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Impulse & Momentum Conservation

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Q1MHT CET 2026 · 19 MAY · SHIFT 1Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A cricket ball of mass 120120 g is moving with a velocity of 88 m/s and is hit by a bat so that the ball gets turned back with a velocity of 1212 m/s. If the duration of contact between the ball and bat is 0.020.02 s, the impulse (in Ns) given to the ball by the bat is

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Q2MHT CET 2026 · 13 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

100100 balls each of mass mm moving with speed vv simultaneously strike a wall normally and reflected back with same speed, in time tt s. The total magnitude of force exerted by the balls on the wall is

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Q3MHT CET 2026 · 17 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Machine gun, conveyor & jets

A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40g with a speed of 600600 ms−1^{-1}. The person holding the gun can bare maximum force of 168N on it. The number of bullets that can be fired from the gun per second is

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Q4MHT CET 2026 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A bullet is fired from a gun. The force on the bullet is F=(600−2×105t)F = (600 - 2 \times 10^{5} t) N where tt is in second. The force on the bullet becomes zero as soon as it leaves the barrel. The average impulse imparted to the bullet is

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Q5MHT CET 2025 · 25 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Machine gun, conveyor & jets

A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 35 gram with a speed of 600 m/s600\text{ m/s}. The person holding the gun can extract a maximum force of 147 N on it. The number of bullets that can be fired from the gun per second is

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Q6MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Machine gun, conveyor & jets

A conveyor belt is moving with constant velocity (V). Sand is being dropped on the belt at the rate of M kg/sM\text{ kg/s}. The force necessary to keep the belt moving with a constant velocity V m/sV\text{ m/s} will be

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Q7MHT CET 2025 · 5 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A ball is dropped on the floor from a height of 20 m. It rebounds to a height of 5 m. Ball remains in contact with floor for 1 s. The average acceleration during contact is (acceleration due to gravity =10 m/s2= 10\text{ m/s}^{2})

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Q8MHT CET 2025 · 19 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Force-time graph

Force is applied to a body of mass 3 kg at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface as shown in the force against time (F-t) graph. The speed of the body after 1 s is

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Q9JEE Main 2024 · 8 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 g150\text{ g} moving at a speed of 20 m/s20\text{ m/s}. If the catching process is completed in 0.1 s0.1\text{ s}, the magnitude of force exerted by the ball on the hand of the player is:

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Q10JEE Main 2024 · 1 FEB · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A cricket player catches a ball of mass 120 g120\text{ g} moving with 25 m/s25\text{ m/s} speed. If the catching process is completed in 0.1 s0.1\text{ s} then the magnitude of force exerted by the ball on the hand of player will be (in SI unit):

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Q11JEE Main 2023 · 1 FEB · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Force-time graph

Figures (a), (b), (c) and (d) show variation of force with time.

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The impulse is highest in figure.

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Q12MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Machine gun, conveyor & jets

A machine gun fires bullets of mass 30 g30\text{ g} with velocity of 1000 m/s1000\text{ m/s}. The man holding the gun can exert a maximum force of 300 N300\text{ N} on it. How many bullets can he fire per second at most?

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Q13NEET 2023Medium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is:

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Q14JEE Main 2022 · 30 JUL · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Recoil & explosion

A bullet of mass 1010 gram is fired with velocity of 100 m/s100\text{ m/s} from the gun of mass 1 kg1\text{ kg}. Recoil speed of the gun is:

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Q15JEE Main 2021 · 27 JUL · SHIFT 2Medium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A particle of mass M originally at rest is subjected to a force whose direction is constant but magnitude varies with time according to the relation

F=F0[1−(t−TT)2]F = F_0\left[1 - \left(\frac{t-T}{T}\right)^{2}\right]

Where F0 and T are constants. The force acts only for the time interval 2T. The velocity v of the particle after time 2T is:

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Q16JEE Main 2014 · 9 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Machine gun, conveyor & jets

Water is flowing at a speed of 1.5 ms−1{}^{-1} through a horizontal tube of cross-sectional area 10−-2 m2 and you are trying to stop the flow by your palm. Assuming that the water stops immediately after hitting the palm, the minimum force that you must exert should be (density of water = 103 kgm−3{}^{-3}).

