PHYSICS

Daily Practice Problems

TargetIITJEE2011
Class:XI(P)Marks:32
Q.1

Date:1314/07/2009

TwomassesmandMareattachedtostringsasshown
inthefigure.Inequilibriumtan q is:
[3]
(A)1+(2M/m)
(B)1+(2m/M)
(C)1+(M/2m)
(D)Noneofthese

Time:30min.

DPP.NO.30

45

45

Q.2

Anobjectofmassmissuspendedinequilibriumusingastringoflength l anda
springofconstantK(<2mg/l)andunstretchedlength l/2.Findthetensioninthe
string.WhathappensifK>2mg/l?
[4]

Q.3

Threemassesm1,m2andm3areattachedtoastringpulleysystemasshown.
Allthethreemassesareheldatrestandthenreleased.Tokeepm3atrest,the
conditionis__________.
[4]

Q.4

Ablocktiedbetweentwospringsisinequilibrium.Ifupperspringiscutthenthe
accelerationoftheblockjustaftercutis6m/s2downwards.Now,ifinsteadof
upperspring,lowerspringisbeingcutthentheaccelerationoftheblockjust
afterthecutwillbe_________m/s2.
[4]

Q.5

Infigureshown,theupperblockhasmass3kgandthelowerblockhasmass5kg.The
uniformverticalropejoiningthetwohasalengthof1m,andamassof2kg.The
constantverticalforceF=200Nisactingontheupperblock,andpullingthesystem
upwardswithsomeacceleration.
Findtheaccelerationofthesystem
Findthetensionatthemidpointoftherope
[6]

(a)
(b)
Q.6
(a)
(b)
Q.7

Ablockofmass10kgiskeptonground.AverticallyupwardforceF=20tN,wheretisthetimein
secondsstartsactingonitatt=0.
[6]
Findthetimeatwhichthenormalreactionactingontheblockiszero.
Theheightoftheblockfromgroundatt=10sec.
y

Liftcanmoveinyaxisaswellasalongxaxis.Aballofmassm
isattachedtoceilingofliftwithinextensiblelightropeandbox
ofmassmisplacedagainstawallasshowninfigure.Neglect
frictioneverywhere.
[5]

T
m

m
N ColumnII
ColumnI
(A)InfigureliftismovingalongxaxisthenvalueofTmaybe
(P)zero
(B)LiftmovingtowardrightalongxaxiswithdecreasingspeedthenvalueofNmaybe (Q)>mg
(C)Liftismovinginupwarddirection(yaxis)thenvalueofTmaybe
(R)<mg
(D)LiftismovingindownwarddirectionwithconstantvelocitythenvalueofTmaybe (S)=mg

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Daily Practice Problems
TargetIITJEE2011
Class:XI(P)Marks:26

Date:1516/07/2009

Time:30min.

DPP.NO.31

Q.1

Arailroadcarismovinginthe+xdirectiononastraightandleveltrack.A
personintherailroadcarthrowsaball.Theballfollowstrajectoryshown,relative
totherailroadcar.Fromaninspectionofthetrajectory,whatcanbeconcluded
aboutthemotionofrailroadcar?Treatyaxisalongvertical.
[3]
(A)itismovingataconstantspeed
(B)itisspeedingup
(C)itisslowingdown
(D)Noneoftheabovecanbeconcluded

Q.2

AsmallballofmassMisattachedtotwoidenticalspringsofconstantk,whichareattachedtofloorand
roof.Thespringshaveunstretchedlength l/2.Atwhatdistancefromtheceilingballremainatequilibrium?
[3]

Q.3

(A)

1 Mg
l1+

2
kl

(B)

l 2Mg
1+

3
kl

(C)

l Mg
1+

4 2kl

(D)

2l Mg
1+

3 4kl

Amanisstandingonaweighingmachinewithablockinhishand.Themachinerecordsw.Whenhe
takestheblockupwardswithsomeaccelerationthemachinerecordsw1.Whenhetakestheblock
downwithsomeacceleration,themachinerecordsw2.Thenchoosecorrectoption
[3]
(A)w1 =w=w2
(B)w1 <w<w2
(C)w2 <w<w1
(D)w2 =w1 >w

QuestionNo.4to6(3questions)
TwocontainersofsandSandHarearrangedliketheblocksfigureI.Thecontainersalonehavenegligible
massthesandinthemhasatotalmassMtotthesandinthehangingcontainerHhasmassm.Youareto
measurethemagnitudeaoftheaccelerationofthesysteminaseriesofexperimentswheremvariesfrom
experimenttoexperimentbutMtot doesnotthatis,youwillshiftsandbetweenthecontainersbefore
m
eachtrial. M istakenonthehorizontalaxisforalltheplots.
tot

Q.4

TheplotinfigureIIwhichgivestheaccelerationmagnitudeofthecontainers(takenonyaxis)asa
m
functionofratio M is:
tot
(A)1
(B)3

[3]
(C)4

(D)5

Q.5

m
Thecurvewhichgivestensionintheconnectingstring(takenonyaxis)asafunctionofratio M is:
tot
(A)1
(B)2
(C)4
(D)5
[3]

Q.6

Thecurvewhichgivesthemagnitudeofnetforce,oncontainerH(takenonyaxis)asafunctionofratio
m

