Simple Harmonic Motion

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2025 JEE Advanced MCQ
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As shown in the figures, a uniform rod OO' of length l is hinged at the point O and held in place vertically between two walls using two massless springs of same spring constant. The springs are connected at the midpoint and at the top-end (O') of the rod, as shown in Fig. 1 and the rod is made to oscillate by a small angular displacement. The frequency of oscillation of the rod is f₁. On the other hand, if both the springs are connected at the midpoint of the rod, as shown in Fig. 2 and the rod is made to oscillate by a small angular displacement, then the frequency of oscillation is f₂. Ignoring gravity and assuming motion only in the plane of the diagram, the value of $ \frac{f_1}{f_2} $ is:

JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 2 Online Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 3 English
A.

2

B.

$\sqrt{2}$

C.

$\sqrt{\frac{5}{2}}$

D.

$\sqrt{\frac{2}{5}}$

2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A small block is connected to one end of a massless spring of un-stretched length 4.9 m. The other end of the spring (see the figure) is fixed. The system lies on a horizontal frictionless surface. The block is stretched by 0.2 m and released from rest at t = 0. It then executes simple harmonic motion with angular frequency $\omega$ = ($\pi$/3) rad/s. Simultaneously, at t = 0, a small pebble is projected with speed v from point P at an angle of 45$^\circ$ as shown in the figure. Point O is at a horizontal distance of 10 m from O. If the pebble hits the block at t = 1 s, the value of v is (take g = 10 m/s2)

IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 20 English

A.
$\sqrt {50} $ m/s
B.
$\sqrt {51} $ m/s
C.
$\sqrt {52} $ m/s
D.
$\sqrt {53} $ m/s
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
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The phase space diagram for a ball thrown vertically up from ground is

A.
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2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
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The phase space diagram for simple harmonic motion is a circle centred at the origin. In the figure, the two circles represent the same oscillator but for different initial conditions, and E1 and E2 are the total mechanical energies respectively. Then

IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 17 English

A.
E1 = $\sqrt2$E2
B.
E1 = 2E2
C.
E1 = 4E2
D.
E1 = 16E2
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
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Consider the spring-mass system, with the mass submerged in water, as shown in the figure. The phase space diagram for one cycle of this system is

IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 18 English

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2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A wooden block performs $SHM$ on a frictionless surface with frequency, ${v_0}.$ The block carries a charge $+Q$ on its surface . If now a uniform electric field $\overrightarrow E $ is switched- on as shown, then the $SHM$ of the block will be
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 22 English
A.
of the same frequency and with shifted mean position.
B.
of the same frequency and with the same mean position
C.
of changed frequency and with shifted mean position.
D.
of changed frequency and with the same mean position.
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A point mass is subjected to two simultaneous sinusoidal displacements in x-direction, ${x_1}\left( t \right) = A\sin \omega t$ and ${x_2}\left( t \right) = A\sin \left( {\omega t + {{2\pi } \over 3}} \right)$. Adding a third sinusoidal displacement ${x_3}\left( t \right) = B\sin \left( {\omega t + \phi } \right)$ brings the mass to a complete rest. The values of B and $\phi $ are
A.
$\sqrt 2 A,{{3\pi } \over 4}$
B.
$A,{{4\pi } \over 3}$
C.
$\sqrt 3 A,{{5\pi } \over 6}$
D.
$A,{\pi \over 3}$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
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If the total energy of the particle is E, it will perform periodic motion only if

A.
E < 0
B.
E > 0
C.
V0 > E > 0
D.
E > V0
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
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For periodic motion of small amplitude A, the time period T of this particle is proportional to

A.
$A\sqrt {m/\alpha } $
B.
${1 \over A}\sqrt {m/\alpha } $
C.
$A\sqrt {\alpha /m} $
D.
${1 \over A}\sqrt {\alpha /m} $
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
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The acceleration of this particle for $|x| > {X_0}$ is

