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JEE MAINS LEVEL

PHYSICS Work Energy and Power
Sample Paper 01
1. A ring of mass 200 gram is attached to one end of a light spring of force constant 100
N/m and natural length 10 cm. The ring is constrained to move on a rough wire in the
shape of quarter ellipse of major axis 24 cm and minor axis 16 cm with its centre at
origin. The plane of ellipse is vertical and wire is fixed at points A and B as shown in
figure. Initially ring is at A with other end of spring fixed at origin. If normal reaction of
wire on ring at A is zero and ring is given a horizontal velocity of 10 m/s towards right
so that it just reaches point B, then select the correct alternative (s) (g = 10 m/s2)
Y

A m v
rough wire
8cm

X
O B
12cm

(a) Work done by friction is 10 Joule.

(b) At B energy stored in spring is more than energy stored at A.
(c) Work done by friction is 10.16 Joule.
(d) Work done by spring force is positive.
2. A block of mass m is stationary with respect to wedge of mass M moving with uniform
speed v on horizontal surface. Find the work done by friction force on the block in t
second.
m

M v

mgvt mgvt mgvt 2

(a) zero (b) sin 2 (c) (d) sin
2 2 2
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3. A particle is kept at rest at the top of a sphere of diameter 42 m. When disturbed slightly,
it slides down. At what height h from the bottom, the particle will leave the sphere
(a) 14 m (b) 16 m (c) 35 m (d) 70 m
4. Inside a smooth hemispherical cavity a particle P can slide freely. The block having this
cavity is moving under constant acceleration A = g m/s2. A particle is released from the
state of rest from the position shown. The angle with the vertical, when the particle
will have maximum velocity with respect to the block is
P
R
A

(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 6 2
5. A uniform chain has a mass M and length L. It is placed on a frictionless table with
length l0 hanging over the edge. The chain begins to slide down. The speed V with which
the chain slides away from the edge is given by

gl0 gl0
(a) V = ( L + l0 ) (b) V = ( L l0 )
L L

(c) V =
L
(
g 2 2
L l0 ) (d) V = 2g ( L l0 )

6. Discs, each having mass m, are attached rigidly to the ends of a vertical spring. One of the
discs rests on a horizontal surface and the other produces a compression x0 on the spring when
it is in equilibrium. How much further must the spring be compressed so that when the force
causing compression is removed, the extension of the spring will be able to lift the lower disc
off the table

(a) x0 (b) 2x0 (c) 3x0 (d) 1.5x0

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7. A particle is dropped from a height h. A constant horizontal velocity is given to the particle.
Taking g to be constant every where, kinetic energy E of the particle with respect to time t is
correctly shown in

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

8. A pendulum of mass m and length l is suspended from the ceiling of a trolley which start
with a constant acceleration a in the horizontal direction as shown in figure. The
maximum angular displacement of pendulum is . Work done by the tension w.r.t.
trolley in this time interval is

l
m a

(a) mgl (1 cos ) (b) mal sin (c) mal cos (d) zero

9. A block of mass m is attached to two unstretched springs of spring constants k 1 and k 2 as

shown in figure. The block is displaced towards right through a distance x and is released. Find
the speed of the block as it passes through the mean position shown.

k1 + k 2 k 1k 2
(a) x (b) x
m m ( k1 + k 2 )
k12 k 22 k13 k 32
(c) x (d)
m ( k12 + k 22 ) m ( k13 + k 32 )

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10. A particle moves on a rough horizontal ground with some initial velocity say v0. If
(3/4)th of its kinetic energy is lost due to friction in time t0 then coefficient of friction
between the particle and the ground is
v0 v0 3v 0 v0
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2gt 0 4gt 0 4gt 0 gt 0
11. A block weighing 10 N travels down a smooth curved track AB joined to a rough horizontal
surface (figure). The rough surface has a friction coefficient of 0.20 with the block. If the block
starts slipping on the track from a point 1.0 m above the horizontal surface, the distance it will
moves on the rough surface is:

(a) 5.0 m (b) 10.0 m (c) 15.0 m (d) 20.0 m

12. A small block of mass m is lying at rest at point P of a wedge having a smooth semi
circular track of radius R. The minimum value of horizontal acceleration a0 of wedge so
that mass can just reach the point Q ?

(a) g/2 (b) g (c) g (d) not possible

13. A wedge of mass M is fitted with a spring of stiffness k is kept on a smooth horizontal
surface. A rod of mass m is kept on the wedge as shown in the figure. System is in equilibrium.
Assuming that all surfaces are smooth, the potential energy stored in the spring is:

mg 2 tan 2 m 2 g tan 2 m 2 g 2 tan 2 m 2 g 2 tan 2

(a) (b) (c) (d)
2K 2K 2K K

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14. A body of mass m tied at the end of a massless string of length l (fixed at other end) is
projected with horizontal velocity 4gl . At what height from initial level will it leave
the circular path?

4gl

5 5 5 4
(a) l (b) l (c) l (d) l
3 4 2 3
15. The potential energy of a particle varies with a distance x as shown in the graph.
The force acting on the particle is zero at

(a) C (b) B (c) B and C (d) A and D

16. The ends of a spring are attached to blocks of masses 3 kg and 2 kg. The 3 kg block rests on a
horizontal surface and the 2 kg block which is vertically above it is in equilibrium producing a
compression of 1 cm of the spring. The value of the length to which the 2 kg mass must be
compressed, so that when it is released, the 3 kg block may be lifted off the ground is:

(a) 5 cm (b) 2.5 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 10 cm

17. A block of mass m is placed on an another rough block of mass M and both are moving
horizontally with same acceleration a due to a force which is applied on the lower block,
then work done by lower block on the upper block in moving a distance s will be

M2
(a) Mas (b) ( m + M ) as (c) as (d) mas
m

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18. A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed v 0 in time t 0 . The work done on
the body till any time t is
3
1 2 t
2
1 t t t
2
(a) mv 0 2 (b) mv0 2 0 2
(c) mv 0 (d) mv0
2 t0 2 t t0 t0

19. An inclined plane ends into a vertical loop of radius r as shown in figure. If a particle of
mass m is released from topmost point. The point C on the track as shown in the figure
and centre of circular track are at same horizontal level. The normal force at point C is

5r
C

(a) 8 mg (b) 7 mg (c)1 mg (d) 3 mg

20. In the system shown in the figure there is no friction anywhere. The block C goes down by a
distance x 0 = 10 cm with respect to wedge D when system is released from rest. The velocity
(
of A with respect to B will be g = 10 m s
2
)

5r
v
C
R
(a) Zero (b) 1 m/s (c) 2 m/s (d) None of these

21. A uniform rod of length L and mass M is placed on a rough horizontal surface. The
force F applied on the rod is such that the rod is just in the state of rest. If the co-
efficient of friction varies according to the relation = KX, where K is a positive
constant. Suppose friction is present only from X = 0 to X = L. If the rod moves in the
direction of application of force then the total heat generated in the time in which the
rod crosses this region, is equal to
F

X=0 X=L

KMgL2 KMgL2 2KMgL2 KMgL2

(a) (b) (c) (d)
g 3 3 6

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22. Three blocks A, B and C are kept as shown in figure. The coefficient of friction between A and
B is 0.2, B and C is 0.1, C and ground is 0.0. The mass of A, B and C are 3 kg, 2 kg and 1 kg
respectively. A is given a horizontal velocity 10 m/s. A, B and C always remain in contact i.e.
lies as in figure. The total work done by friction will be

(a) 75 J (b) 75 J (c) 150 J (d) 100 J

23. A block of mass 1 kg is kept over another block of mass 2 kg and whole system is kept
on a smooth X-Z plane. Block of mass 1 kg is being moved continuously with velocity 1
m/s towards positive X-axis and lower block is moved continuously with velocity 1 m/s
towards positive Z-axis as shown in figure. If coefficient of friction between two blocks
is 0.1, the rate at which heat is generated will be (g = 10 m/s2)
Y

g=10m/s
2 1m/s X

Z 1m/s
1
(a) 1 J/sec (b) 2 J/sec (c) 2 J/sec (d) J/sec
2
24. In the figure shown all the surfaces are frictionless, and mass of the block, m = 1 kg. The block
2
and wedge are held initially at rest. Now wedge is given a horizontal acceleration of 10m s
by applying a force on the wedge, so that the block does not slip on the wedge. Then work
done by the normal force in ground frame on the block in 3 seconds is

(a) 30 J (b) 60 J (c) 150 J (d) 100 3 J

25. A block of mass 1 kg starts moving at t = 0 with velocity v = 3i on a rough horizontal
platform (with coefficient of friction = 0.3) moving with velocity 4j . At t = t0 block
comes to rest with respect to platform. Then displacement of block with respect to
ground in this time interval. (x-y plane is a horizontal plane, g = 10 m/s2)
25 3
(a) m (b) 2m (c) 1m (d) m
6 25

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26. A 1.0 kg block collides with a horizontal weightless spring of force constant 2.75 Nm1 as
shown in figure. The block compresses the spring 4.0 m from the rest position. If the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and horizontal surface is 0.25, the speed of the
block at the instant of collision is

(a) 0.4 ms 1 (b) 4 ms1 (c) 0.8ms 1 (d) 8 ms 1

27. Suppose potential energy between particle A and B at separation r is given by U = k ln r,
where k is constant. For such hypothetical system, the ratio of energy difference between
energy levels (n = 1 and n = 2) and (n = 2 and n = 4) is (The energy of a particle in nth
level is 13.6/n2)
1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 3
2
28. A block of mass m is placed inside a smooth hollow cylinder of radius R kept horizontally.
Initially system was at rest. Now cylinder is given constant acceleration 2 g in the horizontal
direction by external agent. The maximum angular displacement of the block with the vertical
is:

1
(a) 2 tan 1 2 (b) tan 1 2 (c) tan1 1 (d) tan 1
2
29. Two point masses of mass 4 m and m respectively separated by a distance d are revolving
under mutual force of attraction. Ratio of their kinetic energy will be
1 3 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 4 4
30. When an object is allowed to slide down a hill it stops at the point B because of friction. If
friction force depends only on the normal component of the reaction force with coefficient
of friction variable along the path, the work done in taking the object slowly from B to A
along the hill will be
A

h
B

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

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