measures thickness of a wire using screw gauge. The readings are
1.22 mm, 1.23 mm, 1.19 mm and 1.20 mm. The percentage error is . The value of is
___.
(a) 100
(b) 90
(c) 150
 (d) 120

43. A silver wire has mass (0.6 ± 0.006) g, radius (0.5 ± 0.005) mm and length (4 ± 0.04) cm.
The maximum percentage error in the measurement of its density will be
(a) 4%
(b) 3%
(c) 6%
(d) 7%

44. Let the percentage error in the measurement of three quantities A1 = BC, A2 = B/C and A3 =
B2C be Δ1, Δ2 and Δ3 respectively, where B and C are two measurable quantities. Which of
the following is true?
(a) Δ1 > Δ2 > Δ3
(b) Δ1 = Δ2 > Δ3
(c) Δ1 = Δ2 < Δ3
(d) Δ1 = Δ2 = Δ3

45. In the experiment of Ohm's law, a potential difference of 5.0 V is applied across the end of a
conductor of length 10.0 cm and diameter of 5.00 mm. The measured current in the
conductor is 2.00 A. The maximum permissible percentage error in the resistivity of the
conductor is
(a) 3.9
(b) 8.4
(c) 7.5
(d) 3.0

46. If the length and time period of an oscillating pendulum have errors of 1% and 3%
respectively, the error in measurement of acceleration due to gravity is____
(a) 4 %
(b) 5 %
(c) 6 %
(d) 7 %

47. Consider a series of measurements of the length of a box in an experiment. The readings are
2.4 m, 25.5 m, 2.8 m, and 3.0 m. What would be the relative error?
(a) 0.110
(b) 0.089
(c) 0.079
(d) 0.072

48. In order to determine the Young's modulus of a wire of radius 0.2 cm (measured using a
scale of least count 0.001cm) and length 1m (measured using a scale of least count 1mm), a
weight of mass 1kg (measured using a scale of least count 1g) was hanged to get the
elongation of 0.5 cm (measured using a scale of least count 0.001 cm). What will be the
fractional error in the value of Young's modulus determined by this experiment?
(a) 0.14%
 (b) 0.9%
(c) 9%
(d) 1.4%

49. Time intervals measured by a clock give the following readings 1.25 s, 1.24 s, 1.27 s, 1.21 s
and 1.28 s. What is the percentage relative error of the observations?
(a) 2%
(b) 4%
(c) 16%
(d) 1.6%

50. In the density measurement of a cube, the mass and edge length are measured as
kg and m, respectively. The error in the measurement of density is
(a) 0.01 kg/m3
(b) 0.10 kg/m3
(c) 0.07 kg/m3
(d) 0.31 kg/m3

51. A current carrying conductor obeys Ohm's law (V = RI). If the current passing through the
conductor is I = A and voltage developed is V = V, then find the
percentage of error is resistance, R
(a) 18
(b) 6
(c) 14
(d) 2

52. A student measured the diameter of a small steel ball using a screw gauge of least count
0.001 cm. The main scale reading is 5 mm and zero of circular scale division coincides with
25 divisions above the reference level. If screw gauge has a zero error of −0.004 cm, the
correct diameter of the ball is
(a) 0.053 cm
(b) 0.525 cm
(c) 0.521 cm
(d) 0.529 cm

53. A force is applied on a square plate of length L. If the percentage error in the determination
of L is 3% and in F is 4% the permissible error in the calculation of pressure is
(a) 13%
(b) 10%
(c) 7%
(d) 12%

54. In a measurement, random error

(a) can be decreased by increasing the number of readings and averaging them
(b) can be decreased by using new instrument
(c) can be decreased by using a different method in taking the reading
 (d) cannot be decreased

55. Assertion: In the measurement of physical quantities direct and indirect methods are used.
Reason: The accuracy and precision of measuring instruments along with errors in
measurements should be taken into account, while expressing the result.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

56. The current voltage relation of diode is given by I = (e1000V/T −1) mA, where the applied
voltage V is in volt and the temperature T is in Kelvin. If a student makes an error 0.01V
measuring voltage while measuring the current of 5 mA at 300K, what will be the error in the
value of current in mA?
(a) 0.2 mA
(b) 0.02 mA
(c) 0.5 mA
(d) 0.05 mA

57. The length of a pendulum is measured as 1.01 m and time for 30 oscillations is measured as
one minute 3 s. Error length is 0.01 m and error in time is 3 s. The percentage error in the
measurement of acceleration due to gravity is
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 15

58. An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound, with a velocity one-fifth of the
velocity of sound. What is the percentage increases in the apparent frequency?
(a) Zero
(b) 0.5%
(c) 5%
(d) 20%

59. The velocity of a transverse wave in a string is directly proportional to and inversely
proportional to . In a measurement, the mass applied at the end of string is 3.0 gm, length
of string is 1 m and mass of string is 5 gm. If possible error in measuring mass is 0.1 gm and
that of length is 1 mm, the percentage error in measurement of velocity is
(a) 4.5%
(b) 2.7%
(c) 2.1%
(d) 3.7%
60. The values of two resistors are R1 = (6 ± 0.3) kΩ and R2 = (10 ± 0.2) kΩ. The percentage
error in the equivalent resistance when they are connected in parallel is
(a) 5.125%
(b) 10.125%
(c) 3.125%
(d) 7.125%

61. In an experiment to measure the height of a bridge by dropping stone into water underneath if
the error in measurement of time is 0.1 s at the end of 2 s, then the error in estimation of
height of bridge will be:
(a) 0.49 m
(b) 0.98 m
(c) 1.37 m
(d) 1.96 m

62. A physical quantity is represented by . The maximum percentage errors

in the measurement of M, L and T, respectively are α%, β% and γ%. The maximum
percentage error in the measurement of X will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

63. If percentage decrease in radius of earth is 1% without changing its mass, then percentage
change in acceleration due to gravity is:
(a) 2% decrease
(b) 2% increase
(c) 1% decrease
(d) 1% increase

64. The radius of sphere is measured to be ( ) cm. Calculate its surface area with error
limits.
(a) cm2
(b) cm2
(c) cm2
(d) cm2

65. The heat generated in a circuit is given by , where I is current, R is resistance and t
is time. If the percentage errors in measuring I, R and t is 2%, 1% and 1% respectively, then
the maximum error in measuring heat will be
(a) 2%
(b) 3%
(c) 4%
(d) 6%
66. The least count of a stop watch is 0.2 second. The time of 20 oscillations of a pendulum is
measured to be 25 second. The percentage error in the measurement of time will be
(a) 8%
(b) 1.8%
(c) 0.8%
(d) 0.1%

67. In an experiment of measuring the refractive index of a glass slab using travelling
microscope in physics lab, a student measures real thickness of the glass slab as 5.25 mm and
apparent thickness of the glass slab as 5.00 mm. Travelling microscope has 20 divisions in
one cm on main scale and 50 divisions on Vernier scale is equal to 49 divisions on main
scale. The estimated uncertainty in the measurement of refractive index of the slab is
. Find the value of .
(a) 41
(b) 42
(c) 40
(d) 43

68. The Vernier constant of Vernier calipers is 0.1 mm and it has zero error of (−0.05) cm. while
measuring diameter of a sphere, the main scale reading is 1.7 cm and coinciding Vernier
division is 5. The corrected diameter will be ______ cm.
(a) 180
(b) 179
(c) 181
(d) 178

69. In an experiment to find out the diameter of wire using screw gauge, the following
observation were noted:

(A) Screw moves 0.5 mm on main scale in one complete rotation

(B) Total divisions on circular scale = 50
(C) Main scale reading is 2.5 mm
(D) 45th division of circular scale is in the pitch line
(E) Instrument has 0.03 mm negative error

Then the diameter of wire is:

(a) 2.92 mm
(b) 2.54 mm
 (c) 2.98 mm
(d) 3.45 mm

70. The one division of main scale of Vernier calipers reads 1 mm and 10 divisions of Vernier
scale is equal to the 9 divisions on main scale. When the two jaws of the instrument touch
each other the zero of the Vernier lies to the right of zero of the mains scale and its fourth
division coincides with a main scale division. When a spherical bob is tightly placed between
the two jaws, the zero of the Vernier scale lies between 4.1 cm and 4.2 cm and 6th Vernier
division coincides with a main scale division. The diameter of the bob will be cm.
Find .
(a) 412
(b) 411
(c) 410
(d) 413

71. One main scale division of a Vernier calipers is a cm and nth division of the Vernier scale
coincide with (n−1)th division of the main scale. The least count of the calipers (in mm) is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

72. A student is performing the experiment of resonance column. The diameter of the column
tube is 6 cm. The frequency of the tuning fork is 504 Hz. Speed of the sound at the given
temperature is 336 m/s. The zero of the meter scale coincides with the top end of the
resonance column tube. The reading of the water level in the column when the first resonance
occurs is
(a) 13 cm
(b) 16.6 cm
(c) 18.4 cm
(d) 14.8 cm

73. The pitch of the screw gauge is 1 mm and there are 100 divisions on the circular scale. When
nothing is put in between the jaws, the zero of the circular scale lays 8 divisions below the
reference line. When a wire is placed between the jaws, the first linear scale division is
clearly visible while 72nd division on circular scale coincides with the reference line. The
radius of the wire is
(a) 1.64 mm
(b) 0.82 mm
(c) 1.80 mm
(d) 0.90 mm

74. A student measuring the diameter of a pencil of circular cross-section with the help of a
Vernier scale records the following four readings: 5.50 mm, 5.55 mm, 5.45 mm and 5.65
mm. The average of these four readings is 5.5375 mm and the standard deviation of the data
is 0.07395 mm. The average diameter of the pencil should be therefore recorded as
 (a) (5.5375 ± 0.0739) mm
(b) (5.5375 ± 0.0740) mm
(c) (5.538 ± 0.074) mm
(d) (5.54 ± 0.07) mm

75. The main scale of a Vernier calipers has n divisions/cm. n divisions of the Vernier scale
coincide with (n -1) divisions of main scale. The least count of the Vernier calipers is
(a) cm
(b) cm
(c) cm
(d) cm

76. Two full turns of the circular scale of a screw gauge cover a distance of 1 mm on its main
scale. The total number of divisions on the circular scale is 50. Further, it is found that the
screw gauge has a zero error of –0.03 mm. While measuring the diameter of a thin wire, a
student notes the main scale reading of 3 mm and the number of circular scale divisions in
line with the main scale as 3.5. The diameter of the wire is
(a) 3.32 mm
(b) 3.72 mm
(c) 3.67 mm
(d) 3.38 mm

77. The circular division of shown screw gauge is 50. It moves 0.5 mm on main scale in one
rotation. The diameter of the ball is

(a) 2.25 mm
(b) 2.20 mm
(c) 1.20 mm
(d) 1.25 mm

78. Which of the following is most accurate?

(a) A screw gauge of least count 0.001 mm
(b) A screw gauge having pitch 1 mm and 50 divisions on circular scale
(c) A Vernier calipers of least count 0.01 mm
(d) Vernier calipers having 20 divisions on the sliding scale (Vernier scale) coinciding 19
divisions on the main millimeter scale.

79. The 'rad' is the correct unit used to report the measurement of
(a) The ability of a beam of gamma ray photons to produce ions in a target
(b) The energy delivered by radiation to a target
 (c) The biological effect of radiation
(d) The rate of decay of a radioactive source

80. In Poiseuille's method of determination of coefficient of viscosity, the physical quantity that
requires greater accuracy in measurement is:
(a) Pressure difference
(b) Volume of the liquid collected
(c) Length of capillary tube
(d) Inner radius of capillary tube

81. An object is moving with a uniform acceleration which is parallel to its instantaneous
direction of motion. The displacement (s) - velocity (v) graph of this object is ______

(a) (b) (c) (d)

82. The relation between time t and distance x is t = ax2 + bx, where a and b are constants. The
acceleration is
(a) −2abv2
(b) 2bv3
(c) −2av3
(d) 2av2

83. A car moving with a speed of 40 km/h can be stopped after 2 m by applying brakes. If the
same car is moving with a speed of 80 km/h, what is the minimum stopping distance?
(a) 8 m
(b) 2 m
(c) 4 m
(d) 3 m

84. A particle moves along a straight line OX. At a time t (in seconds) the distance x (in meters)
of the particle from O is given by x = 40 + 12t – t3. How long would the particle travel before
coming to rest?
(a) 24 m
(b) 40 m
(c) 56 m
(d) 16 m

85. A person moves 30 m north and then 20 m towards east and finally m in south-west
direction. The displacement of the person from the origin will be
(a) 10 m along north
(b) 10 m along south
(c) 10 m along west
 (d) zero

86. The ratio of displacement to distance for a moving particle is

(a) Always less than one
(b) Always greater than one
(c) Always one
(d) One or less than one

87. A particle shows distance-time curve as given in this figure. The maximum instantaneous
velocity of the particle is around the point

(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) A

88. A balloon has mass of 10 g in air. The air escapes from the balloon at a uniform rate with
velocity 4.5 cm/s. If the balloon shrinks in 5 s completely. Then, the average force acting on
that balloon will be (in dyne)
(a) 3
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 18

89. The velocity of the bullet becomes one third after it penetrates 4 cm in a wooden block.
Assuming that bullet is facing a constant resistance during its motion in the block. The bullet
stops completely after travelling at (4+x) cm inside the block. The value of x is:
(a) 2.0
(b) 1.0
(c) 0.5
(d) 1.5

90. Assertion (A): The zero velocity of a particle at any instant always implies zero acceleration
at the instant
Reason (R): A body is momentarily at rest when reverses its direction of motion.

