PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

SECTION (A) : TYPE OF FORCES, NEWTON’S THIRD LAW, FREE BODY DIAGRAM :
A-1. Which type of forces does a proton exerts on a proton ?

A-2. Which one out of four fundamental forces is the weakest force between two protons at a distance of 1
fermi.

A-3. Suppose you are running fast in a field. When you suddenly find a snake in front of you, stop quickly.
Which force is responsible for your deceleration ?

A-4. A block ‘A’ exerts a force on ‘B’ of magnitude 20 N. Calculate the magnitude of force exerted by ‘B’ on
‘A’.

A-5. Two forces of same magnitude act on an isolated body in opposite directions to keep it at equilibrium
position, is this true according to Newton’s third law ?

A-6. Draw F.B.D. of the sphere of mass M placed between two vertical
walls as shown in figure (All surface are smooth).

A-7. A block of mass 1 kg placed on ground is pulled by a string

by applying 10 N force : (g = 10 m/s 2)
(i) Draw F.B.D. of block.
(ii) Give action–reaction pair involved in the above problem.

A-8. Draw free body diagrams for masses m and M shown in figure. Identify
all action-reaction pairs between two blocks. The pulley is frictionless
and massless and all surfaces are smooth.

SECTION (B) : CALCULATION OF NORMAL REACTION

B-1. A block of mass ‘m’ is placed on ground as shown in figure. Calculate
contact force between ground and block.

B-2. Two blocks of masses m 1 and m 2 are placed on ground as shown in figure.
Two forces of magnitude F act on m 1 and m 2 in opposite directions.
(i) Draw F.B.D. of masses m 1 and m 2.
(ii) Calculate the contact force between m 1 and m 2.
(iii) What will be the value of action-reaction pair between m 1 and m 2 .
(iv) Calculate force exerted by surface on mass m 1 and m 2
B-3. A block of mass ‘m’ is placed on inclined plane as shown in figure.
Calculate force between block and inclined plane. fixed

B-4. A sphere of mass ‘m’, radius ‘R’ placed between two vertical walls
having separation ‘d’ which is slightly greater than ‘2’R’ :

(i) Calculate force exerted by walls on the sphere.

(ii) Calculate force exerted by surface on the sphere.

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B-5. A cylinder of weight w is resting on a fixed V-groove as shown in figure.

(a) Draw its free body diagram.

(b) Calculate normal reactions between the cylinder and two inclined walls.
B-6. The 50 kg homogeneous smooth sphere rests on the 30º incline A and bears
against the smooth vertical wall B. Calculate the contact forces at A and B.

SECTION (C) : CALCULATION OF TENSION

C-1. A string 1 is connected between surface and a block of mass 1 kg
which is pulled by another string 2 by applying force F = 10 N as
shown in figure. (g = 10 m/s 2)
1 kg
(i) Calculate tension in string (1).
(ii) Calculate tension in string (2).

C-2. A one meter long massless string fixed with a wall is pulled horizontally by applying a force of magni-
tude 10 N. Calculate :
(a) the tension at a point 0.5m away from wall.
(b) the tension at a point 0.75 m away from wall.
(c) force exerted by string on the rigid support.

C-3. A block of mass 1 kg is suspended by a string of mass 1 kg, length 1m

as shown in figure. (g = 10 m/s 2) Calculate:
(a) the tension in string at its lowest point.
(b) the tension in string at its mid–point.
(c) force exerted by support on string.

C-4. A block of mass 0.2 kg is suspended from the ceiling by a light string. A second block of mass 0.3 kg is
suspended from the first block through another string. Find the tensions in the two strings. Take g = 10 m/s2.
C-5. I n a simple Atwood machine , two unequal masses m 1 and m 2 are ///////////////////////////////////
connected by a string going over a clamped light smooth pulley. I n a
typical arrangement (figure ) m 1 = 300 g and m 2 = 600g. The system is
released from rest. (a) Find the distance travelled by the first block in
the first two seconds. (b) Find the tension in the string . (c) Find the
force exerted by the clamp on the pulley. (g = 10 m/s 2) m1

m2

SECTION (D) : CONSTRAINED MOTION

D-1. In the figure shown, blocks A and B move with velocities v1 and v2 along
v1
horizontal direction. Find the ratio of .
v2

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D-2. In the figure shown, the pulley is moving with velocity u. Calculate the
velocity of the block attached with string.

D-3. The velocity of end ‘A’ of rigid rod placed between two smooth vertical
walls moves with velocity ‘u’ along vertical direction. Find out the
velocity of end ‘B’ of that rod, rod always remains in contact with the
vertical walls.

D-4. f block A has a velocity of 0.6 m/s to the right, determine the velocity of block B.

D 5. Velocities of blocks A, B and pulley p1 are shown in figure. Find velocity of pulley p1 and block C.

10 m/s

p2

p1

B 10 m/s

A
20 m/s

SECTION (E) : CALCULATION OF FORCE AND ACCELERATION

E-1. In the figure the tension in the diagonal string is 60 N.
 
(a) Find the magnitude of the horizontal force F1 and F2 that must
be applied to hold the system in the position shown.
(b) What is the weight of the suspended block ?

E-2. A particle of mass 50 gram moves on a straight line. The

variation of speed with time is shown in figure. Find the force
acting on the particle at t = 2, 4 and 6 seconds.

E-3. A 3.0 kg mass is moving in a plane, with its x and y coordinates given by x = 5t2 – 1 and y = 3t3 + 2,
where x and y are in meters and t is in second. Find the magnitude of the net force acting on this mass
at t = 2 sec.

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E-4. A constant force F = m 2g / 2 is applied on the block of
mass m 1 as shown in figure. The string and the pulley
are light and the surface of the table is smooth. Find
the acceleration of m 1.

E-5. A chain consisting of five links each with mass 100gm is lifted vertically F
with constant acceleration of 2m/s 2. as shown. Find (g = 10 m/s 2) :
(a) the forces acting between adjacent links
(b) the force F exerted on the top link by the agent lifting the chain
(c) the net force on each link.

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/s 2)
(i) a = 0, v=0
(ii) a = 0, v = 2 m/s
(iii) a = 0, v = – 2m/s
(iv) a = 2m/s 2, v=0
(v) a = – 2 m/s 2 v=0
(vi) a = 2 m/s 2, v = 2 m/s
(vii) a = 2 m/s 2, v = – 2 m/s
(viii) a = – 2 m/s 2 v = – 2 m/s
F-2. What will be the reading of spring balance in the figure shown in following situations. (g = 10 m/s 2)
(i) a = 0, v=0
(ii) a = 0, v = 2 m/s
(iii) a = 0, v = – 2m/s
(iv) a = 2m/s 2, v=0
(v) a = – 2 m/s 2 v=0
(vi) a = 2 m/s 2, v = 2 m/s
(vii) a = 2 m/s 2, v = – 2 m/s
(vii) a = – 2 m/s 2 v = – 2 m/s

SECTION (G) : NEWTON’S LAW FOR A SYSTEM :

G-1. A man of mass m standing on a platform of mass ’2m’
jumps horizontally with an acceleration ‘a’. Find the
acceleration of platform.

G-2. 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/s 2. Calculate the acceleration of man
‘A’ at that instant.

SECTION (H) : PSEUDO FORCE

H-1. An object of mass 2 kg moving with velocity 10 î m/s is seen in a frame moving with velocity 10 î m/s.
What will be the value of ‘pseudo force’ acting on object in this frame.
H-2. An object of mass 2 kg is placed at rest in a frame (S1) moving with velocity 10 î  5 ĵ m/s and having

acceleration 5 î  10 ĵ m/s2 . This object is also seen by an observer standing in a frame (S2) moving with

velocity 5 î  10 ĵ m/s.
(i) Calculate ‘Pseudo force’ acting on object. Which frame is responsible for this force.
(ii) Calculate net force acting on object with respect to S2 frame.
(iii) Calculate net force acting on object with respect to S1 frame.

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H-3. In the adjoining figure, a wedge is fixed to an elevator moving upwards with an
ac c eler ation ‘a’. A bloc k of m as s ‘m ’ is plac ed over the wedge.
Find the acceleration of the block with respect to wedge. Neglect friction. m

PART - II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Note : * Marked questions are MCQ.
SECTION (A) : T YPE OF FORCES, NEWTON’S THIRD LAW, FREE BODY DIAGRAM :
A-1. Let E,G and N represents the magnitude of electromagnetic, gravitational and nuclear forces between
two electrons at a given separation . Then
(A) N < E < G (B) E > N > G (C) G > N > E (D) E > G > N

A-2*. Action and reaction pair

(A) act on two different objects (B) have equal magnitude
(C) have opposite directions (D) have resultant zero.

