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EXERCISE I

AIEEE-SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. A weightless rigid rod AB of length l carries two
equal masses m, one secured at the end and other
at the middle of the rod as shown in figure. The rod
can rotate in vertical plane around the hinge at A.
The minimum horizontal velocity required to be
imparted to the end B of rod so as to make the rod
go around in a complete circle is

A
C
B

(a) gl 4 (b) gl 5 (c)
5
24gl
(d)
7
24gl

2. The work done by all the forces (external and internal) on a system equals the change in
(a) total energy (b) kinetic energy (c) potential energy (d) none of these


3. The work done by the external forces on a system equals the change in
(a) total energy (b) kinetic energy (c) potential energy (d) none of these

4. Two equal masses are attached to the two ends of a spring of spring constant k. The
masses are pulled out symmetrically to stretch the spring by a length x over its natural
length. The work done by the spring on each mass is
(a)
2
2
1
kx (b)
2
2
1
kx (c)
2
4
1
kx (d)
2
4
1
kx

5. The work done against gravity in moving the block
of mass m a distance s up the slope as shown in
the figure is
(a) mh (b) mgs
(c) ms (d) mgh

s
h

6. An object of mass 10 kg falls from rest through a vertical distance of 10 m and acquires a
velocity of 10 m/s. The work done by the push of air on the object is (g =10 m/s
2
)
(a) 500 J (b) 500 J (c) 250 J (d) 250 J

7. A uniform chain of length and mass m overhangs a smooth table with its two third part
lying on the table, then the kinetic energy of the chain as it completely slips off the table is
(a) mgl
9
4
(b) mgl (c) mgl
9
2
(d) none

8. A chain of mass m and length l is placed on a table with one-sixth of it hanging freely from
the table edge. The amount of work done to pull the chain on the table is
(a) 72 / mgl (b) 36 / mgl (c) 6 / mgl (d) 4 / mgl
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9. Under the action of a force, a 2 kg body moves such that its position x as a function of time
is given by .
3
3
t
x = where x is in metre and t in seconds. The work done by force in first two
seconds is
(a) 1.6 J (b) 16 J (c) 160 J (d) 1600 J

10. A person of mass 60 kg is moving with a velocity of 20 m/s. A boy of mass 40 kg is moving
with a speed of 10 m/s. The ratio of kinetic energy of person and boy is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 6 : 1 (c) 1 : 6 (d) 4 : 3

11. A pump can hoist 9000 kg of coal per hour from a mine of 120 m deep. Then the power in
watts, assuming that its efficiency is 75%, is
(a) 4920 watt (b) 5920 watt (c) 3920 watt (d) none of these

12. A particle moves under the effect of a force cx F = from x =0 to
1
x x = . The work done is
(a)
2
1
cx (b)
2
1
2
1
cx (c)
3
1
cx (d) zero

13. Work done in time t on a body of mass m accelerated from rest to a speed v in time t
1
as
function of time t is
(a)
1
2
2
1
t
mvt
(b)
1
2
t
mvt
(c)
2
2
1
2
1
t
t
mv
|
|
.
|

\
|
(d)
2
1
2
1
|
|
.
|

\
|
t
vt
m

14. How much work must be done by a force on 100 kg body to accelerate it from 0 to 20 m/s
in 20 s?
(a) 2 10
3
W (b) 2 10
3
J (c) 2 10
4
J (d) 4 10
4
J

15. A 2 kg body and a 3 kg body have equal momentum. If the kinetic energy of 3 kg body is
10J , the K.E. of 2 kg body will be
(a) 6.66 J (b) 15 J (c) 22.5 J (d) 45 J

