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Section – 1: Find force/tension and acceleration for the following cases.
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Section - 2
    1. Two blocks of masses 7 𝑘𝑔 and 5 𝑘𝑔 are              4. Two blocks 𝐴 and 𝐵 each of mass 𝑚 are
       placed in contact with each other on a                 placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Two
       smooth surface. If a force of 6 𝑁 is applied on        horizontal forces 𝐹 and 2𝐹 are applied on the
       the heavier mass, the force on the lighter             blocks 𝐴 and 𝐵 respectively as shown in
       mass is                                                figure. The block 𝐴 does not slide on block 𝐵.
                                                              Then, the normal reaction acting between the
                                                              two blocks is
            a. 3.5 𝑁
            b. 2.5 𝑁
            c. 7 𝑁
            d. 5 𝑁                                                a. 𝐹
                                                                     𝐹
    2. Three blocks of mass 4 𝑘𝑔, 2 𝑘𝑔, 1 𝑘𝑔                      b. 2
       respectively are in contact on a frictionless              c.
                                                                       𝐹
       table as shown in the figure. If a force of 14 𝑁                √3
                                                                  d. 3𝐹
       is applied on the 4 𝑘𝑔 block, the contact force
                                                           5. Find the force of interaction between the
       between the 4 𝑘𝑔 and the 2 𝑘𝑔 block will be
                                                              bodies as shown in figure. Blocks are in
                                                              contact.
           a. 2 𝑁
           b. 6 𝑁
           c. 8 𝑁                                          6. Three blocks, of masses 𝑚1 = 2.0, 𝑚2 = 4.0
           d. 14 𝑁                                            and 𝑚3 = 6.0 𝑘𝑔 are connected by strings on
    3. Two blocks of masses 1 𝑘𝑔 and 2 𝑘𝑔 are                 a frictionless inclined plane of 60°, as shown
       placed in contact on a smooth horizontal               in figure. A force 𝐹 = 120 𝑁 is applied
       surface as shown in figure 1 and 2. A                  upward along the incline to the uppermost
       horizontal force of 6 𝑁 is applied first on 1 𝑘𝑔       block, causing an upward movement of the
       block and then on 2 𝑘𝑔 block. The force of             blocks. The connecting cords are light. The
       interaction of the blocks in both the cases,           values of tensions 𝑇1 and T2 in the cords are
       respectively are
              a.   4 𝑁, 2 𝑁
              b.   8 𝑁, 4 𝑁
              c.   2 𝑁, 1 𝑁                                       a.   T1   = 20 𝑁, T2   = 60 𝑁
              d.   6 𝑁, 3 𝑁                                       b.   T1   = 60 𝑁, T2   = 60 𝑁
                                                                  c.   T1   = 30 𝑁, T2   = 50 𝑁
                                                                  d.   T1   = 20 𝑁, T2   = 100 𝑁
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   7. Three blocks of masses 𝑚1 , 𝑚2 and 𝑚3 are           11. The blocks of masses 2 𝑘𝑔, 3 𝑘𝑔 and 5 𝑘𝑔 are
      connected by massless strings as shown on a             connected by light, inextensible strings as
      frictionless table. They are pulled with a force        shown. The system of blocks is raised
      𝑇3 = 40 𝑁. If 𝑚1 = 10 𝑘𝑔, 𝑚2 = 6 𝑘𝑔 and                 vertically upwards by applying a force
      𝑚3 = 4 𝑘𝑔, the tension T2 will be                       𝐹0 = 200 𝑁. The common acceleration and
                                                              tensions in the strings are
           a. 20 𝑁
           b. 40 𝑁
           c. 10 𝑁
           d. 32 𝑁
   8. Two bodies 𝐴 and 𝐵 of masses 10 𝑘𝑔 and
      15 𝑘𝑔 respectively kept on a smooth,
      horizontal surface are tied to the ends of a
      light string. If 𝑇 represents the tension in the
      string when a horizontal force 𝐹 = 500 𝑁 is
      applied to 𝐴 as shown in figure-1 and 𝑇′ be                             𝑚
                                                                  a. 𝑎 = 5 𝑠2 , 𝑇1 = 120 𝑁, 𝑇2 = 80 𝑁
      the tension when it is applied to 𝐵 as shown                            𝑚
      in figure-2, then which of the following is true            b. 𝑎 = 10      ,   𝑇1 = 160 𝑁, 𝑇2 = 100 𝑁
                                                                              𝑠2
                                                                              𝑚
                                                                  c. 𝑎 =   20 𝑠2 ,   𝑇1 = 180 𝑁, 𝑇2 = 120 𝑁
                                                                              𝑚
                                                                  d. 𝑎 =   10 2 ,    𝑇1 = 100 𝑁, 𝑇2 = 50 𝑁
                                                                              𝑠
                                                          12. Three blocks with masses 𝑚, 2𝑚 and 3𝑚 are
                                                              connected by strings, as shown in figure. After
                                                              an upward force 𝐹 is applied on block 𝑚, the
                                                              masses move upward at constant speed 𝑣.