The correct option among the following is

(a) (A) is true, (R) is the correct explanation for (A)
(b) (A) is true, (R) is true but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
91. A time varying force acts on a ball of mass 100g for 2 ms. The force versus time curve is
shown below. If the initial speed of the ball is 10 m/s, then the speed of ball after 2 ms is

(a) 210 m/s

(b) 410 m/s
(c) 200 m/s
(d) 400 m/s

92. A rocket moves straight upward with zero initial velocity and with acceleration 20 m/s2. It
runs out of fuel and stops accelerating at the end of 5th sec. It reaches a maximum height and
falls back to the earth. The speed when it hits the ground is (Take g = 10m/s2)
(a) 100 2m/ s
(b) 150 3m/ s
(c) 50 6m/ s
(d) 75m/ s

93. For the following velocity-time graph, the average speed for the motion during first 80
seconds

(a) 0
(b) 5 m/s
(c) 10 m/s
(d) 0.25 m/s

94. The speed distance graph is shown below. At what instant of time (in sec) the speed becomes
4 m/s?
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

95. A time dependent force is acting on a body of which the velocity of body can be expressed as
αt3/2. The displacement of the body between time t = 2 and 5 sec is about.
(a) 20α
(b) 22α
(c) 6α
(d) 0

96. The instantaneous velocity of a particle moving in a straight line is given as v = αt + βt2,
where α and β are constants. The distance travelled by the particle between 1s and 2s is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

97. The graph which represents the velocity time dependence of a solid descending in a viscous
sodium is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

98. From the top of a tower of height 'H' a body is thrown vertically upwards with a speed 'u'.
Time taken by the body to reach the ground is '3' times the time taken by it to reach the
highest point in its path. Then the speed u is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
99. Points P, Q and R are in a vertical line such that PQ = QR. A ball at P is allowed to fall freely
with zero initial speed. The ratio of the times of descent through PQ and QR is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

100. Ship A is moving Westwards with a speed of 20 kmh–1 and another ship B which is at
200 km South of A is moving Northwards with a speed of 10 kmh–1. The time after which the
distance between them is shortest and the shortest distance between them respectively,
(a) 4 h, KM
(b) h, KM
(c) h, KM
(d) h, KM

101. The x-t plot shown in the figure below describes the motion of the particle, along x-axis,
between two positions A and B. The particle passes through two intermediate points P1 and
P2 as shown in the figure.

(a) The instantaneous velocity is positive as P1 and negative at P2.

(b) The instantaneous velocity is negative at both P1 and P2.
(c) The instantaneous velocity is negative at P1 and positive at P2.
(d) The instantaneous velocity is positive at both P1 and P2.

102. Consider a point P, the contact point of a wheel of radius r on the ground which rolls on
the ground without slipping. What is the displacement of point P, when the wheel completes
half rotation?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

103. A wheel of circumference C is at rest on the ground. When the wheel rolls forward
through half a revolution, then the displacement of initial point of contact will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
104. For ordinary terrestrial experiments, the observer in an inertial frame in the following
cases is :
(a) A child revolving in a giant wheel
(b) A driver in a sports car moving with a constant high speed of 200 kmh–1 on a straight
road
(c) The pilot of an aeroplane which is taking off
(d) A cyclist negotiating a sharp curve

105. 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 speed
1m/s, then after 4 s, his displacement relative to ground will be
(a) 4.5 m
(b) 5 m
(c) 8 m
(d) 3.2 m

106. A metro trains starts from rest and in five seconds achieves 108 km/h. After that it moves
with constant velocity and comes to rest after travelling 45 m with uniform retardation. If
total distance travelled is 395m, find total time of travelling.
(a) 12.2 s
(b) 15.3 s
(c) 9 s
(d) 17.2 s

107. A body dropped from the top of a tower covers a distance 7x in the last second of its
journey, where x is the distance covered in first second. How much time does it take to reach
the ground?
(a) 3 s
(b) 4 s
(c) 5 s
(d) 6 s

108. A bomb is dropped from an aircraft travelling horizontally at 150 ms–1 at a height of 490
m. The horizontal distance travelled by the bomb before it hits the ground is (in meter)
(a) 1000
(b) 1200
(c) 1500
(d) 1800

109. What will be the ratio of the distance moved by a freely falling body from rest in 4th and
5th second of journey?
(a) 4: 5
(b) 7: 9
(c) 16: 25
(d) 1: 1
110. A balloon is moving up in air vertically above a point A on the ground (d). When it is at a
height h1, a girl standing at a distance d (point B) from A (see figure) sees it at an angle 45°
with respect to the vertical. When the balloon climbs up a further height h2, it is seen at an
angle 60° with respect to the vertical if the girl moves further by a distance 2.464 d (point C).
Then, the height h2 is (Given, tan30°=0.5774)

(a) 1.464 d
(b) d
(c) 0.464 d
(d) 0.732 d

111. A drunkard walking in a narrow lane takes 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward,
followed again by 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward and so on. Each step is 1 m long and
requires 1s. Determine how long the drunkard takes to fall in a pit 13 m away from the
starting point.
(a) 37 s
(b) 13 s
(c) 49 s
(d) 18 s

112. The velocity of a car travelling on a straight road is 36 kmh–1 at an instant of time. Now
travelling with uniform acceleration for 10 s, the velocity becomes exactly double. If the
wheel radius of the car is 25 cm, then which of the following is the closest to the number of
revolutions that the wheel makes during this 10 s?
(a) 84
(b) 95
(c) 126
(d) 135

113. Fig (1) and (2) show the displacement-time graphs of two particles moving along the x-
axis. we can say that
 (a) Both the particles are having a uniform accelerated motion
(b) Both the particle are having a uniform retarded motion
(c) Particle (1) is having uniform accelerated motion while particle (2) is having a uniform
retarded motion
(d) Particle (1) is having a uniformly retarded motion while particle (2) is having a uniformly
accelerated motion

114. The ratio of the distances travelled by a freely falling body in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
second
(a) 1:3:5:7
(b) 1:1:1:1
(c) 1:2:3:4
(d) 1:4:9:16

115. A police party is moving in jeep at a constant speed , They saw a thief at a distance on
a motorcycle which is at rest. The moment the police saw the thief, the thief started at
constant acceleration which of the following relations is true if the police is able to catch
the thief?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

116. A police jeep is chasing with velocity of 45 km/h. A thief in another jeep moving with
velocity 153 km/h. Police fires a bullet with muzzle velocity of 180 m/s. The velocity it will
strike the thief is
(a) 150 m/s
(b) 27 m/s
(c) 450 m/s
(d) 250 m/s

117. A particle moving along X-axis has acceleration f at time t given by ,

where and T are constants. The particle at t = 0 has zero velocity. In the time interval
between t = 0 and the instant when f = 0, the particle's velocity is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

118. A body starts from rest with an acceleration a1. After two seconds another body B starts
from rest with an acceleration a2. If they travel equal distances in fifth second after the starts
of A, the ratio a1 : a2 will be equal to:
(a) 9 : 5
(b) 5 : 7
(c) 5 : 9
 (d) 7 : 9

119. A person is running with an uniform velocity towards a flyover. He takes 5 s to reach the
flyover from a reference point and takes 50 s to cross the flyover from the same reference
point. If the length of the flyover is 1000 m then his velocity in nearly
(a) 83.1 kmph
(b) 80.0 kmph
(c) 75.4 kmph
(d) 85.2 kmph

120. Which of the following options is correct for the object having a straight-line motion
represented by the following graph?

(a) The object moves with constantly increasing velocity from O to A and then it moves with
constant velocity
(b) Velocity of the object increases uniformly.
(c) Average velocity is zero
(d) The graph shown is impossible.

121. A ball falls freely from a height of 180 m on to a hard horizontal floor and repeatedly
bounces. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.5, the average speed and average velocity of the
ball before it ceases to rebound are respectively (acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms–2)
(a) m/s, m/s
(b) m/s, m/s
(c) m/s, m/s
(d) m/s, m/s

122. A thin uniform rod of length L is resting against a wall and the floor as shown in the
figure. Its lower end A is pulled towards left with a constant velocity v. Then the downward
velocity v of the other end B when the rod makes an angle θ with the floor is
(a) v
(b) v cosθ
(c) v sinθ
(d) v cotθ

123. A bullet enters in a piece of wood with velocity and the resistive force acting on the
bullet in the wood is proportional to . If the total distance travelled by the bullet is
proportional to , then the value of β is
(a) 2/3
(b) 5/3
 (c) 4/3
(d) -1/3

124. A solid ball is suspended from the ceiling of a motor-car through a light string. A
transverse pulse travels at the speed 60 cms–1 on the string, when the car is at rest. When the
car accelerates on a horizontal road, then speed of the pulse is 66 cms–1. The acceleration of
the car is nearly (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 4.3 ms–2
(b) 2.9 ms–2
(c) 6.8 ms–2
(d) 5.5 ms–2

125. A packet of weight ‘W’ dropped from a parachute strikes the ground and comes to rest
with retardation equal to twice the acceleration due to gravity. The force exerted on the
ground is
(a) W
(b) 2W
(c) 3W
(d) 4W

126. From a point A and a highway, one has to get by car as soon as possible to point B
located in the field at a perpendicular distance l from the highway. The car moves in the
field times slower than on the highway. Take so that if the speed of the car on the
highway is , it is in the field. At what distance x from point D, one must turn off the
highway?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

127. In any system, large number of particles is moving randomly with a constant speed of ν
in all possible directions. Then the magnitude of the relative velocity between a of particles
averaged over all the pairs in the collection will be
(a) 0
(b) 2πν
(c) 2ν/π
(d) 4ν/π

128. Spherical insulating ball and a spherical metallic ball of same size and mass are dropped
from the same height. Choose the correct statement out of the following (Assume negligible
air friction)
(a) Both will reach the earth’s surface simultaneously.
(b) Insulating ball will reach the earth’s surface earlier than the metal ball
(c) Metal ball will reach the earth’s surface earlier than the insulating ball
(d) Time taken by them to reach the earth’s surface will be independent of the properties of
their materials
129. An object is dropped from a tower 100m high. Another is projected upward with a
velocity of 20m/s. The time taken for them to collide is
(a) 1 sec
(b) 5 sec
(c) 2 sec
(d) can't be determined

130. A boy can throw a ball obliquely to a maximum horizontal distance 'x' while standing on
the ground. If he throws the same ball from the top of a tower of height 'x' at an angle of 45º
above the horizontal from the foot of the tower, the ball hits the ground at a distance (Assume
same initial speeds)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

131. A balloon rises from rest with a constant acceleration of g/8. A stone is released from it
when it has risen to a height h. The time taken by the stone to reach the ground is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

132. A boy desires to hit a bird on the ground from a point at a horizontal distance of 100 m. If
the gun can impart a velocity of 500 m/s to the bullet, at what height above the bird must he
aim his gun in order to hit it (g = 10m/s2)?
(a) 10 cm
(b) 20 cm
(c) 50 cm
(d) 100 cm

133. A block slides with a velocity of 10 m/sec on a rough horizontal surface. It comes to rest
after covering a distance of 50 m. If g is 10 m/s2, then the coefficient of dynamic friction
between the block and surface is
(a) 1
(b) 10
(c) 2
(d) 0.1

134. A ball rolls off the top of stairway with a horizontal velocity of magnitude 1.8 m/s. The
steps are 0.20 m high and 0.20 m width. Which step will the ball hit first?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
 (d) Fourth

135. A balloon of mass M descends with an acceleration a (where a < g). What mass need to
be removed from the balloon, so that it starts ascending with acceleration, a?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

136. Water drops are falling from a nozzle of a shower onto the floor, from a height of 9.8 m.
The drops fall at a regular interval of time. When the first drop strikes the floor, at that
instant, the third drop begins to fall. Locate the position of second drop from the floor when
the first drop strikes the floor.
(a) 4.18 m
(b) 2.94 m
(c) 2.45 m
(d) 7.35 m

137. A ball is thrown straight upward from ground with a speed of 20 m/s. The ball was
caught on its way down at a point 5 m above the ground. The time taken by the ball during
entire trip is (assume, g = 10 m/s2)
(a) s
(b) s
(c) s
(d) s

138. A body is projected vertically upwards. The times corresponding to height h while
ascending and while descending are t1 and t2 respectively. Then the velocity of projection is
(g is acceleration due to gravity)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

139. A helicopter rises from rest on the ground vertically upwards with a constant acceleration
g. A food packet is dropped from the helicopter when it is at a height h. The time taken by
the packet to reach the ground is close to (Here, g is the acceleration due to gravity)
(a)

(b)

(c)
 (d)

140. A ball is thrown upwards with a speed u from a height h above the ground. The time
taken by the ball to hit the ground is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

141. Two towers A and B, each of height 20 m are situated a distance 200 m apart. A body
thrown horizontally from the top of the tower A with a velocity 20 ms-1 towards the tower B
hits the ground at point P and another body thrown horizontally from the top of tower B with
a velocity 30 ms-1 towards the tower A hits the ground at point Q. If a car starting from rest
from P reaches Q in 10 seconds, then the acceleration of the car is (acceleration due to
gravity = 10 ms-2)
(a) 1 ms-2
(b) 2 ms-2
(c) 3 ms-2
(d) 4 ms-2

142. A body of mass is thrown up with velocity . The air drag is equal to where is
the velocity at any instant and k is a positive constant. What is the velocity with which the
body comes down?
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d) None of the above

143. A body, thrown upwards with some velocity reaches the maximum height of 50m.
Another body with double the mass thrown up with double the initial velocity will reach a
maximum height of
(a) 100 m
(b) 200 m
(c) 300 m
(d) 400 m
144. A stone dropped from a balloon which is at a height h, reaches the ground after t second.
From the same balloon, if two stones are thrown, one upwards and the other downwards,
with the same velocity u and they reach the ground after t1 and t2 second respectively, then
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

145. An elastic ball is dropped from a height h and it rebounds many times from the floor. If
the coefficient of restitution is e, the time interval between the second and the third impact,
is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

146. Two bodies of masses m1 = 5 kg and m2 = 3 kg are connected by a light string going over
a smooth light pulley on a smooth inclined plane as shown in the figure. The system is at rest.
The force exerted by the inclined plane on the body of mass m1 will be:[take g = 10ms–2]

(a) 30 N
(b) 40 N
(c) 50 N
(d) 60 N

147. At the moment t = 0, a time dependent force F = at (where a is constant equal to 1Ns–1) is
applied to a body of mass 1 kg resting on a smooth horizontal plane as shown in the figure. If
the direction of this force makes an angle with the horizontal. Then the velocity of the
body at the moment it leaves the plane is (Acceleration due to gravity = 10ms–2)

(a) 50 ms–1
(b) 100 ms–1
(c) 50 ms–1
 (d) 100 ms–1
148. If , the angle between will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

149. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

150. The power utilized when a force of ( )N acts on a body for 4s, producing a
displacement of ( )m, is
(a) 9.5 W
(b) 7.5 W
(c) 6.5 W
(d) 4.5 W

151. Three forces acting on a body are shown in the figure. To have the resultant force only
along the y-direction, the magnitude of the minimum additional force needed along OX is

