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1. A spring 40 mm long is stretched by the 5. Three different objects of mass m1 , m2 and

application of a force. If 10 N force required to m3 are allowed to fall from rest and from the
stretch the spring through 1 mm, then work same point ‘O’ along three different frictionless
done in stretching the spring through 40 mm is paths. The speeds of the three objects, on
1. 84J reaching the ground, will be in the ratio of:
2. 68J 1. m1 : m2 : m3
3. 23J 2. m1 : 2m2 : 3m3
4. 8J 3. 1 : 1 : 1
1 1 1
4. m : m : m
2. Two springs with spring constants k1 = 1500 1 2 3

N/m and k2 = 3000 N/m are stretched by the

same force. The ratio of potential energy stored 6. A uniform chain of length 2m is kept on a
in the springs will be table such that a length of 60cm hangs freely
1. 2:1 from the edge of the table. The total mass of the
2. 1:2 chain is 4kg. What is the work done in pulling
3. 4:1 the entire chain on the table?
4. 1:4 (1) 7.2 J
(2) 3.6 J
3. A block of mass m = 25 kg on a smooth (3) 120 J
→ (4) 1200 J
horizontal surface with a velocity v =3 ms−1
meets the spring of spring constant k = 100 N/m 7. A spring of force constant 800 N/m has an
fixed at one end as shown in the figure. The extension of 5cm. The work done in extending
maximum compression of the spring and it from 5cm to 15 cm is:
velocity of the block as it returns to the original (1) 16 J
position respectively are: (2) 8 J
(3) 32 J
(4) 24 J

8. A spring of spring constant 5 × 103 N/m is

stretched initially by 5cm from the unstretched
position. Then the work required to stretch it
further by another 5 cm is
(1) 6.25 N-m
(2) 12.50 N-m
1. 1.5 m, -3 ms−1 (3) 18.75 N-m
2. 1.5 m, 0 ms−1 (4) 25.00 N-m
3. 1.0 m, 3 ms−1
4. 0.5 m, 2 ms−1 9. The spring extends by x on loading, then
energy stored by the spring is : (if T is the
4. A particle is moving in a vertical circle. The tension in spring and k is spring constant)
tension in the string when passing through two (1) T 2

positions at angle of 30° and 60° from vertical 2k

2
T
(the lowest position) are T1 and T2 (2) 2
2k
respectively, then: 2k
(3)
1. T1 = T2 T 2

2
2T
2. T2 < T1 (4)
k
3. T2 > T1
4. Tension in the string always remains the
same.

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10. If the increase in the kinetic energy of a 15. Two masses of 1g and 4g are moving with
body is 22%, then the increase in the equal kinetic energies. The ratio of the
momentum will be magnitudes of their linear momenta is :
(1) 22% (a) 4:1
(2) 44% (b) ≅2:1
(3) 10% (c) 1:2
(4) 300% (d) 1:16

11. If momentum is increased by 20% then 16. A block of mass M is attached to the lower
kinetic energy increases by: end of a vertical spring. The spring is hung
1. 44% from the ceiling and has a force constant value
2. 55% of k. The mass is released from rest with the
3. 66% spring initially unstretched. The maximum
4. 77% extension produced along the length of the
spring will be:
12. The block of mass M moving on the 1. Mg/k
frictionless horizontal surface collides with the 2. 2Mg/k
spring of spring constant K and compresses it 3. 4 Mg/k
by length L. The maximum momentum of the 4. Mg/2k
block after collision is
17. A weight 'mg' is suspended from a spring.
The energy stored in the spring is U. The
elongation in the spring is:
2U
1. mg

U
2. mg
(1) Zero
√2U
3.
2
ML
(2) mg
K
U
(3) √M K L 4.
√2 mg
2
KL
(4) 2M

18. If a body starts its motion along the smooth

13. A ball is thrown vertically downwards from track from P as shown in the figure, then its
a height of 20 m with an initial velocity vo. It velocity at the instant of leaving R is
collides with the ground, loses 50% of its energy
in a collision and rebounds to the same height.
The initial velocity vo is: (Take g = 10 ms-2)
1. 14 ms-1
2. 20 ms-1
3. 28 ms-1
(1) 5 m/s
4. 10 ms-1
(2) 15 m/s
(3) 10 m/s
14. A light and a heavy body have equal
(4) 20 m/s
momentum. Which one has greater K.E.?
(a) The light body
(b) Both have equal K.E.
(c) The heavy body
(d) Data given is incomplete

