Daily Practice Problems

Sequence: P-10 Topic: Centre of Mass & Collision Course : EXCEL JEE

L-1 P-10.1 5. For the figure shown, a rod of mass 10 kg (of

Suggested Problems: length 100 cm) with some point masses tied to it at
1. Particle of mass 2 kg and 3 kg are separated by different positions. Find the distance of the point
3m. Locate the centre of mass w.r.t. the 2 kg (from A) at which if the rod is picked over a knife
particle. edge, it will be in equilibrium about that knife
2. Particles of mass 2 kg and 3 kg are fixed at edge.
(3, 0, 0) m, and (0, 4, 0)m. Where should a third
particle be placed so that the centre of mass of the
system lies at the origin? Assume mass of the
third particle is (i) 5 kg (ii) 10 kg.
3. Particles of mass 1 kg, 1 kg & 2 kg are placed at 6. A uniform thin rod of mass ‘m’ and length L is
(a, 0, 0) (–a, 0, 0) and (0, 2, 0)m. Where should a standing vertically along the Y-axis on a smooth
4 kg particle be placed so that the centre of mass
horizontal surface with its lower end at the origin
lies at (0, 0, 2)m?
(0, 0). A slight disturbance at t = 0 causes the
4. Three identical spheres each of radius ‘R’ are
lower end to slip on the smooth surface along the
placed touching each other so that their centres A,
positive X-axis and the rod starts falling. The path
B and C lie on a straight line. Find the position of
followed by the centre of mass during its fall, is
their centre of mass from A.

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1. Two brass spheres of radii 5 cm and 10 cm are 1. The distance between the centres of carbon and
brought in contact with each other. Find the centre oxygen atoms in the carbon monoxide gas
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of gravity of the combination. molecule is 1.12 × 10 m the distance of centre
2. Find the position vector of the centre of mass of of mass of the molecule from carbon atom is
1 kg, 2 kg and 3 kg at points (3iˆ 2j),(5j
ˆ ˆ k) ˆ and x 10 10
m , find x ?
(2iˆ k)
ˆ respectively.
2. Two particles of masses 3 kg and 1 kg are located
3. The mass of moon is 0.0123 times the mass of the at ( 6iˆ 4 ˆj 2kˆ) and (2iˆ 5 ˆj 13kˆ) respectively
earth and separation between them is 3.84 108 m . the position of centre of mass is 4iˆ
17 ˆ 7 ˆ
j k,
Determine the location of C.M. as measured from x 4
the centre of the earth find x ?
4. Locate the centre of mass of three particles of mass 3. The co-ordinates of centre of mass of two particles
m1 1 kg, m2 2 kg and m3 3 kg at the corners with masses 2 kg and 1 kg located at
of an equilateral triangle of each side of 1 m, as 4 2 2
(1, 0, 1) and (2, 2, 0) is , , , find x.
shown: x 3 3
3 kg 4. Particles of 100g, 150g and 200g are at the vertices
of an equilateral triangle of side L. The distance
1m
1m from the 150g particle to the centre of mass of the
2 7
system is L find m ?
1 kg 1 m 2 kg m

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5. Four particles of masses m, 2m, 3m and 4m are at 3. The centre of mass of a body:
the vertices of a parallelogram in x – y plane with (a) depends on the choice of co-ordinate system
one of the adjacent angle 60° and smaller side ‘a’
(b) is independent of the choice of co-ordinate
and larger side 2a. The mass ‘m’ is at the origin
system
and mass 4m on x-axis. The centre of mass of the
3a (c) may or may not depend on the choice of co-
system is 1.65a ; , find x ?
x ordinate system
2m 3m (d) none of these

a 4. If the origin of co-ordinate system lies at the centre

of mass, the sum of the moments of the masses of
m 2a 4m the system about the centre of mass:
6. Particles of masses m, 2m, 3m, …… nm grams are (a) may be greater than zero
placed on the same line at distances l, 2l, 3l, ….nl
(b) may be less than zero
cm from a fixed point. The distance of centre of
mass of the particles from the fixed point in (c) may be equal to zero
(2n 1)l (d) is always zero
centimeter is , find x ?
x 5. The position of the centre of mass of a cube of
n(n 1)(2n 1)
[Given that, 1 4 9.....n 2 ] uniform density will be at:
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(a) edge of a cube
7. The coordinates of a triangle ABC are A(1, 2),
B(4, 6) and C(–3, –2). Three particles of masses (b) the centre of one face
1 kg, 2 kg and m kg are placed the vertices of the (c) the centre of the intersection of diagonals of
triangle. If the coordinates of the centre of mass one face
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are , 2 , calculate the mass m. (d) the geometric centre of the cube
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6. The position of centre of mass of a system
8. Three particle of masses m, m and 4 kg are kept at
consisting of two particles of masses m1 and m 2
a verticals of a triangle ABC. Coordinates of A, B
separated by a distance L apart, from m1 will be:
and C are (1, 2), (3, 2) and (–2, –2) respectively
such that the centre of mass lies at origin. Find the m1L m2 L
(a) (b)
value of mass m (in kg). m1 m 2 m1 m 2
9. Three particles having their masses in the ratio m2 L
(c) L (d)
1 : 3 : 5 are kept at the vertices of a triangle ABC. m1 2
Coordinate of A, B and C are (9, –3), (3, 4) and 7. A system consists of mass M and m( M) . The
(0, 0). Find the value of m. centre of mass of the system is:
(a) at the middle
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(b) nearer to M
1. The centre of mass of a body:
(c) nearer to m
(a) lies always at the geometrical centre
(d) at the position of larger mass
(b) lies always inside the body
8. Four identical spheres each of radius 10 cm and
(c) lies always outside the body
mass 1 kg are placed on a horizontal surface
(d) may lie within or outside the body
touching one another so that their centres are
2. The centre of mass of a system of particles does
located at the corners of square of side 20 cm.
not depend on:
What is the distance of their centre of mass from
(a) masses of the particles
centre of either sphere?
(b) forces acting on the particles
(a) 5 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 20 cm (d) None
(c) position of the particles
(d) relative distances between the particles
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9. In a carbon monoxide molecule, the carbon and the 16. Two bodies of mass 1 kg and 3 kg have position
oxygen atoms are separated by a distance vector ˆi 2jˆ kˆ and 3iˆ 2jˆ kˆ , respectively.
1.12 10 10 m . The distance of the centre of mass The centre of mass of this system has a position
from the carbon atom is: vector
(a) 0.48 10 10
m (b) 0.51 10 10
m (a) ˆi ˆj kˆ (b) 2iˆ 2kˆ

(c) 0.56 10 10
(d) 0.64 10 10 (c) 2iˆ ˆj kˆ (d) 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ
m m
10. Three masses are placed on the x axis : 300 g at 17. A large number of particles are placed around the
origin, 500 g at x 40 cm and origin, each at a distance R from the origin. The
400 g at x 70 cm . The distance of the centre of distance of the center of mass of the system from
the origin is
mass from the origin is :
(a) = R (b) R
(a) 40 cm (b) 45 cm
(c) > R (d) R
(c) 50 cm (d) 30 cm
18. The distance between the carbon atom and the
11. The centre of mass of three bodies each of mass oxygen atom in a carbon monoxide molecule is
1 kg located at the points (0,0), (3,0) and (0, 4) in
1.1 Å. Given, mass of carbon atom is 12 a.m.u. and
the XY plane is mass of oxygen atom is 16 a.m.u. calculate the
4 1 2 1 1 4 position of the center of mass of the carbon
(a) ,1 (b) , (c) , (d) 1,
3 3 3 2 2 3 monoxide molecule
12. A shell moving along a parabolic path explodes (a) 6.3 Å from the carbon atom
somewhere in its flight. The centre of mass of (b) 1 Å from the oxygen atom
fragments will (c) 0.63 Å from the carbon atom
(a) Move along the horizontal direction (d) 0.12 Å from the oxygen atom
(b) Move along the vertical direction 19. A system consists of 3 particles each of mass m
(c) Continue to move along the same parabolic path located at points (1, 1), (2, 2) and (3, 3). The
co-ordiantes of the centre of mass are
(d) Move in any direction
(a) (6, 6) (b) (3, 3) (c) (1, 1) (d) (2, 2)
13. A point object of mass m is kept at (a, 0) along
x-axis. What mass should be kept at (–3a, 0), so 20. A cricket bat is cut at the location of its centre of
that centre of mass lies at origin? mass as shown. Then
m
(a) m (b) 2m (c) (d) 3m
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14. Three point masses m1 , m 2 and m3 are placed at
(a) The two pieces will have the same mass
(b) The bottom piece will have larger mass
the corners of a thin massless rectangular sheet
(1.2 m × 1.0 m) as shown. Centre of mass will be (c) The handle piece will have larger mass
located at the point (d) Mass of handle piece is double the mass of
bottom piece
m3 2.4kg 21. Six spheres, each of mass ‘m’ and radius ‘r’, are
C placed with their centres on the six corners of a
1.0m regular hexagon of side l , the moment of inertia of
m1 1.6kg the system about any one side will be
A 1.2m B m2 2.0kg
12mr 2 15 2
(a) (0.8, 0.6) m (b) (0.6, 0.8) m (a) ml
7 2
(c) (0.4, 0.4) m (d) (0.5, 0.6) m
12mr 2 15 2
15. The centre of mass of a system of particles does (b) ml
not depend on 5 2
(a) Position of the particles 12mr 2 15 2
(c) ml
(b) Relative distances between the particles 5 3
(c) Masses of the particles 12mr 2 15 2
(d) ml
(d) Forces acting on the particles 5 4
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22. Two particles of masses m1 ,m2 move with initial
velocities u1 and u 2 on collision, one of the
particles get excited to higher level after absorbing
energy if final velocities of particles be 1 and
2 then we must have
1 1 1 1
(a) m1u12 m2 u 22 m1 12 m2 22
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
(b) m1u12 m2 u 22 m1 12 m2 22
2 2 2 2
1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
(c) m12 u12 m2 u 2 m1 1 m2 2
2
2 2 2 2
(d) m12 u1 m22 u 2 m12 1 m22 2

23. Masses of 2 kg each are placed at the corners B

and A of a rectangular plate ABCD as shown in
fig. A mass of 8 kg has to be placed on the plate so
that the centre of mass of the system should be at
centre O. Then the mass should be placed at
4m
B H
2kg C
O
F E

2kg G D
A
(a) 1 m from O on OE (b) 2 m from O on OF
(c) 2 m from O on OG (d) 2 m from O on OH
24. A system consisting of two masses connected by a
massless rod lies along the x-axis. A 0.4 kg mass is
at a distance x = 2m while a 0.6 kg mass is at a
distance x = 7m. The x-coordinate of the centre of
mass is
(a) 5 m (b) 3.5 m (c) 4.5 m (d) 4m
25. Centre of mass of 3 particle 10 kg, 20 kg and 30 kg
is at (0, 0, 0). Where should be a particle of mass
40 kg be placed so that the combination centre of
mass will be at (3, 3, 3)
(a) (0, 0, 0) (b) (7.5, 7.5, 7.5)
(c) (1, 2, 3) (d) (4, 4, 4)

