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Laws of Motion

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1

A car moving with a speed of 54 km/h takes a turn of radius 20 m. A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of the car. Determine the angle made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical during the turning. (Take g=10 m/s2)

  1. -1(0.5)
  2. -1(0.75)
  3. -1(1.125)
  4. -1(0.25)
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift
2

Two blocks (P and Q) with respectively masses 2 kg and 1.5 kg are joined by a massless thread. These blocks are mounted on a frictionless pulley which is fixed on the edge of a cube (S), as shown in the figure below. Block P is positioned on the top surface which has no friction and block Q is in contact with side-surface, having coefficient of friction . The cube (S) moves towards the right with acceleration of g2, where g is gravitational acceleration. During this movement the block P and Q remain stationary. The value of is . (take g = 10 m/s2) [figure]

  1. 0.33
  2. 0.67
  3. 1
  4. 0.5
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift
3

The velocity at which 6 kg mass (shown in figure) strikes the ground when it is released from a height of 6 m above the ground is m/s. Assume pulley is massless and string is light and inextensible. (Take g = 10 m/s2) [figure]

  1. 7.74
  2. 7.20
  3. 6.55
  4. 4.50
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift
4

A block takes t time to slide down a plane inclined at 45° to the horizontal. If the surface is made smooth (frictionless), the block takes time t2 to slide down the plane. The coefficient of friction between the block and the inclined plane is ( 100 ). The value of is .

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift
5

Three masses m1=4 kg, m2=4 kg and m3=6 kg are suspended from a fixed smooth frictionless pulley as shown in the figure below. The value of T1/T2 is . (take g=10 m/s2) [figure]

  1. 5/3
  2. 2/3
  3. 3/5
  4. 2/5
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift
6

A wedge Y with mass of 10 kg and all frictionless surfaces and the inclined surface making 37° with horizontal. A block X with mass 2 kg is placed at the highest point of the wedge as shown in figure is at rest. At t=0 wedge (Y) is pulled toward right with constant force (f) of 24 N. Taking the block X at rest at t=0, the time taken by it to slide down 8.8 m on the slope, while Y is on the move, is s. (take tan (37°) = 3/4 and g = 10 m/s2) [figure]

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 2 2
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift
7

The time taken by a block of mass m to slide down from the highest point to the lowest point on a rough inclined plane is 50 % more compared to the time taken by the same block on identical inclined smooth plane. Both inclined planes are at 45° with the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the rough inclined surface and block is .

  1. 3/4
  2. 2/3
  3. 5/9
  4. 4/9
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift
8

At t=0, a body of mass 100 g starts moving under the influence of a force (5 i+10 j ) N. After 2 s its position is (2x i+5y j ) m. The ratio x:y is .

  1. 1 : 2
  2. 2 : 5
  3. 5 : 2
  4. 5 : 4
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift
9

A 0.5 kg mass is in contact against the inner wall of a cylindrical drum of radius 4 m rotating about its vertical axis. The minimum rotational speed of the drum to enable the mass to remain stuck to the wall (without falling) is 5 rad/s. The coefficient of friction between the drum's inner wall surface and mass is . (Take g=10 m/s2)

  1. 0.1
  2. 0.5
  3. 0.7
  4. 0.3
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
10

A block of mass 5 kg is moving on an inclined plane which makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. Friction coefficient between the block and inclined plane surface is 32. The force to be applied on the block so that the block will move down without acceleration is N. (g = 10 m/s2).

  1. 25
  2. 12.5
  3. 15
  4. 7.5
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift
11

A small block of mass m slides down from the top of a frictionless inclined surface, while the inclined plane is moving towards left with constant acceleration a0. The angle between the inclined plane and ground is and its base length is L. Assuming that initially the small block is at the top of the inclined plane, the time it takes to reach the lowest point of the inclined plane is . [figure]

  1. 2Lg - a0
  2. 4Lg 2 - a0(1 + 2 )
  3. 2Lg 2 - a0(1 + 2 )
  4. 4Lg 2 - a0
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift
12

In the given figure the blocks A, B and C weigh 4 kg, 6 kg and 8 kg respectively. The coefficient of sliding friction between any two surfaces is 0.5. The force F required to slide the block C with constant speed is N. (Use g = 10 m/s2) [figure]

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift
13

A flexible chain of mass m hangs between two fixed points at the same level. The inclination of the chain with the horizontal at the two points of support is 30 . Considering the equilibrium of each half of the chain, the tension of the chain at the lowest point is .

