Basic Science - Class 10 General Knowledge - Extra Questions
Exactly 0.5s after a projectile is fixed into the air from the ground, it is observed to have velocity →v=(6i+3j)m/s a) →v0=? b) how long the projectile remains in the air
How do you calculate the total number of protons and electrons in a polyatomic ion?
Two trains A and B each of the length 50 m, are moving with constant speeds. If one train A overtakes the other in 40 s, while crosses the other in 20 s. Find the speeds of each train.
If the moment of inertia of uniform circular ring of mass M and radius R about an axis through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is l. Then moment of inertia of a uniform semi-circular ring of mass M and radius R about axis through its centre and perpendicular to its plane will be
If photoelectrons are to be emitted from potassium surface with speed of 6×106 m/s, what frequency of radiation must be used? Threshold frequency for potassium is 4.22×1014 Hz.
Velocity (v) of a particle moving along a straight line varies with time (t) as v=t2−t, where v is in m/s and t' is in seconds. The speed of the particle is minimum at time.
Determine tensions T1 and T2 in the strings
A ball with a momentum of 4.0kg.m.s hits a wall and bounces straight back without losing any kinetic energy. What is the impulse applied on the wall?
Can matter be destroyed?
Two blocks of masses m and 2m are placed on a smooth horizontal surface as shown. In the first case only a force F1 is applied from the left. Later only a force F2 is applied from the right. If the force acting at the interface of the two blocks in the two cases is same, then F1:F2 is
A ship travelling due east at 10 km/hr and at 9$AMis30kmsouth−westofanotherB.IfBtravelsat15$$ km/hr so as to intercept A in the least possible time. Calculate (a) the direction in which B must travel (b) the time it taken when the intersection takes place.
Why is a driving mirror usually convex and not plane?
Why does a cyclist bend while taking a curved turn?
Why is cooking quicker in pressure cooker?
Why does water put out fire?
Gravitational field intensity at the center of the semi circle formed by a thin wire AB of mass ′m′ and length ′L′ is
A string wrapped around the rim of a wheel of moment of inertia 0.20kg−m2 and radius 20cm. The wheel is free to rotate about its axis.Initially the wheel is at rest. The string is now pulled by a force of F=20N. Find the angular velocity of the wheel after 5s.
A solid flyweel of 20 kg mass and 120 mm radius revolves at 600 rpm. With what force must a brake lining be pressed against it for the flywheel to stop in 3s, if the coefficient of friction is 0.1 ?
A 30kg box has to move up an inclined slope of 30∘ to the horizontal at a uniform velocity of 5ms−1. If the frictional force retarding the motion is 150N, the horizontal force required to move up is (g=10ms−2).
Why is atomic number represented by Z?
A flywheel in the form of disc is rotating about an axis is passing through its centre and perpendicular to its pane loses 100J of energy, when slowing down from 60r.p.m to 30r.p.m. Find its moment of inertia about the same axis and change in its angular momentum.
A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the foot of a tower. It crosses the top of the tower twice after an interval of 4s and reaches the foot of the tower 8s after it was thrown. What is the height of the tower ? Take g=10ms−2.
The speed of a particle moving in a circle slows down at a rate of 3m/sec2. At some instant, the magnitude of the total acceleration is 5m/sec2, and the particle's speed is 12 m/sec. The radius of the circle will be:
A bullet of mass 10g moving horizontally with a speed of 50√7m/s strikes a block of mass 490g kept on a surface as shown in the figure, then fund the total distance moved by the block.
A body of mass 0.5kg of 0.5kg is whirled in a vertical circle by a string 1m long. calculate (i) minimum speed it must have at the bottom of the circle so that the string may not slack when the body reaches the top. (ii) In that case, will the velocity at the top of the circle be zero ?
Acceleration of the particle is
The diameter of a flywheel increases by 1% what will be percentage increases in momentum of inertia about axis of symmetry?
