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 EXERCISE-I
Part-I
(Single Correct type Questions)
Section-A
(Force and linear Momentum)
1. The linear momentum of a particle is given by P = (asintiˆ − acostj)
ˆ kg-m/s A
r
force F is acting on the particle. Select correct alternative/s
r r
(A) Linear momentum P of particle of always parallel to F
r r
(B) Linear momentum P of particle of always perpendicular to F
r
(C) Linear momentum P of always constant
(D) Magnitude of linear momentum is constant with respect to time

2. A car of mass 1000 kg moving on circular track of radius 500 m takes a 60°
turn while moving with 72 km/hr. find the magnitude of average force on the
car during turn ?
(A) 608 N (B) 764 N (C) 808 N (D) 864 N

3. A ball of mass 200 gm hit the ground with 10 m/s at an angle 30° with vertical
and rebound with half speed at 60° with vertical if ball was in contact with
ground for 10 ms then find average force on ball by ground ?
(A)100 5 N (B) 50 5 N (C) 200 5 N (D) 10 5 N

4. Find the average frictional force needed to stop a car weighing 500 kg in a
distance of 25 m if the initial speed is 72 km/h.
(A) 2000 N (B) 4000 N (C) 3000 N (D) 5000 N

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 Section-B
(Normal, Tension and F.B.D)
5. Draw free body diagram of individual parts of system:
(a) (b)

mA 45o
A

mB
B

(c) (d)

F m

(e) (f)

(g) (h)
C
A

(i)
A
mB mA
B

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6. A block of mass ‘m’ is placed on ground and an additional force F = mg is
applied on the block as shown in figure. Calculate contact force between
ground and block.

(A) 2 mg (B) 3 mg (C) 4 mg (D) 5 mg

7. A cylinder of weight w is resting on a fixed V-groove as shown in figure.

(Smooth fixed groove)

(a) Draw its free body diagram.

(b) Calculate normal reactions between the cylinder and two inclined walls.

8. The 50 kg homogeneous smooth sphere rests on the 30º incline A and bears
against the smooth vertical wall B. Calculate the contact forces at A and B.

500 1000 1000 600

(A) NA = N, NB = N (B) NA = N, NB = N
3 3 2 3

1000 500
(C) NA = N, NB = N (D) None of these
3 3

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 9. Three blocks A, B and C are placed one over the other as shown in figure. Draw
the free body diagram of all the three blocks.

10. (a) Draw the FBD of m1 and m2.

(b) What is the relation between m1, m2, α, β ? so that m1, m2 remains
stationary. All surfaces are smooth.

11. For the 2 kg block is equilibrium, the tension in string AB is (g = 10 m/s 2)

(A) 10 N (B) 12 N (C) 14 N (D) 11 N

12. A block of mass 10 kg is suspended by three string as shown in the figure. The
tension T2 is (g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 50 3 N (B) 30 3 N (C) 40 3 N (D) 10 3 N

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13. Two masses ma and M are attached with strings as shown. For the system to
2M
be in equilibrium prove that tan θ = 1+ .
m

14. 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) 2 Mg (B) 2 mg
2 2
(C) (M+ m) + m g (D) (M+ m)2 + M2  g
 

15. A man of mass 50 kg stands on a frame of mass 30 kg he pulls on a light rope

which passes over a pulley. The other end of the rope is attached to the frame.
For the system to be in equilibrium what force man must exert on the rope

(A) 10 g (B) 30 g (C) 40 g (D) 60 g

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16. A mass of 4 kg is suspended by a rope of length 4m from a ceiling. A force of
20 N in the horizontal direction is applied at the mid-point of the rope as shown
in figure. What is the angle which the rope makes with the vertical in
equilibrium? Neglect the mass of rope.

1 1
(A) tan–1 2 (B) tan-1 (C) tan-1 (D) tan-1 2
2 2

Paragraph for Qus 17 to 19

A block of mass 1kg is suspended by a string of mass 1 kg, length 1m as shown
in figure. (g = 10 m/ s2) Calculate:

17. The tension in string at its lowest point.

(A) 10 N (B) 15 N (C) 20 N (D) 25 N

18. The tension in string at its mid-point

(A) 10 N (B) 15 N (C) 20 N (D) 25 N

19. Force exerted by support on string.

(A) 10 N (B) 15 N (C) 20 N (D) 25 N

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20. A flexible chain of weight W hangs between two fixed points A and B at the
same level. The inclination of the chain with the horizontal at the two points of
support is θ. What is the tension of the chain at the endpoint.

W W W
(A) cosec θ (B) secθ (C) W cos θ (D) sin 
2 2 3

21. A uniform rope of length L and mass M is placed on a smooth fixed wedge as
shown. Both ends of rope are at same horizontal level. The rope is initially
released from rest, then the magnitude of initial acceleration of rope is

(A) Zero (B) M(cos α – cos β) g

(C) M( tan α – tan β)g (D) None of these

Section-C
(Newton’s 2 nd
Law of motion Applications)
22. Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless table. One has mass m and the other
2m. A force F is applied on 2m as shown in the figure. Now the same force F is
applied from the right on m. In the two cases respectively, the ratio of force of
contact between the two blocks will be :

(A) same (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 3

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23. Two forces of 6N and 3N are acting on the two blocks of 2kg and 1kg kept on
frictionless floor. What is the force exerted on 2kg block by 1kg block ?

