Newton's laws of motion

Section (F) : Weighing machine, Spring related problems and Spring balance
F-1. A man of mass 60 kg is standing on a weighing machine placed in a lift
moving with velocity ‘v’ and acceleration ‘a’ as shown in figure. Calculate
the reading of weighing machine in following situations : (g = 10 m/s2)
(i) a = 0, v=0
(ii) a = 0, v = 2 m/s
(iii) a = 0, v = – 2m/s
2
(iv) a = 2m/s , v = 0
(v) a = – 2 m/s2 v = 0
(vi) a = 2 m/s2, v = 2 m/s
(vii) a = 2 m/s2, v = – 2 m/s
(viii) a = – 2 m/s2, v = – 2 m/s

F-2. What will be the reading of spring balance in the figure shown in
following situations? (g = 10 m/s2)
(i) a = 0, v=0
(ii) a = 0, v = 2 m/s
(iii) a = 0, v = – 2m/s
(iv) a = 2m/s2, v=0
(v) a = – 2 m/s2 v=0
(vi) a = 2 m/s2, v = 2 m/s
(vii) a = 2 m/s2, v = – 2 m/s
(viii) a = – 2 m/s2 v = – 2 m/s
F-3. Three identical balls 1,2,3 are suspended on springs one below the other as shown in the figure. OA is
a weightless thread. The balls are in equilibrium

(a) If the thread is cut, the system starts falling. Find the acceleration of all the balls at the initial instant
(b) Find the initial accelerations of all the balls if we cut the spring BC, which is supporting ball 3,
instead of cutting the thread.

Section (G) : Newton’s law for a system

G-1. Man ‘A’ of mass 60 kg pushes the other man ‘B’ of mass 75 kg due to which man ‘B’ starts moving with
acceleration 3 m/s2. Calculate the acceleration of man ‘A’ at that instant.

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G-2. A painter of mass M stands on a platform of mass m and pulls himself up by two ropes which hang
over pulley as shown. He pulls each rope with the force F and moves upward with uniform acceleration
‘a’. Find ‘a’

G-3. Three monkeys A, B and C with masses of 10, 15 & 8 Kg respectively D

are climbing up & down the rope suspended from D. At the instant
represented, A is descending the rope with an acceleration of 2 m/s2 & C A
is pulling itself up with an acceleration of 1.5 m/s2. Monkey B is climbing
up with a constant speed of 0.8 m/s. Calculate the tension T in the rope
B
at D. (g = 10 m/s2)

Section (H) : Pseudo Force

H-1. An object of mass 2 kg moving with constant velocity 10iˆ m/s is seen in a frame moving with constant
velocity 10iˆ m/s. What will be the value of ‘pseudo force’ acting on object in this frame.

H-2. In the adjoining figure, a wedge is fixed to an elevator moving upwards with an acceleration ‘a’. A block
of mass ‘m’ is placed over the wedge. Find the acceleration of the block with respect to wedge. Neglect
friction.

PART - II : ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT TYPE

Section (A) : Type of forces, Newton’s third law, Free body diagram :

A-1. Which figure represents the correct F.B.D. of rod of mass m as shown in figure :

(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these

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A-2. When a horse pulls a cart , the force needed to move the horse in forward direction is the force exerted
by
(A) the cart on the horse (B) the ground on the horse
(C) the ground on the cart (D) the horse on the ground

Section (B) : Calculation of normal reaction

B-1. Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless table. One has mass m and the other 2m. A force F is
applied on 2m as shown in the figure. Now the same force F is applied from the right on m. In the two
cases respectively, the ratio of force of contact between the two blocks will be :

(A) same (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 3

B-2. Two forces of 6N and 3N are acting on the two blocks of 2kg and 1kg kept on frictionless floor. What is
the force exerted on 2kg block by 1kg block ?
6N
2kg 1kg 3N
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(A) 1N (B) 2N (C) 4N (D) 5N
Section (C) : Calculation of Tension
C-1. A mass M is suspended by a rope from a rigid support at A as shown in /////////////////////////////
A
figure. Another rope is tied at the end B, and it is pulled horizontally with  B
a force F. If the rope AB makes an angle  with the vertical in equilibrium, F
then the tension in the string AB is :
(A) F sin  (B) F/sin 
M
(C) F cos    (D) F/cos 
C-2. Two persons are holding a light rope tightly at its ends so that it is horizontal. A 15 kg weight is attached
to the rope at the mid point which now no longer remains horizontal. The minimum tension required to
completely straighten the rope is :
15
(A) 15 kg (B) kg (C) 5 kg (D)nfinitely large(or not possible)
2
C-3. n the system shown in the figure, the acceleration of the 1 kg mass and
the tension in the string connecting between A and B is :
g 8g
(A) downwards ,
4 7
g g 3kg C
(B) upwards, B 3kg
4 7
g 6
(C) downwards , g
7 7
g A 1kg
(D) upwards , g
2
C-4. A body of mass 8 kg is hanging from another body of mass 12 kg. The
combination is being pulled by a string with an acceleration of 2.2 m s–2.
The tension T1 and T2 will be respectively :
(use g = 9.8m/s2 )
(A) 200 N, 80 N (B) 220 N, 90 N
(C) 240 N, 96 N (D) 260 N, 96 N

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C-5. A particle of small mass m is joined to a very heavy body by a light string passing over a light pulley.
Both bodies are free to move. The total downward force on the pulley due to string is nearly
(A) mg (B) 2 mg (C) 4 mg (D) can not be determined

Section (D) : Constrained motion

D-1. A block is dragged on smooth plane with the help of a rope V
which moves with velocity v. The horizontal velocity of the block
is : //////////////////

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v
(A) v (B)
sin 
v
(C) v sin  (D) m
cos 

D-2. Two masses are connected by a string which passes over a

pulley accelerating upward at a rate A as shown. If a1 and a2 be
the acceleration of bodies 1 and 2 respectively then :
(A) A = a1 – a2 (B) A = a1 + a2
a1  a2 a  a2
(C) A = (D) A = 1 .
2 2

D-3. In the arrangement shown in fig. the ends P and Q of an unstretchable string move downwards with
uniform speed U. Pulleys A and B are fixed. Mass M moves upwards with a speed.

