11th Physics 102 Question Papers
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Nature of Physical World and Measurement 1
11th Standard
Physics
Exam Time : 00:50:00 Hrs Total Marks : 50
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1) One of the combinations from the fundamental physical constants is , The unit of
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this expression is
(a) Kg2 (b) m3 (c) S-1 (d) m
2) If the error in the measurement of radius is 2%, then the error in the determination
of volume of the sphere will be
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(a) 8% (b) 2% (c) 4% (d) 6%
3) If the length and time period of an oscillating pendulum have errors of 1% and
3% respectively then the error in measurement of acceleration due to gravity is
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(a) 4% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 7%
4) The length of a body is measured as 3.51 m, if the accuracy is 0.01 mm, then the
percentage error in the measurement is
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(a) 35.1% (b) 1% (c) 0.28% (d) 0.035%
5) Which of the following has the highest number of significant figures?
(a) 0.007 m2 (b) 2.64 x 1024kg
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is
(a) 9.8596 (b) 9.860 (c) 9.86 (d) 9.9
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7) Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have same dimension?
(a) force and power (b) torque and energy (c) torque and power (d) force and torque
8) The dimensional formula of Planck's constant h is
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(a) [L] (b) [LT-1] (c) [LT-2] (d) [LT-3]
10) The dimensional formula for gravitational constant G is
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which unit of length is 10 em and unit of mass is 100 g, then the value of density of
material will be
(a) 0.04 (b) 0.4 (c) 40 (d) 400
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(a) length (b) time (c) velocity (d) force
14) Planck's constant (h), speed of light in vacuum (c) and Newton's gravitational
constant (G) are taken as three fundamental constants. Which of the following
combinations of these has the dimension of length?
(a)
√ hG
3
(b)
√ hG
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(c) √ hcG
−−
(d)
−−
−
√ hGc
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19) Which is deals with the study of materials of an intermediate length scale.
(a) Macroscopic (b) Macroscopic (c) Microscopic (d) All the
physics physics physics above
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20) What is the range of astronomical time scales to microscopic scales
(a) 1015S to 10-15S (b) 109S to 10-18S (c) 1018S to 10-22S (d) 1011S to 10-16S
21) The law of electricity and magnetism is used to
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(a) Wireless communication (b) Nuclear reactor (c) Steam engine (d) Aeroplane
22) How many gram make 1deca gram?
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(a) 10g (b) 100g (c) 1kg (d) 100kg
23) 1 nano second is equivalent to
(a) 10-6s (b) 10-3s (c) 10-15s (d) 10-9s
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24) Which unit is used to measure size of a nucleus?
(a) Angstrom (b) Micron (c) Nano (d) Fermi
25) one parallactic second is,
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(a) 3.08 x 1016 m (b) 1.49 x 1011 m (c) 9.46 x 1015 m (d) 1.66 x 10-27 m
26) How many light years make 1 parsec?
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dimensions of mass are
(a) FV-1T (b) FV-1T (c) FVT-1 (d) FVT-2
40) The dimensions of K.E. is
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(a) M2L2T-1 (b) M1L1T1 (c) M1L2T-2 (d) M2L2T-2
41) The dimensions of universal gravitational constant is
(a) M2L3T-2 (b) M2L2T-1 (c) M2L3T-1 (d) ML2T-1
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42) The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and length of its side. If the
maximum error in the measurement of mass and length are 5% and 3%. respectively,
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the maximum error in the measurement of density is
(a) 9% (b) 8% (c) 14% (d) 2%
43) The fractional error ( △x )
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x
(a) 6.30 x 104m (b) 9.46 x 1015m (c) 6.2 x 102m (d) 9.4 x 1016m
46) How many um present in one metre?
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49) 3.5 kg mass of a metal plate has the volume of 1.5 m3. Find the density of metal
plate.
(a) 1.5 kg/m3 (b) 2.3 kg/m3 (c) 3.4 kg/m3 (d) 4.8 kg/m3
50) The value of 1° is,
(a) 1.745 x 10-2 rad (b) 1.946 x 10-11 rad (c) 3.6 rad (d) 3600 rad
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(a) ms-1 (b) ms-2 (c) kg ms-1 (d) kg m2 ms-1
4) What is the SI unit of Area?
(a) m (b) m2 (c) Nm-1 (d) cm-1
5) SI unit of the universal constant of gravitation (G) is,
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(a) kg-2 m-2 (b) kg ms-1 (c) Nm2 kg-2 (d) Nm-1
6) A scientific way of doing things involve:
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(a) identifying the (b) collecting (c) controlled (d) all the
problem data experimentation above
7) The word physics is derived from:
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(a) to know (b) fusis (c) knowing the truth (d) prediction
8) Which of the following is true regarding the physical science?
(a) dealing with non-living (b) dealing with living (c) study with atomic (d) both (a)
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things things level and (b)
9) The term used to mention study of macroscopic system to microscopic constituents is
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13) A source having luminous intensity of one candela emits monochromatic radiation of
frequency:
(a) 5.4X1014Hz (b) 54x1014 Hz (c) 4.5x1014 Hz
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(d) 683Hz
14) The value of one Angstrom is
(a) 1010m (b) 10-10m (c) 10-8m (d) 10-15m
15) The prefix of 10-18 is
(a) femto (b) nano (c) giga (d) atto
16) Femto is equal to:
(a) 10-6m (b) 10-13m (c) 10-15m (d) 10-12m
17) Universal time is based on:
(a) rotation of the earth (b) earth's orbital motion (c) vibration of (d) oscillation of
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18) 1 pa is equal to
(a) 1Nm-2 (b) 1Jm-2 (c) 1Nm-1 (d) 1Jm-1
19) Which of the following pairs of quantities and their units is a proper match?
(a) Electric charge - (b) Pressure - (c) Power - JS- (d) Moment of inertia - Kg m-2
C Pa 1
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23) The ratio of the dimension of planck constant and that of moment of inertia is the
dimension of _____________
(a) time (b) frequency (c) velocity (d) angular momentum
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24) Light year is used to measure:
(a) distance (b) distance (c) distance between (d) distance between
between two stars between two cities two electron two atoms
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25) The density of a liquid in CGS system is 0.625 g / cm . What is its magnitude in SI
system?
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(a) 625 kg/m3 (b) 0.0625 kg/m3 (c) 0.625 kg/in3 (d) O.00625 kg/m3
26) The respective number of significant figures for the number 13.013, 0.0003 and 9.1 x
10-3 are respectively:
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(a) 5, 1,2 (b) 5,4,5 (c) 5, 5,2 (d) 5, 1,3
27) A student measured the length of a wire and wrote it as 2.50 cm which instrument did
he/she use to measure it?
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(a) a screw gauge (b) a (c) a vernier caliper where (d) a screw gauge having
having 50 divisions in the meter the 10 division in vernier 100 division in the
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circular scale and pitch scale matches with a division in circular scale and pitch
as 1mm main scale as 1 mm.
28) If the error in the measurement of radius of a sphere is 3% then the error in the
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39) ___________________have the same dimensional formula.
(a) Force and (b) Density and linear (c) Lightyear and (d) Stress and
momentum density wavelength strain
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40) Which of the following is dimensional constant?
(a) Refractive index (b) Poisson's ratio (c) strain (d) gravitational constant
41) The dimension of a quantity hy where h is the planck's constants, γ is the frequency
d
c
and c is the velocity of light are:
(a) MT-1 (b) MLT-1
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42) Force F is given by F = at + bt2. Where "t" is time. What are the dimensions of "a" and
"cb"?
(a) MLT-1and MLTo (b) MLT-3and MLT-4 (c) MLT-3and MLT4 (d) MLT3and MLT-4
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43) In an expression, four quantities a, b, c and d are measured with % error. 1%,2%,3%
and 4% respectively. Quantity P is calculated as follows P = a b %
3 2
error in P is:
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(a) 10 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 14
44) If energy (E), velocity (V) and time (T) are chosen as the fundamental quantities, the
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(a) [ML-5T-1] (b) [ML5T1] (c) [ML5T-2] (d) [M-1L5T2]
3) TIle dimensions of RC is
(a) square of time (b) square of inverse time (c) time (d) inverse time
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4) Percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3%
respectively. The error in the estimate of kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass
and speed will be
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(a) 8% (b) 2% (c) 12% (d) 10%
5) TIle time dependence of a Physical quantity p is given by P=P0 exp(-at2) where a is
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a constant and t is the time. The constant a
(a) is (b) has (c) has (d) has dimensions of
diemensionless dimensions[T ] -2 dimensions[T ]2 P
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6) The dimensional formula of permeability ot free space m0 is
(a) [MLT-2A-2] (b) [M0L1T] (c) [M0L2T-1A2] (d) none of these
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7) If x = at + bt , where x is the distance travelled by the body in kilometers while t is the
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(a) Moment of inertia and (b) Work (c) Impulse and (d) Angular momentum and
moment of force and torque momentum Plank's constant
11) Two quantities A and B have different dimensions. Which of the following is
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physically meaningful?
(a) A+B (b) A-B (c) A/B (d) None
12) The smallest physical unit of time is__________.
(a) second (b) minute (c) microsecond (d) shake
13) One light year is_______
(a) 3.153×107 m (b) 1.496×107 m (c) 9.46×1012 km (d) 3.26×1015 m
14) One parsec is______
(a) 3.153×107 m (b) 3.26×1015 m (c) 30.84×1015 m (d) 9.46×1015 m
15) One solar mass is_______
(a) 2×1030kg (b) 2×1030g (c) 2×1030mg (d) 2×1030tonne
16) The word physics is derived from the word_______
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(a) scientist (b) fusis (c) fission (d) fusion
17) The study of the discrete nature of phenomena at the atomic and subatomic levels
(a) Quantum (b) High energy (c) (d) Classical mechanics
mechanics physics Acoustics
18) The astronomers used to observe distant points of the universe by_______
(a) Electron telescope (b) Astronomical telescope (c) Radio telescope (d) Radar
19) Which of the following quantities is expressed as force per unit area?
(a) Pressure (b) Stress (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None
20) Dimensions of impulse are _______________
(a) [ML2T-1] (b) [MLT-2] (c) [MLT-1] (d) [ML2T0]
21) Equivalent of one joule is____________
(a) Nm2 (b) kg m2 s-2 (c) kg m s-1 (d) N kg m2
22) To get the best possible true value of the quantity___________has to be taken.
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(a) rms value (b) net value (c) arithmetic mean (d) mode
23) The error caused due to the shear carelessness of an observer is called
as____________error.
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(a) Systematise (b) Gross (c) Random (d) Personal
24) The difference between the true value and the measured value of a quantity is known
as________.
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(a) Absolute error (b) Relative error (c) Percentage error (d) Systemmatic error
25) The comparison of any physical quantity with its standard unit is known
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as__________
(a) fundamental quantities (b) measurement (c) dualism (d) derived quantities
26) Fundamental quantities can also be known as________quantities.
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(a) original (b) physical (c) negative (d) base
27) The coherent system of units________
(a) CGS (b) SI (c) FPS (d) MKS
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(a) 1.745 10-2 rad × ×
(b) 2.91 10-4 rad (c) 2.91 104 rad (d) 4.85 10-6 rad×
31) Pick out the dimensionless quantity _______________
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(a) force (b) specific gravity (c) planck's constant (d) velocity
32) Odd one out ________
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(a) absolute error (b) random error (c) relative error (d) percentage error
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45) The fractional error in the n power of a quantity is_________.
(a) △ZZ = △AA
n (b) △ZA = △AA
n (c) △ZZ = 1n △AA (d) △ZZ = 1n △AA
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46) Number of significant digits in 32005_______.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 2
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47) The force acting on a body is measured as 4.25 N. Round it off with two significant
figure________.
(a) 4.3 (b) 4.2
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(c) both (a) or (b) (d) 4.25
48) The quantities a, b, c are measured as 3.21, 4.253, 7.2346. The sum (a + b + c) with
profer significant digits is_____________.
(a) 14.6976 (b) 14.697 (c) 14.69 (d) 14.6
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49) In a system of units, if force (F), acceleration (A) and time (T) are taken as
fundamental units then the dimensional formula of energy is____________
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3) Assuming that the frequency y of a vibrating string may depend upon (i) applied force
√
(F) (ii) length (I) (ill) mass per unit length (m), prove that γ∞ 1l
−F−
m using dimensional
analysis.
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4) The measurement value of length of a simple pendulum is 20cm known with 2mm
accuracy. The time for 50 oscillations was measured to be 40 s within Is resolution.
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Calculate the percentage accuracy in the determination of acceleration due to gravity
'g' from the above measurement.
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5) Why is it convenient to express the distance of stars in terms of light year (or) parsec
rather than in km?
6) Show that a screw gauge of pitch 1 mm and 100 divisions is more precise than a
vernier caliper with 20 divisions on the sliding scale.
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7) Why dimensional methods are applicable only up to three quantities?
8) Having all units in atomic standards is more useful. Explain.
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9) When the planet Jupiter is at a distance of 824.7 million kilometers from the earth.
its angular diameter is measured to be 35.72 of arc. Calculate the diameter of Jupiter.
10) From a point on the ground, the top of a tree is seen to have an angle of elevation 60o
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. The distance between the tree and a point is 50m. calculate the height of the tree?
11) The Moon subtends an angle of 10 55' at the base line equal to the diameter of the
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earth. What is the distance of the Moon from the Earth? (Radius of the Earth is 6.4 x
106m)
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12) A RADAR signal is beamed towards a planet and its echo is received 7 minutes later.
If the distance between the planet and the Earth is 6.3 x 1010m. Calculate the speed of
the signal.
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13) Two resistances RI = (100 ± 3) Ω, R2 = (150 ± 2)Ω, are connected in series. What is
their equivalent resistance?
14) The temperatures of two bodies measured by a thermometer are t1 = (20 + 0.5)oC, t2
=(50 ± 0.5)oC. Calculate the temperature difference and the error therein.
15) The length and breadth of a rectangle are (5.7 ± 01.) cm and (3.4 ± 02.) cm
respectively. Calculate the area of the rectangle with error limits.
16) A physical quantity x is given by x = a2 b3 .If the percentage errors of measurement in
c√ d
a,b, c and d are 4%, 2%, 3% and 1% respectively, then calculate the percentage error
in the calculation of x.
17) State the number of significant figures in the following 600800
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18) State the number of significant figures in the following 2.65 x 1024m
19) Round off the following numbers as indicated 18.35 up to 3 digits
20) Round off the following numbers as indicated 101.55 x 106 up to 4 digits
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6) Name three practical units to measure Area.
7) Define unit of a physical quantity?
8) Name the prefixes for powers of ten with its symbol.
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9) Name three units to measure extremely large distances.
10) What is Absolute Error.
11) What is Relative error
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12) What is significant figures?
13) What are Dimensional variables? Give example.
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14) Define Dimensional Constant. Give example.
15) What do you mean by unification and reductionism.
16) What is Thermodynamics?
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17) What is Astrophysics?
18) Which branches of physics deal with atom & nuclear?
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6) What is the importance of physical quantity? What are its types
7) What are the things needed to express the measurement of a physical quantity?
8) What is Percentage error?
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9) What is meant by the dimensions of a physical quantity?
10) What is meant by Scientific method?
11) What is Classical mechanics?
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12) What is the meaning of Acoustics?
13) What are types of discoveries in physics?
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14) What is meant by Range of masses?
15) In what ways physics is in relation to astronomy?
16) Define the Sf unit of mass.
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17) Define the SI unit of electric current.
18) What is meant by the triple point of water?
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24) The radius of a nucleus is 1.5 x 10-15m of the order fermi. Find the volume of the
nucleus.
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6) If humans were to settle on other planets, which of the fundamental quantities will be in
trouble? Why?
7) Give any three applications of physics in our society.
8) Find the dimensions of a and b in the formula [ + a ] [ − ] =
P V b RT
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where P is
V 2
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9) Show that ( −5/6 1/2 1/3 ) is of the dimension of time. Here P is the pressure,
the density and E is the energy of a bubble)
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10) Find the dimensions of mass in terms of Energy, length and time
11) A physical quantity Q is found to depend on quantities x,y,z obeying relation Q
=
xy
2 3
percentage error in Q.
12) The mass and volume of a body are found to be 4±0.03 kg and 5±0.01 m3
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14) Convert a velocity of 72 kmh-1 into ms-1 with the help of dimensional analysis.
15) Check the correctness of the following equation using dimensional analysis. Make a
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c) 7.18 + 4.3
d) 6.5 + .0136
17) The velocity of a body is given by the equation v = b/t + ct2 + dt3. Find the
dimensional formula for b.
18) The initial and final temperatures of a liquid in a container are observed to be 75.4 ±
0.5°C and 56.8 ± 0.2°C. Find the fall in the temperature of the liquid.
19) The voltage across a wire is (100 ± 5)V and the current passing through it is (10 ±
0.2) A. Find the resistance of the wire.
20) Arrive at Einstein's mass-energy relation by dimensional method (E = mc2).
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6) Explain Random errors.
7) The radius of gold nucleus is 41.3 fermi. Express its volume in m3.
8) How are theoretical predictions useful?
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9) Write the role of physics in technology.
10) What is the relation of physics to biology?
11) How is physics useful in geology and oceanography?
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12) How can the systematic errors be minimised?
13) What are the branches of classical physics?
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14) Discuss the relation of physics with biology.
15) What is parallax? Explain the same with an example.
16) "The scope of physics is really vast" - comment.
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17) Distinguish between macrocosm and microcosm.
18) How can we classify variables and constants on the basis of dimension. Give
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20) If the unit of force is 100N, unit of length is 10m and unit of time is 100s. What is the
unit of Mass in this system of units ?
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4) Write short notes on the following.
(a) Unit
(b) Rounding - off
(c) Dimensionless quantities
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5) The parallax of a heavenly body measured from two points diametrically opposite on
equator of earth is 2'. Calculate the distance of the heavenly body. [Given radius of the
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earth = 6400 km] [1" = 4.85 x 10-6rad]
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6) If the value of universal gravitational constant in SI is 6.6 10-11 Nm-2 kg-2,then find
its value in CGS System.
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7) Check the correctness of the equation 1 mv2 = mgh using dimensional analysis
2
method.
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8) Obtain an expression for the time period T of a simple pendulum. The time period T
depend upon (i) mass 'm' of the bob (ii) length 'l' of the pendulum and (iii) acceleration
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due to gravity g at the place where the pendulum is suspended. (Constant k = 2π) i.e
9) The force F acting on a body moving in a circular path depends on mass of the body
(m), velocity (v) and radius (r) of the circular path. Obtain the expression for the force
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(a) 8% (b) 2% (c) 4% (d) 6%
3) If the length and time period of an oscillating pendulum have errors of 1% and
3% respectively then the error in measurement of acceleration due to gravity is
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(a) 4% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 7%
4) The length of a body is measured as 3.51 m, if the accuracy is 0.01 mm, then the
percentage error in the measurement is
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(a) 35.1% (b) 1% (c) 0.28% (d) 0.035%
5) Which of the following has the highest number of significant figures?
(a) 0.007 m2 (b) 2.64 x 1024kg
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6) If = 3.14, then the value of 2
πis
(a) 9.8596 (b) 9.860 (c) 9.86 (d) 9.9
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7) Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have same dimension?
(a) force and power (b) torque and energy (c) torque and power (d) force and torque
8) The dimensional formula of Planck's constant h is
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(a) [L] (b) [LT-1] (c) [LT-2] (d) [LT-3]
10) The dimensional formula for gravitational constant G is
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which unit of length is 10 em and unit of mass is 100 g, then the value of density of
material will be
(a) 0.04 (b) 0.4 (c) 40 (d) 400
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(a) length (b) time (c) velocity (d) force
14) Planck's constant (h), speed of light in vacuum (c) and Newton's gravitational
constant (G) are taken as three fundamental constants. Which of the following
combinations of these has the dimension of length?
(a)
√ hG
3
(b)
√ hG
5
(c) √ hcG
−−
(d)
−−
−
√ hGc
3
c 2 c 2 2
l=√ l = √ ϵnqkB T
−−−− −−−−−− −−−−−
l = √ nq
−−−−
nq ϵk B T
l=√ q
2 2 2
(a) ϵk B T (b) 2
(c) 2
(d)
en k B T
3
9 x 2 = 18
16) Assuming that the frequency y of a vibrating string may depend upon (i) applied force
(F) (ii) length (I) (ill) mass per unit length (m), prove that ∞ 1l F γ √
−−
m using dimensional
analysis.
17) Show that a screw gauge of pitch 1 mm and 100 divisions is more precise than a
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vernier caliper with 20 divisions on the sliding scale.
18) Having all units in atomic standards is more useful. Explain.
19) The Moon subtends an angle of 10 55' at the base line equal to the diameter of the
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earth. What is the distance of the Moon from the Earth? (Radius of the Earth is 6.4 x
106m)
20) Two resistances RI = (100 ± 3) Ω, R2 = (150 ± 2)Ω, are connected in series. What is
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their equivalent resistance?
21) Round - off the following numbers as indicated.
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a) 17.234 to 3 digits
b) 3.996 × 105 to 3 digits
c) 3.6925 × 10-3 to 2 digits
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d) 124783 to 5 digits.
22) State the number of significant figures in the following 0.007
23) State the number of significant figures in the following 0.0006032
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25) How will you measure the diameter of the Moon using parallax method?
26) Define precision and accuracy. Explain with one example.
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27) Show that ( −5/6 1/2 1/3 ) is of the dimension of time. Here P is the pressure, is ρ
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2 3
percentage error in Q.
29) Calculate the number of times a human heart beats in the life of 100 years old man.
Time of one heart beat = 0.8s.
30) Check the correctness of the following equation using dimensional analysis. Make a
comment on it. S = ut + 1/4at2 where s is the displacement, u is the initial velocity, t is
the time and a is the acceleration produced.
31) The velocity of a body is given by the equation v = b/t + ct2 + dt3. Find the
dimensional formula for b.
32) The voltage across a wire is (100 ± 5)V and the current passing through it is (10 ±
0.2) A. Find the resistance of the wire.
33) Arrive at Einstein's mass-energy relation by dimensional method (E = mc2).
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39) Using a Vernier Callipers, the length of a cylinder in different measurements is found
to be 2.36 cm, 2.27 cm, 2.26 cm, 2.28 cm, 2.31 cm, 2.28 cm and 2.29 cm. Find the
mean value, absolute error, the relative error and the percentage error of the cylinder.
40) Convert 76 cm of mercury pressure into Nm-2 using the method of dimensions.
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(a) Mass (b) length (c) momentum (d) magnitude of acceleration
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4) Two objects of masses m1 and m2 fall from the heights h1 and h2 respectively. The
ratio of the magnitude of their momenta when they hit the ground is
(a) √−−
h1
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m 1
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(d) m 1
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(a) increases (b) decreases
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then the height of the building is (ignoring air resistance) (g = 9.8 ms-2)
(a) 77.3 m (b) 78.4 m (c) 80.5 m (d) 79.2 m
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8) A ball is projected vertically upwards with a velocity v. It comes back to ground in time
t. Which v-t graph shows the motion correctly?
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from the same height, then the ratio of vertical distance covered by both objects at any
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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0.5
10) A ball is dropped from some height towards the ground. Which one of the following
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11) If a particle executes uniform circular motion in the xy plane in clock wise direction,
then the angular velocity is in
(a) +y direction (b) +z direction (c) -z direction (d) -x direction
12) If a particle executes uniform circular motion, choose the correct statement
(a) The velocity (b) The (c) The velocity and (d) The speed and
and speed are acceleration and acceleration are magnitude of acceleration
constant speed are constant. constant. are constant.
14) Two objects are projected at angles 30° and 60° respectively with respect to the
horizontal direction. The range of two objects are denoted as R30° and R60° Choose
the correct relation from the following.
R
(a) R30° =R60° (b) R30° =4R60° (c) R30° = 260° (d) R30° =2R60°
15) An object is dropped in an unknown planet from height 50 m, it reaches the ground in
2 s . The acceleration due to gravity in this unknown planet is
(a) g=20 ms-2 (b) g=25 ms-2 (c) g=15 ms-2 (d) g=30 ms-2
16) Which one of the following satatement is true?
(a) A scalar (b) A scalar quantity does (c) A scalar (d) A scalar quantity
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conserved in a another in apace never take -ve and no direction.
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r⃗ r⃗
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x - axis with x - axis y - axis y - axis
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19) The horizontal range of a projectile fired at an angle of 15° is 50 m. If it is fired with
the same speed at angle of 45°, its range will be
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20) A particle moves with uniform velocity. Which of the following statements about the
motion of the particle is true?
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is zero acceleration is to the velocity variable
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21) The velocity of a particle at an instant t is l0 m/s. After 5 s the velocity is 20 m/s. The
velocity, 3 seconds earlier was:
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velocity-time graph distance-time graph velocity-time graph distance-time graph
23) The slope of the velocity-time graph for retarded motion is:
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24) A train is moving towards east and a car is along north, both with same speed. The
passenger in the train is observed the car moving in which of the following direction?
(a) East-north (b) West-north (c) South-east (d) None of
direction direction direction these
25) Relative velocity of A with respect to B when A and B are in the opposite direction is:
(a) AV⃗ −V⃗ B (b) B V⃗ −V⃗ A (c) A V⃗ +V⃗ B (d) √−V−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
A
2
B
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26) Two projectiles P and Q are fired from 'the same point with same velocity at angles
30° and 60°. The horizontal range of:
(a) P is equal to Q (b) P is less than Q (c) P is greater than Q (d) none of the above
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27) A man wants to hit the target, he should point its rifle:
(a) higher than (b) lower than (c) in the same (d) nothing can be
target target direction said
28) Neglecting the air resistance, the time of flight of a projectile is determined by:
(a) uvertical (b) uhorizontal (c) u = u2horizontal (d) u = u(u2horizontal + u2horizontal)1/2
29) The time of flight is __________ the time taken to attain the maximum height:
(a) thrice (b) same (c) twice (d) four times
30) The angle of projection for a projectile to cover maximum range is:
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 0° (d) 45°
31) For a projectile, projected at an angle with the horizontal, the resultant velocity is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
√u−−
gt utg sinθ
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
2 + 2 2 −2 √u−−−−−−−
gt
2 + 2 2 √u −−
gt
−−−−−
2 − 2 2 √u
−−
gt
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
2 + 2 2 +2 utg sinθ
32) What is the vertical displacement of a body when it is projected at an angle with the
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33) The study of motion, without consideration of its cause is studied in______________.
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34) A motion of a shell fired from the gun is an example for_____________dimensional
motion.
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35) Length of the vector is always__________quantity.
(a) negative (b) positive (c) unit (d) zero
36) What is the resultant vectors, when 2 vectors are at right angles to each other?
(a) R √P Q
−−2−−−−−
(b) R=P+ Q (c) R=P-Q (d) R
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√Q
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37) Two vectors act along the mutually perpendicular directions are called______vectors.
(a) equal (b) opposite (c) orthogonal (d) orthogonal unit
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⃗ B AB
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(d) A
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= × (d) . = .
Ā B̄ Ā −B̄−−−−Ā−− B̄
42) If and are two vectors, . = × then resultant vector is:
(c) √A + B (d) √A + B + √2AB
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
(a) A+B (b) A-B 2 2 2 2
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45) The equation y = 8 2 2 represents:
2u
(a) the path of a freely (b) the path of a thrown (c) the path of a (d)
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46) A ball is thrown upwards at a certain angle with the horizontal and it returns to the
ground describing a parabolic path. Which of the following remains constant?
(a) Momentum (b) Kinetic energy (c) Vertical component (d) Horizontal component
of the ball of the ball of the velocity of the velocity
47) The angular speed of a fly-wheel making 120 revolutions/minute is:
(a) π rad/sec (b) 4π rad/sec (c) 2π rad/sec (d) 4π 2 rad/sec
48) What is the ratio of the angular speeds of the minute hand and second-hand of a
clock?
(a) 1: 12 (b) 12: 1 (c) 1: 60 (d) 60: 1
49) Dimension of angular velocity is:
(a) MLT-1 (b) M0L0T-1 (c) MLT-2 (d) M0L0T-2
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railway track the Earth. a plane. day.
4) A body is allowed to fall from a height of 100 m. If the time taken for the first 50m is t1,
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(a) t1 = t2 (b) t1 > t2 (c) t1 < t2 (d) depends upon the mass
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(a) straight line (b) circle (c) parabola (d) ellipse
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VR )
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V R⃗ V M⃗
9) Two stones of different masses are dropped simultaneously from the top of a building,
then:
(a) smaller (b) larger (c) both stones (d) which of the stones reach the
stone hit the stone hits the reach the ground ground earlier depends on the
ground earlier ground earlier simultaneously composition of the stone
10) During projectile motion the quantities that remain unchanged are:
(a) force and (b) acceleration and (c) kinetic energy and (d) acceleration and
vertical velocity horizontal velocity acceleration momentum
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14) The path of the projectile, projected horizontally is:
(a) hyperbola (b) parabola (c) straight line (d) circle
15) Which of the following is true regarding projectile motion?
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projectile is constant projectile is constant not constant is constant
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16) Kinematics deals with the motion of objects without taking____________into
accounts.
(a) mass (b) force
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17) A person performing a somersault is an example of__________motion.
(a) circular (b) vibratory (c) linear (d) rotational
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(a) vector (b) fundamental (c) scalar (d) both (a) and (b)
19) Vectors which acts along the same line are called:
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20) Resultant of the 2 vector is maximum when angle between them is:
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(a) Fleming's left (b) Fleming's right (c) Right handed (d) Left handed
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continuously
31) A body moving with a constant speed v in a circle of radius r. Its angular acceleration
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33) In non-uniform circular motion, particle will have ____________ and tangential
acceleration.
(a) centripetal (b) centrifugal (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)
34) Given A ⃗ = ^i + ^j + ^k B⃗ = 6^i + 9^j + 3^k
and which of the following statements is
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39) The ratio of the numerical values of the average velocity and average speed ofa body
is always:
(a) unity (b) unity or less (c) unity or more (d) less than unity
40) A particle has moved from one position to another position:
(a) its distance (b) its (c) neither distance nor (d) average
is zero displacement is displacement is zero velocity is zero
zero
41) Retardation means:
(a) decreases with (b) increases with (c) increases and (d) decreases and
time time decreases increases
42) Slope of displacement-time graph at any instant gives:
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43) Slope of velocity-time graph at any instant gives:
(a) speed (b) acceleration (c) retardation (d) velocity
44) The numerical ratio of displacement to distance is:
(a) < 1 (b) =1 (c) > 1 (d) ≤1
45) A passenger in the moving train tosses a coin. If the coin falls behind him, train must
be moving with:
(a) acceleration (b) deceleration (c) uniform speed (d) all the above
46) Apassenger in the moving train throws a coin. If the coin falls in front of him, train
must be moving with:
(a) uniform speed (b) acceleration (c) deceleration (d) uniform velocity
47) Which of the following changes when a particle is moving with uniform velocity?
(a) speed (b) velocity (c) acceleration (d) position vector
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48) An aeroplane is flying with a uniform, speed of 150 kmhr along the circumference of
a circle. The change in its velocity in half the revolution (in kmhr-1)is
(a) 150 (b) 200 (c) 100 (d) 300
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49) A lift, in which a boy is standing, moves upwards with a constant speed of 9.8 ms-1. If
the boy drops a coin from a height of 2.5 m, the time taken by it to reach the floor of
the lift is (g = 10 ms·-2)
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(a) √2s (b) s (c) √3s (d) s
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while flying at a height of
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dimension under the action of a force, is related to time 't' (in sec) by t = x + 3 . The
displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero, will be
(a) 4m (b) 0m(zero) (c) 6m (d) 2m
3) A particle moves a distance x in time t according to equation x = (I +5)-1. The
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4) A particle starts its motion from rest under the action of a constant force. If the
distance covered in first 10 seconds is S1 and that covered in the first 20 seconds is S2
,then
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(b) s2 s1 =
(c) s2 s1 (d) s2 =2 s1
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4 ms−2 ,in the third second is
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(a) 3 m (b) 3 m
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6) A car moves from X to Y with a uniform speed Vu and returns to Y with a uniform.
speed vd The average speed for this round trip is
√−−−−
(a) vu vd
v v
(b) vd d+vuu
v +v
(c) u 2 d
2v v
(d) v +d vu
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7) Two bodies A (of mass 1 kg) and B (of mass 3 kg) are dropped from heights of 16 m
and 25 m, respectively. The ratio of the time taken by them to reach the ground is
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travel before coming to rest?
(a) 16m (b) 24m (c) 40m (d) 56m
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9) A man throws balls with the same speed vertically upwards one after the other at
an interval of 2 seconds. what should be the speed of the throw so that more than two
bails are in the sky at any time ? (Given g=9.8m/s2)
(a) more than 19.6 (b) at least 9.8 (c) any speed less than (d) only with speed
m/s m/s 19.6m/s 19.6 m/s
10) A particle is thrown vertically upward. Its velocity at half of the height is 10 m/s, then
the maximum height attained by it (g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 8m (b) 6m (c) 10m (d) 16m
11) A car moving with a speed of 40 krn/h can be stopped by applying brakes after at
least 2 m. If the same car is moving with a speed of 80 km/h, what is the minimum
stopping distance?