  1. mg
  2. 32mg
  3. 12mg
  4. 3mg
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift
14

A block is sliding down on an inclined plane of slope and at an instant t = 0 this block is given an upward momentum so that it starts moving up on the inclined surface with velocity u. The distance (S) travelled by the block before its velocity becomes zero, is . (g = gravitational acceleration)

  1. 2u2g
  2. u2 2g
  3. u22g
  4. u22g
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift
15

A body of mass 14 kg initially at rest explodes and breaks into three fragments of masses in the ratio 2 : 2 : 3. The two pieces of equal masses fly off perpendicular to each other with a speed of 18 m/s each. The velocity of the heavier fragment is m/s.

  1. 24 2
  2. 12
  3. 12 2
  4. 10 2
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift
16

A 4 kg mass moves under the influence of a force F = (4t3 i - 3t j) N where t is the time in second. If mass starts from origin at t = 0, the velocity and position after t = 2 s will be:

  1. v = 3 i + 32 j r = 65 i + j
  2. v = 4 i - 32 j r = 65 i - j
  3. v = 4 i - 32 j r = 85 i - j
  4. v = 4 i + 52 j r = 85 i + 2 j
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift
17

A large drum having radius R is spinning around its axis with angular velocity , as shown in figure. The minimum value of so that a body of mass M remains stuck to the inner wall of the drum, taking the coefficient of friction between the drum surface and mass M as , is : [figure]

  1. 2g R
  2. g2 R
  3. gR
  4. g R
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift
18

A body of mass 2 kg moving with velocity of vin = 3 i + 4 j m s-1 enters into a constant force field of 6 N directed along positive z-axis. If the body remains in the field for a period of 53 seconds, then velocity of the body when it emerges from the force field is:

  1. 3 i + 4 j + 5 k
  2. 4 i + 3 j + 5 k
  3. 3 i + 4 j - 5 k
  4. 3 i + 4 j + 5 k
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift
19

A cubic block of mass m is sliding down on an inclined plane at 60 with an acceleration of g2, the value of coefficient of kinetic friction is

  1. 32
  2. 23
  3. 1 - 32
  4. 3 - 1
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Morning Shift
20

An object with mass 500 g moves along x-axis with speed v = 4 x m/s. The force acting on the object is :

  1. 8 N
  2. 4 N
  3. 5 N
  4. 6 N
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Evening Shift
21

A body of mass m is suspended by two strings making angles 1 and 2 with the horizontal ceiling with tensions T1 and T2 simultaneously. T1 and T2 are related by T1 = 3T2, the angles 1 and 2 are

  1. 1 = 30 , 2 = 60 with T2 = 3mg4
  2. 1 = 45 , 2 = 45 with T2 = 3mg4
  3. 1 = 30 , 2 = 60 with T2 = 4mg5
  4. 1 = 60 , 2 = 30 with T2 = mg2
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift
22

[figure] A body of mass 1 kg is suspended with the help of two strings making angles as shown in figure. Magnitudes of tensions T1 and T2, respectively, are (in N) : (Take acceleration due to gravity 10 m/s2)

  1. 5 3, 5
  2. 5 3, 5 3
  3. 5, 5
  4. 5, 5 3
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
23

A balloon and its content having mass M is moving up with an acceleration ‘a’. The mass that must be released from the content so that the balloon starts moving up with an acceleration ‘3a’ will be (Take ‘g’ as acceleration due to gravity)

  1. 3Ma2a + g
  2. 2Ma3a + g
  3. 3Ma2a - g
  4. 2Ma3a - g
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift