Pee UT: TIFRIBARCIJESTIIScIDRDOIISROISLETIONGC-GT & Ph.D. Entrance Assignment Classical Mechanics ‘PHYSICAL SCIENCES(aj CAREER ENDEAVOUR My IVA CSIR-UGC-NETIJRF | GATE PHYSICS. Assignment-1: Classical Mechanies (General) ‘Aray of light is reflected froma mirror. Ifthe mirrors slowly rotated with an angular velocity w, then the angle between the incident and the reflected rays changes at the rate (@)-w ow (@2w @wn ‘Two similar cars of mass m cach, moving with a uniform speed v, make a head-on collision and come torest. ‘The damage suffered by the cars is directly proportional to @v (Ong (ome (mv A person sitting on a chair cannot get up without bending forward because, (a) Human body is not rigid. (b) Newtons third law is operative. (©) Newtons second lew is operative (@) Gravitational attraction is strong ‘The work done in moving an object along a vector 2{—3}+ 4i, whena force F (a) Zero (b) 29 © 38 @3 An object is dropped from certain height. Among the following which graph correctly explain change in mag- nitude ofacceleration and velocity before hitting the ground {-2]-21e is applied is: it, LL, yo of J © © © ‘ t ‘ Vv A plane flying at certain altitude completes a complete turn around the earth at equator in 24 hours, What would be time taken to complete revolution around 60°N of earth flying at same speed and altitude (a) 24 hrs, (b) 18 hrs (c) 12 hrs (d) 6 hrs. plane is fying at height 10 km with speed of 1000 km/hr. What would be angular velocity of plane when t is observed by person standing on earth (a) lrad/see (b) 36 rad/see (©) nradisec (@) n/2 radisec ‘Two particles approach each other with different velocities. After collision, one of them is found to have ‘momentum fin their centre of mass frame. In the same reference frame, the other particle must have momentum (@) Zero oP on @ -% (©) Bia Sarak: 26-A/1, ia Sarai, Near IT, New DethF16, Ph O11-26851008, 26861009 worweareerendeavou.com BESS GTB Nagar : 44, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), DOMES, Ph: O11-65462244, 2724184510. ML. 12 Abeavy uniform rope of length L and mass per unit length # goes over a frictionless pulley of diametersR, and ‘bas two masses M and mattached to its two ends as shown. In terms of the distance x, the equilibrium position isgiven by. 4 1 pL aR A(, | m+M aR Af) -m-M_ aR o4(t-e 2) (00) 2+ } OL-> ot a =) ‘Two masses M, and M, (M, 1 @b<-1 (b= 2 30. A particle of mass ‘m’ isin a potential given by V (r)= oS r3r ‘where“‘a’ and ‘,’ arepositive constants. When distrubed slightly from ts stable equilibrium position, itundergoes a simple harmonic oscillation. The time period of oscillation is 3 5 5 5 (a) 22). (b) 20, (©) 2 pene (@ 40. V20 @ @ @ Answer Key: Classical Mechanics (General) Le 2.(a) 3@b) 4.(@) 5.0 60 7. (a) Be) 9.@) 10. (d) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13.(a) 14. (d), 15.(a) 16.(©) 17.(@) 18. (b) 9.0) 20.(€) 21.(a) 22.0) 23.0) 24.(b) 28.(d) 26. (a) 27.0) 28. (6) 29. (c), 30. (a) . 8-A/II, Jia Sara, Near-IIT, New Delbi-26, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www-careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Flor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Dahh09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845 exeCAREER ENDEAVOUR MY RSIVAT ES SER ae CSIR-UGC-NETISRF | GATE PHYSICS Assignment-2: Classical Mechanies (Lagrangian Dynamics) 1. The Lagrangian of a particle of massm moving in a central potential V(1) is (i? +16? +17 sin?6")-V(r) (@) @ isa cyclic coordinate (b) 6 and 9 arecyclic coordinates (0 9 isa cyclic coordinate (@) risa cyclic coordinate Late k(,24y2 Ln(eait)-Eates!) Tf the particle has a finite angular momentum / about the origin, then we may conclude that it executes (a) Oscillatory motionabouttheoriginr=0 — (b) Periodic motion with a constant value ofr 2. The Lagrangian of particle ofmass moving in two dimensions L = (©) Oscillatory motionalong the x-axis. (@ Oscillatory motionalong the y-axis: 2 3. particle is moving ona sphere of fixed radius. The number of degrees of freedom for the particle willbe (a3 4 (@2 @1 4, Ifa generalised co-ordinate q isignorable or cycle in a Lagrangian, then the following is conserved. a a a @ %& Ox Om 5, ‘The Lagrangian ofa particle moving ina central field is given by L’ Which of the following is/are constant? (@)Raial momentum (b) Potential energy (©) Azinthal momentum (@) Radial and azimuthal momentum 6. Asystem exhibits invariance under translation in space and time. The following quantities will remain con- served, (@) Linear momentum and angular momentum. (b) Angular momentum and energy. (©) Linear momentum and energy. (@ Linear momentum, angular momentum and energy. 7. One of the generalized co-ordinates Q, of system is eyelic. Then its (a) Energy is not conserved. (b) Conjugate momentum P,isalso cyclic. (c)Conjugate momentum P,isconserved. (4) Conjugate momentum P is indeterminate. 8. cylinder of mass M and radius r rolls in the x direction from the point x=0 ona horizontal plane without friction. Its Lagrangian is: De 292 ‘M3 sg? ‘Mr’ (@ 3M () Smit (9 Me + LMP @ pee? 28-A/N1, Sta Saral, New-IFT, New Ds ia Sa 1-16, Ph : O11-26851008, 26861009 wwn.careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Foor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Dahi-09, Ph; 011-65462244, 2724184510. n 12. B. 14, 15, @ Consider a six particlesystem with five particles arranged as regular pentagon with one atthe centre. Ifall the five particles are connected to the central one by rigid rods, then the mumber of degrees of freedom for the system are given by (@13 (W)6 (5 @18 ‘The Lagrangian ofa fice particle having a rest m, and relativistic speed vis given by =m,c? WmeVe-V © meVe-v — (@ -myeve gnorable coordinates of the system corresponding to the Lagrangian oe + Panto): 2( +4c030)' —kcos0,, where 6,6 and y are generalized coordinates and kisa constant parameter, are (a) Gand > () dandy (c) yandO @ andy Conservation of angular momentumis related to the invariance of Lagrangian under (a)Rotationin space _(b) Translation in space (c) Inversioninspace (4) Translation in time [A particle of mass ins stiding on a frictionless inclined plane of angle of inclination with the horizontal and height h. The distance x traveled by the particle is measured from the top of the inclined plane andalong the inclination. Ifthe potential energy is zero at the bottom of the inclined plane, the Lagrangian ofthe particle s givenby Jini? —mg(xcos0-h) ‘The Lagrangian ofa particle with respect to a stationary frame S is L. Ifthe motion of the particle is studied from another inertial frame §' moving with a constant relative velocity with respect to § under the same potential, then {a} both the Lagrangian and the equations of motion remain unchanged. (b) the Lagrangians modified by addition ofa total time derivative ofa scalar function and the equations of ‘motion change. (©) the Lagrangian is modified by addition ofa total time derivative ofa scalar function and the equations of motion remain unchanged @ the Lagrangians modified by a constant factor and the equations of motion change. The dynamics of a system with generalized coordinates (x, y, 2) is described by @ Lagrangian L=L(i,5,2%,y.t) where tis time. Which ofthe following statements is correct? (@) The total energy and x-component of the linear momentum are conserved (b) The total energy isnot conserved but y-component of the linear momentum is conserved, (c) The total energy is conserved but z-component of linear momentumis not conserved. (@) The total energy isnot conserved but z-component of linear momentum is conserved. Se ‘Gia Sarai :28-A/1, Sia Sarah, Near-AIT, New Delhi-16, Ph: O11-26851008, 26661009 wnv.careerendeavour.com BRS GTB Nagar: 48, Hirt Floor, Mall Road, GTB Nagar (Metro Gate No.3)Delb-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 2724184516. 17, 1B. 19, 20. 21 ‘The Lagrangian of the particle ofmass mis: =a} (8) +{2y a) where V, W and © are constants. The conserved quantities are: (@) Energy andz-component of near momentum only. (b) Energy and 2-vomponent of angular momentum only. © z-components ofboth linear and angularmomenta only. (@ Enregy andz-components ofboth linear and angular momenta, Three particles of mass m each situated at x,(t),x,(t) and x,(t) respectively are connected by two springs of spring constant k and un-streteched length £. The system is free to oscillate only in one dimension along the straight fine joining all the three particles. The Lagrangian of the systemis: oS) (S)-(SJ] wo -3[S)-(S)-S)] k k aan Ely OF Ee +y*}eWsinot, ax Ely o - orale) J Ey] 0 3(G)-GI-8)] Koya Egat Statement for Linked Q. 18 and Q.19. Aparticle of nzass m is constrained to move ina vertical plane along a trajectory given by x=Acos, y= Asin, 8, where A is a constant: ‘The Lagrangian of the particle is: (@) mare? ~mgA cose (0) S070? —mgA sind © Jima? @ 4ima?6? + mga cos® ‘The equationof motion of the patticleis: @) 6+ 2cos0 @ +4 coi © b+£ sind =0 © 6=0 @ 5-4 sind =0 yimor +fmp? ‘where xis the postion coordinate, vis Aparticle of mass m moves in a potential V(x) the speed, and @ and ;. are constants. The canonical (conjugate) momentum of the particle i: @ p=m+h)v ()p=mv (© p=mv (@p=m(-p)v ‘The Lagrangian of a particle moving in a plane under the influence of a central potential is given by 1 le? +76? ; - L=_ m(#? +176") V(r). The generalized momenta coresponding to rand @are givenby: @ mi and m6 (6) mfandmr ©) mi? and mr’@—() mi? and mr°6? ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, NearHTT, New DelbE1G, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 wwwcareerendeavourcom BSS GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Dethi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845,22. 24, 2s, 26. 21. 28, @ ‘Armass mis connected on either side with a spring each of spring constants k, and k,, The free ends of springs are tied to rigid supports. The displacement of the mass is x from equilibrium position. Which one of the following is TRUE? (a) The force acting on the massis-(k,,k,)!?x. (b) The angular momentum ofthe mass is Zero about the equilibrium point and its Lagrangian is ee (©) The total energy of the systemis zu eal 2 (@ The angular momentum ofthe mass is mxx and the Lagrangian ofthe system is 3% +5 (6 tka) ‘The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving in a plane is given by! Cs) m[v2 tv] +a(x v,—Yv,, where v, and v, are velocity components and ais a constant. The canonical momenta of the particle are given by” v,and p,=mv, ~~ (by p,=m¥, +ayand p,=my, tax my, ~ayand p,*mvy, tax @ p,=mv,—ayand p,=mv,+ax ‘Two particles of equall mass are connected by an inextensible string of length. One ofthe massesis constrained to move on the surface ofa horizontal table. The string passes through a smallhole in the table and the other ‘mass is hanging below the table. The only constraint is that the first mass moves on the surface ofthe table, The number of degrees of freedom of the mass-string system is: (a) five (b) four © two @ one ‘The homogeneity of time leads to the law of conservation of, (a) Linearmomentum (b) Angular momentum (c) Energy (@) Parity ‘The Lagrangian for the Kepler problemis given by: +78 s(u>0) where (r, 8) denote the polar coordinates and the mass of the particle is unity. Then: (a) py =2r°6 (b) p, =2i (©) The angular momentum of the particle about the centre of attractionisa constant (@) The total energy of the particles time dependent. with reference toa cylindrical polar coordinate system, a particle of charge qand momentum p is moving in an electric potential $(r). Which ofthe following are conserved? @ Pp, Op, ©p, @ m, aL "a © where Lis the Lagrangian for a conservative system without constraints and q, is a generalized coordinate, then the generalized momentum is: (@) acycle cooridnat (b)a constant of motion pai fGL) ©) equalto iq, (A) undefined (© Sin Sarai: 28-a7h, Sin Sarah, Near IT, New Dethi-16, Ph; 011-26851008, 26961009 wo.carcerendeavowr.com BSS | GTB Nagar : 48, First Foor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Deht-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 2724134529. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. . @ ‘The potential energy ofa classical particle moving in one dimension is kx, where k isa constant. Ifthe particle moves froma point x, at time, to a point x, at time t, the actual path followed by the particle is that which snakes the following integral extremam. @ {Gav +e) at ® [(Gav-w:) at © tG= +44) at ® (Gav ae) at ‘Lagrangian ofthe Sun-Earth System is: 1g Dnt? Mm La, 1 ag: , Mm (@) Smif mer? (dm +h mee © yur -S @ pare ie Here ris the Sun-Earth distance, Mand mare the masses of the Sun and Earth respectiely. 6 is the angular speed, and G the gravitational constant. ‘Apair is constrained to move along the inner surface of a hemisphere number of degrees of freedom of the particle is: (@ one (6) two (©) three @ four 1 lio ‘The Lagrangian ofa systemis given by L=> 4° +4454 It describes the motion of (@) harmonic osciatar, (b) Adamped harmonic oscillator. (© Ananharmonic oscillator (@ A.systemwith unbounded motion. ‘Accylinder ofmassM and radius Ris rolling down without slipping onan inclined plane of angle ofinclination 8. ‘Themumber of generalize coordinates required to describe the motion of this system. @1 @2 @4 @6 “The lagrangian of particle of mass m moving intwo dimension is Via?) di(at ay? Lapm(s*+3*)-D u(x +y') [Ifthe particle hasa finite angular momentum about the origin, then we may conclude that it executes (@) Oscillatory motionabout the originr=0 (b)Periodic motion witha constant value ofr. (c) Oscillatory motion along the x-axis. (@ Oscillatory motion along the y-axis. (ura) A particle is moving under the action of'@ generalized potential, V (qq) - The magnitude of the generalized force is: 2(14+4 @ e 2 4 OF Op ‘The Lagrangian of a particle of charge ¢ and mass m in applied electric and magnetic fields is given by 1 ot aeke - L=j mi? +eA.¥—e), where A and 6 arethe vector and scalar potentials corresponding to the magnetic and electric fields, respectively. Which of the following statements is correct? {8} The canonically conjugate momentum of the particle is givenby p = mv 28-A/I1, Sia Sarai, Near-IFT, New Delhi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 _www.careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Delh-09, Ph: 011-65462344, 27241845 [Ee Jia S: =37. 38. 39. 41 (b) The Hamiltonian of the particle is given by H (©) Lremainsunchanged under a gauge transformation ofthe potentials. (d) Under a gauge transformation of the potentials, L changes by the total time derivative ofa function of Fandt. ‘A double pendulum consists of two point masses m attached by massless strings of length/ as shown in the figure: ‘The kinetic energy of the pendulum is: @ dme[ op +03] 7 “© pint [263 +63 +26, c05(0,~9,)] © ime [07 +203 +20,0, cos(6, »)} @ jme [267-+8: +26, cos(6, +8,)] Aparticleof mass ‘m’ moves inside a bowl If the surface of the bowlis given by the equation 2 where a isa constant, the Lagrangian ofthe particle is: @ Am(?+P# ear) @ da[(sar} ery] Cpm(P+P0 +r sin Of ea?) (@ Lan[ (4a?) 4 6—ear'] ‘The Lagrangian for a symmetric top is given byL = Hh (@ +@'sin’®) +41, (+9080) —Mgleos6 where 0,9,y arethe Euler angles. Then the following are conserved quantities: (a) Pjand P, (b) Pjand P, (©) Pyand P, (d) P,,P, and P, Assystemwith d degrees of freedom can have at most k independent constants of motion. The value of k is equalto (@ d-1 (b) 2d (©) 24-1 @d 1_ (dz){ dz" . ° . ‘The invariance ofthe Lagrangian L = > ma alae j—V(z2") (where 2 = re” =x-+ iy isacomplexcoor- dinate under the transformation Z —> ez,’ > ez’ (for areal number «.), leads to the conservation of (@) Angular momentum (b) linear momentum along x. (©) linear momentum along y @energy (CR) Bin Sarai: 28-00, tin Sora, Near HTT, New Doih16, Ph 01-26851008, 26861009 wcareerendeavourcom BESS GTB Nagar = 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3, Delhi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845The Lagrangian of a 2-dimensional system is given by L= yu constants 2 42)—1(x +) where Hand y are (@) The total energy E aswellas (i, +%,) are conserved (b) The total energyE as well as (x, — ,) are conserved (©) Only the total energy Eis conserved (@ Onily the sum (%, + %,) is conserved. A particle of mass m isattached to a fixed point ‘O” bya weightless inextensible string of length a. It is rotating ‘under the gravity as shownin the figure, ‘The Lagrangian of the particle is 1(8,8)= Sat (6 ++sin? 06?) ~ mga cos® where 9 and > are the polar angles. ‘The Hamiltonian of the particle is: @ nefe -mgacos® —(v) H=-—| a (© H=5L5(pi-+p})-mgncosd @net, ma’ Statement for Linked Answer Q.44 and Q. 45 A particle of mass m slides under the gravity without friction along parabolic path y = ax? as showniin the figure. Here ais a constant. y ‘The Lagrangian for this particle is given by, (a) b= Lins? mga? () L = Lim(14-4a?x?) 3? —mgas? Lage 2 1 22g? 2 (© L= jimi + mgax’ @ L=5m(I+ 4a?x?)X? + mgax’ ‘The Lagrange’s equation of motion ofthe particle is, (@ &=2gax (b) m(1+4a"x*) x =~2mgax —4ma’x x? (©) m(1+4a°x?) X= 2mgax+4ma*x x? (@) X= ~Zgax (ey is Sava: 2-0, Sarai, Near TT, New Delhi16, Ph; O11-26851008, 26861009 worn carerendeavourcom sal GTB Nagar: 48, rst Floor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Delhi-09, Ph 011-65462244, 77241845,41. 48. 49, _ Three particles of equal mass ‘m’ are connected by two identical massless springs of stiffness constant‘ showninthe figure. i ke TOTTI —-—TITTTT Ifx, x, and x, denote the displacements of the masses from their respective equilibrium positions, the potential ‘energy ofthe system is: eo 5etexd +33) © Fi [xd xd 499 x(n +45) 1 1 oO os +2x5 4x3 +2x2 (x) +%5)] @ aes 42x} +x3 - 2x2 (x +%5)] ‘The Lagrangian of a particle of mass m moving in one dimensions is given by mx? —bx where b isa positive constant. The coordinate of the particle x(t) at time t is given by: (in the following c, and c, are constants) Wet +c, mn o4 oos( 2) ven sin(*) os cost sins (®2) Consider a particle of mass m attached to two identical springs each of length J and spring constant k (see the figure below). The equilibrium configuration is the one where the springs are unstretched. There are no other extemal forces on the system. Ifthe particle is given a small displacement along the x-axis, which of the following describes the equation of motion for small oscillations? y d o x 0) mé +k =0 ke ©) mit+2ke=0 @ mi+—-=0 ‘The Lagrangian of a system with one degree of freedom is given by = aig? +Bq?, where o and B are non-zero constants. If p, denotes the canonical momentum conjugate to q then which one of the following statements is CO] CT? © P,=2Bq and itis a conserved quantity (©) P, =2Bq and itis not a conserved quantity (© Py = 20g and it is a conserved quantity. @ P, = 20g and it is not a conserved quantity. ‘ia Sarai :28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near-IFT, New Dabi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 _www.carcerendeavourcom “48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), DelhF- 09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845,@ 50. Abead of mass ‘m’ can slide without friction along a massless rod kept at 45° with the vertical as shown in the figure. The rod is rotating about the vertical axis with a constant angular speed «. At any instant, rris the distance of the bead from the origin. The momentum conjugate to ‘r’ is @ mr ©) J2mr Answer Key: Classical Mechanics (Lagrangian Dynamics) L© 2. (b) 3. «© 4. (©) 5 © 6. (0) 70 8 (b) 2 @) 10. (a) 11.0) 12.(a) 13.(b) 14. (@) 15.(@) 16.(¢) 17.48) 18.(b) 19.(a) 20. (a) 21. (a) 22. (b) 23.0) 24.(0) 25.(0) 26.(0) 27.(0) 28. (b) 29. (0) 30.(b) 31.(b) 32. (a) 33.(0) 34.(b) 35.(a) 36. (@) 37.00) 38.(d) 39. (a) 40.(@) 41. (a) 2. 43.(b) 4.(0) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47.(@) 48. (a) 49.0) 50. (a) ‘Jia Sarai + 28-A/11, dia Sarai, Near-IT, New Delhi-16, Ph :011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com (GTB Nagar : 45, First For, Mall Road, GTB, Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Deli-09, Ph; 011-65462244, 27241845,CAREER UR BRIVATED Lint Best Institute for NET-JRF, GATE & IT-JAM Exama: CSIR-UGC-NETIRF | GATEPHYSICS Assignment-3: Classical Mechanics (Hamiltonian Dynamics) A canonical transformation in classical Hamiltonian dynamics (a) Cannot be made if there is more than one degree of freedom. (@) Leaves the canonical Poisson brakeet relations unchanged. (©) Canonly be made for the cartesian components ofthe coordinates and momenta. (@ Cannot be time-dependent IfP_and L, are constants of motion, then their Poisson bracket [P, ,L, ]is: (@)Also constant of motion (©)Notaconstant of motion. (Zero (@) Undefined. 2 og Fora Hamitonian 1 = > Sk (Qe +y"), where =x? +y? +2? and kis a constant, the following quantities are constants of motion. @BLL, ® EL, OED (@) Eonly ‘TheHamikonian ofa charge particle of charge q, massm, moving in an electromagnetic field (9, A) isgivenby 1(s_a;) 1(s 4-7 ante Lf. = onl? 4a) +ab () xc[P-SA] -a8 2 2 1 (3,45 PB oy —-[P+ 4a] - Lae off c ) ae @xte “The Hamiltonian of a particle mo ving in a plane is given by p H=2 4} mo% sin?o 2m ‘where mis the mass, p the momentum, wa constant, and (r 6) the radial and polar coordinates. The follow- ‘ng quantity/quantities willbe conserved. (@) Energy (B)Angular momentum (€)Energyand angular momentum (@) Energy and linear momentum, The vahueofPoisson brakeet [x°,p~ ]is: ae () ap? © 4p, Ox, Ifthe Lagrangian of a system has only one term which has a linear dependence on velocity, then its Hamiltonian Also has only one term depending on velocity. @szero. (©)Isnot defined. (@)Isindependent of velocity and is constant. (OG) Sin Sarai: 28-411, in Sarai, Nea HT, New DeBiG, Ph: O11-26851008, 26861009 wow.careerendeavourcom GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), DeIMEO9, Ph: 011-65462244, 2724184510. n. 12. 13. 4 15. ‘A particle of mass m and coordinate q has the Lagrangian, where 2 isa constant. The Hamiltonian for the system is given by 2 aa? 2 2 Agp? 2 ‘The action variable J fora simple harmonic oscillator having hamiltonian H = 3+ i kq?, is related to its energy E by k —on, {i = @ J=2m PB at fe = {2 @FFNm”> OF & k, -Apanticleis being acted upon by the inverse square force F => # The Hamiltonian ofthe systems: k 2 ot @H=tE-S PP. 2m k (@H= 4 H @ Boon ‘The Hamiltonian ofa systemasa function of the canonical conjugate cordinate q and momentum p is given by 1(qp). The Hamilton’s canonical equations are given by o_o @ Pa () P= poet Ga Pra ‘Two sets of transformation of conjugate position and momentum are given as (i) Q=p, P=—q and (i) Q=p +ig,P=p-ig. Which of the following statementsiis correct? (@) Both i) and (i) represent cmonical transformations (b) @ represent a canonical transformation but (ii) does not represents a canonical transformation. ©) (does not represent a canonical transformation but (i) does not representsa canonical transformation. (@ Neither () nor (i) represents any canonical transformation. ‘The Hamiltonian of particle is H Ete , Where q is the generalized coordinate and p is the corresponding. canonical momentum, The Lagrangian is: 0 33+) o3(@)-93-" A particle ofcharge q, mass mand linear momentum enters an electromagnetic field of vector potential A and scalar potential 6. The Hamiltonian of the particle is : aa) + qo ons Pig ay © om * tom © Om For the given transformations (3) Q=p, P=~qand (ii) Q=p, P= 4, where p and q are canonically conjugate variables, which one of the following statements is true? (@) Both (i) and (ii) are canonical (b) Only (i) is canonical (© Only (iis canonical (@) Neither () nor (iis conical JA @ Zappa © ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Sia Sarai, Near SIT, New Delbi-16, Ph : O11-26851008, 26861009 www.carcerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Koad, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Deb-09, Ph; O11-65462244, 2724184516. 