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Friction JEE

The document contains 15 physics problems related to friction. It covers concepts like static friction, kinetic friction, coefficient of friction and how they relate to inclined planes, blocks on surfaces, and objects in motion. The problems involve calculating forces, coefficients, accelerations and other quantities using given values and friction equations.

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Friction JEE

The document contains 15 physics problems related to friction. It covers concepts like static friction, kinetic friction, coefficient of friction and how they relate to inclined planes, blocks on surfaces, and objects in motion. The problems involve calculating forces, coefficients, accelerations and other quantities using given values and friction equations.

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Chapter: Friction

(Problem Solving)

Department of Physics
Important Concepts of the Chapter:

• Friction
• Static Friction
• Kinetic Friction
PSV-1

1. An insect is at the bottom of a hemispherical ditch of


radius 1 m. It crawls up the ditch but starts slipping
after it is at height h from the bottom. If the coefficient
of friction between the ground and the insect is 0.75,
then h is : (g = 10 ms–2) [Sep. 06, 2020 (I)]

(a) 0.20 m
(b) 0.45 m
(c) 0.60 m
(d) 0.80 m
PSV-1 Solution
PSV-2
2. Two blocks A and B masses mA=1 kg and mB= 3 kg are kept
on the table as shown in figure. The coefficient of friction
between A and B is 0.2 and between B and the surface of
the table is also 0.2. The maximum force F that can be
applied on B horizontally, so that the block A does not
slide over the block B is : [Take g = 10 m/s2]
[10 April 2019 II]
(a) 8N
(b) 16 N
(c) 40 N
(d) 12 N
PSV-2 Solution
PSV-3
3. 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/s2] [12 Jan. 2019 II]
PSV-3 Solution
PSV-4

4. Two masses m1= 5 kg and m2= 10 kg, connected by an


inextensible string over a frictionless pulley, are moving
as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction of
horizontal surface is 0.15. The minimum weight m that
should be put on top of m2 to stop the motion is:
[2018]
PSV-4 Solution
PSV-5

5. A given object takes n times more time to slide down a 45°


rough inclined plane as it takes to slide down a perfectly
smooth 45° incline. The coefficient of kinetic friction
between the object and the incline is :
[Online April 15, 2018]
PSV-5 Solution
PSV-6

6. A body of mass 2kg slides down with an acceleration of


3m/s2 on a rough inclined plane having a slope of 30°.
The external force required to take the same body up the
plane with the same acceleration will be: (g = 10m/s2)
[Online April 15, 2018]

(a) 4N
(b) 14N
(c) 6N
(d) 20N
PSV-6 Solution
PSV-7
7. A rocket is fired vertically from the earth with an acceleration
of 2g, where g is the gravitational acceleration. On an
inclined plane inside the rocket, making an angle q with
the horizontal, a point object of mass m is kept. The
minimum coefficient of friction mmin between the mass and
the inclined surface such that the mass does not move is :
[Online April 9, 2016]
PSV-7 Solution
PSV-8
8. 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 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: [2015]

(a) 120 N
(b) 150 N
(c) 100 N
(d) 80 N
PSV-8 Solution
PSV-9

9. A marble block of mass 2 kg lying on ice when given a


velocity of 6 m/s is stopped by friction in 10 s. Then the
coefficient of friction is [2003]

(a) 0.02
(b) 0.03
(c) 0.04
(d) 0.06
PSV-9 Solution
PSV-10

10. A horizontal force of 10 N is necessary to just hold a block


stationary against a wall. The coefficient of friction between
the block and the wall is 0.2. The weight of the block is
[2003]

(a) 20 N
(b) 50 N
(c) 100 N
(d) 2N
PSV-10 Solution
PSV-11

11. A block rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of


30° with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction
between the block and the plane is 0.8. If the frictional
force on the block is 10 N, the mass of the block (in kg) is
(take g = 10 m / s ) [2004]

(a) 1.6
(b) 4.0
(c) 2.0
(d) 2.5
PSV-11 Solution
PSV-12
12. What is the maximum value of the force F, such that the
block as shown in the arrangement, does not move?

(a) 20 N
(b) 10 N
(c) 12 N
(d) 15 N
PSV-12 Solution
PSV-13

13. A person 40 kg is managing to be at rest between two


vertical walls by pressing one wall A by his hands and
feet and B with his back. The coefficient of friction is 0.8
between his body and the wall. The force with which the
person pushes the wall is

(a) 100 N
(b) 50 N
(c) 150 N
(d) 200 N
PSV-13 Solution
PSV-14
14. A plane is inclined at an angle θ with the horizontal. A
body of mass m rests on it. If the coefficient of friction is
μ, then the minimum force that has to be applied parallel
to the inclined plane, so as to make the body to just
move up the inclined plane, is
(a) mg sinθ
(b) μ mg cos θ
(c) μ mg cos θ - mg sinθ
(d) μ mg cos θ + mg sinθ
PSV-14 Solution
PSV-15

15. Two fixed frictionless inclined plane making the angles


30° and 60° with the vertical are shown in the figure. Two
blocks A and B are placed on the two planes. What is the
relative vertical acceleration of A with respect to B?
PSV-15 Solution
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