
A block of mass hangs from ceiling of an elevator, through a string, as shown in the figure. If the lift moves up with a constant speed , then the work done by tension in string on mass , in w.r.t. an observer on the ground will be



Important Questions on Laws of Motion

Two wooden blocks are moving on a smooth horizontal surface such that the block having mass remains stationary with respect to block of mass as shown in the figure below. The magnitude of the applied force is,












Statement 2 : All frames moving uniformly with respect to an inertial frame are themselves inertial.



A body of mass is suspended using a spring balance inside a lift at rest. If the lift starts falling freely, the reading of the spring balance is

A person drops a coin. Describe the path of the coin as seen by the person, if he is in
(a) a car moving at a constant velocity,
(b) in a free-falling elevator.



Reason: A pseudo force given by (where is mass of system and is acceleration of centre of mass) acts on system which balances all the external forces.

Reason: The relative velocity of a body with respect to itself is always zero.

