What is the change in the angular momentum of a system as per the Law of Conservation of Angular momentum, if the total external torque acting is zero?
A. Remains constant
B. Becomes zero
C. Increases exponentially
D. None of the above
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The force that keeps a body in a circular motion called
A. The centripetal force
B. The centrifugual force
C. The frictional force
D. All the above
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It is easier to carry two buckets of water in one hand each, than to carry only one in one hand because
A. Weights of buckets are balanced
B. Centre of gravity falls within the body
C. Centre of gravity and centre of equilibrium fall within the feet
D. Resultant weight of buckets is zero
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The working of a rocket is based on the principle of:
A. Conservation of momentum
B. Conservation of mass
C. Conservation of energy
D. Conservation of angular momentum
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A bomb at rest explodes into a large number of tiny fragments. The total momentum of all the fragments
A. Is zero
B. Depends on the total mass of all the fragments
C. Depends on the speeds of various fragments
D. Is infinity
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A man standing at the top of a tower has two spheres A and B. He drops sphere A downwards and throws sphere B horizontally at the same time. Which of the following is correct ?
A. Both the spheres will reach the ground simultaneously.
B. A will reach the ground first.
C. B will reach the ground first.
D. The question is incomplete because the masses of the spheres are not given.
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Two stones of unequal masses are thrown vertically up with the same velocity. Which of the following will happen?
A. The heavier mass will reach greater height
B. The lighter mass will reach greater height
C. Both will reach the same height
D. Any of them may reach greater height
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The dimension of which of the following is the same as that of impulse ?
A. Volume
B. Momentum
C. Torque
D. Change in the rate of momentum
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An object covers distance which is directly proportional to the square of the time. Its accelaration is
A. Increasing
B. Decreasing
C. Zero
D. Constant
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A bullet of mass 10gm is fired with a velocity of 40 m/s from a gun of mass 8 kg. Find the recoil velocity (in m/s) of the gun.
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If an electron and a photon have the same wavelength, then they will have the same
A. Velocity
B. Linear momentum
C. Angular momentum
D. Energy
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A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground. It crosses a point at the height of 25 m twice at an interval of 4 seconds. The ball was thrown with the velocity of
A. 18 m/s
B. 25 m/s
C. 30 m/s
D. 36 m/s
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Rain drops fall from great height. Which among the following statements is true regarding it?
A. They fall with that ultimate velocity, which are different for different droplets
B. They fall with same ultimate velocity
C. Their velocity increases and they fall with different velocity on the earth
D. Their velocity increases and they fall with same velocity on the earth
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A particle dropped from the top of a tower uniformly falls on ground at a distance which is equal to the height of tower. Which of the following paths will be traversed by the particle ?
A. Circle
B. Parabolic
C. Great circle
D. Hyper–parabolic
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A particle is thrown vertically upward. When it reaches the highest point, it has
A. A downward acceleration
B. An upward acceleration
C. A downward velocity
D. A horizontal velocity
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The quantity that is not conserved in an inelastic collision is
A. Momentum
B. Kinetic Energy
C. Total Energy
D. All of these
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The dimension MLT–2 corresponds to
A. Force
B. Work done
C. Acceleration
D. Velocity
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If lift is going up with acceleration, the apparent weight of a body is
A. May be more or less than true weight
B. More than the true weight
C. Less than the true weight
D. Equal to the true weight
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The force that generates wind is
A. Gravity force
B. Pressure gradient force
C. Coriolis force
D. Centrifugal force
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A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be
A. A parabola
B. A circle
C. A horizontal straight line
D. A vertical straight line
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