EXERCISE - ANSWER KEY FINAL (WPE) .PMD

Work, Power & Energy
EXERCISE-1
PART- 1: SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
WORK DONE BY CONSTANT FORCE
1. The relationship between force and position is shown in the figure given (in one dimensional case). What
will be the work done by the force in displacing a body from x = 1 cm to x = 5 cm.
20
(Force dyne)
10
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
10 x(cm)
20
2. It is well known that a raindrop or a small pebble falls under the influence of the downward gravitational
force and the opposing resistive force. The latter is known to be proportional to the speed of the drop but
is otherwise undetermined. Consider a drop or small pebble of 1 g falling from a cliff of height 1.00 km. It hits
the ground with a speed of 50.0 ms–1. What is the work done by the unknown resistive force ?
3. A block of mass m is pulled on a rough horizontal surface which has a friction coefficient  A horizontal
force F is applied which is capable of moving the body uniformly with speed v. Find the work done on the
block in time t by (a) weight of the block, (b) Normal reaction by surface on the block, (c) friction, (d) F.
4. A gardener pulls a lawn roller along the ground through a distance of 20 m. If he applies a force of 20 kg
wt in a direction inclined at 60º to the ground, find the work done by him. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
5. Calculate the work done against gravity by a coolie in carrying a load of mass 10 kg on his head when he
moves uniformly a distance of 5 m in the (i) horizontal direction (ii) upwards vertical direction.
(Take g = 10 m/s2)
6. A body is constrained to move in the y-direction. It is subjected to a force (–2 î + 15 ĵ + 6 k̂ ) Newton. What
is the work done by this force in moving the body through a distance of 10 m in positive y direction ?
7. A block of mass 500 g slides down on a rough incline plane of inclination 53° with a uniform speed. Find the
work done against the friction as the block slides through 2 m. [g = 10 m/s2]
8. A block of mass 20 kg is slowly slid up on a smooth incline of inclination 53° by a person. Calculate the
work done by the person in moving the block through a distance of 4 m, if the driving force is (a) parallel to
the incline and (b) in the horizontal direction. [g = 10 m/s2]
WORK DONE BY A VARIABLE FORCE

9. A particle moves along the x-axis from x = 0 to x = 5 m under the influence of a force F(in N) given by
F = 3x2 – 2x + 7. Calculate the work done by this force.
10. Adjacent figure shows the force-displacement graph of a moving body, what is the work done by this force
in displacing body from x = 0 to x = 35 m ?
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11. A 10 kg mass moves along x-axis. Its acceleration as function of its position is shown in the figure. What
is the total work done on the mass by the force as the mass moves from x = 0 to x = 8 cm ?
12. A chain of length  and mass m is slowly pulled at constant speed up over the edge of a table by a force
parallel to the surface of the table. Assuming that there is no friction between the table and chain, calculate
the work done by force till the chain reaches to the horizontal surface of the table.
WORK ENERGY THEOREM

13. Figure shows a particle sliding on a frictionless track which terminates in a straight horizontal section. If the
particle starts slipping from the point A, how far away from the track will the particle hit the ground ?
A
1.0m
0.5m
14. A bullet of mass 20 g is found to pass two points 30 m apart in a time interval of 4 second. Calculate the
kinetic energy of the bullet if it moves with constant speed.
15. In a ballistics demonstration, a police officer fires a bullet of mass 50.0 g with speed 200 m s–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 ?
16. It is well known that a raindrop or a small pebble falls under the influence of the downward gravitational
force and the opposing resistive force. The latter is known to be proportional to the speed of the drop but
is otherwise undetermined. Consider a drop or small pebble of 1 g falling (from rest) from a cliff of height
1.00 km. It hits the ground with a speed of 50.0 m s–1. What is the work done by the unknown resistive
force?
17. A bullet of mass 20 g is fired from a rifle with a velocity of 800 ms–1. After passing through a mud wall 100
cm thick, velocity drops to 100 m s-1. What is the average resistance of the wall ? (Neglect friction due to
air and work of gravity)
18. A force of 1000 N acts on a particle parallel to its direction of motion which is horizontal. Its velocity
increases from 1 m s–1 to 10 m s–1, when the force acts through a distance of 4 metre. Calculate the mass
of the particle. Given : a force of 10 Newton is necessary for overcoming friction.
19. A rigid body of mass 5 kg initially at rest is moved by a horizontal force of 20 N on a frictionless table.
Calculate the work done by the force on the body in 10 second and prove that this equals the change in
kinetic energy of the body.
20. A rigid body of mass 2 kg initially at rest moves under the action of an applied horizontal force of 7 N on a
table with coefficient of kinetic friction = 0.1. Calculate the
(a) work done by the applied force on the body in 10 s.
(b) work done by friction on the body in 10 s.
(c) work done by the net force on the body in 10 s.
(d) change in kinetic energy of the body in 10 s.
21. A body of mass 5 kg is acted upon by a variable force. The force varies with the distance covered by the
body. What is the speed of the body when the body has covered 25 m? Assume that the body starts from
rest.
22. A block of mass m moving at a speed v compresses a spring through a distance x before its speed becomes
one fourth. Find the spring constant of the spring.
23. Consider the situation shown in figure. Initially the spring is undeformed when the system is released from
rest. Assuming no friction in the pulley, find the maximum elongation of the spring.
24. A rigid body of mass 0.3 kg is taken slowly up an inclined plane of length 10 m and height 5 m (assuming the
applied force to be parallel to the inclined plane), and then allowed to slide down to the bottom again. The
co-efficient of friction between the body and the plane is 0.15. µ = 0.15
Using g = 9.8 m/s2 find the 0.3

kg
(a) work done by the gravitational force over the round trip.
(b) work done by the applied force over the upward journey Fixed
(c) work done by frictional force over the round trip.
(d) kinetic energy of the body at the end of the trip?
25. As shown in figure, there is pulley block system. The system is released from rest and the block of mass
2kg is found to have a speed 0.3 m/s after it has descended through a distance of 2m. Find the coefficient
of kinetic friction between the block and the table. (g = 10 m/s2)
26. A block of mass 200 g is moving with a speed of 4 m/s at the highest point in a closed circular tube of radius
10 cm kept fixed in a vertical plane. The cross-section of the tube is such that the block just fits in it. The
block makes several oscillations inside the tube and finally stops at the lowest point. Find the work done by
the tube on the block during the process. (g = 10 m/s2)
27. A block of mass m sits at rest on a frictionless table in a train that is moving with speed vc along a straight
horizontal track (fig.) A person in the train pushes on the block with a net horizontal force F for a time t in
the direction of the car’s motion.
(i) What is the final speed of the block according to a person in the train?
(ii) What is the final speed of the block according to a person standing on the ground outside the train?
(iii) How much did kinetic energy of the block change according to the person in the car?
(iv) How much did kinetic energy of the block change according to the person on the ground?
(v) In terms of F, m & t how far did the force displace the object according to the person in car?
(vi) According to the person on the ground?
(vii) How much work does each say the force did?
(viii) Compare the work done to the K gain according to each person.
(ix) What can you conclude from this computation?
28. A block having mass 500 g slides on a rough horizontal table, if the friction coefficient between block and
table is 0.2 and initial speed of the block is 60 cm/s. Then calculate :
(i) Work done by frictional force in bringing the block to rest.
(ii) How far does the block move before coming to rest. (g = 10 m/s2)
POTENTIAL ENERGY AND MECHANICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION
29. A projectile is fired from the top of a 40 m high cliff with an initial speed of 50 m/s at an unknown angle.
Find its speed when it hits the ground. (g = 10 m/s2)
30. A rain drop of radius 2 mm falls from a height of 250 m above the ground. What is the work done by the
gravitational force on the drop? (Density of water = 1000 kg/m3)
31. 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. Given : g = 980 cm s–2.
32. The bob of a pendulum is released from a horizontal position A as shown in figure. If the length of the
pendulum is 2 m, what is the speed with which the bob arrives at the lowermost point B, given that it
dissipated 10% of its initial potential energy w.r.t. B point against air resistance? (g = 10 m/s2)
33. The heavier block in an Atwood machine has a mass twice that of the lighter one. The tension in the string
is 16.0 N when the system is set into motion. Find the decrease in the gravitational potential energy during
the first second after the system is released from rest.
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m1
m2
Atwood Machine
34. The two blocks in an Atwood machine have masses 2.0 kg and 3.0 kg. Find the work done by gravity
during the fourth second after the system is released from rest. (g = 10 m/s2)
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m1
m2
Atwood Machine
35. A 1 kg block situated on a rough inclined plane is connected to a spring of
spring constant 100 N m–1 as shown in figure. The block is released from
rest with the spring in the unstretched position. The block moves 10 cm
1 kg
along the incline before coming to rest. Find the coefficient of friction
Fixed
between the block and the incline assume that the spring has negligible 37º
mass and the pulley is frictionless. Take g = 10 ms–2.
POWER
36. An elevator of mass 500 kg is to be lifted up at a constant velocity of 0.4 m s–1. What should be the
minimum horse power of the motor to be used? (Take g = 10 m s–2 and 1 hp = 750 watts).
37. A lift is designed to carry a load of 4000 kg in 10 seconds through 10 floors of a building averaging 6 metre
per floor . Calculate the horse power of the lift. (Take g = 10 m s–2 and 1 hp = 750 watts).
38. A labourer lifts 100 stones to a height of 6 metre in two minute. If mass of each stone be one kilogram,
calculate the average power. Given : g = 10 m s–2.
39. A motor is capable of raising 400 kg of water in 5 minute from a well 120 m deep. What is the power
developed by the motor? [g = 10 m/sec2 ]
40. A man of mass 70 kg climbs up a vertical staircase at the rate of 1 ms–1. What is the power developed by
the man? [g = 10 m/sec2]
41. The power of a pump motor is 2 kilowatt. How much water per minute can it raise to a height of 10 metre?
Given : g = 10 m s–2.
42. An engine develops 10 kW of power. How much time will it take to lift a mass of 200 kg through a height
of 40 m? Given : g = 10 ms–2.
CONSERVATIVE & NONCONSERVATIVE FORCES AND EQUILIBRIUM
43. A force F = x2y2i + x2y2j (N) acts on a particle which moves in the XY plane.
(a) Determine F is conservative or not and
(b) find the work done by F as it moves the particle from A to C (fig.) along
each of the paths ABC, ADC, and AC.
44. Calculate the forces F(y) associated with the following one-dimensional potential energies:
(a) U = –  y
(b) U = ay3 – by2
(c) U = U0 sin  y
45. The potential energy function of a particle in a region of space is given as :
U = (2x2 + 3y3 + 2z) J
Here x, y and z are in metres. Find the force acting on the particle at point P(1m, 2m, 3m).
46. Force acting on a particle in a conservative force field is :

(i) F  (2 î  3 ĵ )

(ii) F  (2x î  2yĵ )

(iii) F  ( y î  xĵ )
Find the potential energy function, if it is zero at origin.
47. The potential energy function for a particle executing linear simple harmonic motion is given by
1 2
U(x) = kx , where k is the force constant. For k = 0.5 N m–1, the graph of U(x) versus x is shown figure.
2
Show that a particle of total energy 1 J moving under this potential ‘turns back’ when it reaches x = ± 2m.
48. A particle moves along a straight line. A force acts on the particle which produces a constant power. It
starts with initial velocity 3 m/s and after moving a distance 252 m its velocity is 6 m/s. Find the time taken.
49. A force F = x2y2i + x2y2j (N) acts on a particle which moves in the XY plane.
Y a C
D
A X
B
Find the work done by F as it moves the particle from A to C (fig.) along each of the paths ABC, ADC, and
AC.
50. Calculate the forces F(y) associated with the following one-dimensional potential energies :
(a) U = –y (b) U = ay3 – by2 (c) U = U0 sin y
51. Consider the shown arrangement when a is bob of mass ‘m’ is suspended by means of a string connected
to peg P. If the bob is given a horizontal velocity u having magnitude 3gl , find the minimum speed of the
bob in subsequent motion.
P
u
52. A person rolls a small ball with speed u along the floor from point A. If x = 3R, determine the required speed
u so that the ball returns to A after rolling on the circular surface in the vertical plane from B to C and
becoming a projectile at C. What is the minimum value of x for which the game could be played if contact
must be maintained to point C ? Neglect friction.
53. A toy rocket of mass 1 kg has a small fuel of mass 0.02 kg which it burns out in 3 s. Starting from rest on
a horizontal smooth track, it gets a speed of 20 ms–1 after the fuel is burnt out. What is the average thrust
of the rocket? What is the energy content per unit mass of the fuel? (Ignore the small mass variation of the
rocket during fuel burning).
PART- 2: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

