Work, Energy and Power

Conceptual Questions
Choose the correct (P) answer:
1. If under the action of a force F, a body is displaced by s, 7. When a body moves in a circular path, no work is done by
the work done is given by the force since
(1) There is no net force
(1) Fs (2) F × s (2) There is no displacement
(3) Force is always away from the centre

z
s
(4) Force and displacement are perpendicular to each other
(3) F ×d s (4) F ´ s
0
8. A porter carrying a suitcase on his head moves from rest on
2. Work done a horizontal road to another point and finally is at rest. Then
he does
(1) Can be positive only (1) Maximum work (2) Positive work
(2) Can be negative only (3) Zero work (4) Negative work
(3) Can be positive or negative 9. When a body moves in a circle, the work done by the
centripetal force is always
(4) Cannot be assigned a sign
(1) > 0 (2) < 0
3. Work is done only when (3) Zero (4) None of these
(1) Applied force is strong 10. When the bob of a simple pendulum swings, the work done
(2) Applied force generates motion by tension in the string is
(1) > 0 (2) < 0
(3) Applied force is normal to the displacement
(3) Zero (4) Maximum
(4) Force is applied 11. In case of circular motion of a body, if tangential force also
4. In order to do work acts on the body in addition to centripetal force, then work
done
(1) Force must act at any angle to the displacement
(1) By both the forces is zero
(2) Force may not act along the same direction as is the (2) By both the forces is positive
displacement (3) By centripetal force is zero but work done by tangential
(3) Must act along the direction of displacement force is not zero
(4) Must act normal to the direction of displacement (4) By tangential force is zero but work done by centripetal
force is not zero
5. When the angle between force vector and displacement
12. When the force retards the motion of a body, the work done
vector is obtuse, the work done is
is
(1) 1 (2) Zero (1) Zero
(3) Positive (4) Negative (2) Negative
6. A weight­lifter lifts a weight off the ground and holds it up (3) Positive
(4) Positive or negative depending upon the magnitude of
(1) Work is done in lifting as well as holding the weight force and displacement
(2) No work is done in both lifting and holding the weight 13. Given that a force F acts on a body for time t1 and displaces
(3) Work is done in lifting the weight but no work is the body of d. In which of the following cases the velocity
required to be done in holding it up of the body must increase?
(4) No work is done in lifting the weight but work is (1) F > d (2) F < d
required to be done in holding it up (3) F$ || d$ (4) F$ ^ d$
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14. Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue 17. Work­energy theorem is valid in the presence of
of its (1) External forces only
(1) Position (2) Gravity (2) Internal forces only
(3) Mass (4) Motion (3) Conservative forces only
15. Potential energy is the energy possessed by the body by (4) All types of forces
virtue of its 18. In the stable equilibrium position, a body has
(1) Position (2) Motion (1) Maximum potential energy
(2) Minimum potential energy
(3) Mass (4) None of these
(3) Minimum kinetic energy
16. Which of the following statements is false? (4) Neither maximum nor minimum potential energy
(1) Area under force/displacements curve with proper 19. Work done by the conservative force on a system is equal
algebraic sign represents work done by the force to
(2) Area under the P­V graph represents the work done in (1) The change in kinetic energy of the system
case of expansion or compression of a gas (2) The change in potential energy of the system
(3) In a conservative field work is path independent (3) The change in total mechanical energy of the system
(4) Work does not depend on the frame of reference (4) None of these

Basic Level Questions

1. Given that W = F × s = 0 and F ¹ 0, s ¹ 0, then 8. A man pushes a wall and fails to displace it. He does
(1) F is equal to s (1) Negative work
(2) F is parallel to s (2) Positive but not maximum work
(3) No work at all
(3) F is perpendicular to s
(4) Maximum work
(4) None of these
9. A man weighing 50 kgf carries a load of 10 kgf to the top of
2. When a person lifts a body from the ground, work done by
the building in 4 minutes. The work done by the man is
the lifting force is
6 × 104 J. If he carries the same load in 8 minutes, the work
(1) Positive (2) Negative done by the man will be
(3) Zero (4) 1 (1) 3 × 104 J (2) 6 × 104 J
3. In Q. 2, work done by the downward force of gravity is 4
(3) 9 × 10 J (4) 12 × 104 J
(1) Positive (2) Negative 10. A particle moves under the effect of a force F = cx from
(3) Zero (4) 1 x = 0 to x = x1. The work done in the process is
4. When a body is pulled on a fixed rough surface, the work 1 2
done by the pulling force is (1) cx12 (2) cx1
2
(1) Positive (2) Negative (3) cx1
3
(4) Zero
(3) Zero (4) Unity
11. A force of (3i$ + 4 $j ) N acts on a body and displaced it by
5. In Q. 4, work done by frictional force is
(1) Positive (2) Negative ( 3i$ + 4 j$ ) m. The work done by the force is
(3) Zero (4) Unity (1) Zero (2) 12 J
6. If a body is placed on another body and is moving with it, (3) 16 J (4) 25 J
then work done by frictional force on the upper body relative 12. A person holds a bucket of weight 60 N. He walks 7 m along
to ground is the horizontal path and then climbs up a vertical distance of
(1) Negative (2) Zero 5 m. The work done by the man is
(3) Positive (4) Unity (1) 300 N­m (2) 420 N­m
7. If a number of forces act on a body and the body is in static (3) 720 N­m (4) None of these
or dynamic equilibrium then 13. A position dependent force F = 7 – 2x + 3x2 newton acts on
(1) Work done by individual forces must be zero a small body of mass 2 kg and displaces it from x = 0 to
(2) Net work done is positive x = 5 m. The work done in joule is
(3) Net work done is negative (1) 70 (2) 270
(4) Net work done is zero (3) 35 (4) 135