16. A running man has half the kinetic energy of that of a boy of half of his mass. The man
speeds up by 1 m/s so as the have same kinetic energy as that of the boy, the original
speed of the man is
(a) ) 1 2 ( m/s (b) 2m/s (c)
) 1 2 (
1

m/s (d)
2
1
m/s
17. A heavy weight is suspended from the spring. A person raises the weight slowly till the
spring becomes slack. The work done by him is W. The energy stored in the stretched
spring was E. What will be the gain in gravitational potential energy?
(a) W +E (b) W E (c) W (d) E
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18. An elastic string of unstretched length l and force constant k is stretched by a small amount
x. It is further stretched by another small length y. What is the work done in second
stretching?
(a) ) ( 2 / 1
2 2
x y k (b) ) 2 ( 2 / 1 y x ky + (c) 1/2 ky
2
(d) ) (
2
1
2 2
y x k +
19. A block slides down an inclined plane of slope u with constant velocity. It is then projected
up the plane with an initial velocity u. How far up the incline will it move before coming to
rest?
(a)
u sin
2
g
u
(b)
u sin 2
2
g
u
(c)
u sin 4
2
g
u
(d)
u sin
2
2
g
u


20. A triangle formed using three wires AB, BC and CA and is
placed in a vertical plane. Coefficient of friction for all the three
wires is same. If w
1
and w
2
is the work done by the friction in
moving an object from A to B through ' C and C respectively,
then

C
' C
A
B

(a)
2 1
w w = (b)
2 1
w w <
(c)
2 1
w w > (d) the relation depends on the length AC and BC

21. The natural length of spring is 0.3 m and its spring constant is 30 N/m. How much work is
done by the applied external force to stretch the spring from 0.1 to 0.2 m?
(a) 0.68 J (b) 0.45 J (c) 0.55 J (d) 0.70 J

22. Coefficient of friction between block 2 and ground is
1.3/\2. Work done by the friction force when blocks are
released for 1 second is
(a) mg
2 2
3 . 1
(b)
2
3mg

(c) 0 (d) mg
2
3 . 1


1
2
m
45
m
= 0


23. The kinetic energy K of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends on the
distance covered as K =aS
2
. Force acting on the particle is
(a)
R
S
a
2
2 (b)
2 / 1
2
2
1 2
|
|
.
|

\
|
+
R
S
aS (c) 2aS (d)
S
aR
2
2

24. A wind-powered generator converts wind energy into electrical energy. Assume that the
generator converts a fixed fraction of the wind energy intercepted by its blades into
electrical energy. For wind speed v, the electrical power output will be proportional to
(a) v (b) v
2
(c) v
3
(d) v
4


25. A position dependent force F is 7 2x +3x
2
newton acts on a small body of mass 2 kg and
displaces it from x =0 to x =5 m. The work done in joules is
(a) 70 (b) 270 (c) 35 (d) 135

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EXERCISE II

IIT-JEE- SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. A child builds a tower from three blocks. The blocks are uniform cubes of side 2 cm. The
blocks are initially lying on the same horizontal surface and each block has a mass of 0.1
kg. The work done by the child is
(a) 4 J (b) 0.04 J (c) 6 J (d) 0.06 J

2. A long spring is stretched by 2 cm; its potential energy is U. If the spring is stretched by 10
cm, the potential energy stored in it will be
(a) U/25 (b) U/5 (c) 5U (d) 25U

3. A particle is acted upon by a conservative force ( ) j i F

7 = N. The work done by the force

when the particle moves from origin (0, 0) to the position (-3m, 4m) is given by
(a) 3 J (b) 10 J (c) 45 J (d) none of these

4. Bob B connected with a massless rod of length l as shown
in the figure is given an initial velocity gl in horizontal
direction, the maximum vertical height of the bob from the
starting point is

A
B
l
gl

(a)
2
l
(b)
3
l
(c)
3
2l
(d) none

5. A block of mass m moves towards a light spring of stiffness
k on a smooth horizontal plane. If it compresses the spring
through a distance x
0
, then the magnitude of total change in
momentum of the block.