A-3. Which figure represents the correct F.B.D.

of rod of mass m as shown in figure :

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

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 6N
2kg 1kg 3N
kept on frictionless floor. What is the force exerted on 2kg block by
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(A) 1N (B) 2N (C) 4N (D) 5N

B-3. A constant force F is applied in horizontal direction as shown. Contact
force between M and m is N and between m and M’ is N’ then

(A) N or N’ equal (B) N > N’ (C) N’ > N (D) cannot be determined

SECTION (C) : CALCULATION OF TENSION :

C-1. A mass M is suspended by a rope from a rigid support at A as shown in figure. /////////////////////////////
A
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 in equilibrium, then the tension
B
F
in the string AB is :

(A) F sin  (B) F/sin  (C) F cos  (D) F/cos 

M

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C-2. Two persons are holding a rope of negligible weight 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
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
3kg C
g g B 3kg
(B) upwards,
4 7
g 6
(C) downwards , g A 1kg
7 7
g
(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 T 1 and T 2 will be respectively :(use g = 9.8m/s 2 )
(A) 200 N, 80 N
(B) 220 N, 90 N
(C) 240 N, 96 N
(D) 260 N, 96 N
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 is nearly
(A) mg (B) 2 mg (C) 4 mg (D) can not be determined

SECTION (D) : CONSTRAINED MOTION :

V
D-1. A block is dragged on smooth plane with the help of a rope which moves
with velocity v. The horizontal velocity of the block is :
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v
sin 
(A) v (B)

v
(C) v sin  m
cos 
(D)

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  a 2 a1  a 2
(C) A = (D) A = .
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 

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SECTION (E) : CALCULATION OF FORCE & ACCELERTION
E-1. When a body is stationary :
(A) there is no force acting on it
(B) the forces acting on it are not in contact with it
(C) the combination of forces acting on it balances each other
(D) the body is in vacuum

E-2. A particle is moving with a constant speed along a straight line path. A force is not required to :
(A) increase its speed (B) decrease its momentum
(C) change the direction (D) keep it moving with uniform velocity

E-3. When a constant force is applied to a body, it moves with uniform :

(A) acceleration (B) velocity (C) speed (D) momentum

E-4. An object will continue accelerating until :

(A) resultant force on it begins to decrease
(B) its velocity changes direction
(C) the resultant force on it is zero
(D) the resultant force is at right angles to its direction of motion

E-5. n which of the following cases the net force is not zero ?
(A) A kite skillfully held stationary in the sky
(B) A ball freely falling from a height
(C) An aeroplane rising upwards at an angle of 45º with the horizontal with a constant speed
(D) A cork floating on the surface of water

E-6. Two masses M1 and M2 are attached to the ends of a light

string which passes over a massless pulley attached to the
top of a double inclined smooth plane of angles of inclination
 and . If M2 > M1 then the acceleration of block M2 down the

M2
1
M
inclined will be :  fixed 

M2 gsin   M1gsin    M2 sin  – M1 sin  

(A) M  M (B) M  M (C)  M1  M2
 g (D) zero
1 2 1 2  

E-7. Two masses M1 and M2 are attached to the ends of a light

string which passes over a massless pulley attached to the
top of a double inclined smooth plane of angles of inclination
 and . The tension in the string is :
M2
1
M

 fixed 

M2 sin  g M1 sin  g M1M2 (sin   sin  )g

(A) M  M (B) M  M (C) M1  M2 (D) zero
1 2 1 2

E-8. Three masses of 1 kg , 6 kg and 3 kg are connected to each

other with threads and are placed on table as shown in figure,
What is the acceleration with which the system is moving?
Take g = 10m s –2 .
(A) Zero (B) 1 m s –2
–2
(C) 2 m s (D) 3 m s –2

E-9. The pulley arrangements shown in figure are identical the mass
of the rope being negligible. In case I, the mass m is lifted by
attaching a mass 2m to the other end of the rope. In case II,
the mass m is lifted by pulling the other end of the rope with a
constant downward force F = 2mg, where g is acceleration due
to gravity. The acceleration of mass in case I is:
(A) zero (B) more than that in case II
(C) less than that in case II (D) equal to that in case II

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E-10. A force produces an acceleration of 4 ms –2 in a body of mass m 1 and the same force produces an
acceleration of 6 ms –2 in another body of mass m 2. If the same force is applied to (m 1 + m 2), then the
acceleration will be:
(A) 10 ms –2 (B) 2 ms –2 (C) 2.4 ms –2 (D) 5.4 ms –2
E-11. A body of mass M is acted upon by a force F and the acceleration produced is a. If three coplaner
forces each equal to F and inclined to each other at 120º act on the same body and no otherforces are
acting. The acceleration produced will be:
(A) 2a (B) a/ 3 (C) 3a (D) zero

3 th
E-12. A fireman wants to slide down a rope. The rope can bear a tension of of the weight of the man. With
4
what minimum acceleration should the fireman slide down :
g g g g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 4 2

E-13. A force F  6 î  8 ĵ  10 k̂ newton produces acceleration 1 m/s2 in a body. The mass of the body is (in kg):

(A) 6 î  8 ĵ  10 k̂ kg (B) 10 2 kg (C) 100 kg (D) 10 kg

E-14. A body is moving with a speed of 1 m/s and a force F is needed to stop it in a distance x. If the speed
of the body is 3 m/s the force needed to stop it in the same distance x will be
(A) 1.5 F (B) 3F (C) 6 F (D) 9F

E-15. Two blocks, each having mass M, rest on frictionless surfaces as shown
in the figure. If the pulleys are light and frictionless, and M on the incline
is allowed to move down, then the tension in the string will be:
2 3 Mg sin  M
(A) Mg sin  (B) Mg sin  (C) (D) 2 Mg sin 
3 2 2  fixed M

SECTION (F) : WEIGHING MACHINE, SPRING RELATED PROBLEMS AND SPRING BALANCE:
F-1. n the given figure, what is the reading of the spring balance ?

1kg 1kg

(A) 10 N (B) 20 N (C) 5 N (D) zero

F-2. Two blocks of masses M1 and M2 are connected to each other through a light spring as shown in figure. If we
push mass M1 with force F and cause acceleration a1 in mass M1, what will be the acceleration in M2?
F
M1 M2
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(A) F/M2 (B) F/(M1 + M2) (C) a1 (D) (F – M1a1)/M2

F-3. A spring balance is attached to 2 kg trolley and is used to pull the

trolley along a flat surface as shown in the fig. The reading on the 2kg .
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spring balance remains at 10 kg during the motion. The acceleration of
the trolley is (Use g = 9.8 ms –2)
(A) 4.9 ms –2 (B) 9.8 ms –2 (C) 49 ms –2 (D) 98 ms –2
F-4. The ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary lift & when it is moving downward with uniform accelera-
tion 'a' is 3 : 2 . The value of 'a' is : (g = acceleration. due to gravity)
(A) (3/2) g (B) g (C) (2/3) g (D) g/3

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SECTION (G) : NEWTON’S LAW FOR A SYSTEM :
G-1. Two masses of 10 kg and 20 kg respectively are connected by a
massless spring as shown in figure. A force of 200 N acts on the 20
10kg 20kg
kg mass at the instant when the 10 kg mass has an acceleration of
200 N
12 ms –2 towards right, the acceleration of the 20 kg mass is :
(A) 2 ms –2 (B) 4ms–2 (C) 10ms–2 (D) 20ms–2

G-2. In the arrangement shown in the figure all surfaces are frictionless, pulley and
string are light. The masses of the block are m 1 = 20 kg and m 2 = 30 kg. The
accelerations of masses m 1 and m 2 will be if F = 180 N is applied according to
figure.
(A) a m  9m / s , am  0 (B) a m  9m / s , am2  9 m/s 2
2 2
1 2 1

