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Laws of Motion

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Q1

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

\(70.4 m / s\)

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Q2

A massless spring gets elongated by amount x1 under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is x2 under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of 5x1-2x2, 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

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Q3

A massless spring gets elongated by amount x1 under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is x2 under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of 5x1-2x2, 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

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Q4

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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Q5

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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Q6

A massless spring gets elongated by amount x1 under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is x2 under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of 5x1-2x2, the tension in the spring will be:

a

39 N

b

15 N

c

20 N

d

11 N

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Q7

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

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

At t=0, a body of mass 100 g starts moving under the influence of a force (5i^+10j^)N. After 2s its position is (2xi^+5yj^)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

An object with mass 500 g moves along x -axis with speed v=4x m/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

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

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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