                                                              What is the net force on the block of mass 2𝑚
          a. 𝑇 = 𝑇’ = 500 𝑁
          b. 𝑇 = 𝑇’ = 250 𝑁
          c. 𝑇 = 200 𝑁, 𝑇’ = 300 𝑁
          d. 𝑇 = 300 𝑁, 𝑇’ = 200 𝑁
   9. Three blocks 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 each of mass 2 𝑘𝑔,
      are hanging over a fixed pully as shown. The
      tension in the string
      connecting 𝐵 and 𝐶 is
           a.   0
           b.   3.3 𝑁
           c.   13.3 𝑁
           d.   19.6 𝑁                                            a.   6 𝑚𝑔
                                                                  b.   0
   10. A body of weight 200 𝑁 is suspended from a                 c.   2 𝑚𝑔
       tree branch through a chain of mass 10 𝑘𝑔.                 d.   3 𝑚𝑔
       The branch pulls the chain by a force equal to
           a. 100 𝑁
           b. 150 𝑁
           c. 200 𝑁
           d. 300 𝑁
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   13. Two blocks of masses 3 𝑘𝑔 and 6 𝑘𝑔 are             18. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure
       connected by a string as shown in the figure           are smooth and of negligible mass. For the
       over a frictionless pulley. The acceleration of        system to remain in equilibrium, the angle 𝜃
       the system is                                          should be
                   𝑚
           a. 4 𝑠2
                  𝑚                                                a. 0°
           b. 2   𝑠2                                               b. 30°
           c. 0                                                    c. 45°
                  𝑚
           d. 6   𝑠2                                               d. 60°
                                                          19. A block 𝐴 of mass 7 𝑘𝑔 is placed on a
   14. The acceleration of system over the wedge as           frictionless table. A thread tied to it passes
       shown in the figure is                                 over a frictionless pulley and carries a body 𝐵
                                                              of mass 3 𝑘𝑔 at the other end. The
                  𝑚
           a. 1                                               acceleration of the system is
                  𝑠2
                  𝑚
           b. 2   𝑠2
                  𝑚
           c. 3
                  𝑠2
                  𝑚
           d. 4   𝑠2
   15. A block of √3 𝑘𝑔 is attached to a string whose
       other end is attached to the wall. An unknown
       force 𝐹 is applied so that the string makes an
       angle of 30° with the                                                 𝑚
                                                                  a. 100 𝑠2
       wall. The tension 𝑇 is                                            𝑚
                                                                  b. 3 𝑠2
       (Given 𝑔 = 10 𝑚/𝑠 2 )                                             𝑚
                                                                  c. 10
                                                                         𝑠2
                                                                         𝑚
           a. 20 𝑁                                                d.   30 2
                                                                         𝑠
           b. 25 𝑁                                        20. Two bodies of mass 4 𝑘𝑔 and 6 𝑘𝑔 are tied to
           c. 10 𝑁                                            the ends of a massless string. The string