(C) am1  0 , a m2  9 m / s
2
(D) None of these

SECTION (H) : PSEUDO FORCE

H-1. Figure shows a wedge of mass 2kg resting on a frictionless floor. A
block of mass 1 kg is kept on the wedge and the wedge is given an
acceleration of 5 m/sec 2 towards right. Then :
(A) block will remain stationary w.r.t. wedge
(B) the block will have an acceleration of 1 m/sec 2 w.r.t. the wedge
(C) normal reaction on the block is 11 N
(D) net force acting on the wedge is 2 N

H-2. A trolley of mass 8 kg is standing on a frictionless surface inside which

F 37°
an object of mass 2 kg is suspended. A constant force F starts acting
on the trolley as a result of which the string stood at an angle of 370 2kg 8kg
from the vertical. Then :
(A) acceleration of the trolley is 40/3 m/sec 2. (B) force applied in 60 N
(C) force applied is 75 N (D) tension in the string is 25 N
H-3. A triangular block of mass M rests on a smooth surface as shown in
figure. A cubical block of mass m rests on the inclined surface. If all
surfaces are frictionless, the force that must be applied to M so as to
keep m stationary relative to M is :

(A) Mg tan 30° (B) mg tan 30° (C) (M+m)g tan 30° (D) (M+m)g cos 30°

H-4. A trolley is accelerating down an incline of angle  with acceleration

gsin. Which of the following is correct. ( is the constant angle made
by the string with vertical).
(A)  =  (B)  = 00
(C) Tension in the string, T = mg (D) Tension in the string, T = mg sec 

H-5. A block of mass m resting on a wedge of angle  as shown in the A

figure. The wedge is given an acceleration a. What is the minimum
m
value of a due to external agent so that the mass m falls freely ? a
(A) g (B) g cos 
(C) g cot  (D) g tan 
 C
B

H-6. An object kept on a smooth inclined plane of inclination  with horizontal can be kept stationary relative
to the incline by giving a horizontal acceleration to the inclined plane, equal to :
(A) g sin  (B) g cos  (C) g tan  (D) none of these.

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 PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. A spherical ball of mass m = 5 kg rests between two planes which
make angles of 300 and 450 respectively with the horizontal. The system
is in equilibrium. Find the normal forces exerted on the ball by each of
45°
the planes. The planes are smooth.
30°

2. In the figure shown all the surfaces are smooth. The blocks A , B and
C have the same mass m. F is floor and W is the wall. Find the
magnitude of the contact forces at all the surfaces after the system is
released from rest. The angle of inclination of the inclined plane with
the horizontal is .

3. A cylinder and a wedge with a vertical face, touching each other, move
along two smooth inclined planes forming the same angle  with the
horiz.ontal. The masses of the cylinder and the wedge are m 1 and m 2
respectively. Determine the force of normal N exerted by the wedge on
the cylinder, neglecting the friction between them.

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4. The masses of blocks A and B are same and equal to m. Friction is
B
absent everywhere. Find the magnitude of normal force with which 37°
block B presses on the wall and accelerations of the blocks A and B.
A

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5. At the moment t = 0 the force F = at is applied to a small body of mass m

resting on a smooth horizontal plane (a is constant). The permanent
direction of this force forms an angle  with the horizontal (Fig.). Find :

(a) the velocity of the body at the moment of its breaking off the plane;
(b) the distance traversed by the body up to this moment.

6. A mass M is held in place by an applied force F and a pulley system

as shown in figure. The pulleys are massless and frictionless.

(a) Draw a free body diagram for each pulley

(b) Find the tension in each section of rope T 1, T 2, T 3, T 4 and T 5.
(c) Find the magnitude of F.

7. The monkey B shown in figure is holding on to the tail of the monkey A

which is climbing on a rope. The masses of the monkeys A and B are 5 kg
and 2 kg respectively. If A can tolerate a tension of 30 N in its tail, what force
should it apply on the rope in order to carry the monkey B with it ? Take
g = 10 m/s 2.

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8. A painter of mass M stand 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 uni
form acceleration ‘a’. Find ‘a’

9. An empty plastic box of mass m is found to accelerate up at the rate of g/6 when placed deep inside
water. How much mass of sand be filled in it so that it may accelerate down at the rate of g/6 ?
2m 4m
10. Calculate the acceleration of the block B in the above figure,
assuming the surfaces and the pulleys P1 and P2 are all smooth P1
F A B
and pulleys and string are light P2
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2m 4m
11. In above Question vertical surface is replaced by block C of mass m as P1
shown in figure. Find the acceleration of block B. F A B
C P2
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12. In the arrangement shown in figure, the mass of the body A is n = 4
times that of body B. The height h=20 cm. At a certain instant, the
body B is released and the system is set in motion. What is the
maximum height, the body B will go up? Assume enough space above
B and A sticks to ground. (g = 10 m/s 2) A
h B
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13. The 40 kg block is moving to the right with a speed of 1.5 m/s when it is acted upon by the forces F1 &
F2. These forces vary in the manner shown in the graph. Find the velocity of the block after t = 12 s.
Neglect friction and masses of the pulleys and cords.
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F2

F1
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14. In the figure shown all blocks are of equal mass ‘m’. All surfaces are
smooth. Find the acceleration of all the blocks.

15. Two particles A and B of masses 3 kg and 2 kg are connected by a C

light inextensible string . The particles are in contact with the smooth
faces of a wedge DCE of mass 10 kg resting on a smooth horizontal
A B
plane. When the system is moving freely, find the acceleration of the
wedge and the acceleration of B. D 45° 45° E
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P1
60°
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16. In the arrangement shown in the fig, the block of mass m = 2 kg lies on
the wedge of mass M = 8 kg. Find the initial acceleration of the wedge
m M
if the surfaces are smooth and pulley & strings are massless. P2
60°
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a
17. The block C shown in the figure is ascending with an acceleration
a = 3 m /s 2 by m eans of s om e m otor not shown her e.
Find the acceleration of the bodies A and B of masses 10 kg and 5 kg C
respectively, assuming pulleys and strings are massless and friction
is absent everywhere.

A B

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18. The vertical displacement of block A in meter is given by y = t2/4 where
t is in second. Calculate the downward acceleration aB of block B.

A
y
B
//////////////////////////

B A
19. For the pulley system , each of the cables at A and B is given
velocity of 2m/s in the direction of the arrow. Determine the
upward velocity v of the load m.

m
20. A ball of mass M is suspended from two identical springs each with
spring constant k and unstreched length L. The ball is held in line
with two springs as shown in the figure. When the ball begins to fall,
find the magnitude of the acceleration of the ball at the instant when it
has fallen through a vertical distance x, in terms of M, g, x, L and k.

21. An object of mass m is suspended in equilibrium using a string of length  and

a spring having spring constant K (< 2 mg/) and unstreched length /2.
(a) Find the tension in the string.
(b) What happens if K > 2 mg/?

22. Three monkeys A, B and C with masses of 10 , 15 & 8 Kg respectively

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 is pulling himself up with an acceleration of 1.5 m/s 2 . Monkeys B is
climbing up with a constant speed of 0.8 m/s . Treat the rope and
monkeys as a complete system & calculate the tension T in the rope
at D. ( g = 10 m/s 2 )

23. In the figure shown C is a fixed wedge. A block B is kept on the ///
///
/
///
inclined surface of the wedge C. Another block A is inserted in S
///
/
///
//
a slot in the block B as shown in figure. A light inextensible
string passes over a light pulley which is fixed to the block B A
through a light rod. One end of the string is fixed and other end
of the string is fixed to A.S is a fixed support on the wedge. All B C
the surfaces are smooth. Masses of A and B are same. Find 37°
the magnitude of acceleration of A and B. (sin 37º = 3/5) /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

a
24. A lift is moving upwards with a constant acceleration a = g. A small
block A of mass ' m ' is kept on a wedge B of the same mass ' m '. The
height of the vertical face of the wedge is ' h'. A is released from the top A
most point of the wedge. Find the time taken by A to reach the bottom
B h
of B. All surfaces are smooth and B is also free to move.
)

25. A bead of mass m is fitted on to a rod of a length of 2 and can move on it without friction. At the initial
moment the bead is in the middle of the rod. The rod moves translationally in a horizontal plane with an
acceleration ‘a’ in a direction forming an angle  with the rod. Find the acceleration of the bead relative to the
rod, the reaction force exerted by the rod on the bead, and the time when the bead will leave the rod.

