Laws of Motion-Advanced Level Problems

1. A 30 gm bullet initially travelling at 120 m/s penetrates 12 cm into a wooden block. The average resistance
exerted by the wooden block is
(a) 2850N (b) 2200 N (c) 2000N (d) 1800 N
2. A machine gun is mounted on a 2 quintal vehicle on a horizontal smooth road. (Friction negligible). The gun
1
fires 10 bullets per second with a velocity of 500 ms . If the mass of each bullet be 10 g, what is the
acceleration produced in the vehicle
(a) 25 cm s 2 (b) 25 ms 2 (c) 50 cm s 2 (d) 50 m s 2
3. In a tug-of-war contest, two men pull on a horizontal rope from opposite sides. The winner will be the man who
(a) Exerts greater force on the rope
(b) Exerts greater force on the ground
(c) Exerts a force on the rope which is greater than the tension in the rope
(d) Makes a smaller angle with the vertical
4. A body, whose momentum is constant, must have constant
(a) Force (b) Velocity (c) Acceleration (d) All of these
5. A man weighing 80 kg is standing in a trolley weighing 320 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionless horizontal
rails. If the man starts walking on the trolley with a speed of 1 m/s, then after 4 sec his displacement relative to
the ground will be
(a) 5 m (b) 4.8 m (c) 3.2 m (d) 3.0 m
6. A body of mass 1 kg initially at rest, explodes and breaks into three fragments of masses in the ratio 1:1
: 3. The two pieces of equal mass fly off perpendicular to each other, with a speed of 30 m/s each. What is the
velocity of the heavier fragment [IIT-JEE 1981]
(a) 10 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 10 2 m / s (d) 30 2 m / s
7. Two elastic blocks P and Q of equal mass m are connected by a massless spring rest on a smooth horizontal
surface. A third block R of the same mass m strikes the block P after this collision P and Q will
(a) Always move in opposite direction
(b) Sometimes move in the same direction and sometimes move in opposite direction
(c) Always move in the same direction
R P Q
(d) Be at rest with respect to each other
m m m

8. A shell is fired from a cannon with a velocity v at an angle with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in
its path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the
speed of the other piece immediately after the explosion is
3 3
(a) 3v cos (b) 2 v cos (c) v cos (d) v cos
2 2
9. A body of mass 5 kg explodes at rest into three fragments with masses in the ration 1 : 1 : 3. The fragment with
equal masses fly in mutually perpendicular directions with speeds of 21 metres per sec. The velocity of the
heaviest fragments will be
(a) 11.5 metres per sec (b) 14.0 metres per sec (c) 7.0 metres per sec (d)9.87 metres per sec
10. A 5000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing. The exhaust speed is 800 ms 2 . To give an initial upward
acceleration of 20 ms 2 , the amount of gas ejected per second to supply the needed thrust will be
( g 10 ms 2 )
(a) 127.5 kg s 1 (b) 187.5 kg s 1
(c) 185.5 kg s 1 (d) 137.5 kg s 1
11. A lift accelerated downward with acceleration a. A man in the lift throws a ball upward with acceleration
a0 (a0 a). Then acceleration of ball observed by observer, which is on earth, is
(a) (a a 0 ) upward (b) (a a 0 ) upward
(c) (a a 0 ) downward (d) (a a 0 ) downward
12. A 60 kg man stands on a spring scale in the lift. At some instant he finds, scale reading has changed from 60 kg
to 50 kg for a while and then comes back to the original mark. What should we conclude
(a) The lift was in constant motion upwards
(b) The lift was in constant motion downwards
(c) The lift while in constant motion upwards, is stopped suddenly
(d) The lift while in constant motion downwards, is suddenly stopped
13. The mass of a body measured by a physical balance in a lift at rest is found to be m. If the lift is going up with an
acceleration a, its mass will be measured as
a a
(a) m 1 (b) m 1 (c) m (d) Zero
g g
14. As shown in figure a monkey of 20 g mass is holding a light rope that passes over a frictionless pulley. A bunch
of bananas of the same mass is tied to the other end of rope. In order to get access to the branch the monkey
starts climbing the rope. The distance between the monkey and the bananas is

(a) Decreasing (b) Increasing (c) Unchanged (d) Nothing can be stated
15. A mass m1 hanging at the end string, draws a mass m2 along the surface of a smooth table if the mass on the
table be doubled the tension in string becomes, 1.5 times then m1 / m2 is

m2

m1

(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3

16. In the figure at the free end a force F is applied to keep the suspended mass of 18 kg at rest

18 kg
 (a) 180 N (b) 90 N (c) 60 N (d) 30 N
17. Two masses m1 and m 2 are connected by a light string passing over a smooth pulley. When set free, m1
moves downwards by 1.4 m in 2s. The ratio m1 / m2 is ( g 9.8 m / s )
2