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48. A mass of 0.5 kg moving with a speed of 1.5 m/s on a 55. If we throw a body upward with velocity of 4 m/s, at what
horizontal smooth surface, collides with a nearly weightless height does it kinetic energy reduce to half of the initial
spring of force constant K = 50 N/m. The maximum value? Take g = 10 ms–2
compression of the spring would be (1) 4 m (2) 2 m
(3) 1 m (4) 0.4 m
56. The kinetic energy acquired by a mass m in travelling a
certain distance d, starting from rest under the action of a
constant force, is directly proportional to
(1) m (2) Independent of m
(1) 0.15 m (2) 0.12 m 1
(3) 1.5 m (4) 0.5 m (3) (4) m
m
49. A particle of mass M moves in a circle of radius R with a 57. A body moves a distance of 10 m along a straight line under
constant speed v. The work done when it completes one the action of a 5 N force. If the work done is 25 J, then angle
circle is between the force and direction of motion of the body is
(1) 30° (2) 45°
Mv 2 1
(1) ´ 2pR (2) Mv 2 (3) 60° (4) 75°
R 2
58. A particle of mass m1 is moving with a velocity v 1 and
Mv 2 another particle of mass m2 is moving with a velocity v2.
(3) ´ pR (4) Zero
R Both of them have the same momentum but their different
kinetic energies are E1 and E2 respectively. If m1 > m2 then
50. A particle moves along the x­axis from x = x1 to x = x2 under
the influence of a force given by F = 2x. Then work done in E1 m1
(1) E1 < E2 (2) =
the process is E 2 m2
(1) Zero (2) x22 – x12 (3) E1 > E2 (4) E1 = E2
(3) 2x2(x2 – x1) (4) 2x1(x1 – x2) 59. A long spring is stretched by 2 cm; its potential energy is
U. If the spring is stretched by 10 cm, the potential energy
51. The work done by external force on a body equals the stored in it will be
change in
(1) U/25 (2) U/5
(1) Kinetic energy only (2) Potential energy only
(3) 5U (4) 25U
(3) Thermal energy only (4) Total energy
60. A particle of mass m has momentum p. Its kinetic energy will
52. A block of mass m is pulled along a horizontal surface by be
applying a force at an angle q with the horizontal. If the
(1) mp (2) p2m
block travels with a uniform velocity and has a displacement
d and the coefficient of friction is µ, then the work done by (3) p2/m (4) p2/2m
the applied force is 61. A ball is allowed to fall from a height of 10 m. If there is 40%
loss of energy due to impact, then after one impact ball will
mmgd mmgd cos q
(1) (2) go upto
cos q + m sin q cos q + m sin q
(1) 10 m (2) 8 m
mmgd sin q mmgd cos q (3) 4 m (4) 6 m
(3) (4)
cos q + m sin q cos q - m sin q
62. A mass M is lowered with the help of a string by a distance
53. An inelastic ball is dropped from a height of 100 m. Due to x at a constant acceleration g/2. The work done by the string
earth 20% of its energy is lost. To what height will the ball will be
rise? Mgx
(1) Mgx (2)
(1) 80 m (2) 40 m 2
(3) 60 m (4) 20 m 1 2
(3) Mgx (4) Mgx 2
2
54. A train weighing 107 N is running on a level track with
63. A mass of 50 kg is raised through a certain height by a
uniform speed of 36 km/h. The frictional force is 0.5 kgf per
machine whose efficiency is 90%; the energy spent is
quintal. What is the power of the engine?
5000 J. If the mass is now released, its KE on hitting the
Take g = 10 m/s2 ground shall be
(1) 0.5 kW (2) 5 kW (1) 5000 J (2) 4500 J
(3) 50 kW (4) 500 kW (3) 4000 J (4) 5500 J
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64. An elevator’s motor produces 3000 W power. The speed with 74. The kinetic energy of a body is doubled; its momentum will
which it can lift a 1000 kg load is be
(1) 30.6 ms–1 (2) 3.06 ms–1 (1) Doubled
(3) 0.306 ms–1 (4) 300.6 ms–1 (2) Same
65. A man weighing 85 kg carries some mass on his head through (3) Increased by 2 times
a vertical height of 5 m. If the work done is 4900 J, then mass (4) Four times
on the head is 75. The power of an engine which accelerates a car of mass 800
(1) 20 kg (2) 15 kg kg to a speed of 72 km/h from rest in 32 s is
(3) 25 kg (4) 5 kg (1) 10 kW (2) 15 kW
(3) 20 kW (4) 5 kW
66. A tank of 2 × 2 × 3 is to be filled with water from a well of
average depth 10 m. The work done will be 76. A train having 60 wagons each weighing 25 ton is moving
with a speed of 72 km/h. If the frictional force is 10 N per ton,
(1) 1176 × 103 J (2) 1276 × 103 J the power developed is
(3) 1476 × 103 J (4) 1576 × 103 J (1) 3 × 105 W (2) 3 × 106 W
67. The work done in lifting water from a well 6 m deep using a (3) 3 × 10 W7 (4) 3 × 104 W
bucket of mass 0.5 kg and volume 2.5 litres will be 77. An athelete of mass 60 kg skips at the rate of 20 steps per
(1) 176.4 J (2) 4.764 × 103 J minute through an average height of 25 cm. The power
developed is
(3) 276.4 J (4) 3.76 × 102 J
(1) 98 W (2) 49 W
68. The work done in moving a body of mass 4 kg with uniform
velocity of 5 ms–1 for 10 seconds on a surface of µ = 0.4 is (3) 14 W (4) 21 W
78. Two springs have their force constants as K 1 and K 2
(1) 584 J (2) 784 J
(K1 > K2). The work done, when both are stretched by the
(3) 684 J (4) 484 J same amount of length, will be
69. The work done in dragging a stone of mass 100 kg up an (1) Equal (2) Greater for K1
inclined plane 1 in 100 through a distance of 10 m is (3) Greater for K2 (4) Given data is incomplete
(1) Zero (2) 980 J 79. In Q. 78, if the springs are stretched by the same force, work
(3) 9800 J (4) 98 J done will be
70. A lawn roller is displaced through 1 km using a force of 200 (1) Equal (2) Greater for K1
N in a direction making an angle of 60° with the lawn. The (3) Greater for K2 (4) Given data is incomplete
work done is 80. The momentum of a body is numerically equal to its kinetic
5
(1) 10 J 4
(2) 10 J energy. The velocity of the particle is
(3) 106 J (4) 103 J (1) 1 ms–1 (2) 4 ms–1
(3) 8 ms–1 (4) 2 ms–1
71. A body of mass 0.20 kg is moving with a velocity of
81. Water is falling on the blades of a turbine from a height of
(3i$ + 5 $j ) ms–1 . The kinetic energy will be
25 m. 3 × 103 kg of water pours on the blade per minute. If
(1) 4.3 J (2) 3.4 J the whole of energy is transferred to the turbine, power
(3) 8.6 J (4) 6.8 J delivered is
(1) 12250 W (2) 16250 W
72. A body of mass 15 kg moving with a velocity of 10 ms–1 is
brought to rest. The work done by the brake is (3) 8250 W (4) 20250 W
(1) –250 J (2) –500 J 82. A rifle bullet loses 1/20th of its velocity in passing through
a plank. The least number of planks required just to stop the
(3) –750 J (4) –1000 J bullet is
73. A body is dropped from a height h. If it acquires a (1) 20 (2) 11
momentum p, then the mass of the body is (3) 14 (4) 8
p p2 83. The elastic potential energy of a spring
(1) (2)
2 gh 2 gh (1) Increases only when it is stretched
(2) Decreases only when it is stretched
2gh 2gh
(3) (4) (3) Decreases only when it is compressed
p p
(4) Increases whether stretched or compressed
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100. Work equal to 25 J is done on a mass of 2 kg to set it in 109. If the KE of a body becomes four times of its initial value,
motion. If whole of it is used to increase the kinetic energy, then new momentum will
then velocity acquired by the mass in ms–1 is (1) Become twice its initial value
(1) 5 (2) 12.5 (2) Become three times its initial value
(3) 25 (4) 50 (3) Become four times its initial value
101. A ball is projected upwards. As it rises, there is increase in (4) Remain constant
its
110. The kinetic energy of a body of mass 2 kg and momentum
(1) Momentum (2) Retardation of 2 Ns is
(3) Kinetic energy (4) Potential energy (1) 1 J (2) 2 J
102. Given that the displacement of the body in metre is a (3) 3 J (4) 4 J
function of time as follows : x = 2t4 + 5. The mass of the
111. If the momentum of a certain body be increased by 50%, its
body is 2 kg. What is the increase in its kinetic energy one
KE will increase by
second after the start of motion?
(1) 20% (2) 50%
(1) 8 J (2) 16 J
(3) 100% (4) 125%
(3) 32 J (4) 64 J
112. A ball is dropped from a height of 20 cm. Ball rebounds to
103. If v be the instantaneous velocity of the body dropped from
a height of 10 cm. What is the loss of energy?
the top of a tower, when it is located at height h, then which
of the following remains constant? (1) 25% (2) 75%
v2 (3) 50% (4) 100%
(1) gh + v2 (2) gh + 113. A machine has an efficiency of 25%. Energy is fed into the
2
v2 machine at the rate of 1 kW. The output of the machine is
(3) gh - (4) gh – v2
2 (1) 40 W (2) 250 W
104. A car running at 25 km h –1 can be brought to rest by (3) 750 W (4) 25 kW
applying brakes in a distance of 0.5 m. If the car is running
114. From a water fall, water is falling at the rate of 100 kg/s on
at 75 km h–1 how far will it go before coming to rest, if the
the blades of turbine. If the height of the fall is 100 m then
braking force remains the same?
the power delivered to the turbine is approximately equal to
(1) 1 m (2) 2 m
(1) 100 kW (2) 10 kW
(3) 3 m (4) None of these
(3) 1 kW (4) 1000 kW
105. A car accelerates from rest to a speed of 10 ms–1. Let the
115. The power of a water pump is 2 kW. If g = ms–2, the amount
energy spent be E. If we accelerate the car from 10 ms–1 to
of water it can raise in 1 minute to a height of 10 m is
20 ms–1, the energy spent will be
(1) 2000 lit (2) 1000 lit
(1) E (2) 2E
(3) 100 lit (4) 1200 lit
(3) 3E (4) 4E
116. A body moving with velocity v has momentum and kinetic
106. One man takes 1 minute to raise a box to a height of 1 metre
energy numerically equal. What is the value of v?
1
and another man takes minute to do so. The energy of (1) 2 m/s (2) 2 m/s
2
the two is (3) 1 m/s (4) 0.2 m/s
(1) Different 117. A block is moved from rest through a distance of 4 m along
(2) Same a straight line path. The mass of the block is 5 kg and the
(3) Energy of the first is more force acting on it is 20 N. If the kinetic energy acquired by
the block is 40 J, at what angle to the path the force is
(4) Energy of the second is more acting?
107. A ball whose KE is E1 is thrown at an angle of 45° with the (1) 30° (2) 60°
horizontal, its KE at the highest point of its flight will be
(3) 45° (4) None of these
(1) E (2) E / 2
118. A ball is released from a certain height which loses 50% of
(3) E/2 (4) Zero its K.E. on striking the ground. It will attain a height again
108. A force of 10 N displaces an object by 10 m. If work done (1) One fourth the initial height
