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✓✗A 40 kg slab rests on a frictionless floor. A 10 kg block rests on top of it. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between block and slab are 0.6 and 0.4. A horizontal force of 100 N acts on the block. The acceleration of the slab is (g = 10 m s−2)
- 1 m s−2
- 2 m s−2
- 6 m s−2
- 0.25 m s−2
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✓✗A person holding a rifle (mass of person and rifle together is 100 kg) stands on a smooth surface and fires 10 shots horizontally in 5 s. Each bullet has a mass of 10 g and a muzzle velocity of 800 m s−1. The final velocity acquired by the person and the average force exerted on the person are
- −0.8 m s−1, 16 N
- −1.6 m s−1, 16 N
- −0.8 m s−1, 8 N
- −0.08 m s−1, 16 N
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✓✗For a given pair of surfaces, which is the correct order?
- rolling friction < kinetic friction < limiting static friction
- kinetic friction < rolling friction < limiting static friction
- limiting static friction < kinetic friction < rolling friction
- rolling friction > kinetic friction > limiting static friction
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✓✗A block takes time t to slide down a smooth incline and time 3t to slide down the same incline when it is rough. If the incline angle is 45°, the coefficient of kinetic friction is
- \( \dfrac{1}{3} \)
- \( \dfrac{2}{3} \)
- \( \dfrac{8}{9} \)
- \( \dfrac{1}{9} \)
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✓✗Starting from rest, a body slides down a 45° inclined plane in twice the time it takes to slide down the same distance in the absence of friction. The coefficient of friction between the body and the plane is
- 0.25
- 0.80
- 0.75
- 0.33
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✓✗A stone of mass 0.25 kg tied to a string is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius 1.5 m with a speed of 40 rev/min. The tension in the string is (NCERT)
- 13.2 N
- 1.1 N
- 6.6 N
- 4.4 N
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✓✗A bob is whirled in a horizontal plane by means of a string with an initial angular speed of ω rpm. The tension in the string is T. If the angular speed becomes 2ω while keeping the same radius, the tension in the string becomes
- \( \sqrt{2}\,T \)
- \( \dfrac{T}{4} \)
- T
- 4T
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✓✗A block of mass 2 kg on a rough horizontal surface (μ = 0.25) is pulled by a force of 10 N at 37° above the horizontal. Its acceleration is (g = 10 m s−2, sin37° = 0.6)
- 4 m s−2
- 2.25 m s−2
- 3.25 m s−2
- 1.5 m s−2
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✓✗A body at rest breaks into three pieces. Two pieces of equal mass m fly off at right angles with speed v each. If the third piece has mass 2m, its speed is
- \( \dfrac{v}{\sqrt{2}} \)
- \( \dfrac{v}{2} \)
- v
- \( \sqrt{2}\,v \)
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✓✗A picture of weight W hangs from a nail by a string whose two halves make an angle of 120° with each other. The tension in the string is
- 2W
- \( \dfrac{W}{2} \)
- \( \dfrac{W}{\sqrt{3}} \)
- W
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✓✗A mass M is placed on a very smooth wedge of inclination θ resting on a frictionless surface, as shown.

The acceleration a to be given to the wedge so that M remains at rest relative to the wedge is

The acceleration a to be given to the wedge so that M remains at rest relative to the wedge is
- towards the right, a = g tanθ
- towards the left, a = g tanθ
- towards the left, a = g cosθ
- towards the left, a = g sinθ
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✓✗When we walk on the ground, the force that pushes us forward is
- the normal reaction of the ground
- the force of our feet on the ground
- our weight
- the frictional force exerted by the ground on our feet
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✓✗A 1 kg ball tied to a 1 m string is whirled in a vertical circle. At the lowest point its speed is 6 m s−1. The tension at the lowest point is (g = 10 m s−2)
- 26 N
- 36 N
- 46 N
- 16 N
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✓✗Two bodies of masses 1 kg and 4 kg have equal kinetic energies. The ratio of their momenta is
- 1 : 2
- 1 : 4
- 1 : 16
- 2 : 1
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✓✗The law of conservation of linear momentum holds when
- the net external force on the system is zero
- the system is at rest
- the kinetic energy is conserved
- the net internal force is zero