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Laws of Motion

31 JEE Physics previous year questions on Laws of Motion — options free on every question; 3 include the answer & explanation free, the rest unlock with PYQ Pass.

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A car of \(800 kg\) is taking turn on a banked road of radius \(300 m\) and angle of banking \(30^{\circ}\). If coefficient of static friction is 0.2 then the maximum speed with which car can negotiate the turn safely : \(\left( g =10 m / s ^2, \sqrt{3}=1.73\right)\)

[JEE Main 2024, 06 Apr (Shift 2)]

a

\(264 m / s\)

b

\(51.4 m / s\)

c

\(102.8 m / s\)

d

\(70.4 m / s\)

✓ Correct answer: b)

\(51.4 m / s\)

Explanation

\(\mathrm{m}=800\mathrm{kg}\)
\(\mathrm{r}=300\mathrm{m}\)
\(\theta =30^\circ\)
\({\mu }_{\mathrm{s}}=0.2\)
\({\mathrm{V}}_{\max }=\sqrt{Rg\left[\frac{\tan \theta +\mu }{1-\mu \tan \theta }\right]}\)
\(=\sqrt{300\times \mathrm{g}\times \left[\frac{\tan 30^\circ +0.2}{1-0.2\times \tan 30^\circ }\right]}\)
\(=\sqrt{300\times 10\times \left[\frac{0.57+0.2}{1-0.2\times 0.57}\right]}\)
\({\mathrm{V}}_{\max }=51.4\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

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A massless spring gets elongated by amount \({x}_{1}\) under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is \({x}_{2}\) under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of \(\left(5{x}_{1}-2{x}_{2}\right)\), the tension in the spring will be,

[JEE Main 2025, 23 Jan (Shift 2)]

a

39 N

b

15 N

c

20 N

d

11 N

✓ Correct answer: d)

11 N

Explanation

\({F}_{1}=k{x}_{1}\\ 5=k{x}_{1}\\ {x}_{1}=\frac{5}{k}\\ 7=k{x}_{2}\\ {x}_{2}=\frac{7}{k}\)

\(x=5{x}_{1}-2{x}_{2}\\ x=\frac{25}{k}-\frac{14}{k}\Rightarrow x=\frac{11}{k}\\ F=kx\\ F=k\times \frac{11}{k}\\ F=11N\)

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A massless spring gets elongated by amount \({x}_{1}\) under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is \({x}_{2}\) under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of \(\left(5{x}_{1}-2{x}_{2}\right)\), the tension in the spring will be,

[JEE Main 2025, 23 Jan (Shift 2)]

a

39 N

b

15 N

c

20 N

d

11 N

✓ Correct answer: d)

11 N

Explanation

\({F}_{1}=k{x}_{1}\\ 5=k{x}_{1}\\ {x}_{1}=\frac{5}{k}\\ 7=k{x}_{2}\\ {x}_{2}=\frac{7}{k}\)

\(x=5{x}_{1}-2{x}_{2}\\ x=\frac{25}{k}-\frac{14}{k}\Rightarrow x=\frac{11}{k}\\ F=kx\\ F=k\times \frac{11}{k}\\ F=11N\)

Q4
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A cricket player catches a ball of mass \(120 g\) moving with \(25 m / s\) speed. If the catching process is completed in \(0.1 s\) then the magnitude of force exerted by the ball on the hand of player will be (in SI unit):EndFragment

[JEE Main 2024, 01 Feb (Shift 2)]

a

24

b

25

c

30

d

12

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A cricket player catches a ball of mass \(120 g\) moving with \(25 m / s\) speed. If the catching process is completed in \(0.1 s\) then the magnitude of force exerted by the ball on the hand of player will be (in SI unit):EndFragment

