Q.

35 The ratio of period of oscillation of the conical pendulum to that of the simple pendulum is :
(Assume the strings are of the same length in the two cases and q is the angle made by the string
with the vertical in case of conical pendulum)
(A) cos q (B)
q cos
(C) 1 (D) none of these
Q.36 A conical pendulum is moving in a circle with angular velocity w as shown. If
tension in the string is T, which of following equations are correct ?
(A) T = mw
2
l (B) T sinq = mw
2
l
(C) T = mg cosq (D) T = mw
2
l sinq
Q.37 A car travelling on a smooth road passes through a curved portion of the
road in form of an arc of circle of radius 10 m. If the mass of car is 500 kg,
the reaction on car at lowest point P where its speed is 20 m/s is
(A) 35 kN (B) 30 kN (C) 25 kN (D) 20 kN
Q.38 A particle is moving along the circle x
2
+ y
2

= a
2
in anticlockwise direction. The xy plane is a
rough horizontal stationary surface. At the point (a cosq, a sinq), the unit vector in the direction of
friction on the particle is:
(A)
j

sin i

cos q + q
(B)
( ) j

sin i

cos q + q -
(C)
j

cos i

sin q - q
(D)
j

sin i

cos q - q
Q.39 A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed v
0
in time t
0
. The work done on the
body till any time t is
(A)
2
1
mv
0
2

2
0
2
t
t
(B)
2
1
mv
0
2

t
t
0
(C) mv
0
2

0
t
t
(D) mv
0
2
3
0
t
t

Q.40 A man who is running has half the kinetic energy of the boy of half his mass. The man speeds up
b y
1 m/s and then has the same kinetic energy as the boy. The original speed of the man was
(A) 2 m/s (B) ( 2 1) m/s (C) 2 m/s (D) ( 2 + 1) m/s
Q.41 The work done in joules in increasing the extension of a spring of stiffness 10 N/cm from 4 cm to 6
cm is:
(A) 1 (B) 10 (C) 50 (D) 100
Q.42 A body with mass 2 kg moves in one direction in the presence of a force
which is described by the potential energy graph. If the body is released
from rest at x = 2m, then its speed when it crosses x = 5 m is
(A) zero (B) 1 ms
1

(C) 2 ms
1
(D) 3 ms
1
Q.43 A block of mass m is hung vertically from an elastic thread of force constant mg/a. Initially the
thread was at its natural length and the block is allowed to fall freely. The kinetic energy of the
block when it passes through the equilibrium position will be :
(A) mga (B) mga/2 (C) zero (D) 2mga
Q.44 The work done in one revolution on a particle performing uniform circular motion is zero because
:
(A) the net displacement is zero (B) the force is not real
(C) the force is zero (D) the force is perpendicular to the displacement at every
instant
Q.45 A light spring of length 20 cm and force constant 200 N/m is placed vertically on a table.A small
block of mass 1 kg falls on it. The length h from the surface of the table at which the ball will have
the maximum velocity is
(A) 20 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 5 cm
Q.46 When a conservative force does positive work on a body
(A) the potential energy increases (B) the potential energy decreases
(C) total energy increases (D) total energy decreases
Q.47 The P.E. of a certain spring when stretched from natural length through a distance 0.3 m is 10 J.
The amount of work in joule that must be done on this spring to stretch it through an additional
d i s t a n c e
0.15 m will be
(A) 10 J (B) 20 J (C) 7.5 J (D) 12.5 J
Q.48 A rope of length l and mass m is connected to a chain of length l
and mass 2m and hung vertically as shown in figure. What is the
change in gravitational potential energy if the system is inverted
and hung from same point.
(A) mgl (B) 4mgl (C) 3mgl (D) 2mgl
Q.49 In the figure shown all the surfaces are frictionless, and mass of the block,
m = 1 kg. The block and wedge are held initially at rest. Now wedge is
given a horizontal acceleration of 10 m/s
2
by applying a force on the wedge,
so that the block does not slip on the wedge. Then work done by the normal
force in ground frame on the block in 3 seconds is
(A) 30 J (B) 60 J
(C) 150 J (D) 100 3 J
Paragraph for question nos. 50 to 52
A boy jumps off with negligible velocity from the top of tower. He has tied an elastic string (k =
100 N/m) to his leg before jumping to avoid injury. Neglect his dimensions, take natural length of
string as 60 m. Height of Tower is 100 m.
Q.50 What is the height from ground when his acceleration becomes zero ?
(A) 20m (B) 25m (C) 35m (D) 30m
Q.51 At what height from ground does he stop for the first time :
(A) 10m (B) 20m (C) 15m (D) 25 m
Q.52 What is his acceleration at that time ?
(A) g (B) g - (C) 5g - (D) 3g -