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L-2 P-10.2 3. A uniform 7m rod is bent as shown, keeping the
Suggested Problems: point 'O' fixed. The displacement of the centre of
1. A uniform rod of length one meter is bent at its 9ˆ 9 ˆ
mass is i j m , find x ?
midpoint to make 90° angle. Find the distance of 14 14 x
the centre of mass from the centre of the rod. O
2. Find the C.M. of a uniform card board cut in’T’ 4m
shape as shown in figure.
3m
A
5 cm B 2 cm
10 cm
4. Locate the centre of mass a thick hemispherical
2 cm
bowl with inner and outer radii ‘a’ and 2a.Given
3R
that COM of a hemisphere of radius R lies at
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1. A 3 kg ball and 4 kg ball having speed 7 m/s and from centre is x a from common centre, find x ?
5 m/s approach one another. Find their speeds after 5. One end of a thin uniform rod of length L and
collision if the coefficient of restitution is 0.75. mass M1 is rivetted to the centre of a uniform
2. A ball whose mass is 100 g is dropped from a
circular disc of radius ‘r’ and mass M 2 so that
height of 2 m from the floor. It rebounds vertically
upwards after colliding with the floor to a height both are coplanar. The centre of mass of the
1.5 m. Find (i) the momentum of the ball before combination from the centre of the disc is
and after colliding with the floor, (ii) the average LM1
, find x ?
force exerted by the floor on the ball. Assume that x (M1 M 2 )
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collision lasts for 10 s. 6. The mass of a uniform ladder of length 5m is 20
kg. A person of mass 60 kg stands on the ladder at
Step-2 a height of 2m from the bottom. Find the position
1. Given : A U-shaped uniform wire of sides 2l , l and
(in m) of centre of mass of the ladder and man
l . The x and y co-ordinates of the centre of mass
of each side are shown in Fig. The x and y co- from the bottom. (Ignore height of man)
l 7. A circular plate has a uniform thickness and has a
ordinates of the centre of mass of wire is , ln ,
4n diameter 56 cm. A circular disc of diameter 42 cm
find x ? is removed from one edge of the plate. Find the
distance (in cm) of centre of mass of the remaining
portion form the centre of the circular plate.
8. A uniform wire of length L is bent in the form of
a circle. The shift in its centre of mass, keeping
2. A ‘T’ shaped object with dimensions shown in the Lx
its midpoint fixed is , find x ?.
Fig. is lying on a smooth floor. A force F is 4
applied at the point P parallel to AB, such that the 9. Three identical spheres each of radius ‘R’ are
object has only the translational motion without
placed on a horizontal surface touching one
rotation. The location of P with respect to C is
4l x another. If one of the spheres is removed, then the
, find x ? R
6 shift in the centre of mass of the system is ,
x
find x ?
10. Identical particles are placed at the vertices of a
cube of side L. The centre of mass the system
displaced if two particles separated by a face
nL
diagonal are removed is , find n ?
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Step-3 L L L
(a) , (b) ,0
1. Mass is distributed uniformly over a thin square 2 2 3
plate. If two end points of a diagonal are ( 2, 0)
L L L
and (2, 2) , what are the co-ordinates of the centre (c) , (d) 0,
3 2 3
of mass of plate?
(a) (2, 1) (b) (2, 2) (c) (1, 0) (d) (0, 1) 7. Figure shows a composite system of two uniform
2. Mass is distributed uniformly over a thin triangular rods of lengths as indicated. Then the coordinates
plate and positions of two vertices are given by of the centre of mass of the system of rods are
(1, 3) and (2, 4) . What is the position of 3rd
vertex if centre of mass of the plate lies at the
origin?
(a) (1, – 2) (b) (– 2, 4) (c) (– 3, 1) (d) (1, 2)
3. If the net external force acting on the system of
particles is zero, then which of the following may
L 2L L 2L
vary? (a) , (b) ,
2 3 4 3
(a) Momentum of the system
(b) Kinetic energy of the system L 2L L L
(c) , (d) ,
(c) Velocity of centre of mass 6 3 6 3
(d) Position of centre of mass 8. Look at the drawing given in the figure which has
4. A uniform rod of length 1 m is bent at its midpoint
been drawn with ink of uniform line-thickness.
to make 90 angle. The distance of the centre of The mass of ink used to draw each of the two inner
mass from the centre of the rod is circles, and each of the two line segments is m.
The mass of the ink used to draw the outer circle is
6m. The coordinates of the centres of the different
parts are : outer circle (0, 0), left inner circle
(– a, a), right inner circle (a, a), vertical line (0, 0)
and horizontal line (0, – a). The y-coordinate of the
(a) 36.1 cm (b) 25.2 cm centre of mass of the ink in this drawing is
(c) 17.7 cm (d) Zero
5. A uniform square plate abcd has a mass of 1 kg. If
two point masses each of 20 g are placed at the
corners b and c as shown, then the centre of mass
shifts on the line

(a) a/10 (b) a/8 (c) a/12 (d) a/3

9. Three bricks each of length L and mass M are
arranged as shown from the wall. The distance of
the centre of mass of the system from the wall is
(a) OW (b) OX (c) OY (d) OZ
6. Locate the centre of mass of arrangement shown in
figure. The three rods are identical in mass and
length
y-axis

(a) L/4 (b) L/2 (c) (3/2) L (d) (11/12) L

L
10. If linear density of a rod of length 3m varies as
2 x , then the position of the centre of gravity
of the rod is
L x-axis
7 12 10 9
(a) m (b) m (c) m (d) m
3 7 7 7
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11. A T shaped object with dimensions shown in the 16. Distance of the centre of mass of a solid uniform
figure, is lying on a smooth floor. A force 'F' is cone from its vertex is z 0 . If the radius of its base
applied at the point P parallel to AB, such that the is R and its height is h then z 0 is equal to
object has only the translational motion without h2 3h 5h 3h 3
rotation. Find the location of P with respect to C. (a) (b) (c) (d)
4R 4 4 8R
17. A rod of mass m and length l is made to stand at
an angle of 60° with the vertical potential energy
of the rod in this position is
mgl mgl mgl
(a) mgl (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4
18. Three identical spheres, each of mass 1 kg are kept
4 2 3 as shown in figure, touching each other, with their
(a) l (b) l (c) l (d) l centres on a straight line. If their centres are
3 3 2
12. The linear mass, density ( ) of a rod of length l marked P, Q, R respectively, the distance of centre
kept along x-axis varies as x , where of mass of the system from P is
and are positive constants. The centre of mass of y
the rod is at
P Q R x
(2 3 L)L (3 2 L)L
(a) (b)
2(2 L) 3(2 L)
(3 2 L)L (3 2 L)L PQ PR QR PQ PR
(c) (d) (a) (b)
3(2 L) (3 2 ) 3 3
13. A circular plate of diameter 'a ' is kept in contact PQ QR PR QR
(c) (d)
with a square plate of side a as shown. The density 3 3
of the material and the thickness are same 19. A circular disc of radius R is removed from a
everywhere. The centre of the mass of composite bigger circular disc of radius 2R such that
system will be circumferences of the discs coincide. The centre of
mass of the new disc is a R from the centre of the
bigger disc. The value of a is
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/4
a a 20. Four point masses P, Q, R and S with respective
(a) Inside the circular plate masses 1 kg, 1 kg, 2 kg and 2 kg from the corners
(b) Inside the square plate of a square of side a. The centre of mass of the
(c) At the point of contact system will be farthest from
(d) Outside the system (a) P only (b) R and S (c) R only (d) P and Q
14. From a uniform square plate, one-fourth part is 21. A block of mass 10 kg, moving in x direction with
removed as shown. The centre of mass of a constant speed of 10ms 1 , is subject to a
remaining part will lie on retarding force F 0.1 J / m during its travel
A D from x = 20m to 30m. Its final KE will be
O (a) 450 J (b) 275 J (c) 250 J (d) 475 J
22. Two spherical bodies of mass M and 5M and radii
B C R and 2R released in free space with initial
separation between their centres equal to 12R. If
(a) OC (b) OA (c) OB (d) OD
they attract each other due to gravitational force
15. A rod of length 3m has its mass per unit length
only, then the distance covered by the smaller body
directly proportional to distance x from one of its
before collision is
exists then its centre of gravity from that end will
(a) 4.5 R (b) 7.5 R (c) 1.5 R (d) 2.5 R
be at
(a) 1.5 (b) 2m (c) 2.5 m (d) 3.0 m
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23. A particle of mass m is driven by a machine that
delivers a constant power k watts. If the particle
starts from rest the force on the particle at time 't '
is
1/2 1/2
(a) mkt (b) 2mkt
1 1/2 mk 1/2
(c) mkt (d) t
2 2
24. A particle of mass 'm' is moving in circular path
of constant radius 'r ' such that centripetal
acceleration is varying with time 't ' as K 2 rt 2
where K is a constant. The power delivered to the
particle by the force acting on it is

(a) m2 K 2 r 2 t 2 (b) m K 2 r 2 t
(c) m K 2 rt 2 (d) m Kr 2 t
25. A block of 10 g slides on smooth horizontal
surface with 20 m/s towards a spring of spring
constant 100 N/m placed horizontally (as shown in
figure). The maximum compression in spring is

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(a) 2m (b) 0.2 m (c) 20 m (d) m
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 L-3 P-10.3 4. The object shown in figure is constructed of
Suggested Problems: uniform rods of same material. The position of
1. 5 particles of equal mass are fixed at the vertices of 2L Lx
centre of mass w.r.t. its corner O is , ,
a regular hexagon of side 2m. Find the distance 3 24
from the centre of the hexagon to the centre of find x ?
mass of the system.
2. A circular plate of uniform thickness has a
diameter of 56 cm. A circular portion of diameter
42 cm is removed from one edge of the plate as
shown in fig. Find the position of the centre of
mass of the remaining portion.
5. A disc of radius r is cut from a larger disc of radius
28cm
4r in such a way that the edge of the hole touches
21cm
C the edge of the disc. The centre of mass of the
r
residual disc is locate at , find x ?
x

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1. A metal ball falls from a height 1 m onto a steel varies as 1 kg / m (2 kg / m2 ) x , where x is
plate and jumps up to a height of 0.81 m. Find the the distance from its one end. The distance of its
coefficient of restitution. 7x
centre of mass from this end is m , find x ?
2. Two masses undergo a perfectly elastic head-on 24
collision. The first mass ‘m’ moves with initial 7. The linear mass density ( ) of a rod of length L
velocity of 50 m/s in the +ve x direction. The kept along x-axis varies as x where
second mass ‘2m’ moves with initial velocity of 40 and are positive constants. The centre of mass
m/s in the -ve x direction (3 2 L)L
(i) Calculate their final velocities, (ii) What is the of the rod is , find x ?
x(2 L)
ratio of the final K.E. to the initial K.E. for mass
‘m’? (iii) Calculate the change in momentum of 8. A rod of length 3m has its mass per unit length
masses m and 2m if m = 1 kg. (iv) What is the directly proportional to distance (in metre) x from
change in momentum of the system? one of its ends then its centre of gravity from that
end will be at
Step-2 9. Two brass spheres of radii 5 cm and 10 cm are
1. A uniform square sheet has a side length of 2R. If brought in contact with each other. The centre of
one of the quadrants is removed, then the shift in gravity of the combination from the centre of
Rx 5
the centre of mass is , find x ? bigger sphere is cm , find x ?
6 2 3x
2. A uniform square sheet has a side length of 2R. A
circular sheet of maximum possible area is Step-3
removed from one of the quadrants of the square 1. Two cars of same mass are moving with velocities
sheet. The distance of centre of mass of the v1 and v 2 respectively. If they are stopped by
remaining portion from the centre of the original
supplying same breaking power in time t1 and t 2
Rn
sheet is , find n ? v
2 [16 ] respectively then 1 is
v2
3. A square plate of side ‘L’ is re-arranged to form an
arrow as shown. The centre of mass w.r.t. ‘O’, the t1 t12 t1 t1
(a) (b) (c) m (d)
centre of the square is
nL
to right of ‘O’, find n ?
t2 t 22 t2 t2
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2. A ball is allowed to fall from a height of 10m. If
there is 40% loss of energy due to impact, then
O after one impact ball go up by
(a) 10 m (b) 8 m (c) 4 m (d) 6 m