m
k

(a)
k
m
x
0
(b)
0
2 x mk (c)
2
0
x mk
(d)
0
x mk

6. A particle which is constrained moving along the X-axis is subjected to a force in the same
direction which varies with the distance x of the particle from the origin as ( )
3
ax kx x F + = .
Here k and a are positive constants. For 0 > x , the graph of the potential energy U(x) of
the particle with its position is


(a)
U(x)
x


(b)
U(x)
x


(c)
U(x)
x


(d)
U(x)
x

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7. A block of mass m moving on a smooth horizontal plane a speed v compresses a spring
through a distance x before its speed is halved. The spring constant of the spring is
(a)
2 2
4 / x v m (b)
2 2
4 / 3 x mv (c)
2 2
4 / 5 x mv (d)
2 2
4 / 7 x mv

8. Consider the situation shown in the figure. Initially the
spring is unstretched when the system is released
from rest. Assuming no friction in the pulley, the
maximum elongation of the spring is
(a)
k
mg
(b)
k
mg 2

(c)
k
mg 3
(d)
k
mg 4


m
k


9. A block weighing 10 N travels down a smooth curved
track AB joined to a rough horizontal surface. The
rough surface has a friction coefficient of 0.20 with the
block. If the block starts slipping on the track from a
point 1.0 m above the horizontal surface, then it would
move a distance S on the rough surface. The value of
S is [g =10 m s
2
]

B
A
1.0m

(a) m (b) 2m (c) 3m (d) 5m

10. A projectile is projected at an angle 60 with horizontal with speed 10 m/s. The minimum
radius of curvature of the trajectory described by the projectile is:
(a) 2.55 m (b) 2 m (c) 10 m (d) none of these

11. A smooth track is shown in the figure. A part of track is
a circle of radius R. A block of mass m is pushed
against a spring of constant k fixed at the left end and
is then released. The initial compression of the spring
so that the block presses the track with a force mg
when it reaches the point P of the track, where radius
of the track is horizontal:


k
R
m

(a)
k
R mg
3
(b)
mk
gR 3
(c)
k
R mg 3
(d)
kR
mg 3


12. A particle of mass m is attached to one end of a string of length l while the other end is
fixed to a point h above the horizontal table. The particle is made to revolve in a circle on
the table, so as to make P revolutions per second. The maximum value of P if the particle
is to be in contact with the table will be
(a) gh P 2 (b) |
.
|

\
|
h
g
(c)
|
|
.
|

\
|
g
h
P 2 (d) |
.
|

\
|
t h
g
2
1

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13. A person wants to drive on the vertical surface of a large cylindrical wooden well commonly
known as death well in a circus. The radius of well is R and the coefficient of friction
between the tyres of the motorcycle and the wall of the well is .
s
The minimum speed, the
motorcyclist must have in order to prevent slipping should be
(a)
s

Rg
(b)
Rg

s
(c)
R
g
s
(d)
g
R
s

14. A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length
3
10
= L is whirling in a
circular path of radius L in vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension to the
minimum tension in the string is 4, what is the speed of stone at the highest point of the
circle? (Taking g =10 m/s
2
)
(a) 10 m/s (b) 2 5 m/s (c) 3 10 m/s (d) 20 m/s

15. The potential energy between the atoms in a molecule is given by
6 12
) (
x
b
x
a
x U = ,where
a and b are positive constants and x is the distance between the atoms. The atom is in
stable equilibrium when
(a) x =0 (b)
6 / 1
2
|
.
|

\
|
=
b
a
x (c)
6 / 1
2
|
.
|

\
|
=
b
a
x (d)
6 / 1
5
1 1
|
.
|

\
|
=
b
a
x

16. A bullet of mass 100 gm leaves a riffle with an initial velocity of 100 m/sec and strikes the
earth at the same level with a velocity of 50 m/sec. The work in overcoming the resistance
of air will be
(a) 50 J (b) 500 J (c) 375 J (d) 475 J