(a) N
(b)
(c) N
(d) 1.5 N

152. If two forces of equal magnitudes act simultaneously on a body in the east and the north
directions then
(a) The body will displace in the north direction
(b) The body will displace in the east direction
(c) The body will displace in the north-east direction
(d) The body will remain at the rest

153. In a triangle ABC, the sides AB and AC are represented by the vectors ( ) and
( ) respectively. Calculate .
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

154. Which of the following relations is true for two unit vector making an angle to
each other?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

155. Two vectors and have equal magnitudes. If the magnitude of is times the
magnitude of , then angle between and is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

156. An aircraft is flying at a height of 'H' above the ground and at a speed of ' '. The
maximum angle subtended at a ground observation point by the aircraft after time T is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

157. A person swims in a river aiming to reach exactly on the opposite point on the bank of a
river. His speed of swimming is 0.5 m/s at an angle of with the direction of flow of
water. The speed of water is
(a) 1.0 m/s
(b) 0.5 m/s
(c) 0.25 m/s
(d) 0.43 m/s

158. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 12 ms–1. A woman rides a bicycle with a speed
of 12 ms–1 in east to west direction. What is the direction in which she should hold her
umbrella?
(a) , towards east
(b) , towards east
(c) , towards west
(d) , towards west
159. A boat crosses a river from port A to port B, which are just on the opposite side. The
speed of the water is and that of boat is relative to still water. Assume . What
is the time taken by the boat, if it has to cross the river directly on the AB line [D = width of
the river]?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

160. A passenger in an open car travelling at 30 m/s throws a ball out over the bonnet.
Relative to the car the initial velocity of the ball is 20 m/s at 60° to the horizontal. The angle
of projection of the ball with respect to the horizontal road will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

161. A boy runs on a horizontal road with a speed of 4 m/s while it is raining. He sees that the
rain is making an angle θ with the vertical while running from West to East. However, when
he runs from East to West, the angle is α. The rain is pouring down at an angle with the
vertical normal and at a speed of 8 m/s as shown in the figure. The ratio tan(θ)/tan(α) is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

162. At time t = 0, a force F = αt, where t is time in seconds, applied to a body of mass 1 kg,
resting on a smooth horizontal plane. If the direction of the force makes an angle of 45° with
the horizontal, then the velocity of the body at the moment of its breaking off the plane is
(a) m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

163. A marble of mass m1 slides down an arc of circular track from rest as shown in the figure.
Assume the track is frictionless. If the block having the track has a mass m2 and can also
slide frictionless on the table the velocity of the particle when it exits the track at B is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

164. The resultant of the two vectors is perpendicular to the vector and its magnitude
is equal to half of the magnitude of vector . Then the angle between is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

165. The vectors are coplanar

when the value of is
(a)
(b)
(c) 3
(d) None of these

166. If , then the vector having same magnitude as but parallel

to can be written as
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

167. Find the component of along .

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
168. Two objects are projected with same velocity 'u' however at different angles α and β with
the horizontal. If α + β = 90°, the ratio of horizontal range of the 1st object to the 2nd object
will be:
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 4 : 1
(c) 2 : 1
(d) 1 :1

169. As per given figure, a weightless pulley P is attached on a double inclined frictionless
surface. The tension in the string (massless) will be (if g = 10 m/s2)

(a) N
(b) N
(c) N
(d) N

170. Two bodies are projected from ground with same speeds 40 ms–1 at two different angles
with respect to horizontal. The bodies were found to have same range. If one of the body was
projected at an angle of 60° , with horizontal then sum of the maximum heights, attained by
the two projectiles, is (given g = 10 ms-2)
(a) 100 m
(b) 80 m
(c) 85 m
(d) 75 m

171. The initial speed of a projectile fired from ground is u. At the highest point during its
motion, the speed of projectile is . The time of flight of the projectile is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

172. An object is projected with a velocity of 20 ms–1 making an angle of with horizontal.
2
The equation for the trajectory is h = Ax – Bx , where h is height, x is horizontal distance A
and B are constants. The ratio A:B is (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 1 : 5
(b) 5 : 1
(c) 1 : 40
(d) 40 : 1
173. A body projected vertically upwards crosses a point twice in its journey at a height h just
after t1 and t2 second. Maximum height reached by the body is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

174. An object is thrown towards the tower which is at a horizontal distance of 50 m with an
initial velocity of 10ms-1 and making an angle with the horizontal. The object hits the
tower at a certain height. The height from the bottom of the tower where the object hits the
tower is (g = 10ms-2)
(a) m
(b) m
(c) m
(d) m

175. A stone is projected with a velocity u at angle θ with the horizontal reaches maximum
height and when it is projected with a velocity u at an angle with the horizontal, it
reaches to a maximum height . The relation among the horizontal range of the projectile,
and is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

176. From the top of a tower a body A is projected vertically upwards, another body B is
horizontally thrown and a third body C is thrown vertically downwards with the same
velocity
(a) B strikes the ground with more velocity
(b) C strikes the ground with less velocity
(c) A, B, C, strike the ground with same velocity
(d) A and C strike the ground with more velocity than B

177. From the top of a tower 19.6 m high, a ball is thrown horizontally. If the line joining the
point of projection to the point where it hits the ground makes an angle of with the
horizontal, then the time initial velocity of the ball is
(a) 9.8 ms-1
(b) 4.9 ms-1
(c) 14.7 ms-1
(d) 2.8 ms-1

178. The maximum height attained by a projectile is increased by 10%. Keeping the angle of
projection constant, what is percentage increase in the time of flight?
 (a) 5%
(b) 10%
(c) 20%
(d) 40%

179. A particle is projected with velocity , such that it just crosses two walls of height h
and separated by h. Find the angle of projection.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

180. A ball is projected upwards from a height h above the surface of the earth with velocity .
The time at which the ball strikes the ground is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

181. Two boys conducted experiments on the projectile motion with stopwatch and noted
some readings. As one boy throws a stone in air at the same angle with the horizontal, the
other boy observes that after 4s, the stone is moving at an angle 30° to the horizontal and
after another 2s it is travelling horizontally. The magnitude of the initial velocity of the stone
is (Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 ms–2)
(a) m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

182. A body is projected vertically upwards with a velocity u from the top of a tower. Time
taken by it to reach the ground is n times, then the time taken by it to reach the highest point
in its path. Height of the tower is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
183. A hunter aims his gun and fires a bullet directly at a monkey on a tree. At the instant the
bullet leaves the barrel of the gun, the monkey drops. Pick the correct statement regarding the
situation.
(a) The bullet will never hit the monkey
(b) The bullet will always hit the monkey
(c) The bullet may or may not hit the monkey
(d) Can't be predicted

184. A ball is projected at an angle θ upwards from horizontal. The true statement is
(a) at each point of flight vertical component of momentum remains constant
(b) at each point of flight horizontal component of momentum remains constant
(c) at the highest point of flight, potential energy is minimum
(d) at the highest point of flight, kinetic energy is zero

185. A ball is projected from the point O with velocity 20 m/s at an angle of with
horizontal as shown in the figure. At highest point of its trajectory, it strikes a smooth plane
of inclination at point A. The collision is perfectly inelastic. The maximum height from
the ground attained by the ball is

(a) 18.75 m
(b) 15 m
(c) 22.5 m
(d) 20.25 m

186. Initial velocity with which a body is projected is 10 m/s from the base of an inclined
plane as shown in the given figure. If the angle of projection is with the horizontal, then
the range R is [take, g = 10 m/s2]

(a) m
(b) m
(c) m
(d) m
187. An archer shoots an arrow from a height 4.2 m above the ground with a speed 40 m/s and
at an angle as shown in the figure. Determine the horizontal distance R covered by the
arrow, when it hits the ground, (take g = 10 m/s2)

(a) m
(b) m
(c) m
(d) m

188. A shell bursts on contact with the ground and pieces from it fly in all directions with
velocities up to 60 m/s. Find the time in which a man 180 m away is in danger.
(a) s
(b) s
(c) s
(d) None of these

189. A stone is projected from the point on the ground in such a direction so as to hit a bird on
the top of a telegraph post of height and then attain the maximum height 3h/2 above the
ground. If at the instant of projection, the bird were to fly away horizontally with uniform
speed. Find the ratio between horizontal velocities of the bird and stone, if the stone still hits
the bird while decreasing.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

190. A projectile move from the ground such that its horizontal displacement is and
vertical displacement is where K and α are constants and t is time. Find out
total time of flight (T) and maximum height attained (Ymax).
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

191. A body is projected up a smooth inclined plane of length m from point A as shown
in the figure. The top B of the inclined plane is connected to a well of diameter 40 m. If the
 body just manages to cross the well then the velocity of projection is (Acceleration due to
gravity, g = 10 ms–2)

(a) m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

192. Particle A is released from a point P on a smooth inclined plane which makes an angle α
with the horizontal. Simultaneously from P another particle B is projected in the same
direction, with an initial velocity u at an angle β with the horizontal. If both A and B meet
again on the inclined plane, α and β are related as

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

193. Two projectiles are projected simultaneously from two towers as shown in the figure. If
collision takes place in the air, then what should be the ratio "x/y":

(a) 1/2
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d)

194. Two projectiles are projected simultaneously from a point on the ground O and an
elevated position A respectively as shown in the figure. If collision occurs at the point of
 return of two projectiles on the horizontal surface, then find the height of A above the ground
and the angle at which the projectile O at the ground should be projected.

(a) m,
(b) m,
(c) m,
(d) m,

195. Two incline planes of angles and are placed touching each other at the base as
shown in the figure. A projectile is projected at right angle with a speed of m/s from
point P and hits the other incline at point Q normally. Then, the time of flight is

(a) 1s
(b) 2s
(c) 3s
(d) 4s

196. A ball is thrown from the ground to clear a wall 3m high at a distance of 6m and falls
18m away from the wall, the angle of projection of ball is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

197. A man fires a large number of bullets in all directions with same speed u. The maximum
area on the ground on which these bullets will spread is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
198. A cricket ball thrown across a field is at heights h1 and h2 from the point of projection at
times t1 and t2 respectively after the throw. The ball is caught by a fielder at the same height
as that of projection. The time of flight of the ball in this journey is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

199. A particle is projected from the ground with a kinetic energy E at an angle of 60° with the
horizontal. Its kinetic energy at the highest point of its motion will be
(a) E/
(b) E/2
(c) E/4
(d) E/8

200. If maximum height and range of a projectile are same, what is the angle of projection?
(a) 36°
(b) 76°
(c) 54°
(d) 84°

201. A car is moving with a constant speed of 20 m/s in a circular horizontal track of radius
40m. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a massless string. The angle made by
string with the vertical will be (Take g = 10 m/s2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

202. If a particle tied to the end of string is set in circular motion then the tension of the string
is
(a) always parallel to the velocity of the particle
(b) always perpendicular to the velocity of the particle
(c) perpendicular to the velocity of the particle only at one instant
(d) parallel to the velocity of the particle only at one instant

203. A stone tied to a string is rotated in a vertical circle. The minimum speed with which the
string has to be rotated
(a) decreases with increasing mass of the stone
(b) is independent of the mass of the stone
(c) decreases with increasing in length of the string
(d) is independent of the length of the string

204. A body of mass M kg is on the top point of a smooth hemisphere of radius 5 m. It is

released to slide down the surface of the hemisphere. It leaves the surface when velocity is 5
 ms–1. At this instant the angle made by the radius vector of the body with the vertical is
(acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms–2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

205. A bucket filled with water is tied to a rope of length 0.5 m and is rotated in a circular path
in vertical plane. The least velocity it should have at the lowest point of circle so that water
does not spill is (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

206. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of
10ms–1. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length 1.0m. The angle
made by the wire with the vertical is (in radian)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

207. A child starts running from rest along a circular track of radius r with constant tangential
acceleration a. After time t he feels that slipping of shoes on the ground has started. The
coefficient of friction between shoes and the ground is [g = acceleration due to gravity]
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

208. A bucket containing water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius ‘r’. To prevent the
water from falling down, the minimum frequency of revolution required is [g = acceleration
due to gravity]
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

209. A train has to negotiate a curve of radius m, the distance between the rails is m and
outer rail is raised above inner rail by distance of m. If the angle of banking is small, the
safety speed limit on this banked road is
(a)
(b)
 (c)
(d)

210. In non-uniform circular motion, the ratio of tangential acceleration to radial acceleration
is (r = radius of circle, v = speed and α = angular acceleration)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

211. A particle is performing vertical circular motion. The difference in tension at lowest and
highest point is
(a) 8 mg
(b) 2 mg
(c) 6 mg
(d) 4 mg

212. The overbridge of a canal is in the form of a concave circular arc of radius ‘r’. The thrust
at the lowest point is (m = mass of the vehicle, v = velocity of the vehicle, g = acceleration
due to gravity)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

213. A coin kept at a distance ‘r1’ cm from the axis of rotation of a turn table, just begins to
slip when the turntable rotates at an angular speed of ‘ω1’ rad/s. If this distance is tripled,
then at what angular speed of the turntable, will the coin begin to slip?
(a) rad/s
(b) rad/s
(c) rad/s
(d) rad/s

214. The circular motion of a particle with constant speed is:

(a) Neither periodic nor SHM
(b) Periodic but not SHM
(c) SHM but not periodic
(d) Periodic and also SHM

215. A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park of radius one kilometer, reaches the
edge P of the park, then cycles along the circumference and returns to the centre along QO as
shown in the figure. If the round trip takes ten minutes, the net displacement and average
speed of the cyclist (in meter and kilometer per hour) is:
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

216. A particle describes a horizontal circle in a conical funnel whose inner surface is smooth
with speed of 0.5 m/s. What is the height of the plane of circle from vertex of the funnel?
(a) 0.25 cm
(b) 2 cm
(c) 4 cm
(d) 2.5 cm

217. A brick of mass m, tied to a rope, is being whirled in a vertical circle, with a uniform
speed. The tension in the rope is
(a) the same throughout
(b) largest when the brick is at the highest point of the circular path and smallest when it is at
the lowest point.
(c) largest when the rope is horizontal and smallest when it is vertical
(d) largest when the brick is at the lowest point and smallest when it is at the highest point

218. A string of length fixed at one end carries a mass at the other end. The string
makes revolutions/second around the vertical axis through the fixed end as shown in
figure. The tension in the string is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

219. A mass 'm' is tied to one end of a spring and whirled in a horizontal circle with constant
angular velocity. The elongation in the spring is 1 cm. If the angular speed is doubled, the
elongation in the spring is 6 cm. The original length of the spring is
(a) 3 cm
(b) 12 cm
 (c) 6 cm
(d) 9 cm

220. A cane filled with water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius 4 m and the water does
not fall down. The time period for a revolution is about
(a) 2 s
(b) 4 s
(c) 8 s
(d) 10 s

221. A circular turn table of radius 0.5 m has a smooth groove as shown in figure. A ball of
mass 90 g is placed inside the groove along with a spring of spring constant 102 N/cm. The
ball is at a distance of 0.1 m from the centre when the turn table is at rest. On rotating the
turn table with a constant angular frequency of 102 sec-1, the ball moves away from the
centre by a distance nearly equal to

(a) 10-1 m
(b) 10-2 m
(c) 10-3 m
(d) 2×10-1 m

222. A stone of mass 2 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length m is whirling in a

circular path in a vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension to the minimum tension
in the string is 4, then the speed of the stone at the highest point of the circle is (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 20 m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

223. The kinetic energy of a particle moving along a circle of radius depends on the
distance covered as , where is a constant. The force acting on the particle is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
224. Find the maximum radius of circle so that the block can complete the circular motion.

