Test-1: WEP

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Q1. A spring of spring constant 5  10 N/m is stretched initially by 5 cm from the
unstretched position. Then the work required to stretch is 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
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Q2. A force F  (5iˆ  3ˆj  2k)N
ˆ is applied over a particle which displaces it from its origin
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to the point r  (2iˆ  ˆj) m. The work done on the particle in joules is (
(3) +10 (4) +13

Q3. 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? (
(3) 120 J (4) 1200 J

Q4. 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 :
aL2 bL3 1  aL2 bL3 
(1)  (2)   
2 3 2 2 3 
1
(3) aL2 + bL3 (4) ( aL2 + bL3)
2

Q5. 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:
(1) 18 J (2) 4.5 J
(3) 22 J (4) 9 J
Q6. A spherical ball of mass 20 kg is stationary at the top of a hill of height 100 m. It rolls
down a smooth surface to the ground, then climbs up another hill of height 30 m and
finally rolls down to a horizontal base at a height of 20 m above the ground. The
velocity attained by the ball is
(1) 40 m/s (2) 20 m/s
(3) 10 m/s (4) 10 30 m/s

Q7. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 cm. How
much further it will penetrate before coming to rest assuming that it faces constant
resistance to motion? (2005)
(1) 3.0 cm (2) 2.0 cm
(3) 1.5 cm (4) 1.0 cm

Q8. The upper half of an inclined plane with inclination  is perfectly smooth while the
lower half is rough. A body starting from rest at the top will again come to rest at the
bottom if the coefficient of friction for the lower half is given by
(1) 2sin  (2) 2cos 
(3) 2tan  (4) tan 
Q8. A bomb of mass 16 kg at rest explodes into two pieces of masses of 4 kg and 12 kg.
The velocity of the 12 kg mass is 4 ms1. The kinetic energy of the other mass is
(1) 96 J (2) 144 J
(3) 288 J (4) 192 J

Q10. A mass of M kg is suspended by a weightless string. The horizontal force that is

required to displace it until the string makes an angle of 45 with the initial vertical
direction is
(1) Mg( 2  1) (2) Mg( 2  1)
Mg
(3) Mg 2 (4)
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Q11. A particle is projected at 60° to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K. The kinetic
energy at the highest point is
(1) K (2) Zero
(3) K/2 (4) K/4

Q12. A small ball of mass m starts at a point A with speed v0 and A

moves along a frictionless track AB as shown. The track BC has h
coefficient of friction  . The ball comes to stop at C after
travelling a distance L which is B L C
h v2 h v 02
(1)  0 (2) 
2 2g  2g
2 2
2h v 0 h v0
(3)  (4) 
 2g 2 g

Q13. 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 :
(1) 6.45  10-3 kg (2) 9.89  10-3 kg
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(3) 12.89  10 kg (4) 2.45  10-3 kg

Q14. A body is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering a constant power. The
distance moved by the body in time t is proportional to
(1) t3/4 (2) t3/2
1/4
(3) t (4) t1/2

Q15. 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 time is given by
mv 2 mv2 2
(1)  t (2) t
T2 T2
1 mv 2 1 mv 2 2
(3)  t (4) t
2 T2 2 T2
Q16. A wind powered generator converts wind energy into electrical energy. Assume that
the generator converts a fixed fraction of the wind energy intercepted by its blades
into electric energy. For wind speed v, the electrical power output will be most likely
proportional to:
(1) v4 (2) v2
(3) v (4) v3
Q17. The potential energy of a 1 kg particle free move along the x-axis is given by
 x4 x2 
V(x)    J
 4 2 

The total mechanical energy of the particle 2 J. Then, the maximum speed (in m/s) is
(1) 2 (2) 3 / 2
(3) 2 (4) 1/ 2

Q18. 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) 0.5 J
(3) 1.25 J (4) 1.25 J

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Q19. The potential energy function for the force between two atoms in a diatomic molecule
a b
is approximately given by U(x)  12  6 , where a and b are constants and x is the
x x
distance between the atoms. If the dissociation energy of the molecule is D = [U(x =
) – Uat equilibrium], D is
b2 b2
(1) (2)
2a 12a
b2 b2
(3) (4)
4a 6a

Q20. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius a under the action of an attractive
k
potential U   2 . Its total energy is:
2r
3 k k
(1)  2
(2)  2
2a 4a
k
(3) (4) Zero
2a2
Q21. The block of mass M moving on the frictionless horizontal
surface collides with a spring of spring constant K and M
compresses it by length L. The maximum momentum of the
block after collision is
KL2
(1) MK L (2)
2M
ML2
(3) zero (4)
K

Q22. 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
(1) 1/ t (2) t
(3) constant (4) t

Q23. A body of mass ‘m’ is tied to one end of a spring and whirled round in a horizontal
plane with a constant angular velocity. The elongation in the spring is 1 cm. If the
angular velocity is doubled, the elongation in the spring is 5 cm. The original length of
the spring is
(1) 15 cm (2) 12 cm
(3) 16 cm (4) 10 cm

Q24. Two springs force constants 300 N/m (spring A) and 400 N/m (spring B) are joined
together in series. The combination is compressed by 8.75 cm. The ratio of energy
stored in A and B is EA/EB. Then EA/EB is equal to
(1) 4/3 (2) 16/9
(3) 3/4 (4) 9/10

Q25. A spring of unstretched length  has a mass m with one end fixed to a rigid support.
Assuming spring to be made of a uniform wire, the kinetic energy possessed by it if
its free end is pulled with uniform velocity v is
1 2
(1) mv 2 (2) mv
2
1 1
(3) mv 2 (4) mv 2
3 6
Q26. A block of mass m = 0.1 kg is connected to a spring of unknown spring constant k. it
is compressed to a distance x from its equilibrium position and released form rest.
After approaching half the distance (x/2) from equilibrium position, it hits another

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 similar block and comes to rest momentarily, while the other block moves with a
velocity 3 m/s. The total initial energy of the spring is
(1) 0.8 J (2) 0.6 J
(3) 0.3 J (4) 1.5 J
Q27. A particle is released on a vertical smooth semicircular X
track from point X so that OX makes angle  from the  Y
vertical (see figure). The normal reaction of the track on the
particle vanishes at point Y where OY makes angle  with 
the horizontal. Then: O
1
(1) sin  = cos  (2) sin  = cos 
2
2 3
(3) sin  = cos  (4) sin  = cos 
3 4
Q28. A radioactive nucleus initially at rest decays by emitting an electron and neutron at
right angles to one another. The momentum of the electron is 3.2  1023 kg-m/sec
and that of the neutron is 6.4  1023 kg-m/sec. The direction of the recoiling nucleus
with that of the electron motion is
(A) tan1(0.5) (B) tan1(2)
1
(C)   tan (2) (D) (/2) + tan1(2)

Q29. A pendulum consists of a wooden bob of mass m and length . A bullet of

mass m1 is fired towards the pendulum with a speed v 1. The bullet O
emerges out of the bob with a speed of v 1/3 and the bob just completes
motion along a vertical circle. Then v1 is
m 3 m v1/3
(A) 5g (B) 5g m1 v1 m m1
m1 2 m1

2 m  m 
(C)   5g (D)  1  g
3  m1  m
Q30. A body is thrown horizontally from a tower, 100 m high with a velocity 40 ms1. Find
the time (in sec) when it is moving at an angle of 45 with horizontal.(Take g = 10
m/s2)
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 6