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12) If a car at rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of 144 krn/h in 20 sec, it covers a
distance of
(a) 1440cm (b) 2980cm (c) 20m (d) 400m
13) A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time after which it
decelerates at a constant rate β and comes to rest. If total time elapsed is t, then
maximum velocity acquired by car will be
2 2 2 2
(α −β )t (α +β )t (α+β)t α−βt
(a) (b) (c) (d) αβ
αβ αβ αβ
14) The velocity of train increases uniformly from 2o km/h to 60 km/h in 4 hours. The
distance travelled by the train during this period is
(a) 160km (b) 180km (c) 100km (d) 120km
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(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 7
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(a) 60m (b) 45m (c) 80m (d) 50m
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17) A car moves a distance of 200 m.lt covers the first half of the distance at speed 40
km/ h and the second half of distance at speed v. The average speed is 48 km/h. The
value of v is
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18) A car covers the first half of the distance between two places at 40 km/h and another
half ar 60 km/h. The average speed of the car is
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19) A car is moving along a straight road with a uniform acceleration. It passes through
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two points P and Q separated by a distance with. velocity 30 km/h and 40 km/h
respectively. The velocity of the car midway between P and Q is
(a) 33.3km/h (b) 20√2 km/h (c) 25√2km/h (d) 35km/h
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33) The resultant of ⃗ + ⃗ acts along x-axis. If A = 2^ − 3^ + 2^ then B is
i j k
(a) −2^ + ^ + ^ (b) 3^ − 2^ j k (c) −2^ − 3^ i j
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34) If a vector ⃗ = 3^ + 2^ then what is 4A
(a) 12 i + 8^
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(b) 0.75^ + 0.5^ j (c) 3^ + 2^ i j
(d) 7^ + 2^ i j
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(a) 0o (b) 90o (c) 180o (d) 270o
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(a) B⃗ × A⃗ A B
(b) ⃗ + ⃗ B A
(c) −( ⃗ × )⃗ (d) ⃗ − ⃗ A B
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(a) vector (b) scalar (c) tensor (d) collinear
38) The vector product of two non-zero vectors will be minimum when is equal to θ
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39) The product of a vector with itself is equal to
(d) A2
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acceleration are
(a) parallel to each (b) perpendicular to (c) anti-parallel to (d) depends on its
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|P ⃗ × Q⃗ | = |P .⃗ Q⃗ |
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, then angle between and will be Q⃗
(a) 0 (b) 45o (c) 90o (d) 180o
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r +→
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r +→
1 r
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(a) average (b) average (c) instantaneous (d) instantaneous
speed velocity speed velocity
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(a) acceleration (b) force (c) torque (d) momentum
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55) The magnitude of distance is always
(a) positive (b) negative (c) either positive (or) negative (d) zero
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the velocities VA and VB respectively, then relative velocity is
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1 The average speed of car during the total journey is
(a) 70 ms-1 (b) 15 ms-1 (c) 13.33 ms-1 (d) 7.5 ms-1
59) A swimmer can swim in still water at of 10 ms-1. While crossing a river his average
speed is 6 ms-1. If he crosses the river in the shortest possible time, what is the speed
of flow of water?
(a) 16 ms-1 (b) 4 ms-1 (c) 60 ms-1 (d) 8 ms-1
60) The slope of displacement-time graph gives
(a) velocity (b) acceleration (c) force (d) displacement
61) The slope of velocity-time graph gives
(a) velocity (b) acceleration (c) force (d) displacement
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62) An object is moving in a straight line with uniform acceleration a, the velocity-time
relation is
(a) u = v + at (b) v = u + at (c) v2 = u2 + a2t2 (d) v2 - u2 = at
63) An object is moving in a straight line with uniform acceleration, the displacement-time
relation is
=
(a) S ut 2 12 at 2 + = −
(b) S ut 12 at 2 = +
(c) S ut 12 at 2 (d) S = ut - at2
64) An object falls from a height h (h < < R), the speed of the object when it reaches the
ground is
1
(a) 2 gt 2 (b) √−−
gt (c) gh (d) √−2−−
gh
65) In the absence of air resistance, horizontal velocity of the projectile is
(a) always negative (b) equal to 'g' (c) directly proportional to g (d) a constant
66) In oblique projection time of flight of a projectile is
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u2 sin2 θ 2u sin θ 2 sin 2θ 2
(a) 2g (b) (c) u g (d) ug
2g
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u2 sin 2θ u2
(a) u sin 2u sin θ
2 2θ
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(a) Speed changes (b) Velocity changes (c) both speed and (d) both speed and
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69) A compartment of an uniformly moving train is suddenly detached from the train and
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distance covered by the train in the given time
(a) both will be (b) second will be half of (c) first will be half of (d)
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70) Lety = f(x) is a function. Its maxima (or) minima can be obtained by
d2 y
dy
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(a) 1: 2: 3 (b) 1: 3: 5 (c) 1: 4: 9 (d) 9: 4: 1
72) For a particle, revolving in a circle with speed, the acceleration of the particle is
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73) A gun fires two bullets with same velocity at 60° and 30° with horizontal. The bullets
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is in the ratio of
(a) 1: 2 (b) 3: 1 (c) 2: 1 (d) 1: 3
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74) Two projectiles of same mass and with same velocity are thrown at an angle of 60°
and 30° with the horizontal then which of the following will remain same?
(a) time of flight (b) range of projectile (c) maximum height reached (d) all the above
75) The angle for which maximum height and horizontal range are same for a projectile is
(a) 32o (b) 48o (c) 76o (d) 84o
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displacement vector ( ) and draw the 1 , 2 and vector in a two dimensional
cartesian coordinate system.
5) Convert the vector r ⃗ = 3^i + 2^j
into a unit vector.
6) The following graphs represent velocity - time graph. Identify what kind of motion a
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8) A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of the water
coming out of the fountain is v, calculate the total area around the fountain that gets
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9) The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to vector A and its magnitude is
equal to half of the magnitude of vector B. Then the angle between A and B is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 150° (d) 120°
10) Calculate tha area of the triangle for which to of its sides are given by the vectors
A ⃗ = 5^i − 3^j, B⃗ = 4^i − 6^j
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11) A object is thrown with initial speed 5 m S-1 with an angle of projection 30 . What is
the height and range reached by the particle?
12) If an object is thrown horizontally with an initial speed 10ms-1 from the top of a
building of height 100 m. What is the horizontal distance covered by the particle?
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A⃗ A⃗
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A ⃗ = 2^i + 3^j and B⃗ = 4^i − 5^j
(i)
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21) Compare the components for the following vector equations
(a) F ⃗ = ma⃗
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22) Compare the components of vector equation F 1⃗ + F 2⃗ + F 3⃗ = F 4⃗
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24) A gun is fired from a place which is at distance 1.2 km from a hill. The echo of the
sound is heard back at the same place of firing after 8 second. Find the speed of
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sound.
25) An iron ball and a feather are both falling from a height of 10m
(a) What are the time taken by the iron ball and feather to reach the ground?
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(Ignore air resistance and take g = 10m s-2)
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5) What are the resultants of the vector product of two given vectors given by
A ⃗ = 4^i − 2^j + ^kand B⃗ = 5^i + 3^j − 4^k
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6) The following graphs represent velocity - time graph. Identify what kind of motion a
particle undergoes in each graph.
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8) The following table gives the range of a particle when thrown on different planets. All
the particles are thrown at the same angle with the horizontal and with the same initial
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speed. Arrange the planets in ascending order according to their acceleration due to
gravity, (g value).
Planet Range
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Jupiter 50 m
Earth 75 m
Mars 90 m
Mercury95 m
9) Compare the components for the following vector equations
(a)T j ⃗ − mg^j = ma^j
(b) T ⃗ + F ⃗ = A ⃗ + B⃗
(c) T ⃗ − F ⃗ = A ⃗ − B⃗
(d) T j ⃗ + mg^j = ma^j
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motion. Write an expression for this position vector.
18) Given the vector A ⃗ = 2^i + 3^j A⃗
what is 3 ?
19) Given two vectors A ⃗ = 2^i + 4^j + 5^
k and B⃗ = ^i + 3^j + 6^k . Find the product A.⃗ B,⃗
and the magnitudes of A ⃗ and B⃗ . What is the angle between them?
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20) Two vectors are given as r ⃗ = 2^i + 3^j + 5^k and F ⃗ = 3^i − 2^j + 4^k Find the
resultant vector τ ⃗ = r ⃗ × F ⃗ .
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22) Find the derivative with respect to t, of the function x = Ao + A1t + A2t2 where
A0, A1and A2 are constants.
23) An object is thrown vertically downward. What is the acceleration experienced by
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24) A train 100 m long is moving with a speed of 60 km h-1. In how many seconds will it
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6) Write the condition for the maximum horizontal range.
7) Define centripetal acceleration.
8) What are the two quantities which have maximum values when the maximum
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9) Show that 'Rest' and 'Motion' are relative term.
10) Draw the diagram for Right handed co-ordinate system and explain the same.
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12) What is position vector? Explain.
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13) Write the relation between summation and integration.
14) Distinguish between average velocity and average speed.
15) Define relative velocity.
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16) Define free fall.
17) Define horizontal range.
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18) A force is inclined at 60° to the horizontal. If the horizontal component of force i.s 40
kg wt, calculate the vertical component.
19) Define non-uniform motion.
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20) Two vectors A ⃗ = ^i + 2^j + 2^k and B⃗ = ^i + 3^j + 6^k Find angle between them.
21) Two forces equal to P and 2P newton act on a particle. If the first be doubled and the
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6)What is meant by point mass and give suitable example?
7)What are the different types of vectors?
8)Define (i) unit vector, (ii) Orthogonal unit vectors.
A⃗ B⃗
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9)Two vectors and of magnitude 5 units and 7 units make an angle 60° with each
A ⃗ B⃗
other. Find the magnitude of the difference vector - and its direction with respect
A⃗
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A ⃗ B⃗
10) Two vectors and are given in the component form as A ⃗ = 5^i + 7^j − 4^k
and
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11) A person initially at rest starts to walk 2 m towards north, then 1 m towards east, then
5 m towards south and then 3 m towards west. What is the position vector of the
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person at the end of the trip?
12) An athlete covers 3 rounds on a circular track of radius 50 m. Calculate the total
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14) The velocity of three particles A, B, C are given below. Which particle travels at the
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greatest speed?
v→A = 3^i + 5^j + 2^k
→
VB = ^i + 2^j + 3^k
→
VC = 5^i + 3^j + 4^k
15) Consider two masses of 10g and 1 kg moving with the same speed 10ms-1.Calculate
the magnitude of the momentum.
16) A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that its coordinates x varies with time
't' according to the equation x = 2 - 5t + 6t2. What is the initial velocity of the particle?
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in the non uniform circular motion.
6) What do you mean by motion in one, two and three dimensions?
7) What is meant by Collinear vector? Explain them.
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8) What do you mean by rectangular component of a vector? Explain how a vector can
be resolved into two rectangular components in a plane?
9) What are the unit vectors along the negative x-direction, negative y-direction, and
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negative z-direction?
10) Determine the position vectors for the following particles which are located at points
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P, Q, R, S.
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11) Assume your school is located 2 km away from your home. In the morning you are
going to school and in the evening you come back home. In this entire trip what is the
distance travelled and the displacement covered?
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12) Calculate the displacement vector for a particle moving from a point P to Q as shown
below. Calculate the magnitude of displacement.
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= 2 ^ + 3 ^ − 5^
13) The position vector of a particle is given r ti
2
t j k
(a) Calculate the velocity and speed of the particle at any instant t
(b) Calculate the velocity and speed of the particle at time t = 2 s.
15) A train was moving at the rate of 54 km h-1 when brakes were applied. It came to rest
within a distance of 225 m. Calculate the retardation produced in the train.
16) Suppose two cars A and B are moving with uniform velocities with respect to ground
along parallel tracks and in the same direction. Let the velocities of A and B be 35 km
h-1 due east and 40 km h-1 due east respectively. What is the relative velocity of car B
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17) Consider two trains A and B moving along parallel tracks with the same velocity in the
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same direction. Let the velocity of each train be 50 km h-1 due east. Calculate the
relative velocities of the trains.
18) A swimmer's speed in the direction of flow of a river is 12 km h-1. Against the
direction of flow ofthe river the swimmer's speed is 6 km h-1.Calculate the swimmer's
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speed in still water and the velocity of the river flow.
19) The position vector for a particle is represented be r⃗ = 3 ^ + 5 ^ + 6^
2 k , find tht
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velocity and speed of the particle at t = 3 sec?
20) A particle moves in a circle of radius 10m. Its linear speed is given by v = 3t where 1is
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4) When an object is moving with veritable acceleration then the object possesses
different accelerations at different instants. The acceleration of the object at a given
instant of time or at a given point of motion is called instantaneous acceleration.
5) Write an expression for an acceleration rectangular components.
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6) Derive the expression for a body projected horizontally?
7) Find the expressions tangential acceleration.
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8) Derive an expression for the centripetal acceleration of a body moving in a circular
path of radius 'r' with uniform speed.
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9) A bullet going with speed 350 m/s enters in a concrete wall and penetrates a distance
of 5 cm before coming to rest. Find the deceleration.
10) If the resultant of two equal forces is√3 times a single force, find the angle between
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the forces.
11) A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity u making an angle θ. Derive the
expression for time of the flight.
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12) Distinguish between kinetic equation for linear and angular motion.
13) Find a vector whose length is 7 and which is perpendicular to each of the vectors
A ⃗ = 2^i − 3^j + 6^k
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B⃗ = ^i + ^j − ^k
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14) A bus travels 6 km towards north at an angle of 45o to the east and then travels 4 km
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towards north at an angle of 135o to the east. How far is its final position, due east and
due north? How far is the point from the starting point? What angle does the straight
line joining its initial and final position makes with the east?
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15) If the speed ot.a particle is v = 10t2m/s. Find out distance covered from t = 2s to t =
5s.
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16) A boy takes 2 second to reach the maximum speed of 18 km/h from rest. What is the
magnitude of his average acceleration?
17) Which is greater the angular velocity of hour hand of a watch or angular velocity of
earth around its own axis? Give their ratio?
18) The displacement of a body is proportional to t3, where t is time elapsed. What is the
nature of acceleration -time graph of the body?
19) What will be the effect on horizontal range of a projectile when its initial velocity is
doubled keeping angle of projection same?
20) A person sitting in a train moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically upwards.
How will the ball appear to move to an observer.
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3) If a particle executes uniform circular motion, choose the correct statement
(a) The velocity (b) The (c) The velocity and (d) The speed and
and speed are acceleration and acceleration are magnitude of acceleration
constant speed are constant. constant. are constant.
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4) If an object is thrown vertically up with the initial speed u from the ground, then the
time taken by the object ' to return back to ground is
d
2 2
(a) 2ug (b) ug (c) 2ug (d) 2gu
5) An object is dropped in an unknown planet from height 50 m, it reaches the ground in
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2 s . The acceleration due to gravity in this unknown planet is
(a) g=20 ms-2 (b) g=25 ms-2 (c) g=15 ms-2 (d) g=30 ms-2
6) The length of a vector is _______________
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(a) always a negative (b) always a positive (c) either positive or (d) denoted by
quantity quantity negative 'λ '
7) Distance is a scalar quantity and ______________ is a vector.
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9) The slope of the velocity-time graph for retarded motion is:
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10) Two stones of different masses are dropped simultaneously from the top of a building,
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then:
(a) smaller (b) larger (c) both stones (d) which of the stones reach the
stone hit the stone hits the reach the ground ground earlier depends on the
ground earlier ground earlier simultaneously composition of the stone
11) An aeroplane is flying at a constant horizontal velocity of 600 km/hr at an elevation of
6 km towards a point directly above the target on the earth's surface. At an appropriate
time, the pilot releases a ball so that it strikes the target at the earth. The ball will
appear to be falling:
(a) on a (b) vertically along a (c) on a parabolic path (d) on a zig-zag
parabolic path straight path as seen by an as seen by an observer path as Seen by
at seen by pilot observer on the ground on the ground near the pilot in the
in the plane near the target target plane'
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12) For a projectile, projected at an angle with the horizontal, the resultant velocity is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
√−u−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− − √−u−−−−−
2 + g 2 t2 − 2utg sinθ 2 + g 2 t−2 √−
u−−−−−
2 − g 2 t−2 √−
u−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− −
2 + g 2 t2 + 2utg sinθ
13) Electric charge is an example for_________quantity.
(a) vector (b) fundamental (c) scalar (d) both (a) and (b)
14) Which of the following rule is applied to know the direction of the vector product?
(a) Fleming's left (b) Fleming's right (c) Right handed (d) Left handed
hand rule hand rule screw rule screw rule
15) If for two vectorsĀ, B̄ Ā × B̄ = 0then the vectors are:
(a) perpendicular to each (b) parallel to each (c) act at an angle (d) act at an angle
other other 60° 30°
9 x 2 = 18
16) Explain what is meant by Cartesian coordinate system?
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17) Write a short note on vector product between two vectors.
18) What are the resultants of the vector product of two given vectors given by
A ⃗ = 4^i − 2^j + ^kand B⃗ = 5^i + 3^j − 4^k
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19) An object at an angle such that the horizontal range is 4 times of the maximum
height. What is the angle of projection of the object?
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20) A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of the water
coming out of the fountain is v, calculate the total area around the fountain that gets
wet.
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21) The following table gives the range of a particle when thrown on different planets. All
the particles are thrown at the same angle with the horizontal and with the same initial
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speed. Arrange the planets in ascending order according to their acceleration due to
gravity, (g value).
Planet Range
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Jupiter 50 m
Earth 75 m
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Mercury95 m
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22) A object is thrown with initial speed 5 m S-1 with an angle of projection 30 . What is
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the object?
9 x 3 = 27
25) How do you deduce that two vectors are perpendicular?
26) What is the difference between velocity and average velocity
27) Define angular displacement and angular velocity.
28) Write down the expression for angle made by resultant acceleration and radius vector
in the non uniform circular motion.
29) A bullet going with speed 350 m/s enters in a concrete wall and penetrates a distance
of 5 cm before coming to rest. Find the deceleration.
30) Assume your school is located 2 km away from your home. In the morning you are
going to school and in the evening you come back home. In this entire trip what is the
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thrown at an oblique angle θ with respect to the horizontal direction.
37) Derive the expression for centripetal acceleration.
38) Consider the function Y = x2. Calculate the derivative dy using the concept of limit.
dx
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39) A swimmer moves across the Cauvery river of 750 m wide. The velocity of the
⃗
swimmer relative to water (v sw) is 1.5 ms-1 and directed perpendicular to the water
⃗
current. The velocity of water relative to the bank (vwb) is 1 ms-1. Calculate the
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(a) velocity of the swimmer with respect to the bank of the river (vsb).
(b) time taken by the swimmer to cross the Cauvery river.
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40) A monkey hangs on a tree. A hunter aims a gun at the monkey and fires the
bullet with velocity Vo which makes angle αo with horizontal direction. At the
instant gun fires, monkey leaves the branch and falls straight down to escape from the
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bullet as shown in the figure. Will bullet hit the monkey or will the monkey escape the
bullet? (ignore air resistance)
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Moon simultaneously, when will they reach the ground and at what speed? (g = 10m s-
2)
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shown in the figure.The minimum value of the force F is
(a) Less than mg (b) Equal to mg (c) Greater than mg (d) Cannot determine
3) A vehicle is moving along the positive x direction, if sudden brake is applied, then
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(a) frictional force acting (b) frictional force acting (c) no frictional (d) frictional
on the vehicle is along on the vehicle is along force acts on force acts in
negative x direction
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direction
4) A book is at rest on the table which exerts a normal force on the book. If this force is
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considered as reaction force, what is the action force according to Newton's third law?
(a) Gravitational force (b) Gravitational force (c) Normal force (d) None
exerted by Earth on the exerted by the book on exerted by the book on of the
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their acceleration a1 is
2
(a) 1 (b) less than 1 (c) greater than 1 (d) all the three cases
6) Choose appropriate free body diagram for the particle experiencing net acceleration
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along negative y direction. (Each arrow mark represents the force acting on the
system).
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experience
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10) An object of mass m begins to move on the plane inclined at an angle θ. The
coefficient of static friction of inclined surface is μs.The maximum static friction
experienced by the mass is
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11) When the object is moving at constant velocity on the rough surface
(a) net force on the (b) no force acts (c) only external force (d) only kinetic friction
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12) When an object is at rest on "the inclined rough surface
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frictions acting on the zero but kinetic zero and kinetic kinetic frictions
object is zero friction is not zero friction is zero are not zero
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13) The centrifugal force appears to exist
(a) only in inertial (b) only in (c) in any (d) both in inertial and non-
frames rotating frames accelerated frame inertial frames
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are action reaction forces is a from act away from the center in a circular
pairs natural gravitational motion.
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15) If a person moving from pole to equator, the centrifugal force acting on him
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16) Physical independence of force is a consequence of
(a) III law of motion (b) I law (c) II law (d) All
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is given an acceleration a to keep the block stationary. Then a is equal to
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(a) g cosec ∝ (b) g (c) tan α (d) g tan ∝
23) 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
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plane. It follows that
(a) Its acceleration is (b) Its velocity is (c) Its K.E. is (d) It moves in a
constant constant contatnt straight line
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(a) Force (b) Momentum (c) Energy (d) Acceleration
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(a) Force (b) Impulse (c) Velocity (d) K.E
26) A body is moving in a circle with uniform speed v. In moving from a point to another
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(a) The momentum (b) K.E. changes (c) The momentum (d) K.E changes
changes by mv by 1/2mv2 changes by 2mv by mv2
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27) A body of mass 3 kg moves with an acceleration 2ms-2. The change in momentum in
one second is
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28) If a reaction is R and coefficient of friction is μ, what is work done against friction in
moving a body by distance d?
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(a) 2 μRd (b) 4 (c) μRd (d) 2
29) A car when passes through a bridge exerts a force on it which is equal to
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(b) Mv 2
r (c) −
mg Mv 2
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30) A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always
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perpendicular to the velocity of the particle. The motion of the particle takes place in
the plane. It follows that
(a) The speed of the (b) The motion is (c) The acceleration of (d) The velocity of
particle is constant. that of projectile. the particle is constant. the particle is
constant
31) A bullet is fired from a rifle. If the rifle recoils freely, then the K.E. of the rifle is
(a) Less than that (b) Equal or less than (c) More than that (d) Same as that
of the bullet. that of the bullet. of the bullet of the bullet
32) A body of mass M moving with velocity V explodes into two equal parts. If one comes
to rest and the other body moves with velocity v, what is the value of v?
(a) V (b) V/√ 2 (c) 4V (d) 2V
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33) A block has been placed on an inclined plane with the slope angle ፀ, block slides
down the plane at constant speed. The coefficient of kinetic friction is equal to
(a) sin ፀ (b) cos ፀ (c) g (d) tan ፀ
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34) A rocket with a lift off mass 2.5 104kg is blast upward with an initial acceleration of
5m/s2Then the initial thrust of the blast is
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(a) 1.75 105N ×
(b) 7 105N ×
(c) 37.5 105N ×
(d) 14 105N
35) A simple pendulum is set up in a trolley which is moving with an acceleration 'a' on a
horizontal plane. Then the thread of the pendulum in the mean position makes an
angle with the vertical equal to
(a) tan-1(a/g) in the (b) tan-1(a/g) in the (c) tan-1(g/a) in the (d) tan-1(g/a) in
forward direction backward direction forward direction the backward
direction
36) A marble block of mass 3 kg lying on ice when given a velocity of 5 ms-1is stopped by
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(a) 0.01 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.03 (d) 0.06
37) A particle revolves round a circular pattern. The acceleration of the particle is
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(a) Velocity (b) Radius (c) Mass of the particle (d) a&c
38) A stone tied to a string is rotated with a uniform speed in vertical plane. If mass of the
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stone is m, length of the string is r and linear speed of the stone is v, then tension in
the string, when the stone is at its lowest point is
2
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(a) mg (b) mvr − mg (c) mvr +
(d) mvr mg
39) If μs is Coefficient of static friction and μk is coefficient of kinetic friction then
(a) There is no relation between μs and μk (b) μs > μk (c) μs = μk (d) μs < μk
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40) In a rocket, the fuel burns at the rate of 1kg s-1. This fuel burnt eject gases at a speed
of 90 km s-1. The force exerted on the rocket is,
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(a) 3.26 ms-2 (b) 2.26 ms-2 (c) 1.26 ms-2 (d) 4.26 ms-2
42) A body of mass 2 kg rests an a horizontal lane. It the angle of friction is 45°. The last
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44) A ball of 300 g mass moving with a speed of 20 m/s rebounds after striking normally a
perfectly elastic wall. The change in momentum of a ball is
(a) 12 kg ms-1 (b) -12 kg ms-1 (c) 6 kg ms-1 (d) -6 kg ms-1
45) A constant retarding force of 60 N is applied to a body of mass 25 kg moving with a
speed of 20 ms-1 How long does the body take to stop?
(a) 8.33 seconds (b) 7.58 seconds (c) 4 seconds (d) 5.8 seconds
46) A body of mass 30 kg climbs on a rope. The boy climbs up with an acceleration of 5
ms-2 What is the tension of a rope?
(a) 250 N (b) 540 N (c) 312 N (d) 444 N
47) How many degrees make a one newton?
(a) 102 dyne (b) 202 dyne (c) 105 dyne (d) 205 dyne
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48) A force of 2 N is inclined to the horizontal at an angle of 45°. What is the component
of force along x-direction?
(a) Zero (b) 1 N (c) 2 N (d) 2.5 N
49) No force is required for
(a) an object (b) an object moving in (c) an object moving (d) an object
moving in circular straight line with constant with constant moving in elliptical
motion. velocity. acceleration. pattern
50) A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically into
air, the ball falls
(a) exactly in the hand (b) outside (c) in the car ahead of (d) in the car behind
of thrower the car the person the person
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3) A man getting down a running bus falls forward:
(a) due to inertia (b) due to inertia of motion upper (c) as he (d) due to the
of rest, road is part of body continues to be in motionleans combined effect of
left behind and in forward direction while feet come forward as all the three factors
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man reaches to rest as soon as they touch the a matter of stated in (a), (b)
forward road habit and (c)
4) A rider on horse fall back when horse starts running all of a sudden because
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back of falling with the horse these
5) Newton's first law of motion describes the following:
(a) energy (b) work (c) inertia (d) moment of inertia
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(a) Flight of a(b) A cricket player lowering his hands (c) Walking (d) Rebouncing of a
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(a) the ground exerts (b) he exerts on the (c) the wagon exerts (d) the exerts on the
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observer observer rest only Uniform speed only
19) Newton's second and third laws of motion lead to the conservation of:
(a) linear momentum (b) angular momentum (c) potential energy (d) kinetic energy
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(a) its acceleration (b) its momentum (c) its kinetic energy (d) its potential energy
is doubled is doubled is doubled is doubled
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(a) conservation of (b) conservation (c) conservation (d) conservation of
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linear momentum of mass of energy angular momentum
22) Newton's second and third laws of motion lead to the conservation of:
(a) linear momentum (b) angular momentum (c) potential energy (d) kinetic energy
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23) A large force is acting on a body for a short time. The impulse imparted is equal to the
change in:
(a) acceleration (b) momentum (c) energy (d) velocity
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35) When two surfaces are coated with a lubricant, then they:
(a) stick to each (b) slide upon each (c) roll upon each (d) none of
other other other these
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36) A boy presses a book against the front wall such that the book does not move. The
force of friction between the wall and the book is:
(a) towards right (b) towards left (c) downwards (d) upwards
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37) With increase of temperature, the frictional force acting between two surfaces:
(a) increases (b) remains the same (c) decreases (d) becomes zero
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38) A body is moving in a circular path with acceleration a. If its velocity gets doubled, find
the ratio of acceleration after and before the change
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 14 : 1 (c) 2:1 (d) 4:1
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39) When a stone lied to the end of a string whirled in a circular path, the centripetal force
is provided by the:
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stone force string string
40) When a car is turning around a corner, the person sitting inside the car:
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down force force force
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acceleration is:
(a) vr (b) vr (c) zero (d) v2
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42) When a body moving in circular path is subjected to a force acting towards the centre
of its path it possess
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(a) 52 N (b) 65 N (c) 45 N (d) 72 N
50) A gun fires bullets each of mass 1 g with a velocity of 10 ms! by exerting a constant
force of 5 g weight. Then the number of bullets fired per second is (g = 10 ms-2)
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mass of 25kg is suspended from it but will break if the mass exceeds 25 kg. What is
the maximum acceleration with which the monkey can climb up along the rope ?(g =
10 m/s2)
(a) 5 m/s2 (b) 10 m/s2 (c) 25 m/s2 (d) 2.5 m/s2
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m = 0.5, if a horizontal force of 100 N acting on it then acceleration of the block will be
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4) A cricketer catches a ball of mass 150 gm in 0.1 see moving with speed 20 m/s, then
he experiences force of
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5) A mass of I kg is suspended by a thread. It is
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breaking strength is 75% of the weight of the monkey, the minimum acceleration with
which monkey can slide down without branch is
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of the gas ejected per second to supply the thrust needed to overcome the weight of
rocket is
(a) 117.6 kg s-1 (b) 58.6 kg s-1 (c) 6 kg s-1 (d) 76.4 kg s-1
9) Starting from rest, a body slides down a 45° inclined plane in twice the time it takes to
slide, down the same distance in the absence of friction. The coefficient of friction
between the body and the inclined plane is
(a) 0.80 (b) 0.75 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.33
10) Who decoupled the motion and force?
(a) Galileo (b) Aristotle (c) Newton (d) Joule
11) When a bus starts to move from rest, the passengers experience a sudden backward
push is an example for
(a) Inertia of motion (b) Inertia of direction (c) Inertia of rest (d) back pull
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12) If the brake is applied in the moving bus suddenly, passengers move forward is an
example for
(a) Inertia of motion (b) Inertia of direction (c) Inertia of rest (d) back pull
13) Newtons laws are applicable in
(a) Inertial frame (b) non inertial frame (c) in any frame (d) none
14) The product of mass and velocity is
(a) force (b) impulse (c) momentum (d) acceleration
15) Unit of momentum
(a) kg ms-2 (b) kg ms-1 (c) M L T-2 (d) M L T-1
16) The action and reaction forces acting on
(a) same (b) different (c) either same or different (d) none of the
body bodies bodies above
17) Newton's first law of motion gives the concept of
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18) Newton's second law gives
dP ⃗ dP ⃗
(a) F ∞ ⃗ (b) F ⃗ = dt (c) F ⃗ = m❝ (d) all the above
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19) If same force is acting on two masses m1 and m2, and the accelerations of two bodies
are a1 and a2 respectively, then
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(a) a21 = m21 (b) a12 = m12 (c) a12 = m21 (d) m1 a1 + m2a2 = 0
20) Rain drops come down with
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(a) zero acceleration and (b) zero velocity with non (c) zero acceleration and (d)
non zero velocity zero acceleration non zero net force none
21) If force is the cause then the effect is
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22) The speed of an object sliding in an inclined plane at the bottom is
(a) mg cos θ √ −−−−−−−−
2 sg sin θ √ −−−−−−−−
2 sg cos θ √−−−−−−−−
2 sg tan θ
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24) Three masses is in contact as shown. If force Fis applied to mass m1 , the
acceleration of three masses is
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F m1 F (m2 +m3 )F mF
(a) m +m +m (b) (c) (d) m +m3 +m
1 2 3 (m1 +m2 +m3 ) (m1 +m2 +m3 ) 1 2 3
25) Two masses connected with a string. When a force F is applied on mass m2. The
acceleration produced is
F F m1 +m2 m1 −m2
(a) m +m (b) m −m (c) F (d)
1 2 1 2 F
26) If a block of mass m lying on a frictionless inclined plane of length L, height h and
angle of inclination θ , then the time take taken to reach the bottom is
(a) g sing θ (b) sing θ √ −−
2h
g (c) sing θ −g−
2h
√ (d) 1
sin θ
−−
2h
g √
27) A bomb at rest explodes. The total momentum of all its fragments is
29) If the lines of forces act in the same plane, they can be
(a) concurrent (b) coplanar (c) either concurrent force or (d) Lami's
forces forces coplanar forces force
30) The velocity with which a gun suddenly moves backward after firing is
(a) linear velocity (b) positive velocity (c) recoil velocity (d) v1 + v2
31) The unit of impulse is
(a) Nm (b) Ns (c) Nm2 (d) Ns-2
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(a) concurrent force (b) frictional force (c) impulsive force (d) coplanar force
33) When the object is at rest the resultant of gravitational force and upward normal force
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34) The magnitude of static frictional force fs lies between
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35) The static friction does not depend upon
(a) the area of (b) normal
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36) Which of the following pairs of materials has minimum amount of coefficient of static
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(a) Glass and glass (b) wood and wood (c) ice and ice (d) steel and steel
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41) The origin of the centripetal force can be
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42) When a car is moving on a circular track the centripetal force is due to
(a) gravitational force (b) frictional force (c) magnetic force (d) elastic force
43) If the road is horizontal then the normal force and gravitational force are
(a) equal and along the (b) equal and (c) unequal and along the (d) unequal and
same direction opposite same direction opposite
44) Orgin of centrifugal force is due to
(a) interaction between two (b) (c) electromagnetic (d) inertial
objects inertia interaction frame
45) Centripetal force acts in
(a) inertial frame (b) non inertial frame (c) both (a) and (b) (d) linear motion
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6) A spider of mass 50 g is hanging on a string of a cob web. What is the tension in the
string?
7) The physics books are stacked on each other in the sequence: +1 volumes 1 and 2;
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a) Identify the forces acting on each book and draw the free body diagram.
b) Identify the forces exerted by each book on the other
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pulley fixed at the corner of the table as shown in the figure. The coefficient of
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static friction of mass m1 with the table is μs, Calculate the minimum mass m3 that may
be placed on m1 to prevent it from sliding.Check if m1=15 kg, m2=10 kg,m3= 25 and μs
= 0.2
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10) A stone of mass 2 kg is attached to a string of length 1meter. The string can withstand
maximum tension 200 N. What is the maximum speed that stone can have during the
whirling motion?
11) Two bodies of masses 15 kg and 10 kg are connected with light string kept on a
smooth surface. A horizontal force F=500 N is applied to a 15 kg as shown in the
figure. Calculate the tension acting in the string
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the direction of force acting on the particle?
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21) The position of the particle is represented by y=ut- 1 gt2
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24) Find the maximum speed at which a car can turn round a curve of 36 m radius on a
level road. Given the coefficient of friction between the tyre and the road is 0.53.
25) Consider two objects of masses 5 kg and 20 kg which are initially at rest. A force 100
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4) Can we predict the direction of motion of a body from the direction of force on it?