(a) 5 cm
(b) 3 cm
(c) 2 cm
(d) 4 cm

225. An object moves in a circular path with a constant speed. Which one of the following
statements is correct?
(a) The centripetal acceleration of the object is smaller for a gentle curve (i.e., curve of larger
radius) than that for a sharp curve (i.e., curve of smaller radius).
(b) The centripetal acceleration is greater for a gentle curve than that for a sharp curve.
(c) The centripetal acceleration is the same for both, the gentle and sharp curves.
(d) The centripetal acceleration causes the object to slow down.

226. A small body of mass m slides without friction from the top of a hemisphere of radius r.
At what height will the body be detached from the centre of the hemisphere?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

227. An ideal massless spring S can be compressed 1 m by a force of 100 N in equilibrium.

The same spring is placed at the bottom of a frictionless inclined plane inclined at 30° to the
horizontal. A 10 kg block M is released from rest at the top of the incline and is brought to
rest momentarily after compressing the spring by 2 m. If g = 10 m/s2, what is the speed of
mass just before it touches the spring?

(a) m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s
228. A smooth chain AB of mass m rests against a surface in the form of a quarter of a circle of
radius R. If it is released from rest, the velocity of the chain after it comes over the horizontal
part of the surface is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

229. A car of mass m is accelerating on a level smooth road under the action of a single force
F. The power delivered to the car is constant and equal to P. If the velocity of the car at an
instant is v, then after travelling how much distance it becomes double?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

230. The potential energy between the atoms in a molecule is given by where
a and b positive constants and x is the distance between the atoms. The atom is in equilibrium
when
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

231. A particle of mass m is projected from the ground with an initial speed u0 at an angle with
the horizontal. At the highest point of its trajectory, it makes a completely inelastic collision
with another identical particle, which was thrown vertically upward from the ground with the
same initial speed u0. The angle that the composite system makes with the horizontal
immediately after the collision is
(a) π/4
(b) π/4
(c) π/4
(d) π/2
232. Two inclined planes OA and OB intersect in a horizontal plane having their inclinations
and with the horizontal as shown in figure. A particle is projected from point P with
velocity u along a direction perpendicular to plane OA. The particle strikes plane OB
perpendicularly at Q. If , the time of flight from P to Q is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

233. Two bodies of masses m and 4m have kinetic energies in the ratio . Their momentum
p1 and p2 are in the ratio
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

234. Which of the following statement is correct?

(a) Electromagnetic force is short ranged
(b) Relative strength of gravitational force is higher than that of weak nuclear force
(c) Range of the weak nuclear force is smaller than that of strong nuclear force
(d) Relative strength of strong nuclear force may or may not be higher than that of
electromagnetic force

235. A man throws a ball of mass 3.0 kg with a speed of 5.0 ms–1. His hand is in contact with
the ball for 0.2 s. If the throws 4 balls in 2 seconds, the average force exerted by him in 1
second is
(a) 15 N
(b) 30 N
(c) 150 N
(d) 75 N

236. A reference frame attached to earth cannot be an inertial frame because

(a) Earth is revolving around the sun
(b) Earth is rotating about its axis
(c) Newton's laws are applicable in this frame
(d) both (a) and (b)

237. Bullets of 0.03 kg mass each, hit a plate at the rate of 200 bullet/s, with a velocity of 50
ms–1 and reflect back with a velocity of 30 ms–1. The average force acting on the plate, in
Newton is
 (a) 120
(b) 180
(c) 300
(d) 480

238. A 0.5 kg ball moving with a speed of 12 m/s strikes a hard wall at an angle of 30° with
the wall. It is reflected with the same speed and at the same angle. If the ball is in contact
with the wall for 0.25 s, the average force acting on the wall is

(a) 48 N
(b) 24 N
(c) 12 N
(d) 96 N

239. 1 kg body explodes into three fragments. The ratio of their masses is 1: 1: 3. The
fragments of same mass move perpendicular to each other with speeds 30 m/s, while the
heavier part remains in the initial direction. The speed of heavier part is
(a) m/s
(b) m/s
(c) m/s
(d) m/s

240. A gun of mass of 10kg fires 4 bullets per second. The mass of each bullet is 20g and the
velocity of the bullet when it leaves the gun is 300ms-1. The force required to hold the gun
while firing is:
(a) 6N
(b) 8N
(c) 24N
(d) 240N

241. A monkey of mass 50kg climbs on a rope which can withstand the tension (T) of 350N. If
monkey initially climbs down with an acceleration of 4m/s2 and then climbs up with an
acceleration of 5m/s2. Choose the correct option (g = 10m/s2)
(a) T = 700N while climbing upward
(b) T = 350 N while going downward
(c) Rope will break while climbing upward
(d) Rope will break while going downward

242. Which one of the following statement is INCORRECT?

(a) The state of rest or uniform linear motion both imply zero acceleration.
(b) A net force is needed to keep a body in uniform motion.
(c) Inertia means resistance to change.
(d) The rate of change of momentum is proportional to the applied force.
243. A system as shown in figure is in equilibrium and is at rest. The spring and string are
massless, now the string is cut. The acceleration of the masses and just after the
string is cut, will be

(a) upwards, downwards

(b) upwards, downwards
(c) upwards, downwards
(d) upwards, downwards

244. Imagine a person standing on a weighing machine placed inside an elevator. The elevator
first accelerates, then moves with a constant velocity and finally decelerates to stop. The
maximum and minimum weights recorded are 80 kg and 64 kg respectively. Find out the true
weight of that person considering g = 10 m/s2
(a) 70 kg
(b) 85 kg
(c) 72 kg
(d) 65 kg

245. Two blocks A and B of masses 4 kg and 6 kg are as shown in the figure. A horizontal
force of 12 N is required to make A slip over B. Find the maximum horizontal force FB that
can be applied on B so that both A and B move together (take g = 10 ms–2)

(a) 30 N
(b) 27 N
(c) 32 N
(d) 25 N

246. A bullet of mass 30 g moving with 700 m/s collides with a block of mass 4 kg hanging by
a string of length 0.4 m. After collision, the block rises to a height of 0.2 m. Then find the
velocity of the bullet when it comes out of the block.
(a) 200 m/s
 (b) 433 m/s
(c) 400 m/s
(d) 332 m/s

247. A lift is tied with thick iron ropes having mass . The maximum acceleration of the lift
2 2
is m/s and maximum safe stress is N/m . The minimum diameter of the rope is (g =
acceleration due to gravity)
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

248. A mass of 1kg is suspended by a string. It is first lifted up with an acceleration of 4.9
m/s2 and then lowered down with same acceleration. The ratio of tensions in the string in the
two cases, respectively is g = 9.8 m/s2
(a) 1:3
(b) 2:1
(c) 3:1
(d) 1:2

249. The minimum and maximum heights attained by a child on a swing from the ground are
0.75 m and 2 m respectively. Find his/her maximum speed:
(a) 10 m/s
(b) 5 m/s
(c) 8 m/s
(d) 15 m/s

250. A gun applies a force F on a bullet which is given by F = (100 – 0.5×105t) N. The bullet
emerges out with speed 400 m/s. Then find out the impulse exerted till force on bullet
becomes zero.
(a) 0.2 N-s
(b) 0.3 N-s
(c) 0.1 N-s
(d) 0.4 N-s

251. A ball of mass 0.45 kg which is initially at rest is hit by a bat. The bat remains in contact
with the ball for 3 × 10–3 s. During this time period the force on the ball by the bat is given
as N where and are constants. The ball's speed,
immediately as it loses contact with the bat is 20 m/s. The correct relation between and is
(a) –
(b)
(c) –
 (d) –

252. Figure represents the position-time graph of a body of mass 4 kg. Impulse (kgms–1)
imparted to the body at t = 0 is

(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 0

253. A boy, sitting on the topmost birth in the compartment of a train which is just going to
stop on the railway station, drops an apple aiming at the open hand of his brother situated
vertically below his own hand at a distance of 2 m. The apple will fall
(a) in the hand of his brother
(b) slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of motion of the train
(c) slightly away from the hand of his brother opposite to the direction of motion of the train
(d) None of the above

254. 90 N mass is hung on a rope tied between two poles as shown in the figure. The tension
T1 and T2 in the two parts of the rope are (in N)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

255. A sphere of mass m moving with a constant velocity hits another stationary sphere of
the same mass and of coefficient of restitution ( ). The ratio of velocities of the two spheres,
after collision will be
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

256. A system of 10 balls, each of mass 2 kg, is connected via mass less and stretchable string.
The system is allowed to slip over the edge of a smooth table as shown in figure. Tension on
the string between the 7th and 8th ball is _______ N when 6th ball just leaves the table.

(a) 36
(b) 35
(c) 34
(d) 37

257. Three masses M = 100 kg, m1 = 10 kg, and m2 = 20 kg are arranged in a system as shown
in figure. All the surfaces are frictionless and strings are inextensible and weightless. The
pulleys are also weightless and frictionless. A force F is applied on the system so that the
mass m2 moves upward with an acceleration of 2 ms–2. The value of F is (take g = 10 ms–2)

(a) 3360 N
(b) 3380 N
(c) 3120 N
(d) 3240 N

258. A moving particle collides with a stationary particle of mass times the mass of
moving particle. The fraction of its kinetic energy transferred to the stationary particle is
(a)
 (b)
(c)
(d)

259. A free body of mass 8 kg is moving at 2 m/s along a straight line. It splits into two equal
parts due to an internal explosion releasing 16J of energy, and neither part deviates from the
original line of motion. Finally,
(a) Both parts continue to move in the same direction as that of the original body
(b) One part comes to rest and the other moves in the same direction as that of the original
body
(c) One part comes to rest and the other moves in the direction opposite to that of the original
body
(d) One part moves in the same direction and the other in the direction opposite to that of the
original body

260. In the arrangement shown in the figure, work done by the string on the block of mass
0.36 kg during the first second after the blocks are released from state of rest is (Ignore
friction and mass of the string.) (Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 ms–2)

(a) 8 J
(b) 4 J
(c) 12 J
(d) 2 J

261. As shown in figure, the tension in the horizontal cord is 30 N. The weight W and tension
in the string OA in Newton are

(a)
(b)
(c)
 (d) None of the above

262. Three forces of magnitude N, N and N act at a corner of a cube along three
edges of a cube, as shown in the figure. The resultant of the three forces is ______.

(a) 12N along OM

(b) 18N along OA
(c) 18N along OC
(d) 12N along OE

263. A block of mass 90 kg is suspended by three strings A, B and C as shown in figure.

Tensions in the strings A, B and C respectively are ____ (g = 10 ms–2, ,
)

(a) 400 N, 500 N & 300 N

(b) 500 N, 300 N & 900 N
(c) 300 N, 600 N & 900 N
(d) 1200 N, 1500 N & 900 N

264. A box of mass m is in equilibrium under the application of three forces as shown below.
If the magnitude of F1 is 10 N, what is the magnitude of F3?

(a) 5N
(b) 15N
(c) 20N
 (d) 30N

265. A block of mass 3 kg is pressed against a vertical wall by applying a force F at an

angle to the horizontal as shown in the figure. As a result, the block is prevented from
falling down. If the coefficient of static friction between the block and wall is , then the
value of F is (use, g = 10 m/s2)

(a) 30 N
(b) N
(c) N
(d) 60 N
266. Consider an object kept at the centre, in the X-Y plane, on which five coplanar forces act
as shown in the figure. The resultant force on the object is

(a) 6.5 N,
(b) 7.5 N,
(c) 6 N,
(d) 5.7 N,

267. A steel wire can withstand a load up to 2940 N. A load of 150 kg is suspended from a
rigid support. The maximum angle through which the wire can be displaced from the mean
position, so that the wire does not break when the load passes through the position of
equilibrium, is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

268. As shown in figure, a 70 kg garden roller is pushed with a force of F = 200N at an angle
of 30° with horizontal. The normal reaction on the roller is (Given, g =10ms–2)
 (a) 800 N
(b) 600 N
(c) N
(d) N

269. In the arrangement shown in figure a1, a2, a3, and a4 are the accelerations of masses m1,
m2, m3, and m4 respectively. Which of the following relation is true for this arrangement?

(a) 4 a1 + 2 a2 + a3 + a4 = 0
(b) a1 + 4 a2 + 3 a3 + a4 = 0
(c) a1 + 4a2 + 3 a3 + 2a4 = 0
(d) 2a1 + 2a2 + 3a3 + a4 = 0

270. An infinite number of masses are placed on a frictionless table and they are connected via
massless strings. Their masses follow the sequence and they are further
connected to a mass m that hangs over a massless pulley. The acceleration of the hanging
mass is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
271. A mass m is supported by a massless string wound around a uniform hollow cylinder of
mass m and radius R. If the string does not slip on the cylinder, then with what acceleration
will the mass release? (Assume, g = acceleration due to gravity)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

272. In the arrangement shown in the figure, work-done by the string on the block of mass
0.36 kg during the first second after the blocks are released from state of rest is (Ignore
friction and mass of the string) (Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 ms–2)

(a) 8 J
(b) 4 J
(c) 12 J
(d) 2 J

273. In the pulley system shown in the figure, the mass of A is half of that of rod B. The rod
length is 500 cm. The mass of pulleys and the threads may be neglected. The mass A is set at
the same level as the lower end of the rod and then released. After releasing the mass A, it
would reach the top end of the rod B in time (Assume, g = 10 m/s2)
 (a) 2.0 s
(b) 1.0 s
(c) 3.0 s
(d) 4.0 s

274. One end of a light string is fixed to a clamp on the ground and the other end passes over a
fixed frictionless pulley as shown in the figure. It makes an angle of 30° with the ground. The
clamp can tolerate a vertical force of 40 N. If a monkey of mass 5 kg were to climb up the
rope, then the maximum acceleration in the upward direction with which it can climb safely
is (g = 10 ms–2)

(a) 2 ms–2
(b) 4 ms–2
(c) 6 ms–2
(d) 8 ms–2

275. A double inclined plane as shown in the figure has fixed horizontal base and smooth
faces with the same angle of inclination of . A block of mass 300 g is on one face and is
connected by a cord passing over a frictionless pulley to a second block of mass 200 g kept
on another face. The acceleration with which the system of the blocks moves is ______ % of
acceleration due to gravity.