is 50 J then direction of force, make an angle with the
direction of displacement (2) Half the initial height
(1) 120° (2) 90° (3) Three fourth initial height
(3) 60° (4) None of these (4) None of these
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119. Two bodies with kinetic energies in the ratio 4 : 1 are moving 127. An object of mass 5 kg falls from rest through a vertical
with equal linear momentum. The ratio of their masses is distance of 20 m and reaches ground with a velocity of 10
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 1 m/s. The work done by air resistance (g = 9.8 ms–2) is
(1) +730 J (2) –730 J
(3) 4 : 1 (4) 1 : 4
(3) +980 J (4) –980 J
120. A light body A and a heavy body B have equal linear
momentum. Then the KE of the body A 128. A person draws water from a 5 m deep well in a bucket of
mass 2 kg of capacity 8 litre by a rope of mass 1 kg. What
(1) Is equal to that of B is the total work done by the person?
(2) Is greater than that of B (Assume g = 10 m/sec2)
(3) Is smaller than that of B (1) 550 J (2) 525 J
(4) Is zero (3) 125 J (4) 500 J
121. A body of mass 3 kg is under a force which causes a 129. A rectangular block has dimensions 8 m × 4 m × 2 m. It has
displacement in it, given by s = t2/3 (in m). Find the work a mass of 100 kg. It is initially on the ground with the
done by the force in 2 second shortest side vertical. If it is to be turned so that the longest
(1) 2 J (2) 3.8 J side is vertical, the work done is equal to
(1) 29.4 J (2) 2.94 × 103 J
(3) 5.2 J (4) 2.6 J
(3) 58.8 × 10 J2 (4) 580 J
122. A truck and a car are moving with equal velocity. On
applying the same braking force, both will stop after certain 130. A body of mass M is dropped from a height h on a sand
floor. If the body penetrates x cm into the sand, the average
distance. Then
resistance offered by the sand to the body is
(1) Truck will cover less distance before rest
FG IJ
h FG hIJ
(2) Car will cover less distance before rest
(3) Both will cover equal distances
(1) Mg
H K
x H
(2) Mg 1+
x K
FG h IJ
(4) None of these
123. A ball of mass m moves with speed v and strikes wall having
(3) Mgh + Mgx (4) Mg 1-
H x K
131. A bullet having a speed of 100 m/sec crashes through a
infinite mass and it returns with same speed then the work plank of wood. After passing through a plank, its speed is
done by the ball on the wall is 80 m/sec. Another bullet of the same mass and size, but
(1) Zero (2) mv J travelling at 80 m/sec, is fired at the plank. The speed of the
(3) (m/v) J (4) (v/m) J second bullet after travelling through the plank is (Assume
that resistance of the plank is independent of the speed of
124. A particle moved from position r1 = 3i$ + 2 $j - 6 k$ to position the bullet)
$ $ $ $ $ $
r2 = 14i + 13 j + 9 k under the action of a force ( 4i + j + 3k ) (1) 10 7 ms–1 (2) 20 7 ms–1
newton. Find the work done (3) 30 7 ms–1 (4) 20 5 ms–1
(1) 10 J (2) 100 J 132. How may 2.5 kg bricks can a man carry up a staircase 3.6 m
(3) 0.01 J (4) 1 J high in one hour if he works at the average rate of 9.8 watt?
125. An object of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to a (1) 800 (2) 200
speed v F in time t F . The work done on the object as a (3) 600 (4) 400
function of time t in terms of vF and tF is 133. A bullet of mass m is fired with certain velocity from a gun
1 2 2 2 1 FG vF 2 IJ of mass M. Gun, which is attached with one end of spring,
compresses it by distance d. If k is spring constant, then
(1) W = mv F rF t
2
(2) W = m
2 H tF
t
K velocity of bullet is
1 Fv IJ 2
(1) d/m km (2) d/m kM
W = mG F
t2
2 Ht K
(3) W = zero (4)
F (3) md 1 / Mk (4) mk 1/ dM
126. When a constant force is applied to a body moving with 134. A bullet of mass 10 gm is fired horizontally with a velocity
constant acceleration, power does not remain constant. For 1000 ms–1 from a rifle situated at a height 50 m above the
power to be constant, the force has to vary with speed as ground. If the bullet reaches the ground with a velocity 500
follows ms–1, the work done against air resistance in the trajectory
1 of the bullet is (Take g = 10 ms–2)
1
(1) F µ (2) F µ (1) 5005 J (2) 3755 J
v v
(3) F µ v (4) F µ v 2 (3) 3750 J (4) 17.5 J
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135. A pump is required to lift 100 kg of water per minute from a
well of depth 10 m and eject it with a speed of 10 ms–1. The p p2
(1) (2)
horse power of the engine needed is 2mmg 2mmg
(Assume g = 10 m/sec2)
p p2
(1) 0.3334 (2) 4.33 (3) (4)
2mm2 g 2mm2 g
(3) 5.35 (4) 2.35
143. A stone is projected vertically up to reach maximum height
136. An engine pumps water continuously through a hole. If the
h. The ratio of its KE to its potential energy at a height
speed with which water passes through the hole nozzle is v,
(4/5)h, will be
and k is the mass per unit length of the water jet as it leaves
the nozzle, the rate at which kinetic energy is being imparted (1) 5 : 4 (2) 4 : 5
to the water is (3) 1 : 4 (4) 4 : 1
1 2 1 3 144. A particle of mass m at rest is acted upon by a force P for
(1) kv (2) kv
2 2 a time t. Its kinetic energy after an interval t is
v2 v3 P2t 2 P2t 2
(3) (4) (1) (2)
2k 2k m 2m
137. Two unequal masses A and B moving along a straight line
are brought to rest by equal retarding forces. If A moves P2t 2 Pt
twice the time as B but goes only 1/3 of the distance (3) (4)
3m 2m
covered by B before coming to rest, the ratio of their
velocities is 145. A car of mass 1000 kg accelerates uniformly form rest to a
velocity of 54 km/hour in 5 sec. The average power of the
(1) 1 : 6 (2) 6 : 1 engine during this period in watts is: (neglect friction)
(3) 1 : 2 (4) 2 : 1 (1) 2000 W (2) 22500 W
138. An electric motor creates a tension of 4500 N in a hoisting (3) 5000 W (4) 2250 W
cable and reels it in at the rate of 2 ms–1. What is the power 146. A quarter horse power motor runs at a speed of 600 rpm.
of the electric motor? Assuming 40% efficiency the work done by the motor in one
(1) 15 kW (2) 9 kW rotation will be
(3) 225 W (4) 9000 HP (1) 7.46 J (2) 7400 J
139. A toy gun uses a spring of force constant K. When charged (3) 7.46 ergs (4) 74.6 J
before being triggered in the upward direction, the spring is 147. A machine which is 75 percent efficient, uses 12 joules of
compressed by a distance x. If the mass of shot is m, on energy in lifting up a 1 kg mass through a certain distance.
being triggered it will go up to a height of The mass is then allowed to fall through that distance. The
2 2 velocity at the end of its fall is: (in ms–1)
Kx x
(1) (2) (1) 24 (2) 32
mg Kmg
(3) 18 (4) 9
Kx 2 K 2 x2
(3) (4) 148. A particle is released from the top of two inclined rough
2 mg mg
surfaces of height h each. The angles of inclination of the
140. A body of mass 4 kg is moving with momentum of 8 kg two planes are 30° and 60° respectively. All other factors
ms–1. A force of 0.2 N acts on it in the direction of motion (e.g., coefficient of friction, mass of block, etc.) are same in
of the body for 10 seconds. The increase in KE in joules is both the cases. Let K1 and K2 be the kinetic energies of the
(1) 10 (2) 8.5 particle at the bottom of the plane in the two cases. Then
(3) 4.5 (4) 4 (1) K1 = K2 (2) K1 > K2
(3) K1 < K2 (4) Data insufficient
141. A body of mass 2 kg starts from rest and moves with
uniform acceleration. It acquires a velocity 20 ms–1 in 4 s. 149. Power supplied to a particle of mass 2 kg varies with time as
The power exerted on the body in 4 s in watts is 3t 2
P= watt. Here t is in seconds. If velocity of particle at
(1) 50 (2) 100 2
(3) 150 (4) 200 t = 0 is v = 0, the velocity of particle at time t = 2 s will
be
142. A vehicle of mass m is moving on a rough horizontal road
with momentum p. If the coefficient of friction between the (1) 1 m/s (2) 4 m/s
tyres and the road be µ, then the stopping distance is (3) 2 m/s (4) 2 2 m/s
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150. An object of mass m slides down a hill of height h of (1) 300 J (2) –300 J
arbitrary shape and after travelling a certain horizontal path (3) 400 J (4) –400
stops because of friction. The friction coefficient is different
for different segments for the entire path but is independent 156. The potential energy of a body of mass m is given by
of the velocity and direction of motion. The work that a U = ax + by, where x and y are the position coordinates of
force must perform to return the object to its initial position the particle. The acceleration of the particle is
along the same path is
a 2 + b2 (a + b)1/ 2
(1) mgh (2) 2mgh (1) (2)
m m
(3) 4mgh (4) –mgh
a +b (a 2 + b 2 )1/2
151. A block of mass m slides down a rough inclined plane of (3) (4)
m m
inclination q with horizontal with zero initial velocity. The
coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is µ 157. The potential energy for a conservative system is given by:
with q > tan–1 (µ). Rate of work done by the force of friction U = ax2 – bx. Where a and b are positive constants. The law
at time t is of the force governing the system is
(1) µmg2t sin q (1) F = constt. (2) F = bx – 2a
(2) mg2t(sin q – µ cos q) (3) F = b – 2ax (4) F = 2ax
(3) mg2t cos q(sin q – µ cos q) 158. In Q. 157, the equilibrium position is given by
(4) µmg2t cos q b
(1) x = 2ab (2) x =
152. A constant power P is applied to a particle of mass m, the 2a
distance travelled by the particle when its velocity increases 2a
from v1 to v2 is (neglect friction) (3) x = (4) x = 2ab
b
3P 2 m 159. In Q. 157, the potential energy at the equilibrium position is
(1) ( v2 - v12 ) (2) ( v2 - v1 )
m 3P
b2 b2
m 3 3 m 2 (1) U = + (2) U = -
(3) (v2 - v1 ) (4) (v2 - v12 ) 4a 4a
3P 3P
4a 4a
153. A block is released from the top of a smooth inclined plane (3) U = - 2 (4) U = + 2
b b
of inclination q. Let v be the speed of the particle after
travelling a distance s down the plane. Then which of the 160. In Q. 157, the equilibrium is
following will remain constant
(1) Unstable (2) Stable
(1) v2 + 2gs sin q (2) v2 – 2gs sin q (3) Neutral (4) None of these
2
(3) v - 2 gs sin q (4) v + 2 gs sin q 161. The potential energy (U) between two atoms in a diatomic
154. An object of mass m is allowed to fall from rest along a molecule as a function of the distance x between atoms has
rough inclined plane. The speed of the object on reaching been shown in the following figure.
the bottom of the plane is proportional to
Potential Energy