           d. 15 𝑁
                                                              passes over a pulley which is frictionless. The
   16. A string of negligible mass going over a
                                                              acceleration of the system in terms of
       clamped pully of mass 𝑚 supports a block of
                                                              acceleration due to gravity 𝑔 is
       Mass 𝑀 as shown in the figure. The force on
       the pulley by the clamp is given
       by
           a. √2 𝑀𝑔
           b. √2 𝑚𝑔
           c. √(𝑀 + 𝑚)2 + 𝑚2 𝑔
           d. 𝑔√(𝑀 + 𝑚)2 + 𝑀2
                                                                       𝑔
                                                                  a.   2
                                                                       𝑔
   17. The acceleration of the block                              b.
                                                                       5
       𝐴 is                                                            𝑔
                2𝑔
                                                                  c.   10
           a.       upward
                 3                                                d. 𝑔
                𝑔
           b.   3
                   upward
                2𝑔
           c.    3
                    downward
                𝑔
           d.      downward
                3
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   21. In the arrangement shown in figure the ends     24. A body of mass 1 𝑘𝑔 is suspended with the
       𝑃 and 𝑄 of an unstretchable string move             help of two strings making angles as shown in
       downwards with uniform speed 𝑢. Pulley 𝐴            figure. Magnitudes of tensions 𝑇1 and 𝑇2 ,
       and 𝐵 are fixed. Mass 𝑀 moves upwards with          respectively, are (in 𝑁)
       a speed
                                                                a. 5√3, 5
                                                                b. 5, 5√3
           a. 2𝑢 cos 𝜃                                          c. 5, 5
           b. 𝑢 cos 𝜃                                           d. 5√3, 5√3
               2𝑢
           c. cos 𝜃                                    25. A 1 𝑘𝑔 mass is suspended from the ceiling by
           d.
                  𝑢                                        a rope of length 4 𝑚. a horizontal force 𝐹 is
                cos 𝜃                                      applied at the mid-point of the rope, so that
   22. The acceleration of 𝑚 is
                                                           the rope makes an angle of 45° with respect
                                                           to the vertical axis
                                                           as shown in figure.
                                                           The magnitude of
                                                           𝐹 is
                                                                      1
                                                               a.   10√2
                                                                             𝑁
                                                               b. 1 𝑁
                𝑔
                                                               c. 10 𝑁
           a.      up the plane                                     10
                3                                              d.        𝑁
                𝑔                                                   √2
           b.   3
                   down the plane                      26. The monkey 𝐵 shown in figure is holding on to
                2𝑔
           c.       up the plane                           the tail of the monkey 𝐴 which is climbing up
                 3
                2𝑔                                         a rope. The masses of the monkeys 𝐴 and 𝐵
           d.    3
                    down the plane
                                                           are 5 𝑘𝑔 and 2 𝑘𝑔 respectively. If 𝐴 can
   23. A body of mass 𝑚 is suspended by two strings
                                                           tolerate a tension of 30 𝑁 in its tail, what
       making angles 𝜃1 and 𝜃2 with the horizontal
