LEVEL 1 - WORK ENERGY POWER

EDUNITI Duration 45 min

1. In the situation shown in the given figure, there is one direct

7. In the figure shown, the system is released
path 1 and other curved path 2. Along direct path, only a
from rest. Find the velocity of block A when
conservative force F acts on the particle. Along the curved
block B has fallen a distance l. Assume all
path, both F and kinetic friction act on the particle. The change
in kinetic energy along direct path is 20 J and that along the pulleys to be massless and frictionless.
curved path is 16 J. The work done by kinetic friction is A m P
(a) g / 5 (b) g
(a) – 16 J m B
(b) – 4 J (c) 5 g (d) None of these
(c) – 36 J
(d) no sufficient information 8. A particle which is constrained to move along X-axis is sub-
2. A block of mass m is stationary with respect to jected to a force in the same direction which varies with the
wedge of mass M moving with uniform speed distance x of the particle from the origin as F(x) = – kx + ax3.
v on horizontal surface. Find the work done by m
Here, k and a are positive constants. If U(0) = 0, the graph of
friction force on the block in t seconds. M
 v U(x) versus x for x  0 will be
(a) zero (b) mgvt / 2
mg vt sin 2 mgvt sin 2 
(c)  (d) 
2 2 (a) (b)
3. The potential energy function associated with the force

F  4 xyî  2x 2 ĵ is
(a) U  2 x 2 y (b) U  2 x 2 y + constant
2 (c) (d)
(c) U  2 x y + constant (d) Not defined

4. A particle of mass m moves with a variable velocity v, which

9. A 2 kg block slides on a horizontal floor. It strikes a
changes with distance x covered along a straight line as
uncompressed spring with a speed of 4 m/s and compresses
v  k x , where k is a positive constant. The work done by it till the block becomes motionless. The kinetic friction force
all the forces acting on the particle, during the first t seconds is 15 N and spring constant is 10000 N/m. The spring com-
is presses by
(a) 5.5 cm (b) 2.5 cm
mk 4 mk 4 t 2
(a) (b) (c) 11.0 cm (d) 8.5 cm
t2 4
mk 4 t 2 mk 4 t 2 10. A small block of mass m starts from rest
(c) (d)
8 16 from point A at a height 4 m. The radius
of circular path is 1 m. The block slides
5. A particle of mass m moves along a circular path of radius r
down on smooth circular path and
with a centripetal acceleration an changing with time t as
reaches at point B. The ratio of normal
an = kt2, where k is a positive constant. The average power
reaction and weight at the point B is
delivered, by all the forces acting on the particle during the
(a) 1 (b) 2
first t0 seconds is
(c) 3 (d) 4
mkrt 02
(a) mkrt0 (b) 11. A small sphere is given vertical velocity of magnitude v0 = 5 m s –1
2 and it swings in a vertical plane about the end of a massless
mkrt 0 mkrt 0 string. The angle  with the vertical at which string will
(c) (d)
2 4 break, knowing that it can withstand a maximum tension
6. A block of mass 1 kg is projected from equal to twice the weight of the sphere, is
point A along irregular rough in- (a) cos1 (2 / 3) (b) cos1 (1 / 4)
clined surface and reaches point B
(c) 60o (d) 30o
as shown in the figure. The coeffi-
cient of friction between the block
and the inclined plane is 0.5. Find
work done by the friction on the
block if AC = 1 m.
(a) – 1J (b) – 2J
(c) – 4J (d) – 5J

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 LEVEL 1 - WORK ENERGY POWER
EDUNITI Duration 45 min
12. A stone of mass 1 kg tied to light inextensible string of length 18. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius a under
l = 10/3 m is whirling in a circular path of radius l in a vertical
k
plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension in the string to the the action of an attractive potential U   . Its total
minimum tension is 4 and if g is taken to be 10 ms–2, the speed 2r 2
of the stone at the highest point of the circle is energy is
(a) 10 m s –1 (b) 5 3 m s 1 k
3 k
(c) 10 3 m s 1 (d) 10 m s –1 (a)  (b)  4 a 2
2 a2

13. A particle is kept at rest at the top of a fixed sphere of diameter k

42 m. When disturbed slightly, it slides down. At what height (c) 2 a 2 (d) zero
h from the bottom, the particle will leave the sphere
(a) 36 m (b) 28 m
(c) 35 m (d) 21 m 19. Two particles of the same mass m are moving in circular
orbits because of force, given by
14. A particle is projected vertically upwards with a speed of 16 3
16 m s–1. After some time, when it again passes through the F (r )  r
r
point of projection, its speed is found to be 8 ms–1. It is
The first particle is at a distance r = 1, and the second, at
known that the work done by air resistance is same during
r = 4. The best estimate for the ratio of kinetic energies of the
upward and downward motion. Then the maximum height
first and the second particle is closest to
attained by the particle is (Take g = 10 m s–2)
(a) 8 m (b) 4.8 m (a) 6  10 2 (b) 3  103
(c) 17.6 m (d) 12.8 m (c) 101 (d) 6  102

15. In fig, the ball A is released from rest, when spring

20. A smooth wire of length 2r is
is at its natural (unstretched) length. For the block
bent into a circle and kept in a
B of mass M to leave contact with ground at
vertical plane. A bead can slide
some stage, the minimum mass of A must be
smoothly on the wire. When the
(a) 2M (b) M
circle is rotating with angular
(c) M / 2 (d) M / 4
speed about the vertical diameter
–
AB, as shown in figure, the bead
16. A block of mass m is kept on a platform which starts from
is at rest with respect to the
rest with constant acceleration g/2 upward, as shown in fig.
circular ring at position P as
Work done by normal reaction on block in time t is
shown. Then the value of 2 is
equal to
(a) 3 g /(2r ) (b) 2 g /(r 3)
(c) ( g 3) / r (d) 2 g / r
2 2 2 2
mg t mg t
(a)  (b)
8 8
3m g 2 t 2
(c) 0 (d)
8

17. A uniform cable of mass ‘M’ and length ‘L’ is placed on a

horizontal surface such that its (1/n)th part is hanging below
the edge of the surface. To lift the hanging part of the cable
upto the surface, the work done should be
MgL MgL
(a) 2 (b) 2
2n n
2MgL
(c) (d) nMgL
n2

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