1. You are on a friction less horizontal plane.

How can you get off if no horizontal force is

exerted by pushing against the surface ?

(A) By jumping (B) by spitting or sneezing

(C) By rolling your body on the surface (D) by running on the plane
2. A boy sitting on the top most berth in the compartment of a train which is just going to stop
on a railway station, drops an apple aiming at the open hand of his brother sitting vertically
below his hands at a distance of about 2 metre. The apple will fall-
(A) precisely on the hand of his brother
(B) slightly away from the hand of his brother in the direction of motion of the train
(C) slightly away from the hand of his brother n the direction opposite to the direction of
motion of the train
(D) one of the above
3. Which figure represents the correct free body diagram of rod of mass 'm' as shown in fig. ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D) None of these

4. A block D weighing 300 kg is suspended by means of two cords A and B as shown in the
figure. W is a vertical wall and R a horizontal rigid beam. The tension in the string A in kg is

(A) Zero (B) 150

(C) 300 (D) 400

300 kgf
5. A sphere of mass m is held between two smooth inclined walls. For sin 37° = 3/5, the normal
reaction of the wall (2) is equal to —

(A) mg (B) mg sin 74° 2

(C) mg cos 74° (D) None of these

37º
37º
1
6. A ball is held at rest in position A by two light cords. The horizontal cord is now cut and the
ball swings to the position B. What is the ratio of the tension in the cord in position B to that in
position A originally?

(A) 3 (B) 3/4

(C) 1/2 (D) 1

7. A flexible chain of weight w hangs between two fixed points A and B as shown in fig. at the
same level. Then the vector force exerted by the chain on each end point, and the tension in
the chain at the lowest point.

(A) 2w sin θ, 2w cot θ (B) 2w cot θ, 2w sin θ

(C) w/2 sin θ, w/2 cot θ (D) w/2 cos θ, w/2 tan θ
8. In the figure shown, blocks A and B move with velocities v 1 and v2 along horizontal direction.
V1
Find the ratio of
V2
sin 2 cos 2
(A) sin  (B) cos 
1 1

cos 1 sin 1
(C) cos 2 (D)
sin 2
9. In the figure shown the velocity of lift is 2 m/s while string is winding on the motor shaft with
velocity 2 m/s and block A is moving downwards with a velocity of 2 m/s, then find out the
velocity of block B.

(A) 2 m/s ↑ (B) 2 m/s ↓

(C) 4 m/s ↑ (D) 8 m/s ↑

10. A rod AB is shown in figure. End A of the rod is fixed on the ground. Block is moving with
velocity 3 m/s towards right. The velocity of end B of rod when rod makes an angle of 60 0
with the ground is:

(A) 3 m/s (B) 2 m/s

(C) 2 3 m/s (D) 3 m/s

11. Two monkeys of masses 5 kg and 4 kg are moving along a vertical rope, the former
climbing up with an acceleration of 2 m/s 2 while the later coming down with a uniform velocity
of 2 m/s. Tension in the rope at the fixed support is

(A) 80 N (B) 100 N

(C) 98 N (D) 108 N

12. A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass m. If a
force P is applied at the free end of the rope, the force exerted by the rope on the block is -
Pm Pm
(A) (B)
M m M m

PM
(C) P (D)
M m
13. Two blocks A and B of masses m1 and m2 are connected by an inextensible string rest on
two smooth planes inclined at angle α and β as shown. The tension in string is

(A) m1 sin   m2 sin   g (B) m1  m2  sin   sin   g

m1m2g m1m2g
(C) m  m sin   sin   (D) sin   sin  
1 2
m1  m2
14. A 50 kg person stands on a 25 kg platform. He pulls on the rope which is attached to the
platform via the frictionless pulleys as shown in the fig. The platform moves upwards at
constant speed if the force with which the person pulls the rope is

(A) 500 N (B) 250 N

(C) 25 N (D) 50 N
15. The masses of 10 kg and 20 kg respectively are connected by massless spring as shown in
the figure. A force of 200 N acts on the 20kg mass. At the instant shown, the 10 kg mass has
acceleration of 12 m/s2. What is the acceleration of 20 kg mass ?

(A) 12 m/s2 (B) 4 m/s2

(C) 10 m/s2 (D) zero

16. In the arrangement shown in figure wedge of mass M moves towards left with an
acceleration a. All surfaces are smooth. The acceleration of mass m relative to wedge is

2Ma
(A) a/2 (B)
m
(C)
2 M  m a
(D)
M  m a m
m m
17. A block of mass m rests on a rough horizontal surface with a rope tied to it. The co-efficient
of friction between the surface and the block is µ. A monkey of the same mass climbs at the
free end of the rope. The maximum acceleration with which the monkey can climb without
moving the block is

g g
(A)  sin   cos   g (B)  sin   cos   g

g g
(C) tan    cos   g (D) tan    sec 
 g
18. A smooth block is released at rest on a 45° incline and then slides a distance 'd'. The time
taken to slide in 'n' times as much to slide on rough incline than on a smooth incline. The
coefficient of friction is -

1 1
(A) s  1  (B) s 1 
n2 n2

1 1
(C) K  1  (D) K 1 
n2 n2
19. A block of mass m is placed at rest on an inclined plane of inclination q to the horizontal. If
the coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is µ, then the total force the inclined
plane exerts on the block is-

(A) mg (B) µ mg cos θ

(C) mg sin θ (D) µ mg tan θ

20. A parabolic bowl with its bottom at origin has the shape y = x 2/20. Here x and y are in
metres, the maximum height at which a small mass m can be placed on the bowl without
slipping (coefficient of static friction is 0.5) is-

