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Laws of Motion

The document presents a series of physics problems related to laws of motion, covering topics such as impulse, acceleration, tension, and forces acting on objects. Each problem includes multiple-choice answers, with correct answers indicated by an asterisk. The problems involve calculations and conceptual understanding of motion in various scenarios.

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Laws of Motion

The document presents a series of physics problems related to laws of motion, covering topics such as impulse, acceleration, tension, and forces acting on objects. Each problem includes multiple-choice answers, with correct answers indicated by an asterisk. The problems involve calculations and conceptual understanding of motion in various scenarios.

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LAWS OF MOTION

1. A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns estward with the
same aped to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while
turning is
1) Along castward 2) Along northward
*3) Along north-east 4) Along south-west
2. A ball of mass 0.15kg is dropped from a height 10m, strikes the ground and
rebounds to the same height. The magnitude of impulse imparted to the ball
is(g=10 m/ s 2 )
*1) 4.2kg m/s 2) 2.1kg m/s 3) 1.41kg m/s 4) 0kg m/s
3. When an object is shot from the bottom of a long smooth inclined plane kept
at an angle 600 with horizontal, it can travel a distance x1 along the plane. But
when the inclination is decreased to 300 and the same object the shot with
the same velocity, it can travel x2 distance. Then x1 : x2 will be
1) 1: 2 2) 2 :1 *3) 1: 3 4) 1: 2 3
4. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth inclined wedge ABC of inclination 
as shown in the figure. The wedge is given an acceleration ‘a’ towards the
right. The relation between a and  for the block to remain stationary on the
wedge is

g g
1) a  2) a  3) a  g cos  *4) a  g tan 
cos ec sin 
5. Two blocks A and B of masses 3m and m respectively are connected by a
mass less and inextensible string. The whole system is suspended by a
massless spring as shown in figure. The magnitudes of acceleration of A and
B immediately after the string is cut, are respectively.

g g g g
*1) ,g 2) g, g 3) , 4) g ,
3 3 3 3
6. Three blocks with masses m, 2m and 3m are connected by string, as shown
in the figure. After an upward force F is applied on block m, the masses move
upward at constant speed v. What is the net force on the block of mass 2m?
(g is the acceleration due to gravity)
1) 2mg 2) 3mg 3) 6mg *4) Zero
7. A boy is hanging from a horizontal branch of a tree. The tension in the arms
will be maximum when the angle between the arms is:
1) 00 2) 600 3) 900 *4) 1200
8. A mass of 10kg is suspended from a spring balance. It is pulled aside by a
horizontal string so that it makes an angle 600 with the vertical. The new
reading of the balance is:
1) 10 3kg wt 2) 20 3kg wt *3) 20kg wt 4) 10kg wt
9. An impulse is supplied to a moving object with the force at an angle 1200 with
the velocity vector. The angle between the impulse vector and the change in
momentum vector is
1) 1200 *2) 00 3) 600 4) 240 0
10. A unidirectional force F varying with time t as shown in the figure acts on a
body initially at rest for a short duration 2T. Then the velocity acquired by
the body is

 F0T  F0T F0T


1) 2) 3) *4) Zero
4m 2m 4m
11. Three bodies are lying on a frictionless horizontal table and these are
connected as shown in the figure. They are pulled towards right with a force
T3  60 N . If m1 , m2 and m3 are equal to 10kg, 20kg and 30kg respectively, then
the values of T1 and T2 will be

1) 10N, 10N 2) 30N, 10N *3) 10N, 30N 4) 30N, 30N


12. Two masses 2kg and 3kg are attached to the ends of the string passing over a
pulley fixed at the top. The tension and acceleration in the string in terms of
‘g’ are
 7g g   21g g   21g g   12 g g 
1)  ,  2)  ,  3)  ,  *4)  , 
 g g  g g  8 5  5 5
13. Two bodies of masses 5kg and 4kg are tied to a string as shown. If the table
and pulley are smooth, then acceleration of 5kg mass will be
1) 19.5m / s 2 2) 0.55m / s 2 3) 2.72 m / s 2 *4) 5.45m / s 2
14. If ‘O’ is at equilibrium then the values of the tension T1 and T2 respectively.

1) 20N, 30N *2) 20 3 N , 20 N 3) 20 3 N , 20 3 N 4) 10N, 30N


15. A man of 50kg is standing at one end on a boat of length 25m and mass
200kg. If he starts running and when he reaches the other end, has a
velocity 2ms 1 with respect to the boat. The final velocity of the boat is
2 2 8 8
1) ms 1 *2) ms 1 3) ms 1 4) ms 1
3 5 5 3
16. Three forces F1 , F2 and F3 are simultaneously acting on a particle of mass ‘m’
and keep it in equilibrium. If F1 force is reversed in direction only, the
acceleration of the particle will be:
1) F1 / m 2) 2 F1 / m 3)  F1 / m *4) 2 F1 / m
17. A stream of water flowing horizontally with a speed of 15ms 1 pushes out of a
tube of cross sectional area 10 2 m 2 and hits a vertical wall near by what is the
force exerted on the wall by the impact of water assuming that it does not
rebound? (Density of water =1000 kg m3 )
1) 1250N *2) 2250N 3) 4500N 4) 2550N
18. Ten coins are placed on top of each other on a horizontal table. If the mass
of each coin is 10g and acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms 2 , what is the
magnitude and direction of the force on the 7th coin (counting from the
bottom) due to all the coins above it?
*1) 0.3N downwards 2) 0.3N upwards
3) 0.7N downwards 4) 0.7N upwards
19. A person of mass 60kg is inside a lift of mass 940kg and presses the button
on control panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration 1.0
m / s 2 . If g  10ms 2 , the tension in the supporting cable is:
1) 8600N 2) 9680N *3) 11000N 4) 1200N
20. The force ‘F’ acting on a particle of mass ‘m’ is indicated by the force-time
graph shown below. The change in momentum of the particle over the time
interval from zero to 8s is:
1) 6Ns 2) 24Ns 3) 20Ns *4) 12Ns

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