Work, Power & Energy

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Q576 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A particle suspended from a fixed point, by a light inextensible thread of length L is projected horizontally from its lowest position with velocity $\sqrt{\frac{7gL}{2}}$ . The string will slack after swinging through an angle $\theta$ , such that $\theta$ equals
A.
$30^{\circ}$
B.
$135^{\circ}$
C.
$120^{\circ}$
D.
$150^{\circ}$
Q577 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A man pulls a bucket of water from a depth of $h$ from a well. If the mass of the rope and that of bucket full of water are $m$ and $M$ respectively, the work done by the man is
A.
$(M + m)gh$
B.
$\left(M + \frac{m}{2}\right)gh$
C.
$\left(\frac{M + m}{2}\right)gh$
D.
$\left(\frac{M}{2} + m\right)gh$
Q578 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
v-t graph of an object of mass 2 kg is shown. Select the incorrect statement
A.
The average acceleration of the object is zero
B.
The average velocity of the object is zero
C.
The average force on the object is zero
D.
Work done on the object in $30\mathrm{s}$ is zero
Q579 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A body of mass 2 kg, initially at rest, is acted upon simultaneously by two forces, one of 4 N and the other of 3 N, acting at right angles to each other. The kinetic energy of the body after 20 s is
A.
500 J
B.
1250 J
C.
2500 J
D.
5000 J
Q580 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
Power supplied to a particle of mass 2 kg varies with time t (in second) as $P = \frac{3t^{2}}{2}$ W. If velocity of particle at t = 0 is v = 0. The velocity of particle at time t = 2 s will be
A.
$1 \, ms^{-1}$
B.
$2 \, ms^{-1}$
C.
$2\sqrt{2} \, ms^{-1}$
D.
$4 \, ms^{-1}$
Q581 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A particle of mass m is projected with velocity u at an angle $\alpha$ with horizontal. During the period when the particle descends from highest point to the position where its velocity vector makes an angle $\frac{\alpha}{2}$ with horizontal. Work done by gravity force is
A.
$\frac{1}{2}mu^{2}\tan^{2}\alpha$
B.
$\frac{1}{2}m^{2}\tan^{2}\frac{\alpha}{2}$
C.
$\frac{1}{2}mu^{2}\cos^{2}\alpha\tan^{2}\frac{\alpha}{2}$
D.
$\frac{1}{2}mu^{2}\cos^{2}\frac{\alpha}{2}\sin^{2}\alpha$
Q582 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A uniform rod of length 1 m and mass 100 g is pivoted at one end and is hanging vertically. It is displaced through $60^{\circ}$ from the vertical. The increase in its potential energy is $(g = 10 \, \text{ms}^{-2})$
A.
0.25 J
B.
0.5 J
C.
0.75 J
D.
1.0 J
Q583 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A running man has half the kinetic energy of a boy of half his mass. The man speeds up by $1.0 \, ms^{-1}$ and then has the same kinetic energy as the boy. The original speed of the boy was
A.
$2.4 \, ms^{-1}$
B.
$9.6 \, ms^{-1}$
C.
$4.8 \, ms^{-1}$
D.
$7.2 \, ms^{-1}$
Q584 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity $v_{0}$ in time $t_{0}$ . The instantaneous power delivered to the body at any time t is
A.
$\frac{mv_{0}t}{t_{0}}$
B.
$\frac{mv_{0}^{2}t}{t_{0}}$
C.
$\frac{mv_{0}t^{2}}{t_{0}}$
D.
$\frac{mv_{0}^{2}}{t_{0}^{2}}t$
Q585 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
One end of a spring of natural length h and spring constant k is fixed at the ground and the other is fitted with a smooth ring of mass m which is allowed to slide on a horizontal rod fixed at a height h. Initially the spring makes an angle of $37^{\circ}$ with the vertical when the system is released from rest. The speed of the ring when the spring becomes vertical is
A.
$\sqrt {\frac {k}{m}}$
B.
$\frac {h}{2} \sqrt {\frac {k}{m}}$
C.
$\frac {h}{3} \sqrt {\frac {k}{m}}$
D.
$\frac {h}{4} \sqrt {\frac {k}{m}}$
Q586 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
The force acting on a particle moving along x-axis varies with the position of the particle as shown in the figure. The particle is in stable equilibrium at
A.
$x = x_{1}$
B.
$x = x_{2}$
C.
both $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$
D.
neither $x_{1}$ nor $x_{2}$
Q587 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
Two masses $m_{1}$ and $m_{2}(m_{2}>m_{1})$ are positioned as shown in figure, $m_{1}$ being on the ground and $m_{2}$ at a height h above the ground. When $m_{2}$ is released, the speed at which it hits the ground will be
A.
$\sqrt{\frac{2ghm_1}{m_2}}$
B.
$\sqrt{\frac{2gh(m_1 - m_2)}{(m_1 + m_2)}}$
C.
$\sqrt{\frac{2gh(m_1 + m_2)}{(m_1 - m_2)}}$
D.
$\sqrt{\frac{2gh(m_2 - m_1)}{(m_1 + m_2)}}$
Q588 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A block of mass m slides down a rough inclined plane of inclination $\theta$ with horizontal with zero initial velocity. The coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is $\mu$ with $\theta > \tan^{-1}(\mu)$ . The rate of work done by the force of friction at time t is
A.
