A car is negotiating a curved road of radius R. The road is banked at angle θ. The coefficient of friction between the tyre of the car and the road is μs. The maximum safe velocity on this road is

 1. gRμs+tanθ1-μstanθ2. gRμs+tanθ1-μstanθ3. gR2μs+tanθ1-μstanθ4. gR2μs+tanθ1-μstanθ
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Three blocks A, B, and C of masses 4 kg, 2 kg, and 1 kg respectively, are in contact on a frictionless surface, as shown. If a force of 14 N is applied to the 4kg block, then the contact force between A and B is: 
       

  • 6 N

  • 8 N

  • 18 N

  • 2 N

A block A of mass m1 rests on a horizontal table. A light string connected to it passes over a frictionless pulley at the edge of the table and from its other end, another block B of mass m2 is suspended. The coefficient of kinetic friction between block A and the table is μk. When block A is sliding on the table, the tension in the string is:

  •  m2+μkm1gm1+m2
  • m2-μkm1gm1+m2
  •  m1m21-μkgm1+m2
  •  m1m21+μkm1+m2g

The force 'F' acting on a particle of mass 'm' is indicated by the force-time graph shown below. The change in momentum of the particle over the time interval from 0 to 8 s is : 
      

  • 24 Ns

  • 20 Ns

  • 12Ns

  • 6 Ns

Three blocks with masses m, 2m, and 3m are connected by strings as shown in the figure. After an upward force F is applied on block m, the masses move upward at constant speed v. What is the net force on the block of mass 2m? (g is the acceleration due to gravity). 

  • 2mg
  • 3mg
  • 6mg
  • zero

A car of mass 1000 kg negotiates a banked curve of radius 90 m on a frictionless road. If the banking angle is 45o, the speed of the car is:

  • 20 ms-1

  • 30 ms-1

  • 5 ms-1

  • 10 ms-1

A person of mass 60 kg is inside a lift of mass 940 kg and presses the button on control panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration of 1.0 ms-2. If g = 10 ms-2, the tension in the supporting cable is 
  •   9680 N

  •   11000N

  •   1200N

  •   8600 N

A body of mass M hits normally a rigid wall with velocity v and bounces back with the same velocity. The impulse experienced by the body is:
  •   1.5Mv

  •   2Mv

  •   zero

  •   Mv

A block of mass m is in contact with the cart C as shown in the figure. 
        
The coefficient of static friction between the block and the cart is μ. The acceleration α of the cart that will prevent the block from falling satisfies:

  •  α>mgμ

  •  α>gμm

  •  αgμ

  •  α<gμ

The mass of a lift is 2000 kg. When the tension in the supporting cable is 28000 N, then its acceleration is: (g=10 m/s2)
  • 30 ms-2 downwards
  • 4 ms-2 upwards
  • 4 ms-2 downwards
  • 14 ms-2 upwards

Two blocks of masses 2 kg and 3 kg are tied at the ends of a light inextensible string passing over a frictionless pulley as shown.

                             

If the system is accelerating upward with acceleration 5 m/s2, the tension in the string is:

A body, under the action of a force F=6i^-8j^+10k^, acquires an acceleration of 1 ms-2. The mass of this body must be:

A roller coaster is designed such that riders experience "weightlessness" as they go round the top of a hill whose radius of curvature is 20 m. The speed of the car at the top of the hill is between:

A block B is pushed momentarily along a horizontal surface with an initial velocity 'v'. If μ is the coefficient of sliding friction between B and the surface, the block B will come to rest after a time: 
 



A particle slides down on a smooth incline of inclination 300, fixed in an elevator going up with an acceleration of 2 m/s2. The box of incline has a length of 4 m. The time taken by the particle to reach the bottom will be: 

 



A 0.5 kg ball moving with a speed of 12 m/s strikes a hard wall at an angle of 30o with the wall. It is reflected with the same speed and at the same angle. If the ball is in contact with the wall for 0.25 s, the average force acting on the wall is:

