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TOPIC – LAWS OF MOTION 3

1. Figure shows a conveyer belt of sufficient length and width d = 1m ,
which moves with a constant speed V = 3ms −1 . A small flat disc D
moving with speed u = 4 ms −1 enters onto the belt at point A,
perpendicular to the belt. The coefficient of friction between the disc
and the belt is 0.5.
Choose the correct option(s).
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(A) The disc leaves the belt with a speed of ms −1 with respect to
2
the belt.
(B) The trajectory of the disc with respect to the ground is a parabola.
(C) The trajectory of the disc with respect to the belt is a straight line.
(D) The disc is not able to leave the belt.

2. g cot 
The smooth wedge is accelerated at to the right. A cubical box
2
of side a is moving on it. Inside the box a particle is projected with
speed u relative to the box at an angle of 45° as shown. Find the time
after which the particle will hit the box. [Assuming a is large, so that
particle does not collide with top]
u 2 2u u u
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2g sin  g cos  g sin  2g cos 

3. A ball is suspended from the accelerating car by two cords ‘A” and ‘B’.
The acceleration ‘a’ of the car which will cause the tension in ‘A” to be
twice the tension in B is
(A) g/2 (B) g
(C) g/4 (D) g/3

4. A cylinder with radius R = (1/3) m spins around its axis with

an angular speed  . On its inner surface, there lies a small
block of mass 10 mg. The coefficient of friction between the
block and the inner surface of cylinder is  = (3 / 4). Find the
minimum value of  for which the block does not slip (stay still with respect to cylinder) The axis of
cylinder is horizontal. (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 5 rad/s (B) 5 2 rad/s
(C) 4 rad/s (D) 4 2 rad/s

5. A rope rests on two platforms which are both inclined at an angle

θ as shown. The rope has uniform mass density, and its
coefficient of friction with the platforms is 1. The system has left –
right symmetry. It hangs such that the largest possible fraction of
the rope that does not touch the platforms. The angle θ which
allows the maximum value of this fraction is 𝜋/𝑋. Find X. Also find the value of maximum fraction of
rope that does not touch the platforms.

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6. A uniform ring of mass m is placed on a rough horizontal fixed surface
as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction between the left part
of the ring and left part of the horizontal surface is μ1 = 0.6𝜋 and
between right half and the surface is μ2 = 0.2𝜋. At the instant shown,
now the ring has been imparted an angular velocity in clockwise sense
in the figure shown. At this moment magnitude of acceleration of
centre O of the ring (in m/s2) is (take g = 10 m/s2).

7. A flexible drive belt runs over a frictionless pulley as shown in figure. The
pulley is rotating freely about the vertical axis passing through the centre
O of the pulley. The vertical axis is fixed on the horizontal smooth surface.
The mass per unit length of the drive belt is 1 kg/m and the tension in the
drive belt 8 N. The speed of the drive belt is 2 m/s. Find the net normal
force applied by the belt on the pulley in newton.

8. A bead under the influence of gravity, sides down a frictionless wire whose y
coordinate is changing with x co-ordinate as shown in the figure. Assume that
at position O the wire is vertical and the bead passes this point with a given
speed v0 downward. If the shape of the wire is such that the vertical component
of velocity remains v0 at all time, find (a + b + c) in the shape function of wire
b
( agv0 x ) c
given by y = , where g is gravitational acceleration.
2g

9. A mass, which is free to move on a horizontal frictionless surface, is attached to

one end of a massless string that wraps partially around a frictionless vertical
pole of radius r (see the top view in Figure). You hold on to the other end of the
string. At t = 0, the mass has speed v0 = 1m/s in the tangential direction along
the dotted circle of radius R shown. Your task is to pull on the string so that the
mass keeps moving along the dotted circle. You are required to do this in such
a way that the string remains in contact with the pole at all times. (You will have
to move your hand around the pole, of course.) What is the speed of the mass
R
at time t = ?
2v0 tan 

10. A man wants to climb up the corner formed by the intersection of two vertical perpendicular walls.
Find the minimum coefficient of static friction required between the wall and the man for the man to
be able to climb the corner.
If the wall is very rough, ( i.e., s →  ) , then find the minimum force required with which he has to
push the walls whilst climbing.