(A) 1N (B) 2N (C) 4N (D) 5N

24. A constant force F is applied in horizontal direction as shown. Contact force

between M and m is N and between m and M’ is N’ then

(A) N = N’ (B) N > N’

(C) N’ > N (D) cannot be determined

25. A body of mass 8 kg is hanging another body of mass 12 kg. The combination
is being pulled by a string with an acceleration of 2.2 ms–2. The tension T1 and
T2 will be respectively:
(use g = 9.8 m/s2)

(A) 200 N, 80 N (B) 220 N, 90 N (C) 240 N, 96 N (D) 260 N, 96 N

26. A rope of mass 5 kg is moving vertically in vertical position with an upwards

force of 100 N acting at the upper end and a downwards force of 70 N acting at
the lower end. The tension at midpoint of the rope is
(A) 100 N (B) 85 N (C) 75 N (D) 105 N

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27. Two blocks ‘A’ and ‘B’ each of mass ‘m’ are placed on a smooth horizontal
surface. Two horizontal forces F and 2F are applied on the two blocks ‘A’ and
‘B’ respectively as shown in figure. The block A does not slide on block B. Then
the normal reaction acting between the two blocks is :

F F
(A) F (B) (C) (D) 3F
2 3

Section-D
(String constraint and wedge constraint)
28. At a given instant, A is moving with velocity of 5 m/s upwards. What is velocity
of B at the time

(A) 15 m/s ↓ (B) 15 m/s ↑ (C) 5 m/s ↓ (D) 5 m/s ↑

29. Find the velocity of the hanging block if the velocities of the free ends of the
rope are as indicated in the figure.

(A) 3/2 m/s ↑ (B) 3/2 m/s ↓ (C) 1/2 m/s ↑ (D) 1/2 m/s ↓

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30. If acceleration of a is 2 m/s2 to left and acceleration of B is 1 m/s2 to left, then
acceleration of C is-

(A) 1 m/s2 upwards (B) 1 m/s2 downwards

(C) 2 m/s2 downwards (D) 2 m/s2 upwards

31. In the figure shown the velocity of different blocks is shown. The velocity of C is

(A) 6 m/s (B) 4 m/s (C) 0 m/s (D) none of these

32. If block A has a velocity of 0.6 m/s to the right, determine the velocity of block
B.

(A) 1.8 m/s in downward direction (B) 1.8 m/s in upward direction
(C) 0.6 m/s in downward direction (D) 0.6 m/s in upward direction

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33. Find velocity of block 'B' at the instant shown in figure.

(A) 25 m/s (B) 20 m/s (C) 22 m/s (D) 30 m/s

34. In the arrangement shown in fig. the ends P and Q of an unstretchable string
move downwards with uniform speed U. Pulleys A and B are fixed. Mass M
moves upwards with a speed.

2U U
(A) 2 U cos θ (B) U cos θ (C) (D)
cosθ cosθ

35. 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 ↑

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36. System is shown in the figure and man is pulling the rope from both sides with
constant speed ' u'. Then the speed of the block will be (M moves vertical):

3u 3u u
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
4 2 4
37. In the figure shown, find out the value of θ at this instant [assume string to be
tight]

3 4 3
(A) tan-1 (B) tan-1 (C) tan-1 (D) none of these
4 3 8

38. Find the acceleration of C w.r.t. ground.

(A) aiˆ -(2a + 2b)jˆ (B) aiˆ -(2a + b)jˆ (C) aiˆ -(a + 2b)jˆ (D) biˆ -(2a + 2b)jˆ

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39. A system is shown in the figure. A man standing on the block is pulling the
rope. Velocity of the point of string in contact with the hand of the man is
2 m/s downwards. The velocity of the block will be: [assume that the block
does not rotate]

(A) 3 m/s (B) 2 m/s (C) 1/2 m/s (D) 1 m/s

40. System is shown in figure and wedge is moving towards left with speed 2 m/s.
Then velocity of the block B will be:

(A) 3 m/s (B) 1 m/s (C) 2 m/s (D) 0 m/s

41. The velocity of end ‘A’ of rigid rod placed between two smooth vertical walls
moves with velocity ‘u’ along vertical direction. Find out the velocity of end ‘B’ of
that rod, rod always remains in constant with the vertical walls.

(A) u tan 2θ (B) u cot θ (C) u tan θ (D) 2u tan θ

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42. Find the acceleration of B.

acos1 asin1 acos2 cos1

(A) (B) (C) (D)
cos2 cos2 cos1 cos2

43. 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 60º with the ground is:

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

44. Two beads A and B move along a semicircular wire frame as shown in figure.
The beads are connected by an inelastic string which always remains tight. At
an instant the speed of A is u, ∠BAC = 45° and ∠BOC = 75°, where O is the
centre of the semicircular arc. The speed of bead B at that instant is:

u 2
(A) 2u (B) u (C) (D) u
2 2 3

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45. A hinged construction consists of three rhombus with the ratio of sides
(5 : 3 : 2). Vertex A3 moves in the horizontal direction with velocity V. Velocity of
A2 will be:

(A) 2.5 V (B) 1.5 V (C) (2/3) V (D) 0.8 V

46. System is shown in the figure. Velocity of sphere A is 9 m/s. Then speed of
sphere B will be:

5
(A) 9 m/s (B) 12 m/s (C) 9 × m/s (D) none of these
4
Section-E
(Applications of constraint motion)
47. A particle of small mass m is joined to a very heavy body by a light string
passing over a light pulley. Both bodies are free to move. The total downward
force in the pulley is
(A) Mg (B) 2 mg
(C) 4 mg (D) can not be determined

48. Two blocks, each having mass M, rest on frictionless surfaces as shown in the
figure. If the pulleys are light and frictionless, and M on the incline is allowed to
move down, then the tension in the string will be

2 3 1
(A) Mgsinθ (B) Mgsinθ (C) Mgsinθ (D) 2 Mg sinθ
3 2 2

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49. Two masses M1 and M2 are attached to the ends of a light string which passes
over a massless pulley attached to the top of a double inclined smooth plane of
angles of inclination a and b. The tension in the string is :

M2 (sinβ)g M1(sin)g
(A) (B)
M1 + M2 M1 + M2

M1M2(sinβ+sin)g
(C) (D) zero
M1 + M2

50. In the arrangement shown in figure, pulleys are massless and frictionless and
threads are inextensible. The Block of mass m1 will remain at rest, if

1 1 1
(A) = + (B) m1 = m2 + m3
m1 m2 m3
4 1 1 1 2 3
(C) = + (D) = +
m1 m2 m3 m3 m2 m1

51. A monkey of mass 20 kg is holding a vertical rope. The rope can break when a
mass of 25 kg is suspended from it. What is the maximum acceleration with
which the monkey can climb up along the rope?
(A) 7 ms–2 (B) 10 ms–2 (C) 5 ms–2 (D) 2.5 ms–2

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52. Calculate the acceleration of the block B in the below figure, assuming the
surfaces and the pulleys P1 and P2 are all smooth and pulleys and string and
light

3F 2F
(A) a = m/s2 (B) a = m/s2
17m 17m
3F 3F
(C) a = m/s2 (D) a = m/s2
15m 12m

53. In previous Question 52 surface is replaced by block C of mass m as shown in

figure. Find the acceleration of block B.

3F 3F
(A) a = m/s2 (B) a = m/s2
20m 21m

2F 3F
(C) a = m/s2 (D) a = m/s2
21m 18m

54. In the arrangement shown in the fig, the block of mass m = 2 kg lies on the
wedge on mass M = 8 kg. Find the initial acceleration of the wedge if the
surfaces are smooth and pulley & strings are massless.

30 3 20 3 30 2
(A) a = m/s2 (B) a = m/s2 (C) a = m/s2 (D) None of these
23 23 23
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 Section-F
(Spring balance and weighing Machine)
55. Find the acceleration of 3 kg mass when acceleration of 2 kg mass is 2 ms –2 as
shown in figure.

(A) 3 ms–2 (B) 2 ms–2 (C) 0.5 ms–2 (D) zero

56. Block of 3 kg is initially in equilibrium and is hanging by two identical springs

A and B as shown in figures. If spring A is cut from lower point at t = 0 then,
find acceleration of block in ms–2 at t = 0.

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 0

57. Two blocks of masses M1 and M2 are connected to each other through a light
spring as shown in figure. If we push mass M1 with force F and cause
acceleration a1 in right direction. What will be the magnitude of acceleration in
M2?

(A) F/M2 (B) F/(M1 + M2)

(C) a1 (D) (F – M1a1)/M2

58. In the given figure, what is the reading of the spring balance ?

(A) 10 N (B) 20 N (C) 5 N (D) zero

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59. A massless spring balance is attached to 2 kg trolley and is used to pull the
trolley along a flat surface as shown in the fig. The reading on the spring
balance remains at 10 kg during the motion. The acceleration of the trolley is
(Use g = 9.8 ms–2)

(A) 4.9 m s–2 (B) 9.8 ms–2 (C) 49 ms–2 (D) 98 ms–2

60. In the figure the reading of the spring balanced will be : [g = 10 m/s2]

(A) 50 N (B) 40 N (C) 60 N (D) 70 N

61. In the figure a block ‘A’ of mass ‘m’ is attached at one end of a light spring and
the other end of the spring is connected to another block ‘B’ of mass 2m
through a light string. ‘A’ is held and B is in static equilibrium. Now A is
released. The acceleration of A just after that instant is ‘a’. In the next case, B
is held and A is in static equilibrium. Now when B is released, its acceleration
immediately after the release is 'b'. The value of a/b is : (Pulley, string and the
spring are massless)

(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 2 (D) undefined

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62. System shown in figure is in equilibrium. The magnitude of change in tension
in the string just before and just after, when one of the spring is cut. Mass of
both the blocks is same and equal to m and spring constant of both springs is
k. (Neglect any effect of rotation)

Mg Mg 3Mg 3Mg
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 4 2

63. Two blocks are connected by a spring. The combination is suspended, at rest,
from a string attached to the ceiling, as shown in the figure. The string breaks
suddenly. Immediately after the string breaks, what is the initial downward
acceleration of the upper block of mass 2m ?

(A) 0 (B) 3g/2 (C) g (D) 2g

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 Section-G
(Pseudo Force)
64. Figure shows a wedge of mass 2kg resting on a frictionless floor. A block of
mass 1 kg is kept on the wedge and the wedge is given an acceleration of
5 m/sec2 towards right. Then:

(A) block will remain stationary w.r.t. wedge

(B) the block will have an acceleration of 1 m/sec2 w.r.t. the wedge
(C) normal reaction on the block is 11 N
(D) net force acting on the wedge is 2 N

65. A cylinder rests in a supporting carriage as shown. The side AB of carriage

makes an angle 30° with the horizontal and side BC is vertical. The carriage lies
on a fixed horizontal surface and is being pulled towards left with an horizontal
acceleration ‘α’. The magnitude of normal reactions exerted by sides AB and BC
of carriage on the cylinder be NAB and NBC respectively. Neglect friction
everywhere. Then as the magnitude of acceleration ‘α’ of the carriage is
increased, pick up the correct statement:

(A) NAB increases and NBC decreases.

(B) Both NAB and NBC increase.
(C) NAB remains constant and NBC increases.
(D) NAB increases and NBC remains constant

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66. Consider the shown arrangement. Assume all surfaces to be smooth. If ‘N’
represents magnitude of normal reaction between block and wedge then
acceleration of ‘M’ along horizontal equals:

Nsinθ Ncosθ
(A) along +ve –x-axis (B) along -ve –x-axis
M M

Nsinθ Nsinθ
(C) along –ve –x-axis (D) along –ve –x-axis
M m+M

67. A bob is hanging over a pulley inside a car through a string. The second end of
the string is in the hand of a person standing in the car. The car is moving with
constant acceleration a directed horizontally as shown in figure. Other end of
the string is pulled with constant acceleration a vertically. The tension in the
string is equal to

(A) m g 2 + a 2 (B) m g 2 + a 2 – ma (C) m g 2 + a 2 + ma (D) m (g + a)

68. A block of mass m resting on a wedge of angle θ as shown in the figure. The
wedge is given an acceleration a. What is the minimum value of a so that the
mass m falls freely ?

(A) g (B) g cos θ (C) g cot θ (D) g tan θ

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69. A trolley is accelerating down an incline of angle θ with acceleration g sinθ.
Which of the following is correct ? (α is the constant angle made by the string
with vertical)

(A) α = θ (B) α = 0°
(C) Tension in the string, T = mg (D) Tension in the string, T = mg sec θ

70. A pendulum of mass m hangs from a support fixed to a trolley. The direction of
the string when the trolley rolls up of plane of inclination α with acceleration a0
is (String and bob remain fixed with respect to trolley)

a 
(A) θ = tan–1α (B) θ = tan–1  0 
 g 
 g   a + gsin 
(C) θ = tan–1   (D) θ = tan–1  0 
 a0   gcos 

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 Part-II
Previous Year’s JEE Main Questions (2008-2020)
1. A body of mass m = 3.513 kg is moving along the x-axis with a speed of
5.00 ms–1. The magnitude of its momentum is recorded as
(A) 17.57 kg ms–1 (B) 17.6 kg ms–1
(C) 17.565 kg ms–1 (D) 17.56 kg ms–1
[JEE Main 2008]

2. The figure shows the position-time (x-t) graph of one-dimensional motion of a

body of mass 0.4 kg. The magnitude of each impulse is

(A) 0.2 N s (B) 0.4 N s (C) 0.8 N s (D) 1.6 N s

[JEE Main 2010]

3. Two fixed frictionless inclined planes making an angle 30° and 60° with the
vertical are shown in the figure. Two blocks A and B are placed on the two
planes. What is the relative vertical acceleration of A with respect to B?

(A) 4.9 ms–2 in vertical direction (B) 4.9 ms–2 in horizontal direction
(C) 9.8 ms–2 in vertical direction (D) zero
[JEE Main 2010]

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4. Two cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r1 and r2
respectively. Their speeds are such that they make complete circles in the same
time t. The ratio of their centripetal acceleration is
(A) m1 : m2 (B) r1 : r2 (C) 1 : 1 (D) m1r1 : m2r2
[JEE Main 2012]

5. A particle of mass m is at rest at the origin at time t = 0. It is subjected to a

force F(t) = F0e–bt in the x direction. Its speed v(t) is depicted by which of the
following curves?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
[JEE Main 2012]

6. A large number (n) of identical beads, each of mass m and radius r are strung
on a thin smooth rigid horizontal rod of length L (L > > r) and are at rest at
random positions. The rod is mounted between two rigid supports (see figure).
If one of the beads is now given a speed v, the average force experienced by
each support after a long time is (assume all collisions are elastic)

mv 2 mv2 mv2
(A) (B) (C) (D) zero
L − nr L − 2nr 2 ( L − nr )
[JEE Main Online 2015]

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 7. A particle of mass m is acted upon by a force F given by the empirical law
R
F = 2 v(t). If this law is to be tested experimentally be observing the motion
t
starting from rest, the best way is to plot
1
(A) log v(t) against (B) v(t) against t2
t
1
(C) log v(t) against 2 (D) log v(t) against t
t
[JEE Main Online 2016]

8. A conical pendulum of length 1 m makes an angle  = 45° w.r.t. Z-axis and

moves in a circle in the XY plane. The radius of the circle is 0.4 m and its
center is vertically below O. The speed of the pendulum, in its circular path,
will by (Take g = 10 ms–2)

(A) 0.4 m/s (B) 2 m/s (C) 0.2 m/s (D) 4 m/s
[JEE Main 2017]

9. A ball is thrown vertically up (taken as +z-axis) from the ground. The correct
momentum-height (p-h) diagram is:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

[JEE Main 2019]

10. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity V 0 from the surface of the earth.
The motion of the ball is affected by a drag force equal to mγv 2 (where m is
mass of the ball, v is its instantaneous velocity and γ is a constant). Time taken
by the ball to rise to its zenith is
1  γ  1  2γ 
(A) tan-1  V0  (B) tan-1  V0 
γg  g  2γg  g 
1  γ  1  γ 
(C) sin-1  V0  (D) ln 1+ V0 
γg  g  γg  g 
[JEE Main 2019]

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11. A man (mass = 50 kg) and his son (mass = 20 kg) are standing on a frictionless
surface facing each other. The man pushes his son so that he starts moving at
a speed of 0.70 ms–1 with respect to the man. The speed of the man with
respect to the surface is:
(A) 0.20 ms–1 (B) 0.47 ms–1 (C) 0.14 ms–1 (D) 0.28 ms–1
[JEE Main 2019]

12. A particle of mass m is moving in a straight line with momentum p. Starting at

time t = 0, a force F = kt acts in the same direction on the moving particle
during time interval T so that its momentum changes from p to 3p. Here k is a
constant. The value of T is:
k p 2k 2p
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) (D)
p k p k
[JEE Main 2019]

13. A mass of 10 kg is suspended vertically by a rope from the roof. When a

horizontal force is applied on the rope at some point, the rope deviated at an
angle of 45° at the roof point. If the suspended mass is at equilibrium, the
magnitude of the force applied is (g = 10 ms–2)
(A) 200 N (B) 100 N (C) 140 N (D) 70 N
[JEE Main 2019]

14. A mass of 10 kg is suspended by a rope of length 4 m, from the ceiling. A force

F is applied horizontally at the mid-point of the rope such that the top half of
the rope makes an angle of 45° with the vertical. Then F equals :
(Take g = 10 ms–2 and the rope to be massless)
(A) 75 N (B) 90 N (C) 100 N (D) 70 N
[JEE Main 2020]

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 EXERCISE-II
Part-I
(Multiple Correct type Questions)
Section-A
1. In the system shown in the figure m1 > m2. System is held at rest by thread BC.
Just after the thread BC is burnt :

(A) acceleration of m2 will be upwards

 m - m2 
(B) magnitude of acceleration of both blocks will be equal to  1 g
m
 1 + m 2 
(C) acceleration of m1 will be equal to zero
(D) magnitude of acceleration of two blocks will be non–zero and unequal.

2. A particle is resting on a smooth horizontal floor. At t = 0, a horizontal force

starts acting on it. Magnitude of the force increases with time according to law
F = α.t, where α is a constant. For the figure shown which of the following
statements is/are correct ?

(A) Curve 1 shows acceleration against time

(B) Curve 2 shows velocity against time
(C) Curve 2 shows velocity against acceleration
(D) none of these

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3. A light string is wrapped round a cylindrical log of wood which is placed on a
horizontal surface with it's axis vertical and it is pulled with a constant force F
as shown in the figure.(Friction is absent everywhere)

(A) tension T in the string increases with increase in θ

(B) tension T in the string decreases with increase in θ
(C) tension T > F if θ > π/3
(D) tension T > F if θ > π/4

4. Two blocks A and B of mass 10 kg and 40 kg are connected by an ideal string

as shown in the figure. Neglect the masses of the pulleys and effect of friction.
(g = 10 m/s2)

5
(A) The acceleration of block A is ms-2
2
5
(B) The acceleration of block B is ms-2
2 2
125
(C) The tension in the string is N
2
150
(D) The tension in the string is N
2

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5. Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 20 kg are connected by a light spring as
shown. A force of 200 N acts on the 20 kg mass as shown. At a certain instant
the acceleration of 10 kg mass is 12 ms–2 towards right direction.

(A) At that instant the 20 kg mass has an acceleration of 12 ms–2.

(B) At that instant the 20 kg mass has an acceleration of 4 ms–2.
(C) The stretching force in the spring is 120 N.
(D) None of these

6. In the figure shown all the surface are smooth. All the blocks A, B and C are
movable X-axis is horizontal and y-axis vertical as shown. Just after the system
is released from the position as shown.

(A) Acceleration of 'A' relative to ground is in negative y-direction

(B) Acceleration of 'A' relative to B is in positive x-direction
(C) The horizontal acceleration of 'B' relative to ground is in negative x-
direction.
(D) The acceleration of 'B' relative to ground directed along the inclined surface
of 'C' is greater than g sin θ.

7. A particle stays at rest as seen from a frame. We can conclude that

(A) the frame is inertial.
(B) resultant force on the particle is zero.
(C) if the frame is inertial then the resultant force on the particle is zero.
(D) if the frame is non-inertial then there is a nonzero resultant force.

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 8. A trolley of mass 8 kg is standing on a frictionless surface inside which an
object of mass 2 kg is suspended. A constant force F starts acting on the trolley
as a result of which the string stood at an angle of 37° from the vertical (bob at
rest relative to trolley) Then:

(A) acceleration of the trolley is 40/3 m/sec2.