[JEE Main 2024, 01 Feb (Shift 2)]

a

24

b

25

c

30

d

12

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A massless spring gets elongated by amount \({x}_{1}\) under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is \({x}_{2}\) under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of \(\left(5{x}_{1}-2{x}_{2}\right)\), the tension in the spring will be:

a

39 N

b

15 N

c

20 N

d

11 N

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Q7
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An artillery piece of mass \(M_1\) fires a shell of mass \(M_2\) horizontally. Instantaneously after the firing, the ratio of kinetic energy of the artillery and that of the shell is:

[JEE Main 2024, 31 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

\(\frac{M_1}{M_2}\)

b

\(\frac{M_2}{M_1}\)

c

\(M_1 /\left(M_1+M_2\right)\)

d

\(M_2 /\left(M_1+M_2\right)\)

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Q8
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An artillery piece of mass \(M_1\) fires a shell of mass \(M_2\) horizontally. Instantaneously after the firing, the ratio of kinetic energy of the artillery and that of the shell is:

[JEE Main 2024, 31 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

\(\frac{M_1}{M_2}\)

b

\(\frac{M_2}{M_1}\)

c

\(M_1 /\left(M_1+M_2\right)\)

d

\(M_2 /\left(M_1+M_2\right)\)

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Q9
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At \(t=0\), a body of mass 100 g starts moving under the influence of a force \((5\hat{i}+10\hat{j})N\). After 2s its position is \((2x\hat{i}+5y\hat{j})m\). The ratio x: y is ___________ .


[JEE Main 2026, 4 Apr (Shift 2)]

a

1 : 2

b

2 : 5

c

5 : 2

d

5 : 4

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Q10
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An object with mass \(500g\) moves along x -axis with speed \(v=4\sqrt{x}\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\). The force acting on the object is :

[JEE Main 2025, 7 Apr (Shift 2)]

a

8 N

b

5 N

c

6 N

d

4 N

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Q11
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A balloon of mass M is ascending with an acceleration a. What fraction of its mass should be dropped so that it starts moving upward with an acceleration of 3 a ?

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a

\(\frac{2 a}{g+3 a}\)

b

\(\frac{a}{g+2 a}\)

c

\(\frac{2 a M}{g+3 a}\)

d

\(\frac{a M}{g+2 a}\)

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Q12
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A balloon of mass M is ascending with an acceleration a. What fraction of its mass should be dropped so that it starts moving upward with an acceleration of 3 a ?

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a

\(\frac{2 a}{g+3 a}\)

b

\(\frac{a}{g+2 a}\)

c

\(\frac{2 a M}{g+3 a}\)

d

\(\frac{a M}{g+2 a}\)

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Q13
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): An electric fan continues to rotate for some time after the current is switched off.
Reason (R): Fan continues to rotate due to inertia of motion.
In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
[JEE Main 2023, 10 Apr (Shift 2)]

a

A is correct but R is not correct.

b

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

c

A is not correct but R is correct.

d

Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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Q14
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A bullet of mass \(10\mathrm{g}\) leaves the barrel of gun with a velocity of \(600\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\). If the barrel of the gun is \(50\mathrm{cm}\) long and mass of gun is \(3\mathrm{kg}\), then value of impulse supplied to the gun will be:

[JEE Main 2023, 13 Apr (Shift 1)]

a

\(12\mathrm{Ns}\)

b

\(6\mathrm{Ns}\)

c

\(36\mathrm{Ns}\)

d

\(3\mathrm{Ns}\)

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Q15
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100 balls each of mass \(m\) moving with speed v simultaneously strike a wall normally and are reflected back with the same speed, in time t s. The total force exerted by the balls on the wall is

a

\(\frac{100mv}{t}\)

b

\(\frac{200mv}{t}\)

c

\(200mvt\)

d

\(\frac{mv}{100t}\)

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Q16
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A bullet of ' \(4 g\) ' mass is fired from a gun of mass \(4 kg\). If the bullet moves with the muzzle speed of \(50 ms ^{-1}\), the impulse imparted to the gun velocity of recoil of gun are:

