EXERCISE10TH GRADE

FORCE a. 1N
b. 2N
1. The unit for force in SI is Newton (N), where 1 N = … c. 3N
a. m.s2 d. 4N
b. m2.s-2 e. 5N
c. kg.m.s2
d. kg.m.s-2 8. The forces F1 and F2 are applied on an object at rest on a
e. g.cm.s-2 horizontal, frictionless surface, as shown in the figure.
Which of the following statements may be correct ?
2. Which of the following statements concerning the concept I. The object moves in direction 1
of force is/are correct? II. The object moves in direction 2
I. Forces can be added as an algebraic sum III. The object doesn’t move
II. Force can make an object at rest move or change
their shape
III. By changing one of the properties of a force, such as
the direction, the line of action, the magnitude or the
application point, the force changes
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. II and III a. I only
e. I, II and III b. II only
c. III only
3. The magnitude of the resultant of two forces with d. I and II
magnitudes of 3 N and 5 N is R1 if the angle between them e. I, II and III
is 1800, and R2 if the angle between them is 600. What is
𝑅
the ratio 1 ? 9. A constant force of 10 N is applied to an object of mass 2
𝑅2
2 kg at rest on a frictionless horizontal plane, as shown in
a. the figure. After how many seconds will the velocity of the
7
object be 40 m/s?
7
b.
8

8
c.
5

7
d.
2

a. 5s
e. 4
b. 6s
c. 7s
4. The magnitudes of the resultans of the forces lying in the
d. 8s
same plane applied at the points K, L and M, as shown in
e. 9s
the figure, are RK, RL, and RM, respectively. What is the
relationship between RK, RL, and RM?
10. The forces of 4 N and 8 N are applied to an object of mass
2 kg placed on a horizontal frictionless plane, as shown in
the figure. What is the acceleration of the body, in m/s 2?

a. RM > RL > RK
b. RK = RL = RM
a. 1
c. RK = RL > RM
b. 2
d. RM > RK = RL
c. 3
e. RK = RM > RL
d. 4
MASS and WEIGHT e. 5

11. Which of Newton's laws best explains why motorists

5. A man weighs 800 N on Earth. What is his weight on
should buckle-up?
Jupiter where g = 26 N/kg ?
a. the first law
a. 208 N
b. the second law
b. 260 N
c. the third law
c. 2080 N
d. the law of gravitation
d. 2600 N
e. the law of thermodynamics
e. 20,800 N
12. You are standing in a moving bus, facing forward, and
6. An object has a mass of 60 kg on the Earth. What is the
you suddenly fall forward. You can imply from this that the
mass of the object on the surface of the Moon where the
acceleration due to gravity is only 1/6 of that on the Earth? bus's
a. velocity decreased
a. 6 kg
b. velocity increased
b. 10 kg
c. velocity remains constant
c. 60 kg
d. 100 kg d. speed remained the same, but it's turning to the right
e. speed remained the same, but it's turning to the left
e. 360 kg

NEWTON’S LAW OF MOTION 13. The acceleration of an object is inversely proportional to

a. the net force acting on it
b. its position
7. If a force of 10 N provides an acceleration of 5 m/s2, the
c. its velocity
magnitude of force needed to generate 1 m/s2 acceleration
d. its mass
on that object is …
e. its weight
 20. An object of 2 kg mass is on a rough horizontal plane. The
14. If you blow up a balloon, and then release it, the balloon object is given 10 N force parallel to the plane that it
will fly away. This is an illustration of moves with 2 m/s2 acceleration. If g = 10 m/s2, the friction
a. Newton's first law coefficient between the object and the plane is …
b. Newton's second law a. 0.2
c. Newton's third law b. 0.3
d. Galileo's law of inertia c. 0.4
e. Law of thermodynamics d. 0.5
e. 0.6
15. A lift of mass 800 kg is hanged on a steel rod of 20,000 N
maximum tension. Calculate the lift’s maximum MOTION ON INCLINED PLANE
acceleration allowed to prevent the rod from breaking
when the lift goes up. Let’s say that the upward direction is 21. An object of 3 kg is pulled by a force F at a constant speed
positive. (g = 10 m/s2) upwards on the inclined plane shown in the figure. If the
coefficient of friction between the object and the inclined
plane is 0.5. What is force F,in Newtons ? (Take sin 370 =
0.6 ; cos 370 = 0.8)

