Spring Balance & Weighing Machines questions with solutions

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• MCQmediumNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A man stands on a spring platform whose spring balance reads 60 kg-wt. If he jumps off the platform, the reading of the spring balance:

  Options

  • Option A

    First increases then decreases to zero

  • Option B

    Decreases monotonically

  • Option C

    Increases

  • Option D

    Remains same

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• MCQmediumNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A person of mass 60 kg stands inside a 940 kg lift. The lift accelerates upward at 1 m s⁻². Find supporting cable tension using g=10 m s⁻².

  Options

  • Option A

    8600 N

  • Option B

    9680 N

  • Option C

    11000 N

  • Option D

    1200 N

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• MCQmediumNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  Two 2 kg blocks rest on symmetric 30° inclines and are connected over a pulley; each stands on a weighing machine as shown. The reading of each weighing machine is:

  

  Options

  • Option A

    10√3 N

  • Option B

    10√2 N

  • Option C

    20√3 N

  • Option D

    30√3 N

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• MCQmediumNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A 4 kg block is suspended through two light spring balances A and B in series. Their readings are:

  

  Options

  • Option A

    4 kg and 0 kg

  • Option B

    0 kg and 4 kg

  • Option C

    4 kg and 4 kg

  • Option D

    2 kg and 2 kg

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• MCQeasyNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A 1000 kg lift accelerates upward at 1 m s⁻². Find tension in the supporting cable (use g=9.8 m s⁻²).

  Options

  • Option A

    9800 N

  • Option B

    10800 N

  • Option C

    11000 N

  • Option D

    10000 N

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• IntegerdifficultNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  An ideal spring with a pointer hangs beside a scale. A 100 N weight gives reading 40 and a 200 N weight gives reading 60. An unknown weight X gives reading 30. Find X in newtons.

  

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• MCQmediumNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A massless spring balance pulls a 2 kg trolley on a horizontal surface. The reading remains 10 kg-wt during motion. Take g=9.8 m s⁻². The trolley acceleration is:

  

  Options

  • Option A

    4.9 m s⁻²

  • Option B

    9.8 m s⁻²

  • Option C

    49 m s⁻²

  • Option D

    98 m s⁻²

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• ParagraphdifficultNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A weighing machine is kept in a lift accelerating upward at 5 m s⁻². A block on the machine is also attached to a spring balance above. At the shown instant the weighing machine and spring balance read 15 kg-wt and 45 kg-wt respectively. Take g=10 m s⁻².

  

  Sub-question 1

  The mass of the block and the normal force from the weighing machine are:

  Options

  • Option A

    60 kg, 450 N

  • Option B

    40 kg, 150 N

  • Option C

    80 kg, 400 N

  • Option D

    10 kg, 0

  Sub-question 2

  If the lift is stopped and equilibrium is reached, the readings of the weighing machine and spring balance become:

  Options

  • Option A

    40 kg, 0

  • Option B

    10 kg, 20 kg

  • Option C

    20 kg, 10 kg

  • Option D

    0, 40 kg

  Sub-question 3

  Find the lift acceleration for which the weighing machine shows the true weight of the block.

  Options

  • Option A

    45/4 m s⁻²

  • Option B

    85/4 m s⁻²

  • Option C

    22/4 m s⁻²

  • Option D

    60/4 m s⁻²

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• MCQeasyNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A lift has mass 2000 kg. The tension in its supporting cable is 28000 N. Find its acceleration (take g=10 m s⁻²).

  Options

  • Option A

    30 m s⁻² downward

  • Option B

    4 m s⁻² upward

  • Option C

    4 m s⁻² downward

  • Option D

    14 m s⁻² upward

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• MCQmediumNewtons law of motion and FrictionSpring Balance & Weighing Machines

  A negligible-mass pulley is suspended from a spring balance. Masses 5 kg and 1 kg hang from the two ends of a string over the pulley. During motion, the spring-balance reading is:

  

  Options

  • Option A

    6 kg-wt

  • Option B

    Less than 6 kg-wt

  • Option C

    More than 6 kg-wt

  • Option D

    May be more or less than 6 kg-wt

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