(1) m° (2) m
U
(3) m2 (4) m–1 O X
155. Velocity­time graph of a particle moving in a straight line is
as shown in figure. Mass of the particle is 2 kg. Work done
A x
by all the forces acting on the particle in time interval B C
between t = 0 to t = 10 s is Distance between atoms
v(m/s) The atoms are

10 (1) Attracted when x lies between A and B and are repelled

when x lies between B and C
10 (2) Attracted when x lies between B and C and repelled
t(s)
when x lies between A and B
(3) Attracted when they reach B
-20 (4) Repelled when they reach B
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176. The slope of the kinetic energy versus position vector gives mRd
the rate of change of (3) µRd (4)
2
(1) Work 179. A vertical spring with force constant k is fixed on a table. A
(2) Velocity ball of mass m at a height h above the free upper end of the
(3) Force spring falls vertically on the spring so that the spring is
compressed by a distance d. The net work done in the
(4) Momentum
process is
177. A simple pendulum is released from A as shown in figure. If
m and l represent the mass of the bob and the length of the 1 2 1 2
(1) mg ( h + d ) - kd (2) mg (h - d ) - kd
pendulum respectively, the gain in kinetic energy at B is 2 2
1 2 1 2
A (3) mg ( h - d ) + kd (4) mg ( h + d ) + kd
2 2
30° 180. The relationship between the force F and position x of a
body is as shown in figure. The work done in displacing the
body from x = 1 m to x = 5 m will be
B
10
mgl mgl
(1) (2)
2 2
2 5
3 mgl
(3) mgl (4)
2 3 F (N)
178. If reaction is R and coefficient of friction is µ, what is work 0
1 2 3 4 5 6
done against friction in moving a body by distance d?
R –5
x (m)

µ M 10

(1) 30 J (2) 15 J
mRd
(1) (2) 2µRd (3) 25 J (4) 20 J
4

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Advance Level Questions

1. A rope ladder with a length l carrying a man with a mass m 9. A heavy weight is suspended from a spring. A person raises
at its end is attached to the basket of a balloon with a mass the weight till the spring becomes slack. The work done by
M. The entire system is in equilibrium in the air. As the man him is W. The energy stored in the stretched spring was E.
climbs up the ladder into the balloon, the balloon descends What will be the gain in gravitational potential energy?
by a height h. Then the potential energy of the man (1) W (2) E
(1) Increases by mg(l – h) (2) Increases by mgl (3) W + E (4) W – E
(3) Increases by mgh (4) Increases by mg(2l – h) 10. A car of mass m is driven with acceleration a along a straight
2. In Q. 1, the potential energy of the balloon level road against a constant external resistive force R. When
(1) Decreases by mgh (2) Increases by mgh the velocity of the car is v, the rate at which the engine of
the car is doing work will be
(3) Increases by mg(l – h) (4) Increases by mgl
(1) Rv (2) mav
3. In Q. 1, the work done by the man is
(3) (R + ma)v (4) (ma – R)v
(1) mgl (2) mgh
11. A car drives along straight level frictionless road by an
1 engine delivering constant power. Then velocity is directly
(3) mgl (4) mg(l – h)
2 proportional to
4. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 1
10 m/s. It returns to the ground with a velocity of 9 m/s. If (1) t (2)
t
g = 9.8 m/sec2, then the maximum height attained by the ball
is nearly (3) t (4) None of these
(1) 5.1 m (2) 4.1 m 12. A block of mass m is moving with a constant acceleration a
(3) 4.61 m (4) 5.0 m on a rough plane. If the coefficient of friction between the
block and ground is µ, the power delivered by the external
5. A spring is compressed between two toy carts of masses m1
agent after a time t from the beginning is equal to
and m2. When the toy carts are released the spring exerts on
each toy cart equal and opposite forces for the same time t. (1) ma2t (2) µmgat
If the coefficients of friction µ between the ground and the (3) µm(a + µg)gt (4) m(a + µg)at
toy carts are equal, then the displacements of the toy carts 13. Two identical 5 kg blocks are moving with same speed of 2
are in the ratio m/s towards each other along a frictionless horizontal
s1 m2 s1 M surface. The two blocks collide, stick together and come to
(1) = (2) =- 2 rest. Consider the two blocks as a system. The work done
s2 m1 s2 M1
by external and internal forces are respectively
s1 m FG IJ 2
s1 m
= 1
FG IJ 2
(1) 0, 0 (2) 0, 20
(3)
s2
=- 2
m1 H K (4)
s2 m2 H K (3) 0, –20 J (4) 20 J, –20 J
6. A body is moved along a straight line by a machine 14. The human heart discharges 75 cc of blood through the
delivering a constant power. The distance moved by the arteries at each beat against an average pressure of 10 cm of
body in time t is proportional to mercury. Assuming that the pulse frequency is 72 per minute,
(1) (2) t 3/4 the rate of working of heart in watt is (Density of
t
mercury = 13.6 gm/cc and g = 9.8 m/s2)
(3) t 3/2 (4) t 2
(1) 11.9 W (2) 1.19 W
7. The kinetic energy K of a particle moving along a circle of
(3) 0.119 W (4) 119 W
radius R depends upon the distance s as K = as2. The force
acting on the particle is 15. A particle of mass m is moving in a circular path of constant
radius r such that its centripetal acceleration ac is varying

(1) 2a
s2
(2) 2 as 1 +
LM s2 OP 1/ 2
with time t as ac = k2rt2 where k is a constant. The power
R N R2 Q delivered to the particle by the forces acting on it, is
(1) Zero (2) mk 2r2t 2
(3) 2as (4) 2a
2
(3) mk r t2 (4) mk 2rt
8. The power of a heart which pumps 5 × 103 cc of blood per
minute at a pressure of 120 mm of mercury (g = 10 ms–2) and density 16. The speed v reached by a car of mass m, driven with
of Hg = 13.6 × 103 kg/m3) is constant power P, is given by
(1) 1.36 W (2) 13.6 W 3xP FG 3xP IJ 1/ 2

(3) 0.136 W (4) 136 W

(1) v =
m
(2) v =
HmK
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FG 3xP IJ 1/ 3
FG 3xP IJ 2 22. A particle moves on a rough horizontal ground with some
(3) v =
HmK (4) v =
HmK initial velocity say v0. If (3/4)th of its kinetic energy is lost in
friction in time t0, then coefficient of friction between the
17. A running man has half the kinetic energy than a boy of half particle and the ground is
his mass has. The man speeds up by 1 m/sec and then has
v0 v0
the same kinetic energy as the boy. What were the original (1) (2)
speeds of man and boy respectively? 2 gt 0 4 gt 0
(1) 2.4, 4.8 ms–1 (2) 2.4, 3.4 ms–1 3v0 v0
(3) (4)
(3) 3.4, 4.8 ms–1 (4) 3.4, 6.8 ms–1 4 gt 0 gt 0
18. A massless platform is kept on a light elastic spring as 23. A 1.5 kg block is initially at rest on a horizontal frictionless
shown in the figure. When sand particles of 0.1 kg mass are surface when a horizontal force in the positive direction of
dropped on the pan from a height of 0.24 m, the particle x­axis is applied to the block. The force is given by
strikes the pan, and the spring is compressed by 0.01 m.
F = ( 4 - x 2 )i$ N, where x in metre and the initial position of
From what height should the particle be dropped to cause a
the block is x = 0. The maximum kinetic energy of the block
compression of 0.04 m? 0.1 kg between x = 0 and x = 2.0 m is
(1) 0.96 m (1) 2.33 J (2) 8.67 J
(2) 2.96 m (3) 5.33 J (4) 6.67 J
(3) 3.96 m 24. In the question 23, the maximum positive displacement x is
(4) 0.48 m (1) 2 3 m (2) 2 m
19. An ideal massless spring S can be compressed 2 metre by (3) 4 m (4) 2m
a force of 200 N. This spring is placed at the bottom of the 25. Force acting on a particle moving in a straight line varies
frictionless inclined plane which makes an angle q = 30° with K
the horizontal. A 20 kg mass is released from rest at the top with the velocity of the particle as F = , where K is a
v
of the inclined plane and is brought to rest momentarily after constant. The work done by this force in time t is
compressing the spring 4 metre. Through what distance does K
the mass slide before coming to rest? (1) t (2) 2Kt
v2
(1) 2.2 m (2) 4 m 2 Kt
(3) Kt (4)
(3) 8.17 m (4) 1.9 m v2
20. A bullet loses 1/nth of its velocity passing through one 26. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown vertically upwards by
plank. How many such planks are required to stop the applying a force by hand. If the hand moves 0.2 m while
bullet? applying the force and the ball goes upto 2 m height further.
Find the magnitude of force : (Consider g = 10 m/s2)
n2 2n 2 (1) 22 N (2) 4 N
(1) (2)
( 2 n - 1) ( n - 1) (3) 16 N (4) 20 N
(3) Infinite (4) n
M N
21. System shown in figure is released from rest. Pulley and 27. If the potential energy of a gas molecule is U = - ,
r 6 r 12
spring are massless and the friction is absent everywhere.
The speed of 5 kg block when 2 kg block leaves the contact M and N being positive constants, then the potential energy
with ground is: (Take force constant of the spring at equilibrium must be
K = 40 N/m and g = 10 m/s2) (1) Zero (2) M2/4N
(3) N2/4M (4) MN2/4
28. A 2 kg block slides on a horizontal floor with a speed of 4
m/s. It strikes an uncompressed spring and compresses it till
the block is motionless. The kinetic friction force is 15 N and
spring constant is 10,000 N/m. The spring compresses by
(1) 8.5 cm (2) 5.5 cm
(3) 2.5 cm (4) 11.0 cm
5 kg
29. 300 J of work is done in sliding a 2 kg block up an inclined
plane of height 10 m. Taking g = 10 ms–2, work done against
2 kg friction is
(1) 2 m/s (2) 2 2 m/s (1) 200 J (2) 100 J
(3) 2 m/s (4) 4 2 m/s (3) Zero (4) 1000 J