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Q17NEET 2011 · AIPMT · PRELIMSEasy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A body of mass M hits normally a rigid wall with velocity V and bounces back with the same velocity. The impulse experienced by the body is

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Q18NEET 2008 · AIPMTEasy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Machine gun, conveyor & jets

Sand is being dropped on a conveyer belt at the rate of M kg/s. The force necessary to keep the belt moving with a constant velocity of vv m/s will be:

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Q19JEE Main 2003 · AIEEEEasy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Rocket propulsion

A rocket with a lift-off mass 3.5×104 kg3.5 \times 10^{4}\text{ kg} is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 10 m/s210\text{ m/s}^{2} Then the initial thrust of the blast is

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Q20NEET 2001 · AIPMTEasy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A cricketer catches a ball of mass 150 gm in 0.1 sec moving with speed 20 m/s, then he experiences force of

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Q21NEET 2001 · AIPMTMedium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Recoil & explosion

A 1 kg stationary bomb is exploded in three parts having mass 1: 1: 3 respectively. Parts having same mass move in perpendicular direction with velocity 30 m/s, then the velocity of bigger part will be

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Q22NEET 2000 · AIPMTMedium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Impulse-momentum theorem

A body of mass 3 kg hits a wall at an angle of 60° and returns at the same angle. The impact time was 0.2 sec. The force exerted on the wall

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Q23NEET 1999 · AIPMTMedium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Rocket propulsion

The force on a rocket moving with a velocity 300 m/s300\text{ m/s} is 210 N210\text{ N}. The rate of consumption of fuel of rocket is

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Q24NEET 1998 · AIPMTMedium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Rocket propulsion

A 5000 kg5000\text{ kg} rocket is set for vertical firing. The exhaust speed is 800 m s−1800\text{ m s}^{-1}. To give an initial upward acceleration of 20 m/s220\text{ m/s}^{2}, the amount of gas ejected per second to supply the needed thrust will be (g=10 m s−2g = 10\text{ m s}^{-2})

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Q25NEET 1996 · AIPMTEasy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Recoil & explosion

A man fires a bullet of mass 200 gm200\text{ gm} at a speed of 5 m/s5\text{ m/s}. The gun is of one kg mass. By what velocity the gun rebounds backward?

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Q26NEET 1994 · AIPMTEasy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Rocket propulsion

In a rocket, fuel burns at the rate of 1 kg/s1\text{ kg/s}. This fuel is ejected from the rocket with a velocity of 60 km/s60\text{ km/s}. This exerts a force on the rocket equal to

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Q27NEET 1994 · AIPMTDifficult

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Rocket propulsion

A satellite in force free space sweeps stationary interplanetary dust at a rate of dM/dt=αvdM/dt = \alpha v, where MM is mass and vv is the speed of satellite and α\alpha is a constant. The acceleration of satellite is

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Q28NEET 1990 · AIPMTMedium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Rocket propulsion

A 600 kg600\text{ kg} rocket is set for a vertical fring. If the exhaust speed is 1000 m s−11000\text{ m s}^{-1}, the mass of the gas ejected per second to supply the thrust needed to overcome the weight of rocket is

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Q29NEET 1989 · AIPMTMedium

Impulse & Momentum Conservation · Recoil & explosion

A body of mass 5 kg5\text{ kg} explodes at rest into three fragments with masses in the ratio 1:1:31:1:3. The fragments with equal masses fly in mutually perpendicular directions with speeds of 21 m/s21\text{ m/s}. The velocity of heaviest fragment in m/s will be

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