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1. Newton's third law of motion describes about:

A. Two equal but opposite force acting on a body
B. Two bodies exerting equal and opposite forces on each other
C. A force acting on and acceleration of a body
D. The gravitational pull of the earth on every body
2. An inelastic collision is one in which:
A. Momentum is not conserved but kinetic energy is conserved
B. Total mass is not conserved but momentum is conserved
C. Neither kinetic energy nor momentum is conserved
D. Momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved
3. A car of mass 400 kg accelerates from 10 m/s to 15 m/s over 5 se. What is the average
resultant force acting?
A. 1000N B. 2000N C. 1500N D. 400N
4. A block starts from rest and slides without friction down a plane inclined at an angle of 300
above the horizontal. How long does it take the block to acquire a speed of 20m/s?
(𝑠𝑖𝑛300 = 0.5)
A. 12 seconds B. 8 seconds C. 6 seconds D. 4 seconds
5. A monkey, armful of pieces of stone, is sliding on a horizontal frictionless table. She is
dangerously getting to the edge of the table. If she understands Newton’s laws of motion, what
should she do to save herself from falling?
A. She should press downward on the table to produce friction.
B. She should put the pieces of stone on the table and sit on them.
C. She should throw the pieces of stone in the forward direction with the appropriate amount.
D. She should jump upwards and leave the table.
6. What is the tension in the connecting string?
A. 4N
B. 16N
C. 32N
D. 48N
7. A force F of magnitude 20 N is applied to a block of mass 2 kg that lies on a rough, horizontal
surface as shown in figure below. The coefficient kinetic friction between the block and surface
is 0.4. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the block?
A. 10 m/s2
B. 2.8 m/s2
C. 5.2 m/s2
D. 4 m/s2
8. Which one of the following statements is true about action and reaction forces referred to in
Newton’s third law of motion?
A. They act on the same body.
B. They act upon two different bodies.
C. They are equal in magnitude but need not have the same line of action.
D. They are not equal in magnitude but have the same line of action

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9. If a force F results an acceleration a when acting on a mass M, then doubling the mass and
increasing the force four times will result in an acceleration of:
A. A) ½ a B) 2a C) a D) 4a
10. A monkey, armful of pieces of stone, is sliding on a horizontal frictionless table. She is
dangerously getting to the edge of the table. If she understands Newton’s laws of motion,
what should she do to save herself from falling?
A. She should press downward on the table to produce friction.
B. She should put the pieces of stone on the table and sit on them.
C. She should throw the pieces of stone in the forward direction with the appropriate amount.
D. She should jump upwards and leave the table.
11. Two forces, (𝐹1 = 2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ − 4𝑘̂) 𝑁 and (𝐹2 = 4𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 8𝑘̂) 𝑁 are exerted on a 2 kg mass.
What is acceleration of the mass?
𝑚 𝑚
A. (3𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂) 𝑠2 C. (4𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 8𝑘̂) 𝑠2
𝑚 𝑚
B. (2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ − 4𝑘̂ ) D. (3𝑖̂ − 6𝑗̂ + 8𝑘̂ )
𝑠2 𝑠2
𝑚
12. A force applied on 𝑚1 accelerates it at 𝑎1 = 2.5 . The same force applied on 𝑚2
𝑠2
𝑚
accelerates it at 𝑎1 = 5 . What is the ratio of 𝑚1 to 𝑚2 ?
𝑠2
A. 2:1 B. 1:2 C. 5:3 D. 3:5
13. A car (mass m1)is driving at velocity v ,when it smashes into an unmoving car (mass m2 ),
locking bumpers. Both cars move together at the same velocity. The common velocity will be
given by:

A. B. C. D.
14. Two blocks of messes 𝑚1 = 2𝑘𝑔 and 𝑚2 = 3𝑘𝑔 are kept side by side on a frictionless
horizontal surface. A horizontal force of magnitude 10N is exerted on m1 pushing it towards
m2. What is the force exerted by 𝑚1 on 𝑚2 ?
A. 8 N B. 12 N
C. 6 N D. 20 N

15. Neglecting friction, find the tension in the thread connecting 𝑚1 and 𝑚2 .

16. What is the direction to which a fish must push the water with its fins in order to propel
eastward?
A. Eastward B. Upward C. Westward D. Downward

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17. Starting from rest, the box reaches a speed of 2m/s in 4sec. What is the coefficient of sliding
friction?