5) A force of 50N act on the object of mass 20 kg. shown in the figure. Calculate the
acceleration of the object in x and y directions.
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6) A bob attached to the string oscillates back and forth. Resolve the forces acting on the
bob into components. What is the acceleration experience by the bob at an angle ፀ
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8) A football player kicks a 0.8 kg ball and imparts it a velocity 12 ms-1 The contact
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between the foot and ball is only for one sixtieth of a second. Find the average kicking
force.
9) Imagine that the gravitational force between Earth and Moon is provided by an
invisible string that exists between the Moon and Earth. What is the tension that exists
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in this invisible string due to Earth's centripetal force? (Mass of the Moon = 7.34 1022
10) People often say "For every action there is an equivalent opposite reaction". Here
they meant 'action of a human'. Is it correct to apply Newton's third law to human
actions? What is mean by 'action' in Newton third law? Give your arguments based on
Newton's laws.
11) A long stick rests on the surface. A person standing 10 m away from the stick. With
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what minimum speed an object of mass 0.5 kg should he thrown so that it hits the
stick. (Assume the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.7).
12) What are the factors are determined by these forces?
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13) Draw the graph for the variation of both static and kinetic frictional forces with external
applied force?
14) The outer edge of a rotating platform is inclined upwards. Why?
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16) "Force and motion are in the' opposite direction". Give example.
17) Give reason "If the object is pressed hard on the surface where it is placed. As a
result it is more difficult to move the object".
18) Write the expression for centripetal force. Give two examples.
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19) Why is force of limiting friction (Fc)greater than force of kinetic friction (Fk)?
20) If two objects of masses 2.5 kg and 100 kg experience the same force 5 N, what is
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23) A body of mass 100 kg is moving with an acceleration of 50 cm s-2. Calculate the
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the plane gradually increases, at what angle will the object begin to slide?
25) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the Earth which orbits around the Sun. The
Sun to Earth distance is approximately 150 million km. (Assume the orbit of Earth to be
circular).
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5) Using free body diagram, show that it is easy to pull an object than to push it.
6) Explain various types of friction. Suggest a few methods to reduce friction.
7) What is the meaning by 'pseudo force'?
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8) State the empirical laws of static and kinetic friction
9) State Newton's third law.
10) What are inertial frames?
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12) Apply Newton's second law for an object at rest on Earth and analyse the result.
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13) Identify the forces acting on blocks A, Band C shown in the figure
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400 gm).
16) Consider a bob attached to a string, hanging from a stand. It oscillates as shown in
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horizontal, is connected via a massless inextensible string that passes over. a
massless pulley, to a second block 2 of mass m2. Assume the coefficient of static
friction between the block and the inclined plane is and μs the coefficient of kinetic
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friction is μs.
What is the relation between the masses of block 1 and block 2 such that the system
just starts to slip?
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4) A rocket of mass 7000 kg is fired vertically. The acceleration of the rocket is 30 ms-2
and the exhaust speed is 700 m/s. find the amount of gas ejected per second.
5) Briefly explain on Aristotle vs. Newton's approach on sliding object.
6) An artificial satellite of mass 3000 kg is orbiting around the earth with speed of 4500
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ms-1 at a distance of 10000 km from the earth. Calculate the centripetal force acting on
it.
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distance of 100 m in 30 s.
(i) Find acceleration and
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8) A circular object is rolled on ice with a velocity 2.5 ms-1 and comes to rest after
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travelling 3 m. Find the coefficient of friction (g = 9.8 ms-2)
9) A body under the action of a force F ⃗ = (4i ⃗ − 8j ⃗ + 8k )⃗ N acquires an acceleration of 2
ms-2. Find the mass of the body
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11) A horizontal force of 3.2 kg is applied on a 3.7 kg block, which rests on a horizontal
surface. If the co-efficient of friction is 0.6 find the acceleration produced in the block
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s. The direction of the motion of the body remains unchanged. What Js the magnitude
and direction of the force?
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of reference?
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5) Describe the method of measuring angle of repose.
6) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of Moon towards the Earth.
7) Consider an object of mass 2 kg resting on the floor. The coefficient of static friction
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between the object and the floor is μs = 0.8. What force must be applied on the object
to move it?
8) Two bodies of masses 7 kg and 5 kg are connected by a light string passing over a
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smooth pulley at the edge of the table as shown in the figure. The coefficient of static
friction between the surfaces (body and table) is 0.9. Will the mass m1 = 7 kg on the
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surface move? If not what value of m2 should be used so that mass 7 kg begins to
slide on the table?
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10) The Moon orbits the Earth once in 27.3 days in an almost circular orbit. Calculate the
centripetal acceleration experienced by the Earth? (Radius of the Earth is 6.4 x 106 m).
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5) Explain the need for banking of tracks.
6) Find (i) acceleration (ii) speed of the sliding object using free body diagram.
7) Give some examples for centripetal force.
8) An object of mass 10 kg moving with a speed of 15 ms-1 hits the wall and comes to
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rest within (a) 0.03 second (b) 10 second. Calculate the impulse and average force
acting on the object in both the cases.
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9) Consider an object of mass 50 kg at rest on the floor. A Force of 5 N is applied on the
object but it does not move. What is the frictional force that acts on the object?
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10) A block of mass m slides down the plane inclined at an angle 60° with an acceleration
g
2
Find the coefficient of kinetic friction.
11) If a stone of mass 0.25 kg tied to a string executes uniform circular motion with a
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speed of 2 m s-1 of radius 3 m, what is the magnitude of tensional force acting on the
stone?
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12) Consider a circular leveled road of radius 10m having coefficient of static friction 0.81.
Three cars (A, B and C) are travelling with speed 7 ms-1, 8m s-1 and 10 ms-
1
respectively. Which car will skid when it moves in the circular level road? (g = 10 m s-
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).
13) Calculate the centrifugal force experienced by a man of 60 kg standing at Chennai.
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road on the car. Suppose the coefficient of static friction between the car tyre and the
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surface of the road is, calculate the minimum speed with which the car can take safe
turn? When the car takes turn in the banked road, the following three forces act on the
car.
(1) The gravitational force mg acting downwards.
(2) The normal force N acting perpendicular to the surface of the road.
(3) The static frictional force f acting on the car along the surface.
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(a) Gravitational force (b) Gravitational force (c) Normal force (d) None
exerted by Earth on the exerted by the book on exerted by the book on of the
book Earth the table above
3) Two masses m1 and m2 are experiencing the same force where m1 < m2.The ration of
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their acceleration a1 is
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(a) 1 (b) less than 1 (c) greater than 1 (d) all the three cases
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4) Two blocks of masses m and 2m are placed on a smooth horizontal surface as shown.
In the first case only a force F1 is applied from the left. Later only a force F2 is applied
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from the right. If the force acting at the interface of the two blocks in the two cases is
same, then F1 :F2 is
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6) When an object is at rest on "the inclined rough surface
(a) static and kinetic (b) static friction is (c) static friction is not (d) static and
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frictions acting on the zero but kinetic zero and kinetic kinetic frictions
object is zero friction is not zero friction is zero are not zero
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are action reaction forces is a from act away from the center in a circular
pairs natural gravitational motion.
force force
8) If a person moving from pole to equator, the centrifugal force acting on him
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains the same (d) increases and then decreases
9) Action and reaction
(a) act on two different (b) have opposite (c) have equal (d) all of
objects direction magnitude these
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10) A ship of mass 3× 10 kg initially at rest is pulled by a force of 6 × 10 N through a
distance of 4m. The speed of the ship is (Assume resistive of water is negligible)
(a) 1.5 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 0.5 m/s (d) 0.4 m/s
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11) A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass
m. A force F is applied at the free end of the rope. The force exerted by the rope on
the block
MF M M −m
(a) M +m (b) MMF +m
(c) M −m .F (d) M .F
12) 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 acceleration is (b) Its velocity is (c) Its K.E. is (d) It moves in a
constant constant contatnt straight line
13) A body is moving in a circle with uniform speed v. In moving from a point to another
diametrically opposite point.
(a) The momentum (b) K.E. changes (c) The momentum (d) K.E changes
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14) A body of mass 3 kg moves with an acceleration 2ms-2. The change in momentum in
one second is
(a) 2/3 kgms-1 (b) 3/2 kgms -1 (c) 6 kgms -1 (d) 1.5 kgms -1
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15) If a reaction is R and coefficient of friction is μ, what is work done against friction in
moving a body by distance d?
μRd μRd
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(a) 2 μRd (b) 4 (c) μRd (d) 2
16) A block of mass m slides down with uniform speed on an inclined plane having
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then the contact force between them is
(a) mg (b) mg sin ፀ (c) √ −−−−−−−−− −−−−−−−−−−−−−
(mg sin θ)2 + (μ mg cos θ)2 √
−−−−−
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(a) Less than that (b) Equal or less than (c) More than that (d) Same as that
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19) When milk is churned, cream gets separated due to
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20) A batsman hits a ball straight in the direction of the bowler without change in its
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initial speed of 10 ms-1 If the mass of the ball is 200 g, then change in momentum of
the ball is,
(a) 5 kg ms-1 (b) 6 kg ms-1 (c) 4 kg ms-1 (d) 3kg ms-1
9 x 2 = 18
21) There is a limit beyond which the polishing of a surface increases frictional resistance
rather than decreasing it why?
22) Can the coefficient of friction be more than one?
23) The physics books are stacked on each other in the sequence: +1 volumes 1 and 2;
+2 volumes 1 and 2 on a table
a) Identify the forces acting on each book and draw the free body diagram.
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vector, what is the angle between the impulse vector and change in momentum
vector?
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30) Using free body diagram, show that it is easy to pull an object than to push it.
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smooth frictionless pulley. What is the,acceleration of the masses
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= 20 kg. If the kinetic energy of two pieces (m1 = m2) is 400 J. Calculate the kinetic
energy of the third piece.
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33) A constant force acting on a body of mass 7 kg changes its speed from 3.0 msin-1 40
s. The direction of the motion of the body remains unchanged. What Js the magnitude
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34) A hunter has a machine gun that can fire 50g bullets with a velocity of 150 ms-1. A 60
kg tiger springs at him with a velocity of 10 ms-1. How many bullets must the hunter fire
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36) Consider a horse attached to the cart which is initially at rest. If the horse starts
walking forward, the cart also accelerates in the forward direction. If the horse pulls the
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cart with force Fh in forward direction, then according to Newton's third law, the cart
also pulls the horse by equivalent opposite force Fc = Fh in backward direction. Then
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moves forward?
37) A block of mass m is pushed momentarily along a horizontal surface with an initial
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velocity u. If uk is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and surface, find
the time at which the block comes to rest.
38) A block 1 of mass m1, constrained to move along a plane. inclined at angle e to the
horizontal, is connected via a massless inextensible string that passes over. a
massless pulley, to a second block 2 of mass m2. Assume the coefficient of static
friction between the block and the inclined plane is and μs the coefficient of kinetic
friction is μs.
What is the relation between the masses of block 1 and block 2 such that the system
7 x 5 = 35
39) Explain the motion of blocks connected by a string in Horizontal motion.
40) Using Newton's laws calculate the tension acting on the mango (mass m = 400g)
hanging from a tree.
41) Briefly explain how is a vehicle able to go round a level curved track. Determine the
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42) An object of mass 10 kg moving with a speed of 15 ms-1 hits the wall and comes to
rest within (a) 0.03 second (b) 10 second. Calculate the impulse and average force
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43) A block of mass m slides down the plane inclined at an angle 60° with an acceleration
g
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direction in the following.
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kinetic friction uk = 0.6. What initial velocity must be given to the object so that it travels
10m before coming to rest?
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(Take g = 10 ms-2)
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Two pieces each of mass m move perpendicular to each other with equal speed v. The
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constant). If U (0) = 0, the graph of U(x) versus x will be (where U, is the potential ,
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same direction which varies with the distance x of the particle from the origin as F(x)
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potential, energy U(x) of the particles
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17) A spring of force constant k is cut into two pieces such that one piece is double the
length of the other. Then, the long piece will have a force constant of
(a) 23 k (b) 32 k (c) 3k (d) 6k
18) A cricket ball falls from a height of 40 m. What is the velocity with which the ball hits
the ground?
(a) 40 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 16 m/s (d) 28 m/s
19) Convert 1 kWh in joule
(a) 1.2 x102 J (b) 2.4 x104 J (c) 3.6 x106 J (d) 4.4 x103 J
20) A motor which is capable of raising 2,000 litres of water in 3 mins from a well 120 m
deep. So what is the power of a motor?
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21) If momentum of a body increases by 100% then what will be percentage increase in
its kinetic energy?
(a) 200% (b) 100% (c) 300% (d) 400%
22) A particles moves along x-axis from x = 0 to x = 7m under the influence of a force
given by f(x)=12-2x+3x2 then the workdone is,
(a) 205 J (b) 390 J (c) 378 J (d) 291 J
23) A particles along y axis from y = 1 m to y = 3 m under the influence of a force given
by f(y)=6-2y+3y2 then the work done is,
(a) 48 J (b) 50 J (c) -48 J (d) - 50 J
24) A ball bounces to 75% of its original height. Calculate the mechanical energy lost in
each bounce.
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.35 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.20
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25) Two masses of 2 g and 6 g are moving with equal kinetic energy. The ratio of the
magnitudes of their Linear momenta is,
(a) 1: 2 (b) 2: 1 (c) 2: 6 (d) 1 : 3
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(a) (b) force (c) angle between force and (d) initial velocity of the
displacementapplied displacement object
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(a) 00 (b) 900 (c) 450 (d) 1800
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28) The force on a particle as the function of displacement x is given by F = 9 + 0.3x. The
work done corresponding to displacement of 6. particle from x = 0 to x = 2 unit is
(a) 18.6 J (b) 21 J (c) 25 J (d) 9.6 J
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29) A boy carrying a box on his head is walking on a level load from one place to another
on a straight road is doing no work. This statement is
(a) correct (b) incorrect (c) partly correct (d) insufficient information
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30) A ball moves on a frictionless inclined table without slipping. The work done by the
table surface on the ball is
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(a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
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conserved conserved conserved and (c)
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42) A ball whose Kinetic Energy is E is projected at an angle of 45° to the horizontal. The
kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be
(a) E (b)
E (c) 2
E (d) zero
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kinetic energy at the highest point is
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44) A gun of mass M fires a bullet of mass m with maximum speed v. G.T. m < M. The
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(a) 1 mv2
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(b) 1 Mv2
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(c) more than 1 mv2
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(d) less than 1 mv2
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45) A particle of mass m1 is moving with a velocity v, and another of mass m2 is moving
with velocity v2 Both of them have the some momentum but their kinetic energies are
E1 and E2 respectively. If =m1 > m2 the
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m/s and -5 m/s respectively collide elastically. Their velocities after the collision will be
respectively
(a) - 4 m/s and +4 (b) +4 m/s for (c) - 3 m/s and +5 (d) - 5 m/s and + 3
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constant constant constant straight line.
3) You lift a heavy book from the floor of the room and keep it in the book shelf having a
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height 2m. In this process you take 5 seconds. The work done by you will depend
upon:
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4) A man starts walking from a point on the surface of earth (assumed smooth) and
reaches diagonally opposite point. What is the work done by him?
(a) zero (b) positive (c) negative (d) nothing can be said
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5) Which one of the following is not a conservative force?
(a) (b) Electrostatic force (c) Magnetic force, between (d)
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19) A stone is released from a tower, its total energy during its fall.
(a) (b) (c) remains (d) first increases then remains
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20) Two springs have their force constant as K1 and K2 (k1 > k2). When they are stretched
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(a) no work is done (b) equal work is done (c) more work is (d) more work is
in case of both the in case of both the done in case of done in case of first
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21) Which of the following statements is Wrong?
(a) K.E of a body (b) In an elastic collision of (c) If two protons are (d) A body
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the direction of and energy of each body is other, the P.E of the energy without
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23) If a shell fired from a carillon, explodes in mid-air, then:
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31) A bullet is fired from a rifle. If the rifle recoils freely the K.E of the rifle as compared to
that of bullet is:
(a) greater (b) equal (c) lesser (d) none of the above
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32) A stone tied to a piece of string whirled in a vertical circle with uniform speed, in what
position of the stone is the tension in the string greatest?
(a) in the highest (b) in the lowest (c) in the position (d) is same for all
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position of the stone position of the stone when string is positions of the stone
horizontal
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33) Which of the following is not a perfectly inelastic collision?
(a) Striking of two (b) Bullet striking a (c) An electron (d) A man jumping onto
glass bulbs bag and sand captured by a proton a moving cart
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34) Power is given by:
(a) a product of (b) a product of (c) a product of force (d) a product of work
force and velocity work and time and distance and displacement
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35) Which of the following potential energy curve describes the elastic collision of two
billiard balls?(R=radius of each ball)
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J J J J
44) A bullet of mass 109 moving horizontally with a velocity of 400 ms-1 strikes a wood
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block of mass 2 kg which is suspended by' light inextensible string of length 5 m. As a
result, the centre of gravity of the block found to rise a vertical distance or 10 cm. The
speed of the bullet after it emerges out horizontally from the block will be
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(a) 8 J (b) 11 J (c) 5 J (d) 2 J
46) A ball is thrown vertically downwards from a height of 20 m with an initial velocity Vo'
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to the same height. The initial velocity Vo is (Take g = 10m s-2)
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and B is moving with velocity v along x-axis, After collision B has a velocity in a
direction perpendicular to the original direction. The mass A moves after collision in the
direction
(a) same as that (b) opposite to (c) = θ tan ( 2 ) to the (d)
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(a) 40ms-1 (b) 120ms-1 (c) 100ms-1 (d) 80ms-1
3) A body of mass 3 kg is under a constant force which causes a displacement s in
metres in it,given by the relation s = 13 t2 ,where t is in seconds. Work done by the
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(a) 19 J (b) 195
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4) A bomb of mass 30 kg at rest explodes into two pieces of masses 18 kg and 12 kg.
The velocity of 18 kg mass is 6 ms-1. The kinetic energy of the other mass is
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5) A mass of 0.5 kg moving with a speed of 1.5 m/s on a horizontal smooth surface,
collides with a nearly weightless spring of force constant k = 50 N/m. The maximum
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opposite directions with velocities v1 and v2. The ratio of their kinetic energies E1IE2 is
(a) m2/m1 (b) m1/m2 (c) 1 (d) m1v2/m2v1
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(a) 100% (b) 150% (c) 265% (d) 73.2%.
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applying force of equal magnitude. If energy stored in spring A is EA then energy
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(a) increases (b) decreases (c) zero (d) either increases or decreases
19) If P is the momentum of the particle then its kinetic energy is
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(a) m1 (b) m2 (c) m1 or m2 (d) both will have equal kinetic energy
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(b) mgh (c) 12 2 (d) kx2
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24) lf the work done is completely recoverable, then the force is
(a) conservative (b) non-conservative (c) both (a) and (b) (d) frictional in nature
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circular path
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28) The unit of power is
(a) J (b) W (c) Js-1 (d) both (b) and (c)
29) If a force F is applied on a body and the body moves with velocity v, the power will be
(a) F.V (b) F/V (c) FV2 (d) F/V2
30) A body of mass m is thrown vertically upward with a velocity v. The height at which
the kinetic energy of the body is one third of its initial value is given by
(a) v2 (b) v4 (c) 6vg (d) v3
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38) A box is dragged across a surface by a rope which makes an angle 45° with the
horizontal. The tension in the rope is 100 N when the box is dragged 10m. The work
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39) In a gravitational field, the work done in moving a body from one point into another
depends on
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positions them covered motion
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and sticks to it. The speed of the combined mass is
(a) 2 (b) 2v (c) 3 (d) 4
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6^i + 5^j − 3^k ) to (10^i − 2^j + 7^k )m. The work done is.
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45) Two balls of equal masses moving with velocities 10 m/s and -7 m/s respectively
collide elastically. Their velocities after the collision will be
(a) 3 ms-1 and 17 (b) -7 ms-1 and 10 (c) 10 ms-1 and -7 (d) 3 ms-1 and -70
ms-1 ms-1 ms-1 ms-1
46) A spring of negligible mass having a force constant of 10 Nm-1 is compressed by a
force to a distance of 4 cm. A block of mass 900 g is free to leave the top of the spring.
If the spring is released, the speed of the block is
(a) 11.3 ms-1 (b) 13.3 x 10-1 ms-1 (c) 13.3 x 10-2 ms-1 (d) 13.3 x 10-3ms-1
47) A particle falls from a height h on a fixed horizontal plate and rebounds. If e is the
coefficient of restitution, the total distance travelled by the particle on rebounding when
it stops is
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48) If the force F acting on a body as a function of x then the work done in moving a body
from x = 1 m to x = 3 m is
(a) 6 J (b) 4 J (c) 2.5 J (d) 1 J
49) A boy "A" of mass 50 kg climbs up a staircase in 10 s. Another boy "B" of mass 60 kg
climbs up the same staircase in 15s. The ratio of the power developed by the boys "A"
and "B" is
(a) 54 (b) 32 (c) 45 (d) 23
50) A position dependent force F = (7 - 2x +3x2) N acts on a small body of mass 2 kg and
displaces it from x = 0 to x = 5 m. The work done is
(a) 50 J (b) 70 J (c) 135 J (d) 270 J
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5) A ball with a velocity of 5 ms-1 impinges at angle of 60° with the vertical on a smooth
horizontal plane. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.5. find the velocity and direction
after the impact.
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speed v. After collision B has a speed v/2 and moves at right angles to its original
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7) A spring which is initially in un-stretched condition, is first stretched by a length x and
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done in second case W2True or false?
8) Is there any network done by external forces on a car moving with a constant speed
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9) A charged particle moves towards another charged particle. Under what conditions the
total momentum and the total energy of the system conserved?
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10) A man weighing 60 kg climbs up a staircase carrying a load of 20kg on his head. The
'stair case has 20 steps each of height 0.2 m.lf he takes 10s to climb, find his power.
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16) An object of mass 2 kg falls from a height of 5 m to the ground. What is the work done
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17) If an object of mass 2 kg is thrown up from the ground reaches a height of 5 m and
falls back to the Earth (neglect the air resistance). Calculate
(a) The work done by gravity when the object reaches 5 m height
(b) The work done by gravity when the object comes back to Earth
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23) Two bodies of mass 60 kg and 30 kg move in the same direction along straight line
with velocity 40 cms-1 and 30 cms-1 respectively suffer one dimensional elastic
collision. Find their velocities after collision.
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24) A particle strikes a horizontal frictionless floor with a speed u at an angle θ with the
vertical and rebounds with the speed v at an angle ϕ with an vertical. The coefficient of
restitution between the particle and floor is e. What is the magnitude of v?
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its speed 600 s-1. Then, calculate the power delivered by the bullets.
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= 10ms-2).
7) A bob of mass m is attached to one end of the rod of negligible mass and length r, the
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other end of which is pivoted freely at a fixed center O as shown in the figure. What
initial speed must be given to the object to reach the top of the circle? (Hint: Use law of
conservation of energy). Is this -speed less or greater than speed obtained in the
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graph of kinetic energy versus displacement. What information you can get from that
graph?
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11) A spark is produced, when two stones are struck against each other. Why?
12) The earth moving around the sun in a circular orbit is acted upon by a force and
hence work must be done on the earth. Do you agree with this statement?
13) What is the work done by the person in holding 15 kg suitcase while waiting for a bus
for 15 minutes?
14) A man run a distance on the level road. The same man ascends up a hill with the
same velocity through the same distance. When does he do more work?
15) Define the different types of potential energy?
16) A box is pulled with a force of 25 N to produce a displacement of 15 m. If the angle
between the force and displacement is 30°, find the work done by the force.
17) A variable force F = kx2 acts on a particle which is initially at rest. Calculate the work
done by the force during the displacement of the particle from x = 0 m to x = 4 m.
(Assume the constant k = IN m-2)
18) Define work, energy, power.
19) A light body and a heavy body have the same linear momentum. Which one has
greater K.E?
20) Water in a bucket tied with rope is whirled around in a vertical circle of radius 0.5 m.
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it in the course of motion. (g= 10 ms-2)
21) A bullet of mass 50 g is fired from below into a suspended object of mass 450 g. The
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object rises through a height of 1.8 m with bullet remaining inside the object. Find the
speed of the bullet. Take g = 10 ms-2.
22) A particle moves along X- axis from x = 0 to x = 8 under the influence of a force given
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23) A body of mass 5 kg is thrown up vertically with a kinetic energy of 1000 J. If
acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms-1, find the height at which the kinetic energy
becomes half of the original value.
24) A particle of mass 70 g moving at 50 cms-1 is acted upon by a variable force as
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5) What is mechanical energy? What are its two types?
6) What does the work-kinetic energy theorem imply?
7) Draw force-displacement graph for a spring and an expression for the potential energy
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8) Depict Δ kinetic energy = ΔU in potential energy - displacement graph for a spring.
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10) A weight lifter lifts a mass of 250 kg with a force 5000 N to the height of 5m
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(a) What is the work done by the weight lifter?
(b) What is the work done by the gravity?
(c) What is the net work done on the object?
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m s-1
(a) Will they have same kinetic energy?
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(d) What is the net force that acts on the object while the object is taken to the height
'h'?
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to be done if they are stretched by the same force?
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(a) When the mass crosses the equilibrium position, what is the speed of the mass?
(b) What is the force that acts on the object when the mass crosses the equilibrium
position and extreme position x = ± 10m?
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19) A vehicle of mass 1250 kg is driven with an acceleration 0.2 along a straight level
road against an external resistive force 500 N. Calculate the power delivered by the
vehicle's engine if the velocity of the vehicle is 30 ms-1.
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mass moving in the same direction with half its speed. Assume that the collision is a
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collision?
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1 on soft plywood of thickness 2.00 cm. The bullet emerges with only 10% of its initial
kinetic energy. What is the emergent speed of the bullet?
5) A body of mass 0.3 kg is taken up an inclined plane of length 10 m and height 5 m and
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(i) work done by frictional force over the round trip if = 0.15.
(ii) kinetic energy at the end of the trip.
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6) What is the stopping distance for a vehicle, of mass m moving with speed v along a
μ
level road, if the co-efficient of friction between the tyres and the road is ?
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7) Calculate the velocity of the bob of a simple pendulum at its mean position if it is able
to rise to a vertical height of 10 cm. Take g = 9.8 m/s2.
8) The potential energy of a spring when stretched through a distance x is 10J. What is
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distance 'x'?
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9) After perfectly inelastic collision between two identical particles moving with same
speed in different directions, the speed of the particles become half the initial speed.
Find the angle between the two before collision.
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12) A truck and a car moving with the same K.E. on a straight road. Their engines
are simultaneously switched off which one will stop at a lesser distance?
13) Is it necessary that work done in the motion of a body over a closed loop is zero for
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Length of the pendulum is 2 m. If due to air resistance loss of energy is 10%, what is
the speed with which the bob arrived at the lowest point?
15) A ball at rest is dropped from a height of 12 m. It loses 25% of its kinetic energy in
striking the ground, find the height to which it bounces. How do you account for the
loss in kinetic energy?
16) A railway carriage of mass 9000 kg moving with a speed of 36 kmph collides with
a stationary carriage of the same mass. After the collision, the carriages get coupled
and move together. What is their common speed after the collision? What type of
collision is this?
17) A car of mass 2000 kg is lifted up a distance of 30 m by a crane in 1 min. A second
crane does the same job in 2 min. Do the cranes consume the same or different
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dissipation against friction.
18) 20 J work is required to stretch a spring through 0.1 m. Find the force constant of the
spring. If the spring is further stretched through 0.1 m, calculate work done.
19) A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of volume 30
m3 in 15 min. If the tank is 40 m above the ground, how much electric power is
consumed by the pump. The efficiency of the pump is 30%.
20) A ball bounces to 80% of its original height. Calculate the mechanical energy lost in
each bounce.
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5) What is inelastic collision? In which way it is different from elastic collision. Mention
few examples in day to day life for inelastic collision.
6) Deduce the relation between momentum and kinetic energy.
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7) Derive an expression for the potential energy of a body near the surface of the Earth.
8) Derive an expression for the potential energy of an elastic stretched spring.
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10) Obtain an expression for the critical vertical of a body revolving in a vertical circle
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the workdone by the force in 20s and show that is equal to the change in kinetic
energy of the body.
4) A bullet weighing 10g is fined with a velocity of 800 ms-1. After passing through a mud
wall 1m thick, its velocity decreases to 100 ms-1. Find the average resistance offered
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by the mud wall.
5) Two ball bearing of mass m each moving in opposite directions with equal speeds v
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collide head on with each other. Predict the outcome of the collision, assuming it to be
perfectly elastic.
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6) A ball falls under gravity from a height of 10m with an initial downward velocity u. It
collides with the ground, loses 50% of its energy in collision and then rises back to the
same -'height. Find the initial velocity "u".
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7) Two springs have spring constant k1 and k2 (k1 > k2) on which spring is more work
done, if
(i) They are stretched by the same force.
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9) What is meant by positive work, negative work and zero work? Give one example of
each.
10) Discuss the results of work - Energy theorem.
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(Take g = 10 ms-2)
(a) 20 J (b) 30 J (c) 40 J (d) 10 J
3) The potential energy of a system increases, if work is done
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(a) by the system (b) by the system (c) upon the (d) upon the system
against a against a non- system by a by a non-
conservative force conservative force conservative force conservative force
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4) What is the minimum velocity with which a body of mass m must enter a vertical loop
of radius R so that it can complete the loop?
√ gR √ gR √ gR √gR
(a)
−−−−
2 (b)
−−−−
3
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−−−−
5 (d)
−−
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5) The work done by the conservative force for a closed path is
(a) always negative (b) zero (c) always positive (d) not defined
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6) If the linear momentum of the object is increased by 0.1% then the kinetic energy is
Increased by
(a) 0.1 % (b) 0.2 % (c) 0.4 % (d) 0.01 %
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7) If the potential energy of the particle is −
2
2
x
then force experienced by the particle
is
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(a) F= 2 x2 (b) F=βx (c) F=-βx (d) F=- 2 x2
8) A spring of force constant k is cut into two pieces such that one piece is double the
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length of the other. Then, the long piece will have a force constant of
(a) 23 k (b) 32 k (c) 3k (d) 6k
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9) A motor which is capable of raising 2,000 litres of water in 3 mins from a well 120 m
deep. So what is the power of a motor?
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(a) when he moves (b) when he as well (c) when he as well as platform (d)
on the horizontal as platform moves, moves, he does negative work and none
platform, he does he does positive positive work on the table so that total of
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negative work work work is zero these
18) The total work done on a particle is equal to the change in its kinetic energy:
(a) (b) only if the force acting on the (c) only in the (d) only if no external
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always body are conservative internal frame force is acting
19) A light and heavy body have equal momentum, which has greater KE?
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20) Two equal masses m1 and m2 moving along the same straight line with velocities + 3
m/s and -5 m/s respectively collide elastically. Their velocities after the collision will be
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(a) - 4 m/s and +4 (b) +4 m/s for (c) - 3 m/s and +5 (d) - 5 m/s and + 3
m/s both m/s m/s
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21) (i) Can Kinetic energy of a system be changed without changing its momentum?
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(ii) Can momentum of a system be changed without changing its kinetic energy? Give
example.
22) Write the various types of potential energy. Explain the formulae.
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pendulum rises a vertical distance of 10 em. If the bullet gets embedded into the
pendulum, calculate its initial speed
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25) Is there any network done by external forces on a car moving with a constant speed
along a straight road?
26) A spark is produced, when two stones are struck against each other. Why?
27) A variable force F = kx2 acts on a particle which is initially at rest. Calculate the work
done by the force during the displacement of the particle from x = 0 m to x = 4 m.
(Assume the constant k = IN m-2)
28) Define work, energy, power.
29) Calculate the energy consumed in electrical units when a 75 W fan is used for 8
hours daily for one month (30 days).
30) Two bodies of mass 60 kg and 30 kg move in the same direction along straight line
with velocity 40 cms-1 and 30 cms-1 respectively suffer one dimensional elastic
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35) An object of mass 2 kg is taken to a height 5 m from the ground (g = 10 ms-2 ).
(a) Calculate the potential energy stored in the object.
(b) Where does this potential energy come from?
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(c) What external force must act to bring the mass to that height?
(d) What is the net force that acts on the object while the object is taken to the height
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36) Let the two springs A and B be such that kA > kB, On which spring will more work has
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to be done if they are stretched by the same force?
37) A body of mass m is attached to the spring which is elongated to 25 cm by an applied
force from its equilibrium position.
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(a) Calculate the potential energy stored in the spring-mass system?
(b) What is the work done by the spring force in this elongation?
(c) Suppose the spring is compressed to the same 25 cm, calculate the potential
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energy stored and also the work done by the spring force during compression. (The
spring constant, k= 0.1 N m-1).
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(a) When the mass crosses the equilibrium position, what is the speed of the mass?
(b) What is the force that acts on the object when the mass crosses the equilibrium
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3) The angular momentum of a system of particles is conserved
(a) When no external (b) When no external (c) When no external (d) When axis of
force acts upon the torque acts upon the impulse acts upon the rotation remains
system system system same
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4) A system consisting of two masses connected by a massless rod lies along the x axis.
If 0.2 kg mass is at a distance x = 0.5m while a 0.3 kg mass is at a distance x = 1m,
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(a) 2.5m (b) 5m (c) 22.5m (d) 0.8m
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5) If earth suddenly contracts to 0.75 times of its present radius, then the length of the
day becomes
(a) 12 hr (b) 18 hr (c) 15.5 hr (d) 13.5 hr
6) The angular momentum of a rotating body is doubled, its K.E. of rotation becomes
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(a) Two times (b) Four times (c) Halved (d) Eight times
7) A particle is moving with a constant velocity along a line parallel to positive X-axis. The
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9) A closed cylindrical container is partially filled with water. As the container rotates in a
horizontal plane about a perpendicular bisector, its moment of inertia,
(a) Increases(b) decreases(c) remains constant (d) depends on direction of rotation.
