1.
2.
6.
(a) zero
(b) 1 ms2
2
(c) 2 ms
(d) 3 ms2
The elevator shown in figure is descending with
an acceleration of 2 ms 2. The mass of the block
A = 0.5 kg. The force exerted by the block A on
the block B is:
7.
3.
4.
5.
(a) 2 N
(b) 4 N
(c) 6 N
(d) 8 N
A mass M is suspended by a rope from a rigid
support at A as shown in figure. Another rope is
tied at the end B, and it is pulled horizontally
with a force F. If the rope AB makes an angle
with the vertical, then the tension in the string
AB is :
(a) F sin
(b) F/sin
(c) F cos
(d) F/cos
Three blocks of masses 4 kg, 8 kg and 24 kg
are connected to each other with light strings
and placed on a smooth horizontal floor as
shown in figure. If the system moves with an
acceleration of 2 ms 2, the applied force F is :
(a) 36 N
(b) 72 N
(c) 18 N
(d) 108 N
A rod of length L and mass M is acted on by
two unequal forces F1 and F2 (<F1) as shown in
the following figure. The tension in the rod at a
distance y from the end A is given by :
y
(a) F1 1 F2
L
y
(d) none of the above
L
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
ms2. The tension T1 will be :
(c) (F1 F2 )
8.
9.
(a) 200 N
(b) 220 N
(c) 240 N
(d) 260 N
Two masses of 8 kg and 4 kg are connected by
a string as shown in the figure over a
frictionless pulley. The acceleration of the
system is :
(a) 4 ms2
(b) 2 ms2
(c) zero
(d) 9.8 ms2
Two masses 40 kg and 30 kg are connected by a
weigh string passing over a frictionless pulley
as shown in following figure. The tension in the
string will be
(a) 188 N
(b) 368 N
(c) 288 N
(d) 168 N
Two wooden blocks are moving on a smooth
horizontal surface that the mass m remains
stationary with respect to block of mass M as
shown in the figure. The magnitude of force P
is
y
(b) F2 1 F1
L
(a) (M + m) g tan
(b) g tan
(c) mg cos
(d) (M + m) g cosec
10. A mass M of 100 kg is suspended with the use
of strings A, B and C as shown in the figure,
where W is the vertical wall and R is a rigid
horizontal rod. The tension in the string B is :
g
g
downwards
(b)
upwards
4
4
g
g
(c)
downwards
(d)
upwards
2
2
14. In the system shown in the adjoining figure, the
tension T2 is :
(a)
(a) 100 g N
(b) zero
(c) 100 2 g
(d)
100
2
gN
(a) tan
(b) cot
(c) tan
(d) cot
2
2
12. Two masses A and B of 10 kg and 5 kg
respectively are connected with a string passing
over a frictionless pulley fixed at the corner of a
table as shown in figure. The coefficient of
friction of A with the table is 0.2. The minimum
mass of C that may be placed on A to prevent it
from moving is equal to :
(a) g
(b) 2g
(c) 5g
(d) 6g
15. Two masses M1 and M2 are attached to the ends
of a string which passes over a pulley attached
to the top of a double inclined plane of angles
of inclination and . If M2 > M1, the
acceleration of the system is given by :
M 2 (sin )g
M1 M 2
(a)
(b)
M1 (sin )g
M1 M 2
M 2 sin M 1 sin
g
M1 M 2
(c)
(a) 15 kg
(b) 10 kg
(c) 5 kg
(d) zero
13. In the system shown in the adjoining figure, the
acceleration of the 1 kg mass is :
(d) zero
16. Two blocks A and B of masses 6 kg and 3 kg
rest on a smooth horizontal surface as shown in
the figure. If coefficient of friction between A
and B is 0.4, the maximum horizontal force
which can make them without separation is :
(a) 72 N
(b) 40 N
(c) 36 N
(d) 20 N
17. Two block of mass M = 6 kg and m = 3 kg are
placed as shown below in the figure.
Coefficient of friction between M and m is 0.5.
Coefficient of friction between M and the
surface is 0.4. The maximum horizontal force
that can be applied to the mass M so that they
move without separation is (g = 10 ms2)
(a) 41 N
(b) 61 N
(c) 81 N
(d) 101 N
18. In the arrangement shown in figure, the ends P
and Q of an unstretchable string move
downwards with a uniform speed u. Pulleys A
and B are fixed. Mass M moves upwards with a
speed:
(a) 2 u cos
u
(b)
cos
2u
(d) u cos
cos
19. The tension in the string in the pulley system
shown in the figure is :
(c)
(a) 75 N
(b) 80 N
(c) 7.5 N
(d) 30 N
20. In the figure a block of weight 60 N is placed
on a rough surface. The coefficient of friction
between the block and the surface is 0.5. What
should be the weight W such that the block
does not slip on the surface :
(a) 60 N
(b)
(c) 30 N
(d)
60
2
30
2
(a) 8 m/s2
(b) 4 m/s2
(c) 2 m/s2
(d) 14 m/s2
22. Block A of mass 35 kg is resting on a
frictionless floor. Another block B of mass 7 kg
is resting on it as shown in the figure. The
coefficient of friction between the blocks is 0.5
while kinetic friction is 0.4. If a force of 100 N
is applied to block B, the acceleration of the
block A will be (g = 10 ms 2):
(b)
(c)
(d)
1 2 mg
1 2
mg
mg
1 2
(a) 1500 3 N
(b) 1500N
(c) 300 3 N
(d) 300 N
25. A mass of 10 kg is suspended by a rope of
length 2.8 m from a ceiling. A force of 98 N is
applied at the midpoint of the rope as shown in
figure. The angle which the rope makes with
the vertical in equilibrium is :
(b) 60
(c) 30
(d) 80
26. Figure show the position-time graph of onedimensional motion of a body of mass 0.4 kg.
What is the magnitude of each impulse received
by the body ?
(a) 0.2 Ns
(b) 0.4 Ns
(c) 0.8 Ns
(d) 1.6 Ns
27. Passenger standing in a bus are thrown
outwards when the bus takes a sudden turn.
This happens because of :
(a) zero
(c) 3.3 N
(b) 13 N
(d) 19.6 N
(a) (i)
(c) (iii)
(b) (ii)
(d) (iv)