A. 0.4 B. 3 C. 0.116 D. 0.56

18. If a 4kg object has kinetic energy of 8J. What is its momentum?
A. 28kg m/s B. 18kg m/s C. 1.8kg m/s D. 8kg m/s
19. If two particles have equal momenta, which one of the following statements is TRUE about
their kinetic energies?
A. Their kinetic energies are always equal.
B. Their kinetic energies are never equal.
C. Their kinetic energies are equal when their masses are equal.
D. Their kinetic energies are equal when the speed of one of the particles is half the speed of
the other and their masses are the same.
20. A 2kg brick moves at a speed of 6m/s. How large a force is needed to stop the brick in a time
of 4 𝑥 10−4 𝑠𝑒𝑐?
A. 3×104N B. 3×103N C. 3×102N D. 3×106N
21. An object of mass 3kg traveling at 10m/s collide head-on with an object of mass 6kg traveling
at 2m/s. If the second object moves at 6m/s after collision, what will be velocity of the first
object?
A. 6 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 1 m/s
22. A 2kg ball moving at 12m/s east collides head-on with a 2kg ball moving at 24m/s west. If
they stick together after collision, what is the common velocity of the ball?
A. 3 m/s B. 6 m/s C. 5 m/s D. 1 m/s
23. Two people of unequal mass are initially standing still on ice with negligible friction. They
then simultaneously push each other horizontally. Afterward, which of the following is true?
A. The kinetic energies of the two people are equal.
B. The speeds of the two people are equal.
C. The momenta of the two people are of equal magnitude.
D. The center of mass of the two-person system moves in the direction of the less massive
person.
E. The less massive person has a smaller initial acceleration than the more massive person.
24. Which one of the following is FALSE about the velocity of a body under uniform circular
motion?
A. The magnitude of the velocity is constant throughout the motion.
B. The velocity at a point directed towards the center of the rotation.
C. The velocity at a point is perpendicular to the acceleration.
D. The tangential component of the velocity is zero.
25. When an object is pulled by a string it exerts a force on the object. Such a force in a string is
called________________.
A. Frictional force B. External force C. Tension force D. Normal force

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26. The vector 𝐴⃗ has a magnitude of 5 unit, 𝐵
⃗⃗ has a magnitude of 6 unit and the cross product of 𝐴⃗ and
⃗⃗ has a magnitude of 15 unit. Find the angle between 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵
𝐵 ⃗⃗
0 0 0
A. 60 B. 30 C. 180 D. 500
27. A particle starts with an initial velocity 2.5 m/s along the positive x direction and it accelerates
uniformly at
the rate 0.50 m/s2. Find the distance travelled by it in the first two seconds.
A. 6m B. 8m C. 10m D. 2m
28. An object may have
A. Varying speed without having varying velocity
B. Varying velocity without having varying speed
C. Nonzero acceleration without having varying velocity
D. Zero acceleration without having varying speed
29. Figure shows two masses; m1 = 4.0 kg and m2 = 6.0 kg which are connected by a massless
rope passing over a massless and frictionless pulley. Mass m1 moves on a frictionless incline
with  300 . Find the magnitude of the acceleration of mass m2.
A. 20 m/s2
B. 3.9 m/s2
C. 5.2 m/s2
D. 5 m/s2

30. The gravitational force between two objects does not depend on
A. Sum of the masses
B. Product of the masses
C. Gravitational constant
D. Distance between the masses

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