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26. A car is speeding up on a horizontal roadwith a constant acceleration a. Calculate in the following situations
in the car. (i) A ball is suspended from the ceiling. Find the angle made by the string if the ball & string remain
static with respect to car. (ii) A block is kept on a smooth fixed incline and does not slip on the fixed incline
with the horizontal.

27. A block is kept on the floor of an elevator at rest. The elevator starts descending with an acceleration of 12 m/
s2.Find the displacement of the block during the first 0.2s after the start. Take g = 10 m/s2.

PART - II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Note : * Marked questions are MCQ.
1. A particle is observed from two frames S1 and S2. The graph of relative Vrel.
velocity of S1 with respect to S2 is shown in figure . Let F1 and F2 be the
pseudo forces on the particle when seen from S1 and S2 respectively .
Which one of the following is not possible ?
O Time
(A) F1 = 0 , F2 0 (B) F1  0 , F2 = 0 (C) F1  0 , F2 0 (D) F1 = 0 , F2 = 0

2*. Figure shows the displacement of a particle going along the x axis as
a function of time :
(A) the force acting on the particle is zero in the region AB
(B) the force acting on the particle is zero in the region BC
(C) the force acting on the particle is zero in the region CD
(D) the force is zero no where .
3. A force of magnitude F1 acts on a particle so as to accelerate it from rest to a velocity v. The force F1
is then replaced by another force of magnitude F2 which decelerates it to rest.
(A) F1 must be the equal to F2 (B) F1 may be equal to F2
(C) F1 must be unequal to F2 (D) None of these
4. A flexible chain of weight W hangs between two fixed points A and B at ///
/ / /
///
/
A // /// /// B
the same level. The inclination of the chain with the horizontal at the

///

//
///
two points of support is . What is the tension of the chain at the
//
///
/
///
///
/
///

endpoint.
W W W W
(A) cosec  (B) sec  (C) W cos  (D) sin 
2 2 3

5. Two masses m and M are attached with strings as shown. For the
system to be in equilibrium we have
2M 2m
(A) tan  = 1 + (B) tan  = 1 +
m M
M m
(C) tan  = 1 + (D) tan  = 1 +
2m 2M

6. A ball weighing 10 gm hits a hard surface vertically with a speed of 5m/s and rebounds with the same
speed. The ball remain in contact with the surface for (0.01) sec. The average force exerted by the
surface on the ball is :
(A) 100 N (B) 10 N (C) 1 N (D) 150 N
7. A 10 kg wagon is pushed with a force of 7N for 1.5 second, then with a force of 5 N for 1.7 seconds, and
then with a force of 10 N for 3 second in the same direction. What is the change in velocity brought
about ?
(A) 9.8 m/s (B) 19.6 m/s (C) 4.9 m/s (D) 10 m/s
8. Objects A and B each of mass m are connected by light inextensible
cord. They are constrained to move on a frictionless ring in a vertical
plane as shown in figure. The objects are released from rest at the
positions shown. The tension in the cord just after release will be
mg mg mg
(A) mg 2 (B) (C) (D)
2 2 4

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9. A 50 kg person stands on a 25 kg platform. He pulls massless rope
which is attached to the platform via the frictionless, massless pulleys
as shown in the fig. The platform moves upwards at a steady velocity if
the force with which the person pulls the rope is

(A) 500 N (B) 250 N (C) 25 N (D) 50 N

10. A balloon of gross weight w newton is falling vertically downward with a constant acceleration a(<g).
The magnitude of the air resistance is :
 a  a
(B) w 1  g  (C) w 1  g 
a
(A) w (D) w g
   
11. Three blocks A , B and C are suspended as shown in the figure. Mass ///////////////////////////////////
of each blocks A and C is m. If system is in equilibrium and mass of B
is M , then :

A B C

(A) M = 2 m (B) M < 2 m (C) M > 2 m (D) M = m

12*. In the system shown in the figure m 1 > m 2 . System is held at rest by /////////////////////
thread BC . Just after the thread BC is burnt :

(A) acceleration of m 2 will be upwards

m  m2 
magnitude of acceleration of both blocks will be equal to  1  g
 m1  m2 
(B) spring B m2
k
(C) acceleration of m 1 will be equal to zero
(D) magnitude of acceleration of two blocks will be nonzero and unequal. m1 A ////////////
C
13*. A particle is resting on a smooth horizontal floor . At t = 0 , a horizontal
force starts acting on it . Magnitude of the force increases with time
according to law F =  . t, where  is a constant . For the figure
shown which of the following statements is/are correct ?
(A) Curve 1 shows acceleration against time
(B) Curve 2 shows velocity against time
(C) Curve 2 shows velocity against acceleration
(D) none of these
14. In the figure , the blocks A , B and C of mass m each have acceleration a1 , a2 and a3 respectively. F1
and F2 are external forces of magnitudes 2 mg and mg respectively .

//////////////////////// //////////////////////// ////////////////////////

m m m
A F1=2mg B 2m C F2=mg

(A) a1 = a2 = a3 (B) a1 > a2 > a3 (C) a1 = a2 , a2 > a3 (D) a1 > a2 , a2 = a3

*15. A string is wrapped round a log of wood and it is pulled with a constant
force F as shown in the figure. q
tension T in the string increases with increase in 
q F
(A)
(B) tension T in the string decreases with increase in 
(C) tension T > F if  > /3
(D) tension T > F if  > /4

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16. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth inclined plane of inclination  with the horizontal. The force
exerted by the plane on the block has a magnitude
(A) mg (B) mg/cos  (C) mgcos  (D) mgtan 
2
*17. According to figure the reading of the spring balance will be : 2m/s
[ g = 10 m/s 2 ]

(A) 6 kg f (B) 5 kg f
10kg
(C) 60 N (D) 60 kg f 5kg
30º Fixed

*18. Two blocks A and B of mass 10 kg and 40 kg are connected by

an ideal string as shown in the figure. Neglect the masses of
the pulleys and effect of friction. (g = 10 m/s 2)
5
(A) The acceleration of block A is ms –2 A B
2
45° Fixed 45°
5
(B) The acceleration of block B is ms –2
2 2

125
(C) The tension in the string is N
2
150
(D) The tension in the string is N
2

19. Block B moves to the right with a constant velocity v0. The velocity of body A relative to B is :
v0

A B

/////////////////////////////////////////
v0 v0
(A) , towards left (B) , towards right
2 2
3v 0 3v 0
(C) , towards left (D) , towards right
2 2
20. Consider the shown arrangement. Assume all surfaces to be smooth.
If ‘N’ represents magnitude of normal reaction between block and wedge
then acceleration of ‘M’ along horizontal equals:
N sin  N cos 
(A) along + ve-x-axis (B) along-ve x-axis
M M
N sin  N sin 
along – ve x-axis along –ve x-axis
mM
(C) (D)
M
21. In the arrangement shown in figure , pulleys are massless and /////////////////////
frictionless and threads are inextensible. Block of mass m 1 will remain
A
at rest if :
1 1 1 4 1 1
(A) m = m + m (B) m = m + m
1 2 3 1 2 3 B

1 2 3
(C) m 1 = m 2 + m 3 (D) m = m + m
3 2 1 m1 m2 m3

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*22. Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 20 kg are connected by a light spring
as shown. A force of 200 N acts on the 20 kg mass as shown. At a
certain instant the acceleration of 10 kg mass is 12 ms –2 towards right
direction.
(A) At that instant the 20 kg mass has an acceleration of 12 ms –2.
(B) At that instant the 20 kg mass has an acceleration of 4 ms –2 .
(C) The stretching force in the spring is 120 N.
(D) The collective system moves with a common acceleration of 30 ms –2 when the extension in the
connecting spring is the maximum.

23. A pendulum of mass m hangs from a support fixed to a trolley. The a0

direction of the string when the trolley rolls up a plane of inclination 
with acceleration a0 is (String and bob remain fixed with respect to 
trolley) :

 a0   g   a 0  g sin  
(A)  = tan–1  (B)  = tan–1  g  (C)  = tan–1  a 
 (D)  = tan–1  g cos  
   0   

24. A block of mass m is placed on a smooth wedge of inclination  . 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
has a magnitude.
(A) mg (B) mg/cos  (C) mgcos  (D) mgtan 

25. There is an inclined surface of inclination  = 30º. A smooth groove is

cut into it forming angle  with AB. A steel ball is free to slide along the Fixed
O
groove, if the ball is released from the point O at top end of the groove.
The speed when it comes to A is: [ g = 10 m/s 2 ]
(A) 40m / s (B) 20 m / s  90º
4m 

(C) 10 m / s (D) 15 m / s A B
3m

26. A block tied between two springs is in equilibrium. If upper spring is //////////////////////////////

cut then the acceleration of the block just after cut is 6 m/s2 downwards.
Now, if instead of upper spring, lower spring is cut then the magnitude
of acceleration of the block just after the cut will be : (Take g = 10 m/s 2)

(A) 16 m/s 2
(B) 4 m/s 2
(C) cannot be determined
//////////////////////////////
(D) none of these

27. Reading shown in two spring balances S1 and S2 is 90 kg and 30 kg

respectively and lift is accelerating upwards with acceleration 10 m/s 2.
The mass is stationary with respect to lift. Then the mass of the block
will be :
(A) 60 kg (B) 30 kg
(C) 120 kg (D) None of these

28. Five persons A, B, C, D & E are pulling a cart of mass 100 kg on a smooth surface and cart is moving with
acceleration 3 m/s2 in east direction. When person 'A' stops pulling, it moves with acceleration 1m/s2 in the
west direction. When person 'B' stops pulling, it moves with acceleration 24 m/s2 in the north direction. The
magnitude of acceleration of the cart when only A & B pull the cart keeping their directions same as the old
directions, is :
(A) 26 m/s 2 (B) 3 71 m/s 2 (C) 25 m/s 2 (D) 30 m/s 2

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29. A man slides down a light rope whose breaking strength is 1/10 times of his weight. Then the maximum
acceleration of man with which he can slide down so that the rope does not break is (g = acceleration
due to gravity) :
(A) 0.45 g (B) 0.9g (C) 9 g (D) g

30. I n an imaginary atmosphere, the air exerts a small force F on any particle in the direction of the particle’s
motion. A particle of mass m projected upward takes a time t1 in reaching the maximum height and t2 in the
return journey to the original point. Then
(A) t1 < t2 (B) t1 > t2
(C) t1 = t2 (D) the relation between t1 and t2 depends on the mass of the particle.

31. A free 238U nucleus kept in a train emits an alpha particle. When the train is stationary, a nucleus decays and
the distance between a particle and the recoiling nucleus becomes x at time t after the decay. I f the decay
takes place while the train is moving at a uniform velocity v, the distance between the alpha particle and the
recoiling nucleus at a time t after the decay as ,measured by the passenger is
(A) x + vt (B) x –vt
(C) x (D) depends on the direction of the train.

32*. A particle stays at rest as seen in a frame. We can conclude that

(A) the frame is inertial.
(B) resultant force on the particle is zero.
(C) the frame may be inertial but the resultant force on the particle is zero.
(D) the frame may be noninertial but there is a nonzero resultant force.

33. Two particles start together from a point O and slide down straight
smooth wires inclined at 30º & 60º to the vertical & in the same vertical
plane as in figure. The relative acceleration of second with respect to
first will be (in magnitude & direction) as :

g
at 45º with vertical
g 3
(A) in the vertical direction (B)
2 2
g
(C) inclined at 60º to vertical (D) g in the vertical direction
3

34. A hinged construction consists of three rhombus with the ratio of sides
(5 : 3 : 2). Vertex A3 moves in the horizontal direction with velocity
V. Velocity of A2 will be :

(A) 2.5 V (B) 1.5V (C) (2/3)V (D) 0.8V

35. The magnitude of acceleration of block B is :

a cos 1 a cos  2
(A) aB = cos  (B) aB = cos 1
2

a sin  2 a sin  1
cos 1 cos  2
(C) aB = (D) aB =

36. Essential characteristic of equilibrium is [REE 1989]

(A) momentum equal zero (B) acceleration equals zero
(C) K.E. equals zero (D) velocity equals zero
37. Three rigid rods are joined to form an equilateral triangle ABC of side 1m. Three particles carrying charges 20
 C each are attached to the vertices of the triangle. The whole system is at rest in an inertial frame.The
resultant force on the charged particle at A has the magnitude.
(A) zero (B) 3.6 N (C) 3.6 3 N (D) 7.2 N

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*38. A block B of mass 0.6 kg slides down the smooth face PR of a wedge
A of mass 1.7 kg which can move freely on a smooth horizontal surface.
The inclination of the face PR to the horizontal is 45º. Then :
(A) the acceleration of A is 3 g/20
(B) the vertical component of the acceleration of B is 23 g/40
(C) the horizontal component of the acceleration of B is 17 g/40
(D) none of these
*39. In the Figure, the pulley P moves to the right with a constant speed u.
The downward speed of A is vA, and the speed of B to the right is vB.

(A) vB = vA
(B) vB = u + vA
(C) vB + u = vA
(D) the two blocks have accelerations of the same magnitude

40. The value of angle  such that the acceleration of A is g/6 downward along the incline plane..

(A)  = 30°
(B)  = 60°
(C)  = 45°
(D)  = 53°

PART - I : MATCH THE COLUMN

1. Column- I gives four different situation. In final statement of each situation two vector quantities are compared.
The result of comparison is given in column-II. Match the statement in column-I with the correct comparison(s)
in column-II and indicate your answer by darkening appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the OMR.
Column  Column 
(A) Stone is projected from ground at an angle  with (p) same in magnitude
horizontal (  90°). Neglect the effect of air friction.
Then between the two instants when it is at same
height (above ground), its average velocity and
horizontal component of velocity are
(B) For four particles A, B, C & D, the velocities of one (q) different in magnitude
with respect to other are given as V DC is 20 m/s towards
north, V BC is 20 m/s towards east and V BA is 20 m/s
towards south. Then V BC and V AD are
(C) Two blocks of masses 4 and 8 kg are placed on ground (r) same in direction

as shown . Then the net force exerted

by earth on block of mass 8 kg and normal reaction

exerted by 8 kg block on earth are (note that earth
includes ground)
(D) For a particle undergoing rectilinear motion with uniform (s) opposite in direction
acceleration, the magnitude of displacement is half the
distance covered in some time interval. The magnitude of
final velocity is less than magnitude of initial velocity for
this time interval. Then the initial velocity and average
velocity for this time interval are

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2. Column-I gives four different situations involving two blocks of mass m1 and m2 placed in different ways on a
smooth horizontal surface as shown. In each of the situations horizontal forces F1 and F2 are applied on
blocks of mass m1 and m2 respectively and also m2 F1 < m1 F2. Match the statements in column I with
corresponding results in column-II and indicate your answer by darkening appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4
matrix given in the OMR.
Column  Column 

 F1 F2 
  
m1 m 2
(A) . Both the blocks (p) m  m
1 2  m1 m 2 
are connected by massless inelastic string. The
magnitude of tension in the string is

 F1 F2 
  
m1 m2
(B) . Both the blocks (q) m  m
1 2  m1 m 2 
are connected by massless inelastic string. The
magnitude of tension in the string is

 F2 F 
  1 
m1 m 2
(C) . The magnitude (r) m  m
1 2  m 2 m1 
of normal reaction between the blocks is

 F1  F2 
(D) . The magnitude (s) m1 m 2  m  m 
 1 2 
of normal reaction between the blocks is

PART - II : COMPREHENSIONS
Comprehension # 1
9m
In the figure shown P1 and P2 are massless pulleys. P1 is fixed and P2 can move. Masses of A, B and C are ,
64
3
2m and m respectively . All contacts are smooth and the string is massless.  = tan–1   . (Take g = 10 m/s2)
4

3. The ratio of magnitude of accelerations of blocks A and C

3 4 8
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D)
2 3 3

4. The acceleration of block C is

(A) 1 m/s2 (B) 3 m/s2 (C) 4 m/s2 (D) 8 m/s2
5. The tension in string connecting pulley P2 and block C is (Take m = 1 kg)
(A) 3 N (B) 4.5 N (C) 6.5 N (D) 13 N

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Comprehension # 2
A small block of mass 1 kg starts moving with constant velocity 2 m/s on a smooth long plank of mass
10 kg which is also pulled by a horizontal force F = 10 t N where t is in seconds and F is in newtons.
(the initial velocity of the plank is zero).
2m/s
smooth
10t

