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ADDITIONAL EXERCISE
ON
WORK, ENERGY & POWER
1. Consider a pendulum, consisting of a massless string with a mass on
the end. The mass is held with the string horizontal, and then released. q cut
The mass swings down, and then on its way back up, the string is cut
at point P when it makes an angle of q with the vertical. What should q
P
be, so that the mass travels the largest horizontal distance from P by the
time it returns to the height it had when the string was cut?

æ 1 ö -1 æ 1 ö –1
(A) tan -1 3 (B) tan -1 ç ÷ (C) tan ç ÷ (D) tan (1)
è 3ø è 2ø
2. A uniform chain has a mass M and length L. It is placed on a frictionless table with length l0 hanging
over the edge. The chain begins to slide down. The speed V with which the chain slides away from
the edge is given by

gl 0 gl 0 g 2 2
(A) V =
L
( L + l 0 ) (B) V =
L
( L - l 0 ) (C) V =
L
( L - l 0 ) (D) V = 2 g ( L - l 0 )
3. A ring of mass m slides from rest on the smooth rod as shown in the figure,
due to the block of mass m. Pulley and string are massless. Then find
the speed of ring when the string become straight. (Given q = 60°)
(A) 4 gh (B) 2gh

(C) 2 2gh (D) 8 gh

4. System shown in the figure is released from rest when spring is unstretched. Pulley and
spring is massless and friction is absent everywhere. The speed of 5 kg block when
2kg block leaves the contact with ground is (Take force constant of spring k = 40 N/
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m and g =10 m/s2)

(A) 2 m/s (B) 2 2 m/s (C) 2 m/s (D) 4 2 m/s
5. A block of mass 10 kg is released on a fixed wedge inside a cart which is moved with
constant velocity 10 m/s towards right. Take initial velocity of block with respect
to cart zero. Then work done by normal reaction on block in two second in
ground frame will be: ( g = 10 m/s2)
(A) zero (B) 960 J
(C) 1200 J (D) none of these
6. Two springs, S1 and S2, have negligible masses and the spring constant of S1 is 1/3 that of S2.
When a block is being hanged from the springs as shown above and the springs slowly
come to equilibrium again, the ratio of the potential energy stored in S1 to the S2 is :
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/3 (C)1 (D) 3
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7. Power delivered to a body varies as P = 3t . Find out the change in kinetic energy of the body from
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t = 2 to t = 4 sec.
(A) 12 J (B) 56 J (C) 24 J (D) 36 J
8. Potential energy and position for a conservative force are plotted in graph shown. Then force position
graph can be

(A) (B) (C) (D)

9. A bead of mass 5kg is free to slide on the horizontal rod AB. They are
connected to two identical springs of natural length h m as shown. If
initially bead was at O & M is vertically below L then, velocity of bead
at point N will be
(A) 5h m/s
(B) 40h/3 m/s
(C) 8h m/s
(D) none of these
10. Block A in the figure is released from rest when the extension in the spring is x0. K

The maximum downwards displacement of the block is

Mg Mg 2Mg 2Mg A M
(A) - x0 (B) + x0 (C) - x0 (D) + x0
2K 2K K K
11. A skier plans to ski a smooth fixed hemisphere of radius R. He starts from rest
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from a curved smooth surface of height (R/4). The angle q at which he leaves
the hemisphere is
(A) cos–1 (2/3) (B) cos–1 (5/ 3 )

(C) cos–1 (5/6) (D) cos–1 (5/ 2 3 )

