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Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's First Law of Motion (Laws of Inertia) (b) By spitting or sneezing
1, When a train stops suddenly, passengers in the (c) By rolling your body on the surface
running train feel an instant jerk in the forward
(d) By running on the plane
direction because 6. Let E,G and N represents the magnitude of
(a) The back of seat suddenly pushes the passengers
forward. electromagnetic, gravitational and nuclear forces
between two protons at a given separation (1 fermi
(b) Inertia of rest stops the train and takes the body
forward. meter). Then
(a) N <E <G (b) E> N>G
(c)Upper part ofthe body continues to be in the state
of motion whereas the lower part of the body in (c)G>N> E (d) N> E>G
contact with seat remains at rest. 7. A boy sitting on the topmost berth in the
(d) Nothing can be said due to insufficient data. compartment of a train which is just going to stop on
2. A man getting down from a running bus falls forward a railway station, drops an apple aiming at the open
because hand of his brother sitting vertically below his hands
(a) Due to inertia of rest, road is left behind and man at a distance of about 2 meter. The apple will fall:
reaches forward. (a) Precisely on the hand of his brother.
(b) Due to inertia of motion upper part of body b) Slightly away from the hand of his brother in the
continues to be in motion in forward direction direction of motion of the train.
while feet come to rest as soon as they touch the
(c) Slightly away from the hand of his brother in the
road.
direction opposite to the direction of motion of
(c) He leans forward as a matter of habit. the train.
(d) Of the combined effect of all the three factors (d) None of the above
stated in (a), (b) and ().
8. A gun fires a bullet as shown in figure. The barrel of
3. Newton's first law of motion desces the following:
the gun is inclined at an angle of 45°C with
(a) Energy (b) Wo horizontal. When the bullet leaves the barrel, it will
(c)Inertia (d) Moment of inertia be travelling at an angle to the horizontal, of
4. A particle is moving with a constant speed along a
straight line path. A force is not required to:
45°
(a) Increase its speed *******

(6) Decrease the momentum

C) Change the direction
d) Keep it moving with uniform velocity
5. You are on a frictionless horizontal plane. How can
(a) 45 b) less than 45°
you get offif no horizontal force is exerted by pushing
c) more than 45° (d) zero
against the surface
(a) By jumping
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9. A block of mass m is pushed towards a movable (a) heavier piece
wedge of mass 2m and height h with a velocity u. All
(b) lighter piece
surfaces are smooth. The minimum value of u for
(c) does not shift horizontally
which the block will reach the top of the wedge is:
(d) depends on the vertical velocity at the tin
breaking. tüme
15. The quantities remaining constant in a collision
2m (a) momentum kinetic energy and
temperature
(b) momentum and kinetic energy Dut D
mmmmmmmimmmam temperature
(a) 2/gh (b) 3gh (6gh (d)sh (c) momentum and temperature but not
kin.
energy
10. Consider the following two statements Ne
(d) momentum, but neither kinetic energy
(A) Linear momentum of the system remains temperature.
constant. 16. If the external forces acting on a system have 7e
(B) Centre of mass of the system remains at rest. resultant, the centre of mass:
(a) (A) implies (B) and (B) implies (A). (a) must not move (b) must not accelerate
(b) (A) does not imply (B) and (B) does not imply (c) may move (d) both (b) and (c)
(A). 17. A ball hits a floor and rebounds after an
(c) (A) implies (B) but (B) does not imply (A).
inelast
collision. In this case
(d) (B) implies (A) but (A) does not imply (B). (a) the momentum of the ball just after the collision
11. Consider the following two statements is same as that just before the collision
(A) Linear momentum of a system of particles is zero. (b) the mechanical energy of the ball remains the
(B) Kinetic energy of a system of particles is zero. same during the collision
(a) (A) implies (B) and (B) implies (A). (c) the total momentum of the ball and the earh i
conserved
(b) (A) does not imply (B) and (B) does not imply
(A). (d) the total, energy of the ball and the earth remains
the same.
() (A) implies (B) but (B) does not imply (A).
18. A block of mass M is tied to one
(d) (B) implies (A) but (A) does not imply (B).
end of a massless rope. The other
12. Consider the following two statements: end of the rope is in the hands of
(A) The linear momentum of a particle is a man of mass 2M as shoWn in
2m M
independent of the frame of reference.
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the figure. The block and the
(B) The kinetic energy of a particle is independent of man are resting on a rough plank of mass M as shown
the frame of reference. in the figure. The whole system is resting on a smoth
(a) both (A) and (B) are true. horizontal surface. The man pulls the rope. Pulley s
massless and frictionless. What is the displacemento
(b) (A) is true but (B) is false.
the plank when the block meets the pulley ? (Man
(c) (A) is false but (B) is true.
(d) both (A) and (B) are false.
does not leave his position on plank during the pul
(a) 0.5 m (b) 1m (c) zero (d) 2/3 m
13. Internal force can change :
(a) the linear momentum but not the kinetic energy
19. A man weighing 80 kg is standing in a
trol
weighing 320 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionles
(b) the kinetic energy but not the linear momentum horizontal rails. If the man starts walking on the
(c) linear momentum as well as kinetic energy trolley with a speed of 1 m/s, then after 4 sec hs
(d) neither the linear momentum nor the kinetic displacement relative to the ground will be:
energy (a) 5 m (b) 4.8 m ()3.2 m (d) 3.0m
14. A body falling vertically downwards under gravity 20. A bullet of mass 10 g is fired from a gun of mass 1 K
breaks in two parts of unequal masses. The centre of with recoil velocity of gun 5 m/s. The muzzle veloa
mass of the two parts taken together shifts will be:
horizontally towards (a) 30 km/min (b) 60 km/min
Newton's Laws of Motion 143
(c) 30 m/s (d) 500 m/s (c) 10 ms2 (d) 1 ms 2