An uniform semi-circular ring having mass m and radius r is hanging at one of its ends freely. The ring is slightly disturbed so that it oscillates inits own plane. The time period of oscillation of ring is
A charge +q exerts a force of magnitude -0.2 N on another charge -2q. If they are separated by 25 cm, determine the value of q.
A man 'A' moves in the north direction with a speed 10m/s and another man B moves in E−30∘−N with 10m/s Find the relative velocity of B w.r.t. A.
A thief is running in jeep with a speed of 10 m/s. A police van chases him with a speed of 12 m/s. If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the police van is 80 m, how long will it take for the police to catch the thief?
Five particles have speed 1,2,3,4,5m/s the average velocity of the particles is (in m/s)
Four uniform solid cubes of edges 10cm,20cm,30cm and 40cmare kept on the ground touching each other in order. Locate center of mass of their system.
An electron having mass 9.1×10−31 kg and charge 1.6×10−19 C moves in a circular path of radius 0.5 m with a velocity 106m/s in a magnetic field. What is the strength of magnetic field?
A circular disc is rolling without sliding with constant speed 'vo' along x-axis find speed of top-most point on the disc and its angular momentum about origin.
A rotating fan completes 1200 revolutions every minute. Consider a point on the tip of the blade, which has a radius of 0.15m.Through what distance does the point move in one revolution ?
Two blocks of masses 8kg and 2kg respectively lie on a smooth horizontal surface in contact with one other. They are pushed by a horizontally applied force of 15N. Calculate the force exerted on the 2kg mass.
A force F is applied on block A as shown in the figure The contact force between the blocks A and B and between the blocks B and C respectively are ( Assume frictionless surface )
A bucket containing water is tied to one end of a rope 2.45m long and rotated about the other end in a vertical circle. Find the minimum velocity at the highest and lowest points in order that water in the bucket may not spil.
As shown in the figure above, a bicycle wheel is at rest against a curb. If the wheel has a radius R, mass M and is at rest against a curb of height h=0.24R, determine the minimum horizontal force F (in terms of M and g) that must be applied to the axle to make the wheel start to rise up over the step. Then find the value of F.
A block A of mass 1kg is in contact with a vertical plate. The plate is moving horizontally with an acceleration a0. The block does not slide on the plate. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plate is 0.5. If the minimum value of a0 is found to be 10n, then find the value of n.
A particle of mass m slides down from the vertex of semi-hemisphere, without any initial velocity. At what height from horizontal will the particle leave the sphere
With what minimum speed v must a small ball should be pushed inside a smooth vertical tube from a height h so that it may reach the top of the tube ? Radius of the tube is R.
Derive equations of motion graphically for a particle having uniform acceleration, moving along a straight line.
In the following circuit the supply voltage is defined as: V(t)=230sin(314t−30) and L=2.27. Determine the value of the current flowing through the coil and draw the resulting phase diagram.
A body falling freely from a tower of height 'h' covers a distance of 716h during the last second of its motion. (Take:g=10ms−2) Then value of h/16 is
In the given figure the spring is initially un-stretched when system is released from rest. Find the maximum elongation of the spring assuming the pulley to be frictionless
Two bodies of masses 100kg and 1000kg are at a distance 1.00 meter apart. Calculate the gravitational field intensity and the potential at that middle point of the line joining them. Take G=6.67∗10−11Nm2kg−2
A torque of magnitude 400N−m acting on a body of mass 40kg produces an angular acceleration of 20rad/s2. The radius of gyration of the body is
A machine gun has a mass of 20kg. It fires 35g bullet at the rate of 40 bullet per second with a speed of 4m/s. What force must the applied to the gun to keep it in position.
Can atoms of two different elements have the same number of protons?
Two equal point charges of same sign are fixed on y-axis, on the either sides of the origin equidistant from it, distance between them d. A third charge moves along x axis. Find the distance of third charge from either of the two fixed charges when force on third charge is maximum [d=10cm] given answer in cm.