(B) force applied is 60 N
(C) force applied is 75 N
(D) tension in the string is 25 N

(m1 - m2 )g
9. A student calculates the acceleration of m1 in figure shown as a1 = .
m1 + m2
Which assumption is not required to do this calculation.

(A) pulley is frictionless (B) string is massless

(C) pulley is massless (D) string is inextensible

10. Two men of unequal masses hold on to the two sections of a light rope passing
over a smooth light pulley. Which of the following are possible?

(A) The lighter man is stationary while the heavier man slides with some
acceleration
(B) The heavier man is stationary while the lighter man climbs with some
acceleration
(C) The two men slide with the same acceleration in the same direction
(D) The two men move with accelerations of the same magnitude in opposite
directions

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 Section-B
(Comprehension type Questions)
Paragraph for Qus 1 to 3
Figure shows a weighing machine kept in a lift. Lift is moving upwards with
acceleration of 5 m/s2. A block is kept on the weighing machine. Upper surface
of block is attached with a spring balance. Reading shown by weighing machine
and spring balance is 15 kg and 45 kg respectively.
Answer the following questions. Assume that the weighing machine can
measure weight by having negligible deformation due to block, while the spring
balance requires larger expansion:
(Take g = 10 m/s2)

1. Mass of the object in kg and the normal force acting on the block due to
weighing machine are :
(A) 60 kg, 450 N (B) 40 kg, 150 N
(C) 80 kg, 400 N (D) 10 kg, zero

2. If lift is stopped and equilibrium is reached. Reading of weighing machine and

spring balance will be :
(A) 40 kg, zero (B) 10 kg, 20 kg (C) 20 kg, 10 kg (D) zero, 40 kg

3. Find the acceleration of the lift such that the weighing machine shows its true
weight.
45 85 22 60
(A) m/s2 (B) m/s2 (C) m/s2 (D) m/s2
4 4 4 4

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 Paragraph for Qus 4 to 6
In the figure shown all the surfaces are smooth. The blocks A, B and C have the
same mass m. F is floor and W is the wall.

4. Find the magnitude of the contact force (in Newton) between wall and block C ?
2mgcosθ mgsin2θ 2mgcosθ mgsin2θ
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 2
(D)
1+sin θ 1+sin θ 1+ cos θ 1+ cos2θ

5. If wall removed then find acceleration block B ?

2gsinθ gsinθ 2gsinθ
(A) (B) 2g sinθ (C) (D)
1+ 3sin2θ 1+ 3sin2θ 1+sin2θ

6. A horizontal force ‘F’ applied on block C such that block B only move in
downward direction then minimum value of F
(A) mg sinθ (B) mgcosθ (C) mgtanθ (D) mgcotθ

Paragraph for Qus 7 to 9

An object of mass m is suspended in equilibrium using a string of length  and
a spring having spring constant K (< 2 mg/) and unstreched length /2.

7. Find the tension in the string in Newton ?

k k
(A) mg − (B) mg − k (C) 2mg − (D) 2mg − k
2 2

8. Find the acceleration of block just after cut the string ?

k k k k
(A) 2g − (B) g − (C) 2g − (D) g −
2m 2m m m

9. What happens if K > 2 mg/ ?

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 (A) at equilibrium tension is negative
(B) at equilibrium position change in length of spring is grater then /2
(C) at equilibrium tension is zero.
(D) If we cut the sting block accelerated in upward direction.

Section-C
[MATRIX TYPE]
1. Column-I gives four different situations involving two blocks of mass m 1 and m2
placed in different ways on a smooth horizontal surface as shown. In each of
the situations horizontal forces F1 and F2 are applied on blocks of mass m1 and
m2 respectively and also m2 F1 < m1 F2. Match the statements in column I with
corresponding results in column-II.

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2. In column I four different situation are given and in column II tension in string
(which is not connected with spring) & extension in spring at equilibrium is
given Match the statements in column I with corresponding results in column-
II.

Column-I Column-II

(A) (p) mg

(B) (q) 2mg

mg
(C) (r)
k

2mg
(D) (s)
k

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 PART-II
(Subjective type Questions)
1. A cylinder and a wedge of same masses with a vertical face, touching each
other, move along two smooth inclined planes forming the some angle α and β
respectively with the horizontal. Determine the force of normal N (in Newton)
exerted by the wedge on the cylinder, neglecting the friction between them. If
1
m= kg,  = 60o , β = 30o and g = 10 m/s2
3

2. At the moment t = 0 the force F = at N is applied to a small body of mass m kg

resting on a smooth horizontal plane (a is constant). The permanent direction
of this force forms an angle α with the horizontal (as shown in the figure). Then
the distance traversed by the body up to this moment of its breaking of the
m2g 3cos
plane is m. then find value of P.
Pa 2sin3

3. For the pulley system, each of the cables at A and B is given velocity of 4m/s in
the direction of the arrow. Determine the upward velocity v of the load m. (in
m/s)

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4. The vertical displacement of block A in meter is given by y = t2/4 where t is in
second. Calculate the downward acceleration aB of block B. (in m/s2)

5. Find the acceleration of the block of mass M in the situation shown in figure.
All the surface are frictionless and the pulleys and the string are light.