fires a bullet of mass 200 g at a speed of Sm/s 29. In a rocket of mass 1000 kg fuel is consumed at a rate
21. A man
the gun is of one kg mass. By what velocity the gun of 40 kg/s. The velocity of the gases ejected from the
rebounds backwards: rocket is 5 x 10 m/s. The thrust on the rocket is:
(a) 0.1 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 1 m/s (d) 0.01 m/s (a) 2x10 Nb) 5x 10' N (c) 2x 10°Nd) 2x 10"N
22. A body of mass 1000 kg is moving horizontally with a 30. A rocket of mass 4000kg is set for vertical firing. How
velocity 50m/s. A mass of 250 kg is added. Find the much gas must be ejected per second so that the
final velocity. rocket may have initial upwards acceleration of
(a) 40 m/s (b) 20 m/s magnitude 19.6m/s*? (Exhaust speed of fuel
(c) 302 m/s (d) 50 m/s 980 m/s
Newtons Second Law of Motioon (a) 240kgs (b) 60kgs
23. The linear momentum of a particle varies with timet (c) 120kg s (d) none
as p a + bt + ct . Then, which of the following is 31. A 5000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing. The exhaust
correct?
speed is 800 ms to give an initial upward
(a) Velocity of particle is inversely proportional to
acceleration of 20 ms2 the amount of gas ejected per
second to supply the needed thrust will be
time.
(g = 10ms )
b) Displacement of the particle is independent of
time. (a) 127.5kgs (b) 187.5 kg s1
(c) Force varies with time in a quadratic manner. c) 185.5 kg s- (d) 137.5kg s-l
(d) Force is dependent linearly on time. 32. Aball of mass 400 gm is dropped from a height of 5 m.
24. A machine gun is mounted on a 2000 kg car on a A boy on the ground hits the ball vertically upwards
horizontal frictionless surface. At some instant the with a bat with an average force of 100 N so that it
gun fires bullets of mass 10 gm with a velocity of 500 attains a ve tical height of 20 m. The time for which
m/sec with respect to the car. The number of bullets the ball remains in contact with the bat is
fired per second is ten. The average thrust on the g =10m/s*)
systemisS: (a) 0.12 s (b) 0.08 s (c) 0.04s (d) 12s
(a) 550 N (b) 50N (c) 250 N (d) 250 dyne
33. A gardener waters the plants by a pipe of diameter 1
25. A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40 g with a mm. The water comes out at the rate of 10cm°/sec.
velocity 1200ms. The man holding it can exert a
The reactimnary force exerted on the hand of the
maximum force of 144 N on the gun. How many
bullets can he fire second at the most ?
gardener is
(a) zero (b) 1.27 x 10 N
(a) One (b) Four (c) Two (d) Three
(c) 1.27x 10 N (d) 0.127N
26. Diwali rocket is ejecting 50 g of gases/s at a velocity
34. At a certain instant of time themass of a rocket
of400 ms. The accelerating force on the rocket will goingg
be up vertically is 100 kg. If it is ejecting 5 kg of gas per
second at a speed of 400 m/s, the acceleration of the
(a) 22 dyne (b) 20 N (c) 20 dyne (d) 100N
rocket would be: (taking g 10m/s*) =