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10) A rigid body rotates with an angular momentum L. If its kinetic energy is halved, the
angular momentum becomes,
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(a) 2 2(I a +I b )
ω2 (b) 2(I a +I b )
ω2 (c) (I a +I b )
ω2
13) From a disc of radius R a mass M, a circular hole of diameter R, whose rim passes
through the center is cut. What is the moment of inertia of the remaining part of the
disc about a perpendicular axis passing through it
(a) 15MR2/32 (b) 13MR2/32 (c) llMR2/32 (d) 9MR2/32
14) The ratio of the acceleration for a solid sphere (mass m and radius R) rolling down an
incline of angle θ without slipping and slipping down the incline without rolling is,
(a) 5 : 7 (b) 2: 3 (c) 2: 5 (d) 7: 5
15) The speed of a solid sphere after rolling down from rest without sliding on an inclined
plane of vertical height his,
(a) √ 4
3
gh (b) √ −−
10
7
gh (c) √ gh−−−
2 (d) √ 1
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16) The speed of the center of a wheel rolling on a horizontal surface is vo A point on the
rim in level with the center will be moving at a speed of
(a) zero (b) vo (c) √2vo (d) 2vo
17) Two discs of same moment of inertia rotating about their regular axis passing through
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center and perpendicular to the plane of the disc with angular velocities ω1 and ω1.
They are brought in to contact face to face coinciding with the axis of rotation. The
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expression for loss of energy during this process is,
(a) 4 ((ω1 − ω2 )2 (c) 8 I((ω1 − ω2 )2 (d) 2 I ((ω1 − ω2 )2
1 1 1
(b) I ((ω1 − ω2 )2 )
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18) When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its angular momentum is
directed along,
(a) a line perpendicular to (b) the line making an angle of 450 (c) the (d) tangent to
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19) A round object of mass M and radius R rolls down without slipping along an inclined
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21) Two bodies of masses 2 kg and 3 kg have position vectors ^i + 2^j + ^ k and
^ i − −3
^jj + 6^k respectively. The centre of mass of this system has a position
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(a) −3^i−^ j (b) 5^i − ^j + 2^
k (c) −2^i−^ j + 4^k (d) −3^i−^ j+^ 7k
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22) Four identical spheres each of mass m are placed at the corners of square of side 2
m. Taking the point of intersection of the diagonals as the origin the coordinates of the
centre of mass are?
(a) (1, 1) (b) (0,0) (c) (1, -1) (d) (-1, 1)
23) Two blocks of masses 20 kg and 5 kg are connected by a spring of negligible mass
and placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. An impulse gives a velocity of 15 mls to
the heavier block in the direction of lighter block. The velocity of centre of mass is
(a) 22 ms-1 (b) 30 ms-1 (c) 12 ms-1 (d) 15 ms-1
24) Moment of force is called
(a) angular momentum (b) torque (c) couple (d) (d) none
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29) Angular momentum is.
(a) moment of linear (b) product of mass and (c) product of M.I. (d) moment of
momentum angular velocity and velocity angular motion
30) If I, α . and τ are MI, angular acceleration and torque respectively of a body rotating
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about any axis with angular velocity ω , then
(a) τ Iω= =
(b) τ Iα =
(c) α rω =
(d) α rω
31) Which of the following has largest M.I
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(a) Ring about its axis (b) Disc about its axis (c) Solid (d) Bar
perpendicular to its plane
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perpendicular to its plane sphere magnet
32) A dancer on ice spins faster when she folds her arms. This is due to
(a) increase in energy (b) increase in K.E & (c) increase in K.E & (d) Decrease in
& increase in angular decrease in angular constant in angular friction at the
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momentum momentum momentum skates
33) A bomb traveling in a parabolic path explodes in mid-air. The C.M. of fragments will
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(a) (a) move (b) move (c) move vertically (d) move in parabolic path the
vertically irregularly upwards & then unexploded bomb would have
downwards downwards travelled
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34) Consider a system of two identical particles. One is at rest and the other has an
⃗
acceleration a .The centre of mass has an acceleration
(a) 1/2a ⃗ (b) a ⃗ ⃗
(c) 2a (d) Zero
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35) The least coefficient of friction for an inclined plane inclined at an angle α with
horizontal, in order that a solid cylinder will roll down it without slipping?
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(a) 2/3 tan α (b) 1/3 tan α (c) 2/7 tan α (d) 4/3 tan α
36) A ball rolls without slipping. The radius of gyration of the ball about an axis passing
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through its center of mass is K. If radius of the ball be R, then the fraction of total
energy associated with its rotational energy be .
k 2 r2
+ R2 k2 K2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
R2 +
k 2 r2 R2 +
k 2 r2
37) The direction of angular velocity vector is along
(a) The tangent to the (b) The outward (c) The inward (d) The axis of
circular path radius radius rotation
38) If there is change of angular momentum from J to 4J in 4S, then the torque is
(a) 3/4 J (b) 1J (c) 5/4 J (d) 4/3 J
39) When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point its angular momentum is
directed along
(a) A line perpendicular to the (b) The (c) The tangent (d) An angle of 45° to the
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plane of rotation radius to the circle plane of rotation
40) The ratio of the radii of gyration of a circular disc to that of circular ring, each of same
mass and same radius about their axes is
(a) √3 : √2 (b) 1 : √2 (c) √2 : 1 (d) √2 : √3
41) If a person standing on a rotating disc stretches out his hands the angular speed will
(a) Increase (b) Decrease (c) Remain same (d) None
42) A sphere of radius r is rolling without sliding. What is ratio of rotational K.E and total
K.E associated with the sphere?
(a) 2/5 (b) 2/7 (c) 1 (d) 1/2
43) A disc is rolling on the inclined plane. What is the ratio of its rotational KE to the total
KE?
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
44) A sphere rolls down an inclined plane of inclination θ . What is the acceleration as the
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(a) 5/7 sinθ (b) 3/5 sin θ (c) 2/6 g sin θ (d) 2/5 g sin θ
45) Planetary motion in the solar system describes
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energy momentum momentum None
46) Two rings of radii R & nR made from the same wire have the ratio of M.I about an axis
d
passing through their centre equal to 1 : 8. The value of n is
(a) 2 (b) 2√2 (c) 4 (d) 1/2
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47) The M.I of a ring about one of its diameter is I. The M.I about a tangent parallel to the
diameter is
(a) 41 (b) 21 (c) 3/2 I (d) 3 I
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axis the M.I. will be greater for
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49) M.I. of a ring of mass M and radius R about an axis passing through the centre &
perpendicular to the plane is I. What is M.I. about its diameter?
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3) M.I. of an object does not depend upon
(a) Mass of object (b) Angular velocity (c) Mass distribution . (d) Axis of rotation
4) M.I. of a ring of mass M and radius R about an axis passing through the centre &
perpendicular to the plane is I. What is M.I. about its diameter?
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5) Analogue of mass in rotational motion is
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(a) M.l. (b) Angular momentum (c) Gyration (d) Torque
6) A particle of mass m is circulating on a circle of radius r having angular momentum L
then the centripetal force will be
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7) M.I. of an object does not depend upon
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8) Four particles of masses m1, m2, m3 and m4 are placed at the vertices A, B, C and D
as respectively of a square shown. The Centre of mass of the system will lie at
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interior and iron interior and aluminium layers in external surfaces and aluminium
surround to it aluminium alternate order sheet as internal layers.
surround to it
11) Moment of inertia of a circular wire of mass M and radius R about is its diameter is:
(a) 1/2 MR2 (b) 1/4 MR2 (c) 2 MR2 (d) MR2
12) Moment of inertia depends upon:
(a) axis of rotation (b) torque applied (c) angular speed (d) angular momentum
13) Moment of inertia of an object does not depend upon:
(a) mass of object (b) mass distribution (c) angular velocity (d) axis of rotation
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(a) centre of gravity (b) centreof mass (c) centre of energy (d) centre of buoyancy
19) The 10, cation of the centre of mass of a sphere is at:
(a) its top (b) its bottom (c) geometric centre (d) all the above
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20) When a child sits stationary at one end of a long trolley moving uniformly with some
speed on a smooth horizontal plane. The speed of the centre of mass of the system
(child and trolley):
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(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains same (d) changes
21) When a steady torque is acting on a body, the body:
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(a) continues in its state of rest or (b) gets linear (c) gets (d) rotates at a
uniform motion along a straight line acceleration angular constant speed
acceleration
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22) A circular turn table has a block of ice placed at its centre. The system rotates with an
angular speed ω about an axis passing through the centre of the table. If the ice melts
on its own without any evaporation, the speed of rotation of the system:
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23) A particle if confined to rotate in a circular path with decreasing linear speed. The
which of the following is correct?
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motion motion (b) (b)
25) The angular momentum of a moving body remains constant, if:
(a) net external (b) net pressure (c) net external (d) net external torque is
force is applied is applied torque is applied not applied
2
26) Kgm is the unit for ........... of a body.
(a) momentum (b) mass (c) moment of inertia (d) inertia
27) If I is the moment of inertia, α is the angular acceleration and τ is the torque then they
are related by:
(a) τ = 1α (b) τ = Iα (c) τ = α (d) τ = 12
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(a) solid cylinder (b) hollow cylinder (c) both simultaneously (d) can't say anything
33) A disc is rolling, the velocity of its centre of mass is VCM.which one will be correct?
(a) The velocity (b) The velocity of (c) The velocity of (d) The velocity of
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VCM and point of and point of contat VCM and point of and point of contact is
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contact is zero. is VCM contact is VCM 2 VCM
34) A sphere rolls down an inclined plane without slipping. What fraction of its total
energy is rotational?
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(c) 47 (d) 7
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35) A body is rolling down an inclined plane. Its translational and rotational kinetic
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energies are equal. The body is a:
(a) solid sphere (b) hollow sphere (c) solid cylinder (d) hollow cylinder
36) A solid sphere rolls down an inclined plane of height h without slipping. The velocit y
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37) The angular velocity of a fly wheel changes with time as = = ω p qt where p and q
are constants. The angle through which it turns before it comes to rest is
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mass 10 kg and length -1 m and the beam is rotating about the vertical axis through its
centre at 10 rev/minute. If each boy moves 1 m towards the centre of the beam without
touching the 900r, the angular velocity becomes (nearly)
(a) 32.64 rev/min (b) 3.25 rev/min (c) 16.25 rev/min (d) 20 rev/min
40) A wheel of radius 0.5 m is mounted so as to rotate about a horizontal axis through its
centre. A string of negligible mass wrapped over the circumference carries a mass of 2
-kg attached at its free end. If the mass descends from rest through one metre in 5
seconds, then the angular velocity at the end of 5th second is
(a) 0.2 rad/s (b) 0.4 rad/s (c) 0.8 rad/s (d) 0.6 rad/s
41) A symmetrical body is rotating about its axis of symmetry. If its angular momentum is
doubled its kinetic energy of rotation becomes
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(a) two times (b) four times (c) eight times (d) halved
42) A solid cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls without slipping down an inclined plane
of length L and height h. What is the speed of its centre of mass when the cylinder
reaches its bottom?
(a) √ gh−−−
2 (b) √
−
−−−
3
4
gh (c) √
−
−−−
4
3
gh . (d) √ gh−−−
4
43) A point P consider at contact point of a wheel on ground which rolls on ground without
slipping then value of displacement of point P when wheel completes half of rotation (If
radius of wheel is 1 m)
(a) 2 m (b)√ −−−−−
π2 + 4 m (c) π m (d) √
−−−−−
π 2 + 2 m.
44) Moment of inertia of a thin uniform ring about an axis passing through the center and
lying on the plane (along diameter) is
(a) MR2 (b) 2 MR2 (c) 12 MR2 (d) 23 MR2
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45) A light rod of length I has two masses m1and m2 attached to its two ends. The
moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing
through the centre of mass is
√
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(a) m11 +m22 l 2 (b) m11 m22 l 2 (c) (m1 + m2 )l 2 (d) (m1 + m2 ) l
46) A disc and a sphere of same radius but different masses roll off on two inclined
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planes of the same altitude and length. Which one of the two objects gets to the
bottom of the plane first?
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47) The moment of inertia of a disc of mass M and radius R about an axis, which is
tangential to the circumference of the disc and parallel to its diameter is
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(a) 5 MR2
4
(b) 2 MR2
3
(c) 3 MR2
2
(d) 4 MR2 5
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(a) −6^i + 6^j − 12^ k. (b) −17^i + 6^j + 13^k (c) 6^i − 6^j + 12^k. (d) 17^i − 6^j − 13k.
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49) A solid spherical ball rolls on a table. Ratio of its rotational kinetic energy to total
kinetic energy is.
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(a) 2 . (b) 6 . (c) 107
. (d) 27 .
50) A fly wheel rotating about fixed axis has a kinetic energy of 360 joule when its
angular speed is 30 radian/sec, The moment of inertia of the wheel about the ax is of
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(a) 0.6 kgm2 (b) 0.15 kgm2 (c) 0.8 kgm2 (d) 0.75 kgm2
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2) Two bodies of mass 1 kg and 3 kg have position vectors
^i + 2^j + ^k and respectively. The centre of mass of this system has a position vector.
(a) −2^i − ^j + ^k. (b) 2^i − ^j − 2^
k. (c) −^i + ^j + ^
k (d) −2^i + 2^k.
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3) The ratio of the radii of gyration of a circular disc about a tangential axis in the plane of
the disc and of a circular ring of the same radius about a tangential axis in the plane of
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the ring is
(a) 2:3 (b) 2:1 √5 : √6
(c) . (d) 1 : √2 .
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4) Two particles which are initially at rest, move towards each other under the action of
their internal attraction. If their speeds are v and 2v at any instant, then the speed of
centre of mass of the system will be
(a) 2v (b) Zero (c) 1.5v (d) v
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5) From a circular disc of radius R and mass 9M, a small disc of mass M and radius R is
3
removed concentrically. The moment of inertia of the remaining disc about an axis
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perpendicular to the plane of the disc and passing through its center is
(a) 40 MR2
9 (b) MR2 (c) 4MR2 (d) 4 MR2
9
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6) When no external torque acts on the body, the net angular momentum of a rotating
body.
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) increases or decreases (d) remains constant
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8) When the hands are brought closer to the body, the angular velocity of the ice dancer
(a) decreases (b) increases (c) constant (d) may decrease or increase
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18) Three identical particles lie in x, y plane. The (x, y) coordinates of their positions are
(3, 2), (1,1), (5, 3) respectively. The (x, y) coordinates of the centre of mass are
(a) (1,2) (b) (a, b) (c) (3,2) (d) (2, 1)
19) The moment of inertia of a thin uniform ring of mass 1 kg and radius 20 cm rotating
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about the axis passing through the center and perpendicular to the plane of the ring is
(a) 4 x 10-2 kg m2 (b) 1 x 10-2 kg m2 (c) 20 x 10-2 kg m2 (d) 10 x 10-2 kg m2
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20) An electron is revolving in an orbit of radius 2 A with a speed of 4 x 105 m/s. The
angular momentum of the electron is [Me = 9 x 10-31 kg]
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(a) 2 x 10-35 kg m2 (b) 72 x 10-36 kg m2 (c) 7.2 x 10-34 kg m2 (d) 0.72 x 10-37 kg m2
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21) When a rigid body moves all particles that constitute the body follows
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(a) same path (b) different paths (c) either same or different path (d) circular path
22) Center of mass may lie
(a) within the body (b) outside the body (c) both (a) and (b) (d) only at the centre
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25) The centre of mass of a solid cone along the line from the center of the base to the
vertex is at
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26) The sum of moments of masses of all the particles in a system about the center of
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mass is
(a) minimum (b) maximum (c) zero (d) infinity
27) The motion of center of mass depends on
(a) external forces (b) internal forces acting (c) both (a) and (d) neither (a)
acting on it within it (b) nor (b)
28) The positon of center of mass can be written in the vector form as
→2 ∑ mi →ri
→
(a) ∑ mi →ri (b) ∑m r
i i (c) M (d) M
∑ mi r2i
29) In a two particle system, one particle lies at origin another one lies at a distance of X.
Then the position of center of mass of these particles of equal mass is
mX
(a) m 2+m2 (b) X2 (c) mmX
m1 +m2
1 +m2
(d) mX
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30) Moment of inertia of a thin hollow sphere about an axis passing through the center
along its diameter is
(a) MR2 (b) MR2 (c) 7 MR2 (d) MR2
2 5 2
3 3 5 5
31) The ratio of K2/R2 of a thin uniform ring about an axis passing through the center and
perpendicular to the plane is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 12 . (d) 32 .
32) Infinitesimal quantity means
(a) collective particles (b) extremely small (c) nothing (d) extremely larger
33) In the absence of external forces the center of mass will be in a state of
(a) rest (b) uniform motion (c) may be at rest or in uniform motion (d) vibration
34) The activity of the force to produce rotational motion in a body is called as
(a) angular momentum (b) torque (c) spinning (d) drive force
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(a) r .⃗ F ⃗ (b) r ⃗ × F ⃗ (c) F ⃗ × r ⃗ (d) rF cosθ
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(a) rF sinθ (b) rF cosθ (c) rF tanθ (d) rF
37) The direction of torque acts
(a) along F ⃗ (b) along r ⃗&F ⃗ (c) Perpenticular to r ⃗ (d) Perpenticular to both r ⃗ and F ⃗
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38) If the direction of the torque is inward the paper then the rotation is
(a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
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39) If r ⃗ and F ⃗ are parallel or antiparallel, then the torque is
(a) zero (b) minimum (c) maximum (d) infinity
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40) The relation between torque and angular acceleration is
I τ⃗ α⃗
(a) τ ⃗ = ⃗ (b) α⃗ = I (c) α⃗ = I τ ⃗ (d) τ ⃗ = I
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(a) is gravitational (b) Normal (c) both gravitational as well as (d) No force is
force force normal force acting
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equillibrium equillibrium (b) equillibrium
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45) lf the linear momentum and angular momentum are zero, then the object is said to be
in
(a) stable equilibrium (b) unstable equilibrium (c) neutral equilibrium (d) all the above
46) The forces acting on a cyclist negotiating a circular level road is/are
(a) gravitational force (b) centrifugal force (c) frictional force (d) all the above
47) For rotational motion, moment of inertia is a measure of
(a) translational inertia (b) mass (c) rotational inertia (d) invariable quantity
48) A free falling body breaks into three parts of unequal masses. The center of mass of
the three parts taken together shifts horizontally towards
(a) heavier (b) lighter (c) does not shift (d) depends on vertical
piece piece horizontally velocity
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6) How will you find the direction of rotation using the direction of torque?
7) When does the body have precession?
8) State the torque about an axis is independent of the origin.
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9) State law of Conservation of angular momentum.
10) What is the effect of Torque on Rigid Bodies.
11) Obtain an expression for the power delivered by torque.
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12) What is meant by rolling friction?
13) When a tree is cut, the cut is made on the side facing the direction in which the tree is
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required to fall. Why?
14) Why does a porter bend forward while carrying a sack of rice on his back?
15) Why is it much easier to balance a meter scale on your finger tip than balancing on a
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match stick?
16) Two identical water bottles one empty and the other filled with water are allowed to
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roll down an inclined plane. Which one of them reaches the bottom first? Explain your
answer.
17) Give an example to show that the following statement is false. 'any two forces acting
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on a body can be combined into single force that would have same effect'.
18) A rectangle block rests on a horizontal table. A horizontal force is applied on the block
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at a height h above the table to move the block. Does the line of action of the normal
force N exerted by the table on the block depend on h?
19) Write the relation between angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy. Draw a
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graph for the same. For two objects of same angular momentum, compare the
moment of inertia using the graph.
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20) Three identical solid spheres move down through three inclined planes A, B and C all
same dimensions. A is without friction, B is undergoing pure rolling and C is rolling with
slipping. Compare the kinetic energies EA' EB and Ec at the bottom.
21) Two rings have their moments of inertia in the ratio of 4 :1 and their diameters are in
the ratio of 4 :1. Find the ratio of their masses.
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22) A force of (4^ − 3^ + 5^ ) N is applied at a point whose position vector is
i + 4^j − 2^k) m.Find the torque of force about the origin.
(7^
23) An electron of mass 9 x 10-31 kg revolves around a nucleus in a circular orbit of radius
0
A
0.53 . What is the angular momentum of the electron? (Velocity of electron is, v = 2.2
x 106 ms-1)
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24) A solid sphere of mass 20 kg and radius 0.25 m rotates about an axis passing
through the center. What is the angular momentum if the angular velocity is 5 rad s-1.
25) A small particle of mass m is projected with an initial velocity v at an angle θ with x-
axis in X-Y plane as shown in Figure.
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3) Some heavy boxes are to be loaded along with some empty boxes on a cart. Which
boxes should be put on the cart first and why?
4) About which axis, the moment of inertia of a body is minimum?
5) A cat is able to land on its feet after a fall. Why?
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6) What is the power needed to maintain uniform circular motion?
7) Why centripetal force cannot do work?
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8) A ball tied to a string takes 4s to complete revolution along a horizontal circle. If by
pulling the cord, the radius of the circle is reduced to half of the previous value, then
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how much time the ball will take in one revolution.
9) If angular momentum is conserved in a system whose moment of inertia is decreased,
will its rotational kinetic energy be conserved?
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10) A particle performing uniform circular motion has angular. momentum L. What will be
the new angular momentum, if its angular frequency is doubled and its kinetic energy
halved?
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14) Can the couple acting on a rigid body produce translator motion?
15) Which component of linear momentum does not contribute to angular momentum?
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angular momenta are equal. Which one has a greater kinetic energy?
18) A particle moves on a circular path with decreasing speed. What happens to its
angular momentum?
19) Which physical quantity is conserved when a planet revolves around the sun?
20) Why there are two propellers in a helicopter?
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6) Define center of gravity
7) What is radius of gyration?
8) What are the rotational equivalents for the physical quantities,
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(i) mass and
(ii) force?
9) What is the difference between sliding and slipping?
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10) The position vectors of two point masses 10 kg and 5 kg are (−3i ⃗ + 2j ⃗ + 4k )⃗ and
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(−3i ⃗ + 6j ⃗ + 5k )⃗ respectively. Locate the position of center of mass.
11) Locate the center of mass of a uniform rod of mass M and length I.
12) If the force applied is perpendicular to the handle of the spanner as shown in the
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diagram, find the (i) torque exerted by the force about the center of the nut, (ii)
direction of torque and (iii) type of rotation caused by the torque about the nut.
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13) Arun and Babu carry a wooden log of mass 28 kg and length 10m which has almost
uniform thickness. They hold it at 1 m and 2 m from the ends respectively. Who will
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4) What are the conditions in which force can not produce torque?
5) What is the relation between torque and angular momentum?
6) How do you distinguish between stable and unstable equilibrium?
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7) State principle of moments
8) Mention any two physical significance of moment of inertia
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9) State conservation of angular momentum
10) Derive an expression for work done by Torque.
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11) What is the condition for pure rolling?
12) What is rolling motion?
13) Distinguish between Centre of Mass and Centre of Gravity.
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14) Write the equation for the CM of two point masses when, (i) Masses are on positive x-
axis. (ii) Origin coincides with anyone of the masses, (iii) origin coincides with CM
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itself.
15) On what factors does the turning effect of a force depend?
16) What do you understand by the term 'Precession'? Give an example.
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4) State and prove parallel axis theorem
5) State and prove perpendicular axis theorem.
6) Find the moment of inertia of a hydrogen molecule about an axis passing througb its
center of mass and perpendicular to the interatomic axis. Given: mass of hydrogen
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atom 1.7 x 10-27 kg and inter atomic distance is equal to 4 x 10-10m.
7) A fly wheel rotates with a uniform angular acceleration. If its angular velocity increases
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from 20π rad/s to 40π rad/s in 10 seconds. Find the number of rotations in that period.
8) A uniform rod of mass m and length I makes a constant angle θ with an axis of rotation
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which passes through one end of the rod. Find . the moment of inertia about this axis
9) Two point masses 3 kg and 5 kg are at 4 m and 8 m from the origin on X-axis. Locate
the position of center of mass of the two point masses
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(i) from the origin and
(ii) from 3 kg mass.
10) A man of mass 50 kg is standing at one end of a boat of mass 300 kg floating on still
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water. He walks towards the other end of the boat with a constant velocity of 2 m s-1
with respect to a stationary observer on land. What will be the velocity of the boat, (a)
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with respect to the stationary observer on land? (b) with respect to the man walking in
the boat?
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[Given: There is friction between the man and the boat and no friction between the
boat and water].
11) A crane has an arm length of 20 m inclined at 30° with the vertical. It carries a
container of the mass of 2 ton suspended from the top end of the arm. Find the torque
produced by the gravitational force on the container about the point where the arm is
12) Three mutually perpendicular beams AB, OC, GR are fixed to form a structure which
is fixed to the ground firmly as shown in the Figure. One string is tied to the point C
and its free end D is pulled with a force F. Find the magnitude and direction of the
torque produced by the force,
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(ii) about the axis CD, OC, AB and GR.
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13) A solid sphere is undergoing pure rolling. What is the ratio of its translational kinetic
energy to rotational kinetic energy?
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14) A solid cylinder when dropped from a height of 2 m acquires a velocity while reaching
the ground. If the same cylinder is rolled down from the top of an inclined plane to
reach the ground with same velocity, what must be the height of the inclined plane?
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100 kg is suspended from another corner B which subtends an angle 530 .Find the
mass m that should be suspended from other corner C so that BC (hypotenuse)
remains horizontal.
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4) Discuss rolling on inclined plane and arrive at the expression for the acceleration.
5) Discuss conservation of angular momentum with example
6) Write an expression for the kinetic energy of a body in pure rolling.
7) Two particles P and Q of mass 1 kg and 3 kg respectively start moving towards each
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other from rest under mutual attraction. What is the velocity of their center of mass?
8) The 747 boing plane is landing at a speed of 70m S-l. Before touching the ground, the
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wheels are not rotating. How long a skid mark do the wing wheels leave (assume their
mass is 100 kg which is distributed uniformly, radius is 0.7 m, and the coeffi cient of
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friction with the ground is 0.5?
9) A uniform disc of mass 100g has a diameter of 10 cm, Calculate the total energy of the
disc when rolling along a horizontal table with a velocity of 20 cms-1. (take the surface
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of table as reference).
10) A particle of mass 5 units is moving with a uniform speed of' v = 3.√2units in the XOY
plane along the line y = x + 4. Find the magnitude of angular momentum.
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11) From a uniform disc of radius R, a small disc of radius R is cut and removed as
2
shown in the diagram. Find the center of mass of the remaining portion of the disc.
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12) A particle of mass (m) is moving with constant velocity (v). Show that its angular
momentum about any point remains constant throughout the motion.
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13) A disc of mass 500 g and radius 10 em can freely rotate about a fixed axis as shown
in figure. light and inextensible string is wound several turns around it and 100 g body
is suspended at its free end. Find the acceleration of this mass. [Given: The string
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makes the disc to rotate and does not slip over it. g = 10m s-2]
14) Three particles of masses m1= 1 kg, m2 = 2 kg and m3 = 3 kg are placed at the
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(a) 12 hr (b) 18 hr (c) 15.5 hr (d) 13.5 hr
3) A particle is moving with a constant velocity along a line parallel to positive X-axis. The
magnitude of its angular momentum with respect to the origin is,
(a) zero (b) increasing with x (c) decreasing with x (d) remaining constant
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4) A rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the
angular acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force 30 N?
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(a) 0.25rad s-2 (b) 25 rad s-2 (c) 5 m S-2 (d) 25 m S-2
5) The ratio of the acceleration for a solid sphere (mass m and radius R) rolling down an
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incline of angle θ without slipping and slipping down the incline without rolling is,
(a) 5 : 7 (b) 2: 3 (c) 2: 5 (d) 7: 5
6) The speed of a solid sphere after rolling down from rest without sliding on an inclined
plane of vertical height his,
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(a) √ 4
3
gh (b) √−−gh
10
7
(c) √−2−gh− (d) √ 1
2
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7) When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its angular momentum is
directed along,
(a) a line perpendicular to (b) the line making an angle of 450 (c) the (d) tangent to
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(a) axis of rotation (b) torque applied (c) angular speed (d) angular momentum
18) The 10, cation of the centre of mass of a sphere is at:
(a) its top (b) its bottom (c) geometric centre (d) all the above
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19) Which is a vector quantity?
(a) Angular momentum (b) Work (c) Potential energy (d) Electric energy
20) The dimension of torque is:
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(a) ML2T2 (b) M2L2T2 (c) ML2T-1 (d) MLT-2
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21) State the rule which is used to find the direction of torque.
22) What is the effect of Torque on Rigid Bodies.
23) When a tree is cut, the cut is made on the side facing the direction in which the tree is
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required to fall. Why?
24) Give an example to show that the following statement is false. 'any two forces acting
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on a body can be combined into single force that would have same effect'.
25) Calculate the moment of inertia of the earth about its diameter taking It to be a sphere
of 1025 kg and diameter 12800 km.
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26) Give examples where the centre of mass coincides with the geometrical centre of the
body.
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27) An electron of mass 9 x 10-31 kg revolves around a nucleus in a circular orbit of radius
0
A
0.53 . What is the angular momentum of the electron? (Velocity of electron is, v = 2.2
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x 106 ms-1)
28) A solid sphere of mass 20 kg and radius 0.25 m rotates about an axis passing
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through the center. What is the angular momentum if the angular velocity is 5 rad s-1.
8 x 3 = 24
29) Write the principle used in beam balance and define Mechanical Advantage.
30) Define center of mass.
31) Give any two examples of torque in day-today life.
32) State principle of moments
33) What are the rotational equivalents for the physical quantities,
(i) mass and
(ii) force?
34) Deduce the relation between torque and angular acceleration.
36) A jester in a circus is standing with his arms extended on a turn table rotating with
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angular velocity . He brings his arms closer to his body so that his moment of inertia
is reduced to one third of the original value. Find his new angular velocity. [Given:
There is no external torque on:the turn table in the given situation.]
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8 x 5 = 40
37) Explain the types of equilibrium with suitable examples:
38) Derive the expression for moment of lnertla of a uniform ring about an axis passing
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through the center and perpendicular to the plane
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39) Discuss conservation of angular momentum with example
40) A fly wheel rotates with a uniform angular acceleration. If its angular velocity
π π
increases from 20 rad/s to 40 rad/s in 10 seconds. Find the number of rotations in
that period.
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41) From a uniform disc of radius R, a small disc of radius R is cut and removed as
2
shown in the diagram. Find the center of mass of the remaining portion of the disc.
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42) Three mutually perpendicular beams AB, OC, GR are fixed to form a structure which
is fixed to the ground firmly as shown in the Figure. One string is tied to the point C
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and its free end D is pulled with a force F. Find the magnitude and direction of the
torque produced by the force,
(i) about the points D, C, 0 and B
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43) Three particles of masses m1= 1 kg, m2 = 2 kg and m3 = 3 kg are placed at the
comers of an equilateral triangle of side 1m as shown in Figure. Find the position of
center of mass.
44) Consider two cylinders with same radius and same mass. Let one of the cylinders be
solid and another one be hollow. When subjected to same torque, which one among
them gets more angular acceleration than the other?
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(a) remain the same (b) increase 2 times (c) increase 4 times (d) decrease 2 times
3) A planet moving along an elliptical orbit is closest to the Sun at distance r1 and farthest
away at a distance of r2. If v1 and v2 are linear speeds at these points respectively.
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r2 r r1 r
(a) r1 (b) ( r2 )2 (c) r2 (d) ( r1 )2
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4) The time period of a satellite orbiting Earth in a cirular orbit is independent of.
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(a) Radius of (b) The mass of (c) Both the mass and (d) Neither the mass nor the
the orbit the satellite radius of the orbit radius of its orbit
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5) If the distance between the Earth and Sun were to be doubled from its present value,
the number of days in a year would be
(a) 64.5 (b) 1032 (c) 182.5 (d) 730
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6) According to Kepler’s second law, the radial vector to a planet from the Sun sweeps
out equal areas in equal intervals of time. This law is a consequence of
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(a) always positive(b) always negative(c) can be positive or negative (d) always zero
8) The kinetic energies of a planet in an elliptical orbit about the Sun, at positions A, B
and C are KA, KB and KC respectively. AC is the major axis and SB is perpendicular to
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of planet momentum of planet of planet of a planet
17) The work done by Sun on Earth in one year will be
(a) zero (b) non-zero (c) positive (d) negative
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18) The work done by Sun on Earth at any finite interval of time is
(a) Positive, negative or (b) Strictly (c) Strictly (d) It is always
zero positive negative zero
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19) Acceleration to Kepler's second law the radius vector of a planet sweeps out equal
areas in equal intervals of fire. The law is consequence of conservations of
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(a) linear (b) angular (c) (d) Newton's law of gravitation
momentum momentum energy
20) A satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius R around the earth. A second
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satellite is launched into an orbit of radius 4R. The ratio of their respective periods is
(a) 4:1 (b) 1:8 (c) 8:1 (d) 1:4
21) Two practicals of equal mass m go round a circle of radius R under the action of their
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22) A body projected electrically from the earth reaches a height equal to earth's radius
before returning to the earth: The power exerted by the gravitational force is greatest
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(a) at the highest (b) at the instant just (c) it remains (d) at the instant just
position of the before the body hits the constant all after the body is
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gravitational force on the rocket will be zero, when its from the moon is
(a) 5
r (b) 10
r (c) 15
r (d) 20
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24) A body of mass 500g is town upwards with a velocity 20ms-1 and reaches back to the
surface of a planet after 20s. Then the weight of the body on that planet is
(a) 2 N (b) 4 N (c) 5 N (d) 1 N
25) A body of mass m falls from earth's surface at a height equal to twice the radius (R)
each. Then the change in P.E of body will be
(b) 3 mgR (d) 3 mgR
2 1
(a) 2 mgR (c) 3 mgR
26) Three bodies of each of mass 2 kg are situated on x-axis at distance 1m, 2m, 4m
from origin. The resolving gravitational potential due to the system at the origin will be
28) If the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth is g, the work done in
slowly lifting a body of mass in from the earth's surface to a height R equal to the
radius of the earth is
(a) 12 MgR (b) 2 MgR (c) 14 MgR (d) Mg R
29) Let V & E be gravitational potential & gravitational field at a distance r from the centre
of a uniform solid sphere, consider the 2 statements
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(B) the plot of E against r is discontinuous
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30) Two spherical balls of mass 10hg are placed 10cm apart. Find gravitational force of
attraction between them
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(a) the earth does not (b) the normal force by chair (c) the (d) the person in
attract the objects in a on the person balances the normal sattelite is not
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satellite earth attraction force is accelerated
zero
31) A body is suspended from a spring balance kept in a satellite the reading of the
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balance is W1 when the satellite goes in an orbit of radius R and isW2 when it goes in
an orbit of radius 2R
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speed with respect to the satellite
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42) Water flows throw 2 identical tubes A & B, A volume V0 of water posses throw the
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tubes are steady tubes are turbulent but turbulent in B above
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shape of the tube are never uniform cross section non-uniform cross section
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upward acceleration upward acceleration deceleration uniform velocity
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surface molecules are
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(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) π : 2 (d) 2 : π
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period in second orbit is ________ hours.