WORK DONE BY CONSTANT FORCE
1. A blocks is moved from rest through a distance of 4m along a straight line path. The mass of the
blocks is 5 kg. and the force acting on it is 20 N . If the kinetic energy acquired by the block be
40J, at what angle to the path the force is acting-
(1) 30º (2) 60º (3) 45º (4) none of the above
2. The work done in pushing a block of mass 10 kg from bottom to the top of a frictionless inclined
plane 5 m long and 3 m high is- (g = 9.8 m/sec2 )
(1) 392 J (2) 294 J (3) 98 J (4) 0.98 J
3. A rigid body of mass m is moving in a circle of radius r with a constant speed v. The force on the body is
mv 2
and is directed towards the centre. What is the work done by this force in moving the body over half
r
the cirumference of the circle.
mv 2 mv 2 r 2
(1) (2) Zero (3) (4)
r 2 r2 mv 2
4. If the unit of force and length each be increased by four times, then the unit of work is increased by
(1) 16 times B) 8 times (3) 2 times (4) 4 times
5. A man pushes wall and fails to displace it. He does
(1) Negative work
(2) Positive but not maximum work
(3) No work at all
(4) Maximum work
6. A rigid body moves a distance of 10 m along a straight line under the action of a force of 5 N. If the work
done by this force on the body is 25 joules, the angle which the force makes with the direction of motion of
the body is
(1) 0º (2) 30º (3) 60º (4) 90º
7. A rigid body of mass m kg is lifted uniformly by a man to a height of one metre in 30 sec. Another man lifts
the same mass uniformly to the same height in 60 sec. The work done on the body against gravitation by
them are in ratio
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 1 (3) 2 : 1 (4) 4 : 1
8. The work done in slowly pulling up a block of wood weighing 2 kN for a length of 10m on a smooth plane
inclined at an angle of 15º with the horizontal by a force parallel to the incline is
(1) 4.36 kJ (2) 5.17 kJ (3) 8.91 kJ (4) 9.82 kJ
9. A 50 kg man with 20 kg load on his head climbs up 20 steps of 0.25 m height each. The work done by the
man on the block during climbing is
(1) 5 J (2) 350 J (3) 1000 J (4) 3540 J
 
10. A particle moves from position r1  3 î  2 ĵ  6k̂ to position r2  14 î  13 ĵ  9 k̂ under the action of force
4 î  ĵ  3 k̂ N . The work done by this force will be

(1) 100 J (2) 50 J (3) 200 J (4) 75 J
11. A ball is released from the top of a tower. The ratio of work done by force of gravity in first, second and
third second of the motion of the ball is
(1) 1 : 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 4 : 9 (3) 1 : 3 : 5 (4) 1 : 5 : 3
12. A block of mass m is suspended by a light thread from an elevator. The elevator is accelerating
upward with uniform acceleration a. The work done by tension on the
block during t seconds is (u = 0) :
m m m
(1) (g + a) at 2 (2) (g – a)at 2 (3) gat2 (4) 0
2 2 2
13. Work done by normal reaction

(1) can be zero (2) can be positive (3) can be negative (4) information insufficient
14. When a man walks on a horizontal surface with constant velocity, work done by
(1) friction is zero (2) contact force is not zero
(3) gravity is not zero (4) None of these
WORK DONE BY A VARIABLE FORCE

15. A force F = (3x i + 4 j ) Newton (where x is in metres) acts on a particle which moves from a
position (2m, 3m) to (3m, 0m). Then the work done is
(1) 7.5J (2) –12J (3) –4.5 J (4) +4.5 J
16. If a man increases his speed by 2 m/sec, his K.E. is doubled. The original speed of the man is-
(1) (2 + 2 ) m/s (2) (2 + 2 2 ) m/s (3) 4 m/s (4) (1 + 2 ) m/s
17. A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed v0 in time t0. The work done on the body till
any time t is
3
1 2 t
 2  1 2  t0  2 t   t
(1) 2 mv 0  2  (2) 2 mv 0  t  (3) mv 0  t  (4) mv 20  
 t0   0  t0 
18. A light spring of length 20 cm and force constant 2 kg/cm is placed vertically on a table. A small block of
mass 1 kg falls on it. The length h from the surface of the table at which the ball will have the maximum
velocity is -
(1) 20 cm (2) 15 cm (3) 10 cm (4) 5 cm
19. A particle moves under the effect of a force F = Cx from x = 0 to x = x1. The work done in the process is
1 2
(1) Cx12 (2) Cx 1 (3) Cx1 (4) Zero
2
20. Two springs have their force constant as k1 and k2(k1 > k2). When they are stretched by the same constant
force up to equilibrium -
(1) No work is done by this force in case of both the springs
(2) Equal work is done by this force in case of both the springs
(3) More work is done by this force in case of second spring
(4) More work is done by this force in case of first spring
21. A rigid body is acted upon by a horizontal variable force which is inversely proportional to the distance
covered from its initial position ‘s’. The work done by this force will be proportional to :
(1) s (2) s2 (3) s (4) None of these
22. The work done by the frictional force on a surface in drawing a circle of radius r on the surface by a
pencil of negligible mass with a normal pressing force N (coefficient of friction µ k) is :
(1) 4r 2 K N (2) –2r 2 K N (3) –2r K N (4) zero
23. A force acting on a particle varies with the displacement x as F = ax – bx 2 . Where a = 1 N/m and
b = 1 N/m2 . The work done by this force for the first one meter (F is in newtons, x is in meters) is :
1 2 3
(1) J (2) J (3) J (4) None of these
6 6 6
WORK ENERGY THEOREM
24. The kinetic energy of a body of mass 2 kg and momentum of 2 Ns is
(1) 1 J (2) 2J (3) 3 J (4) 4 J
25. A particle of mass m at rest is acted upon by a force F for a time t. Its kinetic energy after an
interval t is :
F2t 2 F2t 2 F2t 2 Ft

(1) (2) (3) (4)
m 2m 3m 2m
26. The graph between the magnitude of resistive force F acting on a body and the position of the body
travelling in a straight line is shown in the figure. The mass of the body is 25 kg and initial velocity is
2 m/s. When the distance covered by the body is 4m, its kinetic energy would be (not other force acts on
it)
F (Newton)
20 -
F (U Vu)
;w
10 -
0 1 2 3 4 x(m)
(1) 50 J (2) 40 J (3) 20 J (4) 10 J

27. A particle of mass 0.1 kg is subjected to a force which varies with distance as shown in figure. If it starts
its journey from rest at x = 0, its velocity at x = 12 m is
(1) 0 m/s (2) 20 2 m/s (3) 20 3 m/s (4) 40 m/s

