1) Two masses each equal to m are lying on x-axis at (−a, 0) and (+a, 0), respectively, as shown in figure.

They are
connected by a light string. A force F is applied at the origin along vertical direction. As a result the masses move
towards each other without loosing contact with ground. The acceleration of each mass at the instant when the masses
are at (−x, 0) and (x, 0) respectively is

2) A particle of mass M is attached to the lower end of a 7) The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth
vertical rope of mass m. An upward force P acts on the and of negligible mass. For the system to remain in
upper end of the rope. The system is free to move. The equilibrium, the angle θ should be
PM
force exerted by the rope on the block is
M+m
(A) only if the rope is uniform (B) in gravity-free space only
(C) only if P > (M +m)g (D) in all cases
3) Three identical rigid circular cylinders A, B and C are
arranged on smooth inclined surfaces as shown in figure.
The least value of θ that prevents the arrangement from 8) In the arrangement shown, m1 = 1 kg , m2 = 2 kg , the
collapsing is pulleys and strings are ideal and all surfaces in contact are
frictionless. The value of M for which the mass m1 moves
with constant velocity is

4) The greatest height h of the sand pile that can be

erected without spilling the sand onto the surrounding
circular area of radius R (if μ is the coefficient of friction
between sand particles) is
9) In the figure shown the force with which the man
should pull the rope to hold the plank in position is F. If
weight of the man is 60 kgf, the plank and pulleys have
negligible masses, then
5) In the arrangement shown in figure, coefficient of
friction between the two blocks is μ = 1/ 2 . The force of
friction acting between the two blocks is

6) A bead of mass m is fitted on a rod and can move on it 10) A block is placed on a rough horizontal plane. A time
without friction. Initially the bead is at the middle of the dependent horizontal force F Kt = acts on the block, where
rod and the rod moves translationally in a horizontal plane K is a positive constant. The acceleration-time graph of the
with an acceleration a0 in a direction forming an α with block is
the rod. The acceleration of bead with respect to rod is
11) A particle of mass m is joined to a very heavy mass M
by a light string passing over a light and frictionless pulley.
Both the bodies are then set free. The total thrust on the
pulley is

12) The magnitude of the force (in N) acting on a body 17) A rocket of mass 120 kg is fired in the gravity free
varies with time t (in μs) as shown in figure. AB, BC and CD space. It ejects gases with velocity 600 ms−1 at the rate of 1
are straight line segments. The magnitude of the total kgs−1 . What will be the initial acceleration of the rocket?
impulse of the force on the body from t = 4 μs to t = 16 μs
is
18) 80 railway wagons all of same mass 5× 103kg are pulled
by an engine with a force of 4× 105N . The tension in the
coupling between 30th and 31st wagon from the engine is

13) A box is put on a scale which is adjusted to read zero 19) A disk of mass 10 g is kept floating horizontally in the
when the box is empty. A stream of pebbles is then poured air by firing bullets each of mass 5 g with the same
into the box from a height h above its bottom at a rate of n velocity. If 10 bullets are fired per second and the bullets
pebbles per second. Each pebble has a mass m. If the rebound with the same speed, then the velocity of each
pebbles collide with the box such that they immediately bullet is
come to rest after collision. Then the scale reading at time
t after the pebbles begin to fill the box is
20) A ball of mass 400 g is dropped from a height of 5 m . A
boy on the ground hits the ball vertically upwards with a
bat with an average force of 100 N so that it attains a
14) In the arrangement shown, the wall is smooth, but the
vertical height of 20 m . The time for which the ball
surfaces of blocks A and B in contact are rough. In the
remains in contact with the bat is (g=10 )
state of equilibrium, the force of friction on B due to A is

21) A bullet moving with a velocity of 100ms−1 can just

penetrate two planks of equal thickness. The number of
such planks penetrated by the same bullet, when the
velocity is doubled, will be
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10

15) A string of negligible mass going over a clamped pulley 22) For the arrangement shown in figure, the tension in
of mass m supports a block of mass M as shown in the the string to prevent it from sliding down is
figure. The force on the pulley by the clamp is given by

16) A U-shaped smooth wire has a semicircular bending 23) A particle describes a horizontal circle in a conical
between A and B as shown in the figure. A bead of mass m funnel whose inner surface is smooth with speed of 0.5
moving with uniform speed v through the wire enters the ms− 1. The height of the plane of circle from vertex of the
semicircular bend at A and leaves at B. The average force, funnel is
exerted by the bead on the part AB of the wire is (A) 0.25 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 4 cm (D) 2.5 cm
24) In the figure, mA = 2 kg and mB = 4 kg . The minimum
value of F for which A starts slipping over B is (g=10 )