(a) 4.8 (b) 48√2 (c) 24 (d) 24√2
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will be:
(a) half the (b) one-eight the (c) one-fourth the (d) one-sixth the
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22) Energy required to move a body of mass 'M' from an orbit of radius 2R to 3R is
=_________
(a) GM
12R
(b) GMm (c) GMm8R
(d) GMm6R
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23) The mass of the earth is 6 x 10 kg and that of the Moon is 7.4 x 10 kg. The
constant of gravitation Gis 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2 kg-2. The potential energy of the system is
-7.79 x 1028J. The mean distance between the Earth and Moon is ________ metre.
(a) 3.80 x 108 (b) 3.37 x 108 (c) 7.60 x 108 (d) 1.90 x 102
24) What is the intensity of gravitational field at the center of spherical shell?
(a) Gm (b) g (c) zero (d) None of these
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25) A body of mass m is taken from the Earth's surface to a height equal to the radius R
of the earth. If g is the acceleration to gravity at the surface of the Earth, then find the
change in the potential energy of the body ________
(a) 14 mgR (b) 12mgR (c) mgR (d) 2mgR
26) A satellite is orbiting around the Earth in a circular orbit with velocity v. If m is the
mass of the satellite, its total energy is_______.
(a) mv2 (b) 1 mv2
2
(c) - 1 mv2
2
(d) 3 mv2
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27) Escape velocity of a body of 1 kg. On a planet is 100 ms . Gravitational potential
energy of the body at the planet is _______.
(a) -5000 J (b) - 1000 J (c) - 2400 (d) 4000 J
28) A particle falls towards earth from infinity. It's velocity reaching the Earth would be
_________
√ gR √gR
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29) An artificial satellite is revolving round the Earth in a circular orbit, its velocity is half
the eacape velocity. Its height from the Earth surface is _________ km.
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30) The escape velocity of a body on the surface of the Earth is 11.2 km/s. If the mass of
the Earth is increase to twice its present value and the radius of the earth becomes
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half, the escape velocity becomes = ______ kms-1.
(a) 5.6 (b) 11.2 (c) 22.4 (d) 494.8
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31) The velocity with which a projectile must be fired so that it escapes Earth's
gravitational does not depend on________
(a) Mass of (b) Radius of the (c) Mass of the (d) Gravitational
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32) The escape velocity for a body projected vertically upwards from the surface of Earth
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33) Two satellites of mass m1 and m2 (m1 > m2) are revolving round the earth in circular
orbits of r1 anf r2 (r1 > r2) respectively. Which of the following statement is true
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34) As astronaut orbiting the earth in a circular orbit 120 km above the surface of Earth,
gently drops a spoon out of space-ship. The spoon will________.
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down to the Earth towards the with space-ship way then fall down to Earth
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35) A satellite revolves around the Earth in an elliptical orbit. Its speed.
(a) is the (b) is greatest (c) is greatest (d) goes on increasing or
same at all when it is closest when it is farthest decreasing continuously depending
point in the to the Earth to the Earth upon the mass of the satellite.
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36) A satellite is moving around the Earth with speed v in a circular orbit of radius r. If the
orbit radius is decreased by 1% its speed will _______.
(a) increase by 1% (b) increase by 0.5% (c) decrease by 1% (d) decrease by 0.5%
37) Orbital velocity of an artificial satellite does not depend upon ________.
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Earth satellite Earth
38) The orbital speed of Jupiter is _________
(a) greater than the orbital (b) less then the orbital (c) (d) equal to the orbital
speed of Earth speed of Earth zero speed of Earth
39) As we go grom the equator to the poles, the value of g ___________.
(a) remains constant (b) decreases (c) increases (d) decreases upto latitude of 45°
40) The value of g on the Earth surface is 980 cm/sec2. Its value at a height of 64 km
from the Earth surface is ________ cms-2
(a) 960.40 (b) 984.90 (c) 982.45 (d) 977.55
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times that of the Earth. If g
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the planet is 0.2 times that of the Earth, the gravitational acceleration on the surface
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(a) 0.2g (b) 0.4g (c) 2g (d) 4g
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43) Assuming Earth to be a sphere of a uniform density, what is value of gravitational
acceleration in mine 100 km below the Earth surface = _________ ms-2
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ρ ρ
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45) The acceleration due to gravity near the surface of a planet of radius R and density d
is proportional to:
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will be ________.
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48) The radius of the Earth is 6400 km and g = 10 ms in order that a body of 5 kg
weights zero at the equator, the angular speed of the Earth is _______ rad R-1
1 1 1 1
(a) 80 (b) 400 (c) 800 (d) 600
49) Weight of a body is maximum at ________.
(a) Moon (b) poles of Earth (c) equator of Earth (d) center of Earth
50) The weight of an astronaut, in an artificial satellite revolving around the Earth is:
(a) (b) equal to that on the (c) more than that on (d) less than that on
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6) Why is the energy of a satellite (or any other planet) negative?
7) Define weight.
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9) If the Earth’s pull on the Moon suddenly disappears, what will happen to the Moon?
10) An unknown planet orbits the Sun with distance twice the semi-major axis distance of
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the Earth’s orbit. If the Earth’s time period is T1, what is the time period of this
unknown planet?
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11) If the masses and mutual distance between the two objects are doubled, what is the
change in the gravitational force between them?
= 2,
12) If the ratio of the orbital distance of two planets d1 what is the ratio of
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gravitational fi eld experienced by these two planets?
13) If the angular momentum of a planet is given by L ⃗ = 5 ^ − 6 ^ + 3^
t2 i t j k . What is the
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the angular momentum?
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14) Suppose unknowingly you wrote the universal gravitational constant value as G =
6.67 x 1011 instead of the correct value G = 6.67 x 1011, what is the acceleration due
to gravity g' for this incorrect G? According to this new acceleration due to gravity, what
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distance is around 150 million km. The mass of the Earth is 5.9 × 1024 kg and mass of
the Sun is 1.9 × 1030 kg.
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16) An object is thrown from Earth in such a way that it reaches a point at infinity with
non-zero kinetic energy [K.E(r= )= 12 M V ∞
∞ 2 ], with what velocity should the object be
thrown from Earth?
17) Calculate the change in g value in your district of Tamilnadu. (Hint: Get the latitude of
your district of Tamilnadu from the Google). What is the difference in g values at
Chennai and Kanyakumari?
18) If the force of gravity acts on all bodies in proportion to their masses, why does heavy
body not all faster than a light body?
19) Why does a tennis ball bounce higher on a hall than on plains?
20) Explain why high & low tide are formed on seas.
21) By which law is the Kepler's law of areas identical? Is this Kepler's law kinematic?
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22) Assume that the law of gravitation changes from inverse square to inverse cube.
Does the angular momentum of a planet about the sun will remain constant?
23) If the K.E of a satellite revolving around the earth in any orbit is doubled then what will
happen to satellite?
24) State the theory proposed by Copernicus?
25) What did Galileo discover regarding gravitation?
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6) What are geostationary and polar satellites?
7) Why is there no lunar eclipse and solar eclipse every month?
8) If a comet suddenly hits the Moon and imparts energy which is more than the total
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energy of the Moon, what will happen?
9) If the Earth has no tilt, what happens to the seasons of the Earth?
10) Two bodies of masses m and 4m are placed at a distance r. Calculate the
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gravitational potential at a point on the line joining them where the gravitational field is
zero.
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11) The Moon Io orbits Jupiter once in 1.769 days. The orbital radius of the Moon Io is
421700 km. Calculate the mass of Jupiter?
12) Four particles, each of mass M and equidistant from each other, move along a circle
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of each particle
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total energy of the Earth in that case? Is the total energy positive? Give reasons.
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14) Suppose we go 200 km above and below the surface of the Earth, what are the g
values at these two points? In which case, is the value of g small?
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15) Acceleration to Newton's law of gravitation the apple and the earth experience equal
& opposite forces due to gravitation. But it is the apple falls towards the earth and not
vice-versa. Why?
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17) Out of aphelion and perihelion where is the speed of the earth more and why?
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2) Th e following photographs are taken from the recent lunar eclipse which occurred on
January 31, 2018. Is it possible to prove that Earth is a sphere from these
photographs?
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force between two small objects is negligible?
4) Discuss the forces which depend on the type on the type of interaction.
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mass.
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9) Find the expression of the orbital speed of satellite revolving around the earth.
10) Why do we have seasons on Earth?
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11) A geostationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height of 5R above the surface of the
earth, R being the radius of the earth. Find the time period of another satellite at a
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13) Two heavy spheres, each of mass 100kg and radius 0.8m are placed 1m about on a
table What is the gravitational force and potential at the mid point of the line joining the
centers of the spheres?
14) Find the period of oscillation of a simple pendulum of length L suspended from the
roof of a vehicle which moves without friction down an inclined plane of indentation α.
15) Imagine a light planet revolving around a massive star in a circular orbit of radius r
with a period of revolution T. If the gravitational force of attraction between planet and
the star is proportional to r3/2, find the relation between T & r.
16) A mass M is broken into two parts, on & (M-m). How is m related to M so that the
gravitational force between two parts is maximum?
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5) Explain the variation of g with altitude.
6) Derive the time period of satellite orbiting the Earth.
7) Explain in detail the geostationary and polar satellites.
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8) Explain in detail the Eratosthenes method of finding the radius of Earth.
9) Consider two point masses m1 and m2 which are separated by a distance of 10 meter
as shown in the following figure. Calculate the force of attraction between them and
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6) Derive an expression for energy of satellite.
7) Explain how geocentric theory is replaced by heliocentric theory using the idea of
retrograde motion of planets.
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8) Describe the measurement of Earth’s shadow (umbra) radius during total lunar eclipse.
9) Moon and an apple are accelerated by the same gravitational force due to Earth.
Compare the acceleration of the two
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10) Qualitatively indicate the gravitational field of Sun on Mercury, Earth, and Jupiter
shown in figure.
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3) The work done by the Sun’s gravitational force on the Earth is
(a) always zero(b) always positive(c) can be positive or negative (d) always negative
4) The magnitude of the Sun’s gravitational field as experienced by Earth is
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same month of January and of July and increases in day time and
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over the increases in the month of the month of January decreases during night
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5) If a person moves from Chennai to Trichy, his weight
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains same (d) increases and then decreases
6) If the acceleration due to gravity becomes 4 times its original value, then escape
speed
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same value halved value
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9) A rocket is fired from the earth. The body is projected the distance between the earth
of the moon is r & the mass of the earth is 81 times the mass of the moon. The
gravitational force on the rocket will be zero, when its from the moon is
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(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
10) A body of mass 500g is town upwards with a velocity 20ms-1 and reaches back to the
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surface of a planet after 20s. Then the weight of the body on that planet is
(a) 2 N (b) 4 N (c) 5 N (d) 1 N
11) Three bodies of each of mass 2 kg are situated on x-axis at distance 1m, 2m, 4m
from origin. The resolving gravitational potential due to the system at the origin will be
(a) 2G (b) 83 G (c) 43 G (d) 72
12) Let V & E be gravitational potential & gravitational field at a distance r from the centre
of a uniform solid sphere, consider the 2 statements
(A) the plot of V against r is discontinuous
(B) the plot of E against r is discontinuous
(a) both A & B (b) A is correct but B is (c) B is correct but A is (d) both A & B
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13) A satellite is orbiting the earth close to its surface. A particle is to be projected from
the satellite to just escape from the earth the escape speed from the earth is Ve its
speed with respect to the satellite
(a) will be less (b) will be more (c) will be equal (d) will depend on direction of
than Ve than Ve to Ve projection
14) Water is flowing through a long horizontal tube. Let PA & PB be the pressure at two
points A &B of the tube
(a) PA must (b) PA must be (c) PA must be (d) PA =PB only of the cross -
be equal to PB greater than PB smaller than PB sectional area at A & B are equal
15) A solid floats in a liquid in a partially dipped position
(a) The solid exerts (b) The liquid exerts a force of (c) The weight of the (d)
a force equal to its buoyancy on the solid which is displaced liquid equals All
weight on the liquid equal to the weight of the solid the weight of the solid the
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17) When a metal wire is stretched by a .load, the fractional change in its volume ΔV/V is
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−
d
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18) If two soap bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube, then
(a) air flows from bigger to (b) air flows from bigger (c) air flows from (d) there
the smaller bubble till the bubble to the smaller bubble the smaller is number
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sizes become equal till the size are interchanged bubble to the flow of air
bigger
19) A piece of wood is taken deep inside a long column of water & released it will move
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(a) with a constant (b) with decreasing (c) with a (d) there will be
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21) State Kepler’s three laws.
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the Earth’s orbit. If the Earth’s time period is T1, what is the time period of this
unknown planet?
26) If the angular momentum of a planet is given by L ⃗ = 5 ^ − 6 ^ + 3^
t2 i t j k . What is the
torque experienced by the planet? Will the torque be in the same direction as that of
the angular momentum?
27) Earth revolves around the Sun at 30 km s−1. Calculate the kinetic energy of the Earth.
In the previous example you calculated the potential energy of the Earth. What is the
total energy of the Earth in that case? Is the total energy positive? Give reasons.
28) Explain why high & low tide are formed on seas.
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32) Why the gravitational force between the Earth and the Sun is so great while the same
force between two small objects is negligible?
33) When does the work done to be negative and positive?
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35) What will be the potential energy of a body of mass 67kg at a distance of 6.6x
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1010mfrom the centre of the earth? Find gravitational potential at this distance
36) A mass M is broken into two parts, on & (M-m). How is m related to M so that the
gravitational force between two parts is maximum?
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37) Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the nth power of distance then,
fine the expression for the time period of a planet in a circular orbit of radius r around
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the sun.
38) Find the period of oscillation of a simple pendulum of length α suspended from the
roof a vehicle which moves without friction down an inclined plane of inclination α.
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39) Discuss the important features of the law of gravitation.
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40) Prove that at points near the surface of the Earth, the gravitational potential energy of
the object is U = mgh.
41) Explain the variation of g with depth from the Earth’s surface.
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43) Drive the relation between g & Gravitational constant.
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44) Qualitatively indicate the gravitational field of Sun on Mercury, Earth, and Jupiter
shown in figure.
45) Moon is the natural satellite of Earth and it takes 27 days to go once around its orbit.
Calculate the distance of the Moon from the surface of the Earth assuming the orbit of
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Which of the following wire is the thickest?
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(a) 0 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.5
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5) A small sphere of radius 2cm falls from rest in a viscous liquid. Heat is produced due
to viscous force. Th e rate of production of heat when the sphere attains its terminal
velocity is proportional to
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cross sections of the fi rst and the second wires are A and 2A respectively. If the length
of the fi rst wire is increased by Δl on applying a force F, how much force is needed to
stretch the second wire by the same amount?
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increase decrease increase decrease
8) Th e Young’s modulus for a perfect rigid body is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0.5 (d) infinity
9) Which of the following is not a scalar?
(a) viscosity (b) surface tension (c) pressure (d) stress
10) If the temperature of the wire is increased, then the Young’s modulus will
(a) remain the (b) (c) increase (d) increase by very a small
same decrease rapidly amount
11) Copper of fixed volume V is drawn into a wire of length l. When this wire is subjected
to a constant force F, the extension produced in the wire is Δl. If Y represents the
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viscosity tension density the liquid
15) In a horizontal pipe of non-uniform cross section, water flows with a velocity of 1 m s-
1 at a point where the diameter of the pipe is 20 cm. The velocity of water (m s-1) at a
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(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 32
16) If a spherical ball contract in volume by 1% under a normal uniform pressure of 200
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atmosphere, then the compressibility of the material of the ball is (1 atmosphere =105
Nm-2)
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17) An air bubble of diameter 4 mm rises steadily i through a solution of density 1500
kgm23 at the rate of 30cm-1 the coefficient of viscosity of the solution is
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(a) 3.3 x 10-3 poise (b) 2.2 x 10-3 poise (c) 3.3 x 10-3 poise (d) 4.4 x 10-3 poise
18) The molar specific heats 'of an ideal gas at a constant pressure & volume are
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19) The value of coefficient of volume expansion of gycerine is 5 x 10-4k-1 the fractional
change in the density of gycerine for a rise of 40°C in its temp is
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σ +σ
(a) 21σ σ 2
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(b) σ1 σ 2
σ1 σ2 2σ1 σ2
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21) Water rises in a capillary tube to a certain height such that the upward force due to
the surface tension is balanced by 62.84 x 10-5N force due to the weight of the liquid
column. If the surface tension of water is 70 x 10-3Nm the radius of the capillary tube is
(a) 1.43 x 10-3m (b) 2.83x 10-3 m (c) 1.43x 10-2 m (d) 2.83 x 10-3 m
22) The work done against surface tension in blowing a soap bubble from a radjus of
5 cm to 15 cm is (surface tension of soap solution is 30x 10-3 Nm-1)
(a) 2.4 πmJ (b) 4.8 π mJ (c) 2.4 π J (d) 4.8 π J
23) Ablack body is continuously radiating ene.rlD' at a temperature of 2880 k if U1 U2 and
U3 are the amount of radiation measured between the wavelengths 599 & 600 nm, 999
& 1000 nm & 1499& 1500nin respectively then (wiresconstant b = 2.88 x 1026 kmk)
(a) U2 < U3 (b) U1=U2=U3 (c) U123 (d) U2 > U1 > U3
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24) If there were no gravity, which oftbe following will not be there for a fluid?
(a) viscosity (b) surface tension (c) pressure (d) archimedes upward thrust
25) The rate of flow of liquids in a tube of radius V length I, whose ends are maintained at
a pressure difference p is V = πQpr
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(a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 161
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29) A rectangular vessel when full of water, takes 10 min to be emptied through an orifice
in its bottom, how much time will it take to be emptied when half filled with water
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(a) 9 min (b) 7 min (c) 5 min (d) 3 min
30) One large soap bubble of diameter D breakes into 27 bubbles having surface tension
T, the change in surface energy is
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(a) 2ㅠTD2 (b) 4ㅠ TD2 (c) ㅠ TD2 (d) 8ㅠ TD2
31) Two drops of equal radius coalesce to form a bigger drop. What is ratio of surface
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energy of bigger drop to smaller one?
(a) 21/2:1 (b) 1:1 (c) 22/3:1 (d) none of these
32) If a mercury drop is divided into 8 equal parts, its total energy
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33) If a liquid does not wet glass, its angle of contact is
(a) zero (b) acute (c) obtuse (d) right angle
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34) In a capillary tube experiment, a vertical, 30 cm long capillary tube is dipped in water,
the water rises upto a height of 10 cm due to capillary action if this experimentis
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(a) 16V (b) 9V (c) 8V (d) 2V
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boy will feel that the box is now.
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(a) (b) (c) shows no change in (d) lighter in beginning & heavier
heavier lighter weight later
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37) When the distance between the two atoms becomes ' 0 ' then the inter atomic force
will be,
(a) Zero (b) Infinity (c) Negative constant (d) Positive constant
38) The SI unit of stress is,
(a) N/m2 (b) N-m2 (c) J/K (d) J-K
39) The CGS unit of stress is,
(a) N/m2 (b) J/m2 (c) dynl/cm2 (d) N/cm2
40) Internal energy comprises of two types of energies, those are
(a) mechanical and (b) magnetic and (c) kinetic and (d) kinetic and
electrical energy electrical energy potential energy magnetic energy
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41) A pure substance would freeze or solidity at its
(a) boiling point (b) condensation point (c) melting point (d) sublimation point
42) When state is being changed from gas to liquid through process of condensation,
temperature will be,
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains constant (d) may increase or decrease
43) Mercury has boiling point of
(a) 157°C (b) 157°C (c) 357°C (d) 457°C
44) Formula for specific latent heat of fusion is
(a) Lf= m/lf (b) Lf=lf/m (c) l f = Lf × m (d) lf=Lf/m
45) Which of the following is dynamic viscosity.
(a) [M1L1T-1] (b) [M1L-1T-1] (c) [M1L-2T-2] (d) [M1L-2T-2]
46) The viscous force the relative motion between the adjacent layers of a fluid in motion
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which one of the following is absolutely fit?
(a) opposes (b) never affects (c) facilitates (d) may effect under certain conditions
47) The viscosity of a fluid in motion is 1 poise. What will be it's viscosity (in poise) When
the fluid is at rest?
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48) Boyle's law states that,
P P
(a) P x V = constant (b) V = constant (c) P X V2 = constant (d) 2 = constant
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(a) Force per unit (b) Force per unit
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area Volume length length
50) Substances that elongate considerably and undergo plastic deformation before they
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(a) brittle (b) breakable (c) ductile (d) elastic
substances substances substances substances
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51) Two fluids 1 and 2 have mass densities of P1 and P2 respectively. If P1 > P2, which
one of the following expressions will represent the relation between their specific
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no viscosity incompressible surface tension above
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53) The force required to stretch a steel wire 1 cm in cross section to double its length is
(given Y= 2x 1011 Nm-2)________.
(a) 107N (b) 2 X 107N (c) 1011 N (d) 2 x 1011 N
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54) The fractional change in volume per unit increase in pressure is called _________.
(a) Pressure co-efficient (b) Volume co-efficient (c) Bulk modulus (d) Compressibility
55) The modulus of rigidity of a liquid is _______.
(a) zero (b) 1 (c) infinite (d) none of these
56) The Young's modulus of a wire of length L and radius r is Y. If the length is .reduced
to L2 and radius to r2 , its Young's modulus will be______.
y
(a) 2 (b) Y (c) 2Y (d) 4Y
57) A spherical ball contracts in volume by 0.01% when subjected to a normal uniform
pressure of 100 atmospheres. The bulk modulus of the material of the ball in
dynes/cm2 is _________.
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(a) 1 x 1012 (b) 10 x 1012 (c) 100 x 1012 (d) 2 x 1011
58) The value of Poisson's ratio lies between ________.
(a) 0 and 1 (b) -0.5 and 1 (c) 0 and 0.5 (d) -1 and 1
59) Poisson's ratio cannot have the value _________.
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.7
60) The bulk modulus for an incompressible fluid is ________.
(a) zero (b) 1 (c) ∞ (d) between 0 and 1
61) Shearing stress causes change in __________.
(a) length (b) breadth (c) shape (d) volume
62) A certain force increases the length of a wire by 1 mm. The force required to
increases its length by 2 mm is ________.
(a) 2F (b) 4F (c) 8F (d) 16F
63) Two wires of same material, having cross-sectional areas in the ratio 1 : 2 and lengths
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will be
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 4 : 1
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64) If the tension on a wire is removed at once, then _______.
(a) it will (b) its temperature (c) there will be no change in (d) its temperature
break will reduce its temperature will increase
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65) In steel, the Young's modulus and the strain at the breaking point are 2 x 1011Nm-2
and 0.15 respectively. The stress at the breaking point for steel is therefore ______.
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(a) 2 x 108 Nm-2 (b) 3 x 1010 Nm-2 (c) 3 x 1012 Nm-2 (d) None of these
66) The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank does not depend on ________.
(a) acceleration due to (b) density of the (c) height of the (d) area of the liquid
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67) A floating body always displaces its own __________.
(a) mass of liquid (b) volume of liquid (c) weight of liquid (d) none of these
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68) The pressure in a water tap at the base of a building is 3 x 106 dynes/cm/ and on its
top it is 1.6 x 106 dynes/cm2. The height of the building is approximately __________.
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density of the body is 0.9, that of the liquid is __________.
(b) 0.9x 4 (c) 0.9x 5
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(a) 0.9 x 5 (d) 0.9 x 4
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71) A boat having length 3m and breadth 2m is floating on a lake. It sinks by 1 cm when a
man gets on it. The mass of the man is _________
(a) 60 kg (b) 55 kg (c) 65 kg (d) 70 kg
72) bird weighs 2 kg and is inside an airtight cage of I kg. If its starts to fly, then what is
the weight of the bird and cage assembly?
(a) 3 kg (b) 2 kg (c) 1 kg (d) none of these
73) The rate ofleak from a hole in a tank is ________.
(a) independent of its (b) more if situated (c) more if (d) more at midway
height from the bottom near the bottom situated near its between top and bottom
top
74) Bernoulli's principle does not explain ________.
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(a) curved path (b) surviving of (c) working of (d) automatic blowing ofIthe roofs of
of a spinning ball a fish in a lake a paint sprayer houses during blizzard in hilly areas
75) An ideal liquid flows through a horizontal tube of variable diameter. The pressure is
lowest where the __________.
(a) velocity is highest (b) velocity is lowest (c) diameter is largest (d) none of these
76) Bernoulli's equation is applicable in the case of __________.
(a) streamlined flow (b) streamlined flow of(c) turbulent flow of (d) turbulent flow of
of compressible fluids incompressible fluids compressible fluids incompressible fluids
77) Bernoulli's theorem is based on the conservation of _______.
(a) mass (b) momentum (c) energy (d) all of the above
78) Bernoulli's theorem is applicable to __________.
(a) flow of liquids (b) viscosity (c) surface tension (d) static fluid pressure
79) The working of an atomiser depends on _________
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80) 'Dynamic lift' is related to ________.
(a) Bernoulli's (b) Archimedes (c) Equation of (d) Pascal's
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81) If a stream of air is blown under one of the pans of a physical balance in equilibrium,
then the pan will ________.
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up down affected stream
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82) Water venturimeter works on the principle of _________.
(a) Newton's third law of (b) Stokes's (c) Bernoulli's (d) Hooke's
motion formula theorem law
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83) Aeroplanes are made to run on runway before take-off because it ________.
(a) (b) decreases (c) decreases (d) provides required life
decreases viscous drag of air atmospheric pressure to the aeroplane
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84) When the terminal velocity is reached, the. acceleration of a body moving through a
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87) The velocity of a rain drop attains constant value because of ________.
(a) surface tension (b) upthrust of air (c) viscous force exerted by air (d) air currents
88) With increase in temperature the viscosity of
(a) a gas decreases (b) a gas increases (c) both gases and (d) both gases and
and a liquid increases and a liquid decreases liquids decrease liquids increase
89) Viscosity is the property of liquids by virtue of which they _________.
(a) oppose the relative (b) push neighboring (c) attract other (d) become
motion of its parts molecules molecules conducting
90) The dimensional formula of coefficient of viscosity is ________.
(a) M0 L-1 T-1 (b) M0 L2 T-1 (c) ML2 T-1 (d) ML-1 T-1
91) A good lubricant should have _________.
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(a) high viscosity (b) low viscosity (c) moderate viscosity (d) high density
92) If a liquid wets a solid surface, the angle of contact is _________.
(a) 0° (b) 90° (c) less than° (d) greater than 90°
93) Rain drops are spherical because of __________.
(a) gravitational force (b) surface tension (c) low viscosity of water (d) air resistance
94) At critical temperature the surface tension of a liquid ________.
(a) is (b) is the same as that at any other (c) is (d) cannot be
zero temperature infinity determined
95) A liquid will not wet the surface of a solid if the angle of contact is ________.
π
(a) acute (b) obtuse (c) zero (d) 2
96) The surface tension of soap solution is 25 x10-3 Nm-1. The excess pressure inside a
soap bubble of diameter 1 cm is_________.
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(a) 5 Pa (b) 10 Pa (c) 20 Pa (d) None of the above
97) Surface tension does not depend on _________.
(a) nature of the (b) temperature of the (c) atmospheric (d) presence of
liquid liquid pressure impurities
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98) Meniscus of mercury in a capillary is __________.
(a) concave (b) convex (c) plane (d) cylindrical
99) At which of the following temperatures, the value of surface tension of water is
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100) If the surface tension of water is 0.06 Nm , then the capillary rise in a tube of
diameter 1 mm is (angle of contact = 0°) _________.
(a) 1.22 cm (b) 2.44cm (c) 3.12cm (d) 3.86 cm
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2) A metallic cube of side 100 cm is subjected to a uniform force acting normal to the
whole surface of the cube. The pressure is 106 pascal. If the volume changes by 1.5 x
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10-5 m3, calculate the bulk modulus of the material.
3) A wire of length 2 m with the area of crosssection 10-6m2 is used to suspend a load of
980 N. Calculate i) the stress developed in the wire ii) the strain and iii) the energy
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4) State Hooke’s law of elasticity.
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modulus of elasticity of the metal.
3) Define stress and strain.
4) Define Poisson’s ratio.
5) Which one of these is more elastic, steel or rubber? Why?
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6) What is the effect of temperature on elasticity?
7) State Pascal’s law in fluids.
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8) What do you mean by upthrust or buoyancy?
9) Define coefficient of viscosity of a liquid.
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10) What is Reynold’s number? Give its significance.
11) Write down the expression for the Stoke’s force and explain the symbols involved in it.
12) What are the energies possessed by a liquid? Write down their equations.
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13) Define surface tension of a liquid. Mention its S.I unit and dimension.
14) Define angle of contact for a given pair of solid and liquid.
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15) What are the factors affecting the surface tension of a liquid?
16) What do you mean by capillarity or capillary action?
17) State the principle and usage of Venturimeter.
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18) A cylinder of length 1.5 m and diameter 4 cm is fixed at one end. A tangential force of
4 × 105 N is applied at the other end. If the rigidity modulus of the cylinder is 6 × 1010
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exerted by the larger piston when 50 N is placed on the smaller piston?
4) A cube of wood floating in water supports a 300 g mass at the centre of its top face.
When the mass is removed, the cube rises by 3 cm. Determine the volume of the
cube.
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5) A metal plate of area 2.5×10-4m2 is placed on a 0.25×10-3m thick layer of castor oil. If
a force of 2.5 N is needed to move the plate with a velocity 3×10-2m s-1, calculate the
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coefficient of viscosity of castor oil.
Given: A=2.5×10-4 m2, dx = 0.25×10-3m, F=2.5N and dv = 3×10-2 m s-1
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6) Let 2.4×10−4 J of work is done to increase the area of a film of soap bubble from 50
cm2 to 100 cm2. Calculate the value of surface tension of soap solution.
7) If excess pressure is balanced by a column of oil (with specific gravity 0.8) 4 mm high,
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where R = 2.0 cm, find the surface tension of the soap bubble
8) Water rises in a capillary tube to a height of 2.0cm. How much will the water rise
through another capillary tube whose radius is one-third of the first tube?
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9) Mercury has an angle of contact equal to 140° with soda lime glass. A narrow tube of
radius 2 mm, made of this glass is dipped in a trough containing mercury. By what
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amount does the mercury dip down in the tube relative to the liquid surface outside?.
Surface tension of mercury T=0.456 N m-1; Density of mercury ρ = 13.6 × 103 kg m-3
10) In a normal adult, the average speed of the blood through the aorta (radius r = 0.8
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cm) is 0.33 ms-1. From the aorta, the blood goes into major arteries, which are 30 in
number, each of radius 0.4 cm. Calculate the speed of the blood through the arteries
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(d) Which material is more brittle?
16) Explain why:
(a) a body with large reflectivity is a poor emitter.
(b) a brass tumbler feels much colder than wooden tray on a chilly day.
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17) The upper end of a wire of radius 4mm & length 100cm is clamped and its other rend
is twisted through an angle of 30° the angle of shear is.
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18) A body floats in water with 40% of its volume outside water. When the same body
floats in oil 60% of its volume, remains outside oil. What is the relative density of the
oil?
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19) A light rod of length 2m is suspended horizontally by means of 2 vertical wires of
equal lengths tied to its ends. One of the wires is made of steel & is of cross section
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A1 = 0.1 cm2 & other of brass &. is of cross section A2 = 0.2cm2, find out the position
along the rod at which a weight must be suspended to produce (i) equal stresses in
both wires, (ii) equai strains in both wires for steel, y = 20 x 1010 Nm-2 & for brass y
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vertically from one end has a length of 0.5 at 100°C the rod is cooled at 00C, but
prevented from contracting by attaching a mass at lower end. Find (i) mass (ii) the
energy stored in rod. Given for rod, y =1011 Nm-2, coefficient of linear expansion = 10-
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6) State and prove Archimedes principle
7) Derive the expression for the terminal velocity of a sphere moving in a high viscous
fluid using stokes force.
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8) Derive Poiseuille’s formula for the volume of a liquid flowing per second through a pipe
under streamlined flow.
9) Obtain an expression for the excess of pressure inside a i) liquid drop ii) liquid bubble
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10) What is capillarity? Obtain an expression for the surface tension of a liquid by
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3) The load – elongation graph of three wires of the same material are shown in figure.
Which of the following wire is the thickest?
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(a) wire 1 (b) wire 2 (c) wire 3 (d) all of them have same thickness
4) For a given material, the rigidity modulus is ( 13 )rd of Young’s modulus. Its Poisson’s
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(a) 0 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.5
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5) A small sphere of radius 2cm falls from rest in a viscous liquid. Heat is produced due
to viscous force. Th e rate of production of heat when the sphere attains its terminal
velocity is proportional to
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cross sections of the fi rst and the second wires are A and 2A respectively. If the length
of the fi rst wire is increased by Δl on applying a force F, how much force is needed to
stretch the second wire by the same amount?
