WORK, ENERGY AND POWER -6

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A light body and a heavy body have equal kinetic energy which has greater momentum?
(a) The heavy body (b) The light body
(c) Both have equal momentum (d) Data given is incomplete.
Ans. (a) p  
2mk Typology – Application
2. When a body is projected vertically up. At some point P at height h its potential energy is twice as
kinetic energy at that point. At what height its kinetic energy is twice that of potential energy?
(a) 2h (b) 3h (c) h/4 (d) h/3
Ans. (b) Typology- Analysis and evaluation
At point P
2 PE  KE
1
2mgh  m 2
2
1
2mgh  mu 2  mgh
2
mu  6mgh
2

At point Q
PE  2 KE
1
mgh1  m 2
2
1
mgh1  mu 2  mgh1
2
mu  2mgh1
2

6mgh  2mgh1
h1  3h
3. A boy pushes the wall and fails to displace it .Therefore he does :
(a) positive work (b) negative work
(c) positive but not maximum work (d) no work at all
Ans. (d) Understanding
4. Out of a pair of identical Spring Constant 240 Newton per metre, one is compressed by 10 cm and the
other is stretched by 10 cm . The difference in potential energy stored in the two spring is:
(a) zero (b) 4J (c) 12J (d) 1.2J
Ans. (a) Understanding
5. Which of the following is unit of energy :
(a) watt second (b) watt
(c) kilowatt (d) Joules per second
Ans. (a) Understanding
6. The work performed on an object does not depend on
(a) the force applied (b) the displacement
(c) the initial velocity of object
(d) the angle at which the force is incline to the displacement
Ans. (c) Remembering

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7. The force between a pair of protons is repulsive ,what change is observed in potential energy, as the
two protons are brought closer :
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) remains unchanged (d) may increase or decrease
Ans. (a) Application
8. How high must a body be lifted to gain an amount of potential energy equal to the kinetic energy it has
,when moving at speed of 20 metre per second.( take value of acceleration due to gravity at that place
is equals to 10 metre per second square)
(a) 200m (b) 20m (c) 2m (d) 2000m
Ans. (b) Analysis and evaluation
9. Work done by a body against friction force always result in a loss of :
(a) kinetic energy (b) potential energy
(c) both of them (d) none of them
Ans. (a) (Understanding)
10. A body of mass 50 kg slides over a horizontal distance of 1 m. If coefficient of friction between
their surfaces is 0.2, then work done against friction is (Take g  9.8 m  s 2 )

(a) 98 J (b) 72 J (c) 56 J (d) 34 J

Ans. (a) (Applying)

11. A block of mass 1 kg slides down a inclined plane of inclination 60° starting from its top. If
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.5 and length of the plane is 1 m, then work done against friction
is

(a) 19.6 J (b) 9.8 J

(c) 4.9 J (d) 2.45 J

Ans. (d) (Applying)

12. One –fourth chain is hanging down from a table. The work done to bring the hanging part of the
chain on the table is (Mass of chain = M and length = L)

MgL MgL
(a) (b)
32 16

MgL MgL
(c) (d)
8 4

Ans. (a) (Applying)

13.  
A force F  5iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ N is applied over a particle which displaces it from its origin to the point
 
r  2i  j m. The work done on the particle is

(a) -7J (b) +7J

(c) + 10 J (d) + 13 J

Ans. (b) (Applying)

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14.  
A constant force F  3iˆ  cˆj  6kˆ acting on a particle causes a displacement: s  4iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ in
its own direction. If the work done is 6 J, then value of ‘c’ is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 12

Ans. (c) (Applying)

15.  
A particle moves form position r1  3iˆ  2 ˆj  6kˆ to position r2  14iˆ  13 ˆj  9kˆ under the action of

a force F  4iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ . Work done by the force is

(a) 50 units (b) 75 units

(c) 100 units (d) 200 units

Ans. (c) (Applying)