[JEE Main 2021, 22 Jul (Shift 2)]

a

\(0.4kgm{s}^{-1},0.1m{s}^{-1}\)

b

\(0.2kgm{s}^{-1},0.05m{s}^{-1}\)

c

\(0.4kgm{s}^{-1},0.05m{s}^{-1}\)

d

\(0.2kgm{s}^{-1},0.1m{s}^{-1}\)

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Q17
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A machine gun of mass \(10\mathrm{kg}\) fires \(20\mathrm{g}\) bullets at the rate of 180 bullets per minute with a speed of\(100{\mathrm{ms}}^{-1}\) each. The recoil velocity of the gun is:

[JEE Main 2023, 30 Jan (Shift 2)]

a

\(0.02\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

b

\(2.5\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

c

\(1.5\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

d

\(0.6\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

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Q18
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An average force of \(125 \mathrm{~N}\) is applied on a machine gun firing bullets each of mass \(10 \mathrm{~g}\) at the speed of \(250 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) to keep it in position. The number of bullets fired per second by the machine gun is :

[JEE Main 2023, 11 Apr (Shift 1)]

a

5

b

50

c

100

d

25

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Q19
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A particle of mass \(M\) originally at rest is subjected to a force whose direction is constant but magnitude varies with time according to the relation

\(\mathrm{F}=\mathrm{F}_0\left(1-\left(\frac{\mathrm{t}-\mathrm{T}}{\mathrm{T}}\right)^2\right)\)

Where \(F_0\) and \(T\) are constants. The force acts only for the time internal \(2 T\). The velocity \(v\) of the particle after time \(2 T\) is -

[JEE Main 2021, 27 Jul (Shift 2)]

a

\(\mathrm{F}_0 \mathrm{~T} / 3 \mathrm{M}\)

b

\( \mathrm{F}_0 \mathrm{~T} / 2 \mathrm{M}\)

c

\( 2 \mathrm{~F}_0 \mathrm{~T} / \mathrm{M} \)

d

4F0T/3M

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Q20
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A bullet of mass \(10\mathrm{g}\) leaves the barrel of gun with a velocity of \(600\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\). If the barrel of the gun is \(50\mathrm{cm}\) long and mass of gun is \(3\mathrm{kg}\), then value of impulse supplied to the gun will be:

a

\(12\mathrm{Ns}\)

b

\(6\mathrm{Ns}\)

c

\(36\mathrm{Ns}\)

d

\(3\mathrm{Ns}\)

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Q21
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At any instant, the velocity of a particle of mass \(500\mathrm{g}\) is \(\left(2t\hat{i}+3{t}^{2}\hat{j}\right){\mathrm{ms}}^{-1}\). If the force acting on the particle at \(t=1\mathrm{s}\) is \((\hat{i}+x\hat{j})N\). Then the value of x will be:

[JEE Main 2023, 8 Apr (Shift 1)]

a

3

b

4

c

6

d

2

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Q22
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A machine gun of mass \(10\mathrm{kg}\) fires \(20\mathrm{g}\) bullets at the rate of 180 bullets per minute with a speed of\(100{\mathrm{ms}}^{-1}\) each. The recoil velocity of the gun is:

a

\(0.02\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

b

\(2.5\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

c

\(1.5\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

d

\(0.6\mathrm{m}/\mathrm{s}\)

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Q23
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A force \(\vec{F}=(40\hat{i}+10\hat{j})N\) acts on a body of mass \(5\mathrm{kg}\). If the body starts from rest, its position vector \(\vec{r}\) at time \(t=10\mathrm{s}\), will be:

[JEE Main 2021, 25 Jul (Shift 2)]

a

\((100\hat{i}+100\hat{j})m\)

b

\((400\hat{i}+100\hat{j})m\)

c

\((400\hat{i}+400\hat{j})m\)

d

\((100\hat{i}+400\hat{j})m\)