6. Displacement of 1 kg block with respect to plank at the instant when both have same velocity is
4 8
(A) 4 m (B) 4 m (C) m (D) 2 m
3 3
7. The time (t  0) at which displacement of block and plank with respect to ground is same will be :
(A) 12 s (B) 2 3 s (C) 3 3 s (D) 3 /2 s

8. Relative velocity of plank with respect to block when acceleration of plank is 4 m/s 2 will be
(A) Zero (B) 10 m/s (C) 6 m/s (D) 8 m/s

PART - III : ASSERTION / REASON

9. STATEMENT-1 : Inertia is the property by virtue of which the body is unable to change by itself the state of
rest only.
STATEMENT-2 : The bodies do not change their state unless acted upon by a resultant force .
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

10. STATEMENT-1 : Blocks A is moving on horizontal surface towards right

under action of force F . All surfaces are smooth. At the instant shown the
force exerted by block A on block B is equal to net force on block B.
STATEMENT-2 : From Newton's third law, the force exerted by block A on B is equal in magnitude to force
exerted by block B on A.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

11. STATEMENT-1 : A man standing in a lift which is moving upward, will feel his weight to be greater than when
the lift was at rest.
STATEMENT-2 : If the acceleration of the lift is ‘a’ upward, then the man of mass m shall feel his weight to be
equal to normal reaction (N) exerted by the lift given by N = m(g+a) (where g is acceleration due to gravity)
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

12. STATEMENT–1 : According to the Newton's third law of motion, the magnitude of the action and reaction
force in an action reaction pair is same only in an inertial frame of reference.
STATEMENT–2 : Newton's laws of motion are applicable in every inertial reference frame.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.

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 PART - IV : TRUE / FALSE
13. State true and false :
(A) Imagine that you are holding a book weighing 4 N at rest on the palm of your hand.
Suppose now that you exert an upward force of magnitude 5 N on the book.
(i) The book remains in equilibrium state.
(ii) The force exerted on the book by the hand is equal and opposite to the force exerted on the
book by the earth.
(iii) The force exerted on the book by the earth is equal and opposite to the force exerted on the
earth by the book.
(iv) The force exerted on the book by the hand is equal and opposite to the force exerted on the
hand by the book.

(B) Finally, suppose that you snatch your hand away while the book is moving upward.
(v) Only one force is acting on the book.
(vi) The book is in equilibrium state.

14. State true and false :

(i) The earth is a noninertial frame by definition of noninertial frame.
(ii) The reaction of a gravitational force is always gravitational, of an electromagnetic force is
always electromagnetic and so on.

PART - V : FILL IN THE BLANKS

15. Fill in the blanks :
Imagine that you are holding a book weighing 4 N at rest on the palm of your hand.
(i) A downward force of magnitude 4 N is exerted on the book by ________.

(ii) An upward force of magnitude ———————— is exerted on the book by the hand.
(iii) Is the upward force (ii) the reaction to the downward force (i) ?

(iv) The reaction to force (i) is a force of magnitude________, exerted on ________ by________.
Its direction is ________.

(v) The reaction to force (ii) is a force of magnitude________, exerted on ________ by________.
Its direction is ________.
(vi) That the forces (i) and (ii) are equal and opposite is an example of Newton’s ________ law.
(vii) That forces (ii) and (v) are equal and opposite is an example of Newton’s ________ law.

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 PART - I : JEE PROBLEMS (LAST 10 YEARS)
1
1. Two blocks of masses m 1 = 3 kg and m 2 = kg are connected by a light inextensible string which
3
passes over a smooth peg. The blocks rest on the inclined smooth planes of a wedge (fixed) and the
peg is fixed to the top of the wedge. The planes of the wedge supporting m 1 and m 2 are inclined at 30º
and 60º, respectively, with the horizontal. Calculate the acceleration of the masses and the tension in
the string. (g = 10 m/s 2) [REE 1999]

2. A string of negligible mass going over a clamped pulley of mass m

supports a block of mass M as shown in the figure. The force on the
pulley by the clamp is given by -

M
 2 
(C)  (M  m)  m  g (D)  (M  m)  M  g
2 2 2
 
(A) 2 Mg (B) 2 mg  
[JEE 2001 (screening) , 3marks ]

3. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth and of negligible mass for the system to remain
in equilibrium, the angle  should be [JEE 2002,3 marks]

2m
m m

(A) 0º (B) 30º (C) 45º (D) 60º

4. System shown in figure is in equilibrium and at rest. The spring and

string are massless Now the string is cut. The acceleration of mass
2m and m just after the string is cut will be : [JEE 2006,3 marks]

(A) g/2 upwards , g downwards

(B) g upwards, g/ 2 downwards
(C) g upwards , 2g downwards
(D) 2g upwards , g downwards

5. Two particles of mass m each are tied at the ends of a light string of length F
2a. The whole system is kept on a frictionless horizontal surface with the
string held tight so that each mass is at a distance ‘a’ from the centre P
(as shown in the figure). Now, the mid-point of the string is pulled vertically
upwards with a small but constant force F. As a result, the particles move m P m
towards each other on the surface. The magnitude of acceleration, when
the separation between them becomes 2x, is [JEE 2007, Paper 1_3/81] a a
F a F x F x F a2  x2
(A) 2m (B) 2m (C) (D)
a  x2
2
a  x2
2 2m a 2m x

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 EXERCISE # 1
PART -  B-5. (a) (b) equal magnitude w .
SECTION (A) :

A-1. Gravitational, Electromagnetic, Nuclear.

A-2. Gravitational.
A-3. Frictional force, which is a type of electromag- 1000 500
netic force. B-6. NA = N, NB = N
3 3

A-4. 20 N A-5. No
N
SECTION (C):
A-6. C-1. (i) zero (ii) 10 N
Vertical wall does not exert C-2. (a) 10 N, (b) 10 N, (c) 10 N.
N'
force on sphere (N' = 0). C-3. (a) 10 N, (b) 15 N, (c) 20 N.
C-4. 5N, 3N.
mg
2g 4g 8g
C-5. (a) = 6.7 m (b) = 4 N (c) =8N
A-7. (i) 10 N N (N = 0). 3 10 10

SECTION (D):

cos  2
mg = 10 N D-1. cos 1 D-2. 2u

(ii) Gravitational between earth and block . D-3. u tan .

D-4. VB = 3 VA = 1.8 m/s in downward direction.

D 5. VP1 = 5 m/s downward

VC = 25 m/s upward
A-8. Normal reaction

SECTION (E) :

  60 60
E-1. (a) | F1 | = | F2 | = N (b) W = N
SECTION (B): 2 2

E-2. 0.25 N along the motion, zero and 0.25 N oppo-

B-1. 2 mg
site to the motion.

E-3. |F| = (30 )2  (108 )2 = 112.08 N

B-2. (i) (ii) N = F
m2g
2(m1  m 2 )
E-4.

(iii) F (iv) m 1g, m 2g. E-5. (a) 4.8 N, 3.6 N, 2.4N, 1.2 N
B-3. mg cos. (b) F = 6 N
(c) 0.2 N
B-4. (i) zero (ii) mg

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SECTION (F): EXERCISE # 2
PART - 
F-1. (i) 600 N, (ii) 600 N, (iii) 600 N,
(iv), 720 N, (v) 480 N, (vi) 720 N, (vii) 720 N, (viii)

mg sin150 º
480 N
sin165 º
F-2. (i) 100 N, (ii) 100 N, (iii) 100 N, (iv) 120 N, 1. N45 = = 96.59 N ;
(v) 80 N, (vi) 120 N, (vii) 120 N, (viii) 80 N.
mg sin 45 º
SECTION (G):
sin 165 º
N30 = = 136.6 N
G-1. a / 2, towards left.
mg cos 2  2Mg cos 
15
1  sin2 
2. NAB = ; NBC = ;
G-2.
4
m/s 2 , opposite direction. 1  sin 2

SECTION (H): mg( 2  cos 2 )

NCW = NBC sin  ; NFC = .
H-1. F=0 1  sin 2 

(i) F =  10 î  20 ĵ N,
2m1m 2 g tan 
H-2.

Due to acceleration of frame s 1

3. m1  m 2

(ii) 10 î  20 ĵ N (iii) zero.

12g 9g 12mg
H-3. (g + a) sin  4. a=
25
; b=
25
; NBW =
25
.