7. 18. 19. 20. a 23, The Hamitonian comesponingo theLangrangian L = ak? + by? — kay i: By a ee Py pitp’y Peg Ps tog me +P oy + @ ote OG y MPa PEP ray ‘The value of the Poisson bracket where g and § are constant vectors, is: @ ab ) a-b © a+b Oss Hamilton canonical equations of motion fora conservative systemare: oH Hod, eae ae eae D ey, dt a, FE and Bi 8, FE yg tty Oa a ay, ‘where q, Pan Hare generalized cooridnate, generalized momentum and Hamiltonian respectively. A linear transformation of a generalized coordinate q and the corresponding momentum to QandP given by Q=atp; P=qtop iscanonical ifthe value of the constant .is: @-1 wo @©+H @r 4g, and q, are generalised coordinate and p,, p, are the corresponding generalised moments. The Poisson braket {X,Y} of X= q? +q} and ¥=2p, + p, is: @ (a +43), &) 3{ai +43) © 44, +24, @o For a simple harmonic oscillator the Lagrangian is given by L =>? te If A(p,d) = P24 and H(p,d) is the Hamiltonian of the system, the Poisson bracket (A(p,q),H(p.q)} is given by (@) iA. 0) Ae.) © aed @ =A) Statement for Linked Q.22 and Q.23. “The Lagrangian for a simple pendulum given by: L = pmo mge(1~cos) ‘Hamilton's equations are then given by (@) Po=-mgisin®, =. Ps (b) Be = meésin 9; (©) By =-meb; =P @ Ps m ‘The Poisson bracket between @ and 6 is: (@ {0.}=1 © {2.5}=35 q@ Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near-IIT, New Delbi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeayour.com SS cen Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3} DeIbHO9, Ph: O11-65462244, 2720184524. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. ax Given the Lagrangian L =~ 1-8) where 4 is a co-ordinate and tis the time, the Hamiltonian is (¢ at “rat oT OFT of at, Let (p,q) and (P,Q)be two pairs of canonical variables. The transformation Q=q°cos(Bp); P=" sin (Bp) iscanonical for (a) @=2,B=1/2 (b) a=2,B=2 (©) a=1,B=1 (@) a=1/2,B=2 ‘The Hamiltonian of particle of ust mass moving in the xy-plane is givento be: 1 L . H=xp, ~ypy 3 +29" in suitable units, The initial values are given tobe (x(Q), (0) =(1, 1) and lui (p.{0).p,(0))= (. 4) During the motion, the curves traced out by the particles inthe xy-plane and the PP,Plane are (a)Both straight lines (b)Astraight line and a hyperbola respectively (©)Ahyperbola an ellipse, respectively (@ Both hyperbolas. A Dynamical system with two degrees of freedom, has generalised coordinates q, and q,, and kinetic energy T= hip Ifthe potential energy is V(q,,q,)=0, the correct form of the Hamiltonian for this system is: (® ppifh () 444, (©) (P24, +P242)/2 @ (Pia. +P.4,)/2 For what value of ot will the transformation q -> Q= q* cos 2p and p—> P. @a=2 (©) a=1/2 @a=-1 @) a= sin 2p becononical “The Lagrangian of a relativistic particle of mass m and velocity vis L = ~me", r 2 (®H Se OH=\meape @H spring made of a given material has the restoring force F = end of this spring is : x? The total energy ofapoint of mass mat the fe ae eae eter pi — Glos (6) B= pmi? the? (a) B= co = Lm se aed (@E ia Sarai : 20-4/11, Sia Sara, NearIIT, Now Delbi-16, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 wwncarerendeavourcom bss} GTB Nagar : 48, First Flor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3) Delbi-09, Ph: O1-C5462244, 7724184531 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 31. 38. 39, @ The phase space orbit ofa body sliding downa frictionless inclined plane in uniform gravity is (a) astraight line (b) an ellipse (c)a parabola (@ahyperbola A second order differential equation in one variable of the form s(t)§+p(t)4+1(t)q=0 wheres, pandr are smooth finctions oftimet with s(t) # 0 canbe written in the from of Hamilton's equations (@)always (d)onlyifs(t)=1 — (c)onlyif p(t)=0 — @)onlyifr(t) =: Consider a canonical transformation q—» Q= qand p>P= pp. The generating fiction for this trans- formation is given by @&E PQ (©) R=-aQ @ ‘What is the Poisson bracket between the position x and x-component of the angular momentum L., @x Oy ()z @o ‘The Hamiltonian ofa system is independent ofthe coordinate q and is givenby H = ap* where a isa constant. The corresponding Lagrangianis then given by 1 cee wy <9 Lem -ap' @ L=Find ap" (6) Lag" (@L 4(2) Ifthe coordinate q and the momentum form a canonical pair (q,p). which one of the sets given below also forms a canonical pair? (@ (a.-p) (a.P') (©) (p.-a) @ (@-7°) ‘The bob ofa simple pendulum, which undergoes small oscillations, is immersed in water. Which of the following figures best represents the phase space diagram for the pendulum? P 2 g @ » @ : @ F x (a) FIGURE () FIGURE (FIGURE (@ FIGURE ‘If the Lagrangian ofa particle moving in one dimensions is given by ~V (x), the Hamiltonian is: 2x @ PPV) oF) ©F%+V6) OEE) The Poisson bracket {rp} hasthe value © |p| (&) FB (3 @) ‘Tia Sarai : 28-A/11, Ja Sara, Near-HIT, New Delhi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 wwvecareerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Debt, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845al. 2. 4B. 45: @ ‘The Hamiltonian ofa simple pendulum consisting ofa mass ‘m’ attached to a massless string of length /is 2 Pe ; aL, Ht Tat +mgé(1—cos®) , IfL denotes the Lagrangian, the value of is: @~7Epysin®@ —@) ~Epysin29—_(@) Epcos (@ £73 cos8 ‘Which of the following set of phase-space trajectories Which one is not possible for a particle obeying Hamilton's equations of motion (for a time-independent Hamiltonian)? "oO P > » @ | CO ) J © R @ Inan observer's rest frame, a particle is moving towards the observer with an energy £ and momentum p.Ifedewotes the velocity of light in vacuum, the energy ofthe particle in another frame moving in the same direction as the particle with a constant velocity vis (E+) (E-»p)__ (Exp) =) ©) ©) (a) w vi-@/ey? l-@/eP i-wlere © p-oerF ‘The Hamiltonian of a relativistic particle ofrest mass m and momentum p is given by HT = y/p? +m? +V(x), in units in which the speed of light ¢= 1. The corresponding Lagrangian is © Lami? ro) © L=-mfi=# —¥) © L=Vitmi® —1(2) (@ L= pm 1) A system is governed by the Hamiltonian H. =H, ~ay)? a (py — bx)? where a and b are constants and p,, p, are momenta conjugate to x and y respectively. For what values ofa and b will the quantities (p,—~ 3y) and (p, + 2x) be conserved? @ a=-3,b=2 (b) a =3,b=- (@a=2,b=-3 (a=-2,b 3 ‘The coordinates and momenta x, p, (112.3) ofa particle satisfy the canonical Poissoa bracket relations {5.7)}=6)-If CG =xp5 +72 and C, =%p.-xp, areconstants of motion, and if C,={G,G}=%1 +P. then @) {G.G}=G, and {C,,G}=C, (©) {C,,G}=-G and {C;,G}=-C, (© {G,G}=-G and {c,G}=¢, (@ {G,G}=G and {6,G}=-c A canonical transformation relates the old coordinates (q, p) 10 the new ones (Q, P) by the relations Q= q? and P=p/2q, The comesonding time-independent generating function is P / oF Wy arr Oar @ (CA ie Sarai : 26-0701 ia Sarah New IE New Dei16, Ph O11-26851008, 36851009 wormcarerodeavourcom BESS GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Delb-09, Ph: OT1-65462244, 2724184547. The Hamilton’s canonical equations of motion in terms of Poisson Brackets are @ 4={aH}s b= {pH} () 4= {Hg}; B= {Ha} © 4={H.p} b= {Ha} © 4={p.H}; P={aH} 2 ag? 48. ‘The Hamiltonian ofa particle ofan isgiven by 17 = 2-4 Which ofthe love figures describes m the motion of the particle in phase space? se os BOER wy se "EN AN 49. Given that the linear transformation ofa generalized coordinate ‘q’ and the corresponding momentump, O=4+4ap p=442p is canonical, the value of the constant ‘a’ is, 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (0) 6 ©) 7. (b) 8 tb) 9 (@) 10.(a) 11.(¢) 12.(0) 13.0) 14.(0) 15.(b) 16.(0) 1.@ 18.(@) 19.(a) 20.(0) 21. (a) 22, (a) 2.(b) 24.(6) 25. (a) 26. (a) 21.(a) 28. (b) 29.(6) 30. (a) 3.0 32.0) 33.0) 4.) 35.(d) 36.(c) 37.(b) 38.(a) 39.0) 40. (a) 41.0) 2.(b) 43.(b) 44.(d) 45.(d) 46.(b) 47.(a) 48.(0) 49, (0.24 to 0.26) ‘ia Sarai : 28-A/11, ai, NearsTT; New Delbi-16, Ph :011-26851008, 26861009 wwncareerendeavourcom GTB Nagar : 48, First Flor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), DebEO®, Ph: O1-65462244, 27241845REER | ENDEAVOUR PRIVATE Lit DIES CSIR-UGC-NETIIRF | GATE PHYSICS Assignment-4: Classical Mechanics (Special Theory of Relativity) Arelativistic particle ofrest mass m, is moving with a speed v. The value of vat which its kinetic energy is equal toitsrest energy is: c ue & . 2 Y= ores (@v=2(V2-1Je Avmeter rod is moving along the positive x axis with velocity 0.6C. Its length as measured by a stationary observer in meters, i: @y (06 ()0.8 @10 12 ‘Astevent is space-like ifthe two world points are separated such that OB sey 2 ORF sen! pea Oli -Bf > (4-ny Of HP > (4 -n particle moves with a relativistic speed such that its energy is twice the rest mass energy. The speed of the particle is: 3 -£ a @y=5 ® > @v= @v=c Fora particle moving with relativistic speed, the ratio ofits relativistic mass to its rest mass (m/ma ) varies with the parameter =v /¢ as mm, @ in © : 8 © ' B ‘Length contraction: space ship length /. What is the new form if it-varies like cube i foqfl ee w eat Pel zy (a f= 266) © € > @é 8-A/N1, Jia Sarai, Near TT, New Delbi-16, Ph : 011-26¥S1008, 26961009 wwweareerendeavour.com GTB Nagar = 48, Firt Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 2724384510. Ik 12. 2B. 14, @ A particle of mass M at rest decays into two identical particles of mass m each such that 2m is less han M. The speed of each particle after decay @v=0 (0) v=cyl+(2m/MY (©) v=c¥M/m — () v=ey1-(2m/My Statement for Linked Q.8andQ9. Se Inthe laboratory fram, a particle P of est massm0 is moving in the postive xdirection with aspeed of 75 It approaches an identical particle Q moving in the negative x direction with a speed: of : ‘The speed of the particle P in the rest fiame ofthe particle Q is: Te Be 3e Bo @ 95 © OF O35 ‘The energy of the particle P in the rest fiame ofthe particle Q is: Line? Sine? 19 @ me (o) Gmc © me 2 ‘The mass m ofa moving particle is B. where m, is its rest mass. The linear momentum of the particle is: 3 : @ 2me oe o (@me Arod oflength ¢ ,makesan angle 0, with the y-axis in itsrest frame, while the rest frame moves to the right along the x-axis with relativistic speed v withrespect to the lab frame. Ify= (1 -v*/¢?), the angle q in the lab frame's @ O=tan"(ytan®,) (6) 0= *(yc0t8,) (C) 0 = tan’ Anelectron gains energy so that it mass becomes 2m,, Its speed is: iB 3 3 b @ Fe © Fe © 5° @ \5 ‘The speed of a particle whose kinetic energy is equallto its rest mass energy is given by (c isthespeed oflight invacum), 8 @ 03 &) V20/3 (© 2 @ Be ‘Which of the following equations is relatively invariant? (ct, B, 6 and d are constants of suitable dimensions) fo) HG!) _, Mu) nr 28-A/11, Sia Sarah Near-HIT, New Delbi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 www.carcerendeavour.com ar £48, First Floor, Mall Road, GB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3) Delbi-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845,15, 16. 17. 18, 19. 