A.
proportional to V0.
B.
proportional to V0/mX0.
C.
proportional to $\sqrt {{V_0}/m{X_0}} $.
D.
zero.
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
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The mass M shown in the figure below oscillates in simple harmonic motion with amplitude A. The amplitude of the point P is

IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 9 English

A.
${{{k_1}A} \over {{k_2}}}$
B.
${{{k_2}A} \over {{k_1}}}$
C.
${{{k_1}A} \over {{k_1} + {k_2}}}$
D.
${{{k_2}A} \over {{k_1} + {k_2}}}$
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A uniform rod of length L and mass M is pivoted at the centre. Its two ends are attached to two springs of equal spring constants $k$. The springs are fixed to rigid supports as shown in the figure, and the rod is free to oscillate in the horizontal plane. The rod is gently pushed through a small angle $\theta$ in one direction and released. The frequency of oscillation is

IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 10 English

A.
${1 \over {2\pi }}\sqrt {{{2k} \over M}} $
B.
${1 \over {2\pi }}\sqrt {{k \over M}} $
C.
${1 \over {2\pi }}\sqrt {{{6k} \over M}} $
D.
${1 \over {2\pi }}\sqrt {{{24k} \over M}} $
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
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The $x$-$t$ graph of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is shown in the figure. The acceleration of the particle at $t=4/3$ s is

IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 11 English

A.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over {32}}{\pi ^2}$ cm/s$^2$
B.
${{ - {\pi ^2}} \over {32}}$ cm/s$^2$
C.
${{ {\pi ^2}} \over {32}}$ cm/s$^2$
D.
$ - {{\sqrt 3 } \over {32}}{\pi ^2}$ cm/s$^2$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
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Column I gives a list of possible set of parameters measured in some experiments. The variations of the parameters in the form of graphs are shown in Column II. Match the set of parameters given in Column I with the graphs given in Column II. Indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles of the 4 $\times$ 4 matrix given in the ORS.

Column I Column II
(A) Potential energy of a simple pendulum (y-axis) as a function of displacement (x) axis (P) IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 7 English 1
(B) Displacement (y-axis) as a function of time (x-axis) for a one dimensional motion at zero or constant acceleration when the body is moving along the positive x-direction (Q) IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 7 English 2
(C) Range of a projectile (y-axis) as a function of its velocity (x-axis) when projected at a fixed angle (R) IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 7 English 3
(D) The square of the time period (y-axis) of a simple pendulum as a function of its length (x-axis) (S) IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 7 English 4

A.
A$\to$(P, S); B$\to$(Q, S); C$\to$(S); (D)$\to$(Q)
B.
A$\to$(S); B$\to$(Q, S); C$\to$(S); (D)$\to$(Q, S)
C.
A$\to$(P, S); B$\to$(Q); C$\to$(S); (D)$\to$(Q, S)
D.
A$\to$(S); B$\to$(Q, S); C$\to$(S, P); (D)$\to$(Q)
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A simple pendulum has time period T1. The point of suspension is now moved upward according to the relation y = Kt2, (K = 1 m/s2) where y is the vertical displacement. The time period now become T2. The ratio of ${{T_1^2} \over {T_2^2}}$ is (g = 10 m/s2)
A.
${5 \over 6}$
B.
${6 \over 5}$
C.
1
D.
${4 \over 5}$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A small body attached to one end of a vertically hanging spring is performing SHM about its mean position with angular frequency $\omega$ and amplitude $a$. If at a height $y^{\prime}$ from the mean position, the body gets detached from the spring, calculate the value of $y^{\prime}$ so that the height $\mathrm{H}$ attained by the mass is maximum. The body does not interact with the spring during its subsequent motion after detachment $\left(a \omega^{2}>g\right)$

IIT-JEE 2005 Mains Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 6 English