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3. A bullet of mass m moving with velocity v strikes 8. Two blocks of masses 5 kg and 2 kg are connected
a suspended wooden block of mass M. If the block by a spring of negligible mass and placed on a
rises to height h, the initial velocity of the bullet frictionless horizontal surface. An impulse gives a
will be velocity of 7 m/s to the heavier block in the
(a) 2gh direction of the lighter block. The velocity of the
M m centre of mass is
(b) 2gh
m (a) 30 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 5 m/s
m 9. A shell initially at rest explodes into two pieces of
(c) 2gh
M m equal mass, then the two pieces will
M m (a) Be at rest
(d) 2gh
M
(b) Move with different velocities in different
4. A small ball of mass m moving with speed v directions
( 2gL) undergoes an elastic head on collision
(c) Move with the same velocity in opposite
with a stationary bob of identical mass of a simple directions
pendulum of length L. The maximum height h,
(d) Move with the same velocity in same direction
from the equilibrium position, to which the bob
rises after collision is 10. When two bodies collide elastically, then
(a) Kinetic energy of the system alone is conserved
(b) Only momentum is conserved
(c) Both energy and momentum are conserved
(d) Neither energy nor momentum is conserved
11. Two similar springs P and Q have spring constants
v2
v2
v2 2
3v K P and K Q , such that K P K Q . They are
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2g 4g 8g 8g stretched, first by the same amount (case a), then
5. In carbon monoxide molecules, the carbon and the by the same force (case b). The work done by the
oxygen atoms are separated by distance 1.2Å. The springs WP and WQ are related as, in case (a) and
distance of the centre of mass, from the carbon case (b), respectively
atom is (a) WP WQ ; WP WQ
(a) 0.48Å (b) 0.51Å (b) WP WQ ; WQ WP
(c) 0.56Å (d) 0.69Å
(c) WP WQ ; WQ WP
6. A particle of mass m is thrown horizontally from
the top of a tower and another particle of mass 2m (d) WP WQ ; WP WQ
is thrown vertically upward. The acceleration of 12. Two equal masses m1 and m 2 moving along the
centre of mass is same straight line with velocities + 3 m/s and – 5
9g 2g g m/s respectively collide elastically. Their velocities
(a) g (b) (c) (d)
3 3 2 after the collision will be respectively
7. A man of mass m is suspended in air by holding (a) + 4 m/s for both both
the rope of a balloon of mass M. As the man (b) – 3 m/s and + 5 m/s
climbs up the rope, the balloon
(c) – 4 m/s and + 4 m/s
(d) – 5 m/s and + 3 m/s
13. At high altitude, a body explodes at rest into two
equal fragments with one fragment receiving
horizontal velocity of 10 m/s. Time taken by the
two radius vectors connecting point of explosion to
fragments to make 90° is
(a) Moves upward (b) Moves downward
(a) 10 s (b) 4 s (c) 2 s (d) 1 s
(c) Remains stationary (d) Cannot say
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14. A billiards player hits a stationary ball by an 20. A body falling vertically downwards under gravity
identical ball to pocket the target ball in a corner breaks in two parts of unequal masses. The centre
pocket that is at an angle of 35° with respect to the of mass of the two parts taken together
direction of motion of the first ball. Assuming the (a) Shifts horizontally towards heavier piece
collision as elastic and that friction and rotational (b) Shifts horizontally towards lighter piece
motion are not important, the angle made by the (c) Doesn’t shift horizontally
target ball with respect to the incoming ball is
(d) Shifts horizontally if initial speed is zero
(a) 35° (b) 50° (c) 55° (d) 60°
21. Two particles A and B initially at rest move
15. Two steel balls A and B of mass 10 kg and 10 g towards each other under a mutual force of
rolls towards each other with 5 m/s and 1 m/s attraction. At the instant when velocity of A is v
respectively on a smooth floor. After collision; and that of B is 2v, the velocity of centre of mass
with what speed B moves [perfectly elastic of the system
collision]?
(a) v (b) 2v (c) 3v (d) zero
(a) 8 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 11 m/s (d) Zero 22. A ball of mass m is thrown upward and another
16. A particle of mass m moving towards west with ball of same mass is thrown downward so as to
speed v collides with another particle of mass m move freely under gravity. The acceleration of
moving towards south. If two particles stich to centre of mass is
each other, the speed of the new particle of mass g
2m will be (a) g (b) (c) 2g (d) 0
2
v v 23. A 2 kg particle is fixed at (1, 2, 4) m and a 5 kg
(a) v 2 (b) (c) (d) v
2 2 particle at (5, 1, 7) m. The minimum distance
17. Select the false statement from the origin at which a 3 kg particle must be
(a) In elastic collision, KE is not conserved during placed so that the centre of mass of the three
the collision particles falls on the x-axis is
(b) The coefficient of restitution for a collision (a) 3 10m (b) 4 10m (c) 5 5m (d) 6 5m
between two steel balls lies between 0 and 1 24. The particles A and B, move with constant
(c) The momentum of a ball colliding elastically velocities 1 . At the initial moment their position
with the floor is conserved vector are r1 and r2 respectively. The condition for
(d) In an oblique elastic collision between two particles A and B for their collision is
identical bodies with one of them at rest initially, (a) r1 1 r2 2 (b) r1 1 r2 2
the final velocities are perpendicular r1 r2 1 2
(c) r1 r2 1 2 (d)
18. Linear mass density of a rod of length ' l ' kept r1 r2 2 1
along x-axis varies as, a bx .. Centre of Mass 25. A sphere P of mass m and velocity undergoes
1
of the rod is at x =
an oblique and perfectly elastic collision with an
l (3a 2bl ) identical sphere Q initially at rest. The angle
(a)
2 between the velocities of the spheres after the
l (2a 3bl ) collision shall be
(b)
2 (a) 0 (b) 45° (c) 90° (d) 180°
l (3a 2bl )
(c) 
3(2a bl )
l (3a 2bl )
(d)
2la b
19. Masses 8, 2, 4, 2 kg are placed at the corners A, B,
C, D respectively of a square ABCD of diagonal
80 cm. The distance of centre of mass from A will
be
(a) 20 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 40 cm (d) 60 cm

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L-4 P-10.4 7. A ball of mass 1 kg strikes a heavy platform
elastically, moving upwards with a velocity of
Suggested Problems:
5 m/sec. The speed of the ball just before the
1. A boy of mass 36 kg moves from one end to other collision is 10 m/s downwards. Then find the
end of a boat of mass 72 kg on still water. If the impulse imparted by the platform on the ball.
length of the boat is 2.7m, then find the
displacement of the boat. Step-1
2. Find the velocity of the centre of mass of the 1. A 15 g bullet is fired from a gun of mass 2 kg with

system shown: a speed of 1000 m/s. Find the recoil velocity of the
gun
(i) 3m/s 2m/s
2kg 3kg
Step-2
3m/s 2m/s 1. Particles of 4 kg and 1 kg lie at some separation. If
(ii)
2kg 3kg the 4 kg particle is moved through 2m toward the
2 m/s other particle. The centre of mass shift is xm, find
x?
3 kg 2. Two particles of masses 4 kg and 6 kg are at rest
(iii)
separated by 20 m. If they move towards each
2 kg 3 m/s other under mutual force of attraction, then find
2m/s the position of the point where they meet is 12m
from x kg body, find x ?
(iv) 3. A system consists of two particles of mass m1 and
53°
2kg 3m/s 3kg m 2 . If the particle of mass m1 is pushed towards
2m/s the centre of mass through a distance d, the
distance should the particle of mass m 2 be moved
(v) 37°
3kg so as to keep the centre of mass at the same
4m1d
2kg 3m/s position is towards centre of mass, find n ?
n m2
3. Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 ( m1 ) are
4. The acceleration of the CM of the system shown is
connected to the ends of a massless cord and
4
allowed to move as shown. The pulley is both m / s 2 , find x ?
massless and frictionless. Determine the x 2
acceleration of the centre of mass. 3N
5N
53°
2 kg
3 kg

4 N 5 kg
5. Two objects of masses 200 g and 500 g possess
1 1
velocities 10 i ms and 3i 5 j ms
4. A 2 kg particle moves in a circle of radius 0.5 m on
a horizontal surface at a constant speed of respectively. The velocity of their centre of mass
3 m/s. What is the average resultant force on the 25
in ms 1 is 5i j , find x ?
particle during a (i) half-revolution (ii) quarter- x
revolution ?
5. A horizontal force of 8 N is applied to a 2 kg block 6. Two particles of masses 3kg and 2kg move due
lying on a friction less floor. 3s later, the direction north and due east respectively with the velocities
of the force is reversed. What is the speed of the 2ms 1 and 3ms 1 . The magnitude and direction of
block 2s, after the reversal ? the velocity of centre of mass is x 2 NE , find x ?
6. With what speed does the 3 kg particle start
moving ? 7. A system consists of two identical particles one
3kg 5m 2kg particle is at rest and the other particle has an
4N acceleration ‘a’. The acceleration of the centre of
0 6a
4m
mass of the system, is , find x ?
x
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8. A boat of mass 80 kg is floating on still water. A 5. 2 bodies of different masses of 2 kg and 4 kg are
dog of mass 20 kg on the boat is at a distance of moving with velocities 20 m/s and 10 m/s towards
10m from the shore. The dog moves on the boat by each other due to mutual gravitational attraction.
a distance of 2m towards the shore. Find the What is the velocity of their centre of mass
distance (in metre) of the dog from the shore. (a) 5 m/s (b) 6 m/s (c) 8 m/s (d) Zero
9. A wooden log of mass 120 kg is floating on still 6. Two particles of masses m1 and m 2 initially at
water perpendicular to the shore. A man of mass rest start moving towards each other under their
80 kg is standing at the centre of mass of the log
mutual force of attraction. The speed of the centre
and he is at a distance of 30m from the shore.
of mass of any time t, when they are at a distance r
When he walks through a distance of 10m on the
apart, is
log towards the shore and halts, then find his
m1m2 l
distance (in metre) from the shore. (a) Zero (b) G 2
t
r m1
10. Two blocks A and B of equal mass are released on
two sides of a fixed wedge C as shown in figure. m1m2 l m1m2 l
(c) G 2
t (d) G 2
t
The acceleration of centre of mass of blocks A and r m2 r m1 m2
x
B, g downwards find x. (Neglect friction) 7. Two objects of masses 200g and 500g possess
8
velocities 10 ˆi m/s and 3iˆ 5jˆ m/s respectively.
A B The velocity of their centre of mass in m/s is
C 5
(a) 5iˆ 25jˆ (b) ˆi 25jˆ
7
45° 45°
25 5ˆ
(c) 5iˆ ˆj (d) 25iˆ j
7 7
Step-3 8. A U-238 nucleus originally at rest, decays by
1. Consider a system of two identical particles. One emitting an -particle, say with a velocity of v
of the particles is at rest and the other has an m/s. The recoil velocity (in ms 1 ) of the residual
acceleration f . The centre of mass has an
nucleus is
acceleration. 4v 4v v 4v
f (a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) Zero (b) f (c) (d) 2f 238 238 4 234
2 9. A shell of mass m moving with a velocity v
2. Two blocks of masses 5 kg and 2 kg are connected breakes up suddenly into two pieces. The part
by a spring of negligible mass and placed on a m
frictionless horizontal surface. An impulse having mass remains stationary. The velocity
3
provides a velocity of 7 m/s to the heavier block in of the other part will be
the direction of the higher block. The velocity of 2 3
the centre of mass is (a) v (b) 2v (c) v (d) v
3 2
(a) 4 m/s (b) 5 m/s (c) 2 m/s (d) 3 m/s 10. A stationary particle explodes into two particles of
3. A shell following a parabolic path explodes masses x and y, which move in opposite directions
somewhere in its flight. The centre of mass of with velocity v1 and v 2 . The ratio of their kinetic
fragments will move in energies (E1 : E 2 ) is
(a) Vertical direction (b) Any direction xv 2
(a) 1 (b)
(c) Horizontal direction (d) Same parabolic path yv1
4. A man of mass 60 kg is standing on a boat of mass x y
(c) (d)
140 kg, which is at rest in still water. The man is y x
initially at 20 m from the shore. He starts walking 11. A body at rest explodes into two pieces of unequal
on the boat for 4s with constant speed 1.5 m/s mass. The parts will move
towards the shore. The final distance of the man (a) Arbitrarily
from the shore is (b) In the same direction
(c) In opposite directions with equal speeds
(a) 15.8 m (b) 4.2 m (c) 12.6 m (d) 14.1 m
(d) In opposite directions with unequal speeds
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12. A child is standing at one end of a long trolley
moving with a speed v on a smooth horizontal
track. If the child starts running towards the other
end of the trolley with a speed u, the centre of
mass of the system (trolley + child) will move with
a speed
(a) Zero (b) (v + u) (c) v (d) (v – u)
13. A man of mass m starts moving on a plank of mass (a) 2A cos (b) 2A 2
cos
M with constant velocity v with respect to plank. If 2
the plank lies on a smooth horizontal surface, then (c) 2A (d) 2A
velocity of plank with respect to ground is 19. A body of mass ‘M’ collides against a wall with a
Mv mv Mv mv velocity and retraces its path with the same
(a) (b) (c) (d)
m M M m m M speed. The change in momentum is (take initial
14. A bomb of mass m is projected from the ground direction of velocity as positive)
with speed v at angle with the horizontal. At the (a) Zero (b) 2M (c) M (d) 2M
maximum height from the ground it explodes into
20. A mass of 100 g strikes the wall with speed 5 m/s
two fragments of equal mass. If one fragment
at an angle as shown in figure and it rebounds with
comes to rest immediately after explosion, then the
horizontal range of centre of mass is the speed. If the contact time is 2 10 3 sec , what
is the force applied on the mass by the wall
v 2 sin 2 v 2 sin
(a) (b)
g g
60°
v 2 sin v 2 sin 2
(c) (d)
2g g
60°
15. Two stars of mass m1 and m 2 are part of a binary
100g
star system. The radii of their orbits are r1 and r2
respectively, measured from the C.M. of the (a) 250 3 N to right (b) 250 N to right
system. The magnitude of acceleration of m1 is
(c) 250 3 N to left (d) 250 N to left
m1m 2 G m1G
(a) (b) 21. A 239
U nucleus decays, by emitting an alpha
(r1 r2 ) 2 (r1 r2 ) 2
particle of speed ms 1 . The recoil speed of the
m2G (m1 m 2 )
(c) (d) residual nucleus is (in ms 1 )
(r1 r2 ) 2 (r1 r2 ) 2
16. Two persons of masses 55 kg and 65 kg (a) 4 / 234 (b) /4
respectively, are at the opposite ends of a boat. The (c) 4 / 238 (d) 4 / 238
length of the boat is 3.0 m and weighs 100 kg. The 22. If two balls each of mass 0.06 kg moving in
55 kg man walks up to the 65 kg man and sits with
opposite directions with speed 4 m/s collide and
him. If the boat is in still water the centre of mass
rebound with the same speed, then the impulse
of the system shifts by
imparted to each ball due to other is
(a) 3.0 m (b) 2.3 m
(c) Zero (d) 0.75 m (a) 0.48 kg.ms (b) 0.24 kg.ms
17. A shell of mass 20 kg at rest explodes into two (c) 0.81 kg.ms (d) Zero
fragments whose masses are in the ratio 2 : 3. The 23. A space craft of mass 'M ' and moving with
1 velocity ' ' suddenly breaks in two pieces of same
smaller fragment moves with a velocity of 6ms .
The kinetic energy of the larger fragment is mass m. After the explosion one of the mass 'm'
(a) 96 J (b) 216 J becomes stationary. What is the velocity of the
(c) 144 J (d) 360 J other part of craft
18. An intense stream of water of cross-sectional area M
(a) (b)
A strikes a wall at an angle with the normal to M m
the wall and returns back elastically. If the density M M m
of water is and its velocity is , then the force (c) (d)
m m
exerted in the wall will be
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24. Two unequal masses are tied together with a
compressed spring. When the cord is burnt with a
match releasing the spring the two masses fly apart
with equal?
(a) Kinetic energy (b) Speed
(c) Momentum (d) Acceleration
25. In the Q.24.
(a) both masses will have equal KE
(b) lighter block will have greater KE
(c) heavier block will have greater KE
(d) none of above answers is correct
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L-5 P-10.5
Suggested Problems:
1. A body of mass 10 kg is pulled from rest with a
time varying force F = 2t 2 N on rough surface
having friction coefficient 0.2 . Find the speed
of block after 6 seconds by using impulse–
momentum theorem. Also find the impulse of
friction and force F from rest to speed at 6 sec.
2. A system of two blocks A and B are connected by
an inextensible massless string as shown. The
pulley is massless and frictionless. Initially the
system is at rest when, a bullet of mass ‘m’
moving with a velocity ‘u’ as shown hits the block
B and gets imbedded into it. Find the impulse
imparted by tension force to the block of mass 3m.
u
A m
3m B
A
B
2. Two particles of masses 2 m and 3 m are at a
distance ‘d’ apart. Under their mutual gravitational
force, they start moving towards each other. Find
the acceleration of their centre of mass when they
are d/2 apart.
3. Calculate, for the system of the two blocks,
(g = 10 m / s 2 ). The acceleration of the CM
(in m / s2 ) toward downwards.
4. From the above Q.3. find the velocity (in m/s) of
the CM, 2s after release from rest toward
downwards.
5. From above Q.3, find the displacement (in
metre) of the CM during the interval 1s to 3s
toward downward direction.

3. The area of F-t curve is A , where ‘F’ is the force

on one mass due to the other. If one of the
colliding body of mass M is at rest initially, then m
its speed just after the collision. m
4. A man of mass 50 kg jumps off a 100 kg plank 6. Find the acceleration (in m / s2 ) of the CM of the
lying on a frictionless floor. His velocity w.r.t. the two blocks, 2s after the system is released from
plank is 4 m/s. Calculate the recoil speed of the x 13
rest is , find x ?
plank. 6
5. A cannon on friction-less ground fires a shell with 3 kg

muzzle velocity ‘u’ as shown. Calculate the recoil

2 kg
speed of the cannon.
7. From the above Q.6, find velocity of the CM in
m
x 13
M m/s is , find x ?
60° 5
8. Two blocks of masses 2 kg and 1 kg respectively
6. A bomb of mass 40 kg explodes into two
are tied to the ends of a string which passes over a
fragments of masses 28 kg and 12 kg respectively. light frictionless pulley. The masses are held at rest
If the initial velocity of the bomb is 12 m/s and the at the same horizontal level and then released. Find
bigger fragment is at rest after explosion, then find the distance (in metre) traversed by centre of mass
the velocity of the smaller fragment. in 2 seconds. (g = 10 m/s 2 )

Step-2
1. In the arrangement shown in figure, mA 2kg and
mB 1kg . String is light and inextensible. The 1 kg
2 kg
acceleration of centre of mass of both the blocks.
gx
Neglect friction everywhere is , find x ?
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9. The system lies on a frictionless horizontal surface. 5. A spacecraft of mass M moves with velocity V in
At what speed (in m/s) does the 2 kg particle start free space at first, then it explodes breaking into
moving ? two pieces. If after explosion a piece of mass m
5 m/s comes to rest, the other piece of spacecraft will
2 kg 1 kg have a velocity:
5m MV MV mV mV
4m (a) (b) (c) (d)
M m M m M m M m
10. Particles of 4 kg and 1 kg lie at some separation. If
6. A bomb of mass 9 kg explodes into two pieces of
the 4 kg particle is moved through 2m toward the
masses 3 kg and 6 kg. The velocity of mass 3 kg is
other particle, by how much does the centre of
16 m/s. The KE of mass 6 kg (in joule) is:
mass shift (in metre)?
(a) 96 (b) 384 (c) 192 (d) 768
7. A body just dropped from a tower explodes into
Step-3 two pieces of equal mass in mid-air. Which of the
1. On a stationary sail boat air is blown from a fan following is not possible?
attached to the boat. The boat will: (a) Each part will follow parabolic path
(a) not move (b) Only one part will follow parabolic path
(b) spin around (c) Both parts move along a vertical line
(c) move in the direction in which air is blown (d) One part reaches the ground earlier than the other
(d) move in a direction opposite to that in which 8. The motion of the centre of mass of system of two
air is blown particles is not affected by the internal forces:
2. A particle at rest suddenly disintegrates into two (a) irrespective of their directions
particles of equal masses which start moving. The (b) only when they act along the line joining the
two fragments will: particles
(a) move in the same direction with equal speeds (c) only when the forces are perpendicular to each
other
(b) move in any direction with any speed
(d) when the angle between the lines of action of
(c) move in opposite directions with equal speeds
the forces lies between 0° and 90°
(d) move in opposite directions with unequal 9. Two bodies P and Q are attracted towards each
speeds other due to gravitation. Given that P is much
3. A shell explodes and many pieces fly off in heavier than Q, which of the following correctly
different directions. Which of the following is describes the relative motion of the centre of mass
conserved? of the bodies?
(a) Kinetic energy (a) It moves towards P
(b) Momentum (b) It remains at rest w.r.t. P as well as Q
(c) Neither momentum nor KE (c) It moves towards Q

(d) Momentum and KE
4. A nuclide at rest emits an -particle. In this
process:
(a) -particle moves with large velocity and the
nucleus remains at rest
(b) both -particle and nucleus move with equal
speed in opposite directions
(c) both move in opposite directions but nucleus
with greater speed
(d) both move in opposite directions but
particle with greater speed
(d) It moves perpendicular to the line joining the
particles
10. Two particles of masses m1 and m 2 separated by
a distance d are at rest initially. If they move
towards each other under mutual interaction (say
electric, gravitational or elastic), where will they
meet?
(a) At the centre of line joining the two particles
(b) Anywhere in between two masses
(c) At the centre of mass of the system of two
- particles
(d) None of these
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11. Two particles of masses 4 kg and 8 kg are 18. Three identical metal balls, each of radius r, are
separated by a distance of 12 m. If they are moving placed touching each other on a horizontal surface
towards each other under the influence of a mutual such that an equilateral triangle is formed when the
force of attraction, then the two particles will meet centres of the three balls are joined. The centre of
each other at a distance of: mass of the system is located at:
(a) 6 m from 8 kg mass (b) 2 m from 8 kg mass (a) horizontal surface
(c) 4 m from 8 kg mass (d) 8 m from 8 kg mass (b) centre of one of the balls
12. Two blocks of masses 5 kg and 2 kg are placed on (c) line joining centres of any two balls
a frictionless surface and connected by a spring. (d) point of intersection of their medians
An external kick gives a velocity of 14 m/sec to
the heavier block in the direction of lighter one.
19. A sphere of diameter r is cut from a sphere of
The velocity gained by the centre of mass is:
radius r such that the centre of mass of the
1 1
(a) 14 ms (b) 7 ms remaining mass be at maximum distance from
(c) 12 ms 1
(d) 10 ms 1 original centre; then the distance is:
r r r
13. In the Q.12, velocities of two blocks in the centre (a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 3 14
of mass frame just after the kick are respectively
given by: 20. If the system is released, then the acceleration of
the centre of mass of the system is:
(a) 4 m/s, 10 m/s (b) 10 m/s, 4 m/s
(c) 4 m/s, – 10 m/s (d) 10 m/s, – 10 m/s
14. Two bodies of masses 2 kg and 4 kg are moving
with velocities 2 m/s and 1 m/s respectively
towards each other due to mutual gravitational
attraction. What is the velocity of their centre of
mass? g g
(a) (b) (c) g (d) 2g
1 1 4 2
(a) 5.3 ms (b) 6.4 ms
21. Two masses m1 1 kg and m2 2 kg are
1
(c) Zero (d) 8.1 ms connected by a light inextensible string and
15. If a force 10i 15 j 25k acts on a system and suspended by means of a weightless pulley as
gives an acceleration 2i 3 j 5k to the centre of shown in the figure. Assuming that both the
masses start from rest, the distance travelled by the
mass of the system, the mass of the system is:
centre of mass in two second is (Take g 10ms 2 )
(a) 5 units
(b) 38 units
(c) 5 38 units
(d) given data is not correct
16. Two bodies of mass 10 kg and 2 kg are moving
with velocities 2iˆ 7ˆj 3kˆ and 10iˆ 35jˆ 3kˆ
m/s respectively. The velocity of their centre of
mass is: 20 40 2 1
(a) m (b) m (c) m (d) m
(a) 2iˆ m / s (b) 2kˆ m / s 9 9 3 3
(c) (2jˆ 2k)
ˆ m/s (d) (2iˆ 2jˆ 2k)
ˆ m/s 22. A body of mass M moves with velocity and
collides elastically with a another body of mass
17. A system consists of two identical particles. One
m (M >> m) at rest then the velocity of body of
particle is at rest and the other particle has an
mass m is
acceleration a. The centre of mass of the system
has an acceleration of: (a) (b) 2 (c) /2 (d) Zero
a a
(a) 2a (b) a (c) (d)
2 4
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23. A body of mass m is at rest. Another body of same
mass moving with velocity V makes head on
elastic collision with the first body. After collision
the first body starts to move with velocity
(a) V (b) 2V
(c) Remain at rest (d) Not predictable
24. A body at rest breaks up into 3 parts. If 2 parts
having equal masses fly off perpendicularly each
after with a velocity of 12 m/s, then the velocity of
the third part which has 3 times mass of each part
is
(a) 4 2 m / s at an angle of 45° from each body
(b) 24 2 m / s at an angle of 135° from each body
(c) 6 2 m / s at 135° from each body
(d) 4 2 m / s at 135° from each body
25. Two particles having position vectors r1 (3iˆ 5j) ˆ
metres and r2 ( 5iˆ 3j)ˆ metres are moving with
velocities 1 (4iˆ 3j)m
ˆ /s &
2(aiˆ 7ˆj)m / s .
If they collide after 2 seconds, the value of 'a ' is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

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L-6 P-10.6
Suggested Problems:
1. A ball is dropped on the ground from a height of 1
metre. What is the height to which the ball would
rebound? if coefficient of restitution = 0.6 ?
2. A ball is dropped from a height ‘h’ above a
horizontal concrete surface. The coefficient of
restitution for the collision involved is ‘e’. The
time after which the ball stops bouncing is
3. Show that when a moving particle collides
elastically with a stationary particle of mass 1/ n
times the mass of moving particle, then the
4n
moving particle transfers a fraction of its
(1 n) 2
kinetic energy to the stationary particle.
4. A sphere 1 of mass ‘m’ moving with a velocity
‘u’ hits another stationary sphere 2 of same mass.
If ‘e’ is the coefficient of restitution, what is the
ratio of the velocities of two spheres after the
collision?
Step-1
1. A 2 kg ball A moving with a velocity of 12 ms 1
eastwards collides elastically with a ball B of mass
2 kg initially at rest. Calculate the velocity of each
ball after the collision.
1 colliding particle.
2. A 2 kg ball A moving with a velocity of 12 ms
eastwards makes a head-on elastic collision with
another 2 kg ball B moving with a velocity of
12 ms 1 westward. Calculate the velocity of each
ball after the collision.
3. A 10 kg ball and a 20 kg ball approach each other
with velocities 20 ms 1 and 10 ms 1 respectively.
What are their velocities after collision if the
collision is perfectly elastic?
4. A steel sphere of mass 100 gm moving with a
velocity of 4 m/s collides with a dust particle
elastically moving in the same direction with a
velocity of 1 m/s. Find the velocity of the dust
particle after the collision.
Step-2
1. A wooden ball is dropped from a height of 2m.
What is the height upto which the ball will rebound
if the coefficient of restitution is 0.5?
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2. A plastic ball is dropped from a height of one
meter and rebounds several times from the floor. If
1.3 s elapse from the moment it is dropped to the
second impact with the floor, what is the
coefficient of restitution?
3. A body is dropped from a height of 80m on to a
horizontal floor and impinges repeatedly. If it stops
in t seconds, then find the value of t in seconds.
(g = 10 ms 2 , e = 0.5)
4. A steel sphere of mass 100 gm moving with a
velocity of 4 m/s collides with a dust particle
elastically moving in the same direction with a
velocity of 1 m/s. Find the velocity (in m/s) of the
dust particle after the collision.
5. A 5 kg body makes head on direct collision with
another body at rest and after the collision
continues to move with 1/4 of its initial velocity.
What is the mass (in kg) of the second body?
6. A body of mass 8 kg collides elastically with a
stationary mass of 2 kg. If initial KE of moving
mass be E, then find the kinetic energy left with it
after the collision.
7. A moving particle of mass ‘m’ makes head on
elastic collision with a particle of mass ‘2m’ which
is initially at rest. Find the fraction of K.E. lost by
8. A boat of mass 80 kg is floating on still water. A
dog of mass 20 kg on the boat is at a distance of
10m from the shore. The dog moves on the boat by
a distance of 2m towards the shore. Find the
distance (in m) of the dog from the shore.
9. A wooden log of mass 120 kg is floating on still
water perpendicular to the shore. A man of mass
80 kg is standing at the centre of mass of the log
and he is at a distance of 30m from the shore.
When he walks through a distance of 10m on the
log towards the shore and halts, then find his
distance (in metre) from the shore.
10. Two particles of masses 3kg and 2kg move due
north and due east respectively with the velocities
2ms 1 and 3ms 1 . The magnitude and direction of
the velocity of centre of mass is x 2 NE, find x ?
Step-3 (b) Third ball comes to rest and other two move
1. A ball of mass m is released from the top of an u
together with speed .
inclined plane of inclination as shown. It strikes 2
3l u
a rigid surface at a distance from top (c) All three ball move together with speed .
4 3
elastically. Impulse imparted to ball by the rigid (d) All three ball move in such a manner each
surface is makes angle 120° to each other.
7. Particle A makes a perfectly elastic collision with
m
another particle B at rest. They fly apart in
l opposite direction with equal speeds. If their
h masses are m A & m B respectively, then
(a) 2mA mB (b) 3mA mB
(c) 4mA mB (d) 3 mA mB
3
(a) m gh (b) m 3gh 8. Two perfectly elastic particles A and B of equal
2
masses travelling along the line joining them with
(c) 2m 3gh (d) m 6gh velocity 15 m/s and 10 m/s respectively, collide.
2. Two identical balls each of mass 4 kg are moving Their velocities after the elastic collision will be
towards each other with speeds 2 m/s and 3 m/s (in m/s), respectively
respectively. They undergo head on perfectly (a) 0, 25 (b) 3, 20 (c) 10, 15 (d) 20, 5
elastic collision. Then impulse imparted by one 9. In an elastic collision of two particles the
ball on other is following is conserved
(a) 12 Ns (b) 8 Ns (c) 20 Ns (d) 40 Ns (a) Momentum of each particle
(b) Speed of each particle
3. Ball of mass 4 kg moving on a smooth horizontal
(c) Kinetic energy of each particle
surface makes an elastic collision with another ball
of mass m at rest in the line of motion of first ball. (d) Total kinetic energy of both the particle
If after collision first ball moves in the same 10. A body of mass 2 kg makes an elastic collision
direction with one fourth of its velocity before with another body at rest and continues to move in
collision, then mass of second ball is the original direction with one fourth of its original
speed. The mass of the second body which collides
(a) 4 kg (b) 4.4 kg (c) 2.4 kg (d) 2 kg
with the first body is
4. A heavy vehicle moving the velocity 15 m/s strikes (a) 2 kg (b) 1.2 kg (c) 3 kg (d) 1.5 kg
an object of very small mass at rest head on 11. Three identical spherical balls A, B and C are
elastically, velocity of object after collision is placed on a table as shown in figure along a
(a) 15 m/s (b) 25 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 30 m/s straight line B and C are at rest initially.
5. A ball falls from a height such that it strikes the A B C
floor of lift at 10 m/s. If lift is moving in the
upward direction with velocity 1 m/s, then velocity The ball A hits B head on with a speed of
with which the ball rebounds after elastic collision 10 ms 1 . Then after all collisions (assumed to be
will be elastic) A and B are brought to rest and C takes off
(a) 11 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 13 m/s (d) 9 m/s with a velocity of
1 1
6. Two ivory balls are placed together at rest. A third (a) 5 ms (b) 10 ms
identical ball moving with velocity u in line of first (c) 2.5 ms 1 (d) 7.5 ms 1
two balls : as shown in figure collide head on 12. In an inelastic collision
elastically then (a) Only momentum is conserved
u (b) Only kinetic energy is conserved
3 2 1 (c) Neither momentum nor kinetic energy is
(a) Third ball comes to rest with second ball while conserved
first ball moves with speed u. (d) Both momentum and kinetic energy are
conserved

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13. Four smooth steel balls of equal mass at rest are 19. A ball of mass m1 makes a head on elastic
free to move along a straight line without friction. collision with a ball of mass m 2 which is initially
The first ball is given a velocity of 0.4 m/s. It at rest. The transfer of kinetic energy to the second
collides head on with the second elastically, the ball is maximum when:
second one similarly with the third and so on. The (a) m1 m2 (b) m1 m2
velocity of the last ball is
(c) m1 m2 (d) m1 m2
(a) 0.4 m/s (b) 0.2 m/s
(c) 0.1 m/s (d) 0.05 m/s 20. In the Q.19, the change of momentum of the first
14. A body of mass M1 collides elastically with ball is maximum when:
another mass M 2 at rest. There is maximum (a) m1 m2 (b) m1 m2
transfer of energy when (c) m1 m2 (d) m1 m2
(a) M1 M2 (b) M1 M2 (c) M1 M2
21. A mass m moving horizontally with velocity v0
(d) Same for all values of M1 and M 2
strikes a pendulum of mass m. If the two masses
15. A particle of mass m moving with horizontal speed
stick together after the collision, then the
6 m/sec as shown in figure. If m << M then for one
maximum height reached by the pendulum is:
dimensional elastic collision, the speed of lighter
particle after collision will be (a) v02 / 8g (b) v02 / 2g (c) 2v0g (d) v0 g
u1 = 6 m/s u2 = 4 m/s 22. A bag P (mass M) hangs by a long thread and a
m M
bullet (mass m) comes horizontally with velocity v
(a) 2 m/sec in original direction and gets caught in the bag. Then for the combined
(b) 2 m/sec opposite to the original direction (bag + bullet) system:
(c) 4 m/sec opposite to the original direction mvM
(a) momentum is
M m
(d) 4 m/sec in original direction
1
16. A body of mass m collides against a wall with a (b) kinetic energy is mv 2
2
velocity v and rebounds with the same speed. Its
mv(M m)
change of momentum is: (c) momentum is
M
(a) 2mv (b) mv (c) – mv (d) zero
m2 v2
(d) kinetic energy is
17. A ball moving with a velocity u1 collides 2(M m)
elastically with another ball of equal mass, in a 23. Six identical marbles are lined up in a straight
one-dimensional collision. Which of the following
groove made on a horizontal frictionless surface as
is not possible?
shown in figure. Two similar marbles each moving
(a) First ball will come to rest with a velocity ‘v’ collide with the row of
(b) Second ball will move with a velocity u1 6 marbles from the left. What is observed ?
[collision is elastic.]
(c) Both balls will move with velocity u1 after v
collision
(d) The first ball will move with a velocity less
(a) One marble from the right rolls out with a
than u1
speed 2v, the remaining marbles do not move.
18. In elastic collision between two bodies, complete (b) Two marbles from the right roll out with a speed v
energy is transferred when: each, the remaining marbles do not move.
(a) both bodies have equal mass (c) All six marbles in the row will roll out with a
(b) both bodies are moving speed v/6 each, the two incident marbles will come
(c) heavy body is moving and lighter one is at rest to rest.
(d) lighter body is moving and heavier one is at rest (d) All eight marbles will start moving to the right,
each with a speed of v/8
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24. A 10 gm bullet is fired from a rifle horizontally
into a 5 kg block of wood suspended by a string
and the bullet gets embedded in the block. The
impact causes the block to swing to a height of 2.5
cm above its initial level. The velocity of the bullet
is:
(a) 286.8 m/sec (b) 350.7 m/sec
(c) 1000 m/sec (d) 523 m/sec
25. Two pendulums each of length l are initially
situated as shown in figure. The first pendulum is
released and strikes the second. Assume that the
collision is completely inelastic and neglect the
mass of the string and any frictional effects. How
high does the centre of mass rise after the
collision?

2
m1 m1
(a) d (b) d
(m1 m 2 ) (m1 m2 )
2
d(m1 m 2 ) 2 m2
(c) (d) d
m2 (m1 m 2 )

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L-7 P-10.7 3. A plastic ball is dropped from a height of one
Suggested Problems: meter and rebounds several times from the floor. If
1. A large mass ‘M’ moving with a velocity ' ' 1.3 s elapse from the moment it is dropped to the
collides head-on with a very small mass second impact with the floor, what is the
m(m M) . If the collision is elastic, calculate coefficient of restitution?
the energy lost by the larger mass ‘M’. 4. A ball striking a horizontal plane with velocity v
2. What percentage of kinetic energy of a moving rebounds with velocity 256v/625 after 4th
particle is transferred to a stationary particle when collision. Find the coefficient of restitution.
it strikes the stationary particle of twice its mass
5. A body is dropped from a height of 80m on to a
elastically?
horizontal floor and bounces repeatedly. If it stops
3. A sphere of mass ‘m’ collides against a pendulum
in t seconds, then find the value of t (in seconds).
of mass ‘m’ with horizontal velocity 0 .
(g = 10 ms 2 , e = 0.5)
(i) Calculate the maximum height reached by the
pendulum if the masses scatter elastically 6. A ball A moving with a certain velocity collides,
along the line of initial motion. with another ball B of the same mass at rest. If the
(ii) What is the maximum height reached by the coefficient of restitution is e. The ratio of the
1 e
pendulum if the two masses stick together? velocities of A and B after collision is x,
1 e
m find x ?
m 7. A bullet of mass m moving with a horizontal
0
m velocity strikes a stationary block of mass M
Step-1
suspended by a string of length L. The bullet gets
1. A 5 kg body makes head on direct collision with embedded in the block. The maximum angle made
another body at rest and after the collision x m2 2
by the string after impact is cos 1
1 ,
continues to move with 1/4 of its initial velocity. 8gL(M m)2
What is the mass of the second body?
find x ?
2. A 6kg mass collides with a body at rest. After
8. A particle of mass m moving with speed u collides
collision they travel together with a velocity one
perfectly inelastically with another particle of
third the velocity of 6 kg mass. Find the mass of mass 2m at rest. The loss of kinetic energy of
the second body. 2
system in the collision is m 2 , find x ?
3. A moving particle of mass ‘m’ makes head on 3x
elastic collision with a particle of mass ‘2m’ which 9. A neutron makes head-on elastic collision with a
is initially at rest. Find the fraction of K.E. lost by stationary deuteron. Find the fractional energy
colliding particle. loss of the neutron in the collision.
10. Two bodies of equal masses moving with
momentum (first double that of the second) collide
Step-2
completely inelastically. If the total final kinetic
1. A wooden ball is dropped from a height of 2m. energy is 9 joule, then, the initial kinetic energy
What is the height (in metre) upto which the ball (in joule) of the body of greater momentum.
will rebound if the coefficient of restitution is 0.5?
Step-3
2. A ball drops from rest, from a height of 4.9 m and
1. A ball is dropped on a horizontal surface from
3
hits a horizontal surface. If e = , then find the h
4 height h. If it rebounds upto height after first
2
time after which ball will hit the surface second collision then coefficient of restitution between
time (in sec). ball and surface is
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 4 2 2

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2. A body of mass m moving with a constant velocity 9. Three objects A, B and C are kept in a straight line
collides head on with another stationary body of on a frictionless horizontal surface. These have
same mass if e the coefficient of restitution masses m, 2m and m, respectively. The object A
1 moves towards B with a speed 9 m/s and makes an
between the bodies is then ratio of velocities of elastic collision with it. Thereafter, B makes
2
two bodies after collision will be completely inelastic collision with C. All motions
1 1 1 occurs on the same straight line. Find the final
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1 speed (in m/s) of the object C
3 2 4
3. A body of mass 10 kg moving with speed of
1
3ms collides with another stationary body of
mass 5 kg. As a result, the two bodies stick (a) 3 m/s (b) 4 m/s (c) 5 m/s (d) 1 m/s
together. The KE of composite mass will be 10. Two masses of 0.25 kg each moves towards each
(a) 30 J (b) 60 J (c) 90 J (d) 120 J other with speed 3 ms 1 and 1 ms 1 collide and
4. Two balls of equal mass undergo head on collision stick together. Find the final velocity
1 1
while each was moving with speed 6 m/s. If the (a) 0.5 ms (b) 2 ms (c) 1 ms 1 (d) 0.25 ms 1

1 11. A ball moving with velocity 2 m/s collides head on

coefficient of restitution is , the speed of each
3 with another stationary ball of double the mass. If
ball after impact will be the coefficient of restitution is 0.5, then their
(a) 18 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 6 m/s (d) 4 m/s velocities (in m/s) after collision will be
5. A bullet weighing 10 g and moving with a velocity (a) 0, 2 (b) 0, 1 (c) 1, 1 (d) 1, 0.5
300 m/s strikes a 5 kg block of ice and drop dead. 12. A body of mass m1 moving with a velocity
The ice block is kept on smooth surface. The speed 3 ms 1 collides with another body at rest of mass
of the block after the collision is m 2 . After collision the velocities of the two bodies
(a) 6 cm/s (b) 60 cm/s (c) 6 m/s (d) 0.6 cm/s
are 2 ms 1 and 5 ms 1 respectively along the
6. A sphere of mass m moving with a constant
direction of motion of m1 . The ratio m1 / m2 is
velocity u hits another stationary sphere of the
same mass. If e is the coefficient of restitution, 5
(a) (b) 5 (c) 1/5 (d) 12 / 5
then ratio of velocities of the two spheres after 12
collision will be 13. Two masses m A and m B moving with velocities
2 2 A and B in opposite direction collide
1 e 2 e 1 e 1 e
(a) (b) (c) (d) elastically. After that the masses m A and m B
1 e 2 e 1 e 1 e
move with velocity B and A respectively. The
7. A neutron travelling with a velocity collides
ration (mA / mB ) is
elastically, head on, with a nucleus of an atom of
mass number A at rest. The fraction of total energy (a) 1 (b) A B
retained by neutron is A B

A 1
2
A 1
2 (c) (mA mB ) / m A (d) A / B
(a) (b)
A 1 A 1 14. Two bodies having same mass 40 kg are moving in
2 2 opposite directions, one with a velocity of 10 m/s
A 1 A 1 and the other with 7 m/s. If they collide and move
(c) (d)
A A as one body, the velocity of the combination is
8. Velocity of the ball A after collision with the ball (a) 10 m/s (b) 7 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 1.5 m/s
B as shown in the figure is (Assume perfectly 15. A big ball of mass M, moving with velocity u
inelastic and head-on collision) strikes a small ball of mass m, which is at rest.
Finally small ball obtains velocity u and big ball
. Then what is the value of
M m m
(a) u (b) u
3 5 M m M m
(a) m/s (b) m/s
7 7 2m M
(c) u (d) u
1 M m M m
(c) m / s (d) Zero
7
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16. A body of mass 5 kg moving with a velocity 24. The centre of mass of a body
10 m/s collides with another body of the mass 20 (a) Lies always outside the body
kg at, rest and comes to rest. The velocity of the
(b) May lie within, outside on the surface of the
second body due to collision is
body
(a) 2.5 m/s (b) 5 m/s (c) 7.5 m/s (d) 10 m/s
17. Which of the following is not a perfectly inelastic (c) Lies always inside the body
collision (d) Lies always on the surface of the body
(a) Striking of two glass balls 25. A carpet of mass m made of inextensible material
(b) A bullet striking a bag of sand is rolled along its length in the form of a cylinder
(c) An electron captured by a proton of radius r and kept on a rough floor. The decrease
(d) A man jumping onto a moving cart in the potential energy of the system, when the
18. A body of mass 4 kg moving with velocity 12 m/s r
carpet is unrolled to a radius without sliding is
collides with another body of mass 6 kg at rest. If 2
two bodies stick together after collision, then the (g = acceleration due to gravity)
loss of kinetic energy of system is 3 5 7 1
(a) Zero (b) 288 J (c) 172.8 J (d) 144 J (a) mgr (b) mgr (c) mgr (d) mgr
4 8 8 2
19. A body of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of
3 m/sec collides head on with a body of mass 1 kg 
moving in opposite direction with a velocity of
4 m/sec. After collision, two bodies stick together
and move with a common velocity which in m/sec
is equal to
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/4
20. A body of mass m moving with a constant velocity
hits another body of the same mass moving with
the same velocity but in the opposite direction
and sticks to it. The velocity of the compound
body after collision is
(a) (b) 2 (c) Zero (d) /2
21. Two bodies of masses 0.1 kg and 0.4 kg move
towards each other with the velocities 1 m/s and
0.1 m/s respectively. After collision they stick
together. In 10 sec the combined mass travels
(a) 120 m (b) 0.12 m
(c) 12 m (d) 1.2 m
22. A neutron having mass of 1.67 1027 kg and
moving at 108 m / s collides with a deuteron at rest
and sticks to it. If the mass of the deutron is
3.34 1027 kg then the speed of the combination is
(a) 2.56 103 m / s
(b) 2.98 105 m / s
(c) 3.33 107 m / s
(d) 5.01 109 m / s
23. The quantity that is not conserved in an inelastic
collision is
(a) Momentum (b) Kinetic energy
(c) Total energy (d) All of these

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L-8 P-10.8
Suggested Problems:
1. Prove that in an elastic oblique collision between 2
bodies of the same mass, with one mass initially at
rest, the final velocities are perpendicular to each
other.
2. Consider the collision depicted in fig. to be
between two identical billiard balls with equal
masses m1 m2 . The first ball is called the cue
while the second ball is called the target. The
billiard player wants to sink the target ball in a
corner pocket, which is at an angle 2 37 .
Assume that the collision is elastic and that
friction and rotational motion are not important.
Obtain 1 . Assume that the target ball is initially
at rest.
Step-1
1. A neutron makes head-on elastic collision with a
stationary deuteron. Find the fractional energy
loss of the neutron in the collision. Given that the
mass of a direction is twice the mass of a neutron
2. A bullet of mass m moving with velocity v strikes
a suspended wooden block of mass M. If the block
rises to a height h, then find the initial velocity of
the bullet v (bullet gets embedded in block).
3. Two bodies of masses 50 g and 30 g moving in the
same direction, along the same straight line with
velocities 50 cm s 1 and 30 cm s 1 respectively
suffer one-dimensional elastic collision. Calculate
their velocities after the collision
4. A body A of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of
25 m s 1 in the east direction collides elastically
with another body B of mass 3 kg moving with
velocity of 15 m s 1 westwards. Calculate the
velocity of each ball after the collision.
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5. A block of mass m moving at speed collides with
another block of mass 2m at rest. The lighter block
comes to rest after the collision. Find the
coefficient of restitution
6. A block of mass ‘m’ moves with a velocity v 0
towards a stationary block of mass ‘M’ (connected
to a spring) on a smooth horizontal surface (see
figure). If spring constant is k, what is the
maximum compression in the spring? (when the
blocks move together)
Step-2
1. Two bodies of equal masses moving with
momentum (first double that of the second) collide
completely inelastically. If the total final kinetic
energy is 9 joule, then find the initial kinetic
energy (in joule) of the body of greater momentum.
2. A body A moving in a straight line with velocity
makes a head on collision with a body B initially
at rest. After collision, B acquires a velocity of 1.6
. Assuming the bodies to be perfectly elastic,
what percentage of A’s energy is transferred to B
as a result of collision ?
3. From the above Q.2, what is the ratio of the mass
A to that of B is
4. A ball A moving with a certain velocity collides,
with another ball B of the same mass at rest. If the
coefficient of restitution is e. The ratio of the
velocities of A and B after collision is
1 e x
, find x?
1 e 2
5. A bullet of mass m moving with velocity v strikes
a suspended wooden block of mass M. If the block
rises to a height h, then, the initial velocity of the
bullet v (bullet gets embedded in block) is
M m
2gh , find x ?
xm
6. A bullet of mass m moving with a horizontal velocity
strikes a stationary block of mass M suspended by
a string of length L. The bullet gets embedded in the
block. The maximum angle made by the string after
1 m2 2
impact is cos 1 , find x ?
x gL(M m)2
7. A body A of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of 6. A bullet of mass m moving with a velocity u
1
25 m s in the east direction collides elastically strikes a block of mass M at rest and get embedded
with another body B of mass 3 kg moving with in the block. The loss of kinetic energy in the
velocity (in m/s) of 15 m s 1 westwards. Calculate impact is
1 1
the velocity of each ball after the collision at body A. (a) mMu 2 (b) (m M) u 2
8. In the above Q.7, find velocity at each ball after
2 2
collision at body B (in m/s). mMu 2 m M 2
(c) (d) u
9. A body A moving in a straight line with velocity 2(m M) 2mM
makes a head on collision with a body B initially 7. A ball of mass M moving with speed v collides
at rest. After collision, B acquires a velocity of 1.6 perfectly inelastically with another ball of mass m
. Assuming the bodies to be perfectly elastic,
at rest. The magnitude of impulse imparted to the
what is the ratio of the mass of A to that of B?
first ball is
What percentage of A’s energy is transferred to B
as a result of collision ? Mm M2
(a) Mv (b) mv (c) v (d) v
10. The mass of moon is 0.0123 times the mass of the M m M m
earth and separation between them is 3.84 108 m . 8. In the figure shown, a small ball hits obliquely a
The location of C.M. as measured from the centre smooth and horizontal surface with speed u whose
of the earth is x 106 m , find x ? x and y components are indicated. If the coefficient
1
of restitution is , then its x and y components v,
2
Step-3 and v y just after collision are respectively
1. A ball is dropped from height h on a horizontal
floor. If it loses 60% of its energy in hitting the 2 m/s v
vy
floor then height upto which it will rise after first y
rebounce is 4 m/s
h 2h 3h 4h u vx x
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
2. A ball of mass m is dropped from height h on a
horizontal for colliding speed u floor having 1
e
coefficient of restitution e. Impulse imparted to 2
ball by the floor on its second rebounce is (a) 4 m/s, 1 m/s (b) 2 m/s, 1 m/s
(a) meu (b) meu (e + 1) (c) 2 m/s, 2 m/s (d) 4 m/s, 2 m/s
(c) me2 u(e 1) (d) me2 u(e 1) 9. A ball of mass m moving with speed u collides
3. Two identical balls moving in opposite direction with a smooth horizontal surface at angle with it
with speed 20 m/s and 25 m/s undergo head on as shown in figure. The magnitude of impulse
perfectly inelastic collision. The speed of imparted to surface by ball is [Coefficient of
combined mass after collision is restitution of collision is e]
(a) 20 m/s (b) 22.5 m/s
(c) 25 m/s (d) 2.5 m/s
4. A ball of mass 5 kg moving with speed 8 m/s
collides head on with another stationary ball of (a) mu(1 e)cos (b) mu(1 e)sin
mass 15 kg. If collision is perfectly inelastic, then (c) mu(1 e)cos (d) mu(1 e)sin
loss in kinetic energy is
10. A ball is thrown vertically downwards from a
(a) 160 J (b) 80 J (c) 40 J (d) 120 J
height of 20 m with an initial velocity 0 . It
5. A ball dropped from height h on a horizontal floor
3h collides with the ground loses 50 percent of its
goes up to the height after hitting the floor. energy in collision and rebounds to the same
4
Fraction of energy of ball lost in the impact is height. The initial velocity 0 is [Take g = 10
3 1 3 1 m / s2 ]
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 2 5 4 1 1
(a) 20 ms (b) 28 ms
1 1
(c) 10 ms (d) 14 ms
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11. A ball dropped from a height of 2m rebounds to a 17. Two identical mass M moving with velocity u1
height of 1.5 m after hitting the ground. Then the and u 2 collide perfectly inelastically. The loss in
percentage of energy lost is energy is
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 100 M M
12. A thin uniform rod of length l and mass m is
(a) (u 2 u1 )2 (b) (u1 u 2 ) 2
2 2
swinging freely about a horizontal axis passing M M
through its end. Its maximum angular speed is . (c) (u1 u 2 ) 2 (d) (u 2 u1 )2
4 4
Its centre of mass rises to a maximum height of
18. A mass of 20 kg moving with a speed of 10 m/s
1 l2 2 1l
(a) (b) collides with another stationary mass of 5 kg. As a
3 g 6 g
result of the collision, the two masses stick
1 l2 2 1 l2 2 together. The kinetic energy of the composite mass
(c) (d)
2 g 6 g will be
13. A ball is projected vertically down with an initial (a) 600 Joule (b) 800 Joule
velocity from a height of 20 m onto a horizontal
(c) 1000 Joule (d) 1200 Joule
floor. During the impact it loses 50% of its energy
and rebounds to the same height. The initial 19. A man of 50 kg mass is standing in a gravity free
velocity of its projection is space at a height of 10 m above the floor. He
1 1 throws a stone of 0.5 kg mass downward with a
(a) 20 m / s (b) 15 m / s
1 1 speed of 2 m/s. When the stone reaches the floor,
(c) 10 m / s (d) 5 m / s
the distance of the man above the floor will be
14. A body falling from a height of 10 m rebounds
(a) 20 m (b) 9.9 m (c) 10.1 (d) 10 m
from hard floor. If it loses 20% energy in the
impact, then coefficient of restitution is 20. Consider a system of two particles having masses
m1 and m 2 . If the particle of mass m1 is pushed
(a) 0.89 (b) 0.56 (c) 0.23 (d) 0.18
15. A particle falls from a height h upon a fixed towards the centre of mass of particles through a
horizontal plane and rebounds. If e is the distance d, by what distance would be particle of
coefficient of restitution, the total distance mass m 2 move so as to keep the centre of mass of
travelled before rebounding has stopped is particles at the original position.
1 e2 1 e2 m1 m
(a) h (b) h (a) d (b) 1 d
1 e2 1 e2 m1 m2 m2
m2
h 1 e2 h 1 e2 (c) d (d) d
(c) (d) m1
2 1 e2 2 1 e2
21. A body A of mass M while falling vertically
16. The bob A of a simple pendulum is released when
downward under gravity breaks into two parts, a
the string makes an angle of 45° with the vertical.
body B of mass 1.3M and a body C of mass 2/3M.
It hits another bob B of the same material and
The centre of mass of bodies B and C taken
same mass kept at rest on the table. If the collision
is elastic together shifts compared to that of body A towards
(a) Body C
(b) Body B
(c) Depends on height of breaking
(d) Does not shift
22. During inelastic collision of two particles:
(a) Both A and B rise to the same height (a) (KE)final (KE)initial
(b) Both A and B comes to rest at B (b) (KE)final must be greater than (KE)initial
(c) Both A and B move with the same velocity of A (c) (KE)final must be less than (KE)initial
(d) A comes to rest at B moves with the velocity of A (d) (KE)final may be greater or less than (KE)initial
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23. Two balls at the same temperature collide, which is
conserved?
(a) Temperature (b) Velocity
(c) Kinetic energy (d) Momentum
24. A ball strikes against the floor and returns with
double the velocity; in which type of collision is it
possible?
(a) perfectly elastic (b) Inelastic
(c) Perfectly inelastic (d) It is not possible
25. A moving mass of 8 kg collides elastically with a
stationary mass of 2 kg. If E be the initial kinetic
energy of the moving mass the kinetic energy left
with it after the collision will be:
(a) 0.80 E (b) 0.64 E (c) 0.36 E (d) 0.08 E

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L-9 P-10.9 6. The system is initially at rest. The 1 kg block is
Suggested Problems: lifted through 1.25 m and released. Find the speed
1. Uniform discs of the same material undergo (m/s) at which the 4 kg block leaves the floor.
collision on a smooth horizontal table as shown.
Determine the velocities after collision if e = 0.5.
5 cm/s
1 cm 4 cm 3 cm 1 kg
4 kg
rest 7. Two balls of masses 5m and m have radii 2R and
Step-1 R. Their centre of masses are separated by 12R.
1. A particle of mass m moving eastwards with a They move towards each other under their
gravitational force. Find the distance moved by the
velocity collides with another particle of the
centre of smaller sphere when the spheres touch
same mass moving northwards with the same each other (R = 1).
speed . The two particles join on collision. After
8. The system is released from rest as shown. What is
collision, the new particle moves in north-east the displacement (in metre) of the wedge when the
direction. Calculate the velocity and direction of particle reaches the bottom of the wedge towards left.
the new particle after collision. 2 kg

3m 0.2
3 kg 37°
Step-2 0
1. A particle of mass m strikes on ground with speed 9. The displacement (in metre) of the trolley when
v, angle of incidence 45º. If coefficient of the persons exchange positions towards left?
restitution e 1/ 2 . The velocity of reflection is 75 kg 50 kg
x 3
, find x ?
8
2.

3.
From above Q.1, the angle of reflection is
tan 1
x , find x ?
A billiard ball is moving at a speed of 10 cm/s,
  100 kg

when it has a glancing collision with an identical 10.
ball that is at rest. After collision, both ball move
at angles 45° each, on opposite sides of the
incident direction. The speed of each ball after
collision is x 2 cm/s, find x ?
12 m
Ignore friction at all surface. The system is
released from rest as shown. Calculate the speeds
(in m/s) of the wedge, when the particle reaches
the bottom of the wedge.
1 kg

