Assignment

TOPIC : LAWS OF MOTION

1.

A rod is placed such that end A is on smooth horizontal floor and end

B on smooth wall, as shown. At an instant velocity of end A is 4 2

m/s. The velocity of end B as seen by an ant at C, moving with a
speed of

1
m/s is __________ m/s.
3

(A) 4 2 - 1
3

(B) 4 2 +

1
3

(C) 3 3

gC
45

75

(D) None of these

2.

An inclined plane makes an angle 30 with the horizontal. A groove (OA) of

0
length = 5m cut in the plane makes an angle 30 with OX. A short smooth
cylinder is free to slide down the influence of gravity. The time taken by the
2
cylinder to reach from A to 0 is ( g=10m/s )
(A) 4 s
(B) 2 s
(C) 2.5 s
(D) 1 s

3.

Two blocks of mass 2m and m are arranged as shown in the figure. The pulley is massless and a force
F is
applied horizontally. If a1 is the upward acceleration of m & a is acceleration of
a
2m horizontally, then 1 is (Assume all surfaces to be frictionless)
a
(A) F

mg

(B) 3(F - mg)

F

(C) 3mg

(D)

F
(F - mg)

4.

A body of mass m is placed on an elevator. When the elevator accelerates up and down with equal
amount of acceleration, the body experiences normal reactions N1 and N2 respectively. Then the
acceleration of the elevator is
N - N2
N - N2
N + N2
N + N2
(A) a = 1
(B) a = 1
(C) a = 1
(D) a = 1
2m
m
m
2m

5.

A force time (Ft) graph for linear motion is shown in the

following figure. The segments shown are circular. The
linear momentum gained between 4 and 8 second is (
where F is in
Newton, t is in second)
(A) 4p N-s
(B) zero
(C) 4p N-s
(D)+2pN-s

F 2
1

Second

1
2

6.

A chain of mass m and length L is hanging vertically from a ceiling. The tension at a point L/4 from the
ceiling is
(A) mg
(B) mg/4
(C) 3mg/4
(D) mg

7.

Three equal weights A, B, C of mass 2 kg each are hanging on a string passing over a
fixed frictionless pulley as shown in figure. The tension in the string connecting weights
B and C is
(A) Zero
(B) 13 N
(C) 3.3 N
(D) 19.6 N

B
C

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8.

T1

Three masses of 1 kg, 6 kg and 3 kg are connected to each other

with threads and are placed on a table as shown in figure. What is the
2
acceleration with which the system is moving? (take g = 10 ms )
2
2
2
(A) zero
(B) 1 ms
(C) 2 ms
(D) 3 ms

T2

6 kg

T2

T1
1 kg

9.

3 kg

An iron sphere weights 10 N and rusts in a V shaped trough whose sides

form a angle 60 . What are the normal forces exerted by the walls on the
sphere in case as shown in figure.
(A) RA = 10 N, RB = 0
(B) RA= RB = 10 N
10
(C) R = 103, R =
(D) R = R = 5 N
A

60

10.

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 a and b. If M2 > M1, the acceleration a of the system is given
by

(A)

11.

12.

M2 (sin b)g
M1 + M2

(B)

M2 (sin a )g
M1 + M2

M1

M2

M sin b - M1 sin a
(C) 2
g
M1 + M2

(D) zero

A wedge of mass M is loaded with a sphere of mass m. If a horizontal force F is

applied on the wedge, it remains in equilibrium. Then
(A) N1 = mg sec q, N1 = reaction force between wedge and sphere
(B) F = mg tan q
(C) N2 = mg tan q, N2 = reaction force between sphere and vertical wall
(D) N3 = Mg + mg; N3 = reaction force between ground and wedge

The figure shows a smooth fixed wedge on which a block of mass m is kept and released then which of
the following are true. Give your answers in given coordinate system
y
(A) N cos q = mg
N
(B) N = mg cosq
r Nsin q Ncos q - mg
i +

(C) a =

j
h
m
m

smooth
r
2

(D) a = gsin q cos q i - gsin q j

fixed

(0, 0)
r
where a = acceleration of block and N is the contact force between the block and the wedge.

Paragraph for Question Nos. 13 to 15

The mass of the block shown is 20 kg
F1 = 10 N; F2 = 10 2 N & F=5t N
( t in seconds)
If the three coplanar forces start acting on it simultaneously as shown in
the figure, then

13.

F2

45

F = 5t
90

The horizontal displacement covered during an interval of 5 seconds from t=0 to t=5s is
(A) 1.9( 2 1) m
(B) 19( 2 1) m
(C) 380 m
(D) zero

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14.

15.

16.

If F1 and F2 are withdrawn immediately after it leaves the ground and F continues to act, then the
(A) the block falls down
(B) the block starts moving again when t = 40 s
(C) again normal reaction becomes zero at 40s (D) all the above statements are correct
r r
The direction of F1 F2 is
(A) opposite to F
(B) perpendicular and into the plane of paper
(C) perpendicular and out of the plane of paper (D) none of these

All the strings and the pullies in the figure shown

are massless and frictionless. Find the relation
between the accelerations of the block B and mass
m as shown in the figure.
B
a1

17.

a2

See the diagram, The system is in equilibrium. There is no

friction anywhere. Spring, string, pulley are massless. Find
spring compression.

m
k
M
q

18.

Blocks are connected by inextensible strings as shown in the figure. Contact

surfaces are frictionless. Determine acceleration of each block, when the
system is released from rest .

3kg

5kg
3kg

19.

Assuming all surfaces to be smooth. Minimum value

of a so that sphere looses contact at P is
(A) g sin a
(B) g tan a
(C) g cot a
(D) g cosec a

P
a

20.

A ball of mass m is hanging from a uniform rope of mass M and length L whose
one end is connected to the ceiling of an elevator as shown in the figure. If the
2
elevator has a uniform acceleration of a m/s upward, find the tension in the rope
as a function of x. What is the force exerted by the rope on the ceiling?

x
L
a
m

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Assignment
ANSWERS (LAWS OF MOTION)
1.

2.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

A,B,C,D

12.

B,C,D

13.

14.

15.

16.

a2 = 6a1

17.

mg sin q
.
k

18

a1 = 5.3 m/s , a2 = 0.71 m/s , a3 = 6.79 m/s .

19.

20.

(a + g)(m + M); M (a + g) downward

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