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15. A ball of mass m1 makes a head on elastic collision with a (2) In a perfectly inelastic collision, there is a complete loss
ball of mass m2 which is initially at rest. The transfer of of KE
kinetic energy to the second ball is maximum when (3) Forces involved in elastic collision are conservative in
(1) m1 >> m2 nature
(2) m1 = m2 (4) Oblique collision is that collision in which the colliding
(3) m1 << m2 bodies do not move along the same straight line path
19. Which of the following statements is correct?
(4) m1 £> m2
(1) Kinetic energy and momentum both are conserved in all
16. In Q. 15, the change of momentum of the first ball is
types of collisions
maximum when
(1) m1 >> m2 (2) Total kinetic energy is not conserved but momentum is
conserved in inelastic collisions
(2) m1 = m2
(3) Momentum is conserved in elastic collisions but not in
(3) m1 << m2 inelastic collisions
(4) m1 £> m2 (4) Total kinetic energy is conserved in inelastic collisions
17. In Q. 15, the velocity of the second ball is maximum when but momentum is not conserved in elastic collisions

(1) m1 >> m2 20. Which of the following is not an example of perfectly

inelastic collision?
(2) m1 = m2
(1) A bullet fired into a block if bullet gets embedded into
(3) m1 << m2 block
(4) m1 £> m2 (2) Capture of electrons by an atom
18. Which of the following statements is incorrect? (3) A man jumping onto a moving boat
(1) Most of the collisions on the macroscopic scale are (4) A ball bearing striking another ball bearing
inelastic collisions

Basic Level Questions

1. A bullet of mass m is fired from a rifle of mass M. If v be 5. In Q. 3, if Kl and KF represent the initial and final kinetic
the velocity of bullet, velocity acquired by the rifle is energies of the system respectively, then
M m (1) Kl = KF = 0 (2) Kl = 0, KF < 0
(1) V = - v (2) V = - v
m M (3) Kl = 0, KF > 0 (4) Kl > 0, KF > 0
(3) V = - v (4) V = + v 6. Two unequal mass are tied together with a compressed
2. In case of rifle shooting the kick will be minimum when spring. When the cord is burnt with a match releasing the
(1) A light rifle is held loosely against shoulder spring the two masses fly apart with equal
(2) A light rifle is held tightly against shoulder (1) Kinetic energy (2) Speed
(3) A heavy rifle is held loosely against shoulder (3) Momentum (4) Acceleration
(4) A heavy rifle is held tightly against shoulder 7. In Q. 6
3. A bullet weighing 50 gm leaves the gun with a velocity of
(1) Both masses will have equal KE
30 m/s. If the recoil speed imparted to the gun is 1 m/s, the
mass of the gun is (2) Lighter block will have greater KE
(1) 15 kg (2) 30 kg (3) Heavier block will have greater KE
(3) 1.5 kg (4) 20 kg (4) None of these
4. In Q. 3, if KR and KB be the kinetic energies of rifle and bullet 8. In Q. 6, which of the following energies is conserved for the
respectively, then system?
KR KR m
(1) =1 (2) K = M (1) Kinetic energy
KB B
(2) Potential energy
KR M 2
= KR m (3) Mechanical energy
(3) (4) = 2
KB m KB M (4) None of these

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9. A particle at rest suddenly disintegrates into two particles of 16. At her maximum height, a girl in a swing is 3 m above the
equal masses which start moving. The two fragments will ground and at the lowest point she is 2 m above the ground.
(1) Move in the same direction with equal speeds What is her maximum velocity?
(2) Move in any direction with any speed (1) 29.4 ms–1 (2) 9.8 ms–1
(3) Move in opposite directions with equal speeds
(3) 19.6 ms–1 (4) 9.8 ms–1
(4) Move in opposite directions with unequal speeds
10. A shell explodes and many pieces fly off in different 17. A bullet of mass 50 gm is fired from a gun of mass 2 kg. If
directions. Which of the following is conserved? the total KE produced is 2050 J, the energy of the bullet and
the gun separately are
(1) Kinetic energy
(1) 200 J, 5 J (2) 2000 J, 50 J
(2) Momentum
(3) 5 J, 200 J (4) 50 J, 2000 J
(3) Neither momentum nor KE
18. A bullet is fired from a rifle. If the rifle recoils freely, then KE
(4) Momentum and KE
of the rifle is
11. A nuclide at rest emits and a­particle. In this process
(1) Less than that of the bullet
(1) a­particle moves with large velocity and the nucleus
remains at rest (2) More than that of the bullet
(2) Both a­particle and nucleus move with equal speed in (3) Same as that of the bullet
opposite directions (4) Equal to or less than that of the bullet
(3) Both move in opposite directions but nucleus with 19. A mass m moving horizontally with velocity v0 strikes a
greater speed pendulum of mass m. If the two masses stick together after
(4) Both move in opposite directions but a­particle with the collision, then the maximum height reached by the
greater speed pendulum is
2 2
12. A spacecraft of mass M moves with velocity V in free space (1) v0 / 8 g (2) v0 / 2 g
at first, then it explodes breaking into two pieces. If after
explosion a piece of mass m comes to rest, the other piece (3) 2v 0 g (4) v0 g
of spacecraft will have a velocity
20. A pendulum consists of a wooden bob of mass m and of
MV MV
(1) (2) length l. A bullet of mass m1 is fired towards the pendulum
M -m M +m with a speed v1. The bullet emerges out of the bob with a
mV mV speed v 1/3 and the bob just completes motion along a
(3) (4) vertical circle. Then v1 is
M -m M +m
13. A bomb of mass 9 kg explodes into two pieces of masses 3 FG m IJ 5gl 3 mFG IJ 5gl
kg and 6 kg. The velocity of mass 3 kg is 16 m/s. The KE
of mass 6 kg in joule is
(1)
Hm K
1
(2)
2 m1H K
(1) 96 (2) 384 2Fm I
G J 5gl FG m IJ gl
3H m K H mK
1 1
(3) (4)
(3) 192 (4) 768
14. A body of mass M at rest explodes into three pieces, two of 21. A bullet of mass 20 g and moving with 600 m/s collides with
which of mass (M/4) each are thrown off in perpendicular a block of mass 4 kg hanging with the string. What is
direction with velocities of 3 ms–1 and 4 ms–1 respectively. The velocity of bullet when it comes out of block, if block rises
third piece will be thrown off with a velocity of to height 0.2 m after collision?
(1) 1.5 ms–1 (2) 2 ms–1 (1) 200 m/s (2) 150 m/s
(3) 2.5 ms–1 (4) 3 ms–1 (3) 400 m/s (4) 300 m/s
15. Two balls A and B of mass 0.10 kg and 0.25 kg respectively 22. A bag P (mass M) hangs by a long thread and a bullet (mass
are connected by a stretched spring of negligible mass and m) comes horizontally with velocity v and gets caught in the
placed on a smooth table. When the balls are released bag. Then for the combined (bag + bullet) system
simultaneously the initial acceleration of ball B is 10 cm/s2
westward. The magnitude and direction of acceleration of mvM
(1) Momentum is
the ball A are M +m
(1) 2.5 cm/sec2, westward (2) 2.5 cm/sec2, eastward 1 2
(2) Kinetic energy is mv
(3) 25 cm/sec2, westward (4) 25 cm/sec2, eastward 2

