Class : XI Subject: Physics Marks : 40

Chapter: Force and Laws of Motion

1. A train of mass 1,000,000 kg is moving with a velocity of 20 m/s. The brakes are applied
so that the force acting is 50,000 N opposite to the motion. Find the time taken for the
train to stop.
2. A bus of mass 10,000 kg is moving with a speed of 20 m/s. Calculate the force required to
stop it in 5 seconds.
3. A trolley of mass 20000 g is pushed with a constant force of 50 N for 4 s from rest. Find
its final speed.
4. A boy of mass 50 kg running at 5 m/s jumps on to a 20 kg trolley travelling in the same
direction at 1.5 m/s. What is their common velocity ?
5. What is the change in momentum of a car weighing 1500 kg when its speed increases
from 36 km/h to 72 km/h uniformly?
6. A body of mass 25 kg has a momentum of 125 kg.m/s. Calculate the velocity of the body.
7. What is the momentum in kg.m/s of a 10 kg car travelling at (a) 20 cm/s, and (b) 36
km/h ?
8. Calculate the change in momentum of a body weighing 5 kg when its velocity decreases
from 20 m/s to 0.20 m/s.
9. A man throws a ball weighing 500 g vertically upwards with a speed of 10 m/s. What will
be its initial momentum? What would be its momentum at the highest point of its flight ?
10. A girl weighing 25 kg stands on the floor. She exerts a downward force of 250 N on the
floor. What force does the floor exert on her?
11. A 60 g bullet fired from a 5 kg gun leaves with a speed of 500 m/s. Find the speed
(velocity) with which the gun recoils
12. A 10 g bullet travelling at 200 m/s strikes and remains embedded in a 2 kg target which is
originally at rest but free to move. At what speed does the target move off?
13. A body of mass 500g is at rest on a frictionless surface. What is the distance travelled by
it in 10s when acted upon by a force of10 −2 N?
14. A force of 200 dyne acts on a body of mass 10 g for 5 sec. What will be the final velocity
of the body if it starts from rest?
15. A body of mass 5 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s. A force is applied to it so that in
25 seconds, it attains a velocity of 35 m/s. Calculate the value of the force applied.
16. A car of mass 2400 kg moving with a velocity of 20 m/s is stopped in 10 seconds on
applying brakes. Calculate the retardation and the retarding force.
17. For how long should a force of 100 N act on a body of 20 kg so that it acquires a velocity
of 100 m/s ?
18. How long will it take a force of 10 N to stop a mass of 2.5 kg which is moving at 20 m/s ?
19. A gun of mass 3 kg fires a bullet of mass 30 g. The bullet takes 0.003 s to move through
the barrel of the gun and acquires a velocity of 100 m/s. Calculate :
 (i) the velocity with which the gun recoils.
(ii) the force exerted on gunman due to recoil of the gun
20. An unloaded truck weighing 2000 kg has a maximum acceleration of 0.5 m/s2. What is
the maximum acceleration when it is carrying a load of 2000 kg ?
21. A girl of mass 50 kg jumps out of a rowing boat of mass 300 kg on to the bank, with a
horizontal velocity of 3 m/s. With what velocity does the boat begin to move backwards ?
22. A truck of mass 500 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with another truck of mass 1500 kg
moving in the same direction at 2 m/s. What is their common velocity just after the
collision if they move off together ?
23. A ball X of mass 1 kg travelling at 2 m/s has a head-on collision with an identical ball Y at
rest. X stops and Y moves off. Calculate the velocity of Y after the collision.
24. A heavy car A of mass 2000 kg travelling at 10 m/s has a head-on collision with a sports
car B of mass 500 kg. If both cars stop dead on colliding, what was the velocity of car B ?
25. A man wearing a bullet-proof vest stands still on roller skates. The total mass is 80 kg. A
bullet of mass 20 grams is fired at 400 m/s. It is stopped by the vest and falls to the
ground. What is then the velocity of the man ?
26. The velocity of a body of mass 10 kg increases from 4 m/s to 8 m/s when a force acts on
it for 2 s.
(a) What is the momentum before the force acts ?
(b) What is the momentum after the force acts ?
(c) What is the gain in momentum per second ?
(d) What is the value of the force ?
27. A machine gun fires 12 bullets/s, each of mass 30 g, muzzle speed 500 m/s. Find the
average recoil force.
28. A 2 kg trolley at rest is hit by a 0.1 kg object moving at 10 m/s and sticks to it. Find the
impulse delivered to the trolley.
29. A truck of mass 2000 kg moving with a velocity of 18 km/h comes to rest in 5 s. Find the
force applied by the brakes.
30. A cricket ball of mass 0.15 kg moving at 20 m/s is stopped by a player in 0.05 s. Find the
force applied by the player.
31. A bullet of mass 50 g moving with a velocity of 100 m/s is stopped by a wooden block in
0.02 s. Find the average retarding force.
32. A scooter of mass 100 kg changes its speed from 36 km/h to 54 km/h in 10 s. Find the
force applied.
33. A boy throws a stone of mass 0.2 kg with a velocity of 10 m/s. What is the momentum
imparted to the stone?
34. A cricket player catches a ball of mass 150 g moving at 20 m/s. If the ball stops in 0.05 s,
find the impulse and the average force applied by the player.
35. A boy pushes a cart of mass 20 kg with a force of 50 N. Find the acceleration of the cart.
36. A hammer of mass 1 kg strikes a nail with a velocity of 10 m/s and comes to rest in 0.01
s. Find the average force on the nail.
37. A ball of mass 0.5 kg moving at 6 m/s strikes a wall and rebounds with 4 m/s. Find the
change in momentum.