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 Direction (Qus 6 to 14):
Assuming ideal strings and pulleys and also frictionless surface calculate
acceleration of all the masses of the system.

6. Given:

2m
m
7. Given

m
5m

8. Given

m
3m

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 9. Given

2m m

10. Given

2m

m
11. Given

2m

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12. Given

4m

5m

13. Given

2m
m

14. Two masses A and B, lie on a frictionless table. They are attached to either end
of a light rope which passes around a horizontal movable pulley of negligible
mass. Find the acceleration of each mass MA = 1 kg, MB = 2 kg, MC = 4 kg. The
pulley P2 is vertical.

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15. Block A of mass m/2 is connected to one end of light rope which passes over a
pulley as shown in the fig. Man of mass m climbs the other end of rope with a
relative acceleration of g/6 with respect to rope find acceleration of block A and
tension in the rope.

16. To Paint the side of a building, painter normally hoists himself up by pulling on
the rope A as in figure. The painter and platform together weigh 200 N. The
rope B can withstand 300 N. Find

(a) the maximum acceleration of the painter.

(b) tension in rope A
(i) when painter is at rest
(ii) when painter moves up with an acceleration 2 m/s2.

17. An inclined plane makes an angle 30º with the horizontal. A groove OA = 5 m
cut in the plane makes an angle 30º with OX. A short smooth cylinder is free to
slide down the influence of gravity. Find the time taken by the cylinder to due
to reach from A to O. (g = 10 m/s2)

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18. Same spring is attached with 2 kg, 3 kg and 1 kg blocks in three different cases
as shown in figure. If x1, x2 and x3 be the extensions in the spring in these three
cases then find the ratio of their extensions.

19. At what value of m1 will 8 kg mass be at rest.

20. What force must man exert on rope to keep platform in equilibrium ?

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21. Inclined plane is moved towards right with an acceleration of 5ms–2 as shown in
figure. Find force in Newton which block of mass 5 kg exerts on the incline
plane. (All surfaces are smooth)

22. Find force in Newton which mass A exerts on mass B if B is moving towards
right with 3 ms–2. Also find mass of A. (All surfaces are smooth)

23. Force F is applied on upper pulley. If F = 30t where t is time in seconds. Find
the time when m1 loses contact with floor.

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24. Three monkeys A, B, and C with masses of 10, 15 & 8 kg respectively are
climbing up & down the rope suspended from D. at the instant represented, A
is descending the rope with an acceleration of 2 m/s2 & C is pulling himself up
with an acceleration of 1.5 m/s2. Monkeys B is climbing up with a constant
speed of 0.8 m/s. Treat the rope and monkeys as a complete system &
calculate the tension T in the rope at D. (g = 10 m/s–2)

25. In the figure shown C is a fixed wedge. A block B is kept on the inclined surface
of the wedge C. Another block A is inserted in a slot in the block B as shown in
figure. A light inextensible string passes over a light pulley which is fixed to the
block B through a light rod. One end of the string is fixed and other end of the
string is fixed to A.S is a fixed support on the wedge. All the surfaces are
smooth. Masses of A and B are same. Then the magnitude of acceleration of A
x
is m/s2 . Then x is (sin 37° = 3/5)
3

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26. In the arrangement shown in the fig, the block of mass m = 2 kg lies on the
wedge of mass M = 8 kg. The initial acceleration of the wedge if the surfaces are
30 3
smooth and pulley & strings are massless is m/s2 then x is :
x

27. A ball of mass M is suspended from two identical springs each with spring
constant k and undeformed length L. The ball is held in line with two springs
as shown in the figure. When the ball begins to fall, find the magnitude of the
acceleration of the ball at the instant when it has fallen through a vertical
distance x (in m/s2) if M = 250g , K = 130N/m , L = 12cm, x = 5cm and
g = 10m/s2

28. A lift is moving upwards with a constant acceleration a = g. A small block A of

mass 'm' is kept on a wedge B of the same mass 'm'. The height of the vertical
face of the wedge is 'h'. A is released from the top most point of the wedge. Find
the time (in second) taken by A to reach the bottom of B. All surfaces are
smooth and B is also free to move. If h = 4m, θ = 30° and g = 10m/s 2

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29. A 1kg block ‘B’ rests as shown on a bracket ‘A’ of same mass. Constant forces
F1 = 20 N and F2 = 8N start to act at time t = 0 when the distance of block B
from pulley is 50 cm. Time when block B reaches the pulley is _______.

30. Two men of masses m1 and m2 hold on the opposite ends of a rope passing over
a frictionless pulley. The mass m1 climbs up the rope with an acceleration of
1.2 m/s2 relative to the rope. The man m2 climbs up the rope with an
acceleration of 2.0 m/s2 relative to the rope. Find the tension in the rope if
m1 = 40 kg and m2 = 60 kg. Also find the time after which they will be at same
horizontal level if they start from rest and are initially separated by 5m.

31. In figure shown, pulleys are ideal m1 > 2m2. Initially the system is in
equilibrium and string connecting m 2 to rigid support below is cut. Find the
initial acceleration of m2?

