Conservation of Momentum MCQ Test 1

1. A boy of mass M, standing at a height h throws a ball of mass m vertically down with
a speed . Assuming no gravity, the distance of man above the ground when ball
reaches the floor is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

2. A bomb of mass 5 kg explodes at rest into three pieces of masses in the ratio 1 : 1 : 3.
The Pieces with equal masses fly in mutually normal direction with speed of 21 ms 1.
Velocity of the third piece is
(a)

9.12 ms1

(b)

7.98 ms1

(c)

9.87 ms1

(d)

8.97 ms1

3. The spacecraft of mass M moving with a velocity v in free space explodes and breaks
up into two pieces. If after explosion a piece of mass m comes to rest, the other piece of
spacecraft will have a velocity

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

4. A shell explodes and many pieces fly off in different directions. The following is
conserved
(a)

Kinetic energy

(b)

Momentum

(c)

Both

(d)

None of these.

5. A shell of mass m is moving horizontally with velocity v 0 and collides with a wedge of
mass M just above point A, as shown in the figure. As a consequence, wedge starts to
move show in the figure. As a consequence, wedge starts to move towards left and the
shell returns with a velocity in xy plane. The principle of conservation of momentum
can be applied for:

(a)

System (m + M) along any direction

(b)

System (m + M) along vertical

(c)

System (m + M) horizontally

(d)

None of the above.

6. A bullet weighing 50 gm leaves the gun with a velocity of 30 ms 1. If the recoil speed
imparted to the gun is 1ms1, the mass of the gun
(a)

1.5 kg

(b)

15 kg

(c)

20 kg

(d)

30 kg

7. A bullet weighing 10 g and moving at 300 ms 1 strikes a 5 kg block of ice and drops
dead. The ice block is sitting on frictionless level surface. The speed of the block, after
the collision is
(a)

0.60 ms1

(b)

60 ms1

(c)

0.6 ms1

(d)

6 ms1

8. Two perfectly elastic particles A and B of equal masses travelling along the line
joining them with velocity 15 ms1 and 10 ms1 respectively collide. Their velocities after
the elastic collision will be (in ms1) respectively
(a)

20 and 5

(b)

10 and 15

(c)

5 and 20

(d)

0 and 25

9. A radioactive nucleus decays by emission. Both and neutrino move mutually at

right angles with momentum 6 1021 kg ms1 and 3 1021 kg ms1. The direction of
recoil of nucleus with respect to electron is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

10. A machine gun fires a steady stream of bullets at the rate of n per minute into a
stationary target in which the bullets get embedded. If each bullet has a mass m and
arrives at the target with a velocity v, the average force on the target is :
(a)

60 mnv

(b)

60/mn

(c)

mnv/60

(d)

mv/60n

11. A mass of 100 g strikes the wall with speed 5 m/s at an angle as shown in figure and
it rebounds with the same speed. If the contact time is 2 10 3 s, what is the force
applied on the mass by the wall?

(a)
(b)

250 N to right

(c)
(d)

250 N to left

12. A moving particle of mass m, makes a head on elastic collision with a particle of
mass 2 m, which is initially at rest. the fraction of energy lost by colliding particle is:
(a)

1/9

(b)

2/3

(c)

8/9

(d)

No loss

13. A shell is fired from cannon with a velocity v at an angle with the horizontal
direction. At the highest point in its path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One
of the pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the speed (in ms 1) of the other piece
immediately after the explosion is:
(a)

3 v cos

(b)

2 v cos

(c)

(d)

14. A projectile is moving at 60 m/s at its highest point. Where it breaks into two equal
parts due to an internal explosion. One part moves vertically up at 50 m/s with respect
to the ground. The other part will move at:
(a)

110 m/s

(b)

120 m/s

(c)

130 m/s

(d)

15. In the figure given the position time graph of a particle of mass 0.1 kg is shown.
The impulse at t = 2s is:

(a)

0.2 kg ms1

(b)

0.2 kg ms1

(c)

0.1 kg ms1

(d)

0.4 kg ms1

Answer Keys:
1.

2.

6.

7.

c 8.

11.

12.

3.

a 4.

5.

9.

10.

c 13.

14.

c
c

c 15.