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ADDITIONAL EXERCISE
ON
WORK, ENERGY & POWER
(onsider a pendulum, consisting ofa massless string with a mass on
the end. The mass is hekd with the string horizontal. and then
mass swingsdown. and then on its way back up. thc
released. The
string is cut at pointP 0cut
when it makes an ange off with the vertical. What should Obe,
so that the
mass travcls the largest horizontal
the height it had when the string distance from Pby the time it returns to
was cut?
(A) tan' 3 (B)tan (C) tan (D) tan (l)
2. Auniform chain hasa mass Mand length L. It is
placed on a frictionless table with length , hanging over
theedge. The chain begins to siide down. The speed Vwith which
given by the chain slides away from the edge iS

(A) V=3(L+ 44) (B) V-(L-,)

3. L
A ring ofmass mslides from rest on the
smooth rod
c)V=-) (0)V= 2eL-t4)
due to the block ofmass m. Pulley and string are as shown in the figure, B
massless. Then find the
speed of ring when the string become straight. (Given
=60°)
(A) 4Jgh (B) 2gh
(C) 2/2gh (D) 8gh |m
4. System shown in the figure is released from rest when spring is
spring is massless and friction is absent everywhere. The speedunstretched. Pulley and
of5 kg block when 2kg
block leavesthecontact with ground is (Take force constant
ofspring k=40 N/m and
g10m/s
(A) 2 m's (B) 2V2 m/s (C) 2 m/s (D)4V2 m/s
5. A biock ofmass 10 kg is released on a fixed wedge inside a
cart which is moved with
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constant velocity 1) m/s towards right. Take initialvelocity ofblock with respect to >10 ms
cart zero. Then work done by normal reaction onblock in two
second in ground
frarne will be:(g=10m/s)
(Aj zerO (B) 960 J (C) 1200J (D) none ofthese
Two springs, S,and S, have negligible masses and the spring constant ofS, is
1/3 that ofS,,
When a block is being hanged from the springs as shown above and the springs slowly
come
tocquilibrium again, the ratio ofthe potential energy stored in S, to the S, is : S
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/3 (C)1 (D) 3
7 Power delivered to a body varies as P=3t'. Find out the change in kinetic energy ofthe body
fromt =2
to t 4 sec.
(A) 12J (B) 56 J (C) 24 J (D) 36J

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9. Abead ofmass Skg is free to slide on the horizontal rod

AB. They are
Ifinitially
connected to two identical springs ofnatural length hm as shown.
K- 1000 N/m

bead was at O& Mis vertically below Lthen, velocity ofbead at point N AN
willbe h
(A)Sh m/s K= 1000 N/m
(B)40h/3 m/s
(C) 8h ms
(D) noneofthese K

10. Block A in the figure is released from rest when the extension in the spring is x,
The maximum downwards displacement ofthe block is
2Mg + Xo
(A)
2K
Mg
-Xo (B) 2K (C) K -Xo 2Mg. (D) K

11. Askier plans to ski a smooth fixed hemisphere ofradius R. He starts from rest
from acurved smooth surface ofheight (R/4). The angle 0at which he leaves the
hemisphere is
(A) cos' (2/3) (B) cos' (5/W3 ) (C) cos'(5/6) (D) cos' (5/2V3)
12. Asimple pendulum swings with angular amplitude 0. The tension in the string when it is vertical is twice the
tension in its extreme position. Then, cos is equalto:
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C)2/3 (D)3/4
13. In the figure shown the spring constant is K. The mass of theupper disc is mand that of
the lower disc is 3m. The upper block is depressed down from its equilibrium position by
adistance8= 5mg/K and released at t =0. Find the velocity of'm' when normal reaction
on 3m is mg. Sm