20. a. 23. A relativeistic particle of mass mand velocity 2 3 ismoving towards a wall. The wallis moving witha velocity c/3 2. The velocity ofthe particle after i sufers an clastic collisions v with v equal to: @ o2 ©) os © @ lis (Allthe velocities refer to the laboratory frame of reference) ‘The momentum of an electron (mass m) which has the same kinetic energy as its rest mass energy is (cis velocity oflight) @ V3 me (>) V2 me © m @ me/v2 Inasystem of units in which the velocity oflight c= 1, which of the following is a Lorentz transformation? (a) x’ =4x,ysy',2'=2,0' =0.25t (b) x'=x-O.5t,y'=y,2’=z,t'=t+x (©) x'=1.25x-0.75t,y'=y @ x=1.25x-0.75ty'=y 2! =2,t =0.75t-1.25x 2 = 2,0 =1.25t-0.75x Kinetic energy ofa relativistic particle of rest mass m moving with speed vis: 2 2 1 nic a | sm? Ss’ =m(v?-c? 4 Oe Fane @ am" -e') - A particle has rest mass m,, and momentum m,¢, where c is the velocity of ight. The total energy and the velocity ofthe particle are respectively (@)V2mge? and ¢/2 (b) 2mge? and o/-f2 ()/2mgc? and c/V2 (4) 2mgc” and ¢/2 An observer Ois at the origin ofan inertial frame of reference I and rotating with angulas velocity «3 relative to it A satellite of mass M is ina circular orbit of radius R about the origin with angular velocity @2as seen from, 1. The total force Mon the satellite in O's rest frame is: (@) Mo?RE (&) -Mo?RF (© 4Mo? RE (@) -4Mo*RF ‘Two particles, each of rest mass m collide head-on and stick together. Before collision, the speed of each mass ‘was 0.6 times the speed of light in free space. The mass of final entity is: (0) Sma (2m (©)sm2 (@) 25m/8 A.constant force F is applied to a relativistic particle ofrest massm. Ifthe particle starts fromrest at t= 0, its speed aftera time t is b) ctanh{ £ 1-e"™ va etanh( 2 ena es ©) Fm @etanh{ =} (Ie) @ ae A uniform cube of side / (in its rest frame ) is moving at a constant velocity v along the direction shown in the figure with respect to a stationary observer. The volume of the cube as seen by her is : ; A mes ® of-2 ) © ofi-z ) we (AR in Sara: 26-as, dia Sari, Near OF, New DOIG, Ph 01-26851008, 26861009 wwn-careerendenvourcom B35 GTB Nagar : 48, ¥icst Foor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Dethi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845@ 24, Apuir ofidentical relativistic particles with mass meach and momenta pi and —p& respectively collide. After collision, they are transformed to a pair ofnew particles withmass M each. Ifthe magnitudes of the final state momentaare P, & P, respectively, then @R=P,=p+(m-M)c () P= Pf =pt+(M?—m’)c* (© PP =P? =p?+(m*-M*)c? (& P2 =p?+(m?-M?)c? and P? =p?+(M?-m*)c* 25. Arodofproper length ¢, oriented parallelto the x-axis moves with speed 2c/3 along the x-axis in the S- fame, where cis the speed of the ight in free space. The observer is also moving along thex-axis with speed cf.with respect to the S-frame. The length oftherod as measured by the observer is @)0.35£ (b) 0.48 £5 (©) 0.874, (@) 0.97 £, 26. Twoevents, separated by a (spatial) distance 9,<{0"m, are simultaneous in one inertial fiame. The time interval between these two events in a frame moving with a constant speed 0.8¢ (Where the speed of light c=3x10° m/s) is: (a) 60s (40s (c}20s (d) Os 27.” “Letv,pand E denotes the speed, the magnitude ofthe momentum, and the energy ofa fiee particle ofrest mass ‘m’. Then aE @ je nconstant—(&) p=mw 28. Although mass-energy equivalence of special relativity allows conversion of photon to an electron-positron pair, sucha process cannot occur in fiee space because: (@) Themass isnot conserved (b) The energyis not conserved (© Themomentumis not conserved (@ Thechargeiis not conserved 29. Anelectronis accelerated from rest by 10.2 millon volts. The percent increase inits mass is: (@ 20,000 (b) 2,000 (© 200 @ 20 30. circle ofradius Sm lies at rest in-x y plane in the laboratory. For an observer moving with a niform velocity ‘along they direciton, the circle appears to be an ellipse with an equation: 5 = ‘The speed of the observer in terms of the velocity of light c is: @ 90125 (b) 30/5 © 405 @ 16c25 31. What isthe proper time interval between the occurence of two events if'n one inertial freme the events are separated by 7.5% 10°m and occur 6.5 s apart? (0) 6.505 (b) 6.00 s (© 5.758 (@) 5.008 32. The relativistic form of Newton’s second law of motion is dv -v dv me?_dv env a @) r= mea amc ® OF & @ Fem a @ FTE SG Fe OFF * GA Sia Sarai :28-A/1, Jia Sarai, Near IT, New Dehi-6, Ph: O11-26851008, 26861009 _won.carerendeavourcom BSS 606 Nagar : 48, First Foor, Mat Read, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Den 09, Ph: O11-65462248, 2724184533. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. @ A light beam is prepagating through a block of glass with index of refraction n. If the glass is moving at constant velocity in the same direction as the beams, the velocity ofthe light inthe glass block as measured by an observer in the laboratory is approximately OyaeSf- =f @u=* The velocity ofa particle at which the Kinetic energy is equal to its rest energy is (in terms of, the speed of light in vacuum) (@) fe/2 () 30/4 © Wie @ el V2 In the laboratory frame, two observers A and B are moving along the sides of an equilateral triangle with equal speeds «/2, as shown in the figure A Ee or B ‘The speed of B as measured by A will be v3 4 vi3 @ $e 5K © Se ay An electron is moving with a velocity of 0.85¢ in the same direction as that ofa moving photon. The relative velocity of the electron with respect to photon is @e @) -c ©0.15e @ -0.15¢ Ifa Higgs boson of mass m, witha speed B =t decays into a pairphotons, then the invariant mass of the photon pairis [Note: The invariant mass ofa system of two particles, with four-momenta p, and p, is (p, +P.) ] im, )m, ©m,/Vi-F — @pm,/\i-F Allight source is switched on and of at a constant frequency /. An observer moving with a velocity u with respect to the light source will observe the freugeney of the switching tobe ® ey of sy" oe) ose) ‘Which one ofthe following quantities is invariant under Lorentz transformation? (@)Chargedensity _(b) Charge (©) Current (@Beotrie field Ifthe half-life of an elementary particie moving with speed 0.9 inthe laboratory frame is 510°, then the properhalflifeis___ x10, (¢=3*10° m/s) (Ry ia Sarai: 26.00, 3ia rai, Neat UIT, New Delhi-16, Ph : 015-26851008, 26861009 _www.careerendeavour com, BS GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No, 3), Delhi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845,@ Answer Key: Classical Mechanics [Special Theory of Relativity) L@ 2) 32 © 4 © © 6. (b) 1 @ gO 9. @) 10. (6) 11.@) 12.(a) 13.(a) 14. (0) 15.(0) 16.(a) 17.(@) 18.(0) 19. 20. (a) 21. 2.(a) 23.(o) 24.(0) 25.) 26. (a) 21.0) 28.0) 29.(a) 30.(0) 31.(b) 32.(a) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35.) 36.(0) 37.0) 38. (a) 39.(0) 40. 2.1 to 2.3) ‘Jia Sarai: 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near IIT, New Delbi-16, Ph: O11-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB, Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), DeIh-09, Ph O11-65462244, 27241845ACADEMY PRIVATE VOUR GSS Se wl 4. 6. 9. CSIR-UGC-NETIIRF | GATE PHYSICS Assignment-5: Classical Mechanics (Central Forces) InKepler’s problem of planetary motion, the orbits depend on the various values of the eccentricity (¢) and energy (E). What values of e and E belong to a hyperbolic orbit? () E>0,e=1 (B) E<0,e=1 ( E>0,e=0 ( E>0,e>1 “The vector force corresponding to a potential energy V = kx? is givenby (a) -3k ri (b) 3k PF (©) 3krF @) 3kré Aparticle of mass m moves in a central potential V(r) = Kr? ina circle of radius ‘a’ its kinetic energy is: fA 3Kma? 2 Kma* 3Kma? Kma® (yeas a oF os Motion of a particle in spherically symmetric attractive potential is: (a) Always bounded though not in circular orbits (®) Always in circular orbits and bounded (©) Maybe bounded or unbounded depending upon the energy and angular momentum of the particle. (®Notbounded at all ‘The central forces, which support closed orbits for bound particles, are given by the following, where k>0. @f() ‘Two heavenly bodies of masses 6 and 4 units move under the influence of that mutual central force separating ‘out the centre of mass motion. The resultant one-body motion corresponds to a particle of mass (@) 10 units (b) 2.4 units (©) 6units (@ 4units. Potential energy = kx” thenthe relation between KE. &P.E. is @ (T)=(V) Ifaplanet sweeps in equal area in equal time then the following orbit is represented. (a) Circular orbit (b) Elliptical (©) Hyperbola {@) Parabola, Aparticle moves under a central force field with the total energy E and the angular momentum [_. For this particle, (®) Eisconserved but [ isnotconserved. _(b) Eis not conserved but L is conserved. (© both E and L are conserved. (@ neither E nor Lis conserved. wM=3(¥) — @(1)=2(v) E ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/1, Sia Sarah Near IIT, New Deli-16, Ph :011-26851008, 26861009 wwre.carcerendeavourcom BESS GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-09, Ph: O11-65962244, 2724184510. u. 12. 1B. 4. 15. 16. A space station moving ina circular orbit around the Earth goes into anew bound orbit by firing its engine radially outwards. The orbit is: (@ Alargecircle —(b) Asmallercircle _(¢) Anellipse (@ Aparabola Aparticle is moving in aninverse square force field. Ifthe total energy of the particle is positive, then trajectory of the particle is: (@ Circular (b) Elliptical (©) Parabolic (@) Hyperbolic A particle is moving ina spherically symmetric potential V(r) = ce, where a. is a positive constant. In a stationary state, the expectation value of the kinetic energy of the particle is: (@ = (b)=2 (©) =3 (a), =4 Consider two particles with position vectors ¥, and T,. The force exerted by particle 2 on particle 1 is, F(%)=G —A Mi -F). The forces: (@) Centraland conservative (b) Non-central and conservative (©) Centraland non-conservative (@ Non-central and non-conservative. particle moves in a central force field f = Kr" ?, wherek is a constant, r, the distance ofthe particle from, the origin and ¢ is the unit vector inthe direction of position vector j . Closed stable orbits are possible for: @n=1andn=2 (b)n=1andn=-1 ()n=2andn=-2 (n= Landn=~2 ~*~ Aparticle moves in the central potential V(r) shown in the figure below Which of the following statements is true? voy (a) Both a stable circular orbit and an unstable circular orbit are possible. (b) Onlya stable circutar orbit is possible. (©) Only an unstable circular orbit is possible. : (@No circular orbit is possible. A particle of mass ms located at a distance z along the axis ofa uniform disk of mass M and radius R. The gravitational force felt by the mass mis given by @ R oR (2-r) 2GMm' ET 2GMm z small asteroid is approaching a massive star with a speed v, froma very large distance, atan impact param- eter bas shown below. Ifthe mass of the star is M and its radius is R, then what is the minimum value of b such that theastercid will, amiss the star? (@ Rxvi+26MN7R © Rivi-26Mv"R OR @Re IS ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near-IIT, New Delhi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com, BEES GTB Nagar : 48, First Flor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Ddbi-09, Ph: 01165462244, 27241845,13. 19. 20, 2. 