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PHYSICS Force and Newtons Laws of Motion
Practice Paper 01
1. A block of mass 2 kg is placed on the floor. The coefficient of static friction is 0.4. If a force of 2.8 N is
applied on the block parallel to floor, the force of friction between the block and floor is (Take g = 10
m/s2)
(A) 2.8 N (B) 8 N (C) 2 N (D) zero
2. A block has been placed on an inclined plane. The slope angle of the plane is such that the block
slides down the plane at a constant speed. The coefficient of kinetic friction is equal to
(A) sin (B) cos (C) g (D) tan
3. A body of mass 60 kg is dragged with just enough force to start moving on a rough surface with
coefficients of static and kinetic frictions 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. On applying the same force, what is
the acceleration?
(A) 0.98 m/s2 (B) 9.8 m/s2 (C) 0.54 m/s2 (D) 5.292 m/s2
4. `A 40 kg slab rests on a frictionless floor. A 10 kg block rests on top of the slab. The static coefficient
of friction between the block and the slab is 0.60 while the kinetic coefficient is 0.40. The 10 kg block
is acted upon by a horizontal force of 100 N. If g = 9.8 m/s2 the resulting acceleration of the slab will be

100 N 10 kg Block
40 kg Slab

(A) 0.98 m/s2 (B) 1.47 m/s2 (C) 1.52 m/s2 (D) 6.1 m/s2

5. If the coefficient of friction of a surface is = 3 , then the angle of inclination of a plane to make a
block on it to just start sliding is
(A) 30o (B) 45o (C) 60o (D) 90o
6. If A and B moves with acceleration a as shown in diagram, calculate acceleration of C with respect to B

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

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7. A block takes twice as much time to slide down a 45o rough inclined plane as it takes to slide down a
similar smooth plane. The coefficient of friction is

3 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 4 3
8. Coefficient of static friction between a block of mass m and an inclined surface is 0.8. The inclined
surface is inclined to the horizontal at 30o. Force of friction acting on the block is

(A) 0.68 mg (B) 0.50 mg (C) 0.74 mg (D) 0.40 mg

9. A block of mass 6 kg is being pulled by force 24 N as shown. If coefficient of friction between block
and the surface is 0.6, frictional force acting on the block is

F = 24N

(A) 36 N (B) 32 N (C) 12 N (D) none of these

10. In figure, coefficient of friction between m1 and m2 is and that between m1 and the wall is zero. A
force F is pressing the system against the wall. Minimum value of force required to hold the system in
equilibrium is

F m2 m1

(A) m1g (B) m2g (C) (m1 + m2)g

(D) system cannot be held in equilibrium

11. A body moves along a circular path of radius 5 m. The coefficient of friction between the surface of the
path and the body is 0.5. The angular velocity in rad/s with which the body should move so that it does
not leave the path is (g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

12. In figure, coefficient of friction between m2 and the horizontal surface is , m

m2
minimum value of m so that the system has zero acceleration, is

(A) (m1 + m2) (B) (m1 m2) m1

(C) m2 (m1/) (D) (m1/) m2

13. A uniform rope of length l lies on a table. If the coefficient of friction is , then the maximum length l1
of the part of this rope which can overhang from the edge of the table without sliding down is

1 1 l l
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 1 1

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14. A man of mass m stands on a platform
platform of equal mass m and pulls himself by two ropes passing over
pulleys as shown in figure. If he pulls each rope with a force equal to half his weight, his upward
acceleration would be

(A) g/2 (B) g/4 (C) g (D) zero

15. The car A is used to pull a load B with the pulley arrangement shown. If A has a forward velocity vA
determine an expression for the upward velocity vB, of the load in terms of vA and .. is angle between
string and horizontal

1 1
(A) VA cos (B) VA sin (C) vA cos (D) VA sin
2 2
16. A man slides down on a telegraphic pole with an acceleration equal to one-fourth
one fourth of acceleration due to
gravity. The frictional force between man and poles is equal to (in terms of mans weight w)
(A) W/4 (B) 3W/4 (C) W/2 (D) W
17. A cart of mass M has a block of mass m attached to its as shown in the figure. The coefficient of
friction between the block and cart is .. The minimum acceleration of the cart so that the block m does
not fall is

M m

(A) g/ (B) /g
/g (C) g (D) Mg/m
g/m
18. A block is placed on a rough surface and an external horizontal force F is applied on it. The force of
friction f exerted by the floor on the block is measured for different values of F. The graph between F
and f is
(A) straight line parallel to F-axis
axis
(B) straight line inclined at 45o
(C) straight line inclined at 45o for small values of F and straight line parallel to F
F-axis
axis for large F
(D) none of these
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19. If the coefficient of friction between an insect and bowl surface is and the radius of the bowl is r, the
maximum height to which the insect can crawl in the bowl is

(A)
r
1 2
(B) r 1

1

1 2
(C)
1 2 r (D) r 1 2 1

20. A block rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30o with the horizontal. The coefficient of
static friction between the block and the plane is 0.8. If the frictional force on the block is 10 N, the
mass of the block (in kg) is (Take g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 2.5 (B) 4.0 (C) 1.6 (D) 2.0
21. Pulleys and strings are massless. The horizontal surface is smooth. What is the acceleration of the block

A T
m

T T

F F 2F m
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2m m m 2F
22. A ball of mass 0.5 kg is attached to the end of a string having length 0.5 m. The hall is rotated on a
horizontal circular path about vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can bear is 324 N. The
maximum possible value of angular velocity of ball in (rad/s)
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36
23. In the pulley-block arrangement shown in figure, find the relation between acceleration of block A and
B

B
A

(A) aB = 3aA (B) aB = aA (C) aB = aA (D) aB = 4aA

24. Frictional force between two bodies
(A) Adds the motion between the bodies
(B) Destroys the relative motion between the bodies
(C) Sometimes helps and sometimes opposes the motion
(D) Increases the relative velocity between the bodies
25. The limiting friction between two surface does not depend
(A) on the nature of two surfaces (B) on normal reaction
(C) on the weight of the body (D) on volume of the body
26. A body is sliding down a rough inclined plane of inclination 60o. If the angle of repose is 30o, the
acceleration of the body (g = 10 m/s2) in m/s2 is
(A) 2.33 (B) 3.46 (C) 4.5 (D) 5.77

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27. A small coin is placed on a horizontal turn table. The turn table is observed to make three revolutions in
3.14 sec. What is the coefficient of static friction between the coin and turn table if the coin is observed
to slide off the turn table when it is greater than 10 cm from the centre of the turn table
(A) 0.4 (B) 0.04 (C) 4 (D) 0.004
28. A conveyor belt is moving at a constant speed of 2 m/s. A box is gently dropped on it. The coefficient
of friction between them is = 0.5. The distance that the box will move relative to belt before coming
to rest on it, taking g = 10 m/s2, is
(A) 0.4 m (B) 1.2 m (C) 0.6 m (D) zero
29. A block of weight 100 N is pushed by a force F on a horizontal rough plane moves with an acceleration
1 m/s2, when force is doubled its acceleration becomes 10 m/s2. The coefficient of friction is
(g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 0.4 (B) 0.6 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.8
30. What is the smallest radius of a circle at which a bicyclist can travel if his speed is 7 m/s and the
coefficient of static friction between tyres and road is 0.25
(A) 10 m (B) 20 m (C) 5 m (D) 15 m

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