A.
$y=\frac{g}{\omega^{2}}$
B.
$y=\frac{2g}{\omega^{2}}$
C.
$y=\frac{g}{3\omega^{2}}$
D.
$y=\frac{4g}{7\omega^{2}}$
2001 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2001 Screening
A particle executes simple harmonic motion between x = - A to x = + A. The time taken for it to go from 0 to ${A \over 2}$ is T1 and to go from ${A \over 2}$ to A is T2. Then
A.
T1 < T2
B.
T1 > T2
C.
T1 = T2
D.
T1 = 2T2
2000 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2000 Screening
The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum of length $L$ suspended from the roof of a vehicle which moves without friction down an inclined plane of inclination $\alpha$, is given by
A.
$2\pi \sqrt {{L \over {g\cos \alpha }}} $
B.
$2\pi \sqrt {{L \over {g\sin \alpha }}} $
C.
$2\pi \sqrt {{L \over g}} $
D.
$2\pi \sqrt {{L \over {g\tan \alpha }}} $
1999 JEE Advanced MCQ
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A particle free to move along the x-axis has potential energy given by $U\left( x \right) = k\left[ {1 - \exp \left( { - {x^2}} \right)} \right]$ for $ - \infty \le x \le - \infty $, where k is a positive constant of appropriate dimensions. Then
A.
at points away from the origin, the particle is in unstable equilibrium
B.
for any finite nonzero value of x, there is a force directed away from the origin
C.
if its total mechanical energy is ${k \over 2}$, it has its minimum kinetic energy at the origin
D.
for small displacement from x = 0, the motion is simple harmonic
1988 JEE Advanced MCQ
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Two bodies M and N of equal masses are suspended from two separate massless springs of spring constant k1 and k2 respectively. If the two bodies oscillate vertically such that their maximum velocities are equal, the ratio of the amplitude of vibration of M to that of N is
A.
${{{k_1}} \over {{k_2}}}$
B.
$\sqrt {{{{k_1}} \over {{k_2}}}} $
C.
${{{k_2}} \over {{k_1}}}$
D.
$\sqrt {{{{k_2}} \over {{k_1}}}} $
2025 JEE Advanced Numerical
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A person sitting inside an elevator performs a weighing experiment with an object of mass 50 kg . Suppose that the variation of the height $y$ (in m ) of the elevator, from the ground, with time $t$ (in s) is given by $y=8\left[1+\sin \left(\frac{2 \pi t}{T}\right)\right]$, where $T=40 \pi \mathrm{~s}$. Taking acceleration due to gravity, $g=10$ $\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^2$, the maximum variation of the object's weight (in N ) as observed in the experiment is ___________.
2024 JEE Advanced Numerical
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If the collision occurs at time $t_0=0$, the value of $v_{\mathrm{cm}} /(a \omega)$ will be ______.
2024 JEE Advanced Numerical
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If the collision occurs at time $t_0=\pi /(2 \omega)$, then the value of $4 b^2 / a^2$ will be ______.
2022 JEE Advanced Numerical
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A particle of mass $1 \mathrm{~kg}$ is subjected to a force which depends on the position as $\vec{F}=$ $-k(x \hat{\imath}+y \hat{\jmath}) \mathrm{kg}\, \mathrm{m} \mathrm{s}^{-2}$ with $k=1 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~s}^{-2}$. At time $t=0$, the particle's position $\vec{r}=$ $\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{\imath}+\sqrt{2} \hat{\jmath}\right) m$ and its velocity $\vec{v}=\left(-\sqrt{2} \hat{\imath}+\sqrt{2} \hat{\jmath}+\frac{2}{\pi} \hat{k}\right) m s^{-1}$. Let $v_{x}$ and $v_{y}$ denote the $x$ and the $y$ components of the particle's velocity, respectively. Ignore gravity. When $z=0.5 \mathrm{~m}$, the value of $\left(x v_{y}-y v_{x}\right)$ is __________ $m^{2} s^{-1}$.
2022 JEE Advanced Numerical
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On a frictionless horizontal plane, a bob of mass $m=0.1 \mathrm{~kg}$ is attached to a spring with natural length $l_{0}=0.1 \mathrm{~m}$. The spring constant is $k_{1}=0.009 \,\mathrm{Nm}^{-1}$ when the length of the spring $l>l_{0}$ and is $k_{2}=0.016 \,\mathrm{Nm}^{-1}$ when $l < l_{0}$. Initially the bob is released from $l=$ $0.15 \mathrm{~m}$. Assume that Hooke's law remains valid throughout the motion. If the time period of the full oscillation is $T=(n \pi) s$, then the integer closest to $n$ is __________.