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Q24
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100 balls each of mass \(m\) moving with speed v simultaneously strike a wall normally and are reflected back with the same speed, in time t s. The total force exerted by the balls on the wall is

[JEE Main 2023, 31 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

\(\frac{100mv}{t}\)

b

\(\frac{200mv}{t}\)

c

\(200mvt\)

d

\(\frac{mv}{100t}\)

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Q25
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A block of mass \(5 kg\) is placed at rest on a table of rough surface. Now, if a force of \(30 N\) is applied in the direction parallel to surface of the table, the block slides through a distance of \(50 m\) in an interval of time \(10 s\). Coefficient of kinetic friction is (given, \(g=10 ms ^{-2}\) ):

[JEE Main 2023, 1 Feb (Shift 1)]

a

0.60

b

0.75

c

0.50

d

0.25

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Q26
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A particle of mass \(M\) originally at rest is subjected to a force whose direction is constant but magnitude varies with time according to the relation

\(\mathrm{F}=\mathrm{F}_0\left(1-\left(\frac{\mathrm{t}-\mathrm{T}}{\mathrm{T}}\right)^2\right)\)

Where \(F_0\) and \(T\) are constants. The force acts only for the time internal \(2 T\). The velocity \(v\) of the particle after time \(2 T\) is -

a

\(\frac{{\mathrm{F}}_{0}\mathrm{T}}{3\mathrm{M}}\)

b

\(\frac{{\mathrm{F}}_{0}\mathrm{T}}{2\mathrm{M}}\)

c

\(\frac{2{\mathrm{F}}_{0}\mathrm{T}}{\mathrm{M}}\)

d

\(\frac{4{\mathrm{F}}_{0}\mathrm{T}}{3\mathrm{M}}\)

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Q27
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The time taken by an object to slide down a \(45^{\circ}\) rough inclined plane is \(n\) times as it takes to slide down a perfectly smooth \(45^{\circ}\) inclined plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the incline plane is

[JEE Main 2024, 08 Apr (Shift 2)]

a

\(\sqrt{\frac{1}{1-n^2}}\)

b

\(\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{n^2}}\)

c

\(1+\frac{1}{n^2}\)

d

\(1-\frac{1}{n^2}\)

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Q28
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A particle of mass m is moving in the x y-plane such that its velocity at a point (x, y) is given as \(\vec{v}=\alpha (y\hat{x}+2x\hat{y})\), where \(\alpha\) is a non-zero constant. What is the force \(\vec{F}\) acting on the particle?

[JEE Advanced 2023]

a

\(\vec{F}=2m{\alpha }^{2}(x\hat{x}+y\hat{y})\)

b

\(\vec{F}=m{\alpha }^{2}(y\hat{x}+2x\hat{y})\)

c

\(\vec{F}=2m{\alpha }^{2}(y\hat{x}+x\hat{y})\)

d

\(\vec{F}=m{\alpha }^{2}(x\hat{x}+2y\hat{y})\)

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Q29
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An average force of 125 N is applied on a machine gun firing bullets each of mass 10g at the speed of 250 m/s to keep it in position. The number of bullets fired per second by the machine gun is :

[JEE Main 2023, 11 Apr (Shift 1)]

a

5

b

50

c

100

d

25

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Q30
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): An electric fan continues to rotate for some time after the current is switched off.
Reason (R): Fan continues to rotate due to inertia of motion.
In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

a

A is correct but R is not correct.

b

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

c

A is not correct but R is correct.

d

Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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Q31
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A body of mass \(500 \mathrm{~g}\) moves along \(\mathrm{x}\)-axis such that it's velocity varies with displacement \(x\) according to the relation \(v=10 \sqrt{x} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) the force acting on the body is:-

[JEE Main 2023, 11 Apr (Shift 2)]

a

\(166 \mathrm{~N}\)

b

\(25 \mathrm{~N}\)

c

\(125 \mathrm{~N}\)

d

\(5 \mathrm{~N}\)

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