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A block is kept on a frictionless inclined surface with angle of inclination α . The incline is given an acceleration a  to keep the block stationary. Then a is equal to –

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A person is standing in an elevator. In which situation, he experiences weight loss ?
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Two wooden blocks are moving on a smooth horizontal surface such that the block having mass m remains stationary with respect to block of mass M as shown in the figure below. The magnitude of the applied force P is, 

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A block of mass M placed inside a box descends vertically with acceleration a. The block exerts a force equal to one-fourth of its weight on the floor of the box. The value of a will be
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Which of the following represents fundamental forces of nature?
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A boy is standing on a weighing machine inside a lift. When the lift goes upwards with acceleration g4, the machine shows the reading 50kg. wt. When the lift goes downward with acceleration g4, the reading of the machine in kg. wt. would be
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The Nobel laureate ABDUS SALAM is known for discovery of
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When a lift of mass 800 kg is ascending with an acceleration of 5 m s-2, the tension in its cable will be ______ take (g=10 m s-2
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Three blocks A, B and C, of masses 4 kg, 2 kg 1 kg and respectively, are in contact on a frictionless surface, as shown. If a force of 14 N  is applied on the 4 kg block, then the contact force between A and B is:

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A girl drops an apple from the window of a train which is moving on a straight track with speed increasing with a constant rate. The trajectory of the falling apple as seen by the girl is
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A plumb line is suspended from a ceiling of a car moving with horizontal acceleration a. What will be the angle of inclination with vertical?
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Let G, W, S and E be relative strengths of gravitational, weak nuclear, strong nuclear and electromagnetic forces. Identify the correct option
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A particle is moving along the x -axis with its coordinate with time t given by xt=10+8t-3t2. Another particle is moving along the y -axis with its coordinate as a function of time given by yt=5-8t3. At t=1 s, the speed of the second particle as measured in the frame of the first particle is given as v. Then vin m s-1 is ___________.
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A curved road of diameter 1.8 km is banked so that no friction is required at a speed of 30 m s-1. What is the banking angle?
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A block A takes 2 s to slide down a frictionless incline of 30° and length l, kept inside a lift going up with uniform velocity v. If the incline is changed to 45°, the time taken by the block, to slide down the incline, will be approximately:
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A ball of mass m is attached to the free end of an inextensible string of length l. Let T be the tension in the string. The ball is moving in horizontal circular path about the vertical axis. The angular velocity of the ball at any particular instant will be
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An automobile moving with a speed of 36 km h-1 reaches an upward inclined road of angle 30°, its engine becomes switch off. If the coefficient of friction is 0.1, then how much distance will automobile move before coming to rest?
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Two blocks A and B are placed one over the other on a smooth horizontal surface. The maximum horizontal force that can be applied on lower block A, so that A and B move without separation is 49 N. The coefficient of friction between A and B is

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A man weighing 60 kg is in a lift moving down with an acceleration of 1.8 ms-2. The force exerted by the floor on him is?
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Two blocks  A and  B of masses mA=1 kg and mB=3 kg are kept on the table as shown in figure. The coefficients of friction between A and B is 0.2 and between  B and the surface of the table is also 0.2. The maximum force F that can be applied on B horizontally, so that the block  A does not slide over the block B is : [Take  g=10 m/s2 ]
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A rocket is fired vertically from the earth with an acceleration of 2g, where g is the gravitational acceleration. On an inclined plane inside the rocket, making an angle θ with the horizontal, a point object of mass m is kept. The minimum coefficient of friction μmin between the mass and the inclined surface such that the mass does not move is: