FRICTION LEVEL 1

PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.
SECTION (A) : KINETIC FRICTION
A-1. In the given diagram find the direction of friction forces on each block and the ground (Assume all surfaces
are rough and all velocities are with respect to ground).

A-2. The wheel shown in the figure is fixed at ‘O’ and is in contact with a rough surface as shown . The wheel
rotates with an angular velocity . What is the direction and nature of friction force on the wheel and on the
ground.

A-3. In the following figure, find the direction of friction on the blocks and ground .

A-4. In the following figure, find the direction and nature of friction on the block.

A-5. A block is shot with an initial velocity 5ms–1 on a rough horizontal plane. Find the distance covered by the
block till it comes to rest. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and plane is 0.1.

SECTION (B) : STATIC FRICTION

B-1. The person applies F force horizontally on the smaller block as shown in figure. The coefficient of static
friction is between the blocks and the surface. Find the force exerted by the vertical wall on mass M . What
is the value of action-reaction forces between m and M?

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B-2. The angle between the resultant contact force and the normal force exerted by a body on the other
is called the angle of friction. Show that, if  be the angle of friction and  the coefficient of static
friction,   tan –1 

B-3. In the given figure a monkey of mass m is climbing a rope hanging from the roof with acceleration a. The
coefficient of static friction between the body of the monkey and the rope is . Find the direction and value of
friction force on the monkey.

B-4. In the figure shown calculate the angle of friction. The block does not slide. Take g = 10 m/s2.

B-5. The rear side of a truck is open and a box of 40 kg mass is placed 5 m away from the open end as shown in
figure. The coefficient of friction between the box and the surface below it is 0.15. On a straight road, the
truck starts from rest and accelerates with 2 ms–2. Find the distance travelled by the truck by the time box
falls from the truck. (Ignore the size of the box).

B-6. What is the minimum value of force (in following two cases) required to pull a block of mass M on a horizontal
surface having coefficient of friction ? Also find the angle this force makes with the horizontal.
(a) If force is parallel to horizontal surface
(b) If force is in any direction (Also find the angle this force makes with the horizontal.)

SECTION (C) : MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

C-1. A body of mass 5 kg is kept on a rough horizontal surface. It is found that the body does not slide if a
horizontal force less than 30 N is applied to it. Also it is found that it takes 5 seconds to slide throughout the
first 10 m if a horizontal force of 30 N is applied and the body is gently pushed to start the motion.
Taking g= 10 m/s2, calculate the coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the block and the surface.

C-2. In the given figures find the accelerations and the friction forces involved :

(i) (ii)

(iii) (iv)

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 PART - II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
SECTION (A) : KINETIC FRICTION
A-1. Starting from rest a body slides down a 45º inclined plane in twice the time it takes to slide down the
same distance in the absence of friction. The co-efficient of friction between the body and the inclined
plane is:
(A) 0.75 (B) 0.33 (C) 0.25 (D) 0.80

A-2. A wooden block of mass m resting on a rough horizontal table

(coefficient of friction = ) is pulled by a force F as shown in figure.
The acceleration of the block moving horizontally is :
Fcos Fsin 
(A) (B)
m M

F
(C) (cos  +  sin )  g (D) none
m

A-3. A block of mass M = 5 kg is resting on a rough horizontal surface for which

the coefficient of friction is 0.2. When a force F = 40 N is applied
as shown in figure the acceleration of the block will be (g = 10 m/s2) :
(A) 5.73 m/sec2 (B) 8.0 m/sec2
2
(C) 3.17 m/sec (D) 10.0 m/sec2

A-4. Two blocks m1 = 4kg and m2 = 2kg, connected by a weightless rod on a

plane having inclination of 370 as shown in figure. The coefficients of dy-
namic friction of m1 and m2 with the inclined plane are = 0.25. Then
the common acceleration of the two blocks and the tension in the rod are:
(A) 4 m/s2, T = 0 (B) 2 m/s2, T = 5 N
2
(C) 10 m/s ,T = 10 N (D) 15 m/s2, T = 9N

SECTION (B) : STATIC FRICTION

B-1. If the normal force is doubled, the co-efficient of friction is :
(A) halved (B) doubled (C) tripled (D) not changed

B-2. A box 'A' is lying on the horizontal floor of the compartment of a train running along horizontal rails from
left to right. At time 't', it decelerates. Then the resultant contact force R by the floor on the box is given
best by :

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

B-3. A cart of mass M has a block of mass m attached to it as shown in

the figure. Co-ef ficient of friction between the block and cart is .
W hat is the minimum acceleration of the cart so that the block m
does not fall?
(A)  g (B) /g
(C) g/ (D) none

RESONANCE
B-4. A block of mass 1 kg lies on a horizontal surface in a truck. The coefficient of static friction between the block
and the surface is 0.6 If the acceleration of the truck is 5 m/s2, the frictional force acting on the block is :
(A) 5 N (B) 6 N (C) 10 N (D) 15 N

B-5.* A contact force exerted by one body on horizontal surface is equal to the normal force ( 0) between them.
It can be said that :
(A) the contact surfaces must be frictionless
(B) the force of friction between the contact surfaces is zero
(C) the magnitude of normal force equals that of friction
(D) It is possible that the bodies are rough and they do not slip on each other.

B-6. A block of mass 2 kg rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 300 with the horizontal. The
coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is 0.7. The frictional force on the block is :
(A) 9.8 N (B) 0.7 × 9.8 3N (C) 9.8 × 7 N (D) 0.8 × 9.8 N

B-7. Two masses A and B of 10 kg and 5 kg respectively are connected with a string passing over a
frictionless pulley fixed at the corner of a table as shown. The coefficient of static friction of A with table
is 0.2. The minimum mass of C that may be placed on A to prevent it from moving is

(A) 15 kg (B) 10 kg (C) 5 kg (D) 12 kg

SECTION (C) : MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

C-1. A block of mass 5 kg and surface area 2 m 2 just begins to slide down an inclined plane when the angle
of inclination is 30º. Keeping mass same, the surface area of the block is doubled. The angle at which
this starts sliding down is :
(A) 30º (B) 60º (C) 15º (D) none

C-2. A 60 kg body is pushed horizontally with just enough force to start it moving across a floor and the same
force continues to act afterwards. The coefficient of static friction and sliding friction are 0.5 and 0.4 respec-
tively. The acceleration of the body is :
(A) 6 m/s2 (B) 4.9 m/s2 (C) 3.92 m/s2 (D) 1 m/s2

C-3. A force F = t is applied to block A as shown in figure. The force is applied at t = 0 seconds when the
system was at rest and string is just straight without tension. Which of the following graphs gives the
friction force between B and horizontal surface as a function of time ‘t’.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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C-4. A plank of mass m1 = 8 kg with a bar of mass m2 = 2 kg placed on its rough surface, lie on a smooth floor
of elevator ascending with an acceleration g/4. The coefficient of friction is µ = 1/5 between m 1 and m2. A
horizontal force F = 30 N is applied to the plank. Then the acceleration of bar and the plank in the reference
frame of elevator are:

50
(A) 3.5 m/s2, 5 m/s2 (B) 5 m/s2, 8 m/s2

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(C) 2.5 m/s2, m/s2 (D)4.5 m/s2, 4.5m/s2
8

C-5. A man of mass m is applying a horizontal force to slide a box of mass m’ on a rough horizontal surface. It is
known that the man does not slide. The coefficient of friction between the shoes of the man and the floor is
µ and between the box and the floor is µ’. In which of the following cases it is certainly not possible to slide
the box?
(A)  >  ’, m < m’ (B)  <  ’, m < m’
(C)  <  ’, m > m’ (D)  >  ’, m > m´

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ANSWER KEY

PART 1 PART-II

SECTION (A) SECTION (A)

A-1. A-1. (A) A-2. (C) A-3. (A) A-4. (A)

SECTION (B)
B-1. (D) B-2. (C) B-3. (C) B-4. (A)
B-5. (B), (D) B-6. (A) B-7. (A)

SECTION (C)
C-1. (A) C-2. (D) C-3. (A) C-4. (C)
C-5. (B)

A-2.

Kinetic friction is involved.

A-3.

A-4. Up the incline, kinetic friction.

A-5. 12.5 m

SECTION (B)
B-1. action-reaction force between M and vertical wall
N=0 for F  (M+m)g
N= F– (M+m)g for F > (M+m)g
action-reaction force between m and M
N = F – mg for F > mg
and N = 0 for F < mg
B-2.  tan–1
B-3. Upwards, f = m(g+a)
1
B-4.  = tan–1
2
B-5. 20 m

Mg
B-6. (a) Mg (b) , tan–1 .
1  2
SECTION (C)
C-1. s = 0.60, k = 0.52
C-2. (i) aA = 3 m/s2 , aB = 0 , f AB = 0 , f BG = 0
(ii) aA = 1 m/s2 , aB = 0 , f AB = 25N , fBG = 25N
(iii) a A = 5 m/s2 ; a B = 10 m/s2;
f AB = 25N; f BG = 75N
(iv) aA = 1m/s2 ; aB = 1m/s2 ; f AB = 5N ; fBG = 75N