$A$ Diwali rocket is ejecting $0.05\, kg$ of gases per second at a velocity of $400\, m/s$. The accelerating force on the rocket is

The initial mass of a rocket is $1000 \, \text{kg}$. Calculate at what rate the fuel (in $\text{kg s}^{-1}$) should be burnt so that the rocket is given an acceleration of $20 \, \text{m s}^{-2}$. The gases come out at a relative speed of $500 \, \text{m s}^{-1}$ with respect to the rocket. [Use $g = 10 \, \text{m s}^{-2}$]

Rocket engines lift a rocket from the earth's surface because hot gas with high velocity

$A$ soldier with a machine gun,falling from an airplane,gets detached from his parachute. He is able to resist the downward acceleration if he shoots $40$ bullets per second at a speed of $500 \,m/s$. If the mass of a bullet is $49 \,g$,what is the mass of the man with the gun in $kg$? Ignore air resistance and assume the acceleration due to gravity $g = 9.8 \,m/s^2$.

$Assertion$ : $A$ rocket moves forward by pushing the surrounding air backwards.
$Reason$ : It derives the necessary thrust to move forward according to Newton's third law of motion.

$A$ balloon with mass $m$ is descending vertically with an acceleration $a$ (where $a < g$). The mass to be removed from the balloon so that it starts moving vertically up with an acceleration $a$ is: