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Physics
Topic : Work, Energy and Power
Assignment : 5 (NTSE/IIT-Foundation)
1. When a light and a heavy body have equal K.E, then which one has a greater momentum?
(a) light body (b) heavy body
(c) both have equal momentum (d) Uncertain
2. In SI system, the unit of P.E. is
(a) erg (b) dyne-cm (c) J (d) None of these
3. Kilowatt hour (kWh) represents the unit of
(a) power (b) impulse (c) momentum (d) none of these
4. When speed of a motor car increases six times, then kinetic energy increases by
(a) 6 times (b) 36 times (c) 12 times (d) 24 times
5. 1 kWh equals
(a) 36 × 102 Joules (b) 36 × 104 Joules (c) 3.6 × 106 Joules (d) None of these
6. When speed of the moving object is doubled its
(a) acceleration is doubled (b) momentum becomes four times more
(c) K.E. is increased to four times (d) potential energy is increased
7. When time taken to complete a given a amount of work increases, then
(a) Power increases (b) power decreases (c) energy increases (d) energy decreases
8. When the four applied and the displacement of the body are inclined at 90° With each other,
then work done is
(a) infinite (b) maximum (c) zero (d) unity
9. The K.E. of a body in increased most by doubling its
(a) mass (b) weight (c) speed (d)density
10. The energy required to raise a given volume of water from a well can be
(a) mega watts (b) mega newton (c) mega joules (d) kilo watts
11. The slope of kinetic-energy-displacement curve of a particle in motion is
(a) equal to the acceleration of the particle (b) inversely proportional to the acceleration
(c) directly proportional to the acceleration (d) none of these
12. If a force F is applied on a body and it moves with velocity v, then power will be
F F
(a) F × v (b) 2
(c) (d) F �v2
v v
13. The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension, under the action of a constant force,
is related to the time t by the equation t = x + 3
where x is in metres and t in seconds
The displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero, is
(a) 0 (b) 6 m (c) 12 m (d) 18 m

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14. The relationship between force and position is shown in the figure (in one dimensional case).
Work done by the force is displacing a body from x = 1 cm to x = 5 cm is

(a) 700 ergs (b) 70 ergs (c) 60 ergs (d) 20 ergs

15. Work done by a centripetal force
(a) increase by decreasing the radius of the circle (b) decreases by
increasing the radius of the circle
(c) increases by increasing the mass of the body (d) is always zero
16. A 1 kg mass falls from a height of 10 m into a sand box. What is the speed of the mass just
before hitting the sand box? If it travels a distance of 2 cm into the sand before coming to rest,
what is the average retarding force?
(a) 12 m/sec and 3600 N (b) 14 m/sec and 4900 N
(c) 16 m/sec and 6400 N (d) 18 m/sec and 8100 N
17. Work done in moving a 50 kg block through a horizontal distance of 10 m by applying a force of
100N which makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal is
(a) 200 joules (b) 425 joules (c) 500 joules (d) 575 joules
18. A particle of mass 4 m which is at rest and explodes into three fragments. Two of the fragments
each of mass m are found to move with a speed v in mutually perpendicular directions. The
total energy released in the explosion is
1 2 3
(a) 2mv2 (b) mv (c) mv2 (d) mv2
2 2
19. kWh is the unit of
(a) force (b) power (c) time (d) energy
20. A man throws the bricks to the height of 12 m where they reach with a speed of 12 m/s. If
throws the bricks such that they just reach this height, then what percentage of energy will he
save?
(a) 19% (b) 38% (c) 57% (d) 76%
21. The potential energy of a certain spring when stretched through a distance ‘S’ is 10 joules. The
amount of work (in joule) that must be done on this spring to stretch it through an additional
distance ‘S’ will be
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) 20

22. Two bodies with masses MA and MB are moving with equal kinetic energy. Their linear momenta
are numerically in a ratio |PA |: |PB | , will be
(a) MB : MA (b) MA : MB (c) MA : MB (c) M2A : MB2

23. A ball is allowed to fall from a height of 10 m. If there is 40% loss of energy due to impact, then
after one impact ball will go upto
(a) 10 m (b) 8 m (c) 4 m (d) 6 m
24. Mechanical work done is equal to (symbols have their usual meanings)
F
(a) W = (b) W = FS (c) W = F + S (d) W = F �S
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25. A body at rest can have

(a) speed (b) energy (c) momentum (d) velocity
26. A car of mass 2000 kg is to be stopped from a speed of 72 km/hr. If the coefficient of friction
between tyres an road is 0.4, then distance traveled before coming to rest is (g = 10 m/s 2)
(a) 25 m (b) 50 m (c) 75 m (d) 100 m
27. Which of the following physical quantity is different from others?
(a) Work (b) Kinetic energy (c) Force (d) Potential energy
28. When a body is whirled in a circle, then work done on it is
(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) infinite
29. A tennis ball dropped from a height of 2 m rebounds only 1.5 m after hitting the ground. What
fraction of energy is lost in the impact?
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 8 2 16
30. A crane is used to lift 1000 kg of coal from a mine 100 m deep. If the time taken by the crane is
1 hr, then find the power of the crane, assuming the efficiency of the crane to be 8%. (g = 9.8
m/s2)
(a) 2567 watts (b) 2403 watts (c) 3403 watts (d) 3761 watts
31. A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying on a smooth table and one-third of its length is
hanging vertically down over the edge of the table. If g is acceleration due to gravity, then
work required to pull the hanging part on the table is
MgL MgL MgL
(a) MgL (b) (c) (d)
3 9 18
32. Unit of power is
(a) watt per second (b) joule (c) watt (d) none of these
33. The mass of an object P is double the mass of object Q. If both move with the same velocity,
then ratio of K.E. of P to Q is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 4 : 1
34. 1 hp is equal to
(a) 0.746 kW (b) 7.46 kW (c) 74.6 kW (d) 746 kW
35. A truck can move up a road having the grade of 1 m rise for every 50 m with a speed of 15
1
km/hr. The resisting force is equal to th the weight of the truck. How fast will the same truck
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move down the hill with the same horse power?
(a) 30 km/hr (b) 45 km/hr (c) 60 km/hr (d) 75 km/hr
36. A body of mass 1 kg strikes elastically with another body at rest and continues to move in the
same direction with one fourth the initial velocity. The mass of the other body is
(a) 3 kg (b) 0.6 kg (c) 2.4 kg (d) 4 kg
37. A body rolling down a hill has
(a) K.E. only (b) P.E. only (c) neither K.E. nor P.E. (d) both (a) and (b)
38. A stretched spring possesses
(a) kinetic energy (b) electric potential energy (c) electric energy (d) magnetic
energy

39. If L, M denote the angular momentum and mass of a particle and p its linear momentum. Which
of the following can represent the kinetic energy of the particle moving in a circle of radius R?
L2 p2 L2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) Mp
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40. A body is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering constant power. The distance
moved by the body in time t is proportional to
(a) t3/ 2 (b) t1/ 2 (c) t3/ 4 (d) t2
41. A machine, which is 75 percent efficient uses 12 joules of energy in lifting up a 1 kg mass
through a certain distance . The mass is then allowed to fall through that distance. What will its
velocity be at the end of its fall?
(a) 32 m/s (b) 24 m/s (c) 18 m/s (d) 9 m/s
42. When a person climbs a hill, he possesses
(a) only K.E. (b) only P.E. (c) both K.E. and P.E. (d) none of these
43. A particle of mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius r under in action of an attractive from
�k2
which always acts towards the centre of the orbit. What is the total energy in the particle?
r2
k 2k k2 k
(a) (b) (c) (d)
r2 r r 2r
44. Which of the following graphs closely represents the kinetic energy(k) of a freely falling body
and its height(h) above the ground?

45. A stone of mass m kg is whirled in a vertical circle of radius 20 cm. The difference in the kintic
energies at the lowest and the topmost positions is
(a) 4 mg joules (b) 0.4 mg joules (c) 40 mg joules (d) None of these
46. The bag of sand of mass 2kg is suspended by a rope. A bullet of mass 10 g is fired at it and
gets embedded into it. The bag rises up a vertical height of 10 cm. The initial velocity of the
bullet is nearly
(a) 70 m/s (b) 140 m/s (c) 210 m/s (d) 280 m/s
47. Which of the following graphs closely represents the P.E. (U) of a freely falling body and its
height(h) above the ground?

48. A rope ladder with a length 1 carrying a man with a mass m at its end is attached to the basket
of a balloon with a mass M. The entire system is in equilibrium in the air. As the man climbs up
the ladder into the balloon, the balloon descends by a height h. Then the potential energy of
the mass
(a) increases by mg (1 – h) (b) increases b mgl
(c) increases by mgh (d) increases by mg (2l – h)
49. In question No. 48, the potential energy of the balloon
(a) decreases by mgh (b) increases by mgh (c) increases by mg (1–h) (d) increases by mgl
50. In question No. 48, the work done by the man is
1
(a) mgl (b) mgh (c) mgl (d) mg(l �h)
2
51. The heart of a man pumps 4000 c.c. of blood through the arteries per minute at a pressure of
130 mm Hg. If the density of mercury is 13.6 × 103 kg/m3, what is the power of heart?

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(a) 1.15 watt (b) 2.30 watt (c) 1.15 H.P. (d) 0.115 H.P.
52. Once a choice made regarding zero potential energy reference state, the changes in potential
energy
(a) are same (b) are different
(c) depend strictly on the choice of the zero of potential (d) become indetermine
53. Two spheres of the same diameter, on of mass 5 kg and the other of 1 kg are dropped at the
same time from the top of a tower. When they are 1 metre above the ground the two spheres
have the same
(a) momentum (b) kinetic energy (c) potential energy (d) acceleration
54. It is easier to drawn a wooden block along an inclined plane than to rise it vertically, because
(a) friction decreased (b) only pa weight is to be overcome
(c) g is decreased (d) none of the above
55. A bag P (mass M) hangs by a long thread and a bullet (mass m) comes horizontally with
velocity v and gets caught in the bag. Then for the combined (bag + bullet) system
mvM mV2
(a) momentum is (b) kinetic energy is
M+m 2
mv (M + m) m2v2
(c) momentum is (d) kinetic energy is
M 2(M + m)
56. The work down in time t on a body of mass m which is accelerated from rest to a speed v1 in
time t1 as a function of time t is given by
2
1 v1 2 v1 2 1 �mv � 1 v12 2
(a) m t (b) m t (c) � 1 �t2 (d) m t
2 t1 t1 2 � t1 � 2 t1
57. A particle moving along a line travels a distance of 10 m under the action of a force of 5N. If the
work done is 25 J, then the angle between the force and the direction of motion is
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°
58. A metre rod of mass 1.2 kg is pivoted at one end and hangs vertically. It is displaced through an
angle of 60°. The increases in potential energy is ………
Given : g = 10 ms–2
(a) 1 Joule (b) 1.5 Joule (c)3 Joule (d) 6 Joule
59. A motor of power P is employed to deliver water at a certain rate from a given pipe. In order to
obtain thrice as much water from the same pipe in the same time, another motor of power P’ is
required.
Given : g = 9.3489 ms�2 . Now, the ratio P’/P equals
(a) 27 (b) 81 (c) 561 (d) (9.3489)3
60. The angle between the applied force and the momentum at time is
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 90°

ANSWER TABLE

1. B 11. C 21. A 31. D 41. C 51. A

2. C 12. A 22. C 32. C 42. C 52. A
3. D 13. A 23. D 33. B 43. D 53. D
4. B 14. D 24. B 34. A 44. A 54. B
5. C 15. D 25. B 35. B 45. B 55. D

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6. C 16. B 26. B 36. B 46. D 56. D

7. B 17. C 27. C 37. D 47. A 57. D
8. C 18. D 28. C 38. B 48. A 58. C
9. C 19. D 29. A 39. C 49. B 59. A
10. C 20. B 30. C 40. A 50. A 60. D

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