a. 15 m/s2
b. 20 m/s2 a. 10
c. 25 m/s2 b. 15
d. 30 m/s2 c. 20
e. 40 m/s2 d. 25
e. 30
16. Mimi, with mass of 55 kg is in a lift moving downward at 2
m/s2 acceleration. What is the normal force experienced 22. The velocity-time graph of an object allowed to move
by her ? (g = 10 m/s2) freely on a rough inclined plane is shown in the figure. On
which of the following quantities does α depend?
μ : the coefficient of friction
g : the gravitational acceleration
m : the mass of the object

a. 110 N a. μ only
b. 429 N b. g only
c. 440 N c. m only
d. 550 N d. μ and g
e. 660 N e. μ, g and m

FRICTION FORCE 23. An object of mass m slides on an inclined plane with an

angle 300 with horizontal, as shown in the figure. The
17. A wooden block is on a table. Its mass is 5 kg, the kinetic kinectic friction coefficient is 0.2. What is the object’s
frictional coefficient μk = 0.2, the static friction coefficient μs acceleration while sliding?
= 0.4. How much is the acceleration if the object is pulled
with 20 N ?
a. 6 m/s2
b. 4 m/s2
c. 3 m/s2
d. 2 m/s2
e. 0 m/s2

18. A wooden block of mass 2 kg is on top of a steel plate.

The static friction coefficient of wood and steel is 0.7 and
its kinetic friction coefficient is 0.4. The block is pulled
horizontally to the right by F. If the block is about to move, a. 3.27 N/kg
determine the F that pulls it? b. 4.40 N/kg
a. 14 N c. 5.00 N/kg
b. 16 N d. 6.73 N/kg
c. 18 N e. 7.66 N/kg
d. 20 N
e. 24 N 24. The forces of 10 N are applied onan object of mass 2 kg
placed on a frictionless horizontal plane, as shown in the
19. The kinetic friction force of objects moving on rough floor figure. What is the acceleration of the body, in m/s 2?
is …
a. In the same direction with the motion direction
b. In the opposite direction with the motion direction
c. Causing the object stops
d. In the opposite direction with the direction of static
frictional force
e. Outward the center of the circle
 (Take sin 37°=cos 53°=0,6; sin 53°=cos 37°=0,8)
a. 3
b. 4 a. 16
c. 5 b. 20
d. 6 c. 24
e. 7 d. 28
e. 32
25. The objects K and L of mass 4 kg and 3 kg, respectively,
are placed on a frictionless horizontal plane and 29. The force-time graph of an object of mass 5 kg, 10 initially
connected to each other by a rope of negligible mass. If at rest on a frictionless horizontal plane, is shown in the
they are pulled by a force of 21 N, as shown in the figure, figure. What is the displacement of the object in 8 s, in
what is the tension force T in the rope, in newtons? metres?

a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 12
e. 14

26. A force of 14 N is applied on the objects K and L of mass a. 10

3kg and 4 kg, respectively, on the frictionless horizontal b. 20
plane, as shown in the figure. If the horizontal plane is c. 30
frictionless, what is the force applied upon object L by d. 40
object K, in newtons? e. 50

30. When the frictionless system shown in the figure is

allowed to move freely, the tension forces in the ropes are
T1 and T2.

a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
e. 10

27. The frictionless system consisting of objects K and L of

mass 2 kg and 3 kg respectively, as shown in the figure, is
allowed to move freely. What is the tension force x T, in
the rope, in newtons? (Take g=10 N/kg)
What is the ratio

31. Objects K and L of mass 2 kg and 3 kg are allowed freely

on the friction less inclined plane shown in the figure.
What is the tension, T, in 2 kg the rope, in newtons? (Take
g= 10 N/kg, sin 30o=0.5)

a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
e. 12

28. The frictionless system consisting of objects K and L of

mass 2 kg and 3 kg respectively, as shown in the figure is
allowed to move freely. What is the tension, T, in the rope,
in newtons? (Take g= 10 N/kg)
a. 18
b. 20
c. 22
d. 24
e. 26
32. When the system in the figure, composed of frictionless
pulleys of negligible mass, is allowed to move freely, the
tension in the string becomes T. Which of the following
statements may be correct?
I. T = mg (g: gravitational acceleration)
II. The speed of object K is greater than the speed of
object L.
III. III. T<mg