4. A steel ball of mass 0.1 kg moving with a speed of 3m 4 kg

1 37°
10 ms collides with an identical steel ball at rest.
After the collision, the direction of each ball makes
an angle of 30º with the original direction. The Step-3
speed of each ball after the collision. Is this 1. Two balls of equal masses m each undergo oblique
1
collision elastic is x ms , the collision is not collision. If collision is perfectly elastic, then angle
between there velocities after collision is
elastic?
5. A body of mass 5 kg moves along the x-axis with a (a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 6 2
velocity of 2 ms 1 . A second body of mass 2. Two identical balls moving with speed v at right
10 kg moves along the y-axis with a velocity angle to each other collide perfectly inelastically.
3 ms 1 . They collide at the origin and stick Their speed after collision is
together. Calculate the final velocity (m/s) of the v v
(a) v (b) 2v (c) (d)
combined mass after collision. 2 2
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3. A particle of mass m moving eastward with a 9. On a frictionless surface a block of mass M
speed v collides with another particle of the same moving at speed collides elastically with
mass moving northwards with same speed v. The another block of same mass M which is initially at
two particle coalesce on collision. The new particle rest. After collision the first block moves at an
of mass 2m will move with velocity
v v angle to its initial direction and has a speed .
(a) North-East (b) South-West 3
2 2 The second block’s speed after the collision is
v v 3 3 3 2 2
(c) North-West (d) North-East (a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 4 2 2 3
4. Two balls of masses m each are moving at right
10. A particle of mass m moving eastward with a
angle to each other with velocities 6 m/s and 8 m/s
speed collides with another particle of the same
respectively. If collision between them is perfectly
mass moving northward with the same speed .
inelastic, the velocity of combined mass is
The two particles coalesce on collision. The new
(a) 15 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 5 m/s (d) 2.5 m/s
particle of mass 2m will move in the north-easterly
5. An object of mass M1 moving horizontally with
direction with a velocity
speed u collides elastically with another object of
mass M 2 at rest. Select correct statement. (a) /2 (b) 2 (c) / 2 (d)
11. A ball collides elastically with another ball of the
same mass. The collision is oblique and initially
one of the balls was at rest. After the collision,
both the balls move with same speed. What will be
the angle between the velocities of the balls after
(a) The momentum of system is conserved only in the collision?
directly PQ (a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
(b) Momentum of M1 is conserved in direction 12. A particle of mass m moving towards the east with
perpendicular to SR speed v collides with another particle of the same
(c) Momentum of M 2 will change in direction mass and same speed v moving towards the north.
normal to CR If the two particles stick to each other, the new
(d) All of these particle of mass 2m will have a speed of:
6. When two spheres of equal masses undergo (a) v (b) v/2 (c) v / 2 (d) v 2
glancing elastic collision with one of them at rest, 13. A mass m moving horizontally (along the x-axis)
after collision they will move with velocity v collides and sticks to mass of 3m
(a) Opposite to one another moving vertically upward (along the y-axis) with
(b) In the same direction velocity 2v. The final velocity of the combination is
(c) Together 1 3 1 2
(d) At right angle to each other (a) vi vj (b) vi vj
4 2 3 3
7. A particle of mass m moving in the x direction 2 1 3 1
with speed 2 is hit by another particle of mass (c) vi vj (d) vi vj
3 3 2 4
2m moving in the direction with speed . If the
collision is perfectly inelastic the percentage loss
in the energy during the collision is close to 14. A body is allowed to fall on the ground from a
height h1 . If it is to rebound to a height h 2 then
(a) 44% (b) 50% (c) 56% (d) 62%
the coefficient of restitution is:
8. Two putty balls of equal mass moving with equal
velocity in mutually perpendicular directions, stick h2 h2 h1 h1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
together after collision. If the balls were initially h1 h1 h2 h2
moving with a velocity of 45 2 ms 1 each, the 15. A body falls from a height of 16 m and rebounds to
velocity of their combined mass after collision is a height of 4 m. The coefficient of restitution is:
(a) 45 2 ms 1
(b) 45 ms 1 1 1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 1 4 2 4 8
(c) 90 ms (d) 22.5 2 ms
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16. A neutron moving with velocity u collides 22. A particle of mass m moving with velocity
elastically with an atom of mass number A. If the strikes a stationary particle of mass 2m and sticks
collision is head on and the initial kinetic energy of to it. The speed of the system will be
neutron is E, then the final kinetic energy of the (a) /2 (b) 2 (c) /3 (d) 3
neutron after collision is: 23. In an inelastic collision, what is conserved
2 2
A 1 A 1 (a) Kinetic energy (b) Momentum
(a) E (b) E
A 1 A 1
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
A 1 A 1
(c) E (d) E 24. A ladder is learned against a smooth wall and it is
A 1 A 1
17. A ball is let to fall from a height h 0 . There are n allowed to slip on a frictionless floor. Which figure
represents trace of its centre of mass
collisions with the earth. If the velocity of rebound
after n collisions is v n and the ball rises to a height
h n , then coefficient of restitution e is given by:
hn h0
(a) en (b) en
h0 hn
(a) (b)
hn hn
(c) ne (d) ne
h0 h0
18. A ball of mass M falls from a height h on a floor
for which the coefficient of restitution is e. The
height attained by the ball after two rebounds is (c) (d)
(a) e2 h (b) eh 2 (c) e4 h (d) hle4 25. A man weighing 80 kg is standing in a trolley
19. A bullet is fired from a gun. The force on the bullet weighing 320 kg. The trolley is resting on
is given by: F 600 2 105 t. frictionless horizontal rails. If the man starts
walking on the trolley with a speed of 1 m/s, then
Where F is in newton and t in second. The force on
after 4 sec his displacement relative to the ground
the bullet becomes zero as soon as it leaves the
will be
barrel. What is the average impulse imparted to the
(a) 5m (b) 4.8 m (c) 3.2 m (d) 3.0 m
bullet?
(a) 9 N-s (b) Zero (c) 0.9 N-s (d) 1.8 N-s 
20. A ball of mass 10 g moving perpendicular to the
plane of the wall strikes it and rebounds in the
same line with the same velocity. If the impulse
experienced by the wall is 0.54 N s, the velocity of
the ball is:
(a) 27 ms 1 (b) 3.7 ms 1
(c) 54 ms 1 (d) 37 ms 1
21. A machine gun is mounted on a 2000 kg vehicle
on a horizontal smooth road (friction negligible).
The gun fires 10 bullets per sec with a velocity of
500 m/s. If the mass of each bullet be 10 g, what is
the acceleration produced in the vehicle ?
(a) 25 cm / s2 (b) 25 m / s2
(c) 50 cm / s2 (d) 50 m / s2
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L-10 P-10.10 8. A steel ball of mass 0.1 kg moving with a speed of
Suggested Problems: 10 ms 1 collides with an identical steel ball at rest.
1. A ball of mass ‘m’ strikes the fixed inclined plane After the collision, the direction of each ball makes
after falling through a height ‘h’. If it rebounds an angle of 30º with the original direction. The
elastically, then impulse imparted on the ball.
speed of each ball after the collision. Is this
h
smooth collision elastic is x m/s, the collision is not elastic,
fixed find x ?
9. A body of mass 5 kg moves along the x-axis with a
Step-2 velocity of 2 ms 1 . A second body of mass
1. From above problem find speed (in m/s) of 10 kg moves along the y-axis with a velocity
particles when the particle reaches the bottom of 3 ms 1 . They collide at the origin and stick
the wedge. together. Calculate the final velocity (in m/s) of the
2. The spring is compressed by ‘x’ m and the system combined mass after collision.
is placed on a flat surface. Determine the
10. From the above Q.19, the amount of heat liberated
acceleration ( m / s 2 ) of the CM of the blocks if
in the collision J.
x = 4 cm .
100 N/m
1kg 7kg
Step-3
0.5
3. The system is initially in equilibrium, friction 1. Two particles A and B move with constant
being negligible. What is the acceleration of the velocity 1 and 2 . At the initial moment their
CM of the blocks if the spring breaks suddenly? position vectors are r1 and r2 respectively. The
condition for particle A and B for their collision is
3 kg
50 N/m r r v2 v1
(a) r1 r2 v1 v2 (b) a 1 22
2 kg r1 r2 v2 v1
(c) r1 v2 r2 v2 (d) r1 v1 r2 v2
37°
4. Two particles A and B have the same mass m. A is 2. Where will be the centre of mass on combining
1 two masses m and M ( M > m)
moving along X-axis with a speed of 5ms and
B is at rest. After undergoing a perfectly elastic (a) Towards m (b) Towards M
collision with B, particle A gets scattered through
(c) Between m and M (d) Anywhere
an angle of 60°. What is the direction of motion of
3. Two point objects of masses 1.5 g and 2.5 g
B, and the speeds (in m / h 1 ) of A, after the
respectively are at a distance of 16 cm apart, the
collision?
centre of gravity is at a distance x from the object
5. A particle of mass m moving with speed v in
positive x-direction collides perfectly inelastically of mass 1.5 g where x is
with another identical particle moving with same (a) 10 cm (b) 6 cm
speed in positive y-direction. Final velocity of the (c) 13 cm (d) 3 cm
v ˆ ˆ
combination is [i j], find x ? 4. Two masses m1 and m2 (m1 m2 ) are connected
2x
6. A particle of mass m strikes on ground with angle by massless flexible and inextensible string passed
of incidence 45º. If coefficient of restitution over massless and frictionless pulley. The
e 1/ 2 , find the velocity of reflection. acceleration of centre of mass is
2
7. A billiard ball is moving at a speed of 10 cm/s, m1 m 2 m1 m 2
when it has a glancing collision with an identical (a) g (b) g
m1 m 2 m1 m2
ball that is at rest. After collision, both ball move
at angles 45° each, on opposite sides of the m1 m2
(c) g (d) zero
incident direction. The speed (in m/s) of each ball m1 m 2
after collision is x 2, find x ?
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5. Two spherical bodies of mass M and 5M and radii
R and 2R respectively are released in free space
with initial separation between their centres equal
to 12R. If they attract each other due to (a) 2 N S (b) zero N S
gravitational force only, then the distance covered (c) 4 N S (d) 6 N S
by the smaller body just before collision is
10. A mass m moves with a velocity and collides
(a) 1.5 R (b) 2.5 R (c) 4.5 R (d) 7.5 R inelastically with another identical mass. After
6. Three particles of mass 20 g, 30 g and 40 g are
collision, the first mass moves with velocity
initially moving along the positive direction of the 3
three coordinate axes respectively with the same in a direction perpendicular to the initial direction
velocity of 20 cm/s. If due to their mutual of motion. Find the speed of the 2nd mass after
interaction, the first particle comes to rest, the collision.
second acquires a velocity 10iˆ 20kˆ . What is then (a)
2
(b) (c) (d) 3
velocity (in cm/s) of the third particle ? 3 3
(a) 2iˆ 3jˆ 4kˆ (b) 2.5iˆ 15jˆ 5kˆ 11. A mass at rest explodes into 4 identical particles
which fly in different directions in same plane with
(c) 2.5iˆ 10jˆ 5kˆ (d) 2iˆ 3jˆ 4kˆ
equal speeds. Which of the following combination
7. In the figure shown, the two identical balls of mass of angles may be the right set showing the possible
M and radius R each, are placed in contact with direction?
each other on the frictionless horizontal surface. (a) 0 , 60 , 120 , 240 (b) 0 , 75 , 150 , 225
The third ball of mass M and radius R/2, is coming (c) 0 , 90 , 180 , 270 (d) 0 , 30 , 180 , 270
down vertically and has a velocity = v0 when it
12. A body of mass m1 is moving with a velocity V. It
simultaneously hits the two balls and itself comes collides with another stationary body of mass m 2 .
to rest. Then, each of the two bigger balls will
They get embedded. At the point of collision, the
move after collision with a speed equal to velocity of the system
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases but does not become zero
(c) Remains same
(a) v0 / 5 (b) 2v0 / 5 (d) Become zero
(c) 4v0 / 5 (d) None of these 13. A particle moving horizontally with a velocity u
strikes a fixed frictionless sphere at a height R/2
8. As shown in the figure a body of mass m moving
above the centre of sphere. After striking the
vertically with speed 3 m/s hits a smooth fixed sphere, velocity of particle changes to vertically
inclined plane and rebounds with a velocity v f in upward .If R be the radius of sphere, the maximum
the horizontal direction. If of inclined is 30°, height attained by the particle with respect to
the velocity vf will be centre of sphere is
u2 R u2 R u2 R u2 R
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6g 2 2g 2 3g 2 4g 2
14. A body of mass 5 kg moving along the x-axis with
(a) 3 m/s (b) 3 m/s a velocity 2ms 1 . Another body of mass
(c) 1/ 3 m/s (d) this is not possible 10 kg is moving along the y-axis with a velocity
3 ms 1 . They collide at the origin and stick
9. A force-time (F-t) graph for a linear motion is
shown in adjoining figure. The segments shown together. The final velocity of the combined mass is
1 1
are circular. The linear momentum gained between (a) 3 ms (b) ( 3 1) ms
0 and 8 seconds is : 4 1
(c) ms (d) None of these
3
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15. A 1 kg ball, moving at 12 ms 1 , collides head-on 22. A block of mass 0.50 kg is moving with a speed of
with a 2 kg ball moving in the opposite direction at 2.00 ms 1 on a smooth surface. It strikes another
2 mass of 1.00 kg and then they move together as a
24 ms 1 . If the coefficient of restitution is , then
3 single body. The energy loss during the collision is
the energy lost in the collision is : (a) 1.00 J (b) 0.67 J (c) 0.34 J (d) 0.16 J
(a) 60 J (b) 120 J (c) 240 J (d) 180 J 23. Two identical smooth balls are projected from
16. A ball collides impinges directly on a similar ball points O and A on the horizontal ground with same
at rest. The first ball is brought to rest after the speed of projection. The angle of projection in
impact. If half of the kinetic energy is lost by each case is 30° (see figure). The distance between
impact, the value of coefficient of restitution (e) is O and A is 100 m. The balls collide in mid air and
1 3 1 1 return to their respective points of projection. If the
(a) (b) (c) (d) coefficient of restitution is 0.7, find the speed ‘u’
3 2 2 2 2
of projection of either ball
17. A bullet of mass 10 g moving horizontally with a
y
velocity of 400 ms 1 strikes a wooden block of
mass 2 kg which is suspended by a light
inextensible string of length 5 m. As a result, the u u
centre of gravity of the block is found to rise a 30° 30° x
vertical distance of 10 cm. The speed of the bullet O A
after it emerges out horizontally from the block 1 1
(a) 37.5 ms (b) 47.5 ms
will be 1
(c) 30 ms (d) None of these
1 1
(a) 117.2 ms (b) 160 ms
24. What is the average speed of the rail car + bowling
1 1
(c) 100 ms (d) 80 ms balls system some time after the collision?
18. A metal ball of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity (a) (M + Nm) v 0 / M
of 36 km/h has a head on collision with a
(b) M v 0 / (Nm + M)
stationary ball of mass 3 kg. If after the collision,
the two balls move together, the loss in kinetic (c) Nm v 0 / M
energy due to collision is (d) The speed cannot be determined because there
(a) 40 J (b) 60 J (c) 100 J (d) 140 J is not enough information
19. A small 1 kg block, hanging in static equilibrium 25. In a one dimensional collision between two
at the end of a vertical spring of stiffness identical particles A and B, where B is stationary
100 N/m, is struck by a 1 kg particle moving and A has momentum ‘p’ before impact. During
vertically up with kinetic energy K. The bodies impact B gives an impulse J to A. Then coefficient
stick together and come to rest momentarily when of restitution between the two is
the spring is at its natural length. Then, K is 2J 2J J J
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 1
(a) 1 J (b) 2 J (c) 2.5 J (d) 3 J p p p p
20. A body of mass 20 gms is moving with a certain 
velocity. It collides with another body of mass 80
gm at rest. The collision is perfectly inelastic. Find
the ratio of the kinetic energies before and after
collision of the system is
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 5 : 1 (d) 3 : 2
21. A block of wood of mass 9.8 kg is suspended by a
string. A bullet of mass 200 gm strikes horizontally
with a velocity of 100 ms 1 and gets imbedded in
it. To what height will the block rise ?
(g 10 ms 2 )
(a) 0.1 m (b) 0.2 m (c) 0.3 m (d) 0
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