28. A particle is projected horizontally from a height h. Taking g to be constant every where, kinetic energy E
of the particle with respect to time t is correctly shown in (Neglect air resistance)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
29. If v, p and E denote the megnitude of velocity, momentum and kinetic energy of the particle, then :
(1) p = dE/dv (2) p = dE/dt (3) p = dv/dt (4) None of these
30. A heavy stone is thrown from a cliff of height h with a speed v. The stone will hit the ground with maximum
speed if it is thrown
(1) vertically downward (2) vertically upward
(3) horizontally (4) the speed does not depend on the initial direction.
31. A body moving at 2 m/s can be stopped over a distance x. If its kinetic energy is doubled, how long
will it go before coming to rest, if the retarding force remains unchanged ?
(1) x (2) 2x (3) 4x (4) 8x
32. A retarding force is applied to stop a train. The train stops after 80 m. If the speed is doubled, then the
distance travelled when same retarding force is applied is
(1) The same (2) Doubled (3) Halved (4) Four times
33. A particle moves in a straight line with retardation proportional to its displacement. Its loss of kinetic energy
for any displacement x is proportional to
(1) x2 (2) ex (3) x (4) logex
34. A block weighing 10 N travles 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 move on the rough surface
is :
(1) 5.0 m (2) 10.0 m (3) 15.0 m (4) 20.0 m

35. A small mass slides down an inclined plane of inclination  with the horizontal. The co-efficient of
friction is  = 0 x where x is the distance through which the mass slides down and 0 is a constant.
Then the distance covered by the mass before it stops is:
2 4 1 1
(1) tan  (2) tan  (3) tan  (4) tan 
0 0 2 0 0
36. A toy car of mass 5 kg starts from rest and moves up a ramp under the influence of force F (F is applied in
the direction of velocity) plotted against displacement x. The maximum height attained is given by
(g = 10 m/s2)
ymax
x=0 x=11m
(1) ymax = 20 m (2) ymax = 15 m (3) ymax = 11 m (4) ymax = 5 m
MECHANICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION

37. The work done is joules in increasing the extension of a spring of stiffness 10 N/cm from 4 cm to 6 cm
is :
(1) 1 (2) 10 (3) 50 (4) 100
38. When a conservative force does positive work on a body
(1) the potential energy increases (2) the potential energy decreases
(3) total energy increases (4) total energy decreases
39. The P.E. of a certain spring when stretched from natural length through a distance 0.3 m is 10 J. The
amount of work in joule that must be done on this spring to stretch it through an additional distance 0.15 m
will be
(1) 10 J (2) 20 J (3) 7.5 J (4) 12.5 J
40. A man who is running has half the kinetic energy of the boy of half his mass. The man speeds up by
1 m/s and then has the same kinetic energy as the boy. The original speed of the man was
(1) 2m/ s (2) ( 2 – 1)m / s (3) 2 m/s (4) ( 2  1)m / s
41. A particle is released from rest at origin. It moves under influence of potential field U = x2 – 3x, kinetic
energy at x = 2 is
(1) 2 J (2) 1 J (3) 1.5 J (4) 0 J
42. A 1.0 kg block collides with a horizontal weightless spring of force constant 2.75 Nm–1 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
(1) 0.4 ms–1 (2) 4 ms–1 (3) 0.8 ms–1 (4) 8 ms–1
43. A pump ejects 12000 kg of water at speed of 4 m/s in 40 second. Find the average rate at which
the pump is working
(1) 0.24 KW (2) 2.4 W (3) 2.4 KW (4) 24 W
44. The tube AC forms a quarter circle in a vertical plane. The ball B has an area of cross-section slightly
smaller than that of the tube, and can move without friction through it. B is placed at A and displaced
slightly. It will A
(1) always be in contact with the inner wall of the tube B
(2) always be in contact with the outer wall of the tube
(3) initially be in contact with the inner wall and later with the outer wall
(4) initially be in contact with the outer wall and later with the inner wall
C
45. The relationship between force and position is shown in fig (in one dimensional case). The work done
in displacing a body from x = 1cm to x = 5 cm is :
(1) 20 erg (2) 60 erg (3) 70 erg (4) 700 erg

46. A truck of mass 30,000 kg moves up an inclined plane of slope 1 in 100 at a speed of 30 kmph. The power
of the truck is (given g = 10 ms–2)
(1) 25 kW (2) 10 kW (3) 5 kW (4) 2.5 kW

47. A particle moves with a velocity v  (5 i – 3 j  6k ) m / s under the influence of a constant force

F  (10 i  10 j  20k )N. The instantaneous power applied to the particle is :
(1) 200 J/s (2) 40 J/s (3) 140 J/s (4) 170 J/s
48. F = 2x2 – 3x –2. Choose correct option
(1) x = –1/2 is position of stable equilibrium (2) x = 2 is position of stable equilibrium
(3) x = –1/2 is position of unstable equilibrium (4) x = 2 is position of neutral equilibrium
49. A particle is rotated in a vertical circle by connecting it to a light rod of length l and keeping the other end
of the rod fixed. The minimum speed of particle when the light rod is horizontal for which the particle will
complete the circle is
(1) gl (2) 2gl (3) 3gl (4) none
50. The negative of the work done by the conservative internal forces on a system equals the change in its
(1) total energy (2) kinetic energy (3) potential energy (4) none of these
51. A body is dropped from a certain height. When it loses U amount of its energy it acquires a velocity
‘v’. The mass of the body is :
(1) 2U/v2 (2) 2v/U2 (3) 2v/U (4) U2 /2v
52. A stone is projected vertically up with a velocity u, reaches upto a maximum height h. When it is at
a height of 3h/4 from the ground, the ratio of KE and PE at that point is : (consider PE = 0 at the point of
projection)
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 1
53. A bob hangs from a rigid support by an inextensible string of length . If it is displaced through a
distance  (from the lowest position) keeping the string straight & then released. The speed of the
bob at the lowest position is :
(1) g (2) 3g  (3) 2g  (4) 5g 
54. Two springs A and B (kA = 2kB) are stretched by applying forces of equal magnitudes at the four ends. If
the energy stored in A is E, then in B is (assume equilibrium):
(1) E/2 (2) 2E (3) E (4) E/4
55. When a spring is stretched by 2 cm, it stores 100 J of energy. If it is stretched further by 2 cm, the stored
energy will be increased by
(1) 100 J (2) 200 J (3) 300 J (4) 400 J
56. A block of mass m is attached to two unstretched springs of spring constants

k1 and k2 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 k1k 2 k12k 22 k13k 32

