PHYSICS XI
Simple harmonic motion is defined as the motion of a
Simple Harmonic Motion Name: ______
1. Two equations of two S.H.M. are Asin (wt - α) and Acos
(wt - α). The phase difference between the two is
(a) 0° (c) 90° (b) 45° (d) 180°
2. A pendulum clock is running slowly. How it can be
made accurate:
(a) by making bob heavier (b) by making pendulum
shorter (c) by making pendulum longer (d) N.O.T
3. A spring of spring constant ‘K’ is cut into three equal
parts. What is the spring constant of each?
(a) K (b) K/3 (c) 3K (d) K3
4. A student wanted to make a pendulum whose period
would be 1 second. He used a string of length L and
found that the period was 1/2 second. To get the desired
period, he should use a string whose length equals:
(a) 1/4 L (b) 1/2 L (c) 2 L (d) 4 L (e) L²
5. The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum of
constant length at earth surface is T. Its period inside a
mine is (a) Greater than T (b) Less than T (c) Equal
to T (d) Cannot be compared
6. Two particles P and Q start from origin and execute
Simple Harmonic Motion along X-axis with same
amplitude but with periods 3 seconds and 6 seconds
respectively. The ratio of the velocities of P and Q when
they meet is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
7. For a particle executing simple harmonic motion, which
of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Total energy of the particle always remains same
(b) The restoring force is always directed towards a
fixed point (c) The restoring force is maximum at the
extreme positions (d) The acceleration of the particle is
maximum at the equilibrium position
8. The total energy of the body executing S.H.M. is E. Then
the kinetic energy when the displacement is half of the
amplitude, (a) 2E (b) 4E (c) 3E/4 (d) E/4
9. In a simple harmonic oscillator, at the mean position
(a) Kinetic energy is minimum, potential energy is
maximum (b) Both kinetic and potential energies are
maximum (c) Kinetic energy is maximum, potential
energy is minimum (d) Both kinetic and potential
energies are minimum
10. The total energy of a particle executing S.H.M. is 80 J.
What is the potential energy when the particle is at a
distance of 3/4 of amplitude from the mean position
(a) 60 J (b) 10 J (c) 40 J (d) 45 J
11. To make the frequency double of an oscillator, we have to
(a) Double the mass (b) Half the mass (c) Quadruple
the mass (d) Reduce the mass to one-fourth
12. In simple harmonic motion, the ratio of acceleration of
the particle to its displacement at any time is a measure
of
(a) Spring constant (b) Angular frequency
(c) (Angular frequency)2 (d) Restoring force
13. A particle is in simple harmonic motion. What is the
magnitude of the phase difference between the velocity
and displacement of particle?
(a) /4 rad (b) /2rad (c)  rad (d) 3 /2 rad
14.
particle such that:
(a) its displacement x from the equilibrium position is
always given by the expression x = xosinωt
(b) its displacement x from the equilibrium position is
related to its velocity by the expression v = ωx
(c) its acceleration is proportional to, and in the
opposite direction to, the displacement from the
equilibrium position.
(d) Its acceleration is always ω2 xo and is directed at
right angles to its motion.
15. A child swinging on swing in sitting position stands up.
The time period of the swing will
(a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain same
(d) increase if the child is tall and decrease if the child is
short.
16. The total energy of a particle executing S.H.M. is
proportional to
(a) Displacement from equilibrium position
(b) Frequency of oscillation
(c) Velocity in equilibrium position
(d) Square of amplitude of motion
17. An object is undergoing simple harmonic motion.
Throughout a complete cycle it:
A. has constant speed B. has varying amplitude
C. has varying period D. has varying acceleration
E. has varying mass
18. The amplitude of any oscillator can be doubled by:
A. doubling only the initial displacement
B. doubling only the initial speed
C. doubling the initial displacement and halving the
initial speed
D. doubling the initial speed and halving the initial
displacement
E. doubling both the initial displacement and the initial
speed
19. A 3-kg block, attached to a spring, executes simple
harmonic motion according to x = 2 cos(50t),where x is
in meters and t is in seconds. The spring constant of the
spring is:
A. 1N/m B. 100N/m C. 150N/m D. 7500N/m
20. Two pendulums of lengths 1.44 m and 1 m start to swing
together. The number of vibrations after which they will
again start swinging together is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
21. When the displacement of a particle executing simple
harmonic motion is half of its amplitude, the ratio of its
kinetic energy to potential energy is:
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 3 : l (d) l : 2
22. A particle executing simple harmonic motion covers a
distance equal to half of its amplitude in one second.
Then the time period of the simple harmonic motion is
(a) 4 s (b) 6 s (c) 8 s (d) 12 s
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