17. A small block of mass m is kept on a rough inclined surface of inclination u fixed in an
elevator. The elevator goes up with a uniform velocity v and the block does not slide on the
wedge. The work done by the force of friction on the block in time t will be
(a) zero (b) mgvt cos
2
u (c) mgvt sin
2
u (d) mgvt sin2u

18. A particle is moved from (0, 0) to (a, a) under a force

F =( )

3 j i + from two paths. Path 1 is OP and path 2 is

OQP. Let W
1
and W
2
be the work done by this force in
these two paths. Then
(a) W
1
=W
2
(b) W
1
=2W
2

(c) W
2
=2W
1
(d) W
2
=4W
1


45
O
Q
y
x
P (a, a)

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19. A particle is given an initial speed u inside a smooth
spherical shell of radius R =1 m that it is just able to
complete the circle. Acceleration of the particle when
its velocity becomes vertical is
(a) 10 g (b) g
(c) 2 g (d) 6 g

u
R


20. A bob is suspended from a crane by a cable of
length l =5m. The crane and load are moving at a
constant speed v
0
. The crane is stopped by a
bumper and the bob on the cable swings out an
angle of 60. The initial speed v
0
is (g =9.8 m/s
2
)
(a) 10 m/s (b) 7 m/s
(c) 4 m/s (d) 2 m/s

v
0



21. If the system in the Figure is released from rest in
the configuration shown, find the velocity of the
block Q after it has fallen through a distance
10 metres, given mass of P =mass of Q =10 kg.
(a) 8 m/sec (b) 8.85 m/sec
(c) 9.5 m/sec (d) 10 m/sec


A
P
Q


22. A block of mass 1 kg slides down a curved track that
is one quadrant of a circle of radius 1m. Its speed at
the bottom is 2 m/s. The work done by the frictional
force is
(a) 8 J (b) +8 J
(c) 9 J (d) 9J

R =1 m


23. With what minimum speed v must a small ball
should be pushed inside a smooth vertical tube from
a height h so that it may reach the top of the tube?
Radius of the tube is R.
(a) ) 2 ( 2 ( R h g + (b) R
2
5

(c) ) 2 5 ( h R g (d) ) 2 ( 2 h R g


R
v h



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24. When an object is allowed to slide down a hill it stops at the
point B because of friction. If friction force depends only on the
normal component of the reaction force with coefficient of friction
varies along the path, the work done in taking the object slowly
from B to A along the hill will be

B
A
h

(a) mgh (b) 2 mgh (c) >2 mgh (d) <mgh

25. A nail is located at a certain distance vertically below the point of suspension of a simple
pendulum. The pendulum bob is released from a position when the string makes 60 with
vertical, then the distance of nail from point of suspension such that the bob will just
perform revolutions with nail as centre is (The length of pendulum is given as one metre)
(a) 80 cm above the point of suspension
(b) 80 cm below the point of suspension
(c) 60 cm below the point of suspension
(d) 60 cm above the point of suspension

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EXERCISE III

IIT-JEE MORE THAN ONE CHOICE

1. A heavy stone is thrown from a cliff of height h with a speed v. The stone hits the ground
with maximum speed. The stone may be thrown
(a) vertically downward
(b) vertically upward
(c) horizontally
(d) at an angle of 45 with the horizontal

2. Consider two observers moving with respect to each other at a speed v along a straight
line. They observe a block of mass m moving a distance l on a rough surface. The
following quantities will be different as observed by the two observers
(a) kinetic energy of the block at time t
(b) work done by friction
(c) total work done on the block
(d) acceleration of the block


3. A block of mass M is hanging over a smooth and light pulley through a light string. The
other end of the string is pulled by a constant force F. The kinetic energy of the block
increases by 20 J in 1s.
(a) the total work done on the block in 1s is 20 J .
(b) the tension in the string is F
(c) the work done by the tension on the block is 20 J in 1 s.
(d) The work done by the force of gravity is 20 J in 1 s.


