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PRAYAS (JEE)
Work, Energy and Power, Circular Motion DPP-01

Single Answer type Questions 4. A particle of mass m is moving in a circular

1. The block of mass M moving on the frictionless path of constant radius r such that its centripetal
horizontal surface collides with the spring of acceleration ac is varying with time t as a c = k2r
spring constant k and compresses it by length L. t2, where k is a constant. The power delivered to
Then, maximum momentum of the block after the particle by the force acting on it is
collision is (A) 2 mk2 r2 (B) mk2 r2t
(C) (mk4 r2 t5) / 3 (D) zero

5. A point mass m (neglect volume of the point

mass) is floating on the surface of water
contained by a vertical cylinder. The water is
(A) LMk upto height H. Due to leakage at bottom of the
(B) kL2 / 2m cylinder, total water spread out near bottom of
(C) Zero cylinder. The total mass of water is M. The
(D) ML2 / k work done by gravity is
H
2. A block attached with a spring is placed on a (A) Mg (B) (m  M ) gH
2
smooth horizontal surface. Now, the block and
 M H
free end A are projected with same speed v0 in (C)  m   gH (D) (m  M ) g
 2  2
opposite directions along the surface as shown
in the given figure below. The maximum
6. A particle is placed at the origin and a force F
elongation in the spring during subsequent
motion is = kx is acting on it, (where, k is a positive
constant). If U (0) = 0, the graph of U(x) versus
x will (where, U is the potential energy of
function).
2m 4m
(A) v0 (B) v0
k k
(A) (B)
m
(C) v0 (D) Insufficient data
k

3. A man weighing 60kg climbs a staircase

carrying a 20kg load on his hand. The staircase (C) (D)
has 20 steps and each step has height of 20 cm.
if he takes 20 s to climb, then find his power.
(A) 100 W (B) 160 W
(C) 200 W (D) 900 W
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7. A block of mass 1 kg is projected with initial

velocity (v0) of 10 m/s on a rough inclined
surface. The block moves up and comes back to
its initial position and stops. Find work done by
the friction on the block.

(A) 250 3 J (B) – 250 3 J

(C) 500 J (D) – 500 J

12. A particle moves in a straight line with

retardation proportional to its displacement. Its
(A) zero (B) –50 J loss of kinetic energy for any displacement x is
(C) – 100 J (D) 50 J proportional to
(A) x2 (B) ex
8. A ball of mass 10g is projected upward with an (C) x (D) loge x
initial velocity 10 m/s and comes back and
finally achieved a velocity of 5 m/s at the point 13. A bug crawls at a constant rate v0 along the
of projection. Find the work done by air spoke of a bicycle wheel of radius R, the bicycle
resistance. (neglect buoyancy force due to air) is moving with a speed u. Find the magnitude of
(A) 0.375 J (B) 0.275 J component of acceleration along the spoke in
(C) – 0.37d5 J (D) Zero the form of r, the distance from centre of wheel.
(A) ru2 / R2 (B) rv02 / R2
9. A spring of constant k = 5 × 103 N/m is r 2 2
stretched initially by 5 cm from the unstretched (C) (u  v0 ) (D) None of these
R2
position. Then, the work required to stretch it
further by another 5 cm is 14. A particle is moving with a velocity
(A) 12.50 N-m (B) 18.75 N-m v  k ( yiˆ  xjˆ), where k is a constant. The
(C) 25.00 N-m (D) 6.25 N-m general equation for its path is
(A) y = x2 + c (B) y2 = x + c
10. The work done on a particle of mass m by a (C) xy = c (D) y2 = x2 + c
force
  15. The situation shown in the figure, a ball of mass
x y
k 2 iˆ  2 ˆj N
2 3/2 
2 kg connected to a vertical revolving rod by
 ( x  y ) (x  y ) 
2 3/2
two light strings of length 2 m, each making an
(k is a constant of appropriate dimensions), angle of 45° with the rod. Both the rod and ball
when the particle is taken from the point (a, 0) are revolving with angular velocity of 10 rad/s.
to the point (0, a) along a circular path of radius The tension in upper string is
a about the origin in the XY – plane is
(A) 2k /a (B) k/ a
(C) k / 2a (D) zero

11. A block of mass 5 kg slides down on an inclined

plane of inclination 30° from a height of 10 m
from ground. The coefficient of friction between
the block and the inclined plane is 0.5. Find the
work done by friction on the block.
(A) 20 N (B) 40 N
(C) 50 N (D) zero
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(A) The maximum speed of the block during

More than one Answer type Questions motion is 102 m/s
16. A cyclist is moving on a circular path of radius (B) the block repeats its path continuously
3 m. the coefficient of friction between tyre (C) Total mechanical energy of the block
and ground is ms = 1/3. remains constant
(A) The maximum speed of cyclist to safe (D) The block will never reach at the point B
riding is 10 m/s 19. A car enters a turn whose radius is R. The road
(B) The maximum inclination with vertical is
is banked at an angle  and the coefficient of
30°
friction between wheels and road is . If car
(C) Friction provides required centripetal
does not skid sideways at any speed. For this
acceleration
condition which of the following combinations
(D) The line of action of net contact force is
is not possible
passing through the centre of gravity of
(A)  = 1,  = 45° (B)  = 0.5,  = 45°
cyclist system
(C)  = 0.6,  = 45° (D) tan = 
17. A block of mass 10 kg is pulled along a smooth
20. A block of mass 1 kg starts from rest on a
surface in the from of arc of radius 10m. The
straight road whose acceleration versus
applied force F is 200 N as shown in figure. If
displacement graph is shown in the figure. Find
the block starts from point A, then,
the increase in kinetic energy if speed increases
as it travels a distance 10m.

(A) the speed at point B is 15.7 m/s

(A) Non-zero (B) 20 J
(B) the speed at point B is 27 m/s
(C) 40 J (D) 50 J
(C) the work done by gravity during moving
from A to B is negative
21. Block A does not slide over block B. During
(D) the work done by tension on block is zero
motion,

18. A small block is released from rest from a

height of 10m on a smooth ramp. The block
does not fly off in air. (g = 10 m/s 2). Friction is
absent everywhere.
(A) the force of friction between blocks is
static friction
(B) the work done by friction on the block A is
negative
(C) the work done by friction on the block B is
positive
(D) if blocks A and B are taken as system, the
work done by friction on the system is zero
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22. A particle moves along X-axis. The force Fx 24. The force on a particle of mass m placed on
acting on it depends on position x of the particle smooth horizontal surface is F = (2x2 – 4)N
as shown in the figure. Then, directed along positive X-axis. The particle is
projected with minimum speed from x = 2 m
towards mean position along X-axis for crossing
the origin, then the kinetic energy at
(A) the origin must be zero
(B) the origin is non-zero
(C) x = 2 must be zero
(D) x = 2 m may be zero

25. A block of mass m is pushed up on smooth

(A) the work done by the force Fx for a irregular inclined plane by applying force F 0
displacement from x = 0 to x = 5 m is 250J along the tangent on the path of the block.
(B) the work done by the force Fx for a During moving of block from A to B,
displacement from x = 0 to x = 10 m is zero
(C) the work done by the force Fx for a
displacement from x = 5 to x = 10 m is –
250J
(D) None of the above

23. In previous problem, the particle is projected (A) the work done by applied force F is mgh if
with minimum speed from x = 2m towards block is moving slowly
mean position along X-axis for crossing the (B) the work done by applied force F is more
origin, then than mgh if the speed of block at B is
(A) the minimum initial kinetic energy is greater than that of point A
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 2  1) (C) the work done by applied force is lesser
than mgh if the speed of block at B is
(B) the minimum kinetic energy at origin is lesser than that of point A
8 2 (D) the applied force F is non-conservative in
just greater than J
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(C) the minimum kinetic energy at x = 2m is
just greater than zero
(D) All of the above
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ANSWER KEY
1. (A)
2. (B)
3. (B)
4. (B)
5. (C)
6. (A)
7. (B)
8. (C)
9. (B)
10. (D)
11. (B)
12. (A)
13. (A)
14. (D)
15. (A)
16. (A, B, C, D)
17. (A, C)
18. (A, B, C, D)
19. (A, D)
20. (A, D)
21. (A, B, C, D)
22. (A, B, C)
23. (A, B, C)
24. (B, C)
25. (A, B, C, D)

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