Given below are two statements: Statement-I: An elevator ca…

Physics Newton's Laws of Motion JEE Main 2023 MCQ (Single Correct)

Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: An elevator can go up or down with uniform speed when its weight is balanced with the

tension of its cable.

Statement-II: Force exerted by the floor of an elevator on the foot of a person standing on it is more than

his/her weight when the elevator goes down with increasing speed.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Both statement 1 and statement II are false

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

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The correct answer is:

: Statement-1

When elevator is moving with uniform speed T = F g

Stateinent-2

When elevator is going down with increasing speed, its acceleration is downward.

Hence

i.e. less than weight.

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