4. The kinetic energy of a body moving along a straight line
varies with time as shown in the figure. The force acting
on the body is
(a) directly proportional to t
(b) inversely proportional to t
(c) directly proportional to velocity
(d) inversely proportional to velocity

t
KE


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5. A block of mass M is attached with a spring of spring
constant K. The whole arrangement is placed on a
vehicle as shown in the figure. If the vehicle starts moving
towards right with an acceleration a (there is no friction
anywhere), the
(a) Maximum elongation in the spring is
K
Ma

(b) Maximum elongation in the spring is
K
Ma 2

(c) Maximum compression in the spring is
K
Ma 2

(d) Maximum compression in the spring is zero.
a
K
M



6. The velocity-time graph of a particle is shown in figure.
The work done in the interval
(a) AB is positive (b) BC is positive
(c) CD is negative (d) DE is zero
v
t
A
B C
D
E


7. A heavy stone is thrown from a cliff of height h in a given direction. The speed with which it
hits the ground
(a) must depend on the speed of projection
(b) must be larger than the speed of projection
(c) must be independent of the speed of projection
(d) must be smaller than the speed of projection


8. A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular to
the velocity of the particle. The motion of the particle takes place in a plane. It follows that
(a) its velocity is constant
(b) its acceleration is constant
(c) its kinetic energy is constant
(d) it moves in a circular path.


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9. No work is done on an object by a force if
(a) the force is always perpendicular to its velocity
(b) the force is always perpendicular to its acceleration
(c) the object is stationary
(d) the object moves in such a way that the point of application of force remains fixed.

10. The potential energy U for a force field F

is such that Kxy U = , where K is a constant.

Then
(a) j Kx i Ky F

+ =

(b) j Ky i Kx F

+ =

(c) F

is a conservative force (d) F

is a non-conservative force

11. A sledge moving over a smooth horizontal surface of ice at velocity v
0
drives out on a
horizontal road and comes to halt. The sledge has length l, mass m and friction coefficient
between sledge and road is . Then
(a) No work is done by the friction to switch the sledge from ice to the road.
(b) A work of
2
mgl
is done against friction while sledge switches completely on to the road.
(c) The distance covered by the sledge on the road is
2 2
2
0
l
g
v

(d) Total distance moved by the sledge before stopping is
2 2
2
0
l
g
v
+

12. In projectile motion, power of the gravitational force
(a) is constant through out.
(b) is negative for first half, zero at topmost point and positive for rest half.
(c) varies linearly with time.
(d) is positive for complete path.

13. A force
3
kx F = is acting on a block moving along x-axis. Here, k is a positive constant.
Work done by this force is
(a) positive in displacing the block from x =3 to x =1.
(b) positive in displacing the block from x =1 to x =3.
(c) negative in displacing the block from x =3 to x =1.
(d) negative in displacing the block from x =1 to x =3.

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14. In the system shown in the figure, the mass m moves in a
circular arc of angular amplitude 60. The mass 4m remains
stationary. Then
(a) the maximum value of coefficient of friction between the
mass 4m and the surface is 0.5.

4m
B
m
m
A
60

(b) the work done by gravitational force on the block m is positive when it moves from A to B.
(c) the power delivered by the tension when m moves from A to B is zero.
(d) the kinetic energy of m in position B equals the work don by gravitational force on the
black when it moves from position A to B.

15. A block is suspended by an ideal spring of force constant k. The block is pulled down by
applying a constant force F and maximum displacement of block from its initial mean
position is x
0
. Then
(a) increase in energy stored in spring is kx
0
2

(b)
k
F
x
2
3
0
=
(c)
k
F
x
2
0
=
(d) work done by applied force is Fx
0
.


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EXERCISE IV

MATCH THE FOLLOWING
Note: Each statement in column I has one or more than one match in column II.

