NEET-2023

WANKHEDE MADAM’S ACADEMY

7. Friction (Test)

coefficient of friction of 0.2 between it

1. When a bicycle is being pedalled, the and the floor. What is the maximum
frictional forces exerted by the ground force of friction available at the point of
are contact between the ladder and the floor?
1) in the backward direction on both the 1) 40 N 2) 50 N 3)60 N 4) 70 N
wheels
6. A 20 kg block is initially at rest, A 75 N
2) in the forward direction on both the force is required to set the block in
wheels motion. After the motion starts, a force
3) in the forward direction on the front of 60 N is required to keep the block
wheel and in the backward direction on moving with constant speed. The
the rear wheel coefficient of static friction is
4) in the backward direction on the front 1) 0.52 2) 0.44 3) 0.6 4) 0.38
wheel and in the forward direction on 7. A block of mass 10 kg is placed on a
the rear wheel rough horizontal surface having
2. The block of mass 4 kg is placed on a coefficient of static friction u =0.5. If a
rough horizontal surface having the horizontal force of 100 N is applied to it,
coefficients of kinetic and static friction then the acceleration of the block will be
as 0.4 and 0.5 respectively. If a force of (g = 10 m/s2)
4 N applied to the body, then the 1) 0.5 m/s2 2) 10 m/s2
frictional force acting on the body will
be [g = 10 m/s2] 3) 5 m/s2 4) 15 m/s2
1) 20 N 2) 10 N 3) 4N 4) 8 N 8. What is the value of frictional forces
between the blocks A and B and
3. A rectangular block is held against a between B and the ground ? (Take g =
rough vertical wall by applying a force 10 m/s2)
of 200 N normal to the wall. If the
frictional force just prevents the block
from sliding down the wall, what is the
mass of the block ? (The coefficient of
static friction between the block and the
wall is 0.49)
1) 5 kg 2) 7.5 kg3) 10 kg 4) 15 kg
4. A block placed on a rough horizontal
surface is imparted a velocity of 10 m/s. 1) 90 N, 5 N 2) 5 N, 90 N
The coefficient of kinetic friction 3) 5 N, 75 N 4) 0 N, 80 N
between the block and the surface is 0.5 9. A block of mass 1 kg is at rest on a
and g =10 m/s2. How much distance the horizontal table. The coefficient of static
block will cover, before coming to rest ? friction between the block and the table
1) 5 m 2) 7.5 m 3) 12 m 4) 10 m is 0.5. If g = 10 m/s2, then the magnitude
5. A ladder weighing 300 N is placed of the force acting upwards at an angle
against a smooth vertical wall having a

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 of 600 from the horizontal that will just is 10 N, then the mass (in kg) of the
start the block moving is block is (Take = g = 10 m/s2)
1) 5 N 2) 5.36 N 3) 74.6 N 4) 10 N 1) 2.0 2) 4.0 3) 1.6 4) 2.5
10. A system consists of three masses m1, m2 14. A block is at rest at the top of a rough
and m3 connected by a string passing inclined plane of inclination 300 with the
over a pulley P. The mass m1 hangs horizontal. What is the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the block and
freely and m2 and m3 are on a rough
the plane, if the block slides down with
horizontal table (the coefficient of g
friction = u). The pulley is frictionless an acceleration of ?
and a negligible mass. The downward 5
acceleration of mass m1 is (Assume m1 1) 0.25 2) 0.275 3) 0.325 4) 0.346
= m2 = m3 = m) 15. A body is in limiting equilibrium (i.e.
just at the point of moving down) on a
rough inclined plane of inclination 450.
What is its acceleration, if the angle of
inclination is increased to 600 ?
1) 2.5 m/s2 2) 3.66 m/s2
3) 4.5 m/s2 4) 5.5 m/s2
16. What is the time required for a block to
g (2  gu ) 2gu slide down from the top to the bottom of
1) 2)
9 3 an inclined plane 6.4 m long if the
g (1  2u ) g (1  2u ) inclination of the plane with the
3) 4) horizontal is 300 and the coefficient of
3 2
friction = 0.2 ?
11. A block of mass 1 kg is resting on a
1) 2 s 2) 1.5 s 3) 3 s 4) 2.5 s
rough inclined plane which rises 3 in
every 5. What is the minimum force 17. A block is moving on an inclined plane
required to move the block up the making an angle 450 with the horizontal
inclined plane if = 0.5 ? (g = 10 m/s2) and the coefficient of friction is  . The
1) 10 N 2) 8 N 3) 6 N 4) 4 N force required to just project it up the
inclined plane is 3 times the force
12. A block of mass 10 kg is kept at the top required to just prevent it from sliding
of a rough inclined plane of inclination
down. If we define N = 10  , then N is
600 with the horizontal. The length of the
inclined plane is 5 m and the coefficient 1) 4 2) 5 3) 8 4) 10
of sliding friction between the block and 18. The upper half of an inclined plane of
the surface is 0.3. What is the work done inclination  is perfectly smooth while
on the block against the force of friction, the lower half is rough. A block starting
when it reaches the bottom ? from rest at the top of the plane will
(g = 10 m/s2) against come to rest at the bottom, if the
1) 25 J 2) 40 J 3) 55 J 4) 75 J coefficient of friction between the block
and lower half of the plane is given by
13. A block rests on a rough inclined plane
1 2
making an angle of 300 with the 1)  = 2)  =
horizontal. The coefficient of static tan  tan 
friction between the block and the plane 3)  = 2 tan  4)  = tan 
is 0.8. If the frictional force on the block

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19. A body takes time t to reach the bottom Column I Column II
of a smooth inclined plane of angle  A) Normal reaction p) 24 N
with the horizontal. If the plane is made
B) Limiting force of friction q) 2 m/s2
rough, then the time taken by the body is
2t. What is the coefficient of friction of C) Kinetic force of friction r) 40 N
the rough surface ? D) Acceleration of the block s) 32 N
3 2 Codes :
1) tan  2) tan 
4 3 A B C D
1 1 1) p q r s
3) tan  4) tan 
4 2 2) q r s p
20. A n external horizontal force P acts on a 3) r s p q
block placed on a rough horizontal 4) s p q r
surface. The force of friction (f) opposes
22. The coefficient of static friction between
the motion between them. Which of the
two surfaces depend on
following graphs represents the relation
between P and f correctly ? 1) nature of surface
2) the shape of the surface in contact
3) the area of contact
4) all of the above
23. A block of mass 15 kg is placed on a
long trolley. The coefficient of friction
between the block and trolley is 0.18.
The trolley accelerates from rest with
2)
0.5 m/s 2 for 20 s, then what is the
frictional force
1) 3.5 N 2) 133.3 N 3) 7.5 N 4) 27 N
24. A rope lies on a table such that a part of
it hangs down the table, when the length
of hanging part is 1/3 of entire length the
rope just begins to slide. The coefficient
21. A block of mass M = 8 kg is resting on a
rough horizontal surface. It is pulled of friction between the rope and the table
is
with a force of 40 2 N applied at an
angle of 450 with the horizontal. For the 1) 2/3 2) 1/2 3) 1/3 4) 1/6
block and the surface  Static = 0.8 and 25. Two block (A) 2kg and (B) 5 kg rest one
 Kinetic = 0.6 over the other on a smooth horizontal
plane. The coefficient of static and
dynamic friction between (A) and (B) is
the same and equal to 0.60. The
maximum horizontal force that can be
applied to (B) in order that both (A) and
(B) do not have any relative motion
With reference to this information,
match the column I and column II

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 1) 42 N 2) 42 kgf 3) 5.4 kgf 4) 1.2 N
26. A body is placed on an inclined plane
and has to be pushed down. The angle
made by the normal reaction with the
1) 9.8 2) 2.5 3) 0.98 4) 0.49
vertical will be
30. A body is sliding down an inclined plane
1) equal to angle of repose
(angle of inclination 450). If the
2) equal to the angle of friction coefficient of friction is 0.5 and g = 9.8
3) less than the angle of repose m/s2, then the acceleration of the body
4) more than the angle of friction downwards in m/s2 is
27. A block of mass 2 kg is connected with a 4 .9
1) 2) 4.9 2 3) 19.6 2 4) 4.9
spring of natural length 40 cm of force 2
constant K = 200 N/m. The coefficient
31. If a ladder is not in balance against a
of friction is  = 0.5. When released smooth vertical wall, then it can be made
from the given position, acceleration of in balance by
block will be
1) decreasing the length of ladder
2) increasing the length of ladder
3) increasing the angle of inclination
4) decreasing the angle of inclination
32.