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19. If a stone is projected vertically upward 23. The potential energy function for a particle
from the ground with a speed of 10 m/s, then executing linear SHM is given by
it's: (g = 10 m/s2 ) V(x) =
1
kx
2
where k is the force constant of
2
1. Potential energy will be maximum after 0.5 s
2. Kinetic energy will be maximum again the oscillator (Fig). For k = 0.5 N/m, the graph of
after 1 s V(x) versus x is shown in the figure. A particle
3. Kinetic energy = potential energy at a of total energy E turns back when it reaches
x = ±x m . If V and K indicate the PE and KE,
height of 2.5 m from the ground
4. Potential energy will be minimum after 1 s respectively of the particle at x = +x m , then
which of the following is correct?
20. The principle of conservation of energy
implies that:
1. the total mechanical energy is conserved.
2. the total kinetic energy is conserved.
3. the total potential energy is conserved.
4. the sum of all types of energies is conserved. 1. V=0, K=E
2. V=E, K=0
21. 20 J of work is done to increase the length of 3. V<E, K=0
a light spring by 1 cm from its natural length. 4. V=0, K,E
Work done in increasing its length further by 1
cm is: 24. A particle is released from a height of S
(1) 20 J above the surface of the earth. At a certain
(2) 40 J height, its kinetic energy is three times its
(3) 30 J potential energy. The distance from the earth's
(4) 60 J surface and the speed of the particle at that
instant are respectively:
22. A 50 kg straight uniform rod of length 2 m is S
√3 gS

lying on a horizontal floor. If a man 1. 2

,
2

successfully tries to erect the rod at 60° with S 3 gS

vertical, then the amount of work done by the 2. 4

, √
2

man is S 3 gS
3. ,
(1) 250 J 4 2

√3 gS
(2) 200 J 4.
S
,
(3) 150 J 4 3

(4) 500 J

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25. A block of mass m is moving with initial 27. A gravitational field is present in a region
velocity u towards a stationary spring of and a mass is shifted from A to B through
stiffness constant k attached to the wall as different paths as shown. If W1 , W2 and W3
shown in the figure. Maximum compression of represent the work done by the gravitational
the spring is: force along their respective paths, then:
(The friction between the block and the surface
is negligible).

m
1. W1 = W2 = W3
1. u√
2. W1 > W2 > W3
k

m 3. W1 > W3 > W2
2. 4u√
k 4. W1 < W2 < W3
m
3. 2u√
k
28. Water is falling from a 40 m high dam at the
rate of 9 × 10 kg per hour. Fifty percent of
4
1 k
4. u√
2 m
gravitational potential energy can be converted
into electrical energy. Using this hydroelectric
26. A bob of mass m is suspended by a thread energy number of 100 W bulbs, that can be lit,
of length L. At the lowest point A (see figure) of is:
its position, a horizontal velocity v0 is imparted
(Take g = 10 ms-2)
such that it completes a semicircular trajectory
1. 25
in the vertical plane. The minimum velocity
2. 50
imparted should be:
3. 100
4. 18

29. Two balls are lifted. If one ball experiences

a greater change in potential energy, then
which of the following statements could
possibly explain the difference?

I. The balls have different masses.

II. The balls are lifted to different heights.
The balls reach their final points by
III.
different pathways.

1. √5gL 2. √3gL
1. I only
3. √gL 4. √
gL
2. II only
5
3. I and II only
4. I, II, and III

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30. A ball is dropped by a person from the top

of a building, while another person at the
bottom observes its motion. Both people:

agree on the change in potential energy as

1.
well as the kinetic energy of the ball.
agree on the change in potential energy, but
2.
disagree on the kinetic energy of the ball.
agree on the kinetic energy of the ball, but
3.
disagree on the change in potential energy.
disagree on the kinetic energy of the ball and
4.
the change in potential energy.

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