M is:
tot
(A)1

Q.7

[3]
(B)2

(C)4

(D)5

Anironsphereweighing10NrestsinaVshapedsmoothtroughwhosesidesformanangleof60as
showninthefigure.Thenthereactionforcesare
[4]
(A)RA=10N&RB =0incase(i)
(B)RA=10N&RB =10Nincase(ii)
20
10
N&RB=
Nincase(iii)
3
3
(D)RA=10N&RB=10Ninallthethreecases
(C)RA=

Q.8

Inthesystemshowninthefigurem1>m2.SystemisheldatrestbythreadBC.JustafterthethreadBC
isburnt:
[4]
(A)initialaccelerationofm2willbeupwards
m1-m2
(B)magnitudeofinitialaccelerationofbothblockswillbeequalto m + m g.
1
2

(C)initialaccelerationofm1willbeequaltozero
(D)magnitudeofinitialaccelerationoftwoblockswillbenonzeroandunequal.

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Daily Practice Problems
TargetIITJEE2011
Class:XI(P)Marks:25

Date:1718/07/2009

Time:30min.

DPP.NO.32

Q.1

Ablockofmass2kgisgivenapushhorizontallyandthentheblockstarts
slidingoverahorizontalplane.Thegraphshowsthevelocitytimegraphofthe
motion.Thecoefficientoffrictionbetweentheplaneandtheblockis: [3]
(A)0.02
(B)0.2
(C)0.04
(D)0.4

Q.2

AtraincarriagemovesalongtheXaxiswithauniformacceleration a.AnobserverAinthetrainsetsa
r
ballinmotiononfrictionlessfloorofthecarriagewithavelocity u relativetothecarriage.Thedirection
r
of u makesanangle q withtheXaxis.LetBbeanobserverstandingonthegroundoutsidethetrain.
Thesubsequentpathoftheballwillbe
[3]
(A)astraightlinew.r.t.observerA
(B)astraightlinew.r.t.observerB
(C)parabolicw.r.t..observerA
(D)parabolicw.r.t.observerB
Atoytrainmovesduenorthataconstantspeed2m/salongastraighttrackwhichisparalleltothewall
ofaroom.Thewallistotheeastofthetrackatadistance4m.Thereisatoydartgunonthetrainwith
itsbarrelfixedinaplaneperpendiculartothemotionofthetrain.Thegunpointsatanangle60tothe
horizontal.Thereisaverticallinedrawnonthewall,stretchingfromfloortoceiling,andthedartgunis
firedattheinstantwhenthelineisdueeastofthegun.Ifthedartleavesthegunatspeed8m/srelative
tothegun,findthedistancebywhichthedartmissestheverticalline.Thatis,findhowfarnorthorsouth
oftheverticallineisthepointatwhichthedarthitsthewall.
[3]
(A)2m
(B)3m
(C)1m
(D)5m

Q.3

Q.4

Abookleansagainstacrateonatable.Neitherismoving.Whichofthefollowingstatementsconcerning
thissituationis/are INCORRECT?
[4]
(A)Theforceofthebookonthecrateislessthanthatofcrateonthebook.
(B)Althoughthereisnofrictionactingonthecrate,theremustbefrictionacting
onthebookorelseitwillfall.
(C)Thenetforceactingonthebookiszero.
(D)Thedirectionofthefrictionalforceactingonthebookisinthesame
directionasthefrictionalforceactingonthecrate.

Q.5

Ablockofweight5Nispushedagainstaverticalwallbyaforce12N.Thecoefficient
offrictionbetweenthewallandblockis0.6.Findthemagnitudeoftheforceexertedby
thewallontheblock.
[4]

Q.6

AblockofmassMrestsonahorizontalsurface.Taketheaccelerationofgravityasg,downward.The
coefficientofkineticfrictionbetweentheblockandthesurfaceis mk,andthecoefficientofstaticfriction
is ms,with ms> mk.Theblockispulledhorizontallyinthepositivexdirectionbyamasslessinextensible
rope,withatensionTthatisgraduallyincreaseduntiltheblockstartstoslide.
WhatisthevalueofthetensionT1atwhichtheblockbeginstoslide? [8]
1
Whenthetensionwasonly T1,beforetheblockbegantoslide,what
2
wasthemagnitudeanddirectionoftheforceoffriction?
AftertheblockbeginstoslidethetensionintheropeismaintainedatthevalueT1,withthedirectionof
r
theropeunchanged.Whatistheacceleration aoftheblock?
Asecondblock,identicaltothefirst,isplacedontopofthefirstblock,
whilebothareatrest.Thecoefficientsoffrictionbetweenthetwoblocks
are mk forkineticfrictionand ms forstaticfriction.Asbefore,aropeis
attachedtothefirstblock,anditispulledhorizontallyinthepositive
xdirectionwithatensionTthatisgraduallyincreasedfromzero.Atsomevalueofthetensionthetwo
blocksbegintomovetogether.Thetensioniscontinuallyincreased,sotheblocksacceleratefasterand
faster.AtwhatvalueT2ofthetensionwillthesecondblockbegintosliprelativetothefirstblock?In
whatdirectionwillitslip,relativetotheblockbelow?

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