Laws of Motion · Question 50

Sand is being dropped on a conveyor belt at the rate of M kg/s. The force necessary to keep the belt moving with a constant velocity of v m/s will be :

1. Mv2 newton
2. zero
3. Mv newton
4. 2 Mv newton

[figure] Three forces acting on a body are shown in the figure. To have the resultant force only along the y-direction, the magnitude of the minimum additional force needed is

1. 34 N
2. 3 N
3. 0.5 N
4. 1.5 N

A shell of mass 200 gm is ejected from a gun of mass 4 kg by an explosion that generates 1.05 kJ of energy. The initial velocity of the shell is :

1. 40 m s-1
2. 120 m s-1
3. 100 m s-1
4. 80 m s-1

A block B is pushed momentarily along a horizontal surface with an initial velocity V. If μ is the coefficient of sliding friction between B and the surface, block B will come to rest after a time [figure]

1. g /V
2. g/V
3. V/g
4. V/(g )

A 0.5 kg ball moving with a speed of 12 m/s strikes a hard wall at an angle of 30 with the wall. It is reflected with the same speed at the same angle. If the ball is in contact with the wall for 0.25 seconds, the average force acting on the wall is :

1. 96 N
2. 48 N
3. 24 N
4. 12 N

A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both the ends. The tube is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity . The force exerted by the liquid at the other end is

1. ML2 22
2. ML 22
3. ML2 2
4. ML 2

A bomb of mass 30 kg at rest explodes into two pieces of masses 18 kg and 12 kg. The velocity of 18 kg mass is 6 m s-1. The kinetic energy of the other mass is :

1. 324 J
2. 486 J
3. 256 J
4. 524 J

A block of mass m is placed on a smooth wedge of inclination . The whole system is accelerated horizontally so that the block does not slip on the wedge. The force exerted by the wedge on the block will be (g is acceleration due to gravity)

1. mg
2. mg
3. mg
4. mg/

The coefficient of static friction, s, between block A of mass 2 kg and the table as shown in the figure is 0.2. What would be the maximum mass value of block B so that the two blocks do not move? The string and the pulley are assumed to be smooth and massless. (g = 10 m/s2) [figure]

1. 2.0 kg
2. 4.0 kg
3. 0.2 kg
4. 0.4 kg

A man weighs 80 kg. He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 m/s2. What would be the reading on the scale ? (g = 10 m/s2)

1. zero
2. 400 N
3. 800 N
4. 1200 N