Daily Practice Problems

Sequence : P–10(Step-4) Topic: Centre of Mass & Collision Course : EXCEL JEE

[NOTE : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS MUST BE SOLVED IN L(2A BL)

(a) XCM
SUBJECTIVE WAY] 3(3A 2BL)
L(3A 2BL)
L-1 P-10.1 (b) XCM
3(2A BL)
1. Centre of mass of three particles of masses 1 kg, 2
L(3A 2BL)
kg and 3 kg lies at the point (1, 2, 3) and centre of (c) XCM
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mass of another system of particles 3 kg and 2 kg
lies at the point (– 1, 3, – 2). Where should we put L(2A 3BL)
(d) XCM
a particle of mass 5 kg so that the centre of mass of 3
entire system lies at the centre of mass of 1st 3. A uniform metal disc of radius R is taken and out
system? of it, a disc of diameter R is cut-off from the end.
(a) (0, 0, 0) (b) (1, 3, 2) The centre of mass of the remaining part will be:
(c) (– 1, 2, 3) (d) (3, 1, 8) (a) R/4 from the centre (b) R/3 from the centre
2. 3 particles of masses 2 kg each are placed such that (c) R/5 from the centre (d) R/6 from the centre
1st one lies on –ve x-axis, 2nd one lies on –ve y- 4. A uniform circular disc of radius a is taken. A
axis and the third one lies on +ve z-axis at circular portion of radius b has been removed from
distances of 2 m, 3 m and 1 m respectively from it as shown in the figure. If the centre of hole is at
the origin. Then the square of the distance of a distance c from the centre of the disc, the
centre of mass of the system from the origin is: distance x 2 of the centre of mass of the remaining
(a) 1.55 m2 (b) 1.55 m2 part from the initial centre of mass O is given by:
(c) 1.55 m (d) 1.25 m2
3. Four particles of masses m1 2m , m2 4m ,
m3 m and m 4 are placed at four corners of a
square. What should be the value of m 4 so that the
centres of mass of all the four particles are exactly
at the centre of the square?
b2 cb 2
(a) (b)
(a 2 b2 ) (a 2 b2 )
c2 a2
(c) (d)
(a) 2m (b) 8m (c) 6m (d) None (a 2 b2 ) (c2 b2 )

L-2 P10.2 L-3 P-10.3

1. A circular ring of mass 6 kg and radius a is placed
such that its centre lies at the origin. Two particles
of masses 2 kg each are placed at the intersecting
points of the circle with +ve x-axis and +ve y-axis.
Then the angle made by the position vector of
centre of mass of entire system with x-axis is:
(a) 45° (b) 60°
(c) tan 1 (4 / 5) (d) 30°
1. Masses of 2 kg each are placed at the corners B
and A of a rectangular plate ABCD as shown in
the figure. A mass of 8 kg has to be placed on the
plate so that the centre of mass of the system
should be at the centre O. Then the mass should be
placed at:

2. If the linear density of the rod of length L placed

between origin and x = L, varies as A Bx , (a) 1 m from O on OE (b) 2 m from O on OF
then x-coordinate of its centre of mass is given by: (c) 2 m from O on OG (d) 2 m from O on OH
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2. A carpenter has constructed a toy as shown in the 3.
adjoining figure. If the density of the material of
the sphere is 12 times that of cone, the position of
the centre of mass of the toy is given by:
4.
(a) at a distance of 2R from O
A body of mass 1 kg initially at rest, explodes and
breaks into three fragments of masses in the ratio
1 : 1 : 3. The two pieces of equal mass fly-off
perpendicular to each other, with a speed of 15 m/s
each. The speed of the heavier fragment is:
1 1
(a) 5 2 ms (b) 45 ms
1 1
(c) 5 ms (d) 15 ms
A body of mass M at rest explodes into three pieces,
two of which of mass (M/4) each are thrown-off in
perpendicular directions with velocities of 3 ms 1

(b) at a distance of 3R from O and 4 ms 1

respectively. The third piece will be
(c) at a distance of 4R from O thrown-off with a velocity of:
(d) at a distance of 5R from O 1 1
(a) 1.5 ms (b) 2 ms
3. Three bricks, each of length L and mass M, are 1 1
arranged as shown from the wall. The distance of (c) 2.5 ms (d) 3 ms
the centre of mass of the system from the wall is 5. A 5 kg shell kept at rest suddenly splits up into
three parts. If two parts of mass 2 kg each are
found flying due to north and east with a velocity
of 5 m/s each, what is the velocity of the third part
after explosion?
(a) 10 m / s due to north-east
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(a) L/4 (b) L/2 (c) (3/2) L (d) (11/12) L (b) m / s due to south-east
2
(c) 10 2 m / s due to south-west
L-4 P-10.4
1. Which of the following statements is correct? (d) 10 2 m / s due to south-east
(a) Kinetic energy of a system can be changed 6. A shell is fired from a cannon with velocity v m/s
without changing its momentum. at an angle with the horizontal direction. At the
highest point in its path it explodes into two pieces
(b) Kinetic energy of a system cannot be changed
of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path to
without changing its momentum.
the cannon and the speed (in m/s) of the other
(c) Momentum of a system cannot be changed piece immediately after the explosion is:
without changing its kinetic energy. (a) 3vcos (b) 2 vcos
(d) Body cannot have energy without having 3v 3 v cos
momentum. (c) cos (d)
2 2
2. A cannon ball is fired with a velocity of 200 m/s at 7. A particle of mass 4 m which is at rest explodes
an angle of 60° with the horizontal. At the highest into three fragments. Two of the fragments each of
point of its flight it explodes into 3 equal mass m are found to move with a speed of v each
fragments, one going vertically upwards with a in perpendicular directions. What is the total
velocity of 100 m/s, the second one falling energy released in the process?
vertically downwards with a velocity of 100 m/s. 7 3
(a) 3 mv2 (b) mv 2 (c) mv 2 (d) 4 mv2
The third fragment will be moving with a velocity 2 2
of: 8. A U 238 nucleus initially at rest emits an
(a) 100 m/s in the horizontal direction particle and is converted into Th 234 . If the KE
(b) 300 m/s in the horizontal direction of particle is 4.1 MeV, the KE of the residual
(c) 300 m/s in a direction making an angle of 60° Th 234 nucleus is (Take mass of particle as 4m
with the horizontal 234
and Th as 234m)
(d) 200 m/s in a direction making an angle of 60° (a) 6.8 MeV (b) 0.68 MeV
with the horizontal (c) 0.28 MeV (d) 0.0068 MeV
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9. A ball falls under gravity from a height of 10 m 14. A man of mass m climbs a rope of length L
with an initial downward velocity V0 . It collides suspended below a balloon of mass M. The balloon
with the ground, loses 50% of its energy in is stationary with respect to ground. If the man
collision and then rises back to the same height. begins to climb up the rope at a speed v rel.
Find : (i) The initial velocity V0 and (ii) The (relative to rope) in what direction and with what
height to which the ball would rise after collision if speed (relative to ground) will the balloon move?
the initial velocity V0 was directed upwards m m
(a) V v rel. (b) V v rel.
instead of downwards? M M
(a) 14 m/s, 5 m (b) 14 m/s, 10 m m m
(c) V v rel. (d) V v rel.
(m M) (m M)
(c) 7 m/s, 5 m (d) 7 m/s, 10 m
10. A bullet of mass 50 gm is fired from a gun of mass 15. In the Q. 14, how much has the balloon descended
2 kg. If the total KE produced is 2050 J, the energy when the man reached the balloon by climbing the
of the bullet and the gun separately are: rope?
m M
(a) 200 J, 5 J (b) 2000 J, 50 J (a) L (b) L
M m
(c) 5 J, 200 J (d) 50 J, 2000 J
(m M) m
11. A radioactive nucleus initially at rest decays by (c) L (d) L
m (m M)
emitting an electron and neutron at right angles to
one another. The momentum of the electron is
3.2 10 23 kg m / sec and that of the neutron is L-5 P-10.5
23 1. Two particles P and Q initially at rest are 1 m
6.4 10 kg m / sec . The direction of the
apart. P has a mass of 0.1 kg and Q has a mass of
recoiling nucleus with that of the electron motion 0.3 kg. P and Q attract each other with a constant
is: force of 10 2 N . No external forces act on the
(a) tan 1 (0.5) (b) tan 1 (2) system. At what distance from P’s original position
do the particles collide?
(c) tan 1 (2) (d) tan 1 (2)
2 (a) 0.25 m (b) 0.75 m (c) 0.5 m (d) 0.8 m
12. A 500 kg boat is 9 m long and is floating without 2. In the Q.1, the time taken by the particles for
motion on still water. A man of mass 100 kg is at collision is:
one end and if he runs to the other end of the boat (a) 1 sec (b) 3 sec (c) 15 sec (d) 4 sec
and stops, the displacement of the boat is: 3. Two particles A and B, initially at rest, move
(a) 1.5 m in the direction of displacement of the towards each other under a mutual force of
man attraction. At the instant when the speed of A is v
(b) 0.75 m in the direction of displacement of the and the speed of B is 2v, the speed of centre of
man mass is:
(c) 1.5 m in the direction opposite to the 4. A shell is fired from a gun with a muzzle velocity
displacement of the man u m/sec at an angle with the horizontal. At the
top of the trajectory the shell explodes into two
(d) 0.75 m in the direction opposite to the
fragments P and Q of equal mass. If the speed of
displacement of the man
the fragment P immediately after explosion
13. A dog weighing 5 kg is standing on a flat boat so becomes zero, where does the centre of mass of the
that it is 10 m from the shore. The dog walks 4 m fragments hit the ground?
on the boat towards the shore and then halts. The u 2 sin 2 u 2 sin 2
boat weighs 20 kg and one can assume that there is (a) (b)
g g
no friction between it and the water. How far is the
u 2 sin 2 u sin
dog from the shore at the end of this time? (c) (d)
2g g
(a) 3.2 m (b) 0.8 m
(c) 10 m (d) 6.8 m
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5. In the Q.4, where do the fragments P and Q hit the
ground from the point of projection?
R 3R
(a) R, R (b) ,
2 2
R R
(c) R, (d) , R
2 2
6. Two particles of equal masses have velocities (a) 0.2 kg msec 1 (b) 0.2 kg msec 1
v1 2 i m / s and v2 2 j m / s . The first particle (c) 0.1 kg msec 1 (d) 0.4 kg msec 1

