A block of mass $M$ is being pulled along rough horizontal surface. The coefficient of friction between the block and the surface is $\mu $. If another block of mass $M/2$ is placed on the block and it is again pulled on the surface, the coefficient of friction between the block and the surface will be

$Assertion$ : Angle of repose is equal to the angle of limiting friction.
$Reason$ : When the body is just at the point of motion, the force of friction in this stage is called limiting friction.

Which is a suitable method to decrease friction

A block of mass $m$ is on an inclined plane of angle $\theta$. The coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is $\mu$ and $\tan \theta>\mu$. The block is held stationary by applying a force $\mathrm{P}$ parallel to the plane. The direction of force pointing up the plane is taken to be positive. As $\mathrm{P}$ is varied from $\mathrm{P}_1=$ $m g(\sin \theta-\mu \cos \theta)$ to $P_2=m g(\sin \theta+\mu \cos \theta)$, the frictional force $f$ versus $P$ graph will look like

A car is moving with uniform velocity on a rough horizontal road. Therefore, according to Newton's first law of motion

A boy of mass $4\, kg$ is standing on a piece of wood having mass $5 \,kg$. If the coefficient of friction between the wood and the floor is $0.5,$ the maximum force that the boy can exert on the rope so that the piece of wood does not move from its place is ......$N.$(Round off to the Nearest Integer) [Take $g=10 \,ms ^{-2}$ ]