Subject: Physics 1st paper Subject Code: 174

Full Marks: 10 Time: 15 minutes

Creative Multiple Choice Questions

Read the following stem and answer question number 1,2 and 3.
A group of treasure hunters in search of treasure went to explore the remnants of an
ancient civilization which was underneath the surface of Earth. They divided themselves
into two teams. One went to the underground cave and the other team remained on the
surface. Both the teams had a second pendulum clock (with same effective length)
each. During exploration, one of the hunters of the underground team contacted a
member from the surface team and found that the underground clock was ticking 5
minutes slower than the surface team’s clock every one hour. Radius of the Earth is
6400 km.
1. What is the time period of the underground second pendulum clock?
a. 1.846 seconds b. 3.69 seconds c. 2.16 seconds d. 4.33 seconds
2. At what depth from the surface of Earth were the hunters exploring?
a. 948 km b. 474 km c. 1896 km d. 1422 km
3. By what percentage should the effective length of the underground pendulum be
decreased to equal the time period of the surface pendulum?
a. 85.7% b. 92.3% c. 14.25% d. 28.57%
4. Which one is Hooke’s law?
a. Stress is proportional to strain. c. Both
b. Restoring force is directly proportional to displacement d. None of them
Follow the stem and answer the questions 5-8.
The equation of motion of a simple harmonic oscillation particle is as follows. All
units are in M.K.S.
X = 537sin(625t)
5. What is the amplitude of the particle?
a. 1074 meter b. 537 meter c. 2148 meter d. 268.5 meter
6. What is the angular frequency of the particle?
a. 3750 rad/s b. 625 rad/s c. 1875 rad/s d. 1250 rad/s
7. What is the velocity of the particle at time t = 50 seconds?
a. -3.15 X 105 m/s b. -3.15 m/s c. -3150 m/s d. -31500 m/s
8. What is the acceleration of the particle at time t = 100 second?
a. -1.6 m/s2 b. -1.6 X 108 m/s2 c. 1.6 m/s2 d. 0
9. The motion of a spring is-
a. Simple harmonic b. Linear c. Rotational d. Quadratic
10. Where is the velocity of an oscillating particle the maximum?
a. At a distance equal to the amplitude. b. At the equilibrium position.
c. None d. Cannot be determined