Q101. Newtonsec is the unit of (a) energy (b) force (c) angular momentum (d) momentum Q102.

A stretching force of 5N is applied at one end of a spring balance and an equal force is applied at the other end in the opposite direction. The reading in the balance will be (a) zero (b) 5N (c) 10N (d) 15N Q103. A person weighing 80 kg is standing on a life which is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of 4.9 m/sec2. The apparent weight of the person will be (a) 40 kg (b) 80 kg (c) 120 kg (d) 160 kg Q104. A jet engine works on the principle of conservation of (a) man (b) energy (c) linear momentum (d) angular momentum Q105. A 10 kg weight is accelerated from rest to 50 m/s. The force acting on it (a) 410 50 N (b) 410 05 9.8 N

1 (d) cannot be determined from the give data (c) 4 10 50 2 N 2 Q106. A charge of mass 10 kg is fired from a cannon of 20 kg with a speed of 100 m/sec. The velocity of recoil of the cannon is (a) 100 m/sec (b) 50 m/sec (c) 200 m/sec (d) 10 m/sec Q107. A man in a lift will weigh more when the left (a) begins to go up (b) is going up steadily (c) is coming down steadily (d) is slowing down Q108. An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius are released from a given height in vacuum. Which of the following statements is the (a) Iron ball will reach the ground fast (b) Wooden ball will reach the ground fast (c) both balls will reach the ground at the same (d) no ball can reach the ground Q109. The correct answer to the above question is based upon the fact that (a) acceleration due to gravity in vacuum depends upon the mass f the body (b) there is n acceleration due to gravity in vacuum (c) the acceleration due to gravity has the same value irrespective of the mass of the body (d) the motion of bodies is not possible in vacuum Q110. O being slightly displaced, if the distance between the center of gravity of the body and the ground remains unchanged, the body is (a) in stable equilibrium (b) in neutral equilibrium (c) in unstable equilibrium (d) not in equilibrium a all Q111. If a railway train is moving with a uniform speed on a level track, the engine is doing (a) no work (b) work against friction (c) work against gravity (d) work against both friction and gravity Q112. Balanced on a wedge at a point 5 cm from one end, a metre scale remains horizontal when a mass of 180 g is suspended from the same end. The weight of the metre scale is (a) 20 g (b) 36 g (c) 90 g (d) 180 g Q113. A object placed on ground in stable equilibrium is given a slight push. The initial position of its centre of gravity (a) moves nearer to ground (b) rises higher above the ground (c) remains unchanged (d) does not have anything to do with the type of equilibrium Q114. A false balance has unequal areas of length a and b. If W1 and W2 are the balancing weights, when a body is weighed alternately in the two pairs the true weight of the body is given by (a)
W1 W2 (b)

W12 + W2 W1 / W2

(c) W1 + W2/2 (c) W12 + W22

(d) W1W2/W1W2

Q115. The ratio of the arms of the balance in the above question a/b is

(a) W1/W2

(b)

(d) W1W2/W1 + W2

Q116. A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block resting on a frictionless surface. In this process (a) momentum is conserved (b) kinetic energy is conserved (c) both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved (d) neither momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved Q117. A ball of mass 0.1 kg, thrown against a wall normally with a velocity 30 m/s. rebounds with a velocity of 20 m/sec in the opposite direction. The impulse of the force by the ball on the wall is
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(a) 50 NS (b) 0.5 NS (c) 1 NS (d) 5 NS Q118. A body slides down an inclined plane of inclination . The coefficient of friction down the plane varies in direct proportion to the distance moved down the plane (= kx). The body will move down the plane with acceleration which is (a) constant g sin (b) constant (g sin g cos) (c) constant ( g cos g sin) (d) variable which goes to zero then become negative Q119. Three different objects of mass m1, m2, m3 are allowed to roll from rest along three different frictionless paths OA, OB, OC. The speeds of the three objects on reaching the ground will be in the ratio (a) m1 : m2 : m3 (b) 1 : 1 : 1 (c) m1 OA : m2 OB : m3 OC (d) OA/m1 : OB/m2 : OC/m3 Q120. A ball is moving to and fro about the lowest point of a smooth hemispherical bowl. If is able to rise upto a height of 45 cm. on either side, its speed at the lowest point must be (g = 10 m/s2) (a) 4.5 m/s (b) 9 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 0.045 m/s Q121. A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass m. If a force P is applied at free end of the rope, the force exerted by the rope on the block will be (a) Pm/M + m (b) Pm /M + m (c) Pm/M m (d) P Q122. In the arrangement shown below, masses M1 and M2 are both descending with uniform speed v. The mass M will ascend with speed