(A) zero (B) g[m/K]"2 (C) 2g[m/Ka

14. Aparticle ofmass 100g is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of5 m/s. (D) 4g[m/K]V2
The work done by the force
of gravityduring the time the particle goes up is
(A) - 0.5 J
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(B) -1.25J (C) 1L25 J (D) 0.5J
15. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown vertically upwards by
applyinga force by
while applying the force and the ball goes upto 2m height further, find the hand. Ifthe hand moves 0.2m
g=10 m/s2: magnitude ofthe force. Consider
(A)4 N (B) 16 N JAIEEE-2006)
(C) 20 N (D) 22 N
16. The potential energy ofa Ikg particle free to move along
the x-axis is given by V(x) =- -JJ. The
total mechanicalenergy ofthe particle is 2J. Then, the 4 2
maximum speed (in m/s) is JAIEEE-2006]
(A)3/ J2 (B) V2
2 (C) / /2 (D) 2
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17. Amass of M
kg is suspendedbya weightless string. The horizontalforce that is required to|AIEEE-2006]
displace tu
the string makes an angle of45° with the initialvertical direction is
Mg
(A) Mgly2 +l) (B)Mg V2 (C) (D) Mg (V2 -1)
18. A2kg block slides on a horizontal floor with a speed of4 m/s. It strikes an uncompressed spring
compresses it till the block is motionless. The kinetic friction force is 15 Nand spring constant is l0.0
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Nm. The spring compresses by :
(A) 5.5 cm (B) 2.5 cm (C) L0 cm (D) 8.5 cm
19. STATEMENT-1
Ablock of mass z starts moving on arough horizontal surface with avelocity v. It stops due to friction
betwcen the block and thc surfaceaftcr movingthrough a cetaindistance. The surface is now tilted to an
angle of 30° with the horizontal and the samc block is made to u0 up on the surface with the same Initia
velocityv. Thedecrease in the mechanical cnerpy in the second situation is smaller than that in the first
situation.
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because
STATEMENT-2
The coeflicient offriction between the block and thesurface decrcases wvith theincrease in the angle of
inclinaticon.
(A) Statement-1 is Truc. Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is acorrectexplanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-Iis Iruc, Statement-2 is Truc: Statement-2 is NOT acorrect cxplanation for Statement-I
(C) Statement-l is True, Statement-2 is False
(D)Statement-I is False, Statement-2 is True
20. Aparticle is travelling in astraight line. The potential encrgy of particle is given by U= 7x'- x' where
energy is in joule when thc position ofparticle x is in meters. At a certain instant the particle is at x = Im,
with total energy E =36joules and moving towards tx-axis:
(A)A the given instant kinetic energy ofthe part icle is decreasing
(B) At the given instant kinetic energy ofthe particle is increasing
(C)Forbidden regions (locations where particle can not be found) are x<-2m and 3m<x<6m.
(D) Forbidden regions (locations where particle can not be found) is -2m <x <6m.
21. Ablock of' massmis connected to a spring ofspring constant kand kept over a rough surface having
coetlicient of riction uasshown. Initially spring is compresscd by avalue d k

(A)'There can be more than one value ofdfor which systemcanloose its totalmechanical energy
(B) There can be only one value ofd for which system can loose its total mechanical energy
(C) Values ofd for which system can loose its entire mechanical energy are in AP
(D)Values ofd for which system can loose itsentire mechanical energy are in GP
22. Initially spring are in natural length. An application ofexternal varying forcc l' causes the block to move
slowly distance x towards wall on smooth floor :

S, S,
k
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23. Avdge is plCnt ona soooth borizontal surtiee, Wedye contains acireular quadantoradius25 emas
shown, An insect eraws onthe wivular part with a costaut specd / ,Alorce Fis upplied on the
vaBge, s that it does notnove, Find the vahue of in newton when ralallinc ofpoitionotect nmke
n ange o("with horizontal.

Wedge

24. Ablock otnass nkg is kept on arough horizontalplane. rictincoctlicicnt isu -0,75. The work
done hy mininum tove requircdtodrag the block along the planc by a distanee So, is Wjoule, then ind
the valucoW.
25. The all ofuss nn is cometedto anclestie string toree constant ofspring constnt K -nnp/ltroughan
inextensitble string as shown. Find
K-u/L
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(a) The maximum veocity ofmuss n during lull.

(b) The naximum potentialenergy stored in the spring during the fall.
26. An athlete in the Olympic games coversdistanecc of'|00 min l0s.Ilis kinet ic enerycan be cst imated to
be in the range : |AIEEE-2008|
(A) 200J- S00 J (B) 2 x I0'J 3x I0°J
(C)2x 0J-3x 10'J (D) 2 × |0'J-5 x |0'J

Additional Questions Answer key

1. Ans. (C) 2. Ans. (C) 3. Ans. (B) 4. Ans. (B) 5. Ans. (B)
6. Ans. (D) 7. Ans, (B) 8. Ans. (D) 9. Ans. (A) 10, Ans. (A)
1. Ans. (C) 12. Ans. (D) 13. Ans. (D) 14. Ans. (3) 15. Ans. (D)
16. Ans. (A) 17. Ans. (D) 18. Ans. (A) 19. Ans. (C) 20. Ans. (A, C)
21. Ans. (A, C) 22. Ans. (A)-Q (B)-S (C)-R (D)-P 2.3. Ans. 1 24. Ans, 8
| 25. Ans. (a) /3gl,(b) mgl. [2 + J3| 26. Ans. (D)
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