(A) 2.5 m (B) 1.25 m

(C) 1.0 m (D) 4.0 m

21. Collars A and B slide along the fixed right angled rods and are connected by a cord of
length L. Determine the acceleration ax of collar B as a function of y if collar A is given a
constant upward velocity VA.
22. Two rings O and O' are put on two vertical stationary rods AB and A'B' respectively. An
inextensible thread is fixed at point A' and on ring O and is passed through ring O'. Assuming
that ring O' moves downwards at a constant velocity v 1, determine the velocity v2 of ring O.
(∠ AOO' = α)
23. A wedge of height 'h' is released from rest with a light particle P placed on it as shown. The
wedge slides down an incline which makes an angle θ with the horizontal. All the surfaces are
smooth. After what time, P will reach the surface of the incline?
24. A 2 kg block A is attached to one end of a light string that passes over an ideal pulley and
a
1 kg sleeve B slides down the other part of the string with an acceleration of 5 m/s 2 with
respect to the string. Find the acceleration of the block, acceleration of sleeve and tension in
the string.
[g =10 m/s2]
25. In the arrangement shown in figure the masses of the wedge M and the body m are known.
The appreciable friction exists only between the wedge and the body m, the friction coefficient
being µ. The masses of the pulleys and thread is negligible. Find the acceleration of the body
m relative to the horizontal surface on which the wedge slides.
26. Two blocks of masses ml and m2 respectively are connected by an inextensible and
weightless string which passes over a smooth and light pulley fixed at the top corner of a long
carriage. The upper surface of the carriage is frictionless and the body A rests on it. B hangs
vertically in contact with the rough vertical side of the carriage. The carriage moves with an
acceleration g/7 towards right had side as shown in figure. If the blocks remain stationary with
respect to the carriage and m1 = 7.5 m2, calculate the coefficient of friction between block B
and vertical side of the carriage.
27. Find out condition of F for slipping between any two blocks?
28. A hinged construction consists of three rhombus with the ratio of sides (5 : 3 : 2). Vertex A 3
moves in the horizontal direction with velocity V. Velocity of A 2 will be

(A) 2.5 V (B) 1.5 V

(C) (2/3) V (D) 0.8 V

29. A smooth sphere of radius R and mass M is placed on the smooth horizontal floor. Another
smooth particle of mass m is placed on the sphere and a horizontal force F is applied on the
sphere as shown. If the particle does not slip on the sphere then the value of force F is —

(A) F = mg cotθ (B) F = Mg cotθ

(C) F = (m+M)g cotθ (D) F = (m+M)g tanθ

30. The at wood machine shown is suspended from a spring balance. The mass on one hanger
is M, that on other is (M + m). Suppose the heavier side (right side) hanger is fastened to the
top of pulley by a thread. The scale reads (2M + m)g. The thread is burned and the system
accelerates. The reading of spring balance now will be –
(A)same as before
(B)more than before
(C)less than before
(D)can't say
 W
31. In the figure show the acceleration of A isa k 15i 15 j . Then the acceleration of B is
(A remains in contact with B)

(A) 6i (B)  15i

(C)  10i (D)  5i

32. Three blocks connected with springs are in equilibrium as shown in diagram. If we pull the
upper most block slowly such that lowest spring comes in natural length. What will be total
displacement of upper most block ?

3mg
(A) (B) 6mg
K K

9mg 12mg
(C) (D)
K K
33. A bead of mass ‘m’ is fitted onto a rod with a length of 2l, and can move on it with friction
having the coefficient of friction µ. At the initial moment the bead is in the middle of the rod.
The rod moves translatory in a horizontal plane with an acceleration 'a' in the direction forming
an angle ‘a' with the rod as shown in figure. Find the time when the bead will leave the rod.
(gravity is absent).

2l 2l
(A) (B)
a cos a   sin a  a  cos a  sin a 

2l 2l
(C) (D) a cos a   sin a 
a  cos a  sin a 
34. Two masses m1 = 4 kg and m2 = 2 kg are connected with an inextensible, massless string
that passes over a frictionless pulley and through a slit, as shown. The string is vertical on both
sides and the string on the left is acted upon by a constant friction force 10 N by the slit as it
moves. (use g = 10 m/s2). Choose the correct statement

(A) Acceleration of mass m1 is (5/3)m/s2, downwards.

(B) Tension in the string is same throughout.
(C) Force exerted by the string on mass m2 is (80/3) N.
(D) If positions of both the masses are interchanged, then 2 kg mass
moves up with an acceleration (10/3)m/s2.
35. In the given situation it is known that when released, the blocks slide. Find the time when
the small block will fall off from the larger block. (The size of m is very very small than M )

(A) 8lM (B) 2lM

g cos  M  m  g cos  M  m 

(C) 4lM (D) 6lM

g cos  M  m  g cos  M  m 
36. The 40 kg block is moving to the right with a speed of 1.5 m/s when it is acted upon by the
forces F1 and F2. These forces vary in the manner shown in the graph. Find the velocity (in m/s)
of the block at t = 12 s. Neglect friction and masses of the pulleys and cords.
37. A sphere of mass M and radius R rests on two supports of the same height. One support is
stationary while the other is moving with a velocity v = 2 m/s (see in the figure). Assume the
stationary support is rough and the moving support is frictionless so that, the sphere is slipping
at B. At the instant shown, AB = R 2. Find the speed (in m/s ) of the centre of the sphere at the
given instant.