  • 48 N

  • 24 N

  • 12 N

  • 96 N

A boy on a cycle pedals around a circle of 20 meters radius at a speed of 20 m/s. The combined mass of the body and the cycle makes with the vertical so that it may not fall is (g = 9.8 m/s2 )
 

 

  •   60.25 °
  •   63.90 °
  •   26.12 °
  •   30.00 °

A block of mass 10 kg is in contact with the inner wall of a hollow cylindrical drum of radius 1 m. The coefficient of friction between the block and the inner wall of the cylinder is 0.1. The minimum angular velocity needed for the cylinder, which is vertical and rotating about its axis, will be:
(g=10 m/s2)

  •  10 π rad/s

  •  10 π rad/s

  •  102π  rad/s

  •  10  rad/s

A particle moving with velocity v is acted by three forces shown by the vector triangle PQR. The velocity of the particle will:

  • change according to the smallest force QR.

  • increase.

  • decrease.

  • remain constant.

A mass m1, placed on top of a trolley of mass m3, is connected to another mass m2 by means of string passing over a smooth pulley as shown in figure. The friction between surfaces is negligible. For m1 ans m2 not to move with respect to trolley, the horizontal force F to be applied on trolley is

        

  • F=m3g

  • F=(m1 + m2)g

  •  F=m1+m2+m3m2gm1

  • F= m1g

A pendulum of mass m hangs from a support fixed to a trolley. The direction of the string when the trolley rolls up a plane of inclination α with acceleration a0 is 

                                       

  •  θ=tan-1 α

  •  θ=tan-1 a0g

  •  θ=tan-1 ga0

  •  θ=tan-1 a0+g sin αg cos α

The pulleys and string shown in the figure are smooth and of negligible mass. For the system of remain in equilibrium, the angle θ should be
   

  • 0°

  • 30°

  • 45°

  • 60°

System shown in figure is in equilibrium and at rest. The spring and string are massless, now the stringis cut. The acceleration of mass 2m and m just after string is cut will be

                                             

  • g/2 upwards, g downwards

  • g upwards, g/2 downwards

  • g upwards, 2g downwards

  •  2g upwards, g downwards

A block can slide on a smooth inclined plane of inclination θ kept on the floor of a lift. When the lift is descending with retardation a, the acceleration of the block relative to the incline is:

  • (g + a) sin θ              

  •        (g – a)

  •   g sin θ                      

  •        (g – a) sin θ

In the shown system, each of the block is at rest. The value of θ is:
        

  •  tan-11

  •  tan-134

  •  tan-143

  •  tan-135

At a given instant, A is moving with velocity of 5 m/s upwards. What is velocity of B at this time?

  • 15 m/s 

  • 15 m/s 

  • 5 m/s 

  • 5 m/s 

The blocks A and B are shown in figure have masses 5 kg and 4 kg respectively. The system is released from rest. The speed of B after A has travelled a distance 1 m along the incline is (take g = 10 m/s2, pulleys and strings are ideal and plane is smooth)

  •  56 m/s

  •  65 m/s

  •   32 m/s

  •  23 m/s

A truck is stationary and has a bob suspended by a light string in a frame attached to the truck. The truck suddenly moves to the right with an acceleration of a. In the frame of the truck, the pendulum will tilt:

  • to the left and angle of inclination of the pendulum with the vertical is sin-1ag

  • to the left and angle of inclination of the pendulum with the vertical is cos-1ag

  • to the left and angle of inclination of the pendulum with the vertical is tan-1ag

  • to the left and angle of inclination of the pendulum with the vertical is tan-1ga

A body of mass m is kept on a rough horizontal surface (coefficient of friction= μ). A horizontal force is applied to the body, but it does not move. The resultant of normal reaction and the frictional force acting on the object is given by F, where:

  •  |F|=mg+μmg

  •  |F|=μmg

  •  |F|mg1+μ2

  •  |F|=mg

A ladder rests against a smooth vertical wall as shown in the figure. The floor is also smooth. The mass of the ladder is 75 kg. If upper-end A is moving with velocity v vertically downward, then the horizontal velocity of lower end B is :

                                   

  •   v

  •   34v

  •   43v

  •   35v

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