1. Potential energy of conservative field versus x
graph is as shown in the figure, where x is the
displacement in the direction of force. Four
points A, B, C and D are marked in the graph.
Match the column I with column II.


A
B
C
D
x
U

Column -I Column -II
I. At point A A. EF
net
=0
II. At point B B. Potential energy is maximum.
III. At point C C. Potential energy is minimum.
IV. At point D D. EF
net
= 0
E. Potential energy is constant.
Note: Each statement in column I has only one match in column II

2. The potential energy of a particle moving along
x-axis is shown in figure, where E
0
is the total
mechanical of the particle.


x
U(x)
E
0

x
1
x
2
x
3


Column -I Column -II
I. Force on the particle is towards +ve x-axis if A. x
1
<x < x
2

II. Particle cannot be found where B. x
2
<x <x
3

III. Force is towards the equilibrium position if C. x
1
>x >x
3

IV. Force is towards the ve x-axis if D. x
3
>x
2
>x
E. x
1
<x <x
3

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3. Two blocks A and B are kept on a rough surface of
coefficient of friction =0.1. Block A is pulled with a
time varying velocity v(t) =0.1t. Spring constant of the
spring is k =100 N/m. Then match the following

10kg
10kg
v(t)
A
B

Column I Column -II
I. Work done by spring force on block A till time t =1 sec A. zero
II. Work done by spring force on block B till t =1sec
B.
2
1
J
III. Work done by friction on block A till t =1sec
C.
8
1
J
IV. Work done by friction on block B till t =1sec
D.
128
1
J

E.
8
1
J

REASONING TYPE
Directions: Read the following questions and choose
(A) If both the statements are true and statement-2 is the correct explanation of
statement-1.
(B) If both the statements are true but statement-2 is not the correct explanation of
statement-1.
(C) If statement-1 is True and statement-2 is False.
(D) If statement-1 is False and statement-2 is True.

1. Statement-1: Non-conservation force always changes the mechanical energy.
Statement-2: Work done by non-conservative force is equal to the change in mechanical
energy.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

2. Statement-1: Total mechanical energy is always greater than or equal to the potential
energy.
Statement-2: Kinetic energy cannot have negative value.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

3. Statement-1: Work done by non conservative force over a closed path cannot be zero.
Statement-2: Potential energy is not associated with the non-conservative force.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)
4. Statement-1: When a body moves vertically upwards, then work done by gravity is negative.
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Statement-2: When a body moves vertically upwards, its potential energy increases.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

5. Statement-1: In uniform circular motion, work done by tension in a loop is zero.
Statement-2: In uniform motion, tension is always perpendicular to the velocity.
(a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C) (d) (D)

LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

A small sphere of mass m suspended by a thread is first taken aside so that the thread
forms the right angle with the vertical and then released.

1. The total acceleration of the sphere as a function of angle u with the vertical is
(a) u +
2
cos 1 g (b) u +
2
cos 3 1 g
(c) g cos u (d) g sin u

2. Then tension in the string as a function of angle u with the vertical is
(a) 3 mg cos u (b) mg cos u
(c) mg u +
2
cos 1 (d) u +
2
cos 3 1 mg

3. The tension in the thread at the moment the vertical component of the spheres velocity is
maximum is
(a) mg (b)
2
mg

(c)
3
mg
(d)
2
mg


4. The angle u made by the thread with the vertical at the moment when total acceleration
vector of the particle is directed horizontally is
(a) 54 (b) 53
(c) 54.7 (d) 53.7
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EXERCISE V

SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS
1. A heavy particle is suspended by a string of length . The particle is given a horizontal
velocity v
0
. The string becomes slack at some angle and the particle proceeds on a
parabola. Find the value of v
0
if the particle passes through the point of suspension.

2. Find the velocity of A in the Figure after it has started
from rest in the position shown and travelled 9 m
along the frictionless surface.




