nal term exam of classical mechanics

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Q24; . A satellite is a circular orbit about the earth has a kinetic energy Ek. What
is the minimum amount of energy to be added, so that it escape from the earth?
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b) Ek/2

c) Ek

a) Ek/4

d) 2Ek

Q18; A particle is moving under central force about a fixed centre of force.
Choose the correct statement *

b. Its angular momentum is conserved

both b and c

a. The motion of particle is always on a circular path

c. motion of particle takes place in a plane

Q14; If the lagrangian does not depend on time explicitly *

(c ) The kinetic energy is constant

a) The Hamiltonian is constant

(d) the potential energy is constant

(b) The Hamiltonian cannot be constant

Q34; Kepler's third law is known as *

d. The Law of gravity

b. The Law of Areas

c. The Law of periods

a. The Law of orbits

Q20; A particle is moving on elliptical path under inverse square law of force .The
eccentricity of the orbit is *

b) Independent of total energy

a) A function of total energy

c) A function of angular momentum

both a and c
Q11; The lagrangian for a charged particle in an electromagnetic field isWhere T
is kinetic energy and ϕ and A are magnetic scalar and vector potentials *

(d) L= T + qϕ – q(v.A)

(a) L= T+ q ϕ + q(v.A)

(c ) L= T – qϕ + q(v.A)

(b) L= T – qϕ – q(v.A)

Q10; The Lagrangian function is define by ____________ *

(a) L= F + V

(b) L= T - V

(d) L = F - V

(c ) L = T + V

Q26; Central force always towards or away from *

d. point

c. displacement

a. Acceleration

b. velocity
Q1; ___________ constraints are time dependent. *

(c )Scleronomous

(a) Holonomic

(b) Non-Holonomic

(d) Rheonomous

Q35; The Lagrangian equations of motion are------order differential equations *

(a)first

(b)zero

(c) second

(d) forth

Q30; The Position vector of the center of mass of Uniform semi circular ring of
radius R and Mass M whose center coincided with the origin *

(a) r=(2R/π)

(b) r=(R/π)j

(d) none of the these

(c) r=(4R/π)j
Q13; Generalized coordinates *

(a) Depends on each other

(d) May be Cartesian coordinate

(b) Independent on each other

(c ) necessarily spherical coordinates (d) May be Cartesian coordinate

Q15; Three particles moving in space so that the distance between any two of
them always remainfixed have degree of freedom equal to *

c)6

b)3

a) 1

d)9

Q21; Rutheford‟s differential scattering cross section *

a) Has the dimensions of area

b) Has the dimensions of solid angle

none of these

c) Is proportional to the square of the kinetic energy of the incident particle

Q37; ) Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are oval in shape or *

a. Ellipses

C. Squares

b. Perfect circles

d. triangles

Q16; A non holonomic constrain may be expressed in the form of *

a) Equality

c) Vector

d) None of these

b) Inequality

Q12; The constraints on a bead on a uniformly rotating wire in a force free space
is *

(d) None of these

(b) Scleronomous

(c ) a and b both

(a) Rheonomous
Q33; ) Kepler's law of areas can be understood as a consequence of: *

d. conservation of linear momentum

a. conservation of angular momentum

c. conservation of energy

b. conservation of mass

Q8; The electrostatic forces are very much _________than the gravitational forces
in the interaction of atomic and subatomic particles. *

(b) Stronger

(a) Poor

(d) Lower

(c) Equal

Q7; The shortest distance between two points in a plane is ___________ *

(d) straight line

(c) parabolic

(b) hyperbolic

(a) circular
Q2; The generalized coordinates for motion of a particle moving on the surface
of a sphere of radius ‘ɑ ’ are _________ *

(b) ɑ and φ

(c ) θ and φ

(d) 0 and φ

(a) ɑ and θ

Q27; The scattering always involves------- *

a. One body

b. Two bodies

d. none

c. Zero body

Q25; 9. Two planets of masses M1 and M2 have satellites of masses m1 and m2

respectively, revolv in garound them at the same radius r. the period of the first
satellite (of mass m1) is twice as that of the second. Which one of the following
relation is correct? *

a) 4M1=M2

d) m1M1 = m2M2

b) 2M1= M2

c) M1 = 2M2
Q9; The Lagrange‟s equations of motion for a system is equivalent to _______
equations of motion. *

(b) Laplace

(c ) Poisson

(d) Maxwell‟s

(a) Newton’s

Q31; The squares of the periods of revolution of the planets are proportional to
the of their semi major axis of its orbit. *

B. squares root

A. squares

D. cube roots

c. cube

Q17; A particle is constrained to move along the inner surface of a hemisphere

number of degrees offreedom of the particle *

b)2

a) 1

c)3

d)4
Q28; The target particle always--------- *

a. Recoils

b. Moving Fast

d. Of zero mass

c. Of small mass

Q4; In the rotation of a rigid body the directions of the angular velocity and the
angular momentum are _________ *

( c ) perpendicular

(b) different

(a) same

(d) parallel

Q29; Hamiltonian Equation *

None

Both

(P ̇i=-∂H/∂pi) ̇

(q ̇i=∂H/∂pi) ̇
Q3; The Lagrangian equations of motion are ___________ order differential
equations. *

(c ) zero

(d) forth

(b) second

(a) first

Q40; [u, v]= ------- *

a. [v, u]

d. –[v, u]

c. [U, w]

b.-[u, v]

Q5; _________ must be applied to maintain the rotation of the system about given
axis *

( c )velocity

(b) momentum

(a) force

(d) torque
Q22; Which one of the following is true for the above system? *

a) The acceleration of the comet is maximum when it is closest to the sun

b) The linear momentum of the comet is a constant

d) The kinetic energy of the comet is a constant

c) The comet will return to the solar system after a specified period

Q23; . Consider two satellites A and B revolving around the earth in circular orbits
with radii RA andRB. Their periods TA and TB are 8h and 1h, respectively. The ratio
RA/RB is equal to *

b)16

a) 8

none of these

c)4

Q39; Poisson brackets are helpful in finding integral of ----- *

c. Entropy

a. Energy

b. Power

d. none of these
Q19; . Two particles of masses m and 2m, interacting vis gravitational force are
rotating aboutcommon centre of mass with angular velocity at fixed distance r. if
the particle of mass2m is taken as the origin O *

a) In an inertial frame, fixed at the centre of mass, the origin is at rest

b) In the inertial frame, the origin O is moving on a circular path of radius r/3

c) In the inertial frame, the particle of mass m is moving on a circular path of radius
r/3

none of these

Q32; When external forces acting on a body are zero, then its centre of massa. *

b. moves with uniform velocity

d. none of these

a. remains stationary

c. either remains stationary or moves with uniform velocity

Q38; ) the process taking place without change in temperature ----- *

d. Isolated

b. Isobaric

a. Isotropic

c. Isothermal
Q36; For parabolic orbit the values of energy E and eccentricity e are. *

(c) E>O and e>1

(d) E>0 and e=0

(a) E=0 and e=1

(b) E>0 and e=1

Q6; In variational principle the line integral of some function between two end
points is ___________ *

(c) extremum

(a) zero

(d) one

(b) infinite

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