25) A block starts moving up a fixed inclined plane of 29) A car with closed windows takes a left turn. A helium
inclination 60° with a velocity of 20ms−1 and stops after 2 filled balloon in the car will be pushed to the
s . The approximate value of coefficient of friction is (g =10) (A) right (B) left (C) front (D) back
(A) 3 (B) 3.3 (C) 0.27 (D) 0.33
26) Two blocks each of mass 20 kg are connected by an 30) A particle of mass m, initially at rest, is acted upon by a
ideal string and this system is kept on rough horizontal variable force F for a brief interval of time T. It begins to
surface as shown. Initially the string is just tight then a move with a velocity u after the force stops acting. F is
horizontal force F = 120 N is applied on one block as shown in the graph as a function of time. The curve is an
shown. If friction coefficient at every contact is μ = 0 5. ellipse
then which of the following represents the correct free
body diagram.

31) A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius

10 m with a constant speed of 10 ms−1 . A plumb bob is
suspended from the roof of the car by a light rigid rod of
length 1 m. The angle made by the rod with the track is
(A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 600
32) A block of mass 𝑚𝑚 is placed on a smooth wedge of
inclination 𝜃. The whole system is accelerated horizontally
so that the block does not slip on the wedge. The force
exerted by the wedge on the block (𝑔 is acceleration due
to gravity) will be

27) 33) If the average velocity of a body moving with uniform

acceleration under the action of a force is “v” and the
impulse it receives during a displacement of “s” is “I”, the
constant force acting on the body is given by

34) A dynamometer D is attached to two blocks of masses

6 kg and 4 kg. Forces of 20 N and 10N are applied on the
blocks as shown in Fig. The dynamometer reads

28) A board of mass m is placed on the floor and a man of

mass M is standing on the board as shown. The coefficient
of friction between the board and the floor is μ. The 35) The elevator shown in figure is descending with an
maximum force that the man can exert on the rope so that acceleration of 2m/s2 . The mass of the block A = 0.5 kg.
the board does not slip on the floor is The force exerted by the block A on block B is
 42) The minimum force required to move a body up on an
inclined plane is three times the minimum force required
to prevent it from sliding down the plane. If the coefficient
1
of friction between the body and the inclined plane is
2 √3
, the angle of the inclined plane is
1) 2 N 2) 4 N 3) 6 N 4) 8 N
36) Consider the system shown in figure. The pulley and 43) A weight W rests on a rough horizontal plane. If the
the string are light and all the surface are frictionless. The angle of friction is q , the least force that can move the
tension in the string is (Take g = 10 m/s2 ) body along the plane will be
1) W cosθ 2) W tanθ 3) W cotθ 4) W sinθ

44) A block is sliding along inclined plane as shown in

figure. If the acceleration of chamber is ‘a’ as shown in the
figure. The time required to cover a distance L along
inclined plane is
37) A particle is placed at rest inside a hollow hemisphere
of radius R. The coefficient of friction between the particle
1
and the hemisphere is μ= . The maximum height up to
√3
which the particle can remain stationary is

38) A stationary body of mass 3 kg explodes into three

equal pieces. Two of the pieces fly off at right angles to
each other, one with a velocity 2i ˆ m/s and the other with
a velocity 3 j ˆ m/s. If the explosion takes place in 10-5 sec,
the average force acting on the third piece in Newtons is: 45) A uniform sphere of weight W and radius 3 m is being
held by a string of length 5m attached to a frictionless wall
as shown in the figure. The tension in the string will be: -

39) A horizontal force is applied on a body on a rough

horizontal surface produces an acceleration ‘a’. If
coefficient of friction between the body and surface which
is μ is reduced to μ /3, the acceleration increases by 2
units. The value of ‘ μ ’ is

40) Sand is piled up on a horizontal ground in the form of a 46) The minimum value of force F required to keep the
regular cone of a fixed base of radius R. The coefficient of block stationary is
static friction between sand layers is μ . The maximum
volume of sand that can be piled up, without the sand
slipping on the surface is

41) A body slides down a smooth inclined plane of height h 47)

and angle of inclination 30º reaching the bottom with a
velocity v. Without changing the height, if the angle of
inclination is doubled, the velocity with which it reaches
the bottom of the plane is
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