$\mu mg^{2}t\sin\theta$
B.
$mg^{2}t(\sin\theta-\mu\cos\theta)$
C.
$\mu mg^{2}t\cos\theta(\sin\theta-\mu\cos\theta)$
D.
$\mu mg^{2}t\cos\theta$
Q589 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A small block slides with velocity $v_{0}=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{gr}$ on the horizontal frictionless surface as shown in the figure. The block leaves the surface at point C. The angle $\theta$ in the figure is
A.
$\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{4}{9}\right)$
B.
$\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)$
C.
$\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$
D.
None of the above
Q590 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A vertical spring of force constant $100 \, Nm^{-1}$ is attached with a hanging mass of 10 kg. Now an external force is applied slowly on the mass so that the spring is stretched by additional 2 m. The work done by the force F is (Take $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ )
A.
200 J
B.
400 J
C.
450 J
D.
600 J
Q591 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A child on a swing is 1 m above the ground at the lowest point and 6 m above the ground at the highest point. The horizontal speed of the child at the lowest point of the swing is approximately
A.
$8 \, ms^{-1}$
B.
$10 \, ms^{-1}$
C.
$12 \, ms^{-1}$
D.
$14 \, ms^{-1}$
Q592 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A force $F$ acting on a body depends on its displacement $x$ as $F \propto x^{-\frac{1}{3}}$ . The power delivered by $F$ will depend on displacement as
A.
$x^{\frac{2}{3}}$
B.
$x^{-\frac{5}{3}}$
C.
$x^{\frac{1}{2}}$
D.
$x^{0}$
Q593 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
Two conservative forces $\vec{F}_1$ and $\vec{F}_2$ act on an object. The relation between $W_1$ and $W_2$ , where $W_1 = \oint (\vec{F}_1 + \vec{F}_2) \cdot d\vec{l}$ and $W_2 = \oint (\vec{F}_1 - \vec{F}_2) \cdot d\vec{l}$
A.
$W_1 > W_2$
B.
$W_1 = W_2 \neq 0$
C.
$W_1 = W_2 = 0$
D.
$W_1 < W_2$
Q594 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A smooth sphere of radius R is made to translate in a straight line with a constant acceleration whose magnitude is equal to the value of acceleration due to gravity. A particle kept on the top of the sphere is released from there with zero velocity with respect to the sphere. The speed of particle with respect to the sphere as a function of angle $\theta$ with the vertical, as it slides down is
A.
$\frac{\sqrt{Rg(\sin\theta+\cos\theta)}}{2}$
B.
$\sqrt{Rg(1+\cos\theta-\sin\theta)}$
C.
$\sqrt{4Rg\sin\theta}$
D.
$\sqrt{2Rg(1+\sin\theta-\cos\theta)}$
Q595 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A 100 kg drop hammer H is operated by a motor. It falls from a height of 9 m on thick nail N which is to be driven into the hard block. The hammer has to be lifted to height of 9 m in 12 s with constant velocity. If the efficiency of the motor is assumed to be 80%, the power required by the motor is approximately
A.
0.49 kW
B.
4.9 kW
C.
0.94 kW
D.
6 kW
Q596 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A block of mass 1 kg is attached to one end of a spring of force constant $k = 20 \, Nm^{-1}$ . The other end of the spring is attached to a fixed rigid support. This spring block system is made to oscillate on a rough horizontal surface having $\mu = 0.04$ . The initial displacement of the block from the equilibrium position is $a = 30 \, cm$ . The number of times the block passes from the mean position before coming to rest is $(g = 10 \, \text{ms}^{-2})$
A.
15
B.
11
C.
7
D.
6
Q597 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A motor has an electrical input of 30 kJ and is used to raise a 100 kg load to a height of 25 m when fitted to a crane winch. What is the efficiency of winch? $\left(g = 10 \, \text{ms}^{-2}\right)$
A.
7.5%
B.
75%
C.
83.3%
D.
0.75%
Q598 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
A block of mass m is attached to the two springs in vertical plane as shown in the figure. If initially both the springs are at their natural lengths. Then velocity of the block is maximum at displacement x given as x is the displacement of the block from its initial position.
A.
$x = \frac{mg}{2k}$
B.
$x = \frac{mg}{k}$
C.
$x = \frac{mg}{4k}$
D.
$x = \frac{3mg}{2k}$
Q599 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
Three similar cubical slabs each of mass m and edge b are lying on ground. Work done to arrange them one over the other is
A.
1.5mgb
B.
2mgb
C.
3mgb
D.
4mgb
Q600 Advance SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS MCQ
The potential energy function for the force between two atoms in a diatomic molecule can be expressed approximately as $U = \frac{a}{x^{12}} - \frac{b}{x^6}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are positive constants and $x$ is the distance between atoms. The dissociation energy (the energy needed to break up the molecule into separated atoms to infinity) is
A.
$\frac{b^2}{2a}$
B.
$\frac{b^2}{a}$
C.
$\frac{b^2}{4a}$
D.
$\frac{4b^2}{a}$