(1) x (2)
m m(k1  k 2 ) x (3)
m(k 12  k 22 )
x (4)
m(k 13  k 32 )
57. A spring when stretched by 2 mm its potential energy becomes 4 J. If it is stretched by 10 mm, its potential
energy is equal to
(1) 4 J (2) 54 J (3) 415 J (4) 100 J
58. A spring of spring constant k placed horizontally on a rough horizontal surface is compressed against
a block of mass m placed on the surface so as to store maximum energy in the spring. If the coefficient
of friction between the block and the surface is µ, the potential energy stored in the spring is : (block
does not slide due to force of spring.)
µ2m 2 g2 2µm 2 g2 µ 2m 2 g 2 3µ2mg2

(1) (2) (3) (4)
k k 2k k
59. A wedge of mass M 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 and at rest Assuming
that all surfaces are smooth, the potential energy stored in the spring is :
m g2 tan 2  m2 g tan 2  m2 g2 tan 2  m2 g2 tan 2 

(1) (2) (3) (4)
2K 2K 2K K
60. A body of mass m dropped from a certain height strikes a light vertical fixed spring of stiffness k. The
3mg
height of its fall before touching the spring if the maximum compression of the spring is equal to
k
is :
3 mg 2 mg 3 mg mg
(1) 2 k (2) (3) 4 K (4) 4 K
k
61. A running man has half the kinetic energy of that of a boy of half of his mass. The man speeds up
by 1 m/s so as to have same kinetic energy as that of the boy. The original speed of the man will be
1 1
(1) 2 m/s (2) ( 2 – 1)m/s (3) m/s (4) m/s
( 2  1) 2
62. Two equal masses are attached to the two ends of a spring of spring constant k. The masses are pulled out
symmetrically to stretch the spring by a length x over its natural length. The work done by the spring on
each mass during the above streching is
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
(1) kx (2) – kx (3) kx (4) – kx
2 2 4 4
63. A rod of length 1m and mass 0.5 kg hinged at one end, is initially hanging vertical. The other end is
now r aised slowly until it makes an angle 60º with the vertical. The required work is
:(use g = 10 m/s 2 )
5 5 17 5 3
(1) 2 J (2) 4 J (3) 8 J (4) J
4
POWER
64. A car of mass ‘m’ is driven with a constant acceleration ‘a’ along a straight level road against a constant
external resistive force ‘R’. When the velocity of the car is ‘V’, the rate at which the engine of the car is
doing work will be
(1) RV (2) maV (3) (R + ma)V (4) (ma – R)V
65. The average power required to lift a 100 kg mass through a height of 50 metres in approximately 50
seconds would be
(1) 50 J/s (2) 5000 J/s (3) 100 J/s (4) 980 J/s
66. A block of mass m is moving with a constant acceleration 'a' on a rough horizontal plane. If the
coefficient of friction between the block and plane is µ.The power delivered by the external agent at
a time t from the beginning is equal to :
(1) ma 2 t (2) µmgat (3) µm(a + µg) gt (4) m(a + µg) at

67. A particle moves with a velocity v = (5 î – 3 ĵ + 6 k̂ ) m/s under the influence of a constant force

F = (10 î + 10 ĵ + 20 k̂ )N. The instantaneous power applied to the particle is :
(1) 200 J/s (2) 40 J/s (3) 140 J/s (4) 170 J/s
68. An electric motor creates a tension of 4500 N in hoisting cable and reels it at the rate of 2 m/s. What
is the power of electric motor ?
(1) 9 W (2) 9 KW (3) 225 W (4) 9000 H.P.
69. A man M1 of mass 80 kg runs up a staircase in 15 s. Another man M 2 also of mass 80 kg runs up the
stair case in 20 s. The ratio of the power developed by them (P 1 / P 2 ) will be :
(1) 1 (2) 4/3 (3) 16/9 (4) None of the above
70. Power versus time graph for a given force is given below. Work done by the force upto time
t( t0 ).
(1) First decreases then increases (2) First increases then decreases
(3) Always increases (4) Always decreases
CONSERVATIVE & NONCONSERVATIVE FORCES AND EQUILIBRIUM
a b
71. The potential energy of a particle in a field is U = 2
 , where a and b are constant. The value of
r r
r in terms of a and b where force on the particle is zero will be :
a b 2a 2b
(1) (2) (3) (4)
b a b a
72. Potential energy v/s displacement curve for one dimensional conservative field is shown. Force at A
and B is respectively.
(1) Positive, Positive (2) Positive, Negative

(3) Negative, Positive (4) Negative, Negative
73. The potential energy of a particle varies with distance x as shown in the graph.
The force acting on the particle is zero at
(1) C (2) B
(3) B and C (4) A and D.
74. The diagrams represent the potential energy U as a function of the inter-atomic distance r. Which diagram
corresponds to stable molecules found in nature.
U
(1) (2) (3) (4)

r
O
75. For the path PQR in a conservative force field (fig.), the amount of work done in
carrying a body from P to Q & from Q to R are 5 J & 2 J respectively . The work
done in carrying the body from P to R will be -
(1) 7 J (2) 3 J (3) 21 J (4) zero
EXERCISE-2
EXERCISE-
PREVIOUS
2 PREVIOUS
YEAR’S JEE
YEARS'
(MAIN)
JEE&(MAIN)
AIEEE PROBLEMS
& AIEEE PROBLEMS
1. If a body loses half of its velocity on penetrating 3 cm in a wooden block, then how much will it penetrate
more before coming to rest? [AIEEE 2002]
(1) 1 cm (2) 2 cm (3) 3 cm (4) 4 cm
2. A spring of force constant 800 N/m has an extension of 5cm. The work done in extending it from 5cm to 15cm is
[AIEEE 2002]
(1) 16 J (2) 8 J (3) 32 J (4) 24 J
3. A spring of spring constant 5 × 103 N/m is stretched initially by 5 cm from the unstretched position. Then
the work required to stretch it further by another 5 cm is : [AIEEE 2003]
(1) 12.50 N-m (2) 18.75 N-m (3) 25.00 N-m (4) 6.25 N-m
4. A uniform chain of length 2 m is kept on a table such that a length of 60 cm hangs freely from the edge of
the table. The total mass of the chain is 4 kg. What is the work done in pulling the entire chain on the table?
[AIEEE 2004]
(1) 7.2 J (2) 3.6 J (3) 120 J (4) 1200 J
 
5. A force F  (5 î  3 ĵ  2k̂ ) N is applied over a particle which displaces it from origin to the point r  ( 2 î  ĵ ) m .
The work done on the particle in joules is : [AIEEE 2004]
(1) – 7 (2) + 7 (3) + 10 (4) + 13
6. A body of mass m is accelerated uniformly from rest to a speed v in a time T. The instantaneous power
delivered to the body as a function of time, is given by : [AIEEE 2005]
mv 2 mv 2 1 mv 2 1 mv 2 2
(1) .t (2) .t2 (3) .t (4) .t
T2 T2 2 T2 2 T2
7. A particle of mass 100 g is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 5 m/s. the work done by the force of
gravity during the time the particle goes up is [AIEEE 2006]
(1) – 0.5 J (2) –1.25 J (3) +1.25 J (4) 0.5 J
8. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown vertically upwards by applying a force by hand. If the hand moves 0.2 m
while applying the force and the ball goes upto 2 m height further, find the magnitude of the force. Consider
g = 10 m/s2 [AIEEE 2006]
(1) 22 N (2) 4 N (3) 16 N (4) 20 N
9. A particle is projected at 60º to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K. The kinetic energy at the highest
point is [AIEEE 2007]
(1) K (2) zero (3) K/4 (4) K/2
10. An athlete in the olympic games covers a distance of 100 m in 10 s. His kinetic energy can be estimated to
be in the range [AIEEE 2008]
(1) 2 × 105 J – 3 × 105 J (2) 20,000 J – 50,000 J
(3) 2,000 J – 5,000 J (4) 200 J – 500 J
11. At time t = 0s a particle starts moving along the x-axis. If its kinetic energy increases uniformly with time
‘t’, the net force acting on it must be proportional to : [AIEEE 2011]
1
(1) constant (2) t (3) (4) t
t
12. When a rubber-band is stretched by a distance x, it exerts a restoring force of magnitude F = ax + bx2
where a and b are constants. The work done in stretching the unstretched rubber band by L is :
[JEE Main 2014]
aL2 bL3 1  aL2 bL3  1

(1)
2

3
(2) 2  2  3 
 
(3) aL 2 + bL3 (4)
2
aL2  bL3 
13. A person trying to lose weight by burning fat lifts a mass of 10 kg upto a height of 1 m 1000 times. Assume
that the potential energy lost each time he lowers the mass is dissipated. How much fat will he use up
considering the work done only when the weight is lifted up ? Fat supplies 3.8 × 107 J of energy per kg
which is converted to mechanical energy with a 20 % efficiency rate. Take g = 9.8 ms-2 :
[JEE Main 2016]
(1) 6.45 × 10-3 kg (2) 9.89 × 10-3 kg (3) 12.89 × 10-3 kg (4) 2.45 × 10-3 kg
14. A body of mass m = 10 kg is moving in a medium and experiences a frictional force F = –kv2. Its initial
–2
1 2
speed is v0 = 10 ms–1. If, after 10 s, its energy is mv 0 , the value of k will be : [JEE Main 2017]
8
(1) 10-1 kg m-1 s-1 (2) 10-3 kg m-1 (3) 10-3 kg s-1 (4) 10-4 kg m-1
15. A time dependent force F = 6t acts on a particle of mass 1 kg. If the particle starts from rest, the work done
by the force during the first 1 sec. will be: [JEE Main 2017]
(1) 18 J (2) 4.5 J (3) 22 J (4) 9 J
EXERCISE-3
PART-1: PREVIOUS YEAR’S IIT-JEE (ADVANCED) PROBLEMS
Single option correct type
1. A particle, which is constrained to move along the x-axis, is subjected to a force in the same direction
which varies with the distance x of the particle from the origin as F(x) = –kx + ax 3 . Here k and a are
positive constants. For x  0, the functional form of the potential energy U(x) of the particle is
(A) (B) [JEE 2002]
(C) (D)
2. An ideal spring with spring-constant k is hung from the ceiling and a block of mass M is attached to
its lower end. The mass is released with the spring initially unstreched. Then the maximum extension
in the spring is [JEE 2002]
(A) 4 Mg/k (B) 2 Mg/k (C) Mg/k (D) Mg/2k
3. A particle moves under the influence of a force F = kx in one dimensions (k is a positive constant and
x is the distance of the particle from the origin). Assume that the potential energy of the particle at
the origin is zero, the schematic diagram of the potential energy U as a function of x is given by
[JEE 2004]
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
4. STATEMENT - 1 : [JEE 2007]
A block of mass m starts moving on a rough horizontal surface with a velocity v. It stops due to friction
between the block and the surface after moving through a certain distance. The surface is now tilted to an
angle of 30º with the horizontal and the same block is made to go up on the surface with the same initial
velocity v. The decrease in the mechanical energy in the second situation is smaller than that in the first
situation.
STATEMENT - 2
The coefficient of friction between the block and the surface decreases with the increase in the angle of
inclination.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.
5. A block (B) is attached to two unstretched springs S1 and S2 with spring constants k and 4 k, respectively
(see figure ). The other ends are attached to identical supports M1 and M2 not attached to the walls. The
springs and supports have negligible mass. There is no friction anywhere. The block B is displaced towards
wall 1 by a small distance x (figure ) and released. The block returns and moves a maximum distance y
towards wall 2. Displacements x and y are measured with respect to the equilibrium position of the block
y
B. The ratio is [JEE 2008]
x
Figure :
1 1
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) (D)
2 4
 x y 
6. The work done on a particle of mass m by a force, K  2 î  ĵ  (K being a constant
 x y
2
 
3/2
x 2
 y2 
3/2


of appropriate dimensions), when the particle is taken from the point (a, 0) to the point (0, a) along a circular
path of radius a about the origin in the x-y plane is : [JEE- Adv. 2013]
2K  K K
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
a a 2a
PART-2: PRACTICE PROBLEMS (JEE MAIN)

     
1. An engine exerts a force F = (20 i  3 j  5 k )N and moves with velocity v = (6 i  20 j  3 k ) m / s . The
power of the engine (in watt) is :
(1) 45 (2) 75 (3) 20 (4) 10
2. If kinetic energy of a body is increased by 300% then percentage change in momentum will be
300%
(1) 100% (2) 150% (3) 265% (4) 73.2%
3. A force F acting on an object varies with distance x as shown here. The force is in N and x is in m. The work
done by the force in moving the object from x = 0 to x = 6m is
(1) 18.0 J (2) 13.5 J (3) 4.5 J (4) 9.0 J