9 11 13 15
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 9 11 13
18. A string of negligible mass going over a clamped pulley of mass m supports a block of mass M as shown in the
figure. The force on the pulley by the clamp is given by

(a) 2Mg (b) 2mg

(c) ( M m) 2 m 2 g (d) ( M m) 2 M 2 g
19. In the following figure, the length of the rod AB is L. A weight of 1000 Kg. is suspended from its two ends with
the help of two strings of length L. The tension in the rod will be
A L B

L L

O
M

5 10 3
(a) N (b) 5 10 N
3
(c) 5 10 3 N
3
(d) Zero
3
20. A frictionless cart A of mass 100 kg carries other two frictionless carts B and C having masses 8 kg and 4 kg
respectively connected by a string passing over a pulley as shown in the figure. What horizontal force F must be
applied on the cart so that smaller cart do not move relative to it

F A C

(a) 150 N (b) 340 N (c) 560 N (d) 630 N

21. What can be inferred regarding the limiting frictional force in the following four figures
R R R
R

A C D
B

mg
mg mg mg

(a) FA FB FC FD (b) FA FB FC FD
 (c) FA FB FC FD (d) FA FB FC FD
22. A block moves down a smooth inclined plane of inclination . Its velocity on reaching the bottom is v. If it slides
down a rough inclined plane of same inclination its velocity on reaching the bottom is v/n, where n is a number
greater than 0. The coefficient of friction is given by
1 1
(a) tan 1 (b) cot 1
n 2 n 2
1 1
1 2 1 2
(c) tan 1 2 (d) cot 1 2
n n
23. Consider the following statements
Assertion (A) : It is difficult to move a cycle along the road with its brakes on.
Reason (R) : Sliding friction is greater than rolling friction.
Of these statements
(a) Both A and R are true and the R is a correct explanation of the A
(b) Both A and R are true but the R is not a correct explanation of the A
(c) A is true but the R is false
(d) Both A and R are false
(e) A is false but the R is true
24. A body is sliding down an inclined plane having coefficient of friction 0.5. If the normal reaction is twice that of
the resultant downward force along the incline, the angle between the inclined plane and the horizontal is
o o o o
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 60
25. A block of mass 2 kg 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 0.7. The frictional force on the block is [IIT-JEE 1980]
(a) 9.8 N (b) 0.7 9.8 3 N (c) 9.8 3 N (d) 0.7 9.8 N
26. A block of mass m is placed on another block of mass M which itself is lying on a horizontal surface. The
coefficient of friction between the two blocks is 1 and that between the block of mass M and horizontal
surface is 2 . What maximum horizontal force can be applied to the lower block so that the two blocks move
without separation
(a) (M + m) (2 1)g m
(b) (M m) (2 1)g F
M
(c) (M m) (2 1)g
(d) (M + m) (2 1)g
27. A block of mass M1 is placed on a slab of mass M2. The slab lies on a frictionless horizontal surface. The
coefficient of static friction between the block and slab is 1 and that of dynamic friction is 2. A force F acts on
the block M1. Take g = 10 ms . If M1 = 10 kg, M2 = 30 kg, 1 = 0.5, 2 = 0.15 and F = 40 N, what will be the
2

acceleration with which the slab will move

(a) 5 ms 2 M1 Block
F
(b) 2 ms 2
M2 Slab
(c) 1 ms 2
(d) Zero
28. In the above problem if F = 100 N, what will be the acceleration with which the slab will move
(a) 5 ms 2 (b) 2 ms 2 (c) 1 ms 2 (d) None
29. A block X of mass 4 kg is lying on another block Y of mass 8 kg. As shown in the figure. When the force acting on
X is 12N, block X is on the verge of slipping on Y. The force F in Newton necessary to make both X and Y move
simultaneously will be
(a) 36
X
(b) 3.6
F
Y
 (c) 0.36
(d) 3.6
30. A force of 100 N is applied on a block of mass 3 kg as shown in figure. The coefficient of friction between the
surface of the block is 1/4. The friction force acting on the block is

(a) 15 N downwards
(b) 25 N upwards
(c) 20 N downwards 30
(d) 20 N upwards F = 100 N

ANSWER KEY
1d 2a 3b 4b 5c 6c 7c 8a 9d 10b 11d 12c

13c 14b 15a 16b 17d 18d 19a 20c 21a 22a 23a 24c

25a 26d 27c 28d 29a 30c