A liquid coming out of hole performs projectile motion. Find Range of liquid on horizontal ground also. Find depth of hole (h) for which range of liquid is max.
v=at+bt+c+v0 is a dimensionally valid equation . Obtain the dimensional formula for a , and c where v is velocity t is time and v0 is initial velocity .
A position-dependent force F acting on a particle and its force -position curve is shown in the figure work done on the particle when it displace from 0 to 5 m is
Two blocks shown in figure are connected by a heavy uniform rope of mass 4kg. An upward force of 200N is applied as shown. (a) What is the acceleration of the system? (b) What is the tension at the top of heavy rope? (c) what is the tension at the mid-point of the rope?
A solid cone hangs from a frictionless pivot at the origin O, as shown in the figure. If ˆi,ˆj and ˆk are unit vectors, and a, b and c are positive constants, which of the following forces F applied to the rim of the cone at a point P result in a torque τ on the cone with a negative component tz?
A horizontal force F acts on the hollow sphere at its center as shown. The coefficient of friction between ground and sphere is μ. What is the maximum value of F, for which there is no slipping?
An officer hiding at an intersection observes a car run a red light at constant speed. The officer takes off in pursuit 5s after the car passes him. He accelerates at 3m/s2 for 20 seconds then maintains that speed for 25s until he catches the car. a. Draw a velocity-vs-time graph for both cars. Include a numerical scale on the axes. b. How far are both cars from the intersection ?
A mass m is released from top of the inclined plane. Find wall forces when the block reaches bottom also find its K .E?
Escape velocity from the earth is 11.2km/s. mother planet of same mars has radius 14 times that of earth what is the escape velocity from the planet?
State newton laws of motion. Derive F=ma and show that 2nd law contains 1st and 2nd law.
Find the altitude at which the acceleration due to gravity is 25% of the at the surface of the earth (radius of the earth = 6400 km )
What if torque?
What is the Balmer Series?
Calculate the wavelength of the first line in Lyman series of the hydrogen spectrum (R = 109677 cm−1)?
Can displacement be negative?
How does gravity affect weight?
How does the law of conservation of matter and energy relate to the cycles in nature?
Water flows through a fire hose of diameter 6.35 centimeters at a rate of 0.012m3/s. the fire hose ends in a nozzle of inner diameter 2.2 centimeters. what is the velocity with which the water exits the nozzle?
What is a positively charged ion?
What is nutation?
A -0.06 C charge that is pointing downward is placed in a uniform electric field with a strength of 200 N/C. What is the magnitude and direction of the force on the charge?
A ball of mass = 1 Kg hung vertically by a thread of length l=1.50m. Upper end of the thread is attached to the ceiling of a trolley of mass M=4kg. Initially, the trolley is stationary and it is free to move along horizontal rails without friction. A shell of mass m=1kg moving horizontally with velocity v0=6ms−1 collides with the ball and gets stuck with it. As a result, the thread starts to deflect towards right. Calculate its maximum deflection with the vertical (g=10ms−2)
A thin uniform disc has a mass 9M and radius R. A disc of radius \frac{R}{3} is cut off as shown in figure. Find the moment of inertia of the remaining disc about an axis passing through O and perpendicular to the plane of disc.
A bead of mass m = 0.1\ kg slides without friction on a vertical hoop of radius R = 1\ m. The bead moves under the combined influence of gravity and a spring of spring constant k = \dfrac{1}{(\sqrt{2} - 1)} attached to the bottom of the hoop. The bead is released at the top of the hoop with negligible speed as shown. Find the velocity of the bead at point A.
Find the mass M in kg of the hanging block in fig. which will prevent the smaller block from slipping over the wedge. All the surfaces are frictionless and the strings and the pulleys are light. (M' = 7\ kg , m = 3\ kg, \tan \theta = \dfrac{1}{3} )