Newton's First Law of Motion

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Physical independence of force is a consequence of,

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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 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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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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A block of mass 3 kg is in equilibrium with the help of three identical strings with one end of each string connected with the ceiling and other with the block and the angle between any two string is 120° and all the string makes an angle of 60° with the vertical. Find the tension in the string. g=10 m s-2

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The magnitude of acceleration of block A, as shown in the figure, is

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A 0.5 kg4.9 N book rests on your desk. An additional force F=1.1 N is applied on this bock in verfically downward direction. Normal reaction on this book will be?

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Find the tension T needed to hold the cart in equilibrium, if there is no friction.

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A bird [light weight] is sitting on streched telephone wire. If its weight is W then the additional tension produced by it in the wire will be

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Calculate T1 & T2 in the above figure

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Two beads of man m1 and m2 are connected with light rigid rod. The system in placed b/w rough floor and smooth vertical wall. The coefficient of friction b/w rough floor and bead of mass m2 is μ.which of the following is correct.

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The concept of Inertia is explained in

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In the system shown in figure A, the scale of the spring is calibrated in newton.

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Assume that

  • Pulleys are massless and frictionless
  • Strings are massless
Reading of the spring scale in figure A is

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A man of mass m is standing on a board and pulling the board of mass m up with force F by the pulley system as shown. Normal reaction between man and board is

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In a tug of war, two opposite teams pull the rope with an equal and opposite force of 20 kN at each end of the rope. If the equilibrium condition exists in the rope, the tension in it is

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The pulleys and string are massless. No friction on the inclined plane. The inclined plane is fixed. The mass of block A is 0.4kg. the mass of block B is 0.3kg. The angle of inclination of the inclined plane is 60°. Find the normal reaction on A offered by inclined surface during its motion. g=10 m s-2

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Two identical rollers each of weight 100 N are supported by an inclined plane, making an angle of 30° with the vertical, and a vertical wall. Find the reaction at the points of contact A,B,C. Assume all the surfaces to be smooth.

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Find the velocity of the block when block loses contact with the floor.

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You have a ring balanced at the center of the table by three forces F1, F2 and F3. The forces F1 and F2 have components

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F1x=10 N       F1y=-50 N    F2x=-40 N       F2y=100 N

The force F3 is required to make the ring stationary at the centre of the table. Which one of the 4 vectors in the diagram could represent F3?

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A block of mass M is kept on a smooth horizontal floor. A variable force F=Kt is acting on the block at an angle a with the horizontal. At initial moment the block is at rest (the situation shown in the figure). The block leaves the contact with floor at t=t0. The time at which its displacement from initial position is half the displacement of the block till time t0 is:

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