4. The potential energy of a long spring when stretched by 2cm is U, If the spring is stretched by 8 cm the
potential energy stored in it is :
U
(1) 4 U (2) 8 U (3) 16 U (4)
4
5. A body of mass 3 kg is under a constant force which causes a displacement s in metres in it, given by the
1 2
relation s = t , where t is in seconds. Work done by the force in 2 seconds is :
3
5 3 8 19
(1) J (2) J (3) J (4) J
19 8 3 5
6. 300 J of work is done in sliding a 2 kg block up an inclined plane of height 10m. Taking g = 10 m/s2, work done
against friction is
(1) 200 J (2) 100 J (3) Zero (4) 1000 J
7. A vertical spring with force constant k is fixed on a table. All ball of mass m at a height h above the free
upper end of the spring falls vertically on the spring, so that the spring is compressed by a distance d. The net
work done in the process is :
1 2 1 1 1
(1) mg (h + d) + kd (2) mg (h + d) – kd2 (3) mg (h – d) – kd2 (4) mg (h – d) + kd2
2 2 2 2
8. A body of mass 1 kg is thrown upwards with a velocity 20 ms–1. It momentarily comes to rest after attaining
a height of 18 m. How much energy is lost due to air friction? (g = 10 ms–2)
(1) 20 J (2) 30 J (3) 40 J (4) 10 J
9. An engine pumps water continuously through a hose. Water leaves the hose with a velocity  and m is the
mass per unit length of the water jet. What is the rate at which kinetic energy is imparted to water?
1 3 1 2 12 2
(1) 2 mv (2) mv3 (3) 2 mv (4) 2 m v
10. A block of mass M is attached to the lower end of a vertical spring. The spring is hung from a ceiling and has
force constant value k. The mass is released from rest with the spring initially unstretched. The maximum
extension produced in the length of the spring will be
(1) Mg/k (2) 2 Mg/k (3) 4 Mg/k (4) Mg/2k
11. An engine pumps water through a hose pipe. Water passes through the pipe and leaves it with a velocity of
2 m/s. The mass per unit length of water in the pipe is 100 kg/m. What is the power of the engine?
(1) 400 W (2) 200 W (3) 100 W (4) 800 W
12. A particle of mass M, starting from rest, undergoes uniform acceleration. If the speed acquired in time T is
V, the power delivered to the particle is
MV 2 1 MV 2 MV 2 1 MV 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
T 2 T2 T2 2 T
13. The potential energy of a system increases if work is done :
(1) upon the system by a nonconservative force
(2) by the system against a conservative force
(3) by the system against a nonconservative force
(4) upon the system by a conservative force
14. A ball is released from certain height which looses 50% of its kinetic energy on striking the ground it will
attain a height again :
1 1 3
(1) th of initial height (2) th of initial height (3) th of initial height (4) none of these
4 2 4
15. The mass of ship is 2  107 kg. On applying a fore of 25 × 105 N, it is displaced through 25m. After the
displacement. The speed acquired by the ship will be:
(1) 12.5 m/s (2) 5 m/s (3) 3.7 m/s (4) 2.5 m/s
16. An apple gives 21 kJ energy to a boy. How much height he can climb by using this energy. If his efficiency
is 28% ? (mass of boy 40 kg)
(1) 22.5 m (2) 15 m (3) 10 m (4) 5 m
17. The velocity of bullet is reduced from 200 m/s to 100 m/s while travelling through a wooden block of
thickness of 10 cm. The retardation assuming to be uniform, will be :
(1) 15 × 104 m/s2 (2) 13.5 × 104 m/s2 (3) 12 × 104 m/s2 (4) none of these
 
18. If force F = 5 î  3 ĵ  4k̂ makes a displacement of s  6 î – 5k̂ , work done by the force is :
(1) 10 unit (2) 122 5 unit (3) 5 122 unit (4) 20 unit
19. If kinetic energy is doubled, find fractional change in momentum :
1 1
(1) 2 (2) 2 2 (3) (4)
2 2 2
20. An engine pumps up 100 kg of water through a height of 10 m in 5 s. Given that, the efficiency of engine is
60%. If g = 10 ms–2, the power of this engine is :
(1) 3.3 kW (2) 0.33 kW (3) 0.033 kW (4) 33 kW
21. When a spring is stretched by a distance x, it exerts a force, given by
F = (– 5x – 16x3) N
The work done, when the spring is stretched from 0.1 m to 0.2 m is :
(1) 8.7 × 10–2 J (2) 12.2 × 10–2 J (3) 8.7 × 10–4 J (4) 12.2 × 10–1 J
22. A particle of mass 100 g is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 5 m/s. The work done by the force of
gravity during the time the particle goes up is :
(1) – 0.5 J (2) – 1.25 J (3) 1.25 J (4) 0.5 J
23. A spring of spring constant 5 × 103 N/m is stretched initially by 5 cm from the unstretched position. Then the
work required to stretch it further by another 5 cm is :
(1) 12.50 N-m (2) 18.75 N-m (3) 25.00 N-m (4) 6.25 N-m
24. A body moves a distance of 10 m along a straight line under the action of a force of 5N. If the work done
is 25 J the angle, which the force makes with the direction of motion of the body is
(1) 0° (2) 30° (3) 60° (4) 90°
25. The potential energy of a body is given by U = A – Bx2 (where x is the displacement). The magnitude of
force acting on the particle is
(1) constant (2) proportional to x (3) proportional to x2 (4) proportional to 1/x
26. A kilowatt hour is equal to
(1) 3.6 × 106 J (2) 3.6 × 104 J (3) 3.6 × 103 J (4) 3.6 × 10–4 J
27. The potential energy of spring when stretched by a distance x is E. The energy of the spring when stretched
by x/2 is -
(1) E (2) E/2 (3) E/4 (4) E/6
A B
28. The potential energy of particle in a force field is U   ,
r2 r
where A and B are positive constants and r si the distance of particle from the centre of the field. For stable
equilibrium, the distance of the particle is :
(1) B / 2A (2) 2A / B (3) A / B (4)B / A
29. A car of mass m starts from rest and accelerates so that the instantaneous power delivered to the car has a
constant magnitude P0. The instantaneous velocity of this car is proportional to :
t
(1) t2P0 (2) t1/2 (3) t–1/2 (4)
m

30. The potential energy for a force field F is given by U(x, y) = sin (x + y). The force acting on the particle of
 
mass m at  0, 4  is
 
1
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) (4) 0
2
ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-1
PART- 1: SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. 20 Ergs 2. –8.75 J
3. (a) zero (b) zero (c) –mgvt (d) mgvt
4. 2000 J 5. (i) Zero (ii) 500J
6. 150 J 7. 8J
8. (a) 640 J (b) 640J 9. 135 J.
575
10. J = 287.5 J 11. 8 × 10–2 J
2
mg
12.
2
13. At a horizontal distance of 1 m from the end of the track.
9
14. = 0.5625 J 15. vf = 20 10 = 63.2 ms–1
16
35
16. – J = – 8.75 J 17. F = 6300 N
4
18. 80 kg 19. 4000 J