36. An object of 3 kg is pulled by a force F at a constant speed

upwards on the inclined plane shown in the figure. If the
coefficient of friction between the object and the inclined
plane is 0.5, what is force F, in newtons?
(Take g=10 N/kg; sin 37°=0,6; cos 37°=0,8)
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. II and III
e. I, II and III

33. The system in the figure is composed of objects K and L of

mass 2 kg and 6 kg, respectively. A force of 24 N is
applied to object L, as shown in the figure. The coefficient
of friction between objects K and L is 0.1 and that between
object L and the horizontal plane is 0.2. What are the a. 10
acceleration of object L and the tension force, T, in the b. 15
rope? (Take g = 10 N/kg) c. 20
d. 25
e. 30

37. In the figure, a car moving with a speed of 20 m/s on a

frictionless road enters a rough section of road between
points K and L. If the car passes point L with a velocity of
10m/s, what is the coefficient of friction between the car
and the rough section of road between K and L?
(Take g = 10 N/kg)

34. In Figure-I, a force F is applied to an object of mass 5 kg

placed on a rough surface. The coefficient of friction
between the object and horizontal plane is 0.2. Figure-ll
shows a plot of force F versus time. Which of the following
list describes the motion of the object within intervals I, II
and III.
38. The objects K and L of weights3W and W, respectively,
are balanced by force F on the frictionless inclined plane
shown in the figure. If the force applied on object L by
object K is T, what is the ratio F/T? (Take sin 37°=0,6; cos
37°=0,8; g=10 N/kg)

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

WORK of CONSTANT FORCE

35. A frictionless system composed of objects of mass 2 kg
39. Force F = (-10 i + 4 j) Newton works on a body, so that it
and 3 kg, as shown in the figure is allowed to move freely.
moves by s = (4 i + 6 j) metre. Determine the work done
What is the acceleration of the system, in m/s2? (Take
by the force !
g=10 N/kg; sin30°=0,5; sin37°=0,6)
a. 40 J
b. 24 J
c. – 24 J
d. 16 J
e. – 16 J
40. The force-distance graph of an object, initially at rest on a GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
frictionless surface, as shown in the figure. What is the
relationship between the work done, W I, W II and W III 46. A mango with mass of 500 gram is hanging 7 m high
respectively, by the force within time intervals I, II and III ? above the ground. Calculate the gravitational potential
energy stored in the mango !
a. 35 J
b. 70 J
c. 125 J
d. 175 J
e. 1750 J

47. If the objects K and L are constructed from uniform

a. WI > W II > W III
identical cubes, what is the ratio of the potential energies
b. WII > W I = W III 𝐸
c. WII > W I > W III of the objects K and L relative to the ground, 𝐾 ?
𝐸𝐿
d. WI = W III > W II
e. WI = W II = W III

41. A body which mass is 2 kg, is placed on a slippery level

floor. The force done to the body is 40 N with angle of 60 0
toward the horizontal line. If the displacement is 5 m, the
determine work done by the force ?
a. 50 J
b. 100 J
c. 150 J
d. 200 J
9
e. 250 J a.
16

42. The forces of magnitude F are applied to the identical 16

objects K, L and M on a frictionless horizontal plane, along b.
25
a distance x, as shown in the figure. What is the c. 1
25
relationship between the works done W K, W L and W M by d.
16
the forces of magnitude F on objects K, L and M ?
16
e.
9

48. Is it possible for a system to have negative potential

energy?
a. WK > W L > W M a. Yes, as long as the total energy is positive
b. WL > W M > W K b. Yes, since the choice of the zero of potential energy is
c. WL > W K > W M arbitrary
d. WK > W M = W L c. No, because the kinetic energy of a system must
e. WK = W L = W M equal its potential energy
d. No, because this would have no physical meaning
WORK of SEVERAL FORCES e. No, because the potential energy is conserved

43. A body is on an inclined plane that makes an angle of 450 KINETIC ENERGY
toward the horizontal line. It is placed in the height of h = 4
m. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the body and 49. A car with mass of 2000 kg moves at speed of 72
the plane is 0.4. If the mass of the body is 4 kg and g = 10 km/hour. Calculate the kinetic energy owned by the car !
N/kg. Calculate the work done by the gravitational force ! a. 1 x 105 J
a. 36 J b. 2 x 105 J
b. 48 J c. 3 x 105 J
c. 72 J d. 4 x 105 J
d. 96 J e. 5 x 105 J
e. 108 J
50. The kinetic energies of objects K, L and M moving on a
44. A body of 4 kg mass is placed on a smooth level plane. If frictionless horizontal plane with velocities of v, v and 2v,
a pulling force of 60 N, which makes an angle of 60 0 respectively, are EK, EL and EM. What is the relationship
toward horizontal, works on the body for 2 seconds, then between EK, EL and EM ?
determine the magnitude of work done by the force ?
a. 120 J
b. 360 J
c. 720 J a. EK = EL = EM
d. 900 J b. EM > EL > EK
e. 1800 J c. EL = EM > EK
d. EK > EL > EM
45. As shown in the figure, the forces 2F, F and 4F are e. EM > EK > EL
applied to objects K, L and M, initially at rest on a
frictioless horizontal plane. The objects K, L and M travel 51. An object hits a wall and bounces back with half of its
distances 2x, 4x and x, ? original speed. What is the ratio of the final kinetic energy
to the initial kinetic energy?
a. 1/2
b. 1/4
c. 2
I. Their kinetic energies d. 4
II. Their accelerations e. 6
III. Their velocities
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II
d. II and III
e. I, II and III
RELATIOSHIP BETWEEN WORK and KINETIC ENERGY 58. An object of mass m passes point K of the frictionless path
shown in the figure at velocity v1 and it passes point L of
52. A block of ice with 10 kg mass is sliding on the floor with the same path with velocity v2. What is the magnitude of
initial velocity of 3 m/s. Having reached the distance of 9 the change in kinetic energy of the object between points
m, the ice block stopped. Determine the frictional force K and L, in terms of mgh ?
working on the ice block ! a. 1/2
a. 25 N b. 1
b. 20 N c. 3/2
c. 15 N d. 2
d. 10 N e. 3
e. 5 N
CONSERVATIVE FORCE
53. The amounts of work done to move objects of weights 3W,
2W and W a distance l on the smooth, frictionless inclined 59. When we throw a ball vertically upwards, the kinetic
planes I, II and II at a constant speed are W I, W II and W III, energy of the ball gradually changes into potential energy.
respectively. What is the relationship between W I, W II and When the ball reaches its highest position, what is its
W III ? kinetic energy ?

a. WI > W II > W III

b. WII > W I > W III
c. WIII > W II > W I a. Increases
d. WIII > W I > W II b. Decreases
e. WII > W III > W I c. Remains constant
d. Equal to its potential energy
54. If the net work done on an object is positive, then the e. Zero
object's kinetic energy
a. decreases 60. The force below is not a conservative force …
b. remains the same a. Gravitational force
c. increases b. Friction force
d. is zero c. Elastic force
e. is neglected d. Electric force
e. Weight force
55. A body with mass of 1 kg is thrown vertically upward with
initial velocity of 40 m/s. If g = 10 N/kg, determine the POWER
kinetic energy when the height is 20 m from the ground !
a. 400 J 61. An elevator of mass 60 kg rises 20 m vertically upwards
b. 600 J within 4 s. If the efficiency of the elevator is 60%, What is
c. 800 J the power of the motor, in kilowatts ?
d. 1200 J a. 10
e. 1600 J b. 2
c. 30
CONSERVATION of MECHANICAL ENERGY d. 40
e. 50
56. A marble is sliding without friction on a plane that forms a
quarter of a circle with 1 m radius. If the marble is initially 62. Below is the unit of power, except …
at rest position, determine the velocity of the marble at a. kWh
point B ! b. watt
c. J/s
A 1m d. kW
e. hp
1m 63. The engine of an airplane is able to move the airplane with
a force 15,000 N. When the airplane is moving with
constant speed of 300 m/s, the power delivered by the
B engine is …
a. 4,500,000 kW
a. 2 m/s b. 450,000 kW
b. 2 √2 m/s c. 450,000 W
c. 2 √5 m/s d. 4,500 kW
d. 4 m/s e. 4,500 W
e. 4 √5 m/s

57. A mango with mass of 0.2 kg is falling down from its

branch at the height of 5 m. If the gravitational
acceleration is 10 m/s2, the kinetic energy of the mango
when it hits the ground is …
a. 16 J
b. 15 J
c. 10 J
d. 7 J
e. 5 J