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(a) increase and (b) increase and (c) decrease and (d) decrease and
increase decrease increase decrease
8) Th e Young’s modulus for a perfect rigid body is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0.5 (d) infinity
9) Which of the following is not a scalar?
(a) viscosity (b) surface tension (c) pressure (d) stress
10) If the temperature of the wire is increased, then the Young’s modulus will
(a) remain the (b) (c) increase (d) increase by very a small
same decrease rapidly amount
11) Copper of fixed volume V is drawn into a wire of length l. When this wire is subjected
to a constant force F, the extension produced in the wire is Δl. If Y represents the
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viscosity tension density the liquid
15) In a horizontal pipe of non-uniform cross section, water flows with a velocity of 1 m s-
1 at a point where the diameter of the pipe is 20 cm. The velocity of water (m s-1) at a
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(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 32
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16) A wire 10 m long has a cross-sectional area 1.25 x 10 m . It is subjected to a load of
5 kg. If Young’s modulus of the material is 4 x 1010 N m-2, calculate the elongation
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produced in the wire. Take g = 10 ms-2.
17) A wire of length 2 m with the area of crosssection 10-6m2 is used to suspend a load of
980 N. Calculate i) the stress developed in the wire ii) the strain and iii) the energy
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stored. Given: Y=12 × 1010N m−2.
18) Which one of these is more elastic, steel or rubber? Why?
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4 × 105 N is applied at the other end. If the rigidity modulus of the cylinder is 6 × 1010
N m-2 then, calculate the twist produced in the cylinder.
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26) A solid sphere has a radius of 1.5 cm and a mass of 0.038 kg. Calculate the specific
gravity or relative density of the sphere.
27) A cube of wood floating in water supports a 300 g mass at the centre of its top face.
When the mass is removed, the cube rises by 3 cm. Determine the volume of the
cube.
28) A metal plate of area 2.5×10-4m2 is placed on a 0.25×10-3m thick layer of castor oil. If
a force of 2.5 N is needed to move the plate with a velocity 3×10-2m s-1, calculate the
coefficient of viscosity of castor oil.
Given: A=2.5×10-4 m2, dx = 0.25×10-3m, F=2.5N and dv = 3×10-2 m s-1
29) Let 2.4×10−4 J of work is done to increase the area of a film of soap bubble from 50
cm2 to 100 cm2. Calculate the value of surface tension of soap solution.
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30) Water rises in a capillary tube to a height of 2.0cm. How much will the water rise
through another capillary tube whose radius is one-third of the first tube?
31) In a normal adult, the average speed of the blood through the aorta (radius r = 0.8
cm) is 0.33 ms-1. From the aorta, the blood goes into major arteries, which are 30 in
number, each of radius 0.4 cm. Calculate the speed of the blood through the arteries
32) Write any three applications of viscosity.
33) The upper end of a wire of radius 4mm & length 100cm is clamped and its other rend
is twisted through an angle of 30° the angle of shear is.
34) A body floats in water with 40% of its volume outside water. When the same body
floats in oil 60% of its volume, remains outside oil. What is the relative density of the
oil?
35) Athin rod of negligible mass and area of cross sectional 4x 10-6m2, suspended
vertically from one end has a length of 0.5 at 100°C the rod is cooled at 00C, but
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energy stored in rod. Given for rod, y =1011 Nm-2, coefficient of linear expansion = 10-
5 k-1 & g = 10 ms-2.
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36) State Hooke’s law and verify it with the help of an experiment.
37) State and prove Pascal’s law in fluids.
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capillary rise method.
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39) Describe the construction and working of venturimeter and obtain an equation for the
volume of liquid flowing per second through a wider entry of the tube
40) Write the Applications of elasticity.
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41) What is latent heat? Give its units. With the help of a suitable graph, explain the terms
latent heat of fusion 'and latent heat of vaporisation.
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combine together forming a bigger dropvFind the terminal velocity of the bigger drop.
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3) When a cycle tyre suddenly bursts, the air inside the tyre expands. Th is process is
(a) isothermal (b) adiabatic (c) isobaric (d) isochoric
4) An ideal gas passes from one equilibrium state (P1, V1, T1, N) to another equilibrium
state (2P1, 3V1, T2, N). Then
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5) When a uniform rod is heated, which of the following quantity of the rod will increase
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6) When food is cooked in a vessel by keeping the lid closed, after some time the steam
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pushes the lid outward. By considering the steam as a thermodynamic system, then in
the cooking process
(a) Q > 0, W > 0, (b) Q < 0, W > 0, (c) Q > 0, W < 0, (d) Q < 0, W < 0,
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system, which of the following is true?
(a) ΔU > 0, W > 0, (b) ΔU < 0, W > 0, (c) ΔU < 0, W < 0, (d) ΔU = 0, W > 0,
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equilibrium with the surroundings. By considering the air molecules in the room as a
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10) The V-T diagram of an ideal gas which goes through a reversible cycle A→B→C→D
is shown below. (Processes D→A and B→C are adiabatic)
The corresponding PV diagram for the process is (all figures are schematic)
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11) A distant star emits radiation with maximum intensity at 350 nm. The temperature of
the star is
(a) 8280 K (b) 5000K (c) 7260 K (d) 9044 K
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12) Identify the state variables given here?
(a) Q, T, W (b) P, T, U (c) Q, W (d) P, T, Q
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(a) W = 0 (b) Q = 0 (c) ΔU = 0 (d) ΔT = 0
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14) The efficiency of a heat engine working between the freezing point and boiling point
of water is
(a) 6.25% (b) 20% (c) 26.8% (d) 12.5%
15) An ideal refrigerator has a freezer at temperature −12°C. The coefficient of
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performance of the engine is 5. The temperature of the air (to which the heat ejected)
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17) Cv & CP denote the molar specific heat capacities of a gas at constant volume and
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gas than for a gas than for a gas than for a gas than for a
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bottom of the lake
(a) 20C (b) 30C (c) 40C (d) none of the above
24) A mono atomic gas is suddenly compressed to ( 1 )th its initial volume adiabatically
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the ratio of its final pressure to the intial pressure is (Given: the ratio of +!le =peclfier
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(a) 32 (b) 40
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(c) 24
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(d) 8
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25) The temperature of a given mass is increased from 27°C to 327°C the rms velocity of
the molecules increases
(a) √2 (b) 2 times (c) 2 √2 times (d) 4 times
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kinetic theory of gases) is
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(c)
2
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conservation of hotter to cooler body angular momentum of cooling
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40) The coefficient of volume expansion of a solid is x times the coefficient of superficial.
expansion. Then x is
(a) 1.5 (b) 2 (c) 2.5 (d) 3
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41) A solid metal ball has a spherical cavity. If the ball is heated, the volume of the cavity
will
(a) (b) (c) remain (d) remain unaffected but the shape of the
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increase decrease unaffected cavity will change
42) The length of a metal rod at 0°C is 0.5m. When it is heated, its length increases by
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= 90 x 10-6/°C) _______.
(a) 20°C (b) 30°C (c) 40°C (d) 60°C
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43) A bimetal made of copper and iron strips welded together is straight at room
temperature. It is held vertically with iron strip towards left and copper strip towards
right. If this bimetal is heated, it will
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44) A steel rod of length 25 cm has a cross-sectional area of 0.8 cm2. The force required
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through woe is (coefficient of linear expansion of steel is 10-5/oC and Young's modulus
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(a) 250 K (b) 250°C (c) 25 K (d) 25oC
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(a) 72oF (b) 96°F (c) 100°F (d) 104°F
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54) The correct value of 0 C on the Kelvin scale is ___________
(a) 273.15K (b) 272.85K (c) 273K (d) 273.2K
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55) When a gas in a closed vessel was heated so as to increase its temperature by 5°C,
there occurred an increase of 1% in its pressure, the original temperature of the gas
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was ________
(a) 50°C (b) 227°C (c) 273°C (d) 500°C
56) A perfect gas at 27°C is heated at constant pressure so as to double its volume. The
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temperature of the gas will be _______
(a) 600°C (b) 54°C (c) 327°C (d) 300°C
57) Temperature can be expressed as a derived quantity in terms of _______.
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58) The equation of state corresponding to 8 g of O2 is
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(a) 50K (b) 323K (c) 70K (d) 30K
62) Mercury thermometers can be used to measure temperature up to _________.
(a) 260°C (b) 100°C (c) 360°C (d) 500°C
63) For an ideal gas the interparticle interaction is ___________
(a) attractive (b) repulsive (c) very large (d) zero
64) Device used to measure very high temperature is ________
(a) Pyrometer (b) Thermometer (c) Bolometer (d) calorimeter
65) Boyles' law is applicable in _______.
(a) isochoric process (b) isothermal process (c) isobaric process (d) both (a) and (b)
66) Density of water is maximum at the temperature of _______
(a) 32°F (b) 39.2°F (c) 42°F (d) 40°F
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67) A bimetallic strip consists of metals X and Y. It is mounted rigidly at the base as
shown. The metal X has a higher coefficient of expansion compared to that for metal Y.
When the bimetallic strip is placed in a cold bath?
(a) it will bend (b) it will bend (c) it will not bend (d) it will neither bend
towards the right towards the left but shrink nor shrink
68) An ideal gas is expanding such that PT2 = constant the coefficient of volume
expansion of the gas is
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69) A metallic solid sphere is rotating about its diameter as axis of rotation. If the
temperature is increased by 200°C, the percentage increase in its moment of inertia is
: (coefficient of linear expansion of the metal = 10-5/°C)
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(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.4
70) The difference between volume and pressure coefficients of an ideal gas is
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___________
1 2
(a) 273 (b) 273 (c) 273 (d) zero
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71) Which of the following instruments is used in the measurement of temperatures
above 2000°C?
(a) Gas thermometer (b) Pyrometer (c) Bolometer (d) Thermo-electric Pile
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72) At 0°C, Pressure measured by barometer is 760 mm. What will be the pressure at
100°C?
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and temperature in both the balloons are same the number of molecules per unit
volume is
(a) more in the He filled (b) more in the air filled (c) same in both the (d) in the ratio
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83) Cooking takes longest time ______
(a) at the sea (b) at (c) at mount Everest (d) in a submarine 100 m below the
level Shimla (if tried surface of water
84) A closed bottle containing water at room temperature is taken to the moon and then
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the lid is opened. The water will______.
(a) freeze (b) boil (c) decompose into hydrogen and oxygen (d) not change at all.
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85) Heat capacity of a substance is infinite. It means _______.
(a) infinite heat (b) infinite heat (c) no change in temperature whether (d) all of
is given out is taken in
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heat is taken in or given out these
86) We consider a thermodynamic system. If Δ U represent the increase in its energy and
W the work done by the system, which of the following statements is true?
(a) ΔU = - W in an (b) ΔU = - W in an (c) ΔU = - W in an (d) ΔU =W in an
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isothermal process adiabatic process isothermal process adiabatic process
87) The first operation involved in a carnot cycle is
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of its temperature, the ratio γ = CP is_______.
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(a) The temperature (b) the volume (c) the pressure will (d) the temperature
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(a) 10 % (b) 30 % (c) 50 % (d) 70 %
91) The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on
(a) only pressure (b) only volume (c) only temperature (d) none of these
92) An ideal gas heat engine operators in a carnot's cycle between 227°C and 127°C. It
absorbs 6 x 104J at high temperature. The amount of heat converted into work is
________.
(a) 2.4 x 104J (b) 4.8 x 104J (c) 1.2 x 104J (d) 6 x 104J
93) The molar specific heat at constant pressure of an ideal gas is (7/2) R. The ratio
specific heats at constant pressure to that at constant volume is ________
(a) 8/7 (b) 5/7 (c) 9/7 (d) 7/5
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work done in a closed cyclic process, then __________.
(a) W=0 (b) Q=W=O (c) E=0 (d) Q=0
99) A carnot engine operates with source at 127°C and sink at 27°C. the source supplies
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40 KJ of heat energy, the work done by the engine is
(a) 1 KJ (b) 4 KJ (c) 10 KJ (d) 30 KJ
100) The coefficient of performance of a refrigerator is 5. If the temperature inside freezer
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(a) 21oC (b) 31oC (c) 41oC (d) 11oC
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3) Define one mole.
4) Define molar specific heat capacity.
5) Give the expressions for linear, area and volume thermal expansions.
6) State Stefan-Boltzmann law.
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8) What is a thermodynamic system? Give examples.
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9) What is meant by ‘thermal equilibrium’?
10) What are intensive and extensive variables? Give examples.
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11) What is an equation of state? Give an example
12) Are internal energy and heat energy the same? Explain.
13) Did joule converted mechanical energy to heat energy? Explain.
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14) Can we measure the temperature of the object by touching it?
15) Define the quasi-static process.
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5) Define latent heat capacity. Give its unit.
6) What is Wien’s law?
7) What is a black body?
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8) What are the different types of thermodynamic systems?
9) What is mean by state variable? Give example.
10) What is an equation of state? Give an example
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11) Define the internal energy of the system.
12) Define one calorie.
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13) State the first law of thermodynamics.
14) Give the sign convention for Q and W.
15) Give the expression for work done by the gas.
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16) Explain why the specific heat capacity at constant pressure is greater than the
specific heat capacity at constant volume.
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One of the chambers has volume V1 and contains ideal gas at pressure P1 and
temperature T1. The other chamber has volume V2 and contains ideal gas at pressure
P2 and temperature T2. If the partition is removed without doing any work on the
gases, calculate the final equilibrium temperature of the container.
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pressure of tire which is equal to be 500 kPa. Afternoon he found that the absolute
pressure in the tyre is increased to 520 kPa. By assuming the expansion of tyre is
negligible, what is the temperature of tyre at afternoon?
3) Normal human body of the temperature is 98.6°F. During high fever if the temperature
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increases to 104°F, what is the change in peak wavelength that emitted by our body?
(Assume human body is a black body)
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4) In an adiabatic expansion of the air, the volume is increased by 4%, what is
percentage change in pressure?
(For air γ = 1.4)
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5) In a petrol engine, (internal combustion engine) air at atmospheric pressure and
temperature of 20°C is compressed in the cylinder by the piston to 1/8 of its original
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volume. Calculate the temperature of the compressed air. (For air γ = 1.4)
6) For a given ideal gas 6 × 105J heat energy is supplied and the volume of gas is
increased from 4 m3 to 6 m3 at atmospheric pressure. Calculate (a) the work done by
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the gas (b) change in internal energy of the gas (c) graph this process in PV and TV
diagram.
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7) Suppose a person wants to increase the efficiency of the reversible heat engine that is
operating between 100°C and 300°C. He had two ways to increase the efficiency. (a)
By decreasing the cold reservoir temperature from 100°C to 50°C and keeping the hot
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reservoir temperature constant (b) by increasing the temperature of the hot reservoir
from 300°C to 350°C by keeping the cold reservoir temperature constant. Which is the
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suitable method?
8) A Carnot engine whose efficiency is 45% takes heat from a source maintained at a
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temperature of 327°C. To have an engine of efficiency 60% what must be the intake
temperature for the same exhaust (sink) temperature?
9) An ideal refrigerator keeps its content at 0°C while the room temperature is 27°C.
Calculate its coefficient of performance.
10) What is Thermodynamics?
11) What is meant by heating?
12) What is heat?
13) What is the meaning of temperature?
14) Define the Avogadro's number?
15) Define heat capacity.
16) What is meant by triple point of substance?
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done and 230 kJ of heat is given off. What is the change in internal energy of your
body?
3) Give an example of a quasi-static process.
4) A 0.5 mole of gas at temperature 300 K expands isothermally from an initial volume of
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2 L to 6 L
(a) What is the work done by the gas?
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(b) Estimate the heat added to the gas?
(c) What is the final pressure of the gas?
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(The value of gas constant, R = 8.31 J mol-1 K-1)
5) Th e following PV curve shows two isothermal processes for two diff erent
temperatures and. Identify the higher temperature of these two.
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Consider the air inside the pump as a thermodynamic system having volume V at
atmospheric pressure and room temperature, 27°C. Assume that the nozzle of the tyre
is blocked and you push the pump to a volume 1/4 of V. Calculate the final temperature
of air in the pump? (For air , since the nozzle is blocked air will not flow into tyre and it
can be treated as an adiabatic compression).
8) 500 g of water is heated from 30°C to 60°C. Ignoring the slight expansion of water,
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calculate the change in internal energy of the water? (specific heat of water 4184
J/kg.K)
9) During a cyclic process, a heat engine absorbs 500 J of heat from a hot reservoir, does
work and ejects an amount of heat 300 J into the surroundings (cold reservoir).
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Calculate the efficiency of the heat engine?
10) A steam engine boiler is maintained at 250°C and water is converted into steam. This
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steam is used to do work and heat is ejected to the surrounding air at temperature
300K. Calculate the maximum efficiency it can have?
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11) Write the equation of state for an ideal gas.
12) Describe some applications of thermal conversion.
13) Write the main features of the prevost theory
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14) Draw and explain the distribution of radiation intensity.
15) How does the internal energy of a thermodynamic system change?
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equal to the reciprocal of its absolute temperature.
4) Write the important properties of thermal radiations.
5) State the factors on which the conduction of heat through a substance depends.
6) Discuss the limits of the specific heat of a gas
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7) Derive an expression for the work done during the isothermal expansion of an ideal
gas
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8) Derive the equation of state T vγ−1 = constant.
9) If I is the moment of inertia of a distance about an axis passing through its centre, the
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find the 'change in moment of inertia due to small change in its temperature t α is
the Coefficient of linear expansion of distance.
10) What is the specific heat of a gas in an adiabatic process?
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11) An electric heater supplies heat to a system at a rate or 100 W.lfthe system performs
work at a rate of 75 joules per second at what rate is the internal energy increasing?
12) What is the co-efficient of performance (β ) or a carnot refrigerator working between
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having a negligible heat capacity. Calculate the final mass of water remaining in the
container.
15) Two rods, one of aluminium and the other made of steel having initial length l1 and
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rod increases by the same amount when their temperatures are raised by +oC, then
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find the ratio 1
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3) Estimate the mass of air in your class room at NTP. Here NTP implies normal
temperature (room temperature) and 1 atmospheric pressure
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4) If 5 L of water at 50°C is mixed with 4L of water at 30°C, what will be the final
temperature of water? Take the specific heat capacity of water as 4184 J kg-1 K-1.
5) The power radiated by a black body A is EA and the maximum energy radiated was at
the wavelength λ A. The power radiated by another black body B is EB = N EA and the
radiated energy was at the maximum wavelength, 1 2 λ A. What is the value of N?
6) A student had a breakfast of 200 food calories. He thinks of burning this energy by
drawing water from the well and watering the trees in his school. Depth of the well is
about 25 m. Th e pot can hold 25L of water and each tree requires one pot of water.
How many trees can he water? (Neglect the mass of the pot and the energy spent by
7) One mole of an ideal gas initially kept in a cylinder at pressure 1 MPa and temperature
27°C is made to expand until its volume is doubled.
(a) How much work is done if the expansion is (i) adiabatic (ii) isobaric (iii) isothermal?
(b) Identify the processes in which change in internal energy is least and is maximum.
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(c) Show each process on a PV diagram.
(d) Name the processes in which the heat transfer is maximum and minimum.
(Take Υ = 53 and R=8.3 J mol-1 K-1)
8) Give some examples of irreversible processes.
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10) Explain in detail the thermal expansion.
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with the same pressure 1 atm.
3) Eiffel tower is made up of iron and its height is roughly 300 m. During winter season
(January) in France the temperature is 2°C and in hot summer its average temperature
25°C. Calculate the change in height of Eiffel tower between summer and winter. The
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linear thermal expansion coefficient for iron α = 10 ×10-6 per °C.
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4) When you mix a tumbler of hot water with one bucket of normal water, what will be the
direction of heat flow? Justify.
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6) Explain the second law of thermodynamics in terms of entropy
7) Explain in detail the working of a refrigerator.
8) Distinguish between conduction, convection and radiation.
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10) Distinguish between isothermal and adlabatlc process.
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the star is
(a) 8280 K (b) 5000K (c) 7260 K (d) 9044 K
4) Identify the state variables given here?
(a) Q, T, W (b) P, T, U (c) Q, W (d) P, T, Q
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5) The efficiency of a heat engine working between the freezing point and boiling point of
water is
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(a) 6.25% (b) 20% (c) 26.8% (d) 12.5%
6) Cv & CP denote the molar specific heat capacities of a gas at constant volume and
constant pressure then
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(a) Cp - Cv is larger (b) Cp, + Cv is larger (c) Cp, / Cv is larger (d) Cp, x Cv is lesser
for a diatomic ideal for a diatomic ideal for a diatomic ideal for a diatomic ideal
gas than for a gas than for a gas than for a gas than for a
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gas gas gas gas
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7) Surface of the lake is at 2°C and depth of the lake is 20m find the temperature of the
bottom of the lake
(a) 20C (b) 30C (c) 40C (d) none of the above
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8) In an adiabatic process, the state of a gas is changed from P1' V1' T1' P2' V2' T2 Which
of the following relations is correct?
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(a) the change in internal energy is (b) the temperature (c) no heat enters (d) all of
equal to the mechanical work done of the gas change or leaves the gas the above
11) Which of the following will make the volume of an ideal gas four times?
(a) double the (b) Halve the absolute (c) Quarter the (d) Quarter the
absolute temperature temperature and absolute temperature pressure at
and double the double the pressure. at constant pressure. constant
pressure temperature.
12) A perfect gas at 27°C is heated at constant pressure so as to double its volume. The
temperature of the gas becomes.
(a) 54°C (b) 150K (c) 327°C (d) 327K
13) The equation of state corresponding to 8 g of O2 is
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14) At a given volume and temperature, the pressure of a gas __________.
(a) varies inversely (b) varies inversely as the (c) varies linearly (d) is independent
as its mass square of its mass as its mass of its mass
15) Two balloons are filled, one with pure He gas and the other with air. If the pressure
and temperature in both the balloons are same the number of molecules per unit
volume is
(a) more in the He filled (b) more in the air filled (c) same in both the (d) in the ratio
balloon balloon. balloon 1:4
10 x 2 = 20
16) There are two Carnot engines A and B operating in two different temperature regions.
For Engine A the temperatures of the two reservoirs are 150°C and 100°C. For engine
B the temperatures of the reservoirs are 350°C and 300°C. Which engine has lesser
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efficiency?
17) Define one mole.
18) Define latent heat capacity. Give its unit.
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19) What is a thermodynamic system? Give examples.
20) What is an equation of state? Give an example
21) Did joule converted mechanical energy to heat energy? Explain.
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23) What is a cyclic process?
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24) What are processes involves in a Carnot engine?
25) A man starts bicycling in the morning at a temperature around 25°C, he checked the
pressure of tire which is equal to be 500 kPa. Afternoon he found that the absolute
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pressure in the tyre is increased to 520 kPa. By assuming the expansion of tyre is
negligible, what is the temperature of tyre at afternoon?
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10 x 3 = 30
26) A person does 30 kJ work on 2 kg of water by stirring using a paddle wheel. While
stirring, around 5 kcal of heat is released from water through its container to the
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surface and surroundings by thermal conduction and radiation. What is the change in
internal energy of the system?
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27) Th e following PV curve shows two isothermal processes for two diff erent
temperatures and. Identify the higher temperature of these two.
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28) 500 g of water is heated from 30°C to 60°C. Ignoring the slight expansion of water,
calculate the change in internal energy of the water? (specific heat of water 4184
J/kg.K)
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35) Refrigerator is to maintain eatables kept inside at 9°C. If room temperature is
36°C. Calculate the co efficient of performance.
7 x 5 = 35
36) a. ‘A lake has more rain’.
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37) Calculate the volume of one mole of any gas at STP and at room temperature (300K)
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with the same pressure 1 atm.
38) If 5 L of water at 50°C is mixed with 4L of water at 30°C, what will be the final
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temperature of water? Take the specific heat capacity of water as 4184 J kg-1 K-1.
39) The power radiated by a black body A is EA and the maximum energy radiated was at
the wavelength λ A. The power radiated by another black body B is EB = N EA and the
radiated energy was at the maximum wavelength, 1 2 λ A. What is the value of N?
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40) Draw the PV diagram for
a. Isothermal process
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c. isobaric process
d. Isochoric process
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0 0 mu 0
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2) A sample of ideal gas is at equilibrium. Which of the following quantity is zero?
(a) rms speed (b) average speed (c) average velocity (d) most probable speed
3) An ideal gas is maintained at constant pressure. If the temperature of an ideal gas
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increases from 100K to 1000K then the rms speed of the gas molecules
(a) increases by 5 (b) increases by 10 (c) remains (d) increases by 7
times times same times
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4) Two identically sized rooms A and B are connected by an open door. If the room A is
air conditioned such that its temperature is 4° lesser than room B, which room has
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6) If the internal energy of an ideal gas U and volume V are doubled then the pressure
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11) A sample of gas consists of 1 moles of monoatomic molecules, 2 moles of diatomic
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molecules and 3 moles of linear triatomic molecules. The gas is kept at high
temperature. What is the total number of degrees of freedom?
μ μ
(a) [3 1 + 7( 2 + μ μ μ μ
(b) [3 1 + 7 2 + 6 (c) [7 1 + 3( 2 + μ μ
(d) [3 1 + 6( 2 +
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12) If sP and sV denote the specific heats of nitrogen gas per unit mass at constant
pressure and constant volume respectively, then
(a) sP - sV = 28R (b) sP - sV = R/28 (c) sP - sV = R/14 (d) sP - sV = R
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13) Which of the following gases will have least rms speed at a given temperature?
(a) Hydrogen (b) Nitrogen (c) Oxygen (d) Carbon dioxide
14) For a given gas molecule at a fixed temperature, the area under the Maxwell-
Boltzmann distribution curve is equal to
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KT (c) NKT
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increase decrease same others.
24) The gas having average speed four times as that of SO2 (molecule mass 64) is
(a) He (molecule (b) O2 (molecule (c) M2 (molecule (d) CH4 (molecule
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25) The ratio of the vapour densities of two gases at a gn is 9 : 8. Theratio of the rms
velocity of their molecules is
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related as p x TC, where C equals
(a) 25 (b) 52 (c) 35 (d) 53
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two temperature.
(a) 3:2 (b) 2:3 (c) 1:2 (d) 2:1
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average K.E they have at 20°C?
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of a gas is the molecules of a molecules of a gas is gas is proportional to
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37) The pressure exerted on the walls of the container by a gas is due to the fact that the
gas molecules _________.
(a) lose (b) Stick to (c) are accelerated (d) change their momenta due to
their K.E the walls towards the walls collision with the walls.
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38) Pressure exerted by a gas is _______.
(a) independent (b) inversely (c) directly (d) directly proportional to
d
of the density of proportional to the proportional to the the square of the density
the gas density of the gas density of the gas of the gas
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39) A real gas behaves as an ideal gas at _________.
(a) low pressure and (b) high pressure (c) low pressure (d) high pressure and
high temperature and low temperature and low temperature high temperature.
40) The kinetic theory of gases breaks down most at _________.
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high temperature and low temperature low temperature high temperature
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If ρ 1 and ρ 2 are their densities and v1 and v2 their rrns speeds, respectively then - is
equal to ________.
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ρ 22
(b)
ρ 22
ρ 21
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ρ1
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(d) √−−
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translatory motion of its molecules is 1.5 x 105 J. The pressure of hydrogen in the
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(a) 2 x 106Nm-2 (b) 3 x 106Nm-2 (c) 4 x 106Nm-2 (d) 5 x 106Nm-2
43) The molecular weights of oxygen and hydrogen are 32 and 2, respectively. The rms
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47) The tempetature at which the KE of a gas molecules is double its value at 27°C is
(a) 54°C (b) 300 K (c) 327°C (d) 108°C
48) The temperature of an ideal gas is increased from 120 K to 480 K If at 120 K the root
mean square velocity of the gas molecules is v, at 480 K it becomes
v v
(a) 4v (b) 2v (c) 2 (d) 4
49) The average translational KE. of O2(molar mass 32) molecules at a particular
temperature is 0.048 eV. The translational KE. of N2(molar mass 28) molecules in eV
at the same temperature is ________
(a) 0.0015 (b) 0.003 (c) 0.048 (d) 0.768
50) The KE. of one mole of a gas at normal temperature and pressure is (R = 8.31 J mol-1
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(a) 0.56 x 104 J (b) 1.3 x 102 J (c) 2.7 x 102 J (d) 3.4x103 J
51) The average KE. of a hydrogen gas molecule at STP will be (Boltzmann constant
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kB 1.38 x 10-23 JK-1) _________.
(a) 0.186 x 10-28 J (b) 0.372 x 10-20 J (c) 0.56 x 10-20 J (d) 5.6 x 10-20 J
52) The rms speed of the particles of fume of mass 5 x 10-17 kg executing Brownian
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(a) 1.5 ms-1 (b) 3.0 ms-1 (c) 1.5 cms-1 (d) 3.0 cms-1
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53) To what temperature should the hydrogen at room temperature (27°C) be heated at
constant pressure so that the RMS velocity of its molecules becomes double its
previous value?
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54) A vessel contains oxygen at 400 K Another similar vessel contains an equal mass of
hydrogen at 300K The ratio of the rms speeds of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen is
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56) On colliding with the walls in a closed container, the ideal gas molecules.
(a) transfer momentum (b) lose momentum (c) move with (d) perform
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5) What is the relation between the average kinetic energy and pressure?
6) Define the term degrees of freedom.
7) State the law of equipartition of energy.
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9) Deduce Charles’ law based on kinetic theory.
10) Deduce Boyle’s law based on kinetic theory.
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12) List the factors affecting the mean free path.
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13) What is the reason for Brownian motion?
14) A fresh air is composed of nitrogen N2(78%) and oxygen O2(21%). Find the rms
speed of N2 and O2 at 20°C.
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the surface temperature of Jupiter is sub-zero.
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16) Calculate the temperature at which the rms velocity of a gas triples its value at S.T.P.
17) A gas is at temperature 80°C and pressure 5 × 10-10N m-2. What is the number of
molecules per m3 if Boltzmann’s constant is 1.38 × 10-23 J K-1
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18) From kinetic theory of gases, show that Moon cannot have an atmosphere (Assume k
= 1.38 × 10-23 J K-1 Temperature T=0°C=273K).
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19) If 1020 oxygen molecules per second strike 4 cm2 of wall at an angle of 30° with the
normal when moving at a speed of 2 × 103 m s-1, find the pressure exerted on the
wall. (mass of 1 atom =
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gases is found to be proportional to the cube of the temperature. Find the value of
γ = (CP /CV )
21) Calculate the mean free path of air molecules at STP. The diameter of N2 and O2 is
about 3 × 10-10 m
22) A gas made of a mixture of 2 moles of oxygen and 4 moles of argon at temperature T.
Calculate the energy of the gas in terms of RT. Neglect the vibrational modes
23) Estimate the total number of air molecules in a room of capacity 25 m3 at a
temperature of 27°C.
24) Mention the different ways of increasing the number of molecular collision? Per unit
time in a gas.
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6) At what temperature does all molecular motion cease? Explain all molecule motion
ceases at absolute zero or at 0 K.
7) At a gn temperature equal masses of monoatomic & diatomic gases are supplied equal
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quantities of heat. Which of the two gases will suffer a larger temperature rise?
8) A box contains equal number of molecules of H2&O2' If there is a fine hole in the box,
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which gas will leave rapidly? Why?
9) What is evaporation?
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10) Why does evaporation cause cooling?
11) What is an ideal gas? (or) What is perfect gas?
12) Mention the different ways of increasing the number of molecular collisions per unit
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13) Define RMS speed.
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22) If the rms speed of hydrogen molecules at 300 K is 1930 ms-1. Then what is the rms
speed of oxygen molecules at 1200 K..
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23) A cylinder of fixed capacity 44.8 litres contain helium gas at standard pressure and
temperature. What is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of the gas by
15°C? (R= 8.31 J mol-1 K-1)
24) Estimate the average energy of a helium atom at
(I) room temperature (27°C)
(ii) thetemperature on the surface of the sun (6000 K) and
(iii) the temperature of 107 K.
(kB = 1.38 X 10-23 JK-1)
25) At what temperature will the rms speed of oxygen molecules become just sufficient
for escaping from the Earth's atmosphere? (Mass of oxygen molecule (m) = 2.76 x 10-
26 kg Boltzmann's constant (k ) = 1.38 x 10-23 J K-1)
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5) Derive the ratio of two specific heat capacities of monoatomic, diatomic and triatomic
molecules
6) Explain in detail the Maxwell Boltzmann distribution function.
7) Derive the expression for mean free path of the gas.
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8) Describe the Brownian motion.
9) Derive an expansions for the work done in one cycle during adiabetre expansion.
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10) State and explain Boyle's law.
11) State and explain Charle's law.
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12) State and derive' the perfect or ideal gas equation.
13) Define and derive Boltzmann constant
14) What is an ideal gas? Why do the real gases show deviations from ideal behaviour?
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15) Explain how does a gas exert pressure on the bases of kinetic theory of gases.
16) Give the kinetic interpretation of temperature.
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17) In the upper part of the atmosphere the kinectic temperature of air is of the order of
1000 K, even then one feels severe cold there. Why?
18) On which factors does the mean free path depend?
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19) Equal masses of O2 and He gases are supplied equal amount of heat. Which gas will
undergo a greater temperature rise and why?
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20) Estimate the total number of molecules inclusive of oxygen, nitrogen, water vapour
and other consituents in a room of capacity 30 m3 at a temperature of 30°C and 1
atmosphere pressure.
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(a) rms speed of oxygen and hydrogen molecule
(b) Average kinetic energy per oxygen molecule and per hydrogen molecule
(c) Ratio of average kinetic energy of oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules.
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3) Ten particles are moving at the speed of 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7 and 9 m s-1. Calculate
rms speed, average speed and most probable speed.
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4) Calculate the rms speed, average speed and the most probable speed of 1 mole of
hydrogen molecules at 300 K. Neglect the mass of electron.
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5) Find the adiabatic exponent γ for mixture of μ1 moles of monoatomic gas and μ2 moles
of a diatomic gas at normal temperature
6) An oxygen molecule is travelling in air at 300 K and 1 atm, and the diameter of oxygen
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molecule is 1.2 × 10−10m. Calculate the mean free path of oxygen molecule.
7) Derive Meyer's relation.
8) State Newton's law of cooling verify with an experiment.
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cm3/s, The diffusion of another gas under the same condition is measured to have an
average rate of 7.2 cm3/s. Identify the gas.
11) An air bubble of volume 1.0 cm2 rises from the bottom of a lake 40 m deep at a
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temperature of 12°C. To what volume does it grow when it reaches the surface which
is at a temperature of 35°C?
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12) One mole of a monoatomic gas is mixed with three moles of a diatomic gas. What is
the molecules specific heat of the mixture at constant volume? [8.311moI-1K-1]
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13) 0.014 kg of nitrogen is enclosed in a vessel at a temperature of 27°C. How much heat
has to be 'transferred to double the rms speed of its molecules.
14) Speed of an atom in an argon gas cylinder equal to the rms speed of a helium gas
atom at -20°C? [Atomic mass of Ar =39.90, He =4.04]
15) Motor volume is occupied 1 moleof any (ideal) gas at standard temperature and
pressure. Show that it is 22.4 litres.
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3) The ratio γ= CV p
for a gas mixture consisting of 8 g of helium and 16 g of oxygen is
(a) 23/15 (b) 15/23 (c) 27/11 (d) 17/27
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4) A container has one mole of monoatomic ideal gas. Each molecule has f degrees of
Cp
freedom. What is the ratio of γ= CV
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(a) f (b) 2 (c) (d)
f +2 f
5) A sample of gas consists of μ1 moles of monoatomic molecules, μ2 moles of diatomic
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molecules and μ3 moles of linear triatomic molecules. The gas is kept at high
temperature. What is the total number of degrees of freedom?
(a) [3μ1 + 7( μ2 + (b) [3μ1 + 7μ2 + 6 (c) [7μ1 + 3( μ2 + (d) [3μ1 + 6( μ2 +
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6) Which of the following gases will have least rms speed at a given temperature?
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(a) KT
KT
(b) PV P
(c) NKT (d) PV
8) The average distance a molecule can travel without colliding is called
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9) In dynamic equilibrium, molecules of gas collide and change their speeds during the
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(a) but the average (b) but the average (c) but the peak (d) but the rms
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gas molecule.
18) Define mean free path and write down its expression.
19) List the factors affecting the mean free path.
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20) During an adiabatic process, the pressure of a mixture of monatomic and diatomic
gases is found to be proportional to the cube of the temperature. Find the value of
γ = (CP /CV )
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temperature of 27°C.
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22) A box contains equal number of molecules of H2&O2' If there is a fine hole in the box,
which gas will leave rapidly? Why?
23) What is an ideal gas? (or) What is perfect gas?
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24) Estimate the total number of molecules inclusive of oxygen, nitrogen, water vapour
and other constituents in a room of ca:eacity 25.0 m3 at a temperature of 27°C and 1
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28) Explain in detail the Maxwell Boltzmann distribution function.
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4) A simple pendulum is suspended from the roof of a school bus which moves in a
horizontal direction with an acceleration a, then the time period is
(a) (b) (c)
−−−−−−
√ 2+ 2 Tα g
(d) ( 2 + 2) a Tα g a
Tα g 1
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5) Two bodies A and B whose masses are in the ratio 1:2 are suspended from two
separate massless springs of force constants kA and kB respectively. If the two bodies
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oscillate vertically such that their maximum velocities are in the ratio 1:2, the ratio of
the amplitude A to that of B is
−
−−− −
−−− −
−−− −
−−−
√ 2KKBA √ 8KKBA √ 2KKAB √ 8KKAB
(a) (b) (c)
ka (d)
6) A spring is connected to a mass m suspended from it and its time period for vertical
oscillation is T. Th e spring is now cut into two equal halves and the same mass is
suspended from one of the halves. Th e period of vertical oscillation is
−−
(b) ′ = T T (d) ′ = √ T T T
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(a) T'= √2 T (c) T'=√2 2
√2
7) The time period for small vertical oscillations of block of mass m when the masses of
the pulleys are negligible and spring constant k1 and k2 is
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k ) k )
1 1 1 1 1 2 1
+ +
1 2 1 2
8) A simple pendulum has a time period T1. When its point of suspension is moved
vertically upwards according as y = k t2, where y is vertical distance covered and k = 1
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T 2
6 10 5 4
9) An ideal spring of spring constant k, is suspended from the ceiling of a room and a
block of mass M is fastened to its lower end. If the block is released when the spring is
un-stretched, then the maximum extension in the spring is
Mg Mg Mg Mg
(a) 4 k (b) (c) 2
k (d) k 2 k
10) A pendulum is hung in a very high building oscillates to and fro motion freely like a
simple harmonic oscillator. If the acceleration of the bob is 16 ms−2 at a distance of 4
m from the mean position, then the time period is
(a) 2 s (b) 1 s (c) 2 s π
(d) s π
11) A hollow sphere is filled with water. It is hung by a long thread. As the water flows out
of a hole at the bottom, the period of oscillation will
(a) first increase and (b) first decrease and (c) increase (d) decrease
then decrease then increase continuously continuously
12) The damping force on an oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity. The units of
the constant of proportionality are
(a) kg m s−1 (b) kg m s−2 (c) kg s−1 (d) kg s
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13) When a damped harmonic oscillator completes 100 oscillations, its amplitude is
reduced to 13 of its initial value. What will be its amplitude when it completes 200
oscillations?.
(a) 5
1 2
(b) 3 (c) 6
1 1
(d) 9
14) Which of the following differential equations represents a damped harmonic
oscillator?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
dy
d2 y
dt 2
+y=0 d2 y
dt 2
+ γ dyd + y = 0 d2 y
dt 2
+ k2 + y = 0 d +y=0
15) If the inertial mass and gravitational mass of the simple pendulum of length l are not
equal, then the time period of the simple pendulum is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
−−− −−−
T = 2π√ mmgigl T = 2π√ mmgi gl T = 2π mmgi √ gl T = 2π mmig √ gl
16) A particle excites simple harmonic motion between x = -A & x = +A, the time taken
for it to go from 0 to A A
2 is T1 & to go from 2 to A is T2 then
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17) The x-t graph of a particle' undergoing simple harmonic motion is shown. The
acceleration of the particle at t = 43 is
√3 −π 2 cm/s2 π2 − √3
(a) 32 π cm/s2
(b) 32 (c) 32 cm/s2 (d) 32
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amplitude of the point p is
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k 1A (b)
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motion for which of the option?
(a) for all values of A, B & C (C# 0) (b) A=B, C = (c) CA = -B, C = (d) all of the
r
(b) 10 2B 2B above
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20) The simple harmonic motions are respresented by the equation. y1 = 0.1 sin (100πt +
π/3) & Y2= 0.1 cos π the phase difference of the velocity of particle is
(a) - 6
π (b) 3
π (c) - 6
π π
(d) 6
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21) When the maximum k.E of a simple pendulum is k, then what is its displacement in
terms of amplitude a when its K.E. is k/2
(a) a/ √2 (b) a/2 (c) a/ √3 (d) a/3
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potential energy in terms of total energy (E)
(a) E4 E
(b) 16 (c) E2 (d) 8
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23) A spring is cut into 4-equal parts & 2 parts are connected in parallel. What is the
effective in parallel. What is the effective spring contest?
(a) 4 k (b) 16 k (c) 8 k (d) 6 k
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24) If the length of simple pendulum is tripled, what will its new time period is terms of
original period T?
(a) 0.7 T (b) 1.73 T (c) T/2 (d) T
25) The ratio of frequences of 2 pendulums are 2 : 3, then their lengths are in ratio,
(a) √ 23 (b) √ 32 (c) 49 (d) 94
26) What is time period of a pendulum hanged in a satellite? (T is time period on earth)
(a) zero (b) T (c) infinite (d) T
√6
27) If a simple pendulum of length 'L' has maximum angular displacement. Then the
maximum kinetic energy of bob mass m is
Mg
(a) 12 ML
9 (b) 2L (c) MgL (1- cos α) (d) MgL sinα/2
28) Which of the following function represents a simple harmonic oscellation?
(a) sin ωt - cos ωt (b) sinωt+sin2ωt (c) sinωt-sin2ωt (d) sin2ωt
29) The phase difference between the unstantaneous velocity & acceleration of a particle
executing simple harmonic motion is
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30) Which one of the following respresents simple hormonic motion?
(a) (b) acculeration = k0x + (c) acceleration = -k (x (d) acceleration = k (x
acculeration=kx k1x2 + a) + a)
31) Two simple pendulums of time periods 2.0 s & 2.1 s are made to vibrate
simultaneously. They are in phase initially, after how may vibrations are there in the
same phase?
(a) 21 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35
32) The magnitude of acceleration of particle executing SHM at the position of maximum
displacement is
(a) zero (b) minimum (c) maxmium (d) none of these
33) Find the period of a simple pendulum 1.20 m long.
(a) l.4s (b) 3.2s (c) 4.1 s (d) 2.2 s
34) Find the length of a simple pendulum whose period is 2.00 s.
(a) 2 m (b) 0.4 m (c) 0.1 m (d) 3 m
35) A pendulum 1.20 m long is observer to have 1 m Long is observed to have a period of
2.00 s at a certain location then the acceleration due to gravity is,
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36) A body of mass 1 kg is executing SHM given by, x = 4 Cos( 100t +π)
2 cm. Whatis
the velocity?
(a) 200 sint(100 t+ (b) -200 sint(100 t+ (c) 400 sint(100 t+ (d) -400 sint(100 t+
π ) π ) π ) π )
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37) The total energy of a particle vibrating in SHM is proportional to the square of
its _________
(a) velocity (b) acceleration (c) amplitude (d) none of these
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38) In order to double the period of a simple pendulum _______.
(a) its length (b) its length (c) the mass of its bob (d) the mass of its bob
should doubled should be
quadrupled
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39) A simple harmonic oscillator has amplitude A and time period T. Its maximum speed
is ________.
(a) 4TA (b) 2TA (c) 4πA (d) 2πA
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40) A simple harmonic oscillator has a period of 0.01 s and an amplitude of 0.2 m. The
magnitude of the velocity in m/s at the centre of oscillation is _________
(a) 20 π π
(b) 40 π
(c) 60 π
(d) 80
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42) A particle is executing SHM. Then the graph of velocity as a function of displacement
is _______.
(a) straight line (b) circle (c) ellipse (d) hyperbola
43) The amplitude of a vibrating body situated in a resisting medium ________.
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(a) decreases (b) decreases (c) decreases with time in (d) remains
linearly with time exponentially with some other manner constant with time
time
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45)
The equation 2
dy
+b +ω y=0
dt
2 represents the equation of motion for a
_________ vibration.
(a) free (b) damped (c) forced (d) resonant
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46) The displacement equation of an oscillator is y ==5 sin (0.2 + 0.5 n) in SI units. The
time period of oscillation is ________
(a) 10 s (b) 1 s (c) 0.2 s (d) 0.5 s
47) A particle executing SHM has an acceleration of 64 cm/s2 with its displacement is 4
cm. Its time period, in seconds is ________.
(a) π2 (b) π4 (c) π (d) 2π
48) A body executes SHM with an amplitude A. Its energy is half kinetic and half potential
when the displacement is _________
(a) A (b) 2
A (c)
A (d)
A
3 √2 2 √2
49) The maximum displacement of a particle executing SHM is 1em and the maximum
acceleration is (1.57)2 cm/s2. Its time period is __________.
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55) A particle is executing simple harmonic motion given by x = 5 sin (4t − π6 ) . The
velocity of the particle when its displacement is 3 units is ________.
(a) 23π units (b) 56π units (c) 20 units (d) 16 units
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56) When a particle oscillates simple harmonically, its potential energy varies periodically.
If the frequency of oscillation of the particle is n, the frequency of potential energy
variation is _________
(a) n3
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(b) n (c) 2n (d) 4n
57) A particle, moving ·along the x-axis, executes simple harmonic motion when the force
acting on it is given by (A and k are positive constants.) ________.
(a) - Akx (b) A cos(kx)
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(c) A exp(-kx) (d) Akx
58) The motion of a particle is expressed by the equation a = -bx, where x is the
displacement from the mean position, a is the acceleration and b is a constant. The
periodic time is _______.
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√b
59) The angular velocity and the amplitude of a simple pendulum are co and a,
respectively. The ratio of its kinetic and potential energies at a displacement x from the
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suspended from the same spring?
n n
(a) 2 (b) 2n (c) 4 (d) 4n
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velocity of the body at 20mm displacement, when the amplitude of motion is 60mm, is
(a) 90 mm/s (b) 113 mm/s (c) 118 mm/s (d) 131 mm/s
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62) If the displacement of a particle executing SHM, is given by y = 0.30 sin (220t + 0.64)
in metre, then the frequency and the maximum velocity of the particle are (t is in
seconds) ________.
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63) The kinetic energy of a particle, executing SHM, is 16 J when it is at its mean
position. If the amplitude of oscillations is 25 cm, and the mass of the particle is 5.12
kg, the time period of its oscillation is _________
(a) π /5 s (b) 2π s (c) 20π s (d) 5π s
64) The amplitude of a damped oscillation reduces to one third of its original value ao in
20s. The amplitude of such oscillation after a period of 40 s will be _______.
(a) a0/9 (b) a0/6 (c) a0/2 (d) a0/27
65) Masses mA and mB hanging from the ends of strings of lengths IA and IB are
executing. Simple harmonic motions. If their frequencies are related as fA= 2/B then
________.
(a) IA= 2/B and (b) IA = 4/B regardless (c) lA = IB/4 regardless (d) IA = 2/B and
mA= mB/2 of masses of masses. mA = 2mB
66) In forced oscillations of a particle, the amplitude is maximum for a frequency wI of the
force, while the energy is maximum for a frequency ω2 of the force. Then _______.
(a) ω1< (b) ω1< ω2 when damping is small and ω1 > ω2 when (c) ω1 > (d)
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67) Which one of the following statements is true for the speed v and the acceleration a of
a particle executing simple harmonic motion?
(a) When v is (b) Value of a is zero, (c) When v is (d) When v is
maximum, a is whatever may be the value of zero, a is zero maximum, a is
maximum v zero
68) The function sin2(ωt) represents
(a) simple (b) a simple (c) a periodic, but not (d) aperiodic, but not
harmonic motion harmonic motion simple harmonic motion simple harmonic motion
with a period π/ω with a period 2π/ω with a period π/ω with a period 2π/ω
69) A particle executing simple harmonic motion of amplitude 5 cm has maximum speed
of 31.4 cm/s. The frequency of its oscillation is _________
(a) 3 Hz (b) 4 Hz (c) 2 Hz (d) 1 Hz
70) The phase difference between the instantaneous velocity and acceleration of a
particle executing simple harmonic motion is ________.
(a) 0.5 π (b) π (c) 0.707 π (d) zero
71) Which one of the following equations of motion represents simple harmonic motion?
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(a) Acceleration = - (b) Acceleration = - (c) Acceleration = (d) Acceleration
k0x+ k1x2 k(x + a) k(x + a) = kx
72) Which of the following functions represent SHM?
I. Y = sin ωt - cos ωt
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(a) I and III (b) I and II (c) only I (d) I, II and III
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73) Two simple harmonic motions of angular frequencies 100 and 1000 rad/s have the
same displacement amplitude. The ratio of their maximum accelerations is _______.
(a) 1: 10 (b) 1:102 (c) 1:103 (d) 1: 104
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74) The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is T in a stationary lift. If the lift moves
upwards with an acceleration of 8g, the period will ________.
(a) remain the same (b) decrease by T/2 (c) increase by T/3 (d) none of these
75) A particle executing simple harmonic motion of amplitude 5 em has maximum speed
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(a) 3 Hz (b) 4 Hz (c) 2 Hz (d) 1 Hz
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b. ln ωt
3) Consider two springs whose force constants are 1 N m−1 and 2 N m−1 which are
connected in series. Calculate the effective spring constant (ks) and comment on ks.
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4) A mass m moves with a speed v on a horizontal smooth surface and collides with a
nearly massless spring whose spring constant is k. If the mass stops after collision,
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5) Compute the position of an oscillating particle when its kinetic energy and potential
energy are equal.
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6) What is meant by periodic and nonperiodic motion?. Give any two examples, for each
motion.
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7) What is meant by force constant of a spring?.
8) Define time period of simple harmonic motion.
9) Define frequency of simple harmonic. motion
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16) What is meant by free oscillation?.
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25) Compute the time period for the following system if the block of mass m is slightly
displaced vertically down from its equilibrium position and then released. Assume that
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6) Define S.H.M.
7) Why the amplitude of the vibrating pendulum should be small?
8) When a pendulum clock gains time, what adjustments should be made?
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9) The displacement of harmonic oscillator is given by x = α sin wt + β cos wt. what is the
amplitude of the oscillation?
10) A mass M attached to a spring oscillates with a period of 2 sec. if the mass is
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increased by 2 kg, the period increases by the second. Find the initial mass
Massuming that Hooke's law is obeyed.
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11) A spring stretches by 0.020 m when a 1.5 kg object is suspended from its end. How
much mass should be attached to the spring so that its frequency of vibration is f= 3.1
Hz?
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12) An oscillating block-spring system has a mechanical energy of 1.00 J, an amplitude of
10.0 cm and a maximum speeding of 1.20 m/s. Find the spring constant, the mass of
the block, and the frequency of oscillation.
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13) The acceleration dual to gravity on the surface of moon is 1.7 ms-2. What is the time
period of a simple pendulum on the surface of moon if its time period on the surface of
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14) What is meant by simple harmonic motion (SHM)?
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11.5 m s−1. Suppose a body of mass M kg is suspended in this spring and made to
oscillate with a period of 0.50 s. Compute the gravitational force acting on the body.
3) Consider two springs with force constants 1 N m−1 and 2 N m−1 connected in parallel.
Calculate the effective spring constant (kp) and comment on kp.
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4) If the length of the simple pendulum is increased by 44% from its original length,
calculate the percentage increase in time period of the pendulum.
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5) Write down the kinetic energy and total energy expressions in terms of linear
momentum, For one-dimensional case.
6) What is a black body?
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7) State five characteristics of SHM.
8) Tabulate, the displacement, velocity and acceleration in SHM.
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9) The bob of vibrating simple pendulum is made of ice. How will the period of swing will
change when the ice starts melting?
10) Discuss strings stretched between fixed points.
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11) Can a motion be oscillatory, but not simple hormonic. If your answer is yes, give an
explanation and if not explain why?
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12) Every simple harmonic motion is periodic motion but every periodic motion need not
be simple harmonic motion. Do you agree? Give example.
13) What is the basic condition for the motion of a particle to be S.H.M? -
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14) The maximum acceleration of a simple harmonic oscillator is Qo and the maximum
velocity is Vo. What is the displacement amplitude?
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15) A girl is surging in the sitting position. How will the period of the swing change if she
stands up?
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16) Will a pendulum clock lose or gain time when taken to the top of a mountain?
17) What is the ratio, between the potential energy the total energy of a particle executing
S.H.M, when its displacement is half of its amplitude?
18) Why are army troops not allowed to march in steps while crossing the ridge?
19) How can earthquakes cause disaster sometimes?
20) Glass windows may be broken by a far away explosion. Explain why?
21) The body of a bus begins to rattle sometimes, when the bus picks up a certain speed,
why?
22) In forced oscillation of a particle, the ampUtude is maximum for a frequency ω,of the
force, while the energy is maximum for a frequency ω2 of the force, what is relation
between ω1 and ω2 ?
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23) The maximum velocity of a particle, executing simple harmonic motion with an
amplitude of 7mm is 4.4ms-1. What is the period of oscillation?
24) Derive the expression for resultant spring constant when two springs having constant
kl and k2 are connected in series.
25) Derive the expression for resultant spring constant when two springs having constant
kl and k2 are connected in parallel.
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2) Calculate the amplitude, angular frequency, frequency, time period and initial phase for
the simple harmonic oscillation given below
π
a. y = 0.3 sin (40 t + 1.1)
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b. y = 2 cos ( t)
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c. y = 3 sin (2 t − 1.5)
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all the spring constants are equal:
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4) What is meant by simple harmonic oscillation?. Give examples and explain why every
simple harmonic motion is a periodic motion whereas the converse need not be true.
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5) What is meant by angular harmonic oscillation?. Compute the time period of angular
harmonic oscillation.
6) Discuss the simple pendulum in detail.
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9) Consider the Earth as a homogeneous sphere of radius R and a straight hole is bored
in it through its centre. Show that a particle dropped into the hole will execute a simple
π√
−R−
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10) Write a short note on Simple Harmonic Motion.
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2) Show that for a simple harmonic motion, the phase difference between
a. displacement and velocity is π2 radian or 90°.
b. velocity and acceleration is π2 radian or 90°.
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c. displacement and acceleration is radian or 180°.
3) In simple pendulum experiment, we have used small angle approximation. Discuss the
small angle approximation.
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5) Write down the difference between simple harmonic motion and angular simple
harmonic motion.
6) Explain the horizontal oscillations of a spring.
7) Write short notes on the oscillations of liquid column in U-tube.
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8) Explain in detail the four different types of oscillations.
9) Show that for a particle executing simple harmonic motion
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a. the average value of kinetic energy is equal to the average value of potential energy.
b. average potential energy = average
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acceleration in SHM.
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2) A simple pendulum has a time period T1. When its point of suspension is moved
vertically upwards according as y = k t2, where y is vertical distance covered and k = 1
T12
ms−2, its time period becomes T2. Then, is (g = 10 m s−2)
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(a) 56 (b) 1110
(c) 65 (d) 54
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3) A pendulum is hung in a very high building oscillates to and fro motion freely like a
simple harmonic oscillator. If the acceleration of the bob is 16 ms−2 at a distance of 4
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m from the mean position, then the time period is
(a) 2 s (b) 1 s π
(c) 2 s (d) s π
4) The damping force on an oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity. The units of
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(a) kg m s−1 (b) kg m s−2 (c) kg s−1 (d) kg s
5) When a damped harmonic oscillator completes 100 oscillations, its amplitude is
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reduced to 13 of its initial value. What will be its amplitude when it completes 200
oscillations?.
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7) The x-t graph of a particle' undergoing simple harmonic motion is shown. The
acceleration of the particle at t = 43 is
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15) The piston in the cylinder head of a locomotive has a stroke (twice the amplitude) of
1.0 m.1f the piston moves with S.H.M with an angular frequency of 200 rad/min. Then
the maximum speed will be,
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9 x 2 = 18
16) Consider two springs whose force constants are 1 N m−1 and 2 N m−1 which are
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connected in series. Calculate the effective spring constant (ks) and comment on ks.
17) Compute the position of an oscillating particle when its kinetic energy and potential
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energy are equal.
18) What is meant by force constant of a spring?.
19) What is an epoch?.
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20) Write down the time period of simple pendulum.
21) What is meant by free oscillation?.
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slightly pressed down and released, then executes simple harmonic motion. Show that
its time period of oscillation is
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9 x 3 = 27
25) A nurse measured the average heart beats of a patient and reported to the doctor in
terms of time period as 0.8 s. Express the heart beat of the patient in terms of number
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2 2− 2 2
1 2 2 1
35) Show that for a simple harmonic motion, the phase difference between
a. displacement and velocity is π2 radian or 90°.
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b. velocity and acceleration is π2 radian or 90°.
c. displacement and acceleration is π radian or 180°.
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36) What is meant by simple harmonic oscillation?. Give examples and explain why every
simple harmonic motion is a periodic motion whereas the converse need not be true.
37) Explain the horizontal oscillations of a spring.
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38) Write short notes on the oscillations of liquid column in U-tube.
39) Explain in detail the four different types of oscillations.
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40) One end of a U-tube containing mercury is connected to a suction pump and the
other end to atmosphere. A small pressure difference is maintained between the two
columns. Show that, when the suction pump is removed, the liquid column of mercury
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41) Two simple harmonic moles are represented by Y1=0.1 sin (100 t + /3) and Y2=0.1
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cos rtt what is the phase difference of the velocity of the particle 1 with respect to the
velocity of particle?
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2) A transverse wave moves from a medium A to a medium B. In medium A, the velocity
of the transverse wave is 500 ms-1 and the wavelength is 5 m. The frequency and the
wavelength of the wave in medium B when its velocity is 600 ms-1, respectively are
(a) 120 Hz and 5 m (b) 100 Hz and 5 m (c) 120 Hz and 6 m (d) 100 Hz and 6 m
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3) For a particular tube, among six harmonic frequencies below 1000 Hz, only four
harmonic frequencies are given: 300 Hz, 600 Hz, 750 Hz and 900 Hz. What are the
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two other frequencies missing from this list?.
(a) 100 Hz, 150 Hz (b) 150 Hz, 450 Hz (c) 450 Hz, 700 Hz (d) 700 Hz, 800 Hz
4) Which of the following options is correct?.
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(1) Quality (A) Intensity
(2) Pitch (B) Waveform
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(3) Loudness(C) Frequency
Options for (1), (2) and (3), respectively are
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5) Compare the velocities of the wave forms given below, and choose the correct option.
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6) A sound wave whose frequency is 5000 Hz travels in air and then hits the water
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8) An air column in a pipe which is closed at one end, will be in resonance with the
vibrating body of frequency 83Hz. Then the length of the air column is
(a) 1.5 m (b) 0.5 m (c) 1.0 m (d) 2.0 m
9) The displacement y of a wave travelling in the x direction is given by y= (2 x10 -3) sin
(300t -2x+ π4 ), where x and y are measured in metres and t in second. The speed of
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(a) 2.027 kHz (b) 1.974 kHz (c) 9.74 kHz (d) 1.011 kHz
13) Let y= 1
1+x2 at t = 0 s be the amplitude of the wave propagating in the positive x-
direction. At t = 2 s, the amplitude of the wave propagating becomes
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14) A uniform rope having mass m hangs vertically from a rigid support. A transverse
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wave pulse is produced at the lower end. Which of the following plots shows the
correct variation of speed v with height h from the lower end?
(a) (b)
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15) An organ pipe A closed at one end is allowed to vibrate in its first harmonic and
another pipe B open at both ends is allowed to vibrate in its third harmonic. Both A and
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B are in resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of the length of A and B is
(a) 3
8 3
(b) 8 (c) 6
1 (d) 3
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16) Sound waves of wavelength travelling in a medium with a speed of v m/s enter into
the medium where its speed is 2 v m/s, wavelength of sound waes in the second
medium is?
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(c) λ 2 (d) λ 4
17) Speed of sound wave in air.
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Independent of pressure increase in humidity increase in humidity
temp
18) Change in temperature of the medium changes
(a) frequency of (b) .amplitude of (c) wavelength of (d) loudness of
sound waves sound waves sound waves sound waves
19) With propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium, the quantity transmitted is
(a) matter (b) energy (c) energy and matter (d) energy, matter and momentum
20) During propagation of a plane progressive mechanical wave
(a) amplitude of all (b) particles of the (c) wave velocity depends upon (d) all
particules is equal medium executeS.H.M. the nature of the medium the
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21) Speed of sound wave in air.
(a) independent of (b) increase (c) increase with (d) decreases with
temperature with pressure increase in humidity increase in humidity
22) Which of the following statement are true for a stationary wave?
(a) Every particle has a forced (b) All the particles (c) There is no (d) All
amplitude which is different from the cross their mean transfer of energy the
amplitude of its nearest particle position at the same across any plane above
time
23) The displacement y of a wave travelling in the x-direction is given by y = 10-4 sin (600t
- 2x + π√3) Where is expressed in metres t is seconds, the speed of the wave
motion(in ms-1) is
(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 1200 (d) 200
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24) A wave travelling along the x-axis described by the equation y (x, t) = 0.005 cos (
αx − βt ). of the wavelength and time period of the wave are 0.08 and 2.0s then and in
appropriate units are
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π 0.08 2.0
α = 12.50π; β = α = 25.00π; β = π̄
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α = π; β = α =
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π; β =
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25) The speed ofsound in oxygen (O2) at a certain temp is 460 ms the speed of sound -1
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(a) 460 ms-1 (b) 500 ms-1 (c) 650 ms-1 (d) 1420 ms-1
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26) Length of a string tied to two rigid supports is 40 cm maximum length of a stationary
wave produced on it is
(a) 20 (b) 80 (c) 40 (d) 120
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27) Tube A has both ends open, while tube B has one and closed, otherwise they are'
identical the ratio of fundamental frequency of tubes A & B is
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(a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 10000 (d) 10
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31) The disc of a siren containing 60 holes rotates at a' constant speed of 360 rpm. The
emitted sound is in unison with a tuning fork of frequency
(a) 10 Hz (b) 360 Hz (c) 216 Hz (d) 60 z
32) The equation of a simple harmonic wave is given y = 5 sin (100 - x); Where x and y
π
2
are in meter and time.is in secons. The period of the wave in second will be
(a) 0.04 (b) 0.01 (c) 1 (d) 5
33) If wave y = A cos (wt + kx) moving alongs x-axis the shapes of pulse at t = 0 and t =
2s
(a) are different (b) are same (c) may not be same (d) none of these
34) Y1 = 4 sin(wt + kx), Y2 = -4 cos(wt + kx), the phase difference is
(a) π2 (b) 32π (c) π (d) Zero
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35) A wave equation is y = 0.01 sin (100πt - kx) of wave velocity is l00m/s, its number is
equal to
(a) 1 m-1 (b) 2 m-1 (c) πm−1 (d) 2πm−1
36) A particle on the tough of a wave art any instant will come to the mean position after a
time (7= time period)
(a) T2 (b) T4 (c) T (d) 2T
37) An organ pipe of length I vibrates in the fundamental mode, the pressure variation is
maximum
(a) at the (b) at the distance l/2 (c) at the distance l/4 (d) at the distance l/6
2 ends inside the ends inside the ends inside the ends
38) If an experment with sonometer, a tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz resonates with a
length of 25cm and another tuning fork resonates with constants the frequency of the
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(a) 163.84 Hz (b) 400 Hz (c) 320 Hz (d) 204.8 Hz
39) An organ pipe open at one end is vibrating in first overtone and is in resonance with
another pipe open at both ends and vibrating in thrid harmonic. The ratio of length of 2
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(a) 1: 2 (b) 4: 1 (c) 8: 3 (d) 3: 8
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40) The fractional change in wavelength of light coming from a star is 0.014%. What is its
velocity?
(a) 4.2 x 103 m/s
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41) The waves produced by a motor boat sailing in water are
(a) transverse (b) longitudinal (c) stationary (d) longitudinal and transverse
42) Mechanical Waves ________.
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(a) are (b) are (c) can be both (d) are neither longitudinal for
longitudinal transverse longitudinal and transverse waves.
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(a) sound waves (b) sound travels (c) sound travels (d) sound travels
are transverse fastest through faster in solids than in faster in gases than in
waves vaouum. gases. liquids
47) Transverse waves can propagate _________.
(a) both in a gas and (b) in a gas but not (c) not in a gas but (d) neither in a gas nor
in a metal in a metal in a metal in a metal
48) The speed of the wave represented by y =A sin(ωt - kx) is ________.
(a) k/ω (b) ω/k (c) ωk (d) 1/ωk
49) The equation of a wave travelling in a string can be written as y = 3 cos {π(100t-x)}
where y and x are in em and t is in seconds. Then the value of wavelength is
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respectively _________.
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3) The diagram shows the profile of a wave, which of the following Y pairs of points are in
phase?
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(a) A,B (b) B,C (c) B,D (d) B,E
4) Ultrasonic waves are those waves which _______.
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cannot hear hear velocity amplitude
5) A transverse wave of amplitude 0.5m, wavelength 1m and frequency 2Hz is
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4πt) 4πt) 2πt) 2πt)
6) With the rise of temperature, the speed of sound in a gas ________.
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increases decreases the same corresponding change in pressure.
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14) The apparent wavelength of the light from a star, moving away from the earth, is
0.01% more than its real wave length. The speed of the star with respect to the earth is
_______.
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15) The frequency of a radar is 780 MHz. When it is reflected from an approaching
aeroplane the opponent frequency is more than the actual frequency by 2.6 kHz. The
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speed of the aeroplane is ________
(a) 0.25 km/s (b) 0.5 km/s (c) 1.0 km/s (d) 2.0 km/s
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16) The temperature at which the speed of sound in air becomes double its value at
27°C is________.
(a) 54°C (b) 327°C (c) 927°C (d) -123°C
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17) The equation of a transverse wave is given by y = 10 sin{n(0.01x - 2t)} where y and x
are in cm and t is in seconds. Its frequency is _________.
(a) 10s-1 (b) 2s-1 (c) 1s-1 (d) 0.01s-1
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18) When sound waves travel from air to water, which of the following remains constant?
(a) velocity (b) frequency (c) wave length (d) all of these
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19) The speed of sound in oxygen is 332 m1s at STP. The speed of sound in hydrogen at
STP will be _________
(a) 53/2 m/s (b) 2546 m/s (c) 1328 m/s (d) 664 m/s
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22) When sound waves travel from air to water, which of these remains constant?
(a) velocity (b) wavelength (c) frequency (d) all the above
23) When a wave goes from one medium to another, there is a change in _______.
(a) velocity (b) amplitude (c) wavelength (d) all the above
24) The equation of a sound wave is y = 0.0015 sin (62.8x + 316t). Find the wave length
of the above ________
(a) 0.2units (b) 0.3 units (c) 0.1 units (d) 0.15 units
25) Red shift is an illustration of ________.
(a) low temperature (b) high frequency (c) Doppler (d) Same unknown
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31) The equation of a wave moving on string is y = 8 sin{π(0.002 x - 4t)} where x, yare in
centimeter and t in seconds. The velocity of the wave is _______.