(A) 2 U cos  (B) U cos  (C) 2 U/cos  (D) U/cos 

D-4. A rod AB is shown in figure. End A of the rod is fixed on the

ground. Block is moving with velocity 3 m/s towards right. The
velocity of end B of rod when rod makes an angle of 60º with the
ground is:
(A) 3 m/s (B) 2 m/s
(C) 2 3 m/s (D) 3 m/s

D-5. In the figure shown the velocity of lift is 2 m/s while string is
winding on the motor shaft with velocity 2 m/s and block A is
moving downwards with a velocity of 2 m/s, then find out the
velocity of block B.
(A) 2 m/s  (B) 2 m/s 
(C) 4 m/s  (D) 8 m/s 

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T2
EXERCISE-1
PART - I T1
T1

m2
Section (A)
A-1. Gravitational, Electromagnetic, Nuclear. m1
(e) (f) m 2g
A-2. 20 N A-3. No
m 1g

A-4.

Vertical wall does not exert force on sphere

(N' = 0).
(g) (h)

A-5. (i) (N = 0).

(i)

(ii) Gravitational between earth and block.

Section (B)
B-1. 2 mg
A-6.
B-2. (i) (ii) N = F

Normal reaction
(iii) F (iv) m1g, m2g.
B-3. (i) zero (ii) mg

B-4. (a)
A-7. (a) (b)

(b) equal magnitude w .

1000 500
B-5. NA = N, NB = N
3 3
50 2 100
B-6. N45 = = 96.59 N; N30 = = 136.6 N
(c) (d) 3 1 3 1

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Section (C) Section (F)
C-1. (a) 10 N, (b) 10 N, (c) 10 N. F-1. (i) 600 N, (ii) 600 N, (iii) 600 N, (iv), 720 N, (v)
C-2. (a) 10 N (b) 15 N (c) 20 N 480 N, (vi) 720 N, (vii) 720 N, (viii) 480 N
C-3. T1 = 5N, T2 = 2N F-2. (i) 100 N, (ii) 100 N, (iii) 100 N, (iv) 120 N, (v)
2g 80 N, (vi) 120 N, (vii) 120 N, (viii) 80 N.
C-4. (a) = 6.7 m (b) 40 N (c) 80 N
3 F-3. (a) 3 g 0, 0, (b) 0, g  g 

Section (G)
15
G-1. m/s2, opposite direction.
4
4F
G-2. a = – g.
Mm
C-5. (a)
G-3. 322 N

Section (H)
H-1. F = 0
H-2. (g + a) sin  

PART - II
Mg 3Mg
Section (A)
(b) T1 = T2 = T3 = , T5 = Mg and T4 = A-1. (C) A-2. (B)
2 2
Mg
(c) F =
2 Section (B)
B-1. (B) B-2. (C)
Section (D)
cos 2
D-1. Section (C)
cos 1
C-1. (B) C-2. (D) C-3. (C)
D-2. 2u
D-3. VB = 3 VA = 1.8 m/s in downward direction. C-4. (C) C-5. (C)
9g 12g
D-4. aA = , aB =
25 25 Section (D)
D-5. VP1 = 5 m/s downward D-1. (B) D-2. (C) D-3. (D)
VC = 25 m/s upward D-4. (B) D-5. (D) D-6. (A)
D-6. b î + b ĵ
Section (E)
Section (E) E-1. (D) E-2. (C) E-3. (B)
2 N (b) W = 30 2 N E-4. (C) E-5. (C) E-6. (C)
E-1. (a) | F1 | = | F2 | = 30
E-7. (D) E-8. (C) E-9. (B)
E-2. |F| = (30)2  (108)2 = 112.08 N E-10. (D) E-11. (C)
m1g
E-3.
2(m1  m2 ) Section (F)
E-4 (a) 4.8 N, 3.6 N, 2.4N, 1.2 N F-1. (A) F-2. (D) F-3. (C)
(b) F = 6 N (c) 0.2 N F-4. (D) F-5. (B)
E-5. 6.5 m/s
E-6. (a) 2g/3 (b) 3g/4
E-7. (a) mB = 10 kg (b) mB = 10 kg

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Section (G) PART - III
G-1. (B) G-2. (A) 1. (A) (C) 2. (A)(B)(C) 3. (A)(C)
4. (A) (B) (D) 5. (B)(C)
Section (H) 6. (A)(B)(C)(D) 7. (C) (D) 8. (C)(D)
H-1. (C) H-2. (C) H-3. (C) 9. (A)(B) 10. (B) (D) 11. (B) (D)

PART - III PART - IV

1. (A) q (B) r (C) q (D) r 1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A)
2. (A) ps,(B) qr , (C) ps, (D) qr 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C)
3. (A) r (B) p (C) s (D) q 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (C)

EXERCISE-2 EXERCISE - 3

PART - I PART - I
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (D) 1. (B)
4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B)
7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (D)
PART - II
10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (C)
1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (3)
13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (D)
16. (D)
PART - II
1. 5 2. 6 3. 3
4. 4 5. 1 6. 17
7. 60 8. 23 9. 6
10. 2 11. 40

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