(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 20

276. A constant force F = m2g/2 is applied on the block of mass m1 as shown in fig. The string
and the pulley are light and the surface of the table is smooth. The acceleration of m1 is
 (a) towards right
(b) towards left
(c) towards right
(d) towards left

277. The tension of a stretched string is increased by 69%. In order to keep its frequency of
vibration constant, its length must be increased by:
(a) 30%
(b) 20%
(c) 69%
(d) %

278. The pulleys and strings shown in figure are smooth and of negligible mass. For the
system to remain in equilibrium, the angle θ should be

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

279. The time taken by an object to slide down rough inclined plane is n times as it takes
to slide down a perfectly smooth incline plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction
(a)

(b)
(c)
(d)
280. Consider a block kept on an inclined plane (inclined at ) as shown in the figure. If the
force required to just push it up the incline is 2 times the force required to just prevent it from
sliding down, the coefficient of friction between the block and inclined plane(μ) is equal to:

(a) 0.50
(b) 0.33
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.60

281. As shown in the figure a block of mass 10 kg lying on a horizontal surface is pulled by a
force F acting at an angle 30°, with horizontal. For μs = 0.25, the block will just start to move
for the value of F: [Given g = 10 ms–2]

(a) 20 N
(b) 35.7 N
(c) 33.3 N
(d) 25.2 N

282. A block is placed on a parabolic shape ramp given by equation . If the

coefficient of static friction is 0.5, then what is the maximum height above the ground at
which the block can be placed without slipping?
(a) 2.5 m
(b) 1.25 m
(c) 0.5 m
(d) 0.25 m

283. A heavy uniform chain lies on a horizontal table-top. If the coefficient of friction between
the chain and table surface is 0.25, then the maximum fraction of length of the chain, that can
hang over one edge of the table is-
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 35%
(d) 15%
284. The coefficient of static friction between the road and tyres of a car is 0.4. The maximum
permissible speed of the car is 10 ms– 1 on curved unbanked road. Then the maximum radius
of curvature of the road is (acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms– 2)
(a) m
(b) 25 m
(c) m
(d) 30 m

285. A circular race track of radius 240 m is banked at an angle of . If the coefficient of
friction between the wheels of a race car and the rod is 0.2, the maximum permissible speed
to avoid slipping is [Acceleration due to gravity=10 m/s2]
(a) 40 m/s
(b) 60 m/s
(c) 72 m/s
(d) 50 m/s

286. The correct relation among rolling friction , sliding friction and static
friction is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

287. A bag is gently dropped on a conveyor belt moving at a speed of 2 m/s. The coefficient of
friction between the conveyor belt and bag is 0.4. Initially, the bag slips on the belt before it
stops due to friction. The distance travelled by the bag on the belt during slipping motion is
[Take g = 10 ms–2]
(a) 2 m
(b) 0.5 m
(c) 3.2 m
(d) 0.8 m

288. A system of two blocks of masses m= 2 kg and M = 8 kg is placed on a smooth table as

shown in figure. The coefficient of static friction between two blocks is 0.5. The maximum
horizontal force F that can be applied to the block of mass M so that the blocks move
together will be

(a) 9.8 N
(b) 39.2 N
(c) 49 N
(d) 78.4 N
289. A uniform chain has a mass ‘m’ and length ‘l’. It is held on a frictionless table with one-
sixth of its length hanging over the edge. The work done in just pulling the hanging part back
on the table is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

290. A solid flywheel of mass 20 kg and radius 120 mm revolves at 600 rpm. Find the total
force that must be applied by the brake so that the flywheel stops in 3 seconds. Given the
coefficient of friction between the wheels and brake lining is 0.1.
(a) 80 π N
(b) 24 π N
(c) 70 π N
(d) 60 π N

291. Friction can perform ________

(a) Positive work only
(b) Zero work only
(c) Negative work only
(d) Positive, negative and zero work

292. A cylinder rolls down on inclined plane of inclination 30°, the acceleration of the
cylinder is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

293. A block of mass 100 kg attached to a massless rope and the second end of the rope is
pulled up by 2 men along a rough inclined plane of coefficient of friction 0.2 inclined at 37°
with the horizontal. If they exert their maximum force for the block to just start moving up,
the force exerted by each of them is (Acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms–2, tan 37° = 0.75)
(a) 500 N
(b) 760 N
(c) 380 N
(d) 250 N

294. A block of mass 5 kg resting on a horizontal surface is connected by a cord, passing over
a light frictionless pulley to a hanging block of mass 5 kg. The coefficient of kinetic friction
between the block and the surface is 0.5. Tension in the cord is (g = 9.8m/s2)
 (a) 49 N
(b) Zero
(c) 36.75 N
(d) 2.45 N

295. A body starts sliding down from the top of an inclined plane at an angle θ with the
horizontal direction. The first one third of the incline is smooth, the next one third has
coefficient of friction μ/2 and the last one third has coefficient of friction μ. If the body
comes to rest at the bottom of the plane then the value of μ is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

296. A movable steel plate is placed between fixed steel and brass plates and the stack of
plates is subjected to a weight of 100 N as shown in the figure. The coefficient of kinetic
friction for steel on steel is 0.57 and for steel on brass is 0.44. Assuming that the entire
weight comes into the stack and that the weight of the plates is negligible in comparison to
the applied weight, the force required to move the middle plate (in N) is

(a) 13
(b) 101
(c) 440
(d) 570

297. Sand is to be piled up on a horizontal ground in the form of a regular cone of a fixed base
of radius R. Coefficient of static friction between the sand layers is μ. Maximum volume of
the sand can be piled up in the form of cone without slipping on the ground is
(a)
(b)
(c)
 (d)

298. Consider a frictionless ramp on which a smooth object is made to slide down from an
initial height h. The distance d necessary to stop the object on a flat track (coefficient of
friction μ), kept at the ramp end is
(a) h/μ
(b) μh
(c) μ2h
(d) h2μ

299. The frictional force on a rolling cylinder is proportional to

(a) the tangential force and directed perpendicular to the surfaces in contact
(b) the tangential force and directed parallel to the surfaces in contact
(c) the normal force and directed parallel to the surfaces in contact
(d) the normal force and directed perpendicular to the surface in contact

300. An insect crawls up a hemispherical surface very slowly. The coefficient of friction
between the insect and the surface is 1/3. If the line joining the centre of hemispherical
surface and the insect makes an angle α with the vertical, what is the maximum value of α?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

301. A small body was launched up an inclined plane set at an angle θ against the horizontal.
If the time of ascent of the body is k times less than the time of descent. What is the
coefficient of friction?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

302. With increase of temperature, the frictional force acting between two surfaces
(a) increases
(b) remains the same
(c) decreases
(d) becomes zero

303. A block of mass 1 kg slides down a curved track that is one quadrant of a circle of radius
1m. Speed of the block at the bottom is 2 m/s. Work done by the frictional force on the block
when it reaches at the bottom is
 (a) 8 J
(b) –8 J
(c) 4 J
(d) J

304. A bullet of mass of 0.02 kg travelling horizontally with velocity 250 ms–1 strikes a block
of wood of mass 0.23 kg which rests on a rough horizontal surface. After the impact, the
block and bullet move together and come to rest after travelling a distance of 40 m. The
coefficient of sliding friction of the rough surface is (g = 9.8 ms–2)
(a) 0.75
(b) 0.61
(c) 0.51
(d) 0.30

305. The force required to move a body up a rough inclined plane is double the force required
to prevent the body from sliding down the plane. The coefficient of friction, when the angle
of inclination of the plane is is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

306. A particle is place at rest inside a hollow hemisphere of radius R. The coefficient of
friction between the particle and the hemisphere is . The maximum height up to
which the particle can remain stationary is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

307. A block slides down a curved frictionless surface of height 12 m and then moves up a
rough inclined plane of angle of inclination . If the coefficient of kinetic friction between
the block and the inclined plane is 0.2, the maximum height reached by the block is
(a) 12 m
(b) 10 m
(c) 8 m
 (d) 6 m

308. A rocket is fired vertically from the ground with a resultant vertical acceleration of a
10ms–2. Fuel is finished in 1 min and it continues to move up. What is the maximum height
reached?
(a) 36.4 km
(b) 42.3 km
(c) 48.4 km
(d) 25.6 km

309. A rocket is launched straight up from the surface of the earth. When its altitude is 1/3 of
the radius of the earth, its fuel runs out and therefore it coasts. If the rocket has to escape
from the gravitational pull the earth, the minimum velocity with which it should coast is
(a) 11.2 km/s
(b) 10.7 km/s
(c) 9.7 km/s
(d) 8.7 km/s

310. A rocket with an initial mass is going up with a constant acceleration a by exhausting
gases with a velocity relative to the rocket motion, then the mass of the rocket at any
instant of time is (assume that no other forces act on it)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

311. A 600 kg rocket is set for a vertical firing. If the exhaust speed is 1000 m/s, the mass of
the gas ejected per second to supply the thrust needed to overcome the weight of rocket is
(a) 117.6 Kg/s
(b) 58.6 Kg/s
(c) 6 Kg/s
(d) 76.4 Kg/s

312. A satellite in a force free space sweeps stationary interplanetary dust at a rate .
The acceleration of satellite is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of the above

313. Calculate the acceleration of the block and trolley system shown in the figure. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the trolley and the surface is 0.05. (g =10 m/s2, mass of
the string is negligible and no other friction exists).
 (a) 1.25 m/s2
(b) 1.50 m/s2
(c) 1.66 m/s2
(d) 1.00 m/s2

314. A mass of M kg is suspended by a weightless string. The horizontal force that is required
to displace it until the string makes an angle of 45º with the initial vertical direction is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

315. The work done by force acting on a body is as shown in the graph. The total work done in
covering an initial distance of 20 m is

(S in m)
(a) 225 J
(b) 200 J
(c) 400 J
(d) 175 J

316. If the engine of a train of mass 2.05 × 106 kg requires duration of 7 minutes for changing
its velocity from 5 m/s to 25 m/s, find the power of the engine.
(a) 1.46 × 106 W
(b) 2.05 × 106 W
(c) 5 × 10–3 W
(d) 2.5 × 103 W

317. Which of the following is not a correct statement?

(a) Work done by conservative force is equal to negative change in potential energy.
 (b) Total energy of system is always conserved.
(c) Work done by non-conservative force in a closed path is equal to zero.
(d) In stable equilibrium, the potential energy is a minimum.

318. Consider a 50 m high water falls, with water flowing at a rate of 1.2×106 kg/s. using the
power generated due to this process assuming 100% efficiency the number of 60W bulbs that
can be light up is
(a) 9.8×106
(b) 5.88×108
(c) 9.8×103
(d) 1000

319. An object moves along the circle with normal acceleration proportional to tα, where
t is the time and α is a positive constant. The power developed by all the forces acting
on the object will have time dependence proportional to
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

320. Two 20 g flatworms climb over a very thin wall, 10 cm high. One of the worms is 20 cm
long; the other is wider and only 10 cm long. Which of the following statement is correct
regarding them?
(a) 20 cm worm has done more work against gravity
(b) 10 cm worm has done more work against gravity
(c) Both worms have done equal work against gravity
(d) Ratio of work done by both the worms is 4:5

321. A uniform chain of length L and mass M overhangs a horizontal table with its two-third
part on the table. The friction coefficient between the table and the chain is μ. The work done
by the friction during the period, the chain slips of the table is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

322. Given below is a graph between a variable force (F) (along y–axis) and the displacement
(X) (along x–axis) of a particle in one dimension. The work done by the force in the
displacement interval between 0 m and 30 m is
 (a) 275 J
(b) 375 J
(c) 400 J
(d) 300 J

323. An engine pumps water through a hose pipe. Water passes through the pipe and leaves it
with a velocity of 2 m/s. The mass per unit length of water in the pipe is 100 kg/m. What is
the power of the engine?
(a) 400 W
(b) 200 W
(c) 100 W
(d) 800 W

324. A solid sphere of mass 1 kg rolls without slipping on a plane surface. Its kinetic energy is
7 ×10–3 J. The speed of the centre of mass of the sphere is ______ cm/s.
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 05

325. As shown in the figure below, the force F on a particle varies with position in a certain
manner. The kinetic energy of the particle at x = 0 is 12J. What is its kinetic energy at x =14?

(a) 42 J
(b) 70 J
(c) 40 J
(d) 0 J

326. A solid sphere of mass ‘M’ and radius ‘R’ is rotating about its diameter. A disc of same
mass and radius is also rotating about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to
the plane but angular speed is twice that of the sphere. The ratio of kinetic energy of disc to
that of sphere is
(a) 4 : 1
(b) 6 : 1
(c) 3 : 1
(d) 5 : 1
327. A solid sphere is rolling on a frictionless surface with translational velocity . It climbs
that inclined plane from A to B and then moves away from B on the smooth horizontal
surface. The value of should be

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

328. A machine which is 70% efficient raised a 10 kg body through a certain distance and
spends 100 J energy. The body is then released. On reaching the ground, the kinetic energy
of the body will be
(a) 0
(b) 70 J
(c) 50 J
(d) 35 J

329. The potential energy of 1 kg particle free to move along the axis is given by
J. The total mechanical energy of the particle is 2J. Maximum speed of the particle
is (in m/s)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

330. The potential energy of a molecule increases when it is brought to the surface from the
interior of a liquid because
(a) At the free liquid surface gravitational potential energy is more.
(b) Work has to be done to move a molecule to the surface against the repulsive component
of the intermolecular forces.
(c) Work has to be done to move a molecule to the surface against the attraction from other
molecules.
(d) The temperature of the liquid surface is always more than that of the interior of the liquid.