M M1 M2

(a) v cos (b) 2v cos (c) 2v/cos (d) v/cos Q123. A container, filled with water, and having a wooden block floating in it is allowed to fall freely under gravity. During the fall, the upthrust on the wooden block will be (a) equal to the weight of the block is air (b) equal to the weight of the block is water (c) equal to the weight of the water displaced by the block (d) zero Q124. Two identical frictionless pulleys are arranged separately as shown. Assuming that strings have negligible mass, the acceleration of mass m in the two cases will be (a) same but different from g (b) same and equal to g m (c) more in case (1) than in case (2) m (d) more in case (2) than in case (1)
F = 2mg 2m (1) (2)

Q125. A man is pulling on a rope attached to a block on a smooth horizontal table. The tension in the rope will be same at all the points (a) if and only if the rope is not accelerated (b) if and only if the rope is massless (c) if either the rope is massless or not accelerated (d) always Q126. A spring balance A and a beam balance B are used to weigh given object at different points on the earth. Then (a) The readings A and B will be different on different points (b) The readings of A will be different but those of B will be same (c) The readings of A will be same but those of B will be different (d) both A and B will have the same readings Q127. A plum lie is hanging from the ceiling of a car. When the car is moving along the horizontal track with an acceleration a, the plumy line gets inclined at an angle
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(a) tan1 (a/g) (b) tan1 (g/a) (c) cos1 (a/g) (d) sin1 (g/a) Q128. A black slides on a smooth inclined kept on the floor of a lift when the lift is descending with a retardation a, the acceleration of the block relative to the incline is (a) (g a)sin (b) (g + a) sin (c) g sin (d) (g a) Q129. An object takes n times as much longer to slide down a 45 rough incline as it takes to slide down a perfectly smooth 45 inline. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and incline is (a) k =
1 1 n 2 (b) k =