22, 24, 2s. ‘Two gravitating bodies A and B with masses m, and m,, respectively, are moving in circular orbit. Assume that mp >> m, and let the radius of the atbit ofbody A be R,,. Ifthe body A is losing mass adiabatically, its orbital radins R, is proportional to @1m, &) Um, ©m, @ m. Consider a spherical planet, rotating about an axis passing through its centre. The velocity ofa point on its equator is V,,.. Ifthe acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ measured at the equator is half value of ‘g” measured at one of the poles, then the escape velocity fora particle shot upwards from that pole will be @ Ya/2 &v,/2 Viv, (8) 2% “Two particles ofidentical mass movein iwula orbits under a central potential V(r) fe’. Let £, and ¢, ‘be the angular momenta and 5,5, be the radi of the orbits respectively. If ¢, /£, =2, the value of r, /r, is: (v2 (b) V2 (92 @1/2 Consider a particle with a finite angularmomentum / moving in a central field defined by a linear restoring force. The minimum allowed energy E,,,, scales as function of 1as a 1 @ Ean 5 b) B, eve (Ena ee ®) Ban ) Ban 5 Bay © © Bee With what angular velocity « shoulda spherical planet of mass M and radius Rrotateso that the effective gravitational acceleration on its surface atthe equator is zero? GM _oM _VGM ou @e i= Wom jo @on ye Ina central force potential V(r)=~k/r, the equation for the orbit of a particle of mass m and angular Ph momentum /is given by 1(8)= e =~ TER is the radius ofa circular orbit, the distance dat =) Ieylee a minimum approach for parabolic orbit is by a=& ao a= @d=2R wy d=> Co) Carat OTR An object moving in an unknown potential filed V(F) executes a closed orbit confined to a plane. It sweeps out the equal areas in equal time intervals. Fromthis, one can conclude that (a) V(#) isa central potential (b) The osbit must be elliptical eal Oo VOR @ V(7)=V(0,9) Fora signal particle under a central force which varies as 2 , the average kinetic energy T and average potential energy V obey the relation 3 @T=V @T=5 @©T + v @T2v (ey Sia Sarai = 28-aM, Bia Sarat, Near HT, New Delbh16, Ph :011-76851008, 26861009 wnnccarerendeavourcom GTB Nagar 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No, 3, DEBS, Ph O1-65462244, 724184526. 7 Inacentral force field the trajectory ofa particle of massm and angular momentum L inplane poler coordinates 1 isgivenby qrlltecos0) r ‘Where, ¢ isthe eccentricity ofthe particle’s motion, Which one of the following choices for ¢ givesrise toa parabolic trajectory? (@e=0 ®esl (© 0 GTB Nagar : 48, First Foor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Dalhi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 2724184534. A planet of mass ‘m’ moves in a ciscular orbit of radius r, in the gravitational potential V(r) “K’ is a positive constant. ‘The orbital angular momentum of the planet is (@) 2xkn (b) \2rgkm (©) mokm (® Jrgkm 35. Apparticle P of mass mmoves under the influence ofa central potential, centred at the origin O, ofthe form vr) where ‘K’ is a positive constant. ° Ifthe particle P comes in from infinity with intial velocity ‘u’ and impact parameter b(see figure), then the largest value of b for which the particle gets captured by the potential is 32 ‘el k a3 2 6 2k v3 oT ob) ol ole) Answer Ke: al Mechanics (Central Forces) 1 @ 2 @) 3. (a) 4. (a) © 6 @) 7. @) 8.) 9. @) 10.(¢) 1L.@ 12.(@) 13.(a) 4. 15. (a) 16.(a) 17.(b) 18. (b) 19.) 20. (a) 2. 22.(a) 23.(b) 24. (b) 25.(b) 26. (b) 27.(a) 2B. (a) 29.@) 30.(@) 31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34.(@) 35. (a) (€A ia Sarai: 28-401, si Sarai, Near-HIT, New DeI16, Ph: 011-26951008, 26961009 wov.careerendesvonrcom GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Dethi-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845CAREER PRIVATE LIMITED SITY a STS CSIR-UGC-NETIIRF | GATE PHYSICS ‘Assignment-6: Classical Mechanics (Small Oseillations) ‘The total energy E of particle ofmass m executing small oscillations about the origin along on the x-direction, isgivenby, 4m +N cx) ere ‘Vp and L. are positive constants, The time period'T of oscilla- tionis 1 fm iL - fe fmt? =— |— T T L.J— =2n,|— A particle moves in one dimension ina potential V(x) = x?/2 + x°/3, insuitable units. IfE is the total energy of the particle, then the mation is: 1 (@) Always bounded if 0SE $— (b) Always unbounded if 0< Es (©)Always bounded if B <0 (@) Bounded if 0< E st and the initial position satisfies —1 < x(0)< 2 ‘Two simple pendula each of length Land mass mare suspended from ahorizontal support. Ifthey arecoupled bya massless spring of spring constnat k, then the higher frequency of oscillation ofthe systems. k 2k wor fz won fEE won ft In the free vibration ofa lineartriatomic molecule, the central atom takes part inthe oscillatorymotion for (a) Allthree modes (b) Two modes (©) Onemode only (6) Does not take part at all Tnanormal mode of vibration ofa molecule, allatoms move (a) With the same frequency (b) With the same amplitude (©)Inthe same direction (@) Oppositeto each other. Accohimn of mercury of total length L partially fills a U tube. If the mercury is set into small oscillation, its frequency is given by 2g 1 Pg 1 fe ig an fE ar ig @ amy OVE OL Oem ‘The equation of motion of simple pendulum is (a) Linear for small and large amplitude oscillations. (b) Nonlinear for small and large amplitude oscillations. (©) Linear for small amplitude and nonlinear for arge amplitude oscillations. (@ Nonlinear for small amplitude and linear for large amplitude oscillations ‘ia Sarai : 8-A/, dia Sark, Near HT, New Delbi-16, Ph :011-26851008, 26861009 wmwcarcerendeavour.com GTB Nagar = 48, Fist Floor, Ma! Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Dlbi09, Ph: 011-65462244, 272418459% 10. n. 12, 13, 4, 15, 16. A linear symmetric triatomic molecule consisting of masses 1, 2 and 1 units connected by springs ofunit force constant admits normal modes of following nonzero normal frequencies: 11 (b) 1,2 O12 @ 1,3 Fora system of 12 degrees of freedom, the number ofnonzero frequency normalmodes are @2 (b) 10 ©9 @6 Consider two simple pendulums each consisting ofa point mass m attached toa string of length ¢. The masses are coupled by a spring of spring constant k. The kinetic energy’T and the potential energy V ofthesystem are eek givatyT=mée() t) veme| i Tie fequencies of sna osilaton of is sytem @ o=Jg/ 4,0, =/g/ts kim (}) @, =V2k/m,o, =./g/@+2k/m (© 0,=Jg/#,0, =Vk/m @ 0, =Jg/#,0, =/g/t+k/m Statement for Linked Answer Q.11 and Q.12; ‘The Lagrangian of two coupled oscillators of massmeachis, L=4im(sj +53)=Fama (af +38) Fmojpeses ‘The equations ofmotion are: @) %,+03x, = O5nx,, 8, +O3x, =@jux, (0) ¥, +02x, = @3px,,%, +03, © 5 +08x, =o}, %, +02 © 3, 403%, = ofnx,,%, +08 ‘Thenormal modes of the system are: © on fP-Lo, yu +1 ©) o,J1- o,f ©o,Yn=1,0,Ju41 @ og f= Hoy fire particle of mass m is moving in a potential ofthe form V(x, y, 2) = (1/2) mo? (3x°-+ 3y?-+22? + 2xy). The oscillation frequencies of the three normal modes of the particle are given by: @ 0,30 and V30 —(b)/20,V3wand V30 (€) ¥20,V20and20 (8) ¥2w,20and20 ‘The Lagrangian fora three particle systems given by save, a" 4ni-+ni-nn), 2 where a seal. Then one of the normal cooridnates has.a frequency © given by: 2 @ @=2 ) oa ©) w= 20 @) o? =V2a? ‘The motionofa simple pendulum undergoing large osillations can be described as: (@) harmonic, non-conservative (b) harmonic, consrevative (6) anharmonic, non-conservative @ ankarmonic, conservative A loop ofradius R is pivoted at a point on the circumference. The period of small oscillations in theplane ofthe hoopis pR [x R x, [PR @ af ) anf 4g © anf @ » (Ay din Sarai : 28-4101, Sa Sarai, Near HTT, New Deh36, Pa: 01-26851008, 26861009 woyenrecrendenvoutcom GTB. Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB, Nagor (Metro Gate No.3), Del-09, Ph: O11-65462248, 272805,17. 18. 19, 20. a. 2 @ ‘Asimple pendulum is in the form of a unit mass at the end of'a massless rigid rod of unitlength.If 9 is the angle with the downward vertical, the kinetic energy T of the pendulumis given by (@T=2gsin? % (by T=2ge0s'% (o) T=gsin* 0 (@) T= 00870 Aparticle moves in one dimension ina potential V(x) =x? /2+x° /3, in suitable units, IfE is the total energy. ofthe particle, then the motion is (@Abwaysbounded it0 0) and re- leased. Assuming that the collision of the bob is elastic, the time period of oscillations: fe é 0) 2n J 2n,|—| x/2. 7 of offer] A point particle of mass m carrying an cletric charge q is attached to a spring of siffaess constant k. A. constant electric field E along the direction of the spring is switched on for a time interval T (where T« Vim/k ). Neglecting radiationloss, the amplitude of oscillation after the field is switched offs: (@) QE/k (b) ET? /m (© qEVvm/Tk”? = (d) ghT/Vmk Consider a simple pendulum executing small oscillations (in vacutm) with a time period T,. Ifa charge+q is pasted onto the pendulum bob, then the resultant (modified) pendulum. (@) continues to execute non- sinusoidal small oscillations with the same time period 7). (b)executes damped oscillation (©) executes simusoidal oscillatoions with T > Ty. (executes sinusoidat oscillations with T < Tp. ‘Two object each of mass m are connected by a spring of spring constant k and are capable of moving ina line. ‘The normal modes have the frequencies. (b) [Kano @ [Ena fE @ (@ ia Sarai: 28-4/11, Sia Sarai, Nea HIT, New Deih-16, Ph : O11-26859008, 26861009 wnvtcarerendeavonrcom ESS GTB Nagar : 48, First Foor, Mall Rnd, GEB. Nagar (Meto Gate No.3), Dehb09, Ph: O1-6S462248, 7241845,23. 24. 25. 26. 21. 28. 29. @ Consider a mass mattached to a spring . When the spring is extended from its equilibrium position, the restoring force is given by F = —k,x -k,x?. Where k, and k, are positive constants. The spring is now extended slightly and let go. Which of the following is true? (@) The mass executes sinusoidal oscillations (b) The mass executes periodic, but non sinusoidal oscillations (6) The mass executes a damped oscillatory motion @ the total energy of the system decreases With time. Consider abar ofmsass mattached to two identical massless springs (ofspring constant k) in paral}, as shown in the figure, The bar would oscillate with a frequency. 2k k 7 @ Wa of of Om. eo 21 A particle of unit mass moves along the x-axis under the infhience of a potential, V(x) = x(x~2)'. The particle is found to be in stable equilibrium at the point x. . The time period ofoscillation of the particle is x 3n @> ) OF @ 2n For small angular displacements (i.e, sin 9 ~ @) a simple pendulum oscillates harmonically. For larger dis- placements. the motion (a) becomes aperiodic (b) remains periodic with the same period (©) remains periodic witha higher period (@ remains period witha lower period. lye 2 Consider the motion of a classical particle in a one dimensional double-well potential Vx)= a(x -2y, [Ifthe particle is displaced infinitesimally from the minimum the postive x-axis (and friction isneglected), then (@) the particle willexecute simple harmonic motion in the right wel with an angular frequency ¢ = ./2 (b) the particle will execute simple harmonic motion in the right well with an angular frequency, (©) the particle will switch between the right and ieft wells, (@) the patticle will approach the bottom of the right well and settle there A solid cylinder ofheight H, radius R and density p, floats vertically on the surface ofa liquid of density Pp. ‘The cylinder willbe set into oscillatory motion when a small instantaneous downward force is applied. The frequency ofoscllationis 8 78 on © oH OoNE © Vogt © \ oH Consider smal oscillations ofa triatomic molecule. Which of the following is tue? (a) There cannot be any mode of zero frequency. (b) There may not be any mode of zero frequency. (c) There must be mode of zero frequency (d) There must be a mode of imaginary frequency. i: 28-A/1, Jia Sarai, Near UIT, New Delbi-36, Ph : 01-26851008, 26861009 wwv.careerendeavourcom GTB Nagar £48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB, Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Delb-09, Ph 013-65462244, 27241845,1 @ 8 © 15. (3) 2.(a) 29.(ey 2. (b) 3. (a) % @ 10. (a) 16. (a) 17.) 23. (by 24.() 4. (o} 1.0) 18.(@) 25.(b) 5. (b) 12.(@) 19. (b) 26.