11. A cylinder is being pulled slowly with the help of a long

uniform rope lying on a rough horizontal surface as
shown in the figure. The necessary pull force applied at
the end A is so adjusted that the length BC of the rope
touching the cylinder always subtends angle of  = 53
0

at the centre of the cylinder and the length of the hanging portion CD always remains half of the
length DE being dragged on the ground. Find the coefficient of friction between the rope and the
ground.

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12. One end of a light inextensible cord is attached at a nail
A on the ceiling then it passes through frictionless hole
of a heavy bead P of negligible size thereafter it passes
round two ideal pulleys and then the other end is
attached to the bead. Initially the bead is held at rest
with its sections AP and BP making  and  with the
horizontal and the section CP vertical. Now the bead is
released. Find the acceleration of the bead immediately after it is released. Acceleration due to
gravity is g.

13. All blocks are of same mass. Friction coefficient

between blocks is 𝜇 and the ground is smooth.
Pulley is massless and a constant horizontal
force F is applied on pulley as shown.
Find acceleration of B under all possible cases.

14. A man of mass 60 kg hangs himself from a massless spring balance, which itself
suspended from an ideal string-pulley system as shown in the figure. The string AB can
bear maximum 900 N. Choose correct statement.
(A) The man is never ever able to read his correct weight in the spring balance.
(B) If man is able to manage himself at rest, the spring balance reads his true weight.
(C) The maximum magnitude of acceleration, man can manage is 12.5 m/s2 while
moving upward.
(D) When man moves downward with acceleration 5 m/s2, the spring balance will read
40 kg.

Passage
A frame of reference that is accelerated with respect to an inertial
frame of reference is called a non-inertial frame of reference. A
coordinate system fixed on a circular disc rotating about a fixed axis
with a constant angular velocity  is an example of a non-inertial frame
of reference. The relationship between the force 𝐹⃗𝑟𝑜𝑡 experienced by
a particle of mass m moving on the rotating disc and the force 𝐹⃗𝑖𝑛
experienced by the particle in an inertial frame of reference is
𝐹⃗𝑟𝑜𝑡 = 𝐹⃗𝑖𝑛 + 2𝑚(𝑣⃗𝑟𝑜𝑡 × 𝜔 ⃗⃗) + 𝑚(𝜔
⃗⃗ × 𝑟⃗) × 𝜔
⃗⃗
where 𝑣⃗𝑟𝑜𝑡 is the velocity of the particle in the rotating frame of reference and 𝑟⃗ is the position vector
of the particle with respect to the centre of the disc.
Now consider a smooth slot along a diameter of a disc of radius R rotating counter-clockwise with a
constant angular speed 𝜔 about its vertical axis through its center. We assign a coordinate system
with the origin at the centre of the disc, the x-axis along the slot, the y-axis perpendicular to the slot
and the z-axis along the rotation axis (𝜔 ⃗⃗ = 𝜔 𝑘̂ ). A small block of mass m is gently placed in the slot
𝑅
at 𝑟⃗ = ( 2 ) 𝑖̂ at t = 0 and is constrained to move only along the slot.

15. The distance r of the block at time t is

𝑅 𝑅 𝑅 𝑅
(A) 4 (𝑒 2𝜔𝑡 + 𝑒 −2𝜔𝑡 ) (B) 2 cos 2𝜔𝑡 (C) 2 cos 𝜔𝑡 (D) 4 (𝑒 𝜔𝑡 + 𝑒 −𝜔𝑡 )

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16. The net reaction of the disc on the block is
(A) −𝑚𝜔2 𝑅 cos 𝜔𝑡 𝑗̂ − 𝑚𝑔 𝑘̂ (B) 𝑚𝜔2 𝑅 sin 𝜔𝑡 𝑗̂ − 𝑚𝑔 𝑘̂
1 1
(C) 𝑚𝜔2 𝑅(𝑒 𝜔𝑡 − 𝑒 −𝜔𝑡 )𝑗̂ + 𝑚𝑔 𝑘̂
2
(D) 2 𝑚𝜔2 𝑅(𝑒 2𝜔𝑡 − 𝑒 −2𝜔𝑡 )𝑗̂ + 𝑚𝑔 𝑘̂

Answer key

1. ABC
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. 8
6. 4
7. 8
8. 8
9.
10. mg  2 + 1 mg
  1, Fmin = ; If the wall is very rough, Fmin =
2  −1
2
2
11.  =3/8
12.   cos  + cos   
a = gsin  tan −1  
  1 + sin  + sin   
13.
14. C
15. D
16. C

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