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mv ( M + m) 30. If in the above question the collision is elastic, the height to

(3) Momentum is which the bob will rise will be
M
m2 v 2 v2 v2
(4) Kinetic energy is (1) (2)
2( M + m) 8g 2g
23. A bullet of mass m moving with velocity v strikes a
suspended wooden block of mass M. If the block rises to a 2v 2 v2
(3) (4)
height h, the initial velocity of the bullet will be g g
M +m 31. A moving mass of 8 kg collides elastically with a stationary
(1) 2gh (2) 2 gh
m mass of 2 kg. If E be the initial kinetic energy of the moving
mass the kinetic energy left with it after the collision will be
m M -m
(3) 2 gh (4) 2 gh (1) 0.80E (2) 0.64E
M +m m
(3) 0.36E (4) 0.08E
24. A U238 nucleus decays by emitting an a­particle of speed v
m/s. The recoil speed of the residual nucleus is 32. A ball is let fall from a height h0. There are n collisions with
the earth. If the velocity of rebound after n collisions is vn
v 4v and the ball rises to a height h n , then coefficient of
(1) m/s (2) - m/s
4 234 restitution e is given by
4v 4v
(3) - m/s (4) m/s n hn n h0
238 238 (1) e = (2) e =
h0 hn
25. A bullet of mass 0.01 kg and travelling at a speed of 500 m/
sec strikes a block of 2 kg which is suspended by a string hn hn
of length 5 m. The centre of gravity of the block is found to (3) ne = (4) ne =
h0 h0
rise a vertical distance of 0.1 m. What is the speed of the
bullet after it emerges from the block? 33. A body is allowed to fall on the ground from a height h1. If
(1) 200 m/s (2) 220 m/s it is to rebound to a height h 2 then the coefficient of
restitution is
(3) 204 m/s (4) 284 m/s
26. A 10 gm bullet is fired from a rifle horizontally into a 5 kg h2 h2
(1) (2)
block of wood suspended by a string and the bullet gets h1 h1
embedded in the block. The impact causes the block to swing
to a height of 2.5 cm above its initial level. The velocity of h1 h1
(3) (4)
the bullet is h2 h2
(1) 286.8 m/sec (2) 350.7 m/sec 34. A body falls from a height of 16 m and rebounds to a height
(3) 1000 m/sec (4) 523 m/sec of 4 m. The coefficient of restitution is
27. A body of mass m collides against a wall with a velocity v 1 1
and rebounds with the same speed. Its change of momentum (1) (2)
4 2
is
3 1
(1) 2mv (2) mv (3) (4)
4 8
(3) –mv (4) Zero
35. A particle of mass m moving towards the east with speed v
28. In the elastic collision of a heavy vehicle moving with a collides with another particle of the same mass and same
velocity of 10 ms–1 and a small stone at rest, the stone will speed v moving towards the north. If the two particles stick
fly away with a velocity equal to to each other, the new particle of mass 2m will have a speed
(1) 5 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1 of
(3) 20 ms–1 (4) 40 ms–1 (1) v (2) v/2
29. A ball of mass m moving with velocity v strikes the bob of (3) v / 2 (4) v 2
a pendulum at rest. The mass of the bob is also m. If the 36. A bullet of mass A and velocity B is fired into a block of
collision is perfectly inelastic, the height to which the bob mass C and strikes to it. The final velocity of the system
will rise is given by equals
v2 v2 B A
(1) (2) (1) B (2) B
8g 4g A+ B A+C
v2 v2 A+ B A+C
(3) (4) (3) A (4)
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Advance Level Questions

1. A cannon ball is fired with a velocity of 200 m/s at an angle 6. A particle of mass 4m which is at rest explodes into three
of 60° with the horizontal. At the highest point of its flight fragments. Two of the fragments each of mass m are found
it explodes into 3 equal fragments, one going vertically to move with a speed of v each in perpendicular direction.
upwards with a velocity of 100 m/s, the second one falling What is the total energy released in the process?
vertically downwards with a velocity of 100 m/s. The third 7 2
fragment will be moving with a velocity of (1) 3mv2 (2) mv
2
(1) 100 m/s in the horizontal direction 3 2
(3) mv (4) 4mv2
(2) 300 m/s in the horizontal direction 2
(3) 300 m/s in a direction making an angle of 60° with the 7. Three particle A, B and C of equal mass move with equal
horizontal speed v along the medians of an equilateral triangle as
(4) 200 m/s in a direction making an angle of 60° with the shown in the adjoining figure. They collide at the centroid
horizontal of the triangle G. After the collision A comes to rest, while B
retraces its path with velocity +v. What is the velocity of C?
2. A body of mass 1 kg initially at rest, explodes and breaks
A
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) 5 2 ms–1 (2) 45 ms–1 G

(3) 5 ms–1 (4) 15 ms–1
3. A 5 kg shell kept at rest suddenly splits up into three parts. B C
If two parts of mass 2 kg each are found flying due north (1) –v (2) v
and east with a velocity of 5 m/s each, what is the velocity (3) Zero (4) v/2
of the third part after explosion?
8. A U238
nucleus initially at rest emits an a­particle and is
(1) 10 m/s due north­east converted into Th234. If the KE of a­particle be 4.1 MeV, the
10 KE of the residual Th234 nucleus is
(2) m/s due south­east (1) 6.8 MeV (2) 0.68 MeV
2
(3) 0.07008 MeV (4) 0.0068 MeV
(3) 10 2 m/s due south­west
9. A ball falls under gravity from a height of 10 m with an initial
(4) 10 2 m/s due south­east downward velocity V0. It collides with the ground, loses 50%
of its energy in collision and then rises back to the same
4. A vessel at rest explodes breaking it into three pieces. Two height. Find (A) The initial velocity v0 and (B) The height to
pieces having equal mass fly off perpendicular to one which the ball would rise after collision if the initial velocity
another with the same speed of 30 m/s. The third piece has v0 was directed upwards instead of downwards?
three times the mass of each other piece. What is the
(1) 14 m/s, 5 m (2) 14 m/s, 10 m
direction and magnitude of its velocity immediately after the
explosion? (3) 7 m/s, 5 m (4) 7 m/s, 10 m