PART - II
mg 2 cosá m 2 g 3 cosá
SECTION (A): 5. (a) v =
2asin 2 á
;(b) s =
6a 2 sin 3 á
]

A-1. (D) A-2. (A), (B), (C), (D) A-3. (C)

SECTION (B):
Mg 3Mg
6. (a) T 1 = T 2 = T 3 = , T 5 = Mg and T 4 =
2 2
B-1. (B) B-2. (C) B-3. (B)
Mg
SECTION (C): (b) F =
2
C-1. (B) C-2. (D) C-3. (C)
7. Between 70 N and 105 N
C-4. (C) C 5. (C)

SECTION (D):
2m
– g.
4F
Mm
8. a= 9.
5
D-1. (B) D-2. (C) D-3. (D)

SECTION (E): 10. a=

3F
. 11.
3F
17m 21m
E-1. (C) E-2. (D) E-3. (A) E-4. (C)
E-5. (B) E-6. (C) E-7. (C) E-8. (C) 12. 60 cm 13. 12 m/s.

2g sin  cos 
E-9. (C) E-10. (C) E-11. (D) E-12. (C)
4g sin 2 
E-13. (B) E-14. (D) E-15. (C)
1  3 sin 2 
14. aC = ; aA = ;
1  3 sin 2 
SECTION (F):
F-1. (A) F-2. (D) F-3. (C) F-4. (D) 2g sin 
aB =
1  3 sin2 
SECTION (G):
G-1. (B) G-2. (A) 2 2
SECTION (H):
15. aW = m/s 2 , a B = 13 m/s2 .
5 5

H-1. (C) H-2. (C), (D) H-3. (C) 30 3

16. a= 23
m/s 2 .
H-4. (A) H-5. (C) H-6. (C)

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17. a1 = 1 m/s 2 (  ), a2 = 1m/s 2 (  ) EXERCISE # 3
PART - 
18. aB = 4 m/s 2 () 19. 1.5 m/s.

 2 
2Kx  L  x  L 
2 1. (A) p, r (B) p, r (C) q, s (D) q, r
a=g–
M  .
20. 2. (A) q (B) r (C) q (D) r
L2  x 2 
PART - 
(a) T = mg –
K 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C)
21. ; (b) length of spring will become
2 7. (B) 8. (C)
less than ‘’ and T = 0 in string.

22. For the system PART - 

T  33 g = m AaA + m BaB + m CaC 9. (D) 10. (D) 11. (D) 12. (D)

= 10 (2) + 15 (0) + 8 (3/2) PART - V

 T = 33 g  8 = 322 N 13. (A) (i) False (ii) False (iii) True (iv) True

4 4 (B) (v) True (vi) False

23. aB = m/s 2 , aA = 2
2 m/s .
3 3
14. (i) True (ii) True

h(1  sin 2 ) PART - V

2g sin 
24. t= 2
15. (i) Earth (ii) 4N
(iii) No
(iv) 4N , Earth, book , upward
2
a cos , t = (mg)  (ma sin  )
2 2
a cos 
25. , NR = (v) 4N , hand , book , downward
(vi) nd
26. tan–1(a/g) in each case] 27. 20 cm (vii) rd

PART - II EXERCISE # 4
 N
1. (D) 2. (A),(B),(C) 3. (B)
4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B) 10 3 15 3  1
m / s2 ,
(3 3  1) (3 3  1)
7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 1.

10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (A), (C)

13. (A),(B),(C) 14. (B) 15. (A), (C) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (B)
16. (C) 17. (A), (C) 18. (A),(B),(D)
19. (B) 20. (C) 21. (B)
22. (B), (C) 23. (D) 24. (B)
25. (A) 26. (B) 27. (B)
28. (C) 29. (B) 30. (B)
31. (C) 32. (C), (D) 33. (A)
34. (D) 35. (A) 36. (B)
37. (A) 38. (A), (B), (C) 39. (B), (D)
40. (A)

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 PART - I : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. A ship of mass 3 × 107 kg initially at rest is pulled by a force of 5 x 104 N through a distance of 3m. Assume
that the resistance due to water is negligible, the speed of the ship is
(A) 1.5 m/s (B) 60 m/s (C) 0.1 m/s (D) 5 m/s [IIT 1980]

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

3. A person standing on the floor of an elevator drops a coin. The coin reaches the floor of the elevator is
stationary and in time t2 if it is moving uniformly. Then
(A) t1= t2 (B)t1 > t2 (C) t1 > t2 (D) t1 < t2 or t1 > t2 depending

*4. A reference frame attached to the earth

(A) is an inertial frame by definition
(B) cannot be an inertial frame because the earth is revolving around the sun.
(C) is an inertial frame because Newton’s laws are applicable in this frame.
(D) cannot be an inertial frame because the earth is rotating about its axis.
*5. A particle is found to be at rest when seen from a frame S1 and moving with a constant velocity when seen
from another frame S2. Markout the possible options.
(A) Both the frames are inertial (B) Both the frames are noninertial.
(C) S1 is inertial and S2 is noninertial. (D) S1 is noninertial and S2 is inertial.
*6. Figure shows the displacement of a particle going along the X-axis as a function of time. The force acting on
the particle is zero in the region.

(A) AB (B) BC (C) CD (D) DE

7. Figure shows a heavy block kept on a frictionless surface and being pulled by two ropes of equal mass m. At
t = 0, the force on the left rope is withdrawn but the force on the right end continues to act. Let F1 and F2 be
the magnitudes of the forces by the right rope and the left rope on the block respectively.

m m
F F
(A) F1 = F2 = F for t < 0 (B) F1 = F2 = F + mg for t < 0
(C) F1 = F, F2 = F for t > 0 (D) F1 < F, F2 = F for t > 0

8. A particle is observed from two frames S1 and S2 . The frame S2 moves with respect to S1 with an acceleration
a.Let F1 and F2 be the pseudo forces on the particle when seen from S1 and S2 respectively. Which of the
following are not possible ?
(A) F1 = 0, F2  0 (B) F1  0, F2 = 0 (C) F1  0, F2  0 (D) F1 = 0, F2 = 0

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9. A 2 kg toy car can move along an x axis. Graph shows Fx(N)
force Fx, acting on the car which begins at rest at time 4
t = 0. The velocity of the particle at t = 10 s is :

(A) – i m/s t(s)

(B) – 1.5 i m/s
0
4 8 9 10 11
(C) 6.5 i m/s
-2
(D) 13 i m/s

10. In the figure shown the blocks A & C are pulled down with constant
velocities u . Acceleration of block B is :

u2 u2
(A) tan2  sec  (B) tan3 
b b

u2
(C) sec 2  tan  (D) zero
b
11. System is shown in the figure and man is pulling th.e rope from
both sides with constant speed ' u'. Then the speed of the block
will be:

3u 3u
(A) (B)
4 2

u
(C) (D) none of these
4

12. System is shown in the figure. Velocity of sphere A is 9 m/s.

Then speed of sphere B will be:
(A) 9 m/s
5
(B) 12 m/s (C) 9  m/s
4
(D) none of these

13. Two blocks ‘A’ and ‘B’ each of mass ‘m’ are placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Two horizontal
force F and 2F are applied on the 2blocks ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively as shown in figure. The block A does
not slide on block B. Then the normal reaction acting between the two blocks is :

F
(A) F (B) F/2 (C) (D) 3F
3

14. In the figure shown, find out the value of  [ assume string to be tight ]

3 4
(A) tan1 (B) tan1
4 3
3
(C) tan1 (D) none of these
8

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15. In the system shown in figure mA = 4m, mB = 3m, and
mC = 8m. Friction is absent everywhere. String is light
and inextensible. If the system is released from rest find
the acceleration of block B
g g
(A) (leftward) (B*) (leftward)
8 2
g g
(C) (rightward) (D) (rightward)
6 4

PART - II : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. A lift is going up. The total mass of the lift and the passengers is
150 kg. The variation in the speed of the lift is given in the graph. 3.6

Speed (m/s)
(a) What will be the tension in the rope pulling the lift at t equal to
(i) 1 sec (ii) 6 sec and (iii) 11 sec ?
0 2 10 12 (sec)
(b) What is the height through which the lift takes the passengers ?