16. The force constant of a spring is k. And that of another springs of the same material is 2 k. If both
the springs are stretched through the same distance, then ratio between the works done by the
springs is

(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:2 (d) 1:4

Ans. (c) (Applying)

17. The work done in stretching a certain spring, through a distance‘d’ is 20 J. The amount of work
done to stretch this spring through an additional distance 2 d will be

(a) 160 J (b) 120 J

(c) 100 J (d) 200 J

Ans. (a) (Applying)

18. If speed of a vehicle increases by 2 m  s 1 , its kinetic energy is doubled, then original speed of
the vehicle is

(a)  
2  1 m  s 1 (b)  
2 2  1 m  s 1

(c) 2 2  1 m  s 1
(d) 2  
2  1 m  s 1

Ans. (c) (Applying)

19. A particle is projected at an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the particle, at
the highest point in its flight, is (where K is initial kinetic energy of the particle)

K
(a) zero (b)
4

K 3K
(c) (d)
2 4

Ans. (c) (Understanding)

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20. The potential energy of a body is given by: A – B x2 (where x is the displacement).

The magnitude of force acting on the particle is

(a) constant (b) proportional to x

(c) proportional to x 2 (d) inversely proportional to x

Ans. (b) (Applying)

a b
21. The potential energy between two atoms, in a molecule, is given by: U x = 12
 6 where a and b
x x
are positive constants and x is the distance between the atoms. The atom is in stable equilibrium,
when
1/ 6
 a 
(a) x =0 (b) x=  
 2b 
1/ 6 1/ 6
a  11a 
(c) x=   (d) x=  
b  5b 

Ans. (c) (E & A)

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22. A body whose mass is 120 g has a velocity   (2iˆ  5 ˆj ) m-s-1 at a certain instant. Its kinetic energy
is

(a) 1.75 J (b) 2.75 J (c) 3.75 J (d) 4.75 J

Ans. (a) (Applying)

23. Two springs have their force constants k1 and k2 . Both are stretched till their stored elastic potential
energies are equal. The ratio of stretching forces F1 :F2 is equal to

(a) k1 : k 2 (b) k12 : k22

(c) k1 : k 2 (d) k2 : k1

Ans. (c) (Applying)

24. An ideal spring with spring constant k is hung from the ceiling and a block of mass M is attached to its
lower end. The mass is released with the spring initially unstretched. Then maximum extension in the
spring is

4 Mg 2 Mg
(a) (b)
k k

Mg Mg
(c) (d)
k 2k

Ans. (b) (Applying)

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25. A car is moving along a straight horizontal road with a speed  0 . If the coefficient of friction between
the tyres and the road is  , then the shortest distance in which the car can be stopped is

 02  02
(a) (b)
 g
2
 02  0 
(c) (d)  
2 g  g 

Ans. (c) (Applying)

26. A open knife of mass ‘m’ is dropped from a height ‘h’ on a wooden floor. If the knife edge penetrates
upto the depth ‘d’ into the wood, the average resistance offered by the wood to the knife edge is

 h
(a) mg (b) mg 1  
 d
2
 h  h
(c) mg 1   (d) mg 1  
 d  d

Ans. (c) (Applying)

27. A machine has an efficiency of 50%. If input of machine is 1.5 kW, then its output is

(a) 1500 W (b) 1000 W

(c) 750 W (d) 250 W

Ans. (c) (Applying)

28. A man of weight 80 kg takes a body of weight 20 kg to a height of 10 m in 3 min. The efficiency of
the man is

(a) 10% (b) 20 %

(c) 30% (d) 40%

Ans. (b) (Applying)

29. A machine delivering constant power moves a body along a straight line. The distance moved by the
body in time t is proportional to

(a) t (b) t
3 3
2 4
(c) tt (d) t

Ans. (a) (Applying)

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30. A body of mass m, accelerates uniformly from rest to 1 in time t1 . The instantaneous power delivered
to the body as a function of time ‘t’ is

m1t m12t
(a) (b)
t1 t1

m1t 2 m12t
(c) (d)
t1 t12

Ans. (d) (Applying)