331. In the figure shown, a ball of mass 1.0 kg is rolled with a kinetic energy of 330 J. It
reaches R through the path PQR. Find the speed of the ball at R, if its potential energy at P is
zero.
 (a) 52 m/s
(b) 45 m/s
(c) 40 m/s
(d) 31 m/s

332. A circular disc rolls down an inclined plane. The ratio of rotational kinetic energy to total
kinetic energy is
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 2/3
(d) 3/4

333. A solid cylinder of mass m and R rolls down plane of height 30 m without slipping. The
speed of its centre of mass when the cylinder reaches the bottom is [use g = 10 m/s2]
(a) 10 m/s
(b) 20 m/s
(c) 30 m/s
(d) 40 m/s

334. The Work-Energy theorem

(a) Does not hold in all inertial frames
(b) Is independent of Newton's second law
(c) May be viewed as a scalar form of Newton's second law
(d) Cannot be extended to non-inertial frames

335. Which of the following statements is false?

(a) Momentum is conserved in all types of collisions
(b) Energy is conserved in all types of collisions
(c) During elastic collisions conservative forces are involved
(d) Work-energy theorem is not applicable to inelastic collisions

336. A bullet of mass 1 kg fired with speed 2ms–1 from x = 0 passes through a block of wood
whose centre is kept at a distance of 10 m from the origin as shown in the figure. The
retarding force Fr on the bullet within the wooden block is –0.5/x. The minimum length of the
block (up to one decimal digit) required to completely stop the bullet is (Assume )

(a) 10.1 m
(b) 9.2 m
 (c) 9.7 m
(d) 19.3 m

337. A uniform chain of mass m and length l is on a smooth horizontal table with th
part of
its length is hanging from one end of the table. The velocity of the chain, when it completely
slips off the table is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

338. A ball is released from a height h. It hits the floor below and keeps bouncing repeatedly
until it comes to rest. If the coefficient of restitution of the head-on collision between the ball
and the floor is e (e > > 1), the total distance covered by the ball (vertically) from the point of
its release to its rest position is given by
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

339. Which one of the following statement is correct?

(a) In inelastic collisions, both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved
(b) In inelastic collisions, momentum is conserved and kinetic energy is not conserved
(c) In elastic collisions, momentum is conserved and kinetic energy is not conserved
(d) In inelastic collisions, momentum is not conserved and kinetic energy is conserved

340. Particle A moving with a velocity m/s experienced a head on collision with a
stationary particle B of the same mass. As a result of collision, the kinetic energy of the
system decreased by 1%. The speed of particle A after collision is
(a) 10 m/s
(b) 0.05 m/s
(c) 5 m/s
(d) 10 m/s

341. A tennis ball hits the floor with a speed at an angle θ with the normal to the floor. If the
collision is inelastic and the coefficient of restitution is , what will be the angle of
reflection?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
342. A ball dropped from a building of height 12 m falls on a slab of 1 m height from the
ground and makes a perfect elastic collision. Later the ball falls on a wooden table of height
0.5 m, makes inelastic collision and falls on the ground. If the coefficient of restitution
between the ball and the table is 0.5, then the velocity of the ball while touching the ground is
about (acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 15.5 m/s
(b) 14.5 m/s
(c) 9.2 m/s
(d) 8.2 m/s

343. The bob A of a simple pendulum is released when the string makes an angle of with
the vertical. It hits another bob B of the same material and same mass kept at rest on the
table. If the collision is elastic

(a) both A and B rise to the same height

(b) both A and B come to rest at B
(c) both A and B move with the same velocity of A
(d) A comes to rest and B moves with the velocity of A

344. A hydrogen atom moving at speed collides with another hydrogen atom kept at rest.
Find the minimum value of for which one of the atoms may get ionized. The mass of a
hydrogen atom = 1.67 × 10-27 kg. Assume completely inelastic collision.
(a) 7.2 × 104 m/s
(b) 2.3 × 108 m/s
(c) 2.3 × 104 m/s
(d) 7.2 × 108 m/s

345. An object of mass m and velocity v collides head-on with another body of mass 2m
which is lying at rest. The ratio of kinetic energy of colliding body before and after collision
will be
(a) 4 : 1
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 3 : 1
(d) 9 : 1

346. A neutron in a nuclear reactor collides head on elastically with the nucleus of a carbon
atom initially at rest. The fraction of kinetic energy transferred from the neutron to the carbon
atom is
 (a) 11/13
(b) 48/169
(c) 12/13
(d) 121/169

347. Two equal spheres A and B lie on a smooth horizontal circular groove at opposite ends of
a diameter. Sphere A is projected along the groove and at the end of time T impinges on
sphere B. If e is the coefficient of restitution, the second impact will occur after a time
(a) T
(b) eT
(c) 2T/e
(d) 2eT

348. A 1 kg ball moving with a speed of 6 m/s collides head on with a 0.5 kg ball moving in
the opposite direction with a speed of 9 m/s. If the coefficient of restitution is 1/3, then the
energy lost in the collision is
(a) 303.4 J
(b) 66.7 J
(c) 33.3 J
(d) 67.8 J

349. A particle P falling vertically from a height hits a plane inclined to the horizontal at an
angle θ with speed and rebounds elastically, as shown. The distance along the plane where
it hits the second time is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

350. A proton in motion makes head on collision with an unknown particle at rest. If the
collision is perfectly elastic and proton rebounds back with 4/9 of its initial kinetic energy
after collision, the mass of unknown particle is
(a) Equal to mass of proton
(b) Twice the mass of proton
(c) 3 times the mass of proton
(d) 5 times the mass of proton

351. A circular disc of radius R is removed from one end of a bigger circular disc of radius
2R. The centre of mass of the new disc is at a distance αR from the centre of the bigger disc.
The value of α is
 (a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/6

352. The distance of centre of mass from end A of a one dimensional rod (AB) having mass
density kg/m and length L (in meter) is 3L/α m. The value of α is
(where is the distance form end A)
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 2

353. A circular portion of radius R2 has been removed from one edge of a circular disc of
radius R1. The correct expression for the centre of mass for the remaining portion of the disc
is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

354. Three identical spheres each of mass M are placed at the corners of a right angled triangle
with mutually perpendicular sides equal to 3 m each. Taking point of intersection of mutually
perpendicular sides as origin, the magnitude of position vector of centre of mass of the
system will be m. The value of is
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6

355. A homogenous semi circular plate of radius 9 cm placed at the origin as shown in the
figure. The coordinate of center of mass is (Assume thickness is negligible)

(a) (0 cm, 6 cm)

(b) (0 cm, 4.5 cm)
(c) (- 4.5 cm, 0 cm)
(d) (- 4.5 cm, 4.5 cm)

356. A uniform wire of length 'L' with centre of mass at the origin is lying along the x-axis.
The wire is bent in the form of a circle such that its lowest point is at the origin. Then shift of
centre of mass is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

357. A disc of mass ‘M’ and radius ‘R’ is rotating about its own axis. If one quarter part of the
disc is removed then new moment of inertia of the disc about the same axis is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

358. A circular hole of radius 3 cm is cut out from a uniform circular disc of radius 6 cm. The
centre of the hole is at 3 cm, from the centre of the original disc. The distance of centre of
gravity of the resulting flat body from the centre of the original disc is
(a) 0.5 cm
(b) 1 cm
(c) 1.5 cm
(d) 0.75 cm

359. A uniform circular disc has radius r. A square portion of diagonal r is cut from it. The
centre of mass of the remaining disc from the centre of disc is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

360. Figure shows a thin rectangular copper plate with its centre of mass at origin O and side
AB = 2BC = 2m. If a quarter part of the plate (shown as shaded) is removed, the centre of
mass of the remaining plate would lie at

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
361. A 30 kg boy stands at the far edge of a floating plank, whose near edge is against the
shore of a river. The plank is 10 m long and weighs 10 kg. If the boy walks to the near edge
of the plank, how far from the shore does the plank move?
(a) 7 m
(b) 8 m
(c) 7.5 m
(d) 15 m

362. Three circular discs of same material and same thickness of radii r, 2r and 3r are placed
on a horizontal plane such that their centers lie along a straight line. The radius of the middle
disc is 2r and it touches the other two discs. The distance of the centre of mass of the system
from the centre of the smaller disc is ______.
(a) 2r
(b) 4 r
(c) 6 r
(d) 8 r

363. Three identical spheres of mass m each are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle
of side 2 m. Taking one of the corner as the origin, the position vector of the centre of mass is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

364. A small disc of radius 2 cm is cut from a disc of radius 6 cm. If the distance between their
centers is 3.2 cm, what is the shift in the centre of mass of the disc?
(a) 0.4 cm
(b) 2.4 cm
(c) 1. 8 cm
(d) 1.2 cm

365. If we hollow the ball of pendulum and fill it with sand, what would be the effect of
change on the center of mass?
(a) It would distorted
(b) Its value will decrease only
(c) Its value will increase only
(d) Its value will first decrease and then increase

366. Particles of masses gram are placed on the same line at

distance cm from a fixed point. The distance of centre of mass of the particles
from the fixed point in cm is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
367. A circular plate of uniform thickness has a diameter of 56 cm. A circular portion of
diameter 42 cm is removed from one edge of the plate as shown in the figure below. The
position of centre of mass of the remaining portion is

(a) 7 cm to the left of the centre of plate

(b) 8 cm to the left of the centre of plate
(c) 9 cm to the left of the centre of plate
(d) 10 cm to the left of the centre of plate

368. A marble and a cube of equal mass are initially at rest. Now the marble rolls and cube
slides down a frictionless ramp. When they arrive at the bottom, the ratio of speed of the
cube with respect to the centre of mass and speed of the marble is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

369. A light rod of length l has two masses m1 and m2 attached to its two ends. The moment of
inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through the centre of
mass is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

370. A uniform rod of length one meter is bent at its midpoint to make 90° angle. The distance
of the centre of mass from the centre of rod is:
(a) 36.1 cm
(b) 25.2 cm
(c) 17.7 cm
(d) zero

371. Three bricks each of length L and mass M are arranged as shown from the wall figure.
The distance of the centre of mass of the system from the wall is
 (a) L/4
(b) L/2
(c) (3/2)L
(d) (11/12)L

372. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius R rotates about an axis through its centre and
perpendicular to its plane, with a constant angular velocity ω. Four small spheres each of
mass m (negligible radius) are kept gently to the opposite ends of two mutually perpendicular
diameters of the ring. The new angular velocity of the ring will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

373. A uniform rod of length 60 cm is placed with one end in contact with the horizontal table
and is then inclined at an angle to the horizontal and allowed to fall. The angular velocity
of the rod when it becomes horizontal is (acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms–2)
(a) 9 rad/s
(b) 6 rad/s
(c) 5 rad/s
(d) 8 rad/s

374. A fan is rotating with an angular speed 300 rpm. The fan is switched off, and it takes 80 s
to come to rest. Assuming constant angular deceleration, the number of revolutions made by
the fan before it comes to rest is
(a) 400
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 314

375. A disc of mass 1 kg and radius R is free to rotate about a horizontal axis passing through
its centre and perpendicular to the plane of disc. A body of same mass as that of disc is fixed
at the highest point of the disc. Now the system is released, when the body comes to the
lowest position, its angular speed will be rad/s where is
(a) 5
 (b) 7
(c) 2
(d) 1

376. The angular velocity of a ceiling fan reduces to 50% after 36 rotations since it is switched
off. Assuming uniform retardation, the number of rotations it further makes before coming to
rest is______.
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 48
(d) 36

377. When a coin is kept at a distance of 4 cm from the centre of a circular table rotating at an
angular velocity of ω, what will be the minimum distance from the centre where the coin will
start slipping?
(a) 2 cm
(b) 3 cm
(c) 1 cm
(d) 8 cm

378. A rigid solid sphere is spinning around an axis without any external torque. Due to
change in temperature, its volume increase by 1%. Then its angular speed
(a) Increases nearly by 1%
(b) Decreases by 1%
(c) Decreases by nearly 0.67%
(d) Decreases by nearly 0.37%

379. A wheel undergoes a constant angular acceleration from time t = 0 to t = 20s and
thereafter angular acceleration is zero. If angular velocity at t = 2 s is found to be 5 rad/s,
then the number of revolutions made by the wheel in time interval t = 0 s to t = 50 s is:
(a) 1000/π
(b) 600 π
(c) 1500/π
(d) 2000/π

380. A disc rolls down a smooth inclined plane without slipping. An inclined plane makes an
angle of 60° with the vertical. The linear acceleration of the disc along the inclined plane is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

381. A uniform circular disc of mass M and radius R is rotating in a horizontal plane about an
axis passing through its centre of mass and perpendicular to its plane with an angular velocity
ω. Another disc of same radius but mass (M/2) is placed gently on the first disc. The angular
velocity of the system now is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

382. A solid sphere rolls purely on a rough inclined plane of angle upwards with initial
velocity 2.8 m/s. Find the maximum distance travelled on the inclined plane.
(a) 1.097 m
(b) 5.48 m
(c) 2.083 m
(d) 3.2 m

383. A uniform rod of mass 0.5 kg and length 0.5 m is suspended at its ends by means of two
light inextensible strings so that the rod is horizontal. If one of the strings is cut, then the
angular acceleration of the rod is ( m/s2)
2
(a) 60 rad/s
(b) 30 rad/s2
(c) 15 rad/s2
(d) 10 rad/s2

384. A uniform rod of length l and density ρ is revolving about a vertical axis passing through
its one end. If ω is the angular velocity of the rod then the centrifugal force per unit area of
the rod is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

385. If a rigid body is rotating about an axis with a constant velocity, then
(a) Velocity, angular velocity of all particles will be same
(b) Velocity, angular velocity of all particles will be different
(c) Velocity of all particles will be different but angular velocity will be same
(d) Angular velocity of all particles will be different but velocity will be same

386. Consider a wheel rotating around a fixed axis. If the rotation angle θ varies with time
as , then the total acceleration of a point A on the rim of the wheel is ( being the
tangential velocity)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

387. A solid body rotates an angle θ about a stationary axis according to the law
. What is the mean value of angular velocity over the time interval between t = 0 and the
time when the body comes to rest?
(a) 1 rad/s
 (b) 2 rad/s
(c) 3 rad/s
(d) 4 rad/s

388. A uniform disc of mass M and radius R is hinged at its centre C. A force F is applied on
the disc as shown. At this instant, angular acceleration of the disc is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

389. Two balls of mass m and 4m are connected by a rod of length L. The mass of the rod is
small and can be treated as zero. The size of the balls also can be neglected. We also assume
the centre of the rod is hinged, but the rod can rotate about its centre in the vertical plane
without friction. What is the gravity induced angular acceleration of the rod when the angle
between the rod and the vertical line is θ as shown.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

390. A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and
closed at both the ends. The tube is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one of its ends
with a uniform angular velocity ω. The force exerted by the liquid at the other end will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of the above
391. A ball of mass kg is attached to one end of a string of length m. The
ball rotates circularly in horizontal plane along vertical axis. If maximum tension which can
be applied on string is 324 N, what will be the maximum expected angular velocity of the
ball?