20. (a) 875 Joule (b) –250 joule (c) 625 joule. (d) 625 joule, Change in kinetic energy of the body is equal
to the work done by the net force in 10 second. This is in accordance with work-energy theorem.
15mv 2
21. 10 m s–1 22.
16 x 2
23. 4mg/k
24. (a) Since the gravitational force is a conservative force therefore the work done in round trip is zero.
(b) wF = (9.8) (0.3)(1/2)(1 + 0.15 3 )(10) J  18.519 J
(c) – 0.15 × 0.3 × 9.8 × ( 3 /2) × 20 J  – 7.638 J (d) 0.3 × 9.8 × (10/2) (1 – 0.15 × 3 )  10.880 J
25.  = 0.245 26. –2J

27. (i) a1 = F/m, so v1 = a1t = Ft/m. (ii) Since velocities add, v = vc + v1 = vc + Ft/m
(iii) K1 = m(v1)2/2 = F2t2/2m (iv) K = m (vc + v1)2/2 – mvc2/2
(v) s1 is a1t2/2 = Ft2/2m (vi) s1 + vct
1 F 2 1 F 2
(vii) Wg = F [Vc t + t ] , Wt = F [ t ]
2 m 2 m
(viii) Compare W and W1 with K and K1, they are respectively equal.
(ix) The work - energy theorem holds for moving observers.
28. (i) –0.09 J (ii) 9 cm
29. 10 33 m/s 30. 0.082 J
7
31. m s–1 = 1.40 m s–1 32. 6 m s–1 .
5
33. 2 g = 19.6 J 34. 0.7 g2 = 70 J
1 8
35. 36. hp
8 3
37. 320 hp 38. 50 W

39. 1600 W 40. 700 W
41. 1200 kg 42. 8 second
a5 2a 5
43. (a) No (b) WABC = WADC = (J), WAC = (J)
3 5
dU dU dU
44. (a) F = – = (b) F = – = 3ay2 + 2by (c) F = – = – U0 cosy
dy dy dy

45. F  (4 î  36 ĵ  2k̂ )N
46. (i) U(x, y, z) = (–2x – 3y) (ii) U(x, y, z) = – (x2 + y2)

(iii) U(x, y, z) = – xy.
47. x = ± 2m 48. 54 sec.
a5 2a 5
49. WABC = WADC = (J), WAC = (J)
3 5
dU dU
50. (a) F=–  (b) F=– = –3ay2 + 2by
dy dy
dU
(c) F=– = – U0 cos y
dy
1 gl 5
51. 52. gR, xmin  2R 53. 20/3 N, 10000 J kg–1
3 3 2
PART- 2: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (2)
8. (2) 9. (3) 10. (1) 11. (3) 12. (1) 13. (1) 14. (1)
15. (3) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (3) 21. (4)
22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (1) 25. (2) 26. (4) 27. (4) 28. (1)
39. (1) 30. (4) 31. (2) 32. (4) 33. (1) 34. (1) 35. (1)
36. (3) 37. (1) 38. (2) 39. (4) 40. (4) 41. (1) 42. (4)
43. (3) 44. (3) 45. (1) 46. (1) 47. (3) 48. (1) 49. (2)
50. (3) 51. (1) 52. (3) 53. (1) 54. (2) 55. (3) 56. (1)
57. (4) 58. (3) 59. (3) 60. (1) 61. (3) 62. (4) 63. (2)
64. (3) 65. (4) 66. (4) 67. (3) 68. (2) 69. (2) 70. (3)
71. (3) 72. (2) 73. (3) 74. (1) 75. (1)
EXERCISE-2
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (2) 6. (1)
7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (3) 11. (3) 12. (1)
13. (3) 14. (4) 15. (2)
EXERCISE-3
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D)
PART-2: PRACTICE PROBLEMS (JEE MAIN)

1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (2)
7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (2) 11. (4) 12. (4)
13. (4) 14. (2) 15. (4) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (1)
19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (1) 22. (2) 23. (2) 24. (3)
25. (2) 26. (1) 27. (3) 28. (2) 29. (2) 30. (1)

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Work, Power & Energy

WORK DONE BY A VARIABLE FORCE

WORK ENERGY THEOREM

Using g = 9.8 m/s2 find the 0.3

CONSERVATIVE & NONCONSERVATIVE FORCES AND EQUILIBRIUM

PART- 2: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

4 î  ĵ  3 k̂ N . The work done by this force will be

13. Work done by normal reaction

WORK DONE BY A VARIABLE FORCE

F2t 2 F2t 2 F2t 2 Ft

(1) 50 J (2) 40 J (3) 20 J (4) 10 J

(1) 0 m/s (2) 20 2 m/s (3) 20 3 m/s (4) 40 m/s

(1) (2) (3) (4)

(1) 5.0 m (2) 10.0 m (3) 15.0 m (4) 20.0 m

(1) ymax = 20 m (2) ymax = 15 m (3) ymax = 11 m (4) ymax = 5 m

MECHANICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION

(1) 20 erg (2) 60 erg (3) 70 erg (4) 700 erg

(1) g (2) 3g  (3) 2g  (4) 5g 

56. A block of mass m is attached to two unstretched springs of spring constants

k1  k 2 k1k 2 k12k 22 k13k 32

µ2m 2 g2 2µm 2 g2 µ 2m 2 g 2 3µ2mg2

m g2 tan 2  m2 g tan 2  m2 g2 tan 2  m2 g2 tan 2 

(1) Positive, Positive (2) Positive, Negative

(1) (2) (3) (4)

aL2 bL3 1  aL2 bL3  1

(A) (B) [JEE 2002]

PART-2: PRACTICE PROBLEMS (JEE MAIN)

(1) 18.0 J (2) 13.5 J (3) 4.5 J (4) 9.0 J

13. At a horizontal distance of 1 m from the end of the track.

18. 80 kg 19. 4000 J

(b) wF = (9.8) (0.3)(1/2)(1 + 0.15 3 )(10) J  18.519 J

25.  = 0.245 26. –2J

28. (i) –0.09 J (ii) 9 cm

29. 10 33 m/s 30. 0.082 J

33. 2 g = 19.6 J 34. 0.7 g2 = 70 J

37. 320 hp 38. 50 W

46. (i) U(x, y, z) = (–2x – 3y) (ii) U(x, y, z) = – (x2 + y2)

PART- 2: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D)

PART-2: PRACTICE PROBLEMS (JEE MAIN)

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