(b) ‘Tia Sarai : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, NearIIT, New Delhi-16, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www.eareerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GB, Nogar (Metro Gate No.3), Delh-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845,CAREER PRIVATE OUR CSIR-UGC-NETIJRF | GATE PHYSICS Assignment-7: Classical Mechanics (Rigid Body) ‘The motion of a particle of mass m is described in a non-inertial frame of reference that is rotating with a uniform angular velocity «If denotes the position of the particle in the non-inertial frame (a) The centrifiugal force on the particle is mai (b) The centrifugal force on the particle is ~max(oxr) (©) The Coriotis force on the particle is, -n(ox2) (d) The Coriolis force on the particle -2ma"r An asyermpetric rigid body has three distinct principal moments ofinertia, with I, A triangle of uniform mass density ofbase Land heighth is shown below. The centre of mass of the triangle ies at this distance above the base:@ 13, Inthe absence of an applied torque a rigid body with three distinct principal moments of inertia given by 1,1; and J, is rotating freely about a fixed point inside the body. The Euler equations for the components ofits angular velocity (,,(0,,(05) are A. The equilibrium points in (@,,,,003) space are @ (1,-10),(-1,01) and (0,-1.1) ©) (11,0),(1,0,1) and (0,1,1) (© (1,0,0),(0,1,0) and (0,0,1) @ (L11),(- 1) and (0,0,0) B. The constants of motion are @ of +0} +03 anda, +1,0,+1,0, — (b) Lop +Lw} +1,03 and Fo} +o} +o} (© Lo? +1,03 +1,03 ando,+0,+0, (4) of +0} +03 and Fro; +o} + G03 14, Ananmuhus of mass M made ofa material of uiiform density has inner and outer radii‘a’and ‘b’ respectively. Itsprincipal momnet of inertia along the axis of symmetry perpendicular to the plane of the annus is : 1 (0'+2') : ; a 2M (aa) AMA's") gMl=s") @M(b+ a") ym pnp worectsoferin ofa rigid body ofan arbitrary shape are givenby, I, 1, and I, which ofthe following represents a valid set of values for I, (in some arbitrary units)? (@1=-3,1,=4,1, () ,=3,1,=3, = (c) 1, =3, L=7,1,=4 (d) 1, =0, 1,=0, = 16. Acircus motorcyclist rides on the inner surface ofa large globe ofradiusR along a vertical longitude, Inowder that he stays on the innner surface, his minimum speed should be @ 2/Re (b) V5Re (©) m/5RE @ 2nVRe 17. Apoint mass m is moving along a circle of radius r and centred at a point C. Qrepresents a fixed point onthe circle (see figure). If @ = 20, be the instantaneous angular velocity of the mass around the points C and Q respectively, then oO Q (@) = 20% (0) &% =F (@ 64 and @ are independent 18. Two uniform thin rods ofequal length L, and masses M, anéM, arejoined together along the length. The moment ofinertia of the combined rod of length 2L about an axis passing through the mid-point perpendicular to the length of the rod is, Lb v Ls Lv (MAM) (MAME (MAM) @ (M4M,)> ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near-IIT, New DelhF16, Ph :011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavourcomt GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB, Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Deli-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 2724184519. 20. 21. 23. 24. 2s. (ce) Aborizontal circular platform rotates with a constant angular velocity Q directed vertically upwards. A person seated atthe centre shoots bullet ofmass ‘m’ horizontally with speed ‘v’. The acceleration of the bullet, i the reference frame of te shooter, is (@)2vQ to his right (0)2v2 tohisleft (Ov tohistight @vQ tohislet ‘Two bodics of equal mass ‘m’ are connected by a massless rigid rod of ngth ‘£ "lying in the xy-plane with the centre of the rod at the origin. If this system is rotating about the z-axis with a frequency @, its angular ‘momentumis (a) mZo/4 (o) mé*0/2 (©) mo (@ 2mé0 A jetof gas consists of molecules of mass m, speed v and number density n all moving co-lineary. This jet hits awallat anangle @ to the normal. The pressure exerted on the wall by the jet assuming elastic collision will be @) p=2manv* cos? 6 (6) p=2mnv? cos (© p=\(3/2)mnveos? @ (@) p=mnv The number of degrees of freedom of a rigid body in d space-dimensions is @ 24 0) 6 Oaa+y2 wa - A particle of mass m is at the stable equilibrium position of its potential energy V(x) = ax — bx? where a, b are positive constants. The minimum velocity that has to be imparted to the particle to render its motion unstable is (@) (640° / 9m?by!# (b) (642° / 27m*by!* (©) (1623 / 27m" (@ GaP / 64m)" A uniform circular disk of radius R and mass M is rotating with angular speed «@ about an axis, passing ‘through its center and inclined at an angle 60 degrees with respect to its symmetry axis. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the disk is, @ Baur &) Sour? © Lowe @ Frome A ring of mass m and radius R rolls (without stipping) down an inclined plane starting from rest. Ifthe centre of the ring is initially at a height /, the angular velocity when the ring reaches the base is © Je/@—Rjtane © \eiG-®) oO eh RIR @ ¥2g/(h-R) ‘ia Sa GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GT.B, Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-09, Ph 011-65462244, 27241845 28-A/M, Sia Sarai, NearIIT, New Delbi-16, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com26. © a ary" a ig = (2R?+2RI+P)* A pendulum consists of a ring of mass M and radius R suspended by a massless rigid rod of length / attached to its rim. When the pendulum oscillates in the plane of the ring, the time period of oscillation is Answer Key: Classical Mechanics (Rigid Body) 1. (b) 2. (@) 8. (©) 9 (a) 14.(d) 15. (0) 21.) 2© 3. ®) 10.(6) 16.(a) 23.00) 4. (@) 1. fay 17.@) 24.(0) 5. (b) 12.@ 18.(@) 25. (6) 6 © BAO 19.0) 26.(6) © 13 BA) 20. (b) is ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Sia Sarai, NearATT, New Delbi-16, Ph : O11-26851008, 26861009 ynw.careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Koad, GT.B, Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845 eeExner (cq CAREER ENDEAVOUR Classical Mechanics (Course Structure) Syllabus: Part A: Newton's laws Dynamical systems, Phase space dynamics, stability analysis. Central force ‘motions.Two body Collisions - scattering in laboratory and Centre of mass frames. Rigid body dynamics, momentof inertia tensor, Non-inertial frames and pseudo forces Part B: Special theory of relativity: Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and mass-energy equivalence. Part C: Variational principle. Generalized Coordinates. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism and equations of motion. Conservation laws and Cyclic coordinates. Symmetry, invariance and Noether’s theorem, Poisson brackets and canonical transformations. Periodic motion: Small oscillations, normal modes. Lecture plan: + We have divided the syllabus of Classical Mechanics into three parts which we plan 10 cover sequentially starting with past A. * You will be given objective problems sheets on every topic. + We will also give you topic wise assignment sheets. + After completion of each part (A,B,C) there will be a TEST. © Some unannounced (surprise) quizzes will also be taken. Physical Science Paper: Max Marks: 200 (All MCQ): Part & (No, of question 20, to be answered 15, each question carries 2 marks}, Part 8 (No. of question 25, to be answered 20, each question carries 3.S marks}, Part C (No. of question 30, to be answered 20, each question carries 5 marks). -Ve marking: 25%. Questions asked from this topic in previous exarhs. year [3083 one] 2033 Bee 2073.iune [3003 Bee [ore une] Marks | 5x3.5+ax5=37.5 |_OG.5tax5=34 | 4i3,5+3x5=29 | 32 5e3x5=25.5 | HB.S¢3x5=25.5 | Every year weight-age of this topic has been about 15%. Therefore we plan to cover this topic very well. Reference Books: (in class notes we cover all the topics of syllabus however if required one may refer to following books) Classical Mechanics : David Morin Classical Mechanics: J.C Upadhyaya or Gupta Kumar Sharma Classical Mechanics: Rena & Joag (TNH) or Kiran C. Gupta Concept of Physics Vol: H C Verma (for fundamentals) (for parts A and 8) Mechanics: Kepner and Kolenkove (for parts A & 8}CAREER ENDEAVOUR ERIM eS CSIR-UGC-NETIJRF-GATE-Physical Sciences Assignment-1: Classical Mechanics Considera particle of mass m attached to two identical springs each of length / and spring constant k (see the figure below). The equilibrium configuration is the one where the springs are unstretched. There are no other external forces on the system. If the particle is given a small displacement along the x-axis, which of the following describes the equation of motion for small oscillations? y In the figure shown equation ofmotion of block which is displaced horizontally is fa F+4xn0 (o) #4 Rx=0 x k {coho - ai} ¥ 2m : In the figure shown the block is'givien’a Small displacement ‘x’ along thé spting 3. Equation of motion of the block is ¢Assume that system is lying on a table) (a) ¥4(14V3)Ee= 0 nfxsin (b) x+(3-)4 (t+ zee e0 mm 3k B+ 0 Bm In the figure shown if the block is displaced from equilibrium position by a distance ‘x’ its equation of motion will be k k Ope) Oe F «ot ct “x=0 ~x-g=0 () B+ @) Btn Sarai, Near IIT, New Delhi-16, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavourcom ar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi09, Ph: 017-65462244, 9540292991 1.0. 28-0111, BO. 48, First Floor, Mall Road, @10, In previous question ify be the elongation in spring at any instant of time then in terms of y equation of motion can be written as k .# (a) I~ y-8=0 Ht yt R=0 (co) JT ytaH0 5% y=0 Spherical particles ofa given material of density p are released from rest inside a liquid medium of lower density. The viscous drag force may be approximated by the Stoke’s law, ie, F, = 61 Rv, where 7 is the viscosity of the medium, R the radius of particle and vits instantaneous velocity. If z(m) isthe time taken by a particle of mass m to reach halfits terminal velocity, then the ratio t(8m)/-e(m) is (a) 8 (b) 1/8 At @ 14 A particle is observed after it has been moving fora long time under the influence of a constant force in a medium that applies a drag force proportional to the square of its velocity. Distance versus time graph made by the observer will jook like. (0) xi yo eo ) b) a ° t A body of mass‘m’ falls from rest at a height‘ m under gravity (acceleration due to gravity g) through adense medium which provides aiesistive force 7p — ky? where ‘K’ isa constant and ‘v’ is the speed. Itwil hitthe ground with kinetic energy m’g ( a) (a) i 2k m 6 Bef 2 A particle of mass m is thrown upward with velocity v and there is retarding air resistance proportional to the square of the velocity with’proportonality constatikik: Ifthe particle azains@ maximum hight after time t,and g isthe gravitational acceleration, acceleration, whatis the velocity v? o fem{ fe) one [Fe] es fen( We fk) (@) ak tan( Jet) The fe fal time of atest mass on an object of mass M from a hight 2R to Ris [Re Re Re par™ Por aa ® Vou owe @ GM [New Delhi-I6, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www-carcerendeavour.com 7B. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Detti-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 9540292991 #0: 28-A/U, ia Sars B.0. 48, First Floor, Mall Road, G:CAREER ENDEAVOUR PHYSICAL SCIENCES Basic Questions_Newton’s Laws A panticle of mass 2kg moves along a straight line such that the position coordinate of the particle depends on time as x= 2° ~3/? + 4¢ meter, force on the particle at ¢ = 2 sec is (a) 6N (py) RN (©) 8N (a) 4N Position vector of particle of mass 3kg varies with time as # 1°} .