1 1 n 2

(c) k = 1

1 n2

(d) k =

1 n2

Q130. Two blocks of mass 3 kg and 2 kg are attached to the ends of a string passing over a smooth pulley fixed to the ceiling of an elevator. A man inside the elevator find the acceleration of the system to be g/4. The acceleration of the elevator is (a) g/4 downwards (b) g/4 upwards (c) g/20 downward (d) g/20 upward Q131. A smooth sphere A moving in a straight line collides elastically with an identical stationery sphere B. The spheres move in different directions after the collisions. The angle between the directions of motion of the spheres after the collision (a) will be larger if the velocity of A is more (b) is independent of the magnitude of velocity of A (c) depends upon the angle at which A hits B (d) will always be right angle Q132. Two blocks A (1 kg) and B (3 kg) rest one over the other on a F 1 kg A smooth horizontal plane. The coefficient of static and dynamic friction between A & B is same and is equal to 0.75. The 3 kg B maximum horizontal force in Newton that can be applied to A in order that both A and B donot have relative motion is (a) 2 9.8 (b) 14.7 (c) 9.8 (d) 4.9 Q133. In the question above if the horizontal force F is applied to B (in place of A), its maximum value in Newton when there is no relative motion between A & B is (a) 3 9.8 (b) 2 9.8 (c) 1 9.8 (d) 0.49 A Q134. A particle of mass 0.1 kg is released from rest from the vertex of a wedge of mass 2.5 kg which is free to slide on a frictionless m = 0.1 kg horizontal plane. The particle slides down the smooth face AB of the wedge. When the velocity of the wedge is 0.2 m/sec, the 2 m/sec velocity of the particle relative to wedge is v (a) 4.8 m/sec M = 2. 4kg (b) 5 m/sec 60 (c) 7.5 m/sec B (d) 10 m/sec Q135. The result of two equal forces acting a point perpendicular to each other is (a) equal to either of the force (b) equal to 2 time one of the forces (c) equal to twice of the either force (d) zero Q136. The angles which the result wakes with either of the forces in the above question is (a) are equal and of magnitude 45 (b) are equal and of magnitude 90 (c) are equal and of magnitude 60 (d) are not equal Q137. Two equal forces acting at a point give a resultant equal to either of them. The angle between the force is (a) 0 (b) 60 (c) 90 (d) 120 Q138. The angle which the resultant in above question makes with either of the forces is (a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 90 Q139. A man weighing 75 kg stands in an elevator. The force exerted by him on the floor of the elevator will be zero when (a) the elevator goes up at a uniform speed (b) the elevator goes down at a uniform speed (c) the cable of the elevator breaks and it falls freely (d) the elevator goes up at an acceleration of 9.8 m/sec2 Q140. A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular to the velocity of the particle. If the motion of the particle takes place in a plane, it follows that (a) its velocity is constant (b) its acceleration is not constant (c) its momentum is constant (d) it moves in a circular path Q141. If a body is in unstable equilibrium, on being slightly displaced, its centre of mass and potential energy will (a) rise, decrease (b) rise, increase (c) be lowered, increase (d) be lowered decrease
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Q142. A particle of mass m collides with another of same mass such that the coefficient of restitution is 1. After the collision the particle will move (a) opposite to each other (b) parallel to each other (c) perpendicular to each other (d) at an angle of 45 to each other Q143. An object of mass 2 kg starts from rest and moves along Xaxis under the action of a Force F = (5 + 3x) N when it has tavelled a distance of 2m, nearly. (a) its velocity is 4 m/sec (b) its acceleration is 4m/sec2 (c) its motion is simple harmonic (d) all the above statements are wrong Q144. M1 (= 2 kg) rests on a frictionless surface while the coefficient M1 = 2 kg of friction between M1 and M2 (1 kg) is 0.2. If a force of 1.5 N is applied on the mass M1 as shown. 1.5 N (a) The system will move with an acceleration of 0.5 m/sec2 M2 = 1 kg (b) M2 will remain stationery on M1 (c) The masses will move with an acceleration 0.75 m/sec2 (d) M2 will remain stationary while M1 slips under it Q145. If the force acting on a body is doubled as also the mass of the body, the acceleration of the body (a) reduces to half its value (b) remains unchanged (c) becomes double of its earlier value (d) becomes four times its earlier value Q146. A metal ball hits a wall and does not rebound whereas a rubber ball of the same mass on hitting the wall with the same velocity bounces back. It is because (a) the initial momentum of the metal ball is greater (b) metal ball suffers a greater change in momentum (c) rubber ball suffers a greater change in momentum (d) initial momentum of rubber ball is greater Q147. Which of the following statements is true (a) a body moving in circle with constant speed has no acceleration (b) the tension in a cable supporting a lift remains constant irrespective of its motion (c) the inertia of a body is the resistance offered by it to change its motion (d) whenever an action is produced by a force on a body, there is an equal and opposite reaction on the same body Q148. A block of mass 6 kg rests on a rough inclined plane of angle 30 and coefficient of friction 2/3. The frictional force on the block is (a) 3 9.8 N (b) 2/3 9.8 N (c) 2 3 9.8 N (d) 4 9.8 N B A T2 T1 Q149. Two particles of equal masses are attached one to the end A and other to the mid point B of a string. The other end of the string is fixed to a point O. The particles describe concentric circles with O as centre in a smooth horizontal plane such that O, B and A are always collinear. The ration of the tension T1 & T2 is (a) 1 : 2 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 2 : 1 Q150. A body of weight 50 N is pushed with just enough force to start it moving across a floor and the same force continues to act afterward. Coefficients of static and sliding friction are 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. The acceleration of the body is (a) 1/10 g (b) 5.6 g (c) 0.56 g (d) 1/5.6 g Q151. A motor of mass 150 kg moves with a retardation of 2m/s2 round a curve of radius 100 m. When the speed of the motion is 15 m/s, the total exerted by the vehicle on the road is (a) 3375 N (b) 1470 N (c) 1528 N (d) 337.5 N Q152. Two block A (1 kg) and B (3 kg) rest on a smooth F 1 kg A horizontal surface as shown. The coefficient of friction between the blocks is 3/4. The maximum horizontal 3 kg force F, that can be applied to A so that A and B do not B have relative motion is (a) 14.7 N (b) 9.8 N (c) 19.6 N (d) 4.9 N