P
200 kg
8m
15m
300 kg
A


3. A light string ABCDE whose mid point is C passes
through smooth rings B and D, which are fixed in a
horizontal plane distant 2a apart. To each of the points
A, C and E is attached a mass m. Initially C is held at
rest at O (mid point BD) and is then set free. What is
the distance OC when comes to instantaneous rest?
2a
B
D
A
E
C
O


4. (a) If work is done on a particle at constant rate, prove that the velocity acquired in
describing a distance x from rest varies as
3
1
x .
(b) A mass of 18 kg moving in a straight line is brought to rest in such a way that it loses
kinetic energy at uniform rate of one joule per sec. If the initial kinetic energy is 900 joule,
find the distance travelled before coming to rest.

5. A body of mass m is slowly hauled up a curved incline by a force, which at each point is
directed along the tangent to the curve. Find the work done by this force, if the height of the
incline is h and the length of the base is l. The coefficient of friction is .

6. A system consists of two identical slabs each of mass m
linked by compressed weightless spring of stiffness k as
shown in Figure. The slabs are also connected by a
thread, which is burnt at a certain moment. Find at what
value of A the initial compression of spring, the lower slab
will bounce up after the thread is burned through.


m
m
k


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7. A 20 kg body is released from rest, so as to slide in between vertical rails and compresses
a spring having a force constant, K =1920 N/m. The spring is 1 m below the starting position
of the body. The rails offer a resistance of 36 N to the motion of the body. Find
(i) the velocity of the body just before touching the spring,(ii) the distance, , through which
the spring is compressed, (iii) the distance h through which the body rebounds up.

8. The flexible bicycle-type chain of length tr/2 and mass
per unit length is released from rest with u =0 in the
smooth circular channel and falls through the hole in the
supporting surface. Determine the velocity v of the chain
as the last link leaves the slot.

u
r


9. The two particles of mass m and 2m respectively, are
connected by a rigid rod of length 2 r and negligible
mass and slide with negligible friction in a circular path of
radius r on the inside of the vertical circular ring. If the
unit is released from rest at u =0, determine (a) the
velocity v of the particles when the rod passes the
horizontal positions. (b) the maximum value of u.

m
2m u
u
r r


10. A simple pendulum is placed on an elevator, which
accelerates upward as shown. If the pendulum is
displaced by an angle u
0
and released from rest relative
to the elevator, find the tension T
0
in the supporting light
rod when u =0. Evaluate your result for u
0
=t/2.

u
0

O
l
a
0

m



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ANSWERS

EXERCISE I

AIEEE-SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT


1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (d)
6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (b)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (d)


EXERCISE II

IIT-JEE-SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (d)
6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c)
16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (b)


EXERCISE III

ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CHOICE CORRECT

1. (a,b,c,d) 2. (a,b,c) 3. (a,b) 4. (b,d) 5. (b,d)
6. (a,c) 7. (a,b) 8. (c,d) 9. (a,c,d) 10. (a,c)
11. (b,c,d) 12. (b,c) 13. (a,d) 14. (a,b,c,d) 15. (c,d)

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EXERCISE IV

MATCH THE FOLLOWING
1. I A, B; II D; III A, C; IV A, E
2. I A ; II C ; III E ; IV B
3. I C ; II A ; III B ; IV A
REASONING TYPE

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a)


LINKED COMPREHENSION TYPE

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c)


EXERCISE V

SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS
1. v
0
={g(2 + 3 )}
1/2
.

2. 14
70
186
=8.59 ms
1


3. a OC
3
4
=

4. (b) 6 km

5. W
F
=mg (h + l)

6.
k
mg 3


7. (i) 4 ms
1;
(ii) 0.5 m; (iii) 1.03 m

8. |
.
|

\
|
t
+
t
=
4
2
gr v

9. (a) v =0.865 gr ; (b) u
max
=126.9

10. T
0
=m(g +a
0
) (3 2 cos u
0
)
( )
0
a g 3m T + =