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32) the velocity of sound in air is 340 ms-1, a person singing a note of frequency 250 cps
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(a) 0.7 (b) 1.36 cm (c) 1.36 m (d) 85 km
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34) A source of sounds is travelling with a velocity of 40 km/hr towards an observer and
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the apparent frequency heard by the observer?
(a) 2068 Hz (b) 2180 Hz (c) 2000 Hz (d) 1980 Hz
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observer perceives the sound to have a frequency n + n1. Then (if the sound velocity in
air is 300 m/s) _________
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_________.
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Y1 = 5 sin 2π (75t- 0.25 x) and y2, = 10 sin 2π (150 - 0.25x) The intensity ratio of the
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(a) 1: 2 (b) 1: 4 (c) 1: 8 (d) 1: 16
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45) sonometer wire is vibrating in the second overtone. In the wire there are _______.
(a) two nodes and (b) one node and (c) four nodes and (d) three nodes and
two antinodes two antinodes three antinodes three antinodes
46) If a resonance tube is sounded with a tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz, resonance
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(a) 358 m/s (b) 512 m/s (c) 524 m/s (d) none of these
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47) A wave of frequency 100 Hz is sent along a string towards a fixed end when this
wave travels back after reflection, a node is formed at a distance of 10 cm from the
fixed end of the string. The speed of the incident wave is __________
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second overtone of an organ pipe open at both the ends. The length of the organ pipe
open at both the ends is __________.
(a) 80 cm (b) 100 cm (c) 120 cm (d) 140 cm
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2) The average range of frequencies at which human beings can hear sound waves
varies from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Calculate the wavelength of the sound wave in these
limits. (Assume the speed of sound to be 340 m s-1.
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3) Suppose a man stands at a distance from a cliff and claps his hands. He receives an
echo from the cliff aft er 4 second. Calculate the distance between the man and the
cliff . Assume the speed of sound to be 343 m s-1.
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corresponding wave numbers.
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5) A mobile phone tower transmits a wave signal of frequency 900MHz. Calculate the
length of the waves transmitted from the mobile phone tower.
6) Compute the distance between anti-node and neighbouring node.
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8) Write down the types of waves.
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13) What is meant by interference of waves?.
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6) What is persistence of hearing?
7) What is Reverberation?
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9) How can we distinguish experimentally between longitudinal and transverse waves?
10) How does the frequency of a tunning fork change, when the temperature is
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11) The beats are not heard if the difference in frequencies of the two sounding notes is
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more than 10.Why?
12) Explain why we cannot here an echo in a small room?
13) Tube A has both ends open, while tube B has one end closed, otherwise they are
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identical the ratio of fundamental frequency of tubes A&B?
14) Define the term wave motion?
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20) The fundamental frequency in an open organ pipe is equal to the 3rd harmonic of a
closed organ pipe. If the length of the closed organ pipe is 20 cm. What is the length of
the open organ pipe.
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21) The second overtone of an open organ pipe has the same frequency as the 1st
overtone of a closed pipe L metre long. Then what will be the length of the open pipe.
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22) A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5.0 x 10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of
60 N.
What is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
23) An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound with a velocity one-fifth of
the velocity of sound. What is the percentage increase in the apparent frequency?
24) Tube A. has both ends open, while B has on end closed otherwise the two tubes are
identical. What is the ratio of fundamental frequency of the tubes A and B?
25) police car with a siren of frequency 8 kHz is moving with uniform velocity 36 km/h
towards a tall building which reflect the sound waves. The speed of sound in air is
320m/s. What is the frequency of the siren heard by the car driver?
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mass density of pulse is 0.25 kg m-1. Further, compute the time taken by the travelling
pulse to cover a distance of 30 cm on the string.
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3) Calculate the speed of sound in a steel rod whose Young’s modulus Y = 2 × 1011 N m-2
and ρ = 7800 kg m-3.
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4) Check the dimensional of the wave y = sin(x−vt). If it is dimensionally wrong, write the
above equation in the correct form
5) Two vibrating tuning forks produce waves whose equation is given by y1 = 5 sin(240
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6) A baby cries on seeing a dog and the cry is detected at a distance of 3.0 m such that
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the intensity of sound at this distance is 10-2 W m-2. Calculate the intensity of the
baby’s cry at a distance 6.0 m.
7) The sound level from a musical instrument playing is 50 dB. If three identical musical
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instruments are played together then compute the total intensity. The intensity of the
sound from each instrument is 10-12 W m-2 .
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8) If a flute sounds a note with 450Hz, what are the frequencies of the second, third, and
fourth harmonics of this pitch?. If the clarinet sounds with a same note as 450Hz, then
what are the frequencies of the lowest three harmonics produced ?.
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an open organ pipe, compute the length of the open organ pipe if the length of the
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4 2 a 2
Sketch this wave.
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3) Two speakers C and E are placed 5 m apart and are driven by the same source. Let a
man stand at A which is 10 m away from the mid point O of C and E. The man walks
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towards the point O which is at 1 m (parallel to OC) as shown in the figure. He
receives the first minimum in sound intensity at B. Then calculate the frequency of the
source. (Assume speed of sound = 343 m s-1)
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4) Let f be the fundamental frequency of the string. If the string is divided into three
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segments l1, l2 and l3 such that the fundamental frequencies of each segments be f1, f2
and f3, respectively. Show that
1 = f11 + f12 + f13
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5) A frequency generator with fixed frequency of 343 Hz is allowed to vibrate above a 1.0
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m high tube. A pump is switched on to fill the water slowly in the tube. In order to get
resonance, what must be the minimum height of the water?. (speed of sound in air is
343 m s−1)
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6) Briefly explain the difference between travelling waves and standing waves.
7) Describe Newton’s formula for velocity of sound waves in air and also discuss the
Laplace’s correction.
8) Briefly explain the concept of superposition principle.
9) What are stationary waves?. Explain the formation of stationary waves and also write
down the characteristics of stationary waves.
10) Explain the concepts of fundamental frequency, harmonics and overtones in detail.
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phase (same phase). Let O be any point equidistant from A and B as shown in the
figure. Calculate the intensity at points O, Y and X. (X and Y are not equidistant from A
& B)
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3) Consider two sound waves with wavelengths 5 m and 6 m. If these two waves
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propagate in a gas with velocity 330 ms-1. Calculate the number of beats per second.
4) Consider a string in a guitar whose length is 80 cm and a mass of 0.32 g with tension
80 N is plucked. Compute the first four lowest frequencies produced when it is
plucked.
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5) Discuss how ripples are formed in still water.
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6) Show that the velocity of a travelling wave produced in a string is v T
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7) Write short notes on reflection of sound waves from plane and curved surfaces.
8) Explain how the interference of waves is formed.
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after 2s. Calculate the depth of the sea in each case and also compute the difference
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2) A transverse wave moves from a medium A to a medium B. In medium A, the velocity
of the transverse wave is 500 ms-1 and the wavelength is 5 m. The frequency and the
wavelength of the wave in medium B when its velocity is 600 ms-1, respectively are
(a) 120 Hz and 5 m (b) 100 Hz and 5 m (c) 120 Hz and 6 m (d) 100 Hz and 6 m
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3) For a particular tube, among six harmonic frequencies below 1000 Hz, only four
harmonic frequencies are given: 300 Hz, 600 Hz, 750 Hz and 900 Hz. What are the
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two other frequencies missing from this list?.
(a) 100 Hz, 150 Hz (b) 150 Hz, 450 Hz (c) 450 Hz, 700 Hz (d) 700 Hz, 800 Hz
4)
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A person standing between two parallel hills fires a gun and hears the first echo after t1
sec and the second echo after t2 sec. The distance between the two hills is
v(t1 −t2 ) v(t1 t2 ) v(t1 +t2 )
(a) (b) (c) v (t1+t2) (d)
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5) An air column in a pipe which is closed at one end, will be in resonance with the
vibrating body of frequency 83Hz. Then the length of the air column is
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the wave is
(a) 150 ms-1 (b) 300 ms-1 (c) 450 ms-1 (d) 600 ms-1
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8) A man sitting on a swing which is moving to an angle of 60° from the vertical is blowing
a whistle which has a frequency of 2.0 k Hz. The whistle is 2.0 m from the fixed
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support point of the swing. A sound detector which detects the whistle sound is kept in
front of the swing. The maximum frequency the sound detector detected is
(a) 2.027 kHz (b) 1.974 kHz (c) 9.74 kHz (d) 1.011 kHz
9) Let y= 1
2
at t = 0 s be the amplitude of the wave propagating in the positive x-
1+x
direction. At t = 2 s, the amplitude of the wave propagating becomes
(a) 0.5m s-1 (b) 1.0m s-1 (c) 1.5m s-1 (d) 2.0m s-1
10) An organ pipe A closed at one end is allowed to vibrate in its first harmonic and
another pipe B open at both ends is allowed to vibrate in its third harmonic. Both A and
B are in resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of the length of A and B is
(a) 83 (b) 38 (c) 16 (d) 13
11) With propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium, the quantity transmitted is
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12) The displacement y of a wave travelling in the x-direction is given by y = 10-4 sin (600t
- 2x + π√3) Where is expressed in metres t is seconds, the speed of the wave
motion(in ms-1) is
(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 1200 (d) 200
13) A sound absorber attenuates the sound level by 20dB the intensity decreases by a
factor of
(a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 10000 (d) 10
14) Mechanical Waves ________.
(a) are (b) are (c) can be both (d) are neither longitudinal for
longitudinal transverse longitudinal and transverse waves.
only only transverse.
15) Ultrasonic waves are those waves which _______.
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(b) the wavelength in ascending order
17) Suppose a man stands at a distance from a cliff and claps his hands. He receives an
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cliff . Assume the speed of sound to be 343 m s-1.
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24) In an empty room why is it that a tone sounds louder than in the room having things
like furniture etc.
9 x 3 = 27
25) Consider a string whose one end is attached to a wall. Then compute the following in
both situations given in figure (assume waves crosses the distance in one second)
(a) Wavelength, (b) Frequency and
(c) Velocity
26) Calculate the speed of sound in a steel rod whose Young’s modulus Y = 2 × 1011 N
m-2 and ρ = 7800 kg m-3.
27) If a flute sounds a note with 450Hz, what are the frequencies of the second, third, and
fourth harmonics of this pitch?. If the clarinet sounds with a same note as 450Hz, then
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35) Consider a string in a guitar whose length is 80 cm and a mass of 0.32 g with tension
80 N is plucked. Compute the first four lowest frequencies produced when it is
plucked.
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38) How will you determine the velocity of sound using resonance air column apparatus?
39) A police in a siren car moving with a velocity 20 ms-1 chases a thief who is moving in
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a car with a velocity v0ms-1. The police car sounds at frequency 300Hz, and both of
them move towards a stationary siren of frequency 400Hz. Calculate the speed in
which thief is moving.
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40) Write the applications of reflection of sound waves.
41) Audible frequencies have a range of 20 Hz to 20 x 103 Hz. Express 't' is range in
terms of (i) period T, (ii) wavelength air at, (iii) angular frequency w. (Given velocity of
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Exam Time : 00:50:00 Hrs Total Marks : 50
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1) The potential energy of a system increases, if work is done
(a) by the system against a (b) by the system against a non- (c) upon the system by a (d) upon the system by a non-
conservative force conservative force conservative force conservative force
2) A particle is placed at the origin and a force F = kx is acting on it (where k is a positive constant). If U (0) = 0, the
graph of U(x) versus x will be (where U, is the potential , energy function)
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a motor?
(c) 11.652kW (d) 13.066kW
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4) A hot cup of coff ee is kept on the table. Aft er some time it attains a thermal equilibrium with the surroundings. By
considering the air molecules in the room as a thermodynamic system, which of the following is true
(a) ΔU > 0, Q = 0 (b) ΔU > 0, W < 0 (c) ΔU > 0, Q > 0 (d) ΔU = 0, Q > 0
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5) A hollow sphere is filled with water. It is hung by a long thread. As the water flows out of a hole at the bottom, the
period of oscillation will
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decrease increase continuously continuously
6) Unit of work is:
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(a) a is applied to the left and (b) a is applied to the right and (c) a is applied to the left and (d) a is applied to the left and
a = gtan θ a = gtan θ a = gsin θ a = gcos θ
17) In the following, what are the quantities which that are conserved?
(a) Linear momentum of planet(b) Angular momentum of planet(c) Total energy of planet(d) Potential energy of a planet
(a) 0≤ f ≤ μs N (b) 0≥ f ≥ μs N (c) 0 and 1 (d) 0 and minimal static frictional force.
21) When an object of mass m slides on a friction less surface inclined at an θ angle , then normal force exerted by the
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(a) g cos θ (b) mg cos θ (c) g sin θ (d) mg tan θ
22) If an object executes a to and fro motion about a fixed point, is an example for
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23) The displacement y of a wave travelling in the x direction is given by y= (2 x10 ) sin (300t -2x+ π ), where x and y
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33) A force of 6 N acts on a body at rest and of mass 1 kg. During this time, the body attains a velocity of 30 m/s. TIle
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(a) 7 seconds (b) 5 seconds (c) 10 seconds (d) 8 seconds
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34) A pendulum is hung in a very high building oscillates to and fro motion freely like a simple harmonic oscillator. If the
acceleration of the bob is 16 ms−2 at a distance of 4 m from the mean position, then the time period is
(a) 2 s (b) 1 s (c) 2π s (d) πs
35) If momentum of a body increases by 100% then what will be percentage increase in its kinetic energy?
(a) 200%
36) Vibratory motion is also known as
(a) circular motion
(b) 100%
(d) spinning
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37) When a car takes a sudden left turn in the curved road, passengers are pushed towards the right due to
(a) inertia of direction (b) inertia of motion (c) inertia of rest (d) absence of inertia
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(a) 1.2 x10 2 J (b) 2.4 x10
4 J (c) 3.6 x10 6 J (d) 4.4 x10 3 J
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the gas the most.
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Exam Time : 00:50:00 Hrs Total Marks : 50
50 x 1 = 50
1) Femto is equal to:
(a) 10-6m (b) 10-13m (c) 10-15m (d) 10-12m
2) Universal time is based on:
(a) rotation of the earth on its (b) earth's orbital motion around (c) vibration of cesium (d) oscillation of quartz
own axis the sun atom clock
3) 1 pa is equal to
(a) 1Nm-2 (b) 1Jm-2 (c) 1Nm-1 (d) 1Jm-1
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(a) J - sec (b) watt - sec (c) kwh (d) eV
5) Inertia has the same unit as
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6) Which of the following is having same dimensional formula?
(a) Work and power (b) Radius of gyration and displacement (c) Impulse and force (d) Frequencies and wavelength
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7) Which of the following quantities is expressed as force per unit area?
(a) Pressure (b) Stress (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None
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2
(a) [L T-1] (b) [L T-2] (c) [T] (d) [L-1 T]
9) The dimensional formula for heat capacity__________________
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(a) [ML2T2] (b) [M L2 K-1] (c) [M L2 T2 K-1] (d) [M L2 T2 K-1]
10) The product of Avogadro constant and elementary charge is known as __________constant.
(a) Planck's (b) Avagadro (c) Boltzmann (d) Faraday
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11) An aeroplane gets its upward lift due to phenomenon described by the
(a) archimedes principle (b) bernoulli's principle (c) buoyancy (d) pascal law
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12) Two wires of same material, having cross-sectional areas in the ratio 1 : 2 and lengths in the ratio 1 : 4 are stretched
by the same force. The ratio of the stresses in the wires will be
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 4 : 1
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15) When a fluid passes through the constricted part of a pipe, its _________.
(a) velocity and pressure (b) velocity and pressure (c) velocity decreases and (d) velocity increases and
decrease increase pressure increases pressure decreases
16) Bernoulli's principle does not explain ________.
(a) curved path of a (b) surviving of a fish (c) working of a paint (d) automatic blowing ofIthe roofs of houses during
spinning ball in a lake sprayer blizzard in hilly areas
17) With increase in temperature the viscosity of
(a) a gas decreases and a liquid (b) a gas increases and a liquid (c) both gases and liquids (d) both gases and liquids
increases decreases decrease increase
18) Two small spheres of radii rand 2r fall through a viscous liquid with the same constant speed. The viscous forces
experienced by them are in the ratio _________.
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24) The change in temperature of a body is 50°C. The change on the kelvin scale is _________.
(a) 50K (b) 323K (c) 70K (d) 30K
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25) Mercury thermometers can be used to measure temperature up to _________.
(a) 260°C (b) 100°C (c) 360°C (d) 500°C
26) Pressure of an ideal gas is increased by keeping temperature constant. What is the effect on the kinetic energy of
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molecules?
(a) increase (b) no change (c) decrease (d) can't be determined
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27) For a mono-atomic gas, the molar specific heat at constant pressure divided by the molar gas constant R, is equal
to ______.
(a) 2.5 (b) 1.5 (c) 5.0 (d) 3.5
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(a) infinite heat is given (b) infinite heat is (c) no change in temperature whether heat is taken in or (d) all of
out taken in given out these
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and Oxygen molecules is ________.
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at the same time. They will again be in phase when the pendulum of shorter length has completed _______
oscillations.
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
33) A body is executing simple harmonic motion with an angular frequency 2 rod/sec. The velocity of the body at
20mm displacement, when the amplitude of motion is 60mm, is
(a) 90 mm/s (b) 113 mm/s (c) 118 mm/s (d) 131 mm/s
34) Which one of the following statements is true for the speed v and the acceleration a of a particle executing simple
harmonic motion?
(a) When v is maximum, a is (b) Value of a is zero, whatever may be (c) When v is zero, a (d) When v is maximum, a
maximum the value of v is zero is zero
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(a) simple harmonic (b) a simple harmonic (c) a periodic, but not simple (d) aperiodic, but not simple
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(a) 0.2 m (b) 0.1 m (c) 0.4 m (d) 0.5 m
41) The equation of a wave travelling on a string is y = 4 sin { 2 (8t − 8 )}where x, yare in cm and t in seconds. The
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42) When a wave goes from one medium to another, there is a change in _______.
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43) The equation of a sound wave is y = 0.0015 sin (62.8x + 316t). Find the wave length of the above ________
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(a) low temperature emission (b) high frequency absorption (c) Doppler effect (d) Same unknown Phenomenon
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(a) 300 m/s (b) 30 m/s (c) 303 m/s (d) 30.3 m/s
46) If the ratio of the amplitudes of two waves is 4: 3, then the ratio of maximum and minimum intensities is _________.
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(a) open end will (b) odd harmonics of the fundamental (c) all harmonics of the (d) pressure change will be
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15 x 1 = 15
1) A student tunes his guitar by striking a 120 Hertz with a tuning fork, and simultaneously plays the 4th string on his guitar. By
keen observation, he hears the amplitude of the combined sound oscillating thrice per second. Which of the following
frequencies is the most likely the frequency of the 4th string on his guitar?.
(a) 130 (b) 117 (c) 110 (d) 120
2) In hot summer aft er a bath, the body’s
(a) internal energy decreases (b) internal energy increases (c) heat decreases (d) no change in internal energy and heat
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4) A uniform force of (2 i + j) N acts on a particle of mass 1 kg. The particle displaces from position (3^j+^
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k) m to (5^i +3^j) m. The
work done by the force on the particle is
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5) The angle subtended by a coin of radius 1 em held at a distance of 80 em from your eyes is
(a) 1.430 (b) 0.720 (c) 0.01250 (d) 0.0250
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F = −ηA △△vz , where h is constant called coefficient of viscosity. The dimensional formula of h is
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(a) [ML-2T-2] (b) [M0L0T0] (c) [ML2T-2] (d) [ML-1T-1]
7) One of the combinations from the fundamental physical constants is hc , The unit of this expression is
G
(a) Kg2 (b) m3 (c) S-1 (d) m
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8) In a simple harmonic oscillation, the acceleration against displacement for one complete oscillation will be
(a) an ellipse (b) a circle (c) a parabola (d) a straight line
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9) When a car takes a sudden left turn in the curved road, passengers are pushed towards the right due to
(a) inertia of direction (b) inertia of motion (c) inertia of rest (d) absence of inertia
10) The force acting on a body is measured as 4.25 N. Round it off with two significant figure________.
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11) The linear momentum and position vector of the planet is perpendicular to each other at
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(a) perihelion and aphelion (b) at all points (c) only at perihelion (d) no point
12) The number of significant figures in 0.06900 is ________
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
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14) The horizontal range of a projectile fired at an angle of 15° is 50 m. If it is fired with the same speed at angle of 45°, its range
will be
(a) 125 m (b) 75 m (c) 100 m (d) 150 m
15) Consider two wires X and Y. Th e radius of wire X is 3 times the radius of Y. If they are stretched by the same load then the
stress on Y is
(a) equal to that on X (b) thrice that on X (c) nine times that on X (d) Half that on X
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16) The momentum of a system of particles is always conserved. True or false?
17) A body of mass 100 kg is moving with an acceleration of 50 cm s-2. Calculate the force experienced by it.
18) A bullet of mass 20 g strikes a pendulum of mass 5 kg. Th e centre of mass of pendulum rises a vertical distance of 10 em. If
the bullet gets embedded into the pendulum, calculate its initial speed
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25) Define torque and mention its unit.
26) Write the rules for determining significant figures.
27) State Newton's second law.
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28) What do you mean by propagation of errors? Explain the propagation of errors in addition and multiplication.
29) A three storey building of height 100m is located on Earth and a similar building is also located on Moon. If two people jump
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10m s-2)
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30) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of Moon towards the Earth.
31) A swimmer moves across the Cauvery river of 750 m wide. The velocity of the swimmer relative to water (v ⃗ sw) is 1.5 ms-1 and
directed perpendicular to the water current. The velocity of water relative to the bank (vwb)
⃗ is 1 ms-1. Calculate the
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(a) velocity of the swimmer with respect to the bank of the river (vsb
⃗ ).
32) Consider a circular leveled road of radius 10m having coefficient of static friction 0.81. Three cars (A, B and C) are travelling
with speed 7 ms-1, 8m s-1 and 10 ms-1 respectively. Which car will skid when it moves in the circular level road? (g = 10 m s-2).
33) A gun weighing 25 kg fires a bullet weighing 30 g with the speed of 200 ms-1. What is the speed of recoil of the gun.
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1) If the coordinate axes (x, y, z) are drawn in anticlockwise direction then the co-ordinate system is known as
(a) Cartesian coordinate system(b) right-handed coordinate system(c) left-handed coordinate system(d) cylindrical coordinate system
2) During a projectile motion if the maximum height equals the horizontal range, then the angle of projection with the horizontal
is:
(a) tan-1(1) (b) tan-1(2) (c) tan-1(3) (d) tan-1(4)
3) A ship of mass 3 × 106 kg initially at rest is pulled by a force of 6 × 104 N through a distance of 4m. The speed of the ship is
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(a) 1.5 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 0.5 m/s (d) 0.4 m/s
4) A particle revolves round a circular path. The acceleration of the particle is:
(a) along the circumference of the circle (b) along the tangent (c) along the radius (d) zero
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5) A body of mass 5 kg is suspended by a spring balance on an inclined plane as shown in figure. The spring balance measure.
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6) The speed of an object v = 90km/h. The same quantity of speed in m/s is
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8) A car covers half of its journey with a speed of 10 ms-1 and the other half by 20 ms-1 The average speed of car during the total
journey is
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9) In an elastic collision ------- is conserved
(a) kinetic energy (b) momentum (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)
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10) If a car at rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of 144 krn/h in 20 sec, it covers a distance of
(a) 1440cm (b) 2980cm (c) 20m (d) 400m
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11) In whirling motion, if the string is cut suddenly, the stone moves tangential to circle is an example for
(a) Inertia of motion (b) Inertia of direction (c) Inertia of rest (d) back pull
12) In an expression, four quantities a, b, c and d are measured with % error. 1%,2%,3% and 4% respectively. Quantity P is
calculated as follows P = a3 b 2
cd
% error in P is:
(a) 10 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 14
13) 1 pa is equal to
(a) 1Nm-2 (b) 1Jm-2 (c) 1Nm-1 (d) 1Jm-1
14) Swimming is possible on account of
(a) I law of motion (b) II law (c) III law (d) Newton's law of gravitation
15) A force F is applied on to a square plate of side L.If the percentage error in determining L is 2% and rhat in F is 4%, the
percentage error in pressure is
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24) Write the different cases of zero work done. Given examples of each case.
25) In a physical units, how many units are there in 1 metre?
1 parallactic second (parsec) = 3.08 x 1016 m
Given data:
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1 parsec = 3.08 x 1016m
26) What is the specific heat of a gas in an adiabatic process?
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27) A light rod of length 2m is suspended horizontally by means of 2 vertical wires of equal lengths tied to its ends. One of the
wires is made of steel & is of cross section A1 = 0.1 cm2 & other of brass &. is of cross section A2 = 0.2cm2, find out the
position along the rod at which a weight must be suspended to produce (i) equal stresses in both wires, (ii) equai strains in both
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wires for steel, y = 20 x 1010 Nm-2 & for brass y =10 x 1010 Nm-2.
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28) Explain the freely falling apple on Earth using the concept of gravitational potential V(r)?
29) Derive the relation between momentum and kinetic energy.
30) An woman walks on a straight road from her home to a market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 km/h. Finding the market closed,
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of the man, over the interval of time. (i) 0 to 30 min, (ii) 0 to 50 min and (iii) 0 to 40 min.
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31) A body of mass of 3 kg initially at rest makes under the action of an applied horizontally force of 10 N on a table with co-
efficient of kinetic friction = 0.3, then what is the workdone by the applied force in 10s:
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1) The dimensions of universal gravitational constant is
(a) M2L3T-2 (b) M2L2T-1 (c) M2L3T-1 (d) ML2T-1
2) The system of unit not only based on length, mass, and time is
(a) FPS (b) CGS (c) MKS (d) SI
3) Which of the following is not dimensionless?
(a) Relative permittivity (b) Refractive index (c) Relative density (d) Relative velocity
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4) If an object is dropped from the top of a building and it reaches the ground at t = 4 s, then the height of the building is (ignoring
air resistance) (g = 9.8 ms-2)
(a) 77.3 m (b) 78.4 m (c) 80.5 m (d) 79.2 m
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5) The length of a vector is _______________
(a) always a negative quantity (b) always a positive quantity (c) either positive or negative (d) denoted by 'λ '
6) If R ⃗ = P ⃗ + Q,⃗ then which of the following is true?
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(a) greater acceleration along the (b) greater acceleration along the (c) same acceleration in both (d) no acceleration in both the
path AB
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(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
10) A body of mass 3 kg hits a wall at an angle of 60° and returns at the same angle. The impact time was 0.2 sec. The force
exerted on the wall
(a) 150 √3 N
11) A stone is tied to a string of length I and is whirled in a vertical circle with the other end of the string as the centre. At a certain
instant of time, the stone is at its lowest position and has a speed u. The magnitude of the change in velocity as it reaches a
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position where the string is horizontal (g being acceleration due to gravity) is
(a) √−−−2−−−−−
2(u − gl) (b) √u
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2
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− gl (c) u − √u
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2
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− 2gl (d) √ gl
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2
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12) When a solid sphere is undergoing pure rolling, the ratio of translational kinetic energy to rotational kinetic energy is
(a) 2:5 (b) 5:2 (c) 1:5 (d) 5:1
13) The efficiency of a heat engine working between the freezing point and boiling point of water is
(a) 6.25% (b) 20% (c) 26.8% (d) 12.5%
14) If sP and sV denote the specific heats of nitrogen gas per unit mass at constant pressure and constant volume respectively, then
(a) sP - sV = 28R (b) sP - sV = R/28 (c) sP - sV = R/14 (d) sP - sV = R
15) A uniform rope having mass m hangs vertically from a rigid support. A transverse wave pulse is produced at the lower end.
Which of the following plots shows the correct variation of speed v with height h from the lower end?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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16) What is Absolute Error.
17) Find the speed of the projectile when it hits the ground?
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18) Define coefficient of static friction.
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19) In the following figure radii r1 and r2 are 10 cm and 20 cm respectively. If the moment of inertia of the wheel is 1500 kg m2,
then determine its angular acceleration
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(d) Which material is more brittle?
27) Derive an expression for PE and KE in SHM, and deduced the graphical representation;
5 x 5 = 25
28) Two resistors of resistances R1= 150 ± 2 Ohm and R2 = 220 ± 6 Ohm are connected in parallel combination. Calculate the
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Hint: R = R11 + R12
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29) A monkey hangs on a tree. A hunter aims a gun at the monkey and fires the bullet with velocity Vo which makes angle α o
with horizontal direction. At the instant gun fires, monkey leaves the branch and falls straight down to escape from the bullet as
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shown in the figure. Will bullet hit the monkey or will the monkey escape the bullet? (ignore air resistance)
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(i) axis passing through the center and perpendicular to the plane of the disc,
(ii) axis touching the edge and perpendicular to the plane of the disc and
(iii) axis passing through the center and lying on the plane of the disc.
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32) Describe the anomalous expansion of water. How is it helpful in our lives?
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1) The dimensional formula for gravitational constant G is
(a) [ML3T-2] (b) [M-1L3T-2 (c) [M-1L-3T-2 (d) [ML-3T-2
2) The law of electricity and magnetism is used to
(a) Wireless communication (b) Nuclear reactor (c) Steam engine (d) Aeroplane
3) What is the SI unit of Area?
(a) m (b) m2 (c) Nm-1 (d) cm-1
4) The dimensional formula for heat capacity__________________
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(a) [ML2T2] (b) [M L2 K-1] (c) [M L2 T2 K-1] (d) [M L2 T2 K-1]
5) If a particle executes uniform circular motion in the xy plane in clock wise direction, then the angular velocity is in
(a) +y direction (b) +z direction (c) -z direction (d) -x direction
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(a) always zero (b) need not be zero (c) always non zero (d) cannot be concluded
7) A spring of force constant k is cut into two pieces such that one piece is double the length of the other. Then, the long piece will
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have a force constant of
3
(a) 2
3
k (b) 2
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8) When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its angular momentum is directed along,
(a) a line perpendicular to the plane of (b) the line making an angle of 450 to the plane of (c) the (d) tangent to the
rotation rotation radius path
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(a) remains same (b) g (c) 2g (d) 4g
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10) If the temperature of the wire is increased, then the Young’s modulus will
(a) remain the same (b) decrease (c) increase rapidly (d) increase by very a small amount
11) When a uniform rod is heated, which of the following quantity of the rod will increase
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12) In an isochoric process, we have
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and kB respectively. If the two bodies oscillate vertically such that their maximum velocities are in the ratio 1:2, the ratio of the
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amplitude A to that of B is
−−−− −−−− −−−− −−−−
(a) √KB
2K A
(b) √ KKBA
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(c) √ KKAB
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(d) √ KKAB
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15) Compare the velocities of the wave forms given below, and choose the correct option.
where, vA, vB, vC and vD are velocities given in (A), (B), (C) and (D), respectively.
(a) vA > vB > vD > vC (b) vA< vB < vD < vC (c) vA = vB = vD = vC (d) vA > vB = vD > vC
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22) Find the dimensions of mass in terms of Energy, length and time
23) Consider an object travelling in a semi-circular path from point 0 to point P in 5 second, as is shown in the Figure. Calculate the
average velocity and average speed.
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25) A block of mass m is pushed momentarily along a horizontal surface with an initial velocity u. If uk is the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the object and surface, find the time at which the block comes to rest.
26) What is the difference between sliding and slipping?
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27) 500 g of water is heated from 30°C to 60°C. Ignoring the slight expansion of water, calculate the change in internal energy of
the water? (specific heat of water 4184 J/kg.K)
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28) A capacitor of capacitance C = 3.0 ± 0.1 μ F is charged to a voltage of V = 18 ± 0.4 Volt. Calculate the charge Q [Use Q = CV].
29) A velocity-time graph is given for a particle moving in x direction, as below
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1) The branch of physics deals with the relation between space, time and energy are:
(a) astrophysics (b) relativity (c) acoustics (d) atomic physics
2) The fraction of 1 temperature of the triple point of water represents:
273.16
(a) celsius (b) fahrenheit (c) centigrade (d) kelvin
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3) Force F is given by F = at + bt . Where "t" is time. What are the dimensions of "a" and "cb"?
(a) MLT-1and MLTo (b) MLT-3and MLT-4 (c) MLT-3and MLT4 (d) MLT3and MLT-4
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4) If x = at + bt2, where x is the distance travelled by the body in kilometers while t is the time in seconds, then the units
of b is
(a) km/s (b) km s (c) km/s2 (d) km s2
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5) The force F is given by F = at + bt2 where t is time. The dimensions of 'a' and 'b' respectively are
(a) [M LT-3] and [MLT-4] (b) [M LT-4] and [MLT-3] (c) [M LT-1] and [MLT-2] (d) [M LT-2] and [MLT-0]
6) A balloon is rising vertically upwards with uniform acceleration of 15.7 m-2. A stone is released from it at one time.
8) A block of mass M is pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface by a rope of mass m. A force F is applied at the
free end of the rope. The force exerted by the rope on the block
MF M+m M .F M−m .F
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11) A book is lying on the table. What is the angle between the action of the book on the table and the reaction of the
table on the book?
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straight line?
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22) In what way physics is in relation to chemistry.
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23) What does the slope of 'position-time' graph represent? Which physical quantity is obtained from it?
24) "For the same force, heavier mass experiences lesser acceleration and vice versa". Explain with an example.
25) A rope of negligible mass is wound round a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. what is angular
vibrating length of the string. Establish dimensionally the relation for frequency.
29) Chennai is at a distance of 500 km from Coimbatore. (A) sets out from Coimbatore at a speed of 50 kmh-1 and (B)
sets out at the same time from Chennai at a speed of 40 kmh-1, When will they meet each other?
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away from the mid point O of C and E. The man walks towards the point O which is at 1 m (parallel to OC) as shown
in the figure. He receives the first minimum in sound intensity at B. Then calculate the frequency of the source.
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32) A sound wave is transmitted into a tube as shown in figure. The sound wave splits into two waves at the point A
which recombine at point B. Let R be the radius of the semi-circle which is varied until the first minimum. Calculate
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