Newton's First Law of Motion

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Newton's First Law of Motion: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Newton's Laws of Motion, Newton's First Law of Motion, Inertial Frame of Reference, Frame of Reference, Inertia of Motion, Non-inertial Frame of Reference, Inertia of Rest and, Concept of Inertia

Important Questions on Newton's First Law of Motion

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A reference frame attached to the earth

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A lift is moving down with acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift. The acceleration of the ball as observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on the ground are respectively –

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Give two examples of non-inertial frame of reference.

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Newton's law of motion is applicable in non-inertial frame of reference.

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Name the quantity which is the cause of motion. (velocity/ momentum/ force/ pressure)

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Name the property of matter which forms the basis of Newton’s first law of motion.

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Which of the following statement is not correct for an object moving along a straight path in an accelerated motion?

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A passenger getting down from a moving bus falls in the direction of the motion of the bus, this is an example for

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A body of mass 50 kg is suspended using a spring balance inside a lift at rest. If the lift starts falling freely, the reading of the spring balance is

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A block is pushed momentarily on a horizontal surface with initial velocity υ . If μ is the coefficient of sliding friction between the block and surface, the block will come to rest after time (g = acceleration due to gravity)

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Assertion: A body, whatever its motion is always at rest in a reference frame that is fixed to the body itself.

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

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Assertion: For an observer looking out through the window of a fast moving train, the nearby objects appear to move in the opposite direction to the train, while the distant object appear to be stationary.

Reason: If the observer and the object are moving at velocities and respectively with reference to a laboratory frame, the velocity of object with respect to the observer is.

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Assertion: A body whatever its motion is always at rest in reference frame which is fixed to the body itself.

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

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Assertion: In the reference frame of centre of mass, net force acting on system is always zero.

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

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Assertion: An observer moving with constant speed must be an inertial reference frame.

Reason: An observer is called inertial if its change in velocity is zero.

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A force of 5 newton acts on a body of weight 9.80 newton. What is the acceleration produced in m s2 ?

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A block of mass m is attached to a spring in natural length of spring constant k . The other end A of the spring is moved with a constant velocity v away from the block. Find the maximum extension in the spring.


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A reference frame attached to the Earth

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Statement 1 :  A particle is found to be at rest when seen from a frame S1 and moving with a constant velocity when seen from another frame S2. We can say both the frames are inertial.

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

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Which motion does not require force to maintain its motion?