                                                           force should it apply on the rope in order to
       ceiling with tensions 𝑇1 and 𝑇2
                                                           carry the monkey 𝐵
       simultaneously. 𝑇1 and 𝑇2 are related by
                                                           with it.
       𝑇1 = √3𝑇2 , the angles 𝜃1 and 𝜃2 are                    a. 20 𝑁
                                             3𝑚𝑔
           a. 𝜃1 = 30°, 𝜃2 = 60° with 𝑇2 =    4
                                                               b. 50 𝑁
           b. 𝜃1 = 30°, 𝜃2 = 60° with 𝑇2 =
                                             4𝑚𝑔               c. 70 𝑁
                                              5
                                             𝑚𝑔                d. 100 𝑁
           c. 𝜃1 = 60°, 𝜃2 = 30° with 𝑇2 =    2
                                             3𝑚𝑔
           d. 𝜃1 = 45°, 𝜃2 = 45° with 𝑇2 =
                                              4
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Section - 1
                    𝐹           𝑚2 𝐹
      1. 𝑎 =            ,𝑅 =
                 𝑚1 +𝑚2        𝑚1 +𝑚2
                    𝐹           𝑚1 𝐹
      2. 𝑎 =     𝑚1 +𝑚2
                        , 𝑅 = 𝑚 +𝑚
                                 1    2
                      𝐹              (𝑚2 +𝑚3 )𝐹        𝑚 𝐹
      3. 𝑎 =     𝑚1 +𝑚2 +𝑚3
                            , 𝑅1 = 𝑚 +𝑚 +𝑚 , 𝑅2 = 𝑚 +𝑚3 +𝑚
                                        1   2   3    1    2   3
                    𝐹           𝑚1 𝐹
      4. 𝑎 =     𝑚1 +𝑚2
                        , 𝑇 =  𝑚1 +𝑚2
                    𝐹           𝑚2 𝐹
      5. 𝑎 =            ,𝑇 =
                 𝑚1 +𝑚2        𝑚1 +𝑚2
                      𝐹                   𝑚 𝐹      (𝑚1 +𝑚2 )𝐹
      6. 𝑎 =     𝑚1 +𝑚2 +𝑚3
                            , 𝑇1 = 𝑚 +𝑚1 +𝑚 , 𝑇2 = 𝑚 +𝑚
                                       1    2  3    1    2 +𝑚3
                      𝐹              (𝑚2 +𝑚3 )𝐹        𝑚3 𝐹
      7. 𝑎 =     𝑚 +𝑚 +𝑚
                            , 𝑇1 = 𝑚 +𝑚 +𝑚 , 𝑇2 = 𝑚 +𝑚 +𝑚
                  1     2        3          1   2       3         1       2       3
                  2𝑚1 𝑚2                  4𝑚1 𝑚2              𝑚 −𝑚
      8.    𝑇1 = (𝑚 +𝑚      )
                              𝑔 , 𝑇2 = (𝑚 +𝑚        )
                                                      𝑔, 𝑎 = [𝑚2 +𝑚1 ] 𝑔
                    1     2                 1     2             1  2
                 2𝑚1 (𝑚2 +𝑚3 )                  2𝑚1 𝑚3               4𝑚 (𝑚 +𝑚 )                     [(𝑚2 +𝑚3 )−𝑚1 ]
      9.    𝑇1 = 𝑚 +𝑚 +𝑚 𝑔 , 𝑇2 = 𝑚 +𝑚 +𝑚 𝑔 , 𝑇1 = 𝑚 1+𝑚2 +𝑚3 𝑔, 𝑎                              =    𝑚1 +𝑚2 +𝑚3
                                                                                                                      𝑔
                    1     2     3               1      2   3            1 2  3
                  𝑚2                 𝑚 𝑚
      10.   𝑎 = 𝑚 +𝑚      𝑔, 𝑇 = 𝑚 1+𝑚2 𝑔
                  1     2             1    2
                 𝑚 −𝑚1 sin 𝜃                𝑚 𝑚 (1+sin 𝜃)
      11.   𝑎 = [ 2𝑚 +𝑚          ] 𝑔, 𝑇 = 1 𝑚2 +𝑚            𝑔
                       1     2                      1    2
                 𝑚 sin 𝛽−𝑚 sin 𝛼                   𝑚 𝑚 (sin 𝛼+sin 𝛽)
      12.   𝑎 = [ 2 𝑚 +𝑚1             ] 𝑔, 𝑇 = 1 2𝑚 +𝑚                𝑔
                          1     2                          1  2
                𝑚 𝑔 sin 𝜃            2𝑚1 𝑚2
      13.   𝑎= 1            ,𝑇=               𝑔 sin 𝜃
                 𝑚1 +𝑚2             4𝑚1 +𝑚2
                   2𝑚2 𝑔                𝑚 𝑔              2𝑚 𝑚
      14.   𝑎1 = 4𝑚 +𝑚       , 𝑎2 = 4𝑚 2+𝑚 , 𝑇 = 4𝑚 1+𝑚2 𝑔
                     1     2             1    2            1  2
Section - 2
  1         2     3         4         5    6        7       8     9       10          11   12   13      14     15         16   17   18   19   20
  B         B     A         D         -    A        D       C     C       D           B    B    C       A      A          D    C    C    B    B
 21         22   23         24       25    26
 D          A    C          A        C     C
                      𝐹 cos 𝜃                                   𝐹 cos 𝜃
5. 𝑅1 = 𝑚1 (𝑚                        ), 𝑅2 = (𝑚1 + 𝑚2 ) (𝑚                    )
                   1 +𝑚2 +𝑚3                                    1 +𝑚2 +𝑚3