JEE Revision Practice Sheet

Work, Energy & Power [11th Main]

Single Correct Type Questions 4. If the potential energy is U = 8x – x2, find the force
1. A force F = ( 2iˆ + 3 ˆj + 2kˆ ) N acts on a particle of and equilibrium position(s) along with their
corresponding natures.
mass m. The particle starts from points A (1, 2,1)
(1) (2x – 8), x = 4, unstable
and moves to point B (3, 4, 3). What is the total
(2) (8 – 2x), x = 8, unstable
work done by the force on the particle?
(3) (2x – 8), x = 4, stable
(1) 14 J (2) 12 J
(4) (8 – 2x), x = 8, stable
(3) 16 J (4) 10 J
5. A position dependent force F = 7 – 2x + 3x2 newton
2. A body slides down a frictionless track which ends
acts on a small body of mass 2 kg and displaces it
in a circular loop of diameter D, then the minimum
form x = 0 to x = 5 m. The work done in joules is:
height h of the body in term of D so that it may just
(1) 70
complete the loop, is
(2) 270
(3) 35
(4) 135

6. System shown in figure is released from rest with

mass 2 kg in contact with the ground. Pulley and
spring are massless and the friction is absent
everywhere. The speed of 5 kg block when 2 kg
block leaves the contact with the ground is (force
5D 5D
(1) h = (2) h = constant of the spring k = 40 N/m and g = 10 m/s2)
2 4
3D D
(3) h = (4) h =
4 4

3. A force, F = x2iˆ + yjˆ, acts on a particle. The

particle starts from point O (0, 0) and moves to
point A (2, 4). Find the total work done by force F
on the particle.
(1) 2 m/s
(2) 2 2 m/s
(3) 2 m/s
(4) 1/2 m/s

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7. ( )
Due to the force F = 4iˆ + 4 ˆj N a body shifted
(1) J (2) J from origin to the point (5 m, 6 m). The work done
3 4
by the force is
16 18
(3) J (4) J (1) 44 J
9 7
(2) 22 J
(3) 4 J
(4) Zero
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8. A particle of mass m moves along the quarter respectively. The work done in carrying the body
section of the circular path whose centre is at the from P to R will be –
origin. The radius of the circular path is a the force
F = yiˆ − xjˆ newton acts on the particle, where x, y
denote the coordinates of position of the particle.
Calculate the work done by this force in taking the
particle from point A (a, 0) to point B (0, a) along (1) 7 J (2) 3 J
the circular path.
(3) 21 J (4) Zero

13. In a ballistics demonstration, a police officer fires

a bullet of mass 50.0 g with speed 200 m/s. The
bullet emerges with only 10% of its initial kinetic
energy. The emergent speed of the bullet is:
a 2 a 2 (1) 0 m/s (2) 53.2 m/s
(1) J (2) J (3) 63.2 m/s (4) 6.32 m/s
4 2
a 2 a 2
(3) − J (4) − J 14. The potential energy of a particle varies with
2 4 distance x as shown in the graph. The force acting
on the particle is zero at
9. A girl is carrying a school bag of 3 kg mass on her
back and moves 200 m on a levelled road. The
work done against the gravitational force will be (g
= 10 m/s2)
(1) 6 × 103 J (2) 6 J
(3) 0.6 J (4) zero

10. A force F = kx2 acts on a particle at an angle of 60° (1) C (2) B

with the x-axis. the work done in displacing the (3) B and C (4) A and D
particle from x1 to x2 will be –
15. A pump ejects 12000 kg of water at speed of 4 m/s
kx 2 k 2
(1) (2) ( x2 − x12 ) in 40 second. Find the average rate at which the
2 2 pump is working
k 3 k 3
(3) ( x2 − x13 ) (4) ( x2 − x13 ) (1) 0.24 KW (2) 2.4 W
6 3 (3) 2.4 KW (4) 24 W

11. A force F acting on an object varies with distance Integer Type Questions
x as shown here. 16. A car of mass 1000 kg starts from rest with an
The work done by the force in moving the object acceleration 5 m/s2.
from x = 0 to x = 6 m is The change in kinetic energy in t = 2 s is n × 104 J.
Find the value of n.

17. A block of mass 1 kg start with velocity 5 m/s. Its

acceleration- time graph is shown in the figure.

(1) 18.0 J (2) 13.5 J

(3) 4.5 J (4) 9.0 J

12. For the path PQR in a conservative force field the The change in kinetic energy between t = 0 to t = 5
amounts work done in carrying a body from P to Q 75
and from Q to R are 5 Joule and 2 Joule s is J. Find the value of x.
x
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18. A light inextensible string that goes over a smooth 21. A sleeve of mass m is moving along perimeter by
fixed pulley as shown in the figure, connects two applying a constant force of 10 N always directed
blocks of 0.37 kg and 0.72 kg. Taking g = 10 ms−2, towards point A. The radius of semicircle is 10 cm.
find the work done (in joule) by string on the block Find work done (in joule) by applied force F during
of mass 0.36 kg during the first second after the motion of sleeve from B to A.
system is released from rest.

22. A block A of mass 2 kg start slipping down the

inclined placed of inclination 37° from a point 4.8
m aways from the spring of constant k = 1000 N/m.
The coefficient of kinetic friction between the
block and the inclined place is 0.5. If the maximum
19. A block of mass 10 kg is kept at rest on an inclined compression in the spring is xmax, then find the
placed on inclination 45° is pulled up with an value of 10xmax in metre.
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acceleration 2m/s by applying a constant force in
horizontal direction.
The work done by friction on the block in 5 s is
−1.25 × 10n J. Find the value of n.

23. In the situation shown in figure, a block of mass 1

kg is attached to a light spring of constant 40 N/m
whose other end is fixed to the roof of a building
50 cm above the smooth horizontal surface.
Initially, spring is in natural length and vertical.
When a force F = 20 3 N is applied on the block,
the block starts to move. The speed at the instant is
20. A particle of mass 1 kg starting from rest at x = − breaks off the surface below it is 10 n m/s. Find
10 m slides on a smooth horizontal surface by
the value of n.
applying a single variable force on the particle
varies as shown in the figure.

The work done by this force to move the particle.

From x = − 10 m to x = 5 m is 100 n J. Find the
value of n.
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24. A system of blocks A, B and C each of mass 1 kg 25. If potential energy of a particle of mass 1 kg in a
connected by light /springs. The spring constant for conservative field is U= 2x2 y. All are in SI. If at
each spring is 100 N/m. The lower spring is not
fixed at the ground. The whole system is in ( )
a point defined by Position vector r = iˆ + ˆj m,
equilibrium. The increase in gravitational potential then particle is observed moving perpendicular to
energy in lifting block A upward till the lower r, find the magnitude of force acting on particle is
spring comes in its natural length and the block B x . Find x.
is in equilibrium simultaneously is 3n J. Find the
value of n.

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 ANSWER KEY
1. (1) 14. (3)
2. (2) 15. (3)
3. (1) 16. (5)
4. (1) 17. (2)
5. (4) 18. (8)
6. (2) 19. (3)
7. (1) 20. (6)
8. (3) 21. (2)
9. (4) 22. (2)
10. (3) 23. (3)
11. (2) 24. (6)
12. (1) 25. (10)
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