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Q153. A chain of length

rests on a rough horizontal table with one end hanging over the table edge. The chain just starts to

slide down on its own when the overhanging length equals / 4 . The coefficient of friction between the chain and the table is (a) 3/4 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/3 Q154. Two bodies of unequal mass m1 and m2 are attached to the ends of a string passing over a light smooth fixed pulley. The force exerted by the pulley on its support is (a) < (m1 + m2) g (b) (m1 + m2) g (c) > (m1 + m2) g (d) zero Q155. A coin rests on a gramophone record at a distance r from its centre. The coefficient of friction between the coin and the record surface is . The record starts revolving and attains an angular velocity , the coin still remaining on it. It follows that

(a) (g/r)2

(b)

gr

(c)

g r

(d)

g r

C Q156. Figure below shown the positiontime graph of a X(m) particle of mass 4 kg. Which of the statements abut the B A 3 force F acting on the particle is not true (a) F = 0 for t < 0 (b) F = 0 for 0 < t < 4 (c) F = 0 for t > 4 O 4 t(s) 6 (d) F 0 for t > 6 Q157. In the problem above (Q156) which of the following statements about the impulse is false (a) Impulse a t = 0 is zero (b) Impulse at t = 0 is 3 kg m/sec (c) Impulse at t = 4 is equal and opposite to the impulse at t = 0 (d) Impulse between 4 t 6 is not zero Q158. A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope which can stand a maximum tension of 600 V. In which of the following cases will the rope break. The monkey (g = 10 ms2) (a) climbs up with an acceleration 6 ms2 (b) climbs down with acceleration 4 ms2 (d) falls down the rope nearly freely under gravity (c) climbs up with uniform speed of 5ms1 Q159. For an ordinary terrestrial experiment which of the observer is inertial frame (a) a child revolving in a giant wheel with constant speed (b) a sports man is a sports car with a constant (c) a pilot of an aeroplane during take off (d) the guard of a train slowing down on a platform Q160. The correct sequence of fundamental forces of nature in increasing order of their strength is (a) strong , electromagnetic, weak, electromagnetic (b) electromagnetic, strong, weak, gravitation (c) gravitation, weak, electromagnetic, strong (d) weak, electromagnetic, strong, gravitation

Answers
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. (d) (b) (c): (c) (d): (b): (a): (c): (c) (b): (b) (a): (b): a = a + g accl. Should be known conservation of momentum as in Q103 g is same for both definition taken moments about Co. definition
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114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160.

(a): (b): (c) (d) (d): (b): (c) (a): (b): (d): (d) (c) (b): (a): (b): (c) (a): (d) (c) (a) (d): (b): (a): (d): (c): (c): (d): (d): (c): (a): (a): (b): (c): (c): (a): (c) (a): (b) (c) (d): (a) (d) (b): (a): (a): (b): (c):

take moments as above

kinetic friction acts opposite to velocity and proportional to it definition definition tension is same on each free fall no acceleration definition I varies on surface of earth so spring balance will be effected vector addition of two acceleration as above accl. Balanced in stationery life

conservation of momentum vector addition of forces as above

case of free fallweightlessness characteristic of uniform circular motion definition definition F = ma, v2 u2 = 2as definition definition F = ma definition definition definition

definition definition Force with cause displacement of body Impulse is change in momentum at an instant calculate T in storng uniform motion is inertial frame In order of increasing strength gravitation < weak < electromagnetic < strong.

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