(1) 10 2 , 135° (2) 10 2 , 90° 10. A mass of 2.9 kg is suspended from a string of length 50 cm
and is at rest. Another body of mass 100 g which is moving
(3) 10 2 , 60° (4) 10 2 , 30° horizontally with a velocity of 150 m/sec strikes it. After
striking the two bodies combine together. The tension in the
5. A shell is fired from a cannon with velocity V m/s at an angle string, when it makes an angle of 60° with the vertical, is
q with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its
(1) 135.3 N (2) 165.5 N
path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the
pieces retraces it path to the cannon and the speed in m/s (3) 142.4 N (4) 90 N
of the other piece immediately after the explosion is 11. Two pendulums each of length l are initially situated as
(1) 3V cos q (2) 2V cos q shown in figure. The first pendulum is released and strikes
the second. Assume that the collision is completely inelastic
3V 3V cosq and neglect the mass of the string and any frictional effects.
(3) cosq (4)
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22. A wooden block of mass 10 gm is dropped from the top of 26. Two billiard balls of the same size and mass are in contact
a tower 100 m high. Simultaneously, a bullet of mass 10 gm on a billiard table. A third ball of the same size and mass
is fired from the foot of the tower vertically upwards with a strikes them symmetrically and remains at rest after the
velocity of 100 m/sec. If the bullet is embedded in it, how impact. The coefficient of restitution between the balls is
high will it rise above the tower before it starts falling? 1 3
(Consider g = 10 m/sec2) (1) (2)
2 2
2 3
(3) (4)
3 4
h = 100 m

27. A particle of mass m moving with a speed v hits 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 is equal to
u = 100 m/sec
2pr 4pr
(1) 80 m (2) 85 m (1) (2)
v v
(3) 75 m (4) 10 m
23. Particles P and Q of masses 20 gm and 40 gm respectively 3pr pr
(3) (4)
are projected from the positions A and B on the ground. The 2v v
initial velocities of P and Q make angles of 45° and 135° 28. A particle of mass 0.1 kg moving with an initial speed v
respectively with the horizontal as shown in the figure. Each collides with another particle of same mass kept at rest. If
particle has an initial speed of 49 m/sec. The separation AB after collision the total energy becomes 0.2 J, then
is 245 m. Both particles travel in the same vertical plane and (1) Minimum value of v is 2 m/s
undergo a collision. After the collision P retraces its path.
The position of Q when it hits the ground is (2) Maximum value of v is 4 m/s
P Q (3) Minimum value of v is 3 m/s
(4) Maximum value of v is 6 m/s
29. A ball of mass m approaches a wall of mass M (>> m) with
speed 4 m/s along the normal to the wall. The speed of wall
135° is 1 m/s towards the ball. The speed of the ball after an
45° elastic collision with the wall is
A B (1) 5 m/s away from the wall
245 (2) 9 m/s away from the wall
(1) 245 m (2) m
3 (3) 3 m/s away from the wall
245 245 (4) 6 m/s away from the wall
(3) m (4) m
2 2 30. Two identical balls A and B are released from the positions
24. A bomb of mass 1 kg is thrown vertically upwards with a shown in figure. They collide elastically on horizontal
speed of 100 m/s. After 5 seconds, it explodes into two portion MN. The ratio of the heights attained by A and B
fragments. One fragment of mass 400 gm is found to go after collision will be (neglect friction)
down with a speed of 25 m/s. What will happen to the
second fragment just after the explosion? (g = 10 ms–2)
(1) It will go upwards with speed 40 m/s B
(2) It will go upwards with speed 100 m/s 4h
(3) It will go upwards with speed 60 m/s
h
(4) It will go downwards with speed 40 m/s 60°
45°
25. A particle projected at an angle 45° with the horizontal has
M N
the range 16 m. It explodes into two equal parts at the (1) 1 : 4 (2) 2 : 1
highest point of projection, out of which one falls vertically
downwards at the point of explosion. Then the other will fall (3) 4 : 13 (4) 2 : 5
at what distance from the starting point? 31. After perfectly inelastic collision between two identical
particles moving with same speed in different directions the
(1) 8 m (2) 16 m speed of the particles become half the initial speed. The
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(1) 60° (2) 45° 36. A mass m moves with a velocity v and collides inelastically
(3) 120° (4) 30° with another identical mass. After collision, the first mass
32. A smooth sphere is moving on a horizontal surface with moves with velocity v / 3 in a direction perpendicular to
velocity vector 2i$ + 2 $j immediately before it hits a vertical the initial direction of motion. Find the speed of the 2nd mass
after collision
wall. The wall is parallel to $j vector and the coefficient of
1 v/ 3
restitution between the sphere and the wall is e = . The
2
velocity vector of the sphere after it hits the wall is
After
(1) i$ - $j (2) -i$ + 2 $j
collision
(3) -i$ - $j (4) 2i$ - $j
m m
33. A stationary body of mass 3 kg explodes into three equal
Before
pieces. Two of the pieces fly off at right angles to each collision
other, one with a velocity of 2i$ m/s and the other with a
2v v
velocity of 3 $j m/s. If the explosion takes place in 10–5 sec, (1) (2)
the average force acting on the third piece in newtons is 3 3

(2) -(2i$ + 3 j$) ´ 10

5
(1) (2i$ + 3 $j ) ´ 10-5 (3) v (4) 3v

(3) (3 $j - 2i$) ´ 105 (4) (2i$ - 3 $j ) ´ 10-5 37. A block C of mass m is moving with velocity v0 and collides
elastically with block A of mass m and connected to another
34. Two particles having position vectors r1 = ( 3i$ + 5 $j ) metres block B of mass 2m through a spring of spring constant k.
What is k if x0 is the compression of spring when velocity
and r2 = ( -5i$ - 3 $j ) metres are moving with velocities
of A and B is same?
v1 = (4i$ + 3 $j ) and v2 = ( ai$ + 7 $j ) m/s. If they collide after 2
v0
seconds, the value of a is C A B
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 8
mv02 mv02
35. Two identical blocks A and B, each of mass m resting on (1) (2)
smooth floor are connected by a light spring of natural x02 2 x02
length L and spring constant K, with the spring in its natural
length. A third identical block of mass m moving with a 3 mv02 2 mv02
(3) (4)
speed v along the line joining A and B collides with A. The 2 x02 3 x02
maximum compression in the spring is 38. A shell at rest at the origin explodes into three fragments of
masses 1 kg, 2 kg and m kg. The 1 kg and 2 kg pieces fly
m v
(1) v (2) m off with speeds of 5 ms–1 along x­axis and 6 ms–1 along
2K 2K y­axis respectively. If the m kg piece flies off with a speed of
6.5 ms–1, the total mass of the shell must be
mK mv
(3) (4) (1) 4 kg (2) 5 kg
v 2K
(3) 3.5 kg (4) 4.5 kg

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