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 EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions
1. Two blocks A and B of masses 2m and m, respectively are connected by a
massless and inextensible string. The whole system is suspended by a
massless spring as shown in the figure. The magnitudes of acceleration of A
and B, immediately after the string is cut, are respectively

(A) g, g/2 (B) g/2, g (C) g, g (D) g/2, g/2

[JEE 2006]

2. A particle moves in the X-Y plane under the influence of a force such that its
r
linear momentum is p ( t ) = A ˆicos ( kt ) − ˆjsin ( kt )  , where A and k are constants.
 
The angle between the force and the momentum is
(A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 90°
[JEE 2007]

3. Two particles of mass m each are tied at the ends of a light string of length 2a.
The whole system is kept on a frictionless horizontal surface with the string
held tight so that each mass is at a distance a from the center P (as shown in
the figure). Now, the midpoint of the string is pulled vertically upwards with a
small but constant force F. As a result, the particles move towards each other
on the surface. The magnitude of acceleration, when the separation between
them becomes 2x is

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 F a F x F x F a2 − x2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2m a 2 − x 2 2m a 2 − x 2 2m a 2m x
[JEE 2007]

4. A light inextensible string that goes over a smooth fixed pulley as shown in the
figure connects two blocks of masses 0.36 kg and 0.72 kg. Taking g = 10 m/s 2,
find the work done (in joules) by the string on the first second after the system
is released from rest.

[JEE 2009]

5. A piece of wire is bent in the shape of a parabola y = kx 2 (y-axis vertical) with a

bead of mass m on it. The bead can slide on the wire without friction. It stays at
the lowest point of the parabola when the wire is at rest. The wire is now
accelerated parallel to the x-axis with a constant acceleration a. The distance of
the new equilibrium position of the bead, where the bead can stay at rest with
respect to the wire, from the y-axis is
a a 2a a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
gk 2gk gk 4gk
[JEE 2009]

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6. A ball of mass (m) 0.5 kg is attached to the end of a string havin1g length (L)
0.5 m. The ball is rotated on a horizontal circular path about vertical axis. The
maximum tension that the string can bear is 324 N. The maximum possible
value of angular velocity of ball (in radian/s) is

(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36

[JEE 2011]

7. A block of mass 2M is attached to a massless spring with spring-constant k.

This block is connected to two other blocks of masses M and 2M using two
massless pulleys and strings. The accelerations of the blocks are a1, a2 and a3
as shown in the figure. The system is released from rest with the spring in its
unstretched state. The maximum extension of the spring is x0. Which of the
following option(s) is/are correct? [g is the acceleration due to gravity. Neglect
friction]

(A) At an extension of x0/4 of the spring, the magnitude of acceleration of the

block connected to the spring is 3g/10
4Mg
(B) x0 =
k
(C) a2 – a1 = a1 – a3
(D) When spring achieves an extension of x0/2 for the first time, the speed of
M
the block connected to the spring is 3g
5k
[JEE 2019]

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 ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-I
Part-I
Section (A to G)

1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. No solution 6. A
7.

8. C 9. No solution 10. (b) m1sinα = m2sinβ 11. B 12. A 13. No sol

14. D 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. C
24. B 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. A
34. D 35. D 36. A 37. A 38. A 39. B 40. C 41. C 42. A 43. B
44. A 45. D 46. B 47. C 48. C 49. C 50. C 51. D 52. A 53. B
54. A 55. B 56. A 57. D 58. A 59. C 60. C 61. C 62. A 63. B
64. C 65. C 66. C 67. C 68. C 69. A 70. D

Part-II
Previous Year’s Question (2008-2020)

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. A
8. B 9. C 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. C

EXERCISE-II
PART-I
Section-A
1. AC 2. ABC 3. AC 4. ABD 5. BC
6. ABCD 7. CD 8. CD 9. C 10. ABD

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 Section-B
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C

Section-C
1. (A)-q; (B)-r; (C)-q; (D)-r 2. (A)-ps,(B)-qr , (C)-ps, (D)-qr

PART-II

1. 5 2. 6 3. 3 4. 4

g g 2g
5. up the plane 6. m → upwards; 2m → downwards
3 3 3
g g
7. 5m → rightwards; m → Downwards
7 7

8. m → g sin  (down the incline)

gsin2θ.cosθ
(⊥ to incline towards incline)
3+sin2θ
gsinθ.cosθ
3m → rightwards
3 +sin2θ
g
9. m → upwards
3
g
2m → downwards
3

10. No solution

11. Does your answer come out to be

3g
m→ upwards
13
24g
2m → downwards
13
Is it possible ?

2g
12. 4m → downwards
7
g
5m → upwards
7

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 g
13. m → upwards
3
2g
2m → downwards
3

4g 2g 3g 4g 13mg
14. , , 15. a = ,T =
5 5 5 g 18

16. (a) 5 m/s2, (b) (i) 100 N (ii) 120 N 17. 2sec

18. x2 > x1 > x3 x1 : x2 : x3 : 15 : 18 : 10 19. 10/3 kg 20. 300 N

21. 55 22. 5N, 16/31 kg 23. 2sec 24. 322 N

25. 32 26. 23 27. 6 28. 1

 m1 − 2m2 
29. 0.5 sec 30. 556.8 N, 1.47 sec 31.  g
 2m2 

EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions

1. B 2. D 3. B 4. 8 5. B 6. D 7. C

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