ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL, KP-5, GREATER NOIDA WEST

Chapter – 4 LAWS OF MOTION

1. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20
kg moving initially with a speed of . How long does the body take to stop?

2. A railway car of mass 20 tonnes moves with an initial speed of 54km/hr. On

applying brakes, a constant negative acceleration of 0.3m/s2 is produced.

(i) What is the breaking force acting on the car?

(ii) In what time it will stop?
(iii) What distance will be covered by the car before if finally stops?
3. The momentum p (in kg-ms -1 ) of a particle is varying with time t (in second) as p
= (3t2 + 2) . Find the force acting on the particle at t = 3s.

4. The force-time (F-t) graph for linear motion of a body initially at rest is shown in

figure. The segments shown are circular, Find the linear momentum gained in 4s is

5. A block of mass 10kg is sliding on a surface inclined at a angle of 30o with the
horizontal. Calculate the acceleration of the block. The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the block and the surface is 0.5.
6. Two blocks of masses m1, m2 are connected by light spring on a smooth
horizontal surface. The two masses are pulled apart and then released. Prove
that the ratio of their acceleration is inversely proportional to their masses.
7. A shell of mass 0.020kg is fired by a gun of mass 100kg. If the muzzle speed of the
shell is 80m/s, what is the recoil speed of the gun?
8. Force of 16N and 12N are acting on a mass of 200kg in mutually perpendicular
directions. Find the magnitude of the acceleration produced?
9. An elevator weighs 3000kg. What is its acceleration when the in the tension
supporting cable is 33000N. Given that g = 9.8m/s2.

10. A bird is sitting on the floor of a wire cage and the cage is in the hand of a boy.
The bird starts flying in the cage. Will the boy experience any change in the
weight of the cage?
11. Two masses m1 = 1 kg and m2 = 2 kg are connected by a light inextensible string
and suspended by means of a weightless pulley as shown in figure
 Find the acceleration and tension in the string.
12. Three blocks A B C , and of masses 4 kg, 2 kg and 1 kg respectively, are in contact
on a frictionless surface, as shown in the figure. If a force of 14 N is applied on the
4 kg block, Find the contact force between A and B.

13. The motion of a particle of mass m is described by y = ut + ½ gt2 , find the force
acting on the particle.
14. A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope which can stand a maximum tension 600
N. In which of the following cases will the rope break? The monkey (a) climbs up
with an acceleration of 6m/s2 (b) climbs down with an acceleration of 4m/s2 (c)
climbs up with a uniform seed of 5m/s (d) falls down the rope freely under
gravity. Take g = 10m/s2 and ignore the mass of the rope.
15. Three blocks A, B, and C , and of masses 4 kg, 2 kg and 1 kg respectively, are in
contact on a frictionless surface, as shown in the figure. If a force of 14 N is applied
on the 4 kg block, then the contact force between A and B is
16. . A ball of mass 1 kg hangs in equilibrium from a two strings OA and OB as shown
in figure. What are the tensions in strings OA and OB? (Take, g = 10 ms -2)
17. block of mass 25 kg is raised by a 50 kg man in two different ways as shown in Fig.
5.19. What is the action on the floor by the man in the two cases? If the floor yields to a
normal force of 700 N, which mode should the man adopt to lift the block without the
floor yielding?

18. Two billiard balls each of mass 0.05kg moving in opposite directions with
speed 6m/s collide and rebound with the same speed. What is the impulse
imparted to each ball due to other.
19. A rocket with a lift-off mass 20,000 kg is blasted upwards with an
initial acceleration of 5.0 m . Calculate the initial thrust (force) of the blast.
20. A bob of mass 0.1 kg hung from the ceiling of a room by a string 2 m long is set
into oscillation. The speed of the bob at its mean
position is . What is the trajectory of the bob if the string is cut when the
bob is (a) at one of its extreme positions, (b) at its mean position.
21. Two billiard balls each of mass 0.05 kg moving in opposite directions with
speed 6 ms-1collide and rebound with the same speed. What is the impulse
imparted to each ball due to the other?
22. A train runs along an unbanked circular track of radius 30 m at a
speed of 54 km/h. The mass of the train is kg. What provides the centripetal
force required for this purpose - The engine or the rails? What is the angle of
banking required to prevent wearing out of the rail?
23. A 10 kg box is placed on a horizontal surface. The coefficient of static friction
between the box and the surface is 0.5. Calculate the maximum force that can be
applied to the box horizontally without causing it to move.
24. A 5 kg box is sliding on a horizontal surface with a velocity of 4 m/s. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the surface is 0.3. Calculate
the frictional force acting on the box.
25. A block slides down an inclined surface of inclination 30° with the horizontal.
Starting from rest it covers 8 m in the first two seconds. Fins the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the two.
26. Suppose the block of the previous problem is pushed down the incline with a
fame of 4 N. How far will the block move in the first two seconds after starting
from rest? The mass of the block is 4 kg.
27. calculate the angle of banking of a smooth curved road of radius 100 m if vehicles can
safely travel along, it with a speed of 108km/h.
28. A vehicle can travel along a curved road with a speed of 18 km h−1. If the total
centripetal force is provided by the banking of the road and the radius of the curvature
is 10 m, calculate the banking angle of the road.
29. circular road of radius 1km has a banking angle of 450. What will be the
maximum safe speed of a car whose mass is 2000kg, and the coefficient of
friction between the tyre and the road is 0.5?
30. A body of mass m is sliding down an incline plane having angle θ. if the
coefficient of friction is µ, Find the acceleration of the body on the inclined plane.