-2°7 +k . Force acting on the particle atthe instant when acceleration is perpendicular to its velocity is (a) 6N (b) 3N (c) 2N (d) ON For a spring mass system or simple pendulum which of the statement is correct regarding acceleration (a) [tis maximum at mean position (b) Itis maximum extreme positions (0) It same every where (@) Itis never zero. ‘A block of mass Skg is lifted with a rope which can bear maximum tension of LOON. Maximum possible acceleration of block is (a) 20 m/s? (b) 10 m/s? (c) 2 mis? (d) 5 mis® In the figure shown the block is pulled with a constant force F. What is speed of the the block at the instant when, acceleration is zero. 4 k m 2F FBRRIOOIINT E> F ® Vink ) ink 4 LF F © Bink © ani In the previous question maximum elongation of spring is F a ea F ae OZ (b) Ox Og In the figure shown the two ae are released from the position shown. After what time the two will cross each other. [Assume pulley and string to be light and smooth] i ore Ve 2m [Bh [2h 7 m © 5 a ® ye In previous question what i speed of each block at the instant they cross each other. — ht 23 (@) J2gh ) ¥ o fe @ Bgh V3 3 ia Sarai, Near-IIT, New Delhi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 2686104 ) www.careerendeavour.com on 3, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB, Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-09, Ph: 11-65462244, 2724184510 13. ure shown what is tension in the string between block A and B Oe (b) amg. ic Ejm (c) Smg AEy3m mg @ 3 BEd2m A projectile is thrown at some angle. What is tangential acceleration of projectile atthe instant its velocity vector makes 30° with its acceleration vector @ § w 2 A person standing on a weighing machine as shown in the figure pulls the string attached to a block in vertically downward direction. What is reading shown by the machine. ©eg (@) (a) 40 kg (b) 38 kg (c) 80 kg (a) 100 kg A block slides down an inclined plane of inclination @. If coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is jt, acceleration of the block is (a) gsing (b) g(sind— pcos) (©) g(sin@+wcos0) (d) g(cos@~ysiné) A block of thrown up an inclined plane due to which i Jides upto a certain height and then vetums to its initial position. If t, and t, be time for ascent and descent and and @ be coefficient of friction and inclination of plane. Then value of t/t, is sind + ucos0 ind + cos nO—nC0s0 sind ~w00s8 © Sind—peosd =) Vsind-neosd ©) Ysind+peosd 4) sind+ pcosd In the figure shown coefficient of friction between the block and inclined plane is 1. What should be value of F so that block slides up the plane with constant speed. rg @ mg(sin0~ycos@) —_mg(sind + wcos6) mg (cos@— wos) (2) mg tan ©) “(cosdeusind) (© ~(eosd—usind) j) (sind cos8) (EB Six Sarai: 26-471, sin Sari Near IT, New Delb-t6, Ph 071-26851008, 26961009 wor cnrerendeavourcom BSS) GTE Nagar: 45, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Dethi.9, Phe O11-65462244, 2724184516. 7 20. (en 2kg block is lying on a rough surface. If coefficient of static friction between the block and ground is 0.2, What maximum force can be applied on the block without moving it Se AG rrbremben (a) 5N (b) 7N (©) 9N (@) LIN In the figure shown coefficient of static friction between the blocks is 0.5 while ground is smooth. Which of the following statement is true {a) Friction force on 10 kg block is 50 N 10 (b) Friction force on 10 kg block is =-V (©) The blocks do not move on the floor (d) 10 kg block slides on 20 kg block In previous question what maximum force can be applied on the lower block so that their is no relative motion between the blocks (a) SON (b) 100N (©) 150 N (d) 200 N What would be answer of previous question if force is applied to the upper block (a) SON (b) 75N (c) 1250 (d) 250 N A block is given an initial speed 20 m/s on a rough horizontal surface where coefficient of friction is 0.2. For how long the block moves? 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Nagar (Metro Gate No, 3), Delhi-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845ENDEAUO PHYSICAL SCIENCES Assignment - 3: Classical Mechanics (Newton’s Laws) A horizontal force F =r is applied on an object of mass m which is initially at rest on a smooth horizontal surface, Distance moved by object in time 1, is Bro Beg Boo Big a bo) Se (o) (a) 7 2m os © mn © om A spring mass system (spring constant K and mass m) lies on a smooth horizontal surface with one end of spring being rigidly fixed, At ¢=0 the mass is pulled with a constant horizontal force F. Speed of the mass after time ¢is (a) F_ [kK @ — © se sal ed m to —Eeainl [Ee (o ghneos{ FE Vin VKm m A simple pendulum is deflected aside to a position where string makes 60° with downward vertical and released. Tension in the string when bob passes from lowest position is (mass of bob = m) @ me wo © 2mg @ 8 Tension in the string of simple pendulum is Smg at the lowest position where m is mass of bob. What is tension in the string when string is horizontal {a) mg (b) 2mg. (©) 3mg @) 4mg Two particles of masses m,,m, and charges q,,q, are placed r distance apart on a smooth horizontal surface. Due to electrostatic repulsion they move away from each other. Ratio of their kinetic energy at a later time is 2 2 m, Mm, % % a) | oF o) @ {2 : (2) m, © G o qn In previous question speed of m, when their separation becomes 2ry is 2Gm; +m,)) @ yi 1G An Ey rary (mm, +m) © Sia Sarai : 28-AJ/1, Jia Sarai, Near-IIT, New Delhi-16, Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com BRSS GTB Nagar: 48, First Foor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Deli-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845. _AN A small object of mass m falls from a height equal to radius of earth R,. If M, be mass of earth, time taken by the particle to reach the earth’s surface is (lake m << M,) In ptevious question if m = M_, then time of fall will be (@) Gx}, (by (5) 2 . o Ee @ = 2NGM Vom In question No. 8, what is speed of the object whien it strikes the earth’s surface. GM, GM. BGM, (eM, @ yR, (b) a OyraR @ | A point particle of mass m carrying an electric charge q is attached to a spring of stiffness constant K. A constant electric field £ along the direction of spring switched on for a time interval 7(where T << fz Neglecting radiation loss, the amplitude of oscillation after the field is switched aft is a GE gET? gem gkT @ & o) &— ota Obverd ‘Yin Sarat : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, NearHIT, New Delhi-16, Ph : O11-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GT-B. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Dethi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845—) AIS ENA ERI AT PHYSICALSCIENCES (NET-JRF/GATE) Assignment-4: Classical Mechanies A patticleofmass ‘mis me potential a v jm Pod (aqme + at What is minimum potential a ofthe particle @) ava (b) 20, Va @ 20a In the previous question what is frequency of oscillation about stable point? (@) V2 &% () 20, (©) 4a @ AV2 2 A A particle of mass 38 is subjected to a potential V(x) = 3x* — 2x’ Which of the following V (x) versusx plotis comect? @ Neal \ TH AA AR In the previous question if particle is released at x = ‘ what is its velocity when it reaches point x= wie 2 4 l 3 @ 5 5 ©5 OF In. Q.3, what is maximum value of potential energy. (a) 0.2 @)1 (c)2 (do A particle of mass ‘m=4” moves along the x-axis under the influence of the potential ake oe V(x)= fe P-2e4 ) ie particle oscillates with small amplitude around the minimum potential, what is the period of the oscillation. 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Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Deli-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 2724184510. ul 12, ;, it will move towards which of the following points, fa ao )+W>5 of A particle of mass m is moving in one dimension so that its potential energy is U(x) = A- Bx+-Cx" When particle is at the unstable equilibrium position, itis slightly displaced, What is its speed when it reaches the stable equilibrium position? | 22 I ap Ys 16x 4 . oft ol . tya_oy Consider the motion of a classical particle in 2 one dimensional double-well potential V(x) = alk -2) 1 27mrC Ifthe particle is displaced infinitesimally from the minimum the positive x-axis and friction is neglected), then (a) the particle will execute simple harmonic motion in the right well with an angular frequency « = J2 (b) the particle will execute simple harmonic motion in the right well with an angular frequency « = 2 (©) the particle will switch between the right and lefi wells (@) the particle will approach the botiort of the right well and settle there The total energy E ofa particle of mass m executing small oscillations about the origin along on the x-direction x ; ere Vo and L_ are positive constants. The time period T of oscilla- a xf () Teak = © roan ‘0 / isgiven by, E = jae + Vgcosh tionis @t=4 fe 1 2x \ Vo A particle of mass ‘m’ is movingundera one dimensional potential ¥ (}= ax’ —Ax . Due to the force acting on the particle its kinetic energy changes as the particle moves from one point to the other. What can be ‘maximum change in K.E. ofthe patticle in this case, 8b @ V5 s acted upon by a force whose potential is expressed as V(x) =2x—4x° joule . The force on the particle at the point witere it will again cometo rest for the firstime is (a)-4 newton (6) 4newton (©)zero newton @#2newton 6b? Bi (a) 3a ) aot (©) A particle of mass 2 kg is released at x= Om. The particle (ES) Jia Sarai: 28-a/t, Sa Sara NearH1T, New Delhi-16, Ph: OL1-26851008, 26861009 wiyw.careerendeavourcom PSSM) Gre nagar 4h Ft, Mall Rona, GTN, Nagar (Metro Gate No.3) Deis, Ph: OI-6546224, 724184814 1 a A particle is placed ina region with the potential U (x) =" ~ 2a" where k, 4 > 0. Then, sin (a) <= Oand x = are points of stable equilibrium , k (b) x=0 isapointofstable equilibrium and * = > isa point of unstable equilibrium. k O and x => arepoints of unstable equilibrium. © (@) There are no pointsof stable or unstable equilibrium. A particle of mass ‘mn’ is moving under potential (x) br, frequency of oscillation about the stable equilibrium position is Z 12ab ]"* 6ab |" { 4ab 3ab |" @ [ 7 | (b) | 7 | © [4] @ [2 In the previous question force on the particle is maximum at ib [o b @* OMG V3a @ *=V5a Assignment - 3: Classical Mechanics (Newton’s Laws) 1. () 2. (b) 3 ©) 4, (b) 5. (b) 6. (c} 7. (b) 8. (a) 9 (d) 10. (d) Assignment- 4: Classical Mechanics 1. (a) 2.(b) 3. (ce) 4.(b) 5. (b) 6.(0) Tea) 8.(b) 9.(b) 10. (4) 11. (a) 12.(b) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (a) (EY sin Sarai: 28-nin, ia Sarai, NearIT, Now Deli-16, Ph 01-26851008, 26861009 www-careerendeavourcom =| GTB Nagar : 48, First Floor, Mall Road, G-T.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845BEER ENDEAVOUR PRIVAT PHYSICAL SCIENCES (NETJRF/GATE) Assignment-4: Classical Mechanics A particle of mass ‘m’ is movingina potential 1 @ V(x)=L mais? + (G)=qmabe +e ‘What is minimum potential energy ofthe particle @ ova (0) 20, Va ©” i (4) 2oya Inthe previous question whatis frequency of oscillation about stable point? @ V2 (b) 20 (©) 4a, @ 42 a es Aparticle of mass 5 kg is subjected to a potential V (x)= 32" - 2x". Which of the following V(x) versusx plotis correct? @— ) @ 4 Inthe previous question if particle is released at x = 5 , what s velocity when it reaches point + 2 4 1 y2 (4 one) @3 5 OF @) 5 u InQ.3, what is maximum value of potential energy, (a) 0.2 (b) 1 ()2 (do A particle of mass ‘m=4? moves along the x-axis under the influence of the potential V(x)= alc F2e" } if the particle oscillates with small amplitude around the minimum potential, (a) 0.12 (b) 1.33 what is the period of the oscillation. res 8.37 (a) 11.17 ‘Jia Sarai : 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near-IIT, New Delhi-16, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com GTB Nagar: 48, First Fleer, Mall Road, GT.B, Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Delhi-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27241845A 10. ul 12. point x= (a0 bE @ fe noe A particle of mass m is moving in one dimension so that its potential energy is U(x) = A- Bx +Cx' it will move towards which of the following points, When particle is at the unstable equilibrium position, itis slightly displaced. What is its speed when it reaches the stable equilibrium position? 