31. A force of 2 iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ N acts on a body for 4 s and produces a displacement of 3iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ m. The
power used is

(a) 4.5 W (b) 6.5 W (d) 7.5 W (d) 9.5 W

Ans. (d) (Applying)

32. A body of mass 5 kg moving with a velocity 10 m-s-1 collides with another body of mass 20 kg at rest
and comes to rest. The velocity of second body, due to collision, is

(a) 2.5 m-s-1 (b) 5 m-s-1

(c) 7.5 m-s-1 (d) 10 m-s-1

Ans. (a) (Applying)

33. A stationary particle explodes into two pieces of masses m1 and m2 which move in opposite directions
K1
with velocities 1 and 2 . The ratio of their kinetic energies is
K2

m1
(a) 1 (b)
m2

m2 m1  2
(c) (d)
m1 m 2 1

Ans. (c) (Applying)

34. A neutron with velocity u makes a head on elastic collision with a stationary deuteron. The fractional
energy loss of the neutron in the collision is

16 8
(a) (b)
81 9

8 2
(c) (d)
27 5

Ans. (b) (Applying)

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35. A body of mass 40 kg and having velocity 4 m-s-1 collides with another body of mass 60 kg having
velocity 2 m-s-1 . If after the collision, both the bodies move together, then loss in kinetic energy when
the collision is perfectly inelastic is

(a) 385 J (b) 192 J

(c) 48 J (d) 12 J

Ans. (c) (Applying)

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Completion Type Questions
1. Work for a variable force in One dimension is expressed as _______________.
x2  
Ans. W   F.dx Typology(R)
x1

2. Potential energy and work are related as _______________.

xt

Ans. U    F . dx Typology (R)

xi

3. On moving a body against the gravitational pull, the _______________ energy increases.
Ans. Potential Energy Typology(R)
4. SI unit of spring constant is _______________.
Ans. Newton/ metre Typology (R)
5. If the mass of body is halved and its speed is doubled then kinetic energy will change
_______________ times.
Ans. doubled Typology Application
6. Nuclear fission and fusion reactions are the examples of conversion of _______________ into energy.
Ans. Mass Typology (Understanding)

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True/False Type Questions
1. When a body is falling freely under the action of gravity alone in vacuum. Its total mechanical energy
remains constant during the fall.
Ans. True (Remembering)
2. During inelastic collision between two bodies, total kinetic energy always remains conserved.
Ans. False Only total momentum in conserved. (Remembering)
3. During oscillatory motion of a spring, kinetic energy is maximum at mean position.
Ans. True (Remembering)
4. When its velocity is doubled, kinetic energy of a body is quadrupled.
Ans. True Typology (Application)
5. Work energy theorem is valid in the presence of non conservative forces only.
Ans. False Always (Understanding)
6. One Joule is equivalent to 1 kilogram metre per second.
Ans. False 1kg m2/s2 (Remembering)

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Matching type Questions
1. (a) The law hold good in inertial as (i) Law of conservation of mechanical energy
well as non inertial frame of reference.
(b) The law does not hold in non inertial (ii) Universal law of gravitation.
Frame of reference.
(iii) Work energy theorem.
Ans. (a) – (iii), (b) – (i) (Understanding)

h
2. A body is dropped from height h, when it has reached to height , then
2
(a) Potential energy (i) increases
(b) Mechanical energy (ii) Decreases
(iii) Remains unchanged
Ans. (a) – (ii), (b) – (iii) (Application)

3. (a) Work done by conservative forces (i) Change in Potential energy

(b) Work done by external forces (ii) Change in mechanical energy
(iii) Change in electrical energy
Ans. (a) – (i), (b) – (ii) (Understanding)

4. (a) Kinetic energy (i) watt

(b) Spring constant (ii) newton /metre
(iii) joules
Ans. (a) – (iii), (b) – (ii) (Remembering)

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