(a) 9 rad/s
(b) 18 rad/s
(c) 27 rad/s
(d) 36 rad/s

392. A flywheel rotates about an axis. Due to friction at the axis, it experiences an angular
retardation proportional to its angular velocity. If its angular velocity falls to half while it
makes n rotations, how many more rotations will it make before coming to rest?
(a) 2n
(b) n
(c) n/2
(d) n/3

393. The direction of the angular velocity vector along:

(a) The tangent to the circular path
(b) The inward radius
(c) The outward radius
(d) The axis of rotation

394. A particle moves through angular displacement θ on a circular path of radius r. The linear
displacement will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

395. A weightless thread can bear tension up to 3.7 kg wt. A stone of mass 500g is tied to it
and revolved in a circular path of radius 4m in a vertical plane. If g = 10m/s2, then the
maximum angular velocity of the stone will be
(a) 2 rad/s
(b) 4 rad/s
(c) 16 rad/s
(d) rad/s
396. The rope of a kite is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 200 g and radius 5 cm. If
the kite experiences a pull of F = 1 N, what will be the linear acceleration of the rope?
(a) m/s2
(b) m/s2
(c) m/s2
(d) None of these

397. A thin uniform rod AB of mass m and length l is hinged at one end A to the level floor.
Initially it stands vertically and is allowed to fall freely to the floor in the vertical plane. The
angular velocity of the rod, when its end B strikes the floor is (g is acceleration due to
gravity):
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

398. If the speed of the rotation of earth increases, then the weight of the body at the equator is
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains unchanged
(d) may increase or decrease

399. A particle of mass 100 g is projected at time t = 0 with a speed 20 ms–1 at an angle to
the horizontal as given in the figure. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the particle
about the starting point at time t = 2s is found to be kgm2/s. The value of K is ______.
(Take g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 800
(b) 600
(c) 1200
(d) 1000

400. The angular momentum of a particle with respect to the origin will not be zero, if
(a) the directional line of linear momentum passes through the origin
(b) the angle between the position vector and linear momentum is 180°
(c) the linear momentum vanishes
(d) the angle between the position vector and linear momentum is 90°

401. A wheel of mass 20 kg and radius 30 cm is rotating at an angular speed of 80 rev/min

when the motor is turned off. Neglecting the friction at the axis, calculate the force that must
be applied tangentially to the wheel to bring it to rest in 5 revolutions.
(a) 1.06π N
(b) 2.06π N
(c) 3.06π N
(d) 4.06π N
402. A rod m long is acted upon by a couple as shown in figure. The moment of couple is
Nm. If the force at each end of the rod, the magnitude of each force is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

403. Three point masses each of mass are kept at the corners of an equilateral triangle of
side . The system rotates about the centre of the triangle without any change in the
separation of masses during rotation. The period of rotation is directly proportional to
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

404. An electric motor of power 75 W rotates a flywheel of moment of inertia 0.36 kgm2 at a
constant rate of 100 rad/s. If the power is switched off, the time taken for the wheel to come
to rest is
(a) 12 s
(b) 24 s
(c) 36 s
(d) 48 s

405. A rigid uniform rod of mass and length m is resting on a smooth horizontal table. It
is pivoted at its centre. Two marbles each of mass M/6 moving with uniform speed m/s in
the plane of the table collide with the two ends of the rod simultaneously as shown in the
figure. The marbles stuck to the rod and continue to move with the rod. Time taken by the
rod to rotate through an angle radian is (in seconds)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
406. A uniform disc of mass M and radius R is spun to angular velocity ω and then carefully
placed on a horizontal surface (coefficient of friction is μ). Assume that the pressure exerted
by disc on the surface is uniform. What is the net torque acting on disc?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of the above

407. If a gymnast sitting on a rotating tool with his arms outstretched, suddenly lowers his
hands.
(a) the angular velocity decreases
(b) his moment of inertia decreases
(c) the angular velocity stays constant
(d) the angular momentum increases

408. If the radius of the earth contracts to half of its present day value without change in mass,
what will be the length of the day?
(a) 24 hours
(b) 48 hours
(c) 6 hours
(d) 12 hours

409. A uniform metal rod of length L and mass M is rotating about an axis passing through
one of the ends and perpendicular to the rod with angular speed ω. If the temperature
increases by , then the change in its angular velocity is proportional to which of the
following? (coefficient of linear expansion of rod )
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

410. A particle of mass 1 kg is projected with an initial velocity 10 m/s at an angle of

projection with the horizontal. The average torque acting on the projectile, between the
time at which it is projected and the time at which it strikes the ground, about the point of
projection in Nm is
(a) 25
(b) 50
(c) 75
(d) 100

411. If a solid sphere of mass 5kg and a disc of mass 4kg have the same radius. Then the ratio
of moment of inertia of the disc about a tangent in its plane to the moment of inertia of the
sphere about its tangent will be . The value of is
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 2
 (d) 9

412. Four spheres, each of diameter and mass , are placed in a way that their centers lie
on the four corners of a square of side . Moment of inertia of the system about an axis along
one of the sides of the square is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

413. From a disc of mass and radius , a circular hole of a diameter is cut whose rim
passes through the centre. The moment of inertia of the remaining part of the disc about
perpendicular axis passing through the centre is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

414. Four identical discs each of mass and diameter are arranged in a small plane as
shown in figure. If the moment of inertia of the system about OO' is . Then, value
of will be

(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 1
(d) 7

415. Energy of 484 J is spent in increasing the speed of a flywheel from 60 rpm to 360 rpm.
The moment of inertia of the flywheel is:
(a) 0.7 kg-m2
(b) 3.22 kg-m2
(c) 30.8 kg-m2
(d) 0.07 kg-m2

416. Three particles, each of mass grams situated at the vertices of an equilateral ΔABC of
side cm (as shown in the figure). The moment of inertia of the system about a line AX
perpendicular to AB and in the plane of ABC in g-cm2 units will be
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

417. A solid sphere of mass and radius has moment of inertia about its diameter. It
recast into a disc of thickness whose moment of inertia about an axis passing through its
edge and perpendicular to its plane, remains . Radius of the disc will be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

418. From a uniform circular thin disc of mass 9M and radius R, a small disc of radius R/3 is
removed. The centre of the small disc is at a distance 2R/3 from the centre of original disc.
The moment of inertia of the remaining disc about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the
disc and passing through the centre of the disc of radius R is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

419. Three identical uniform solid spheres each of mass and radius are joined as shown in
the figure, with centres lying in the same plane. The moment of inertia of the system about an
axis lying in that plane and passing through the centre of sphere C is

(a)
(b)
 (c)
(d)

420. Four metal rods each of mass and length are welded to form of a square as shown.
What is M.I. of the system about axis ‘AB’?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

421. Three identical rods each of mass ‘M’ and length ‘L’ are joined to form a symbol ‘H’.
The moment of inertia of the system about one of the sides of ‘H’ is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

422. A thin rod of length L and mass M is bent at its midpoint into two halves so that the angle
between them is 90°. The moment of inertia of the bent rod about an axis passing through the
bending point and perpendicular to the plane defined by the two halves of the rod is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

423. A thin rod of length 4l and mass 4m is bent at the points as shown in figure. What is the
moment of inertia of the rod about the axis passes through point O and perpendicular to the
plane of paper?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

424. A rod of length L rotates about an axis passing through one of its ends and perpendicular
to its plane. If the linear mass density of the rod varies as kg/m, then the
moment of inertia of the rod about the given axis of rotation is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of the above

425. Four small objects each of mass m are fixed at the corners of a rectangular wire-frame of
negligible mass and of sides a and b (a > b). If the wire frame is now rotated about an axis
passing along the side of length b, then the moment of inertia of the system for this axis of
rotation is
(a) 2ma2
(b) 2mb2
(c) 2m(a2 + b2)
(d) 2m(a2 – b2)

426. A thin wire of length l having density ρ is bent into a circular loop with C as its centre, as
shown in figure. The moment of inertia of the loop about the line AB is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

427. A circular disc is to be made using iron and aluminum. To keep its moment of inertia
maximum about a geometrical axis, it should be so prepared that
(a) Aluminum is at the interior and iron surrounds it
(b) Iron is at the interior and aluminum surrounds it
(c) Aluminum and iron layers are in alternate order
(d) Sheet of iron is used at both external surfaces and aluminum sheet as inner material

428. A uniform circular disc of radius R lies in the X-Y plane with its centre coincident with
the origin. Its moment of inertia about an axis passing through a point of the X-axis at a
distance and perpendicular to the X-Y plane is equal to its moment of inertia about
an axis passing through a point on the Y-axis at a distance and parallel to the X-axis in
the X-Y plane. The value of d is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
429. A rod AB of length 1m is placed at the edge of a smooth table as shown. It is hit
horizontally at point B. If the displacement of centre of mass in 1s is m, the angular
–2
velocity of rod is ____ (Take g = 10ms )

(a) rad/s
(b) rad/s
(c) rad/s
(d) rad/s

430. A uniform cylinder of radius 1 m, mass 1kg spins about its axis with an angular velocity
20rad/s. At certain moment, the cylinder is placed into a corner as shown in the figure. The
coefficient of friction between the horizontal wall and the cylinder is μ whereas the vertical
wall is frictionless. If the number of rounds made by the cylinder is 5 before it stops, then the
value μ is (acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m/s2)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

431. An equilateral prism of mass m rests on a rough horizontal surface with coefficient of
friction μ. A horizontal force F is applied on the prism as shown in the figure. If the
coefficient of friction is sufficiently high so that the prism does not slide before toppling,
then the minimum force required to topple the prism is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

432. A solid sphere rolls down two different inclined planes of the same height but of different
inclinations.
(a) In both cases the speed and time of descend will be same
(b) The speed will be same but time of descend will be different
(c) The speed will be different but time of descend will be same
(d) Speed and time of descend both will be different

433. When no external torque acts on a rotating system,

(a) Its rotational kinetic energy is conserved
(b) Its rotational kinetic energy is independent of moment of inertia
(c) Its rotational kinetic energy is directly proportional to moment of inertia
(d) Its rotational kinetic energy is inversely proportional to moment of inertia

434. If R is the radius of orbit of a satellite, then the kinetic energy of the satellite is
proportional to
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

435. A solid spherical ball rolls down a symmetrical bowl starting from rest at the top of the
left side (see figure shown) height from the bottom. If the left half of the bowl is rough and
the right half has no friction, the vertical height the ball will reach on the smooth side is
(Assuming rolls without slipping in the rough side the bowl)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

436. A uniform disc of radius R is spun to an angular velocity ωo and then carefully placed on
a horizontal surface. If pressure exerted by the disc on surface is regarded as uniform and the
coefficient of friction is equal to , the rotation of the disc will come to a stop in time t. The
value of t is
(a)
(b)
(c)
 (d)

437. A uniform rod of length l is free to rotate in a vertical plane about a fixed horizontal axis
through B. The rod begins rotating from rest from its unstable equilibrium position. When, it
has turned through an angle θ, its angular velocity ω given by

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

438. A metal sphere of radius r and specific heat s is rotated about an axis passing through its
centre at a speed of n rotations per second. It is suddenly stopped and 50% of its energy is
used in increasing its temperature. Then the rise in temperature of the sphere is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

439. Three identical square plates rotate about the axes shown in the figure in such a way that
their kinetic energies are equal. Each of the rotation axes passes through the centre of the
square. Then the ratio of angular speeds is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
440. A small object of uniform density rolls up a curved surface with an initial velocity . It
reaches up to a maximum height of with respect to the initial position. The object is:

(a) ring
(b) solid sphere
(c) hollow sphere
(d) disc

441. A solid cylinder length is suspended symmetrically through two massless strings, as
shown in the figure. The distance from the initial rest position, the cylinder should by
unbinding the strings to achieve a speed of 4 m/s, is .......cm. (take g = 10 ms-2)

(a) 110
(b) 115
(c) 120
(d) 125

442. A spherical shell of 1 kg mass and radius R is rolling with angular speed ω on horizontal
plane (as shown in figure). The magnitude of angular momentum of the shell about the origin
O is . The value of will be

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 4

443. A rolling wheel of 12 kg is on an inclined plane at position P and connected to a mass of

3 kg through a string of fixed length and pulley as shown in figure. Consider PR as friction
 free surface. The velocity of centre of mass of the wheel when it reaches at the bottom Q of
the inclined plane PQ will be m/s. The value of is approximately _____.

(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 5

444. A small disc of mass 500 gm and radius 5 cm rolls down an inclined plane without
slipping. Speed of its center of mass when it reaches the bottom of the incline plane depends
on
(a) mass & radius
(b) mass & height of the incline
(c) height of the incline
(d) height of the incline and acceleration due to gravity

445. A wheel of radius rolls without slipping with a speed on a horizontal road. When it is
at a point A on the road a small blob of the mud separates from wheel at the highest point and
touches the point B on the road as shown in the figure. Then AB is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

446. A solid spherical ball rolls on a horizontal surface at 10 m/s and continues to roll up on an
inclined surface as shown in the figure. If the mass of the ball is 11 kg and frictional losses
are negligible, the value of h where the ball stop and starts rolling down the inclination is
(assume, g = 10 m/s)
 (a) 8 m
(b) 6 m
(c) 7 m
(d) 10 m

447. A solid sphere is rolling without slipping on a semi-circular track of radius 10 m as

shown in the figure. The radius of solid sphere is much smaller than the radius of semi-
circular track. At the lowest point, it has a velocity 10 m/s. To what maximum angle θ from
the vertical will the sphere travel before it comes back down? Neglect the rolling friction
between the sphere and the track. (Take, g = 10 m/s2)

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

448. A cylinder rolls up an inclined plane, reaches some height and then rolls down (without
slipping throughout these motions). The directions of the frictional force acting on the
cylinder are
(a) up the incline while ascending and down the incline while descending.
(b) up the incline while ascending as well as descending.
(c) down the incline while ascending and up the incline while descending.
(d) down the incline while ascending as well as descending.

