1. Which one of the following is true in the case of inelastic collision?

Total energy Kinetic energy Momentum

(A) conserved conserved conserved
(B) conserved not conserved conserved
(C) conserved conserved not conserved
(D) not conserved not conserved conserved

2. The two diagrams show the situation before and after a collision between two spheres A and B of equal
radii moving along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal surface. The coefficient of restitution e is -
before collision after collision
A B A B

8 m/s 2 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s

2 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 3 4
3. A particle strikes elastically with another particle with velocity V. After collision, it moves with half the
velocity in the same direction. Find the velocity of the second particle if it is initially at rest :
3V V
(A) (B) (C) V (D) none of these
2 2
4. 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 is 1m/s towards the ball. The speed of the ball after an elastic collision with the wall is -
(A) 5 m/s away from the wall (B) 9 m/s away from the wall
(C) 3 m/s away from the wall (D) 6 m/s away from the wall

5. A ball falls from a height of 5m and strikes a lift which is moving in the upward direction with a velocity
of 1m/s, then the velocity with which the ball rebounds after collision will be -
(A) 11 m/s downwards (B) 12 m/s upwards
(C) 13 m/s upwards (D) 12 m/s downwards

6. A body of mass m1 moving at a constant speed undergoes an elastic head on collision with a body of
mass m2 initially at rest. The ratio of the kinetic energy of mass m1 after the collision to that before the
collision is -
2 2 2 2

m –m  
m m   2m1   2m 2 
(A)  1 2  (B)  1 2  (C)   (D)  
 m1  m2   m1 – m2   m1  m2   m1  m 2 
7. Three identical blocks A, B and C are placed on horizontal frictionless surface. The blocks B and C are
at rest. But A is approaching towards B with a speed 10 m/s. The coefficient of restitution for all collisions
is 0.5. The speed of the block C just after collision is -
A B C

(A) 5.6 m/s (B) 6 m/s (C) 8 m/s (D) 10 m/s

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11. A smooth steel ball strikes a fixed smooth steel plate at an angle  with the vertical. If coefficient of
restitution is e, the angle at which the rebounce will take place is :
tan  
(B) tan–1  (D) tan–1  
e
(A)   (C) e tan  
 e   tan  
12. A ball leaves a horizontal table with velocity v0 = 5 m/s. The ball bounces elastically from a vertical
wall at a horizontal distance D (= 8m) from the table, as shown in figure. The ball then strikes the floor a
distance x0 from the table (g = 10 m/s2). The value of x0 is -
v0 = 5m/s

h = 20m

x0
D
(A) 6 m (B) 4 m (C) 5 m (D) 7 m
13. A ball is dropped from a height h on a floor of coefficient of restitution e. The total distance covered by
the just before second hit is :
(A) h(1 – 2e2) (B) h(1 + 2e2) (C) h(1 + e2) (D) he2

14. A ball falls from a height h0. There are n collisions with the earth. If the velocity of rebound after n
collisions is vn and the ball rises to a height hn, then coefficient of restitution e is given by :
hn h0 hn hn
(A) e n  (B) e n  (C) ne  (D) ne 
h0 hn h0 h0
Exercise
30. The coordinates of centre of mass of the following quarter circular arc is -
y

r x
O
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
r r 2r 2r 2r 2r 4r 4r
2 2  3 3    
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37. A projectile is fixed with velocity v0 at an angle 60° with horizontal. At top of its trajectory it
explodes into three fragment of equal mass. First fragment retraces the path, second moves
vertically upward with speed '3v0 ' . The speed of third fragment –
2
3 v0 5 v0
(A) (B) (C) v0 (D) 2v0
2 2

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1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (D)

5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B)
9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (B) 12.(A)
13. (B) 14. (A)

Exercise

30. (C) 31. (A) 32. (C) 33. (C)

34. (D) 35. (B) 36. (D) 37. (B)
38. (C) 39. (D) 40. (A) 41. (B)
42. (B) 43. (D) 44. (D) 45. (D)