2010 JEE Advanced Numerical
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A 0.1 kg mass is suspended from a wire of negligible mass. The length of the wire is 1 m and its crosssectional area is 4.9 $ \times $ 10-7 m2. If the mass is pulled a little in the vertically downward direction and released, it performs simple harmonic motion of angular frequency 140 rad s−1. If the Young’s modulus of the material of the wire is n $ \times $ 109 Nm-2, the value of n is
1994 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1994
An object of mass 0.2 kg executes simple harmonic oscillation along the x-axis with a frequency of $\left( {{{25} \over \pi }} \right)$ Hz. At the position x = 0.04, the object has kinetic energy of 0.5 J and potential energy 0.4 J. The amplitude of oscillations is ................ m.
2016 JEE Advanced MSQ
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A block with mass M is connected by a massless spring with stiffness constant k to a rigid wall and moves without friction on a horizontal surface. The block oscillates with small amplitude A about an equilibrium position x0. Consider two cases:
(i) when the block is at x0; and
(ii) when the block is at x = x0 + A.
In both cases, a particle with mass m( < M) is softly placed on the block after which they stick on each other. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true about the motion after the mass m is placed on the mass M?
A.
The amplitude of oscillation in the first case changes by a factor of $\sqrt {{M \over {m + M}}} $, whereas in the second case it remains unchanged.
B.
The final time period of oscillation in both the cases is same
C.
The total energy decreases in both the cases
D.
The instantaneous speed at x0 of the combined masses decreases in both the cases
2015 JEE Advanced MSQ
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Two independent harmonic oscillators of equal masses are oscillating about the origin with angular frequencies $\omega$1 and $\omega$2 and have total energies E1 and E2, respectively. The variations of their momenta p with positions x are shown in the figures. If ${a \over b} = {n^2}$ and ${a \over R} = n$, then the correct equations is/are
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Simple Harmonic Motion Question 21 English
A.
E1$\omega$1 = E2$\omega$2
B.
${{{\omega _2}} \over {{\omega _1}}} = {n^2}$
C.
${\omega _1}{\omega _2} = {n^2}$
D.
${{{E_1}} \over {{\omega _1}}} = {{{E_2}} \over {{\omega _2}}}$
2009 JEE Advanced MSQ
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A student performed the experiment to measure the speed of sound in air using resonance air-column method. Two resonances in the air-column were obtained by lowering the water level. The resonance with the shorter air-column is the first resonance and that with the longer air-column is the second resonance. Then,

A.
the intensity of the sound heard at the first resonance was more than that at the second resonance.
B.
the prongs of the tuning fork were kept in a horizontal plane above the resonance tube.
C.
the amplitude of vibration of the ends of the prongs is typically around 1 cm.
D.
the length of the air-column at the first resonance was somewhat shorter than 1/4th of the wavelength of the sound in air.
2006 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 2006

Function $x=\mathrm{A} \sin ^2 \omega t+\mathrm{B} \cos ^2 \omega t+\mathrm{C} \sin \omega t \cos \omega t$ represents SHM

A.

for any value ol $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and C (except $\mathrm{C}=0$ ).

B.

if $\mathrm{A}=-\mathrm{B} ; \mathrm{C}=2 \mathrm{~B}$, amplitude $=|\mathrm{B} \sqrt{2}|$.

C.

if $\mathrm{A}=\mathrm{B} ; \mathrm{C}=0$.

D.

if $\mathrm{A}=\mathrm{B} ; \mathrm{C}=2 \mathrm{~B}$, amplitude $=|\mathrm{B}|$