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Chapter 5 : Laws of Motion
Q. A bob of mass 0.1kg hung from the ceiling of a room by a string 2m long is set into oscillation. The speed of the bob at its mean position is 1ms1.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.
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Give the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on
(a) A drop of rain falling down with a constant speed.
(b) A cork of mass 10 g floating on water.
(c) A kite skillfully held stationary in the sky.
(d) A car moving with a constant velocity of 30 km/h on a rough road.
(e) A high-speed electron in space far from all material objects, and free of electric and magnetic fields.
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Q. A man of mass 70 kg stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving.
(a) Upwards with a uniform speed of 10 ms1.
(b) Downwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 ms2.
(c) Upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 ms2.
What would be the reading on the scale in each case?
(d) What would be the reading if the lift mechanism failed and it hurtled down freely under gravity?
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Q. A body of mass 5kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces 8N and 6N.Give the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the body.
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Q. A constant force acting on a body of mass 3.0kg changes its speed from 2.0m s1 to 3.5m s1 in 25s. The direction of the motion of the body remains unchanged. What is the magnitude and direction of the force?
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Q. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 kg moving initially with a speed of 15 ms1. How long does the body take to stop?
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Q. One end of a string of length l is connected to a particle of mass m and the other to a small peg on a smooth horizontal table. If the particle moves in a circle with speed v the net force on the particle ( directed towards the centre ) is :
  1. T
  2. T+mv2l
  3. Tmv2l
  4. 0
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Q. Figure shows the position-time graph of a particle of mass 4kg. What is the (a) force on the particle for t<0, t>4s, 0<t<4s (b) impulse at t = 0 and t = 4 s? (Consider one-dimensional motion only).
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Q. A pebble of mass 0.05kg is thrown vertically upwards. Give the direction and magnitude of the net force on the pebble,
(a) during its upward motion,
(b) during its downward motion,
(c) at the highest point where it is momentarily at rest. Do your answers change if the pebble was thrown at an angle of 45o with the horizontal direction?
Ignore air resistance.
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Q. The driver of a three-wheeler moving with a speed of 36 km/h sees a child standing in the middle of the road and brings his vehicle to rest in 4.0 s just in time to save the child. What is the average retarding force on the vehicle? The mass of the three-wheeler is 400 kg and the mass of the driver is 65 kg.
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Q. Give the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on a stone of mass 0.1 kg.(a) Just after it is dropped from the window of a stationary train.(b) Just after it is dropped from the window of a train running at a constant velocity of 36 km/h.(c) Just after it is dropped from the window of a train accelerating with 1 ms2.(d) Lying on the floor of a train which is accelerating with 1 ms2, the stone being at rest relative to the train. Neglect air resistance throughout
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Q. A batsman deflects a ball by an angle of 90o without changing its initial speed, which is equal to 54 km/hr. What is the impulse imparted to the ball? (Mass of the ball is 0.15 kg).
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Q. A body of mass 0.40 kg moving initially with a constant speed of 10 ms1 to the north is subject to a constant force of 8.0 N directed towards the south for 30s. Take the instant the force is applied to be t=0, the position of the body at that time to be x=0, and predict its position at t=5s, 25 s, 100s.
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Q. A rocket with a lift-off mass 20, 000kg is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 5.0ms2. Calculate the initial thrust (force) of the blast.
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Q. A truck starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at 2.0ms2. At t=10s, a stone is dropped by a person standing on the top of the truck (6m high from the ground). What are the (a) velocity, and (b) acceleration of the stone at t=11s ? (Neglect air resistance.)
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Q. Two bodies of masses 10 kg and 20 kg respectively, kept on a smooth, horizontal surface are tied to the ends of a light string. A horizontal force F = 600 N is applied to(i) A (ii) B along the direction of string. What is the tension in the string in each case?
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Q. Two billiard balls each of mass 0.05kg moving in opposite directions with speed 6ms1collide and rebound with the same speed. What is the impulse imparted to each ball due to the other?
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Q. A nucleus is at rest in the laboratory frame of reference. Show that if it disintegrates into two smaller nuclei the products must move in opposite directions.
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Q. A shell of mass 0.020 kg is fired by a gun of mass 100 kg. If the muzzle speed of the shell is 80 m/s, what is the recoil speed of the gun?
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Q. Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light inextensible string that goes over a frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses, and the tension in the string when the masses are released.
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