Home
Class 9
PHYSICS
A man drops a 10 kg rock from the top of...

A man drops a 10 kg rock from the top of a 5 m ladder. What is its speed just before it hits the ground ? What is its kinetic energy when it reaches the ground ? (`g = 10 m//s^(2)`)

A

`5 m//s , 500 J`

B

`10 m//s , 500 J`

C

`10 m//s , 250 J`

D

None of the above

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B

NA
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • WORK AND ENERGY

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Long Answer Type Questions|2 Videos
  • WORK AND ENERGY

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Multiple Choice Questions|1 Videos
  • WORK AND ENERGY

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Multiple Choice Questions|1 Videos
  • SOUND

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Value Based Questions|20 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A ball of mass 200 g falls from a height 5 metres. What is its kinetic energy when it just reaches the ground ? ( g = 9.8 m//s^(2) ).

A stone is dropped from a height of 20 m . (i) How long will it take to reach the ground? (ii ) What will be its speed when it hits the ground? (g= 10 m//s^2)

A particle is dropped from a tower 180 m high. How long does it take to reach the ground ? What is the velocity when it touches the ground ? Take g=10m//s^(2) .

A bomb of mass 40 kg is dropped from an aeroplane at a height of 1 km above the ground. What is its kinetic energy (i) at the end of 10 s and (ii) on reaching the ground ?

A ball of mass 1kg is dropped from a height of 5m. (a) Find the kinetic of the ball just before it reaches the ground (b) What is the speed at this instant?

A body of mass 10 kg is dropped from a height of 20 m. (Take g = 10 3/s^2) Its kinetic energy when it hits the ground.

A body of mass 10 kg is dropped from a height of 20 m. (Take g = 10 3/s^2) Its kinetic energy when it is 8 m abgve the ground

A balloon is going vertically upwards with a velocity of 10 m//s . When it is 75 m above the ground, a stone is gently relesed from it. The time taken by the stone to reach the ground is (g=10 m//s^(2))

A block of mass m is dropped from height h above the ground. Find out the speed of the block when it reaches the ground.

LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-WORK AND ENERGY-Exercise
  1. A body of 2 kg falls from rest. What will be its kinetic energy during...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. On a level road, a scooterist applies brakes to slow down from a speed...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A man drops a 10 kg rock from the top of a 5 m ladder. What is its spe...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Calculate the work done by the brakes of a car of mass 1000 kg when it...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A body of mass 100 kg is lifted up by 10 m. Find : (i) the amount of...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A boy weighing 50 kg climbs up a vertical height of 100 m. Calculate t...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What is the work done by a constant force ? When is it positive, negat...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. To what height should a box of mass 150 kg be lifted, so that its pote...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. A body of mass 2 kg is thrown vertically upwards with an initial veloc...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. How much work is done when a force of 1 N moves a body through a dista...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A car is being driven by a force of 2.5 xx 10^(10) N. Travelling at a...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Explain by a an example that a body may possess energy when it is not ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. (a) On what factors does the gravitational potential energy of a body ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Give two examples where a body possesses both , kinetic energy as well...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. How much is the mass of a man if he has to do 2500 joules of work in c...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. If the work done by a force in moving an object through a distance of ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A boy weighing 40 kg makes a high jump of 1.5 m. (i) What is his kin...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. What type of energy is possessed : (a) by the stretched rubber strin...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A weightlifter is lifting weights of mass 200 kg up to a height of 2 m...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. (a) Define the term 'work'. Write the formula for the work done on a b...

    Text Solution

    |