6B" 4 omc ae V4 “east 7 a ©) | ame 1 aac ©) | ote Consider the motion of a classical particle in a one dimensional double-well potential V (x) = a (x? -2) Ifthe particle is displaced infinitesimally from the minimum the positive x-axis (and friction is neglected), then (a) the particle will execute simple harmonic motion in the right well with an angular frequency @ = /2 he particle will execute simple harmonic motion in the right well with an angular frequeney q = 2 (c) the particle will switch between the rightand lefi wells (d) the particte will approach the bottom of the right well and settle there ‘The total energy E of particle of mass m executing small oscillations about the origin along on the x-direction ‘my? Vy cosh| * 2 L isgivenby, E ) ee Vo and L are positive constants. The time period T of oscilla- tion is 1 fm ee ee mL? @ TaN wy T=20f (c) T=aL, Mom a A particle of mass ‘m’ is moving under a one dimensional potential (x) = ax? — bx . Due to the force acting, on the particle its kinetic energy changes as the particle moves from one paint to the other, What can be thaximum change in K.E. of the particle in this case. = 166° f& a sa fF of OFS Var A particle of mass 2 kg is released at x= Om. The particle is acted upon by a force whose potential is expressedas V(x) =2x-4x" joule . The force on the particle at the point where it will again come to rest for the firstimeis Y (a) -4 newton pres newton (©) zero newton (d) +2 newton ‘ia Sarai :28-A/1, Jia Sarai, Near-IT, New Delhi-16, Phy: 01126851008, 26861009 wwv.careerendeavour-com Be) GTB Nagar : 48, Fist Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No.3), Deli-09, Ph: O11-65462244, 27244845~x°, where k, 2 >0.Then,- x k (@) x=Oand x => are points of stable equilibrium (b) x=0 isapoint of stable equilibrium and x a point of unstable equilibrium a k (9) ¥=Oand x =~ are points of unstable equilibrium, (@ There are no points of stable or unstable equilibrium 14. Avatticle of mass ‘m’ is moving under potential V (x) x’ - bx , frequency of oscillation aboutthe stable equilibrium position is oe ab" bas" . @ [2 | . | et] o 4] @ [=] 15. Intheprevious question force on the particle is maximum at Se (b) x Ee (x= 1 © 2. (b) 3% (© 4. (b) 5. (b) 6 (©) 7. (b) 8. @ 9 @) 10. (d) Assignment. 4: Classical Mechanics 1. (a) 2.(b) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5.(b) 6.(0) 1.(a) | 8.(b) 9. (b) 10. (a) IL. (a) 12. (b)/ 13.(b) 14. (a) 15. (a). rai, Near-IIT, New Dethi-I6, Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavourscom ist Floor, Mall Road, GT.B. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Dethi-09, Ph: 011-65462244, 27241845CAREER PRIVATE \VOUR ESSN eT CSIR-UGC-NET/JRF|GATE- PHYSICAL SCIENCES, Assignment - 05 Centrifugal Cori Forces 1.7 A person standing on a rotating disc sees that everything around him is rotating which of the following 2 statements given by the person is correct. (a) Both coriolis and centrifugal forces on all objects are radially outward (b) Both coriolis and centrifugal forces on all objects are radially inward (©) Onall objects coriolis force is radially inward and centrifugal force is radially outward (@) Centrifugal force and coriolis force are equal in magnitude but oppo: A disc of radius R is rotating clockwise with angular speed «. An insect of mass m crawls along the circumference in anticlockwise sense with a speed v relative to the disc. What is centrifugal direction, (a) mo? radially outward (b) mo? radially inward (©) mo2R tangential (d) ma? R parallel to the axis of rotation of disc In the previous question coriolis force on the disc is (a) 2movy radially outward (b) 2movg radially inward (©) 2mevy tangential (A) 2mevg parallel to the axis of rotation A circular disc is rotating in anticlockwise sense as shown in the figure. On the disc a particle moves in anticlockwise circle with center at P. At the instant particle at Q. which of the following options correctly represent directions of centrifugal and coriolis forces. [‘0” is center of the disc] Path of a particle - on thewlise Dise (o) 8-A/I1, Jia Sarai, Near-IT, New Delhi-16 , Ph: 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com 1, Ph: O11-27241845, 65462244 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Del5. 6. 1. 8. % 10. @ A patticle of mass mis lying on earth’s surface at a location where latitude is 2. If @ be angular velocity of earth’s spinning motion and R be the radius of the earth then, centrifugal force on the particle is @) mo? Rsind ©) Mo*Reosi ©) 2mo*Rsindr @ 2mo*Reosr In the previous question if the particle starts moving along the latitude from east to west with constant speed Coriolis force on the particle will be (magnitude) (a) 2movg (b) 2mygw@cosr (c) Imvyosina {a} Imvowsin Acos Astone is dropped from a height 100m at equator. What is east-ward deviation of the particle (approximately) (@) 3.15 em () 2.17 cm (©) 1.08 cm @) 2.73 em In the previous question if the location is at latitude 60° in northern hemisphere then eastward deviation will be (a) 3.15 em (b) 2.17 cm (©) 1.08 em @ 2.73 cm If @ be angular velocity of the earth’s spinning motion and R be the radius of the earth, with what speed should a train move along equator so that magnitude of centrifugal and coriolis forces and acting on the train become equal. R 2aR @ on oS © 20k o= . Rk . : A person is running at equator with speed °~ where o and R have their usual meaning, In which direction should the person run so that his apparent weight is equal to his true weight. (@) NtoS (6) Wo EB Eto W (@) StoN J1L~ Particle of mass 2kg is moving in north east direction on earth’s surface at a location where latitude is 45° 42. 13. 14. N. Find magnitude of coriolis force experience by the particle if its speed is 200 m/s. @ 0.05 N (b) 0.5. N (5N @ 0.25 N ‘A stone is thrown in meridian plane at an angle ¢ with the horizontal. If vg is its speed and m is mass of the stone, what is coriolis force on the stone at the moment it is thrown. Latitude of location is 2. (a) 2movg sin(a—) (b) 2mevg sin( +) (©) Amey cos(d.—) (@) 2m cos(a+4) Angular velocity of a frame is 6 = (2 +37) rad/s. A particle of mass 2kg lies at a point whose co-ordinate in lab frame is (3, 4, 0). What is centrifugal force on the mass as seen by a person standing on the rotating, fame. (a) 2VI3N (&) 2V5N © 2V7N @ 2V3N A body of mass m starts sliding down from top of a smooth sphere of radius R. The sphere rotates with a constant angular velocity q about a vertical axis passing through its center. What is the centrifugal force acting on the body at the moment it breaks off the surface as seen from the frame fixed to the sphere. i @ ze tb) Smo? © Smo? R @) 2mo®R = H.O.: 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near IIT, New Delhi-16 , Ph : 011-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com = B.O.: 48, First Floor, Mall Rosd, GTB. Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-O9, Ph: O11-27241845, 6546224415. 16. 17. 18. In the previous question what is coriolis force on the body as seen from the frame fixed to the sphere at that moment. Rees 24 2 8g ae R a (a) zero b) 3 mR ©) 3m @ 5m R Rae FF A thin rod is rotating with uniform angular velocity « about its one end. A bead of mass m slides along the length of rod with constant speed v, as shown in the figure. If there is no gravity in the space, what is nosmal reaction between the bead and the rod. BO py avy Zz has (a) zero (b) mo*r (c) 2mevy (d) mg In the previous question what is friction force on the bead at the instant its distance from the axis of rotation isr. (a) 2mervy (b) zero © mo2r (@ None of these A cireular disc is rotating about its axis with uniform angular velocity «. There is a groove along a chord of the disc. An insect starts crawling along the groove. If the insect starts at ¢= 0 from the middle point, and moves with constant speed v, war. the disc. What is centrifugal force on the insect at time 1. @ mo*d () m0 %90 (©) 97d + vot) (dy mo” fd? + vf? ‘The time period of sinpple pendulum under the influence of the acceleration due to gravity gis. The bob is subjected to an additional acceleration of magnitude J/3g in the horizontal direction. Assuming small oscilla- tions, the mean position and time period of oscillation, respectively, of the bob will be (a)0°to the vertical and J37 (b) 30°to the vertical and T/2 (©) 60°to the vertical and 7) JZ (a) 0 to the vertical and 7 / J3 Two points N and S are located in the northern and southern hemisphere, respectively, on the same longitude. Projectiles P and Q are fired from N and $. respectively, towards each other. Which of the following options is correct for the projectiles as they approach the equator? (2) Both P and Q will move towards the east (0) Both P and Q will move towards the west (©) P will move towards the east and Q towards the west (4) P will move towards the west and Q towards the east H.O.: 28-A/11, Jia Sarai, Near-AIT, New Deihi-16, Ph : O11-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com B.0.: 48, First Floor, Mall Road, GTB, Nagar (Metro Gate No. 3), Delhi-09, Ph: 011-27241845, 65462244Gg > 24 — Anobserveris sitting ona horizontal platform which is rotating with a constant angular velocity. He puts ari object on the smooth frictionless floor of the platform, away from the axis of rotation, with zero initial velocity with respect to him. Let the time at this instant be t= 0- In the frame of the platform, the object would (a) Remain atrest for all t> 0 (b) Accelerate purely in aradial direction outwards forall t> 0. (c) Accelerate purely ina tangential direction for all t> 0. (d) Accelerate radially in the outward direction at t= 0, however the direction of acceleration changes for t>0. 22. Acircular platform isrotating with a uniform angular speed « counterclockwise about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane as shown in the figure. A person of mass ‘m’ walks radially inward with uniform speed ‘v’ on the platform. The magnitude and the direction of hte Corolis force (with respect to the direction along which the person walks) is: «> (@) 2mav towards his left (©) 2mav towards his front. (©) 2maw towardshis right @) 2mav towards his back, 23. Athin rod is rotating with uniform angular velocity @ about its one end. A bead of mass m slidesalong the length of rod with constant speed v, as shown in the figure. Ifthere isno gravity inthe space, what iscoefficientof friction between the bead and the rod. Re, oy ha or or 2, oy ©) a5 oe @ = 24, Ahorizontal circular platform rotates with a constant angular velocity Q ditected vertically upwards. A person seated at the centre shootsa bullet of mass ‘m’ horizontally withspeed ‘v’. The acceleration of the bullet, in the reference frame of the shooter, is (@)2vQ tohisright (b) 2vO tohis left (©) vO tohis right (d)vQ tohis left 25. ‘The motion of a particle of mass m is described in a noh-inertial frame of reference that is rotating with a uniform angular velocity «.1f ¢ denotes the position of the particle in the non-inertial frame (a) The centrifiugal force on the particle is -ma*t (b) The centrifuugal force on the particle is -max{axr) (©) The Coriolis force on the particle ism [o x ) (@ The Coriolis force on the particle -2ma"r 3-A/II, Jia Saraiy NearUT, New Delhi-t6, Ph : O11-26851008, 26861009 www.careerendeavour.com 27241845, 65462244 8, First Floor, Mall Road, GT-B. Nagar (Metro Gate No, 3), Delhi-8, Ph: 01