27. The rate of mass of the gases emitted from rear of a

rocket is initially 0.1 kgs'. If the speed of the gas (a) 20m/s (b) 10m/s (c) 2 m/s (d) 1m/s2
relative to the rocked is 50 ms and mass of the 35. Figure shows the x(m)
position-time (x -t)
rocket is 2 kg. then the acceleration of the rocket (in graph of a particle of
ms )is
mass 4 kg. Let the force
(a)9 (b) 5.2
onthe particle fort <0,
(c) 2.5 (d) will not fly t(sec)
0<t<4s, t> 4s be
28. A rocket of mass 10 kg trns 0.1 kg of fuel per sec. If
F.Fa and F
velocity of exhaust gas is 1 km/sec, then it lifts with
respectively. Then:
an acceleration of: (g =
9.8 m/sec*) (a) F F = F, = 0 (b) F> F =
F
(a) 2 ms2 (b) 0.2 ms2
(c)F F2 >F3 (d) F< F, = Fa
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36. A force-time graph for
speed. The ball remain in contact with the
the motion of a body is 0.01 sec. 'The average force exerted uface
suc
ed by the surfa
shown in the figure. FN the ball is
The change in the
(a) 100 N (b) 10 N (c) 1N
momentum of the (d) 150 N
body between zero and 10 43. A 1 kg particle strikes a wall with
velocity 1 m
t(s) angle of 30° with the normal to the wall m/s a
10sec is and t
(a) zero -0,5f ..
at the same angle. If it remain in contact rel
with wall
0.1, then the force is
(b) 4 kg m/s (a) 0 (b) 10/3 N
(c) 5 kg m/s
(c) 303 N (d) 40/3N
(d) 3 kg m/s 44. A body of 2 kg has an initial speed 5
37. A 2kg toy car can moves along an x-axis. ms.A foree ee ac
Graph on it for time in the direction of motion
some
shown force Fy, acting on the
car which begins at rest force-time graph is shown in figure. The
at timet 0 The velocity of the final s
=

FN)
att particle
10s is: =
the body is peedo
F(N)

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t(s)
4 4.5 6.6
(a) -i m/s (b) -1.5i m/s (a) 9.25 m/s (b) 5m/s
c) 6.5i m/s (d) 13i m/s (c) 14.25 m/s (d) 4.25 m/s
38. The momentump (in kg ms") of a particle is varing 45. A disc of mass 1 kg dept floating
horizontally in air h
with timet (in second) as
p = 2+3t. The force firing bullets of mass 0.05 kg each vertically at it, a
the rate of 10 per second. If the bullets rebound
acting on the particle att =3s will be:
the same speed with which these are fired
wih
(a) 18 N ( b ) 54 N (c) 9N (d) 15 N will be
(a) 0.098 m/s (b) 0.98 m/s
39. A ball is dropped on the floor from a
height of 10 m. It c)9.8 m/s
rebounds to a height of 2.5 m. If the ball is in contact (d) 980m/s
with floor for 0.01 s. What is the average acceleration 46. A machine gun fires bullets of 50
gm at the speed
during contact ? 1000 m/sec. If an average force of 200 N is
the gun, the maximum number of bullets fired
exertedo
(a) 700 ms2 (b) 1400ms p
minute is:
(c) 2100 ms2 (d) 2800 ms2 (a) 240
40. A rocket of mass 6000 kg is set for vertical 47. A
(b) 120
30
firing. If man is standing at a spring platform.Rading
the exhaust speed by 1 km/s how much gas must be
spring balance is 60 kg wt. lf man jumps, outsie
ejected to give the rocket an upward acceleration of platkorm, then reading of spring balance :
20 ms? (take g =
10ms) (a) first increases then decreases to zero
(a) 45 kg/s (b) 90 kg/s b) decreases
(c) 120 kg/s (d) 180 kg/s (c) increases
41. A 4 kg block is resting on a frictionless plane. It is (d) remains same
struck by a jet, releasing water at the rate of 3
kg/s 48. A block of metal weighing 2 kg is resting on
emerging with a speed of 4 m/s. Calculate the initial
frictionless plane. It is struck by jet releasing wa
a
acceleration of the block. at a rate of 1 kg/s and at a speed of S m/s. The tm
(a) 3 ms (b) 16 ms (c) 30 ms (d)8ms acceleration of the block will be
42. A ball weighing 10 gm hits a hard surface vertically (a) 2.5 m/s (b) 5 m/s2
with a speed of 5m/s and rebounds with the same (c) 10m/s* (d) 25m/s
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curve
Momentum versus time 56. 2 Balls of mass 2 kg are moving with speed 10 m/sec
49. will be
shown, then Fmax
at and 2 m/sec as shown in diagram. After collision they
(b)I B collision velocity of
(a) A stick to each other, then after
(c) C
(d) D combined mass will be :

10 m/sec 21m/sec

50. A waterjet.having per uni

mass A length =
100kg/m
and velocity of water coming out isv = 2m/sec, force
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wall will be :
exerted by jet on
b) 4 m/sec
(a) 8 m/sec
(c) 6 m/sec (d) None
57. A 4 kg mass is hang with 2 m
long string as shown in l 2m
(a) 200 N (b) 400 N diagram now a 1 kg mass is
(d) can't calculate moving with speed v, it 1 kg =
(c)100N 4 kg
51, Density of water is p. area of cross-section is a, strikes with this 4 kg mass
velocity of jet is v then force exerted by jet on wall will and stick to it, now combined
be
mass just completes the vertical circular motion, then
velocity v of 1 kg mass before strike will be
(a) 10 m/sec (b) 2 m/sec
(c) 8 m/sec (d) 50 m/sec
58. 1 kg object is moving with 20 m/sec

(a) (b) 2pAu () pa (d) pav 20 m/sec on a long length rough

rough plank of mass 4 kg 1 kg
52. A 4 kg ball moving with placed on smooth
4 kg
10 m/sec as shown in horizontal surface, then
speed NO m/see

