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Important Questions on Force and Laws of Motion

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Frictional forces act in a direction
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Block A of mass 3 kg rests on another block B of mass 7 kg. The coefficient of friction between A and B is 0.4 while the coefficient of friction between B and the horizontal floor on which B rests is 0.55. Find the force of friction between A and B, when a horizontal force of 50 N is applied on the block B.
(Use g=10 m/s2)
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Which of the following surface in contact has maximum coefficient of friction μ?
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Two blocks of masses 1 kg and 2 kg connected by a light rod and the system is slipping down a rough incline angle 45° with the horizontal. The frictional coefficient at both the contacts is 0.4. If the acceleration of the system is α2, the value of α is (Use g=10 m s-2)
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A block of mass 5 kg is (i) pushed in case A and (ii) pulled in case B, by a force F=20 N, making an angle of 30o with the horizontal, as shown in the figures. The coefficient of friction between the block and floor is μ=0.2. The difference between the accelerations of the block, in case B and case A will be:
g=10m s-2
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A given object takes n times more time to slide down a 45o rough inclined plane as it takes to slide down a perfectly smooth 45o incline. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the incline is:
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A uniform rope of total length l is at rest on a table with fraction f of its length hanging (see figure). If the coefficient of friction between the table and the chain is μ, then

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A car is negotiating a curved road of radius R . The road is banked at an angle θ. The coefficient of friction between the tyres of the car and the road is μs. The maximum safe velocity on this road is:
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A block A of mass m1 rests on a horizontal table. A light string connected to it passes over a frictionless pulley at the edge of table and from its other end another block B of mass m2 is suspended. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the table is μk. When the block B is sliding on the table, the tension in string is:
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A block placed on the horizontal is pushed momentarily with initial velocity v. The coefficient of friction between the block and surface is μ. Block will come to rest after a time t equal to (g= acceleration due to gravity)
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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 m s2 ):
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Consider the system shown below.

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A horizontal force F is applied to a block X of mass 8 kg such that the block Y of mass 2 kg adjacent to it does not slip downwards under gravity. There is no friction between the horizontal plane and the base of the block X. The coefficient of friction between the surfaces of the blocks X and Y is 0.5. Take acceleration due to gravity to be 10 m s-2. The minimum value of F is

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A body of mass 10 kg is moving with an initial speed of 20 m s-1. The body stops after 5 s due to friction between body and the floor. The value of the coefficient of friction is: (Take acceleration due to gravity g=10 m s-2)
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A bag is gently dropped on a conveyor belt moving at a speed of 2 m s-1. The coefficient of friction between the conveyor belt and bag is 0.4. Initially, the bag slips on the belt before it stops due to friction. The distance travelled by the bag on the belt during slipping motion is : [Take g=10 m s-2]
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Given in the figure are two blocks A and B of weight 20 N and 100 N, respectively. These are being pressed against a wall by a force F and kept in equilibrium as shown. If the coefficient of friction between the blocks is 0.1 and between block B and the wall is 0.15, the frictional force applied by the wall on block B is:
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A plank with a box on it at one end is gradually raised about the other end. As the angle of inclination with the horizontal reaches 30°, the box starts to slip and slides 4.0 m down the plank in 4.0 s. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the box and the plank will be, respectively:
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A block kept on a rough inclined plane, as shown in the figure, remains at rest upto a maximum force 2 N down the inclined plane. The maximum external force up the inclined plane that does not move the block is 10 N. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is: [Take g=10 m s-2 ]
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A thin motorcyclist rides with sufficient speed in the vertical plane inside a hollow sphere of diameter 20 m to prevent himself from sliding down. If the coefficient of friction is 0.5, then what is the minimum speed of the motor cyclist? (use g=10 m s-2)
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A heavy box is to be dragged along a rough horizontal floor. To do so, the person A pushes it at an angle 30° from the horizontal and requires a minimum force FA, while the person B pulls the box at an angle 60° from the horizontal and needs minimum force FB. If the coefficient of friction between the box and the floor is 35, the ratio FAFB is
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A small box resting on one edge of the table is struck in such a way that it slides off the other edge, 1 m away, after 2 seconds. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the table