1) zero 2) 2 m/s2 3) 6 m/s2 4) 8 m/s2

28. The rear side of a truck is open and a
box of mass 20 kg is placed on the truck
In the arrangement coefficient of friction
4m away from the open end,  = 0.15
1
and g = 10 m/s2. The truck starts from between the two blocks is   . Find
rest with an acceleration of 2 m/s2 on a 2
straight road. The box will fall off the the force of friction acting between the
truck when truck is at a distance from two blocks is
the starting point equal to 1) 8 N 2) 6 N 3) 10 N 4) 12 N
1) 4 m 2) 8 m 3) 16 m 4) 32 m 33. A body is sliding down an inclined plane
 1
29. A block of mass 0.1 kg is pressed     . If the normal reaction is twice
against a wall with a horizontal force of  2
5N as shown in the figure. If the that of the resultant downward force
coefficient of friction between the wall along the incline, the inclination of plane
and the block is 0.5 then the frictional is
force acting on the block in Newton will 1) 150 2) 300 3) 450 4) 600
be (take g = 9.8 m/s2)

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34. A particle is projected up a 370 rough in the fig. Block A will remain at rest if
incline with velocity v0. If  = 1/2, the the friction on it is
speed with which it return back to the
starting point is v. Then v/v0 is
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 5 2
35. The friction force acting on the block at
time t = 4 s will be
1) 40 N up the plane
2) 40 N down the plane
3) 100 N up the plane
4) 100 N down the plane
1) 50 N 2) 40 N 3) 25 N 4) none 40. Which of the following is correct, when
36. Consider the situation as shown. The a person walks on the rough surface
maximum value of force F such that the 1) the frictional force exerted by the
block does not move surface keeps him moving
2) the force which the man exerts on the
floor keeps him moving
3) the reaction of the force which the
man exerts on the surface keeps him
moving
4) none of the above
1) 5 N 2) 10 N 3) 15 N 4) 20 N 41. A conveyor belt is moving at a constant
37. speed of 2 m/s. A box is gently dropped
on it. The coefficient of friction between
50 N them is  = 0.5. The distance that the
box will move relative to belt before
coming to rest on it, taking g = 10 m/s2,
is
1) zero 2) 0.4 m 3) 1.2 m 4) 0.6 m
42. A car starts from rest on a 1600 m long
The acceleration of the block is bridge. The coefficient of friction
1) 6 m/s2 2) 8 m/s2 between the tyre and road is 0.8. The
3) 10 m/s2 4) 12 m/s2 minimum time taken by the car to cross
the bridge is
38. A lift is moving downwards with an
acceleration equal to g. A block of mass 1) 5 s 2) 10 s 3) 15 s 4) 20 s
m, kept on the floor of the lift of friction 43. A block B is placed on block A. The
coefficient  , is pulled horizontally. The mass of block B is less than the mass of
friction acting on the block is block A. Friction exists between the
blocks, whereas the ground on which
1)  mg 2) mg 3) zero 4) none block A is placed is taken to be smooth.
39. Two blocks A and B, each of mass 10 A horizontal force F, increasing linearly
kg, are connected by a light string with time begins to act on B. The
passing over a smooth pulley as shown acceleration aA and aB of blocks A and B,

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 respectively, are plotted against t. The 2) a = 1 m/s2, T = 70 N
correctly plotted graph is 3) a = zero T = 60 N
4) a = 2 m/s2, T = 60 N
46. The coefficient of friction between the
blocks is 0.5. Find accelerations of upper
block (a1) and lower block (a2)

1) a1 = a2 = 5 m/s2
2) a1 = a2 = 3 m/s2
3) a1 = 5 m/s2, a2 = 6 m/s2
4) a1 = a2 = 6 m/s2
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44. A block A of mass 200 kg rests on a

block B of mass 300 kg. A is tied with a
horizontal string to a wall. Coefficient of
friction between A and B is 0.25 and that
between B and floor is 0.2. The
horizontal force F needed to move the
block B is

1) 550 N 2) 1100 N
3) 1500 N 4) 220 N
45. Find the acceleration and tension in the
string ?

1) a = zero, T = 50 N

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