12. A simple pendulum swings with angular amplitude q. The tension in the string when it is vertical is
twice the tension in its extreme position. Then, cos q is equal to :-
(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 the upper disc is m and that of
the lower disc is 3m. The upper block is depressed down from its equilibrium position
by a distance d = 5mg/K and released at t = 0. Find the velocity of ‘m’ when normal
reaction on 3m is mg.
(A) zero (B) g[m/K]1/2 (C) 2g[m/K]1/2 (D) 4g[m/K]1/2
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14. 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- [AIEEE-2006]
(A) – 0.5 J (B) –1.25 J (C) 1.25 J (D) 0.5 J
15. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown vertically upwards by applying a force by hand. If the hand moves
0.2m while applying the force and the ball goes upto 2m height further, find the magnitude of the
force. Consider g = 10 m/s2 : [AIEEE-2006]
(A) 4 N (B) 16 N (C) 20 N (D) 22 N
æ x4 x2 ö
16. The potential energy of a 1 kg particle free to move along the x-axis is given by V(x) = ç - ÷ J.
è 4 2 ø
The total mechanical energy of the particle is 2 J. Then, the maximum speed (in m/s) is-
[AIEEE-2006]
(A) 3/ 2 (B) 2 (C) 1/ 2 (D) 2
17. 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- [AIEEE-2006]
Mg
(A) Mg( 2 + 1) (B) Mg 2 (C) (D) Mg ( 2 – 1)
2
18. A 2 kg block slides on a horizontal floor with a speed of 4 m/s. It strikes an uncompressed spring, and
compresses it till the block is motionless. The kinetic friction force is 15 N and spring constant is 10,
000 N/m. The spring compresses by :- [AIEEE-2007]
(A) 5.5 cm (B) 2.5 cm (C) 11.0 cm (D) 8.5 cm
19. STATEMENT-1
A block of mass m starts moving on a rough horizontal surface with a velocity v. It stops due to
friction between the block and the surface after moving through a certain distance. The surface is now
tilted to an angle of 30° with the horizontal and the same block is made to go up on the surface with
the same initial velocity v. The decrease in the mechanical energy in the second situation is smaller
than that in the first situation. [IIT-JEE 2007]
because
STATEMENT-2
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The coefficient of friction between the block and the surface decreases with the increase in the angle
of inclination.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
20. A particle is travelling in a straight line. The potential energy of particle is given by U = 7x2 – x3
where energy is in joule when the position of particle x is in meters. At a certain instant the particle is
at x = 1m, with total energy E = 36 joules and moving towards +x-axis:-
(A) At the given instant kinetic energy of the particle is decreasing
(B) At the given instant kinetic energy of the 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.

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21. A block of mass m is connected to a spring of spring constant k and kept over a rough surface having

æ 2mmg ö
coefficient of friction µ as shown. Initially spring is compressed by a value d ç d > ÷ :-
è k ø

k
m
µ

(A) There can be more than one value of d for which system can loose its total mechanical energy
(B) There can be only one value of d for which system can loose its total mechanical energy
(C) Values of d for which system can loose its entire mechanical energy are in AP
(D) Values of d for which system can loose its entire mechanical energy are in GP
22. Initially spring are in natural length. An application of external varying force F causes the block to
move slowly distance x towards wall on smooth floor :

S1 S2
k1 k2
F
m
Smooth

Column-I Column-II
(A) Work done by S2 on block (P) zero

1æ k k ö
(B) Work done by S2 on S1 (Q) - çç 1 2 ÷÷ x 2
2 è k1 + k 2 ø

1 æ k1k 2 ö 2
(C) Work done by F on block (R) ç ÷x
2 çè k1 + k 2 ÷ø

1 k1k 22 x 2
(D) Work done by S1 on wall (S)
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23. A wedge is placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Wedge contains a circular quadrant of radius 25
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cm as shown. An insect crawls on the circular part with a constant speed m / s . A force F is applied
2
on the wedge, so that it does not move. Find the value of F in newton when radial line of position of
insect makes an angle 60° with horizontal.

60°

F
2kg

wedge

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24. A block of mass m = kg is kept on a rough horizontal plane. Friction coefficient is m = 0.75. The
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work done by minimum force required to drag the block along the plane by a distance 5 m, is W joule,
then find the value of W.
25. The ball of mass m is connected to an elestic string force constant of spring constant K = mg/L
through an inextensible string as shown. Find

K=mg/L
m

L/2

(a) The maximum velocity of mass m during fall.

(b) The maximum potential energy stored in the spring during the fall.
26. An athlete in the Olympic games covers distance of 100 m in 10 s. His kinetic energy can be estimated
to be in the range :- [AIEEE-2008]
(A) 200 J – 500 J (B) 2 × 10 J – 3 × 10 J
5 5

(C) 2 × 10 J – 3 × 10 J
4 4
(D) 2 × 103 J – 5 × 103 J
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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)
11. Ans. (C) 12. Ans. (D) 13. Ans. (D) 14. Ans. (B) 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 23. Ans. 1 24. Ans. 8
25. Ans. (a) 3gL , (b) mgL [2 + 3] 26. Ans. (D)

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