Newton's Laws of Motion

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Newton's Laws of Motion: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Force, Laws of Motion, Newton's Second Law of Motion, Newton's First Law of Motion, Newton's Third Law of Motion, Linear Momentum, Inertia of Motion, Inertia of Rest, Change of Momentum and, Action and Reaction

Important Questions on Newton's Laws of Motion

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The number of independent equations to solve a network is equal to _____.

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The mass of a lift is 2000 kg. When the tension in the supporting cable is 28000 N, then its acceleration is :

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A lift weighing 1000 kg is moving upwards with an acceleration of 1 m s2. The tension in the supporting cable is g=9.8 m s-2

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If a cricketer catches a ball of mass 150 g moving with a velocity of 20 m s1, then he experiences a force of (Time taken to complete the catch is 0.1 s)

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A mass of 1 kg is suspended by a thread. It is–
(i) lifted up with an acceleration 4.9ms2,
(ii) lowered with an acceleration 4.9ms2.
The ratio of the tensions in (i) and (ii) is 

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A space-ship travelling in the interstellar medium is picking up dust at a rate dMdt=αv, where α is a positive constant, v is the instantaneous velocity and M is the total mass of the space-ship at any instant. The instantaneous acceleration of the space-ship is

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A monkey is descending from the branch of a tree with constant acceleration. If the breaking strength is 75% of the weight of the monkey, the minimum acceleration with which monkey can slide down without breaking the branch is

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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 centre P (as shown in the figure). Now, the mid-point 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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The string between blocks of mass m and 2m is massless and inextensible. The system is suspended by a massless spring as shown. If the string is cut find the magnitudes of accelerations of mass 2m and m (immediately after cutting)

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A block P of mass m is placed on a horizontal frictionless plane. A second block of mass m is placed on it and is connected to a spring of spring constant k, the two blocks are pulled by distance A. Block Q oscillates without slipping. What is the maximum value of frictional force between the two blocks?

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Three identical blocks of masses m=2 kg are drawn by a force F=10.2 N on a frictionless surface, then what is the tension (in N) in the string between the blocks B and C?

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A particle of mass 0.3 kg is subjected to a force   F=kx with k=15N m1 . What will be its initial acceleration if it is released from a point 20 cm away from the origin?

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A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40 g with a velocity 1200 m s 1 . The man holding it can exert a maximum force of 144 N on the gun. How many bullets can he fire per second at the most?

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A rocket with a lift-off mass   3.5× 10 4 kg is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 10m s 2 . Then the initial thrust of the blast is nearly –             

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A light spring balance hangs from the hook of the other light spring balance and a block of mass M kg hangs from the former one. Then the true statement about the scale reading is –

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If suddenly the gravitational force of attraction between earth and a satellite revolving around it becomes zero, then the satellite will –

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An object of mass 2 kg is dropped from height 10 m on the surface of earth. The acceleration produced in the motion of earth by the object will be

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A particle of mass m is moving in the xy-plane such that its velocity at a point (x, y) is given as v=αyx+2xy where α is a non-zero constant. What is the force F acting on the particle?

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A smooth uniform rope is dragged by a force F on a horizontal surface. The ratio F of tension P and force F is

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The position vector of a particle related to time t is given by r=10ti^+15t2j^+7k^m. The direction of net force experienced by the particle is :