(c) What will be the average velocity and average acceleration during the course of entire motion? [IIT 1976]

2. The pulley arrangements of fig. (a) and (b) are indentical. The mass
of the rope is negligible. In (a), the mass m is lifted up by attaching
a mass 2m to the other end of the rope. In (b), m is lifted up by
pulling the other end of the rope with a constant downward force
F = 2 mg. Find the acceleration of m is the same in both cases:

3. Two blocks of mass 2.9 kg and 1.9 kg are suspended from a rigid support
S by two inextensible wires each of length 1 m. The upper wire has
negligible mass and the lower wire has a uniform mass of 0.2 kg/m. The
whole system of blocks, wires and support have an upward acceleration of
0.2 m/s2. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2.
(i) Find the tension at the midpoint of the lower wire.
(ii) Find the tension at the midpoint of the upper wire.

4. A mass is hung with a light inextensible string in figure. Find the tension of
horizontal string AP. [IIT 1990]

5. What is the tension in a rod of length L and mass M at a

distance y from F1 when the rod is acted on two unequal
forces F1 and F2 (<F1) as shown in the figure . [IIT 1993]

6. The three blocks shown move with constant velocities.

Find the velocity of block A and B. P1

Given VP2 = 10 m/s  Vc = 2 m/s 

A P2

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7. The pulley moves up with a velocity of 10m/sec. Two blocks are tied by 10 m/sec
a string which passes over a pulley. The velocity V will be ____.
(Given: vB = 5m/s)

B 5 m/sec


^j
In the questions below (8 to 12) take the unit vectors as follows :
^i
8. Find the acceleration of B w.r.t ground.

9. Find the acceleration of A.

10. Find the acceleration of A w.r.t. ground.

11. Find the acceleration of C w.r.t. ground

12. Find the acceleration of wedge A

13. A small block B is placed on another block A of mass 5 kg and length 20 cm.
I ntially the block B is near the right end of block A (figure). A constant horizontal
force of 10 N is applied to the block A. All the surfaces are assumed frictionless.
Find the time elapsed before the block B separates from A .

14. Find out the accelerations of the block B in the following systems :

(a) (b)

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15. Find out the mass of block B to keep the system at rest :

(a) (b)

16. The system shown in figure is released from rest calculate the value of acclerations 'a' and 'b'.

17. Find the tension in the string and the extension in the spring at equilibrium.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

18. (a) Derive the expression for equivalent spring constant of

(i) parallel combination of n-springs.
(ii) series combination of n-springs.
(b) Find the equivalent spring constant for the following arrangements :

(i) (ii)

19. A pendulum bob of mass 50 g is suspended from the ceiling of an elevator. Find the tension in the string if the
elevator (a) goes up with acceleration 1.2 m/s2, (b) goes up with deceleration 1.2 m/s2 (C) goes up with
uniform velocity, (D) goes down with acceleration 1.2 m/s2, (e) goes down with deceleration 1.2 m/s2 and (f)
goes down with uniform velocity.
20. A person is standing on a weighing machine placed on the floor of an elevator. The elevator stars going up
with some acceleration, moves with uniform velocity for a while and finally decelerates to stop. The maximum
and the minimum weights recorded are 72 kg and 60 kg. Assuming that the magnitudes of the acceleration
and the deceleration are the same, find (a) the true weight of the person and (b) the magnitude of the
acceleration. Take g = 9.9 m/s2.
21. Figure shows a uniform rod of length 30 cm having a mass
of 3.0 kg. The strings shown in the figure are pulled by
constant forces of 20 N and 32 N. Find the force exerted by
the 20 cm part of the rod on the 10 cm part. All the surfaces
are smooth and the strings and the pulleys are light.

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22. Find the acceleration of the block of mass M in the situation shown
in figure. All the surfaces are frictionless and the pulleys and the
string are light.

M
30º
2M
23. Find the mass M of the hanging block in figure which will prevent
the smaller block from slipping over the triangular block. All the
surface are frictionless and the spring and the pulleys are light.
M'

24. A monkey of mass 15 kg is climbing on a rope with one end fixed to the
ceiling .I f it wishes to go up with an acceleration of 1 m/s2 , how much
force should it apply to the rope? I f the rope is 5m long and the monkey
starts from rest, how much time will it take to reach the ceiling ?
25. A monkey is climbing on a rope that goes over a smooth light pulley and
supports a block of equal mass at the other end (figure). Show that
whatever force the monkey exerts on the rope, the monkey and the block
move in the same direction with equal acceleration. I f intially both were at
rest, their separation will not change as time passes.

26. In the arrangement shown in Fig, a wedge of mass m3 = 3.45 kg is placed

on a smooth horizontal surface. A small and light pulley is connected on
its top edge, as shown. A light, flexible thread passes over the pulley. Two
blocks having mass m1= 1. 3 kg & m2= 1.5 kg are connected at the ends
of the thread. m1 is on smooth horizontal surface and m2 rests on inclined
surface of the wedge. Base length of wedge is 2 m and inclination is 370.
m2 is initially near the top edge of the wedge. If the whole system is released
from rest. Calculate:
(i) velocity of wedge when m 2 reaches its bottom
(ii) velocity of m 2 at that instant and tension in the thread during motion of m 2. All the surfaces are
smooth. [ g = 10 ms 2 ]
27. Neglecting friction every where, find the acceleration of M. Assume m > m .

28. For the following system shown assume that pulley is frictionless,
string is massless (m remains on M) :
Find
(a) the acceleration of the block A.
(b) Normal reaction on m is (force on C due to B)
(C) the force on the ceiling

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29. In the arrangement shown in Fig. the mass of body 1 is  =4.0 times as great as
that of body 2. The height h = 20 cm. The masses of the pulleys and the threads,
as well as the friction, are negligible. At a certain moment body 2 is released and
the arrangement set in motion. What is the maximum height that body 2 will go up
to? Body 1 sticks to the floor.

30. An aerostat of mass m starts coming down with a constant acceleration . Determine the ballast mass to
be dumped for the aerostat to reach the upward acceleration of the same magnitude.
The air drag is to be neglected.

31. In the arrangement shown in Fig. the mass of ball 1 is = 1.8 times as great as
that of rod 2. The length of the latter is  = 100 cm. The masses of the pulleys and
the threads as well as the friction, are negligible. The ball is set on the same level
as the lower end of the rod and then released. How soon will the ball be opposite
the upper end of the rod ?

MQB (Miscellaneous Question Bank) (c) T1 = mg, T2 = 2mg, x =

mg
;
K
PART - I 2mg mg
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) (d) T = mg, x = ; (e) T = 2mg, x =
K K
4. (B), (D) 5. (A), (B) 6. (A), (C)
18. (a) (i) Keq = K1 + K2 + ........Kn
7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (C)
10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (B) 1 1 1 1
13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (B) (ii) K = K + K + ............+ K
eq 1 2 n

PART - I I (a) (i) K1 + K2 + K3 (ii) 4K

1. (a) (i) 1740 N (ii) 1470 N (iii) 1200 N (b) 36 m 19. (a) 0.55 N (b)0.43 N (c) 0.49 N (d) 0.43 N
(c) Average velocity = 3 m/s; av. acceleration = 0 (e) 0.55 N (f) 0.49 N
2. (a) g/3  (b) g 3. (i) 20 N (ii) 50 N 20. 66 kg and 0.9 m/s 21. 24 N
 y y M'm
4. 3 Mg F1 1    F2  
5.
 L L 
22. g /3 up the plane 23.
cot   1
6. 1. VB =  22 m/s, VA = 10 m/s
7. VA = 25  24. 165 N, 10 s
8. (a cos  – a) î – a sin ĵ 26. (i) 2 ms 1 (ii) 13 ms 1, 3.9 newton
9. b î + b ĵ 10. b î + 4b ĵ (m  m' )g
2M  3m  3m'
27. a=

11. a î – 2 (a + b) ĵ 12. a A = – b tan ĵ
13. 0.45 s
mg 2Mmg (6M  5m) Mg
28. (a) 2M  m (b) 2M  m (c) 2M  m
14. (a) 2g/3 (b) g/4
15. (a) mB = 10 kg (b) mB = 10 kg 29. H = 6h /( + 4) = 0.6 m

b cos  3g sin  30. Ä m = 2m / (g + )

2( 4  ç) / 3g( 2  ç) = 1.4 s
16. a= b=
3 3  cos 2  31. t=
2mg
17. (a) T = mg, x = ;
K
mg
(b) T1 = mg , T2 = 2mg, x = ;
K

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