diagram. It strike elastically final velocity of system will mmmmmmRm

60°7 0.2
with wall at an angle 60° 60
At = s
be: smooth
from normal and ball (a) 20 m/sec (b) 5 m/sec
remains in contact with wall (c) 4 m/sec (d) zero
for 0.2 sec then force exerted 59. A 2 kg block attached with spring of spring constant
by wall will be: k = 100N/m is placed at rest now a3 kg
(b) 40 N (d) 20 N
block moving
(a) 400 N (c) 200 N with speed 5 m/sec strike with spring attached with 2
kg block then speed of both block at the time of
Momentumn and Conservation of Linear
maximum compression of spring will be :
Momentum
m/sed
53. A wagon weighing 1000 kg is moving with a
50km/h on smooth horizontal rails. A mass of 250 kg
velocity k 100 N/m
3k 0 0 2 kg
Is dropped into it. The velocity with which it moves mmimmmITTNITITmtT
nowis (a) 5 m/sec (b) 8 m/sec
(a) 2.5 km/hour (b) 20 km/hour (c)10m/sec (d) None
c) 40 km/hour (d) 50 km/hour 60. A cart having total mass 10 m/sec
54. A man fires a bullet of mass 200 g at a speed of 5 m/s. 3000 kg is moving with
gun is of one what velocity the gun constant speed 10 m/sec
The kg
mass. By
now sand is leaking from
O O
reboundsbackwards: hole with rate 10 kg/sec, then speed of cart after 2
(a) 0.1 m/s (b) 10m/s (c) 1m/s (d) 0.01 m/s
.
minute will be
The momentum of a system is conserved (a) 10 m/sec (b) 16.67 m/sec
(a) Always
(c) 15 m/sec (d) None
b) Never
61. A 2 kg block attached with spring of spring constant
cin the absence of an external force on the system
k =
100N/m is placed at rest now a 2 kg block moving
(d) None of the above
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with speed 10 m/sec strike with spring attached
with Impulse
time of
2 kg block then speed of both block at the 68. In the given figure, the
maximum compression ofspring will be position-time graph of a

10 m/sec
particle of mass 0.1 kg is
k 100 N/m shown. The impulse at A(m)
0002 ke t 2secis
(a) 0.2kg m sec t (Second)
(a) 5 m/sec (b) 8 m/sec (c) 10 m/sec(d) None
62. A cart of mass 1200 kg is (b) -0.2kg m sec-l
moving with constant JUI 10 m/sec (c)0.1kgmsec
speed 10 m/sec. Due to
heavy rain, water 1s
. (d)-0.4kgmsec
69. A batsman hits back a ball of mass 0.15 kg straight-
entering in cart with rate
10 kg/sec, as shown in diagram then velocity of cart the direction of the bowler without changing i
initial speed of 10 ms. If the ball moves linea
after 2 minute will be:
then the impulse imparted on it (in N - s) is
(a) 5 m/sec b) 10 m/sec
(c) 7.5 m/sec (d) 2.5 m/sec (a) 3.0 (b) 2.0 (d) (d) 1.9
70. Figure shows the position-time (x-t) graph ofon
Newton's Third Law of Motion dimensional motion of a body of mass 500 g. What ie
63. Swimming is possible on account of : the time interval between two consecutive impulses
(a) First law of motion received by the body?
(b) Second law of motion x(m)
(c) Third law of motion
(d) Newton law of gravitation
64. A book is lying on the table. What is the angle
between the action of the book on the table and the A 8 10
t(s)
12
reaction of the table on the book?
(a) 2s (b) 4s (c) 6s (d) 8s
(a))0° (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 180
65. Action and reaction: 71. In the figure given below x(m)
the position-time graph of a
(a) act on two different objects
(b) may have equal magnitude
particle of mass 0.1 kg is
shown. The impulse att = 2
(c) may not have opposite directions
secis
(d) have resultant zero (a) 0.2kg m sec
66. We can derive Newton's 2 4 6
(b) -0.2kg m sec"
(a) second and third laws from the first law.
b) first and second laws from the third law. () 0.1kg m sec1
(c) third and first laws from the second law. (d)-0.4kg msec
(d) all the three laws are independent of each other. 72. If impulse varies with time
67. A sphere of mass m is kept in fkg ms)= 20t2 40t. The change in momentum
equilibrium with the help of
several springs as shown in w w w ha0 080 4 isminimum at
(a)t = 2s (b) t = 1s
(c)t=sd)t =
the figure.

applies a force
Measurement
shows that one of the springs
F on the
000000-|1 78. Figures 1, I, II and V depicts variation of force
witn
time
sphere. With what FN) F(N)
acceleration the sphere will move immediately after
this particular spring is cut ? 0.25 0.25
a
(a) zero (b) F/m (c)-F/m
t(ms)1
(d) insufficient information t(ms)-