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1. An athlete leaps over a hurdle of height 1.0 m. The athlete leaps at a distance of 2.0 m before
the hurdle and lands 2.0 m after the hurdle. If the angle of the leap is at 45 with the horizontal line,
what is the speed at which the athlete leaps?
2. A car of mass m with effective power P climbs a hill of height h at initial velocity u. The car arrives at
the peak of the hill at velocity v in time t. What is the relationship between m, P, h, u, v, and t?
3. The figure shows two stars X and Y of masses m
1
and m
2
respectively and separated by a distance r.

If the gravitational field strength at point P is zero, what is the ratio of m
1
to m
2
?
4. A coin of mass m is placed on a disc which is rotating about its vertical axis at constant angular
velocity . The coefficient of static friction between the coin and the surface of the disc is . If the
coin does not slip, what is the maximum distance between the coin and the center of the disc? In
symbol form.
5. The air inside a hot-air balloon is heated up from a density of 1.25 kg m
3
and a
temperature of 27 C until the balloon begins to float. During this heating process, some air escapes
from the balloon and the pressure inside the balloon remains constant at just above the
atmospheric pressure. The mass and volume of air in the balloon just before it rises are 300 kg and
400 m
3
respectively. What is the temperature of hot air?
6. The tensile strength of a wire is the maximum stress on the wire just before it breaks. What is the
dimension of tensile strength?
7. A cylinder of volume 0.09 m
3
contains an ideal gas at 100 C and 8 10
4
Pa. If the mass of one mole
of the gas is 0.034 kg, what is the r.m.s. speed of the gas molecules?
8. A gun fires 120 bullets per minute at a speed of 200 m s
1
relative to the gun. If the mass of each
bullet is 10 g, what is the recoiling force acting on the gun?
9. Two cars X and Y moving at the same speed are acted upon by equal braking forces until they come
to a stop. If the mass of X is twice that of Y, what is the ratio of the distance travelled by X to the
distance travelled by Y ?
10. The figure shows a rod pivoted at point P on a smooth horizontal surface.

Two forces each of magnitude 5.0 N acting in opposite directions are applied at the two ends of the
rod. What is the resultant torque on the rod?

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