has an acceleration a1 (3i 3 j) m / s2 , while the 12. The figure shows the position-time (x-t) graph of
one-dimensional motion of a body of mass 0.4 kg.
acceleration of the other particle is zero. The centre
The magnitude of each impulse is:
of mass of the two particles moves in a:
(a) circle (b) parabola
(c) straight line (d) ellipse
7. Mass is non-uniformly distributed on the
circumference of a ring of radius a and centre at
origin. Let b be the distance of the centre of mass
of the ring from origin. Then:
(a) 0.4 N-s (b) 0.8 N-s (c) 1.6 N-s (d) 0.2 N-s
(a) b a (b) 0 b a
(c) b a (d) b a
L-6 P-10.6
8. A man of mass 80 kg is riding on a small cart of
1. A pendulum consists of a wooden bob of mass m
mass 40 kg which is rolling along a level floor at a
and of length l. A bullet of mass m1 is fired
speed of 2 m/s. He is running on the cart so that his
velocity relative to the cart is 3 m/s in the direction towards the pendulum with a speed v1 . The bullet
opposite to the motion of the cart. What is the emerges out of the bob with a speed v1 / 3 and the
speed of the centre of mass of the system? bob just completes motion along a vertical circle.
(a) 1.5 m/s (b) 1 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) Zero Then v1 is:
9. Two persons of masses 55 kg and 65 kg m 3 m
(a) 5gl (b) 5gl
respectively, are at the opposite ends of a boat. The m1 2 m1
length of the boat is 3.0 m and weighs 100 kg . The
55 kg man walks up to the 65 kg man and sits 2 m1 m1
(c) 5gl (d) gl
3 m m
with him. If the boat is in still water, the centre of
mass of the system shifts by 2. A bullet of mass 20 g is moving with 600 m/s
(a) 0.75 m (b) 3.0 m collides with a block of mass 4 kg hanging with
the string. What is velocity of the bullet when it
(c) 2.3 m (d) Zero
comes out of block, if block rises to height 0.2 m
10. A uniform chain of length ‘l’ and mass ‘m’ is after collision?
hanging vertically from its ends A and B which are
(a) 200 m/s (b) 150 m/s (c) 400 m/s (d) 300 m/s
close together. At a given instant the end B is
released. What is the tension at A when B has 3. A body x with a momentum p collides with another
fallen a distance x(x l ) ? identical stationary body y one dimensionally.
During the collision y gives an impulse J to body x.
mg 3x 2x
(a) 1 (b) mg 1 Then coefficient of restitution is:
2 l l
2J J J J
mg x mg 4x (a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 1
(c) 1 (d) 1 P P P 2P
2 l 2 l 4. In perfectly inelastic collisions, the relative
11. In the given figure, the position-time graph of a velocity of the bodies:
particle of mass 0.1 kg is shown. The impulse at (a) before impact is zero
t 2 sec is:
(b) before impact is equal to that after impact
(c) after impact is zero
(d) is characterized by none of the above
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5. If two balls each of mass 0.06 kg moving in 1 3 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
opposite directions with speed 4 m/s collide and 2 2 3 4
rebound with the same speed, then the impulse
imparted to each ball due to other is: L-8 P-10.8
(a) 0.48 kg m / s (b) 0.24 kg m / s 1. A particle of mass m moving with a speed v hits
(c) 0.81 kg m / s (d) zero elastically another stationary particle of mass 2m
on a smooth horizontal circular tube of radius r.
The time in which the next collision will take place
L-7 P-10.7
is equal to:
1. A metal ball of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity
2 r 4 r 3 r r
of 36 km/h has a head on collision with a (a) (b) (c) (d)
v v 2v v
stationary ball of mass 3 kg. If after the collision,
2. A particle of mass 0.1 kg moving with an initial
the two balls move together, the loss in kinetic
speed v collides with another particle of same mass
energy due to collision is:
kept at rest. If after collision the total energy
(a) 40 J (b) 60 J (c) 100 J (d) 140 J
becomes 0.2 J, then:
2. A car of mass 400 kg and travelling at 72 kmph
(a) minimum value of v is 2 m/s
crashes into a truck of mass 4000 kg and travelling
(b) maximum value of v is 4 m/s
at 9 kmph in the same direction. The car bounces
(c) minimum value of v is 3 m/s
back at a speed of 18 kmph. The speed of the truck
after the impact is: (d) maximum value of v is 6 m/s
3. A ball of mass m approaches a wall of mass
(a) 9 kmph (b) 18 kmph
M ( m) with speed 4 m/s along the normal to
(c) 27 kmph (d) 36 kmph
the wall. The speed of wall is 1 m/s towards the
3. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
ball. The speed of the ball after an elastic collision
(a) Most of the collisions on the microscopic scale with the wall is:
are inelastic collisions. (a) 5 m/s away from the wall
(b) In a perfectly inelastic collision, there is a (b) 9 m/s away from the wall
complete loss of K.E.
(c) 3 m/s away from the wall
(c) Forces involved in elastic collision are (d) 6 m/s away from the wall
conservative in nature.
4. Two identical balls A and B are released from the
(d) Oblique collision is that collision in which the positions shown in figure. They collide elastically
colliding bodies do not move along the same on horizontal portion MN. The ratio of the heights
straight line path. attained by A and B after collision will be: (neglect
4. A ball impinges directly on a similar ball at rest. friction)
The first ball is brought to rest by the impact. If
half of the kinetic energy is lost by impact, the
value of coefficient of restitution is:
1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 3 2 2
5. A tennis ball is thrown from a height h above the
ground. If the ball strikes to the ground with elastic (a) 1 : 4 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 2 : 5
collision, what height will the ball achieve after the
5. Two particles having position vectors r1 (3i 5j)
third collision?
(a) he6 (b) e2 h (c) e3h (d) None metres and r2 ( 5i 3j) metres are moving with
6. Two billiard balls of the same size and mass are in velocities v1 (4i 3j) and v2 (ai 7 j) m / s . If
contact on a billiard table. A third ball of the same
they collide after 2 seconds, the value of a is:
size and mass strikes them symmetrically and
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
remains at rest after the impact. The coefficient of
restitution between the balls is:
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6. A ball is dropped on a horizontal plate from a L-10 P-10.10
height h . If the coefficient of restitution is e, the 1. After perfectly inelastic collision between two
total distance travelled by the ball before coming identical particles moving with same speed in
to rest, will be different directions the speed of the particles
1 become half the initial speed. The angle between
(a) h 2
(b) h(1 e2 )(1 e2 ) 1
1 e velocities of the two before collision is:

(c) h(1 e4 ) (d) h(1 e2 )(1 e2 ) 1 (a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 120° (d) 30°
2. A smooth sphere is moving on a horizontal surface
with velocity vector 2i 2j immediately before it
L-9 P-10.9
1. Three particles A, B and C of equal mass move hits a vertical wall. The wall is parallel to j vector
with equal speed v along the medians of an and the coefficient of restitution between the
equilateral triangle as shown in the adjoining 1
sphere and the wall is e . The velocity vector
figure. They collide at the centroid of the triangle 2
G. After the collision A comes to rest, while B of the sphere after it hits the wall is:
retraces its path with speed v. What is the velocity (a) i j (b) i 2j (c) i j (d) 2i j
of C?
3. A spherical ball A of mass 4 kg , moving along a
straight line strikes another spherical ball B of
mass 1 kg at rest. After the collision, A and B
move with velocities 1m s 1 and
(a) – v (b) v (c) Zero (d) v/2 2m s 1 respectively making angles of 30 and
60 with respect to the original direction of motion
1
of A. The ratio will be
2

3 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3
4 3 3
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2. A car weighing 2 103 kg and moving 20 m/s
along a main road collides with a lorry of mass
8 103 kg which emerges at 5 m/s from a cross
road at right angles to the main road. If the two
vehicles lock, what will be their velocity after the
collision?
(a) 4 / 2 m / s , 45° with cross road
(b) 4 / 2 m / s , 60° with cross road
(c) 4 2 m / s , 60° with main road
(d) 4 2 m / s , 45° with main road
3. A ball moving with a velocity of 6 m/s strikes an
identical stationary ball. After collision each ball
moves at an angle of 30° with the original line of
motion. What are the speeds of the balls after the
collision?
3
(a) m / sec (b) 3 m / sec
2
(c) 2 3 m / sec (d) 3 m / sec

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