449. A circular disc of radius R rolls without slipping along the horizontal surface with
constant velocity . We consider a point P on the surface of the disc. Then the acceleration
of the point P is:
(a) Constant in magnitude as well as direction
(b) Constant in direction only
(c) Constant in magnitude only
(d) Both direction and magnitude aren’t constant
450. A body is rolling down an inclined plane. Its translational and rotational kinetic energies
are equal. The body is a
(a) Solid sphere
(b) Hollow sphere
(c) Solid cylinder
(d) Hollow cylinder

451. Two uniform solid spheres having unequal masses and unequal radii are released from
rest from the same height on a rough incline. If the spheres roll without slipping,
(a) the heavier sphere reaches the bottom first
(b) the bigger sphere reaches the bottom first
(c) the two spheres reach the bottom together
(d) the information given is not sufficient to tell which sphere will reach the bottom first

452. A solid sphere and a hollow sphere, both of the same size and same mass roll down an
inclined plane. Then
(a) solid sphere reaches the ground first
(b) hollow sphere reaches the ground first
(c) both spheres reaches the ground at the same time
(d) the time at which the spheres reach the ground cannot be specified by the given data

453. Which of the following is true about the angular momentum of a cylinder down a slope
without slipping:
(a) its magnitude changes but the direction remains same
(b) both magnitude and direction change
(c) only the direction change
(d) neither change

454. At any instant, a rolling body may be considered to be in pure rotation about an axis
through the point of contact. This axis is translating forward with speed
(a) equal to centre of mass
(b) zero
(c) twice of centre of mass
(d) None of the above

455. A small sphere rolls down without slipping from the top of a track in a vertical plane. The
track has an elevated section and a horizontal part. The horizontal part is 1.0 m above the
ground level and the top of the track is 2.4 m above the ground. The distance on the ground
with respect to point B (which is vertically below the end of the track) where the sphere lands
is . Find .
(a) m
(b) m
(c) m
(d) m
456. A uniform bar of length 6a and mass 8m lies on a smooth horizontal table. Two point
masses m and 2m moving in the same horizontal plane with speeds 2v and v , respectively,
strike the bar as shown in the figure and stick to it after collision. Denoting angular velocity
(about the centre of mass), total energy and centre of mass velocity by , E and Vc
respectively, we have after collision

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

457. A balance is made of a rigid rod free to rotate about a point not at the centre of the rod.
When an unknown mass m is placed in the left-hand pan, it is balanced by a mass m1 placed
in the right-hand pan, and similarly when the mass m is placed in the right-hand pan; it is
balanced by a mass m2 in the left-hand pan. Neglecting the masses of the pans, m is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

458. A pan containing a layer of uniform thickness of ice is placed on a circular turntable with
its centre coinciding with the centre of the turntable. The turntable is now rotated at a
constant angular velocity about a vertical axis passing through its centre and the driving
torque is withdrawn. There is no friction between the table and the pivot. The pan rotates
with the table. As the ice melts
(a) the angular velocity of the system decreases
(b) the angular velocity of the system increases
(c) the angular velocity of the system remains unchanged
(d) the moment of inertia of the system increases.

459. A man is standing on a table which is rotating with an angular velocity . He is holding
two equal masses at arm’s length. If he drops the masses without moving his arms, his
angular speed
(a) will be less than
(b) will be more than
(c) will remain equal to
(d) will be less than, equal to, or greater than depending on the quantity of masses
460. If I is the moment of inertia of a solid sphere about an axis parallel to a diameter of the
sphere and t a distance from it, which of the following graphs represents the variation of I
with ?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

461. One quarter sector is cut from a uniform circular disc of radius R. This sector has mass
M. It is made to rotate about a line perpendicular to its plane and passing through the centre
of the original disc. Its moment of inertia about the axis of rotation is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

462. A small block is shot into each of the four tracks as shown below. Each of the tracks rises
to the same height. The speed with which the block enters the track is the same in all cases.
At the highest point of the track, the normal reaction is maximum in

(a) (b)
 (c) (d)

463. A stone tied to a string of length L is whirled in a vertical circle with the other end of the
string at the centre. At a certain instant of time, the stone is at its lowest position, and has a
speed u. The magnitude of the change in its velocity as it reaches a position where the string
is horizontal is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

464. A car moving on a horizontal road may be thrown out of the road in taking a turn
(a) by the gravitational force
(b) due to the lack of proper centripetal force
(c) due to the rolling frictional force between the tyre and the road
(d) by the reaction of the ground

465. A motor car moves with the same speed on (i) a horizontal level bridge, (ii) a concave
bridge, and (iii) a convex bridge. The force exerted by the car on the bridge when it is at the
centre of the bridge is
(a) maximum in case (i)
(b) maximum in case (ii)
(c) maximum in case (iii)
(d) the same in all the three cases.

466. A hollow cylinder of radius 10 cm rotates about its axis which is vertical. A small body
remains in contact with the inner wall if the frequency of rotation is 200 per minute but falls
at lower frequencies. The coefficient of friction between the body and the cylinder is
(a) 0.112
(b) 0.225
(c) 0.34
(d) 0.45

467. A smooth circular tube is kept in a vertical plane. A particle of mass m, which can slide
freely inside the tube, is placed at the highest point in the tube. If the particle is displaced
slightly from rest, the force exerted by it on the wall of the tube at angular displacement is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

468. A nail is located at a certain distance vertically below the point of suspension of a simple
pendulum of length 1 m. The bob is released from the position where the string makes an
angle of 60° with the vertical. What should be the distance of the nail from the point of
suspension so that the bob just performs revolution with the nail as centre?
(a) 0.2 m
(b) 0.4 m
(c) 0.6 m
(d) 0.8 m

469. A wheel rotates about an axis passing through the centre and perpendicular to the plane
with slowly increasing angular speed. Thus it has
(a) radial velocity and radial acceleration
(b) tangential velocity and radial acceleration
(c) tangential velocity and tangential acceleration
(d) tangential velocity but acceleration having both components.

470. Two identical particles are attached at the ends of a light string which passes through a
hole at the centre of a table. One of the particles is made to move in a circle on the table with
angular velocity and the other is made to move in a horizontal circle as a conical
pendulum with angular velocity . If l1 and l2 are the lengths of the string over and under
the table, then in order that the particle under the table neither moves down nor moves up, the
ratio l1/l2 is
 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

471. Two masses M and m hang at the two ends of a string that passes through a smooth tube
as shown. The mass m moves in a circular path which lies in a horizontal plane. The length of
the string from m to the top of the tube is l and is the angle this length makes with the
vertical. What should be the frequency of revolution of m so that M remains stationary?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

472. Two masses m and M are connected by a light string that passes through a smooth hole O
at the centre of a table. Mass m lies on the table and M hangs vertically, m is moved round in
a horizontal circle with O as the centre. If l is the length of the string from O to m then the
frequency with which m should revolve so that M remains stationary is

(a)

(b)
 (c)

(d)

473. On a dry road, the maximum permissible speed of a car in a circular path is 10 m/s. If the
road becomes wet, the maximum speed is m/s. If the coefficient of friction for dry road
is , then that for the wet road is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

474. A neutron collides head-on and elastically with an atom of mass number A, which is
initially at rest. The fraction of kinetic energy retained by the neutron is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

475. Two blocks m1 and m2, having masses 10 kg and 5 kg respectively, are placed on a
frictionless horizontal surface and are connected by a light spring of force constant 5 N/m. m1
is in contact with a rigid wall. m2 is pushed through a distance of 4 cm towards m1 and then
released. The velocity of the centre of mass of the system when m1 breaks off the wall is
(a) 2/3 cm/s
(b) 4/3 cm/s
(c) 2 cm/s
(d) 4 cm/s

476. Six identical steel balls are lined up in a straight frictionless groove made on a horizontal
surface. Two similar balls moving with speed collide elastically with the row of 6 balls
from the left. Then

(a) one ball from the row will move with a speed , other balls remaining at rest
(b) two balls from the row will move with a speed other balls remaining are rest
(c) all the 6 balls in the row will move with a speed each and the two incident balls will
come to rest
(d) all the 8 balls will move with a speed each
477. A metal ball and a rubber ball, both having the same mass, strike a wall normally with the
same velocity. The rubber ball rebounds and the metal ball does not rebound. It can be
concluded that
(a) the rubber ball suffers greater change in momentum
(b) the metal ball suffers greater change in momentum
(c) both suffer the same change in momentum
(d) the initial momentum of the rubber ball in greater than that of the metal ball

478. When an explosive shell, travelling in a parabolic path under the effect of gravity
explodes, the centre of mass of the fragments will move
(a) first vertically upwards and then vertically downwards
(b) vertically downwards
(c) along the original parabolic path
(d) first horizontally and then along a parabolic path

479. An object, initially at rest, explodes into three fragments. The momenta of two parts
are and where p is a positive number. The momentum of the third part
(a) will have a magnitude 3p
(b) will have a magnitude
(c) will make an angle with the axis
(d) will make an angle of with the axis

480. Water is falling on the blades of a turbine at a rate of 100 kg/sec from a certain spring. If
the height of the spring be 100 meters, the power transferred to the turbine will be
(a) 100 kW
(b) 10 kW
(c) 1 kW
(d) 100 watt

481. A 10 H.P. motor pumps out water from a well of depth 20 m and fills a water tank of
volume 22380 liters at a height of 10 m form the ground. The running time of the motor to
fill the empty water tank is (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 5 minutes
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 15 minutes
(d) 20 minutes

482. Two identical cylindrical vessels with their bases at the same level, each contains a liquid
of density . The height of the liquid in one vessel is h1 and that in the other is h2. The area of
either base is A. The work done by gravity in equalizing the levels when the vessels are
interconnected is
(a)

(b)
(c)
 (d)

483. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth and of negligible mass. For the
system to remain in equilibrium, the angle should be

(a) 0°
(b) 30°
(c) 45°
(d) 60°

484. 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 pulley by the clamp is given by

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

485. A body is placed on a plane. The coefficient of friction between the body and the plane is
μ. The plane is gradually tilted up. If is the inclination of the plane then the frictional force
on the body is
(a) constant throughout
(b) constant up to and decreases after that
(c) increases up to and constant after that
(d) decreases up to and constant after that
486. The mass of a body measured by a physical balance in a lift at rest is found to be m. If the
lift is going up with an acceleration a, its mass will be measured as
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) 0

487. A man is on a frictionless horizontal plane. It is possible for him to get off the plane by
(a) spitting or sneezing
(b) rolling his body on the surface
(c) running
(d) none of the above

488. In the figure below, with what force must the man pull the rope to hold the plank in
position? Weight of the man is 60 kgf. Neglect the weights of plank, rope and pulley.

(a) 15 kgf
(b) 30 kgf
(c) 60 kgf
(d) 120 kgf

489. A painter is raising himself and the crate on which he stands with an acceleration of 5
m/s2 by a massless rope and pulley arrangement. Mass of the painter is 100 kg and that of the
crate is 50 kg. If g = 10 m/s2, then the
 (a) tension in the rope is 2250 N
(b) tension in the rope is 1125 N
(c) force of contact between the painter and the floor is 750 N
(d) force of contact between the painter and the floor is 375 N

490. The mass-string system shown in the figure is in equilibrium. If the coefficient of friction
between A and the table is 0.3, the frictional force on A is

(a) 9.8 N
(b) 2.04 N
(c) 1.98 N
(d) 0.59 N

491. A grasshopper can jump a maximum distance of 0.2 m. If it continues to jump in this
manner, spending negligible time on the ground, then the speed with which he moves
forward is approximately
(a) 1 m/s
(b) 2 m/s
(c) 3 m/s
(d) 4 m/s

492. An aeroplane is flying at a constant horizontal velocity of 600 km/h at an elevation of 6

m towards a point directly above the target lying on the earth’s surface. At an appropriate
time, the pilot releases a ball so that it strikes the target on the earth. The ball will appear to
be falling
(a) on a parabolic path as seen by the pilot in the aeroplane
(b) vertically along a straight path as seen by an observer on the ground near the target
(c) on a parabolic path as seen by an observer on the ground near the target
(d) on a zigzag path as seen by the pilot in the aeroplane.

493. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s2. After 8s, a
stone is released from the balloon. The stone will (taking g = 10 ms–2)
(a) cover a distance of 40 m in reaching the ground
(b) will have a displacement of 50 m
(c) begin to move down after being released
(d) reach the ground in 4s

494. A bird flies with a speed of 10 kmph and a car moves with a uniform speed of 8 kmph.
Both start from B towards A (BA = 40 km) at the same instant. The bird having reached A,
 files back immediately to meet the approaching car. As soon as it reaches the car it flies back
to A. Thus the bird repeats till both the car and the bird reach A simultaneously. The total
distance flown by the bird is
(a) 80 km
(b) 40 km
(c) 50 km
(d) cannot be determined

495. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits the ground and
bounces up vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and air resistance, its
velocity varies with the height h above the ground as

(a) (b) (c) (d)

496. A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration. If its velocity after n seconds is , then
its displacement in the last two seconds is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

497. Three balls, having masses m1, m2 and m3, are allowed to move down from rest on three
frictionless paths OA, OB and OC respectively (see figure). If and are their
respective speeds at the bottom points A, B and C, then

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

498. The graph below shows the velocity versus time graph for a body. Which of the
following graphs represents the corresponding acceleration vs. time graph?
 (a) (b)

(c) (d)

499. A body slides down a frictionless inclined plane when released from rest. Another body
falls freely from the same height. Then
(a) both reach the ground together
(b) body sliding down the plane will strike the ground first
(c) both reach the ground with the same acceleration
(d) both reach the ground with the same speed

500. The displacement-time graph of a particle is as shown below. It indicates that

(a) the particle starts with a certain velocity, but the motion is retarded and finally the particle
stops
(b) the velocity of the particle is constant throughout
(c) the acceleration of the particle is constant throughout
(d) the particle starts with a velocity, the motion is accelerated and finally the particle moves
with a constant velocity.