Work, Energy and Power Class 11 MCQs Questions with Answers Multiple Choice Type Questions Question 1. A bullet is fired horizontally and gets embedded in a block kept on a table. If the table is frictionless, then (a) only momentum is conserved. (b) only potential energy is conserved. (c) only K.E. is conserved. (d) both (a) and (b). v Answer Answer: (d) both (a) and (b).Work, Energy and Power with Answers Question 1. A bullet is fired horizontally and gets embedded in a block keption a table. If the table is frictionless, then x Anse (d) both (a) and (b). readmore.......Question 2. A shell is fired from a canon with a velocity v ms~* at an angle 6 with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its path, it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path to the canon and the speed of the other piece (in ms“) just after the explosion is (a) v cos 6 (b) 3v cos 6 (c) 2v cos 8 (d) 5 cos @ 1 v Answer Answer: (b) 3v cos 8Work, Energy and Power with Answers Question 2. A shell is fired from a canon with a velocity v ms-1 at an angle 6 with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its path, it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path tothe canon and the speed of the other piece (in ms-1) just after the explosion is (a) v cos 3 (b) 3v cos ¥: (ec) 2v cost (d) v/2\cos 8 (b) 3v cos 8 readmore.......Question 3. The work performed on an object does not depend upon (a) the displacement. (b) the force applied. (c) the angle at which the force is applied to the displacement (d) initial velocity of the object. v Answer Answer: (d) initial velocity of the object. Question 4. A ball is dropped from a height of 15 m. It gets embedded in sand by 10 mm and then stops. Which of the following is conserved? (a) Temperature (b) Momentum (c) Kinetic energy (d) Both (a) and (c) v Answer Answer: (b) Momentum Question 5. A chain of length L and mass M is held on a smooth table with its + th part hanging over the edge. The work done in pulling the chain is directly proportional to (a) v3 (b) vn (c)n (4) n=? v Answer Answer: (d) n™?Question 6. A pump delivers water at the rate of V cubic meter per second. By what factor its power should be raised so that it delivers water at the rate of nV cubic metre per second. (a) n3 (b) vn (dn (d) n? v Answer Answer: (a) n3 Question 7. Liquid of density p flows along a horizontal pipe of uniform area of cross- section ‘a’ with a velocity v through a right angled bend. What force should be applied to the bend to hold it in equilibrium? Ww? (a) * av'p o) (c) 2avép (d) v2 avep v Answer Answer: (c) 2av?p Question 8. A body of mass M accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity v in time t. What is the instantaneous power delivered to the body at time T. (a) 1 (b) 221(er (a) 1 v Answer Answer: (d) Question 9. Aman weighing 50 kgf carries a load of 10 kgf to the top of the building in 5 minutes. The work done by him is 10° J. If he carries the same load in 10 minutes, the work done by him will be: (a) 105 J (b) 5 x 1054 (c) 12 x 1055 (d) 2.5 » 1054 v Answer Answer: (a) 10° J Question 10. If v be the instantaneous velocity of a body dropped from the top of a tower, when it is located at a height h, then which of the following remains constant? (a) gh + 3 v2 (b) gh - 3 v2 (gh + v2 (d) gh - v2 v Answer Answer: (a) gh + 5 v2Question 11. A ball B,of mass m is moving with a velocity v along north. It collides with another ball B of same mass moving with a velocity v along east. After the collision, both the balls stick together and move along north east. The velocity of the combination is (a) R (b) v2v. (c) 2v (d)v v Answer Answer: (a) Jy Question 12. A ball B; of mass m moving with velocity u, collides head on with another ball Bz of the same mass at rest. Given that the coefficient of restitution is e. Then the ratio of velocities of two balls after collision will be Lie (a) e (b) e lte (9 2 (d) v Answer lie Answer: (a) $=£ Question 13. A vehicle of mass m is moving on a rough horizontal road with a momentum p. If the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road be p, then the stopping distance is given by P (a) 2 (a) 2pm? gP (0) ima ” ic) (o) 2umg 2 2umeg (d) v Answer P Answer: (d) 9 ay Question 14. A uniform chain of length | and mass m is lying on a smooth table and one- third of its Length is hanging vertically down over the edge of the table. If g be the acceleration due to gravity, then the work required to pull the hanging part on the table is : mal (a) > (b) ma (9) gt (d) mgt vv Answer gh Answer: (c) Ty Question 15. A ball of mass m is dropped from a height h on a platform fixed at the top of a vertical spring and it is depressed by a distance x. What is the spring constant?2mg (a) (b) (a) (d) 2mgh ze 2mg(h+z) Be 2mg(h+a) Pa v Answer Answer: (d) 2lh*=) Question 16. The slope of the potential energy versus position vector gives (a) momentum (b) force (c) work done (d) power v Answer Answer: (b) force Question 17. The slope of the kinetic energy versus position vector gives the time rate of change of: (a) momentum(b) force (c) work done (d) power ‘v Answer Answer: (a) momentum Question 18. A bus weighing 100 quintals moves on a rough road with a constant speed of 72 kmh"?. The friction of the road is 9% of its weight and that of air is 1% of its weight. What is the power of the engine? Take g = 10 ms™2. (a) 100 kw (b) 150 kw (c) 200 kw (d) 50 kW v Answer Answer: (c) 200 kw Question 19. A metre rod is pivoted at its end and stands vertically. If it is displaced through 60° with the vertical, what will be the ratio of its potential energy in this position to its maximum potential energy? (a) 0.25 (b) 0.75 (c) 0.80 (d) 0.50 vy Answer Answer: (d) 0.50Question 20. A bullet is fired into a block of sand and its velocity decreases by 50% when it penetrates through 9 cm. What will be the total distance penetrated by the bullet? (a) 9. cm (b) 10 cm (c) 12 cm (d) 18 cm vv Answer Answer: (c) 12 cm Fill in the blanks Question 1. When a body is dropped from a certain height on the ground, the work is done on the body .. and is .. v Answer Answer: by the force of gravity, positive Question 2. When it is lifted from the ground to a certain height, the work is done on the body and is . vy Answer Answer: against the force of gravity, negative Question 3. The statement that inertial mass of a body is equal to the gravitational mass iscalled .. v Answer Answer: principle of equivalence Question 4. When a vertical force equal to the weight of a body is applied to it, then its acceleration is v Answer Answer: zero. Question 5. When work done is zero, then the speed of a body is vy Answer Answer: uniform Question 6. Coefficient of restitution is one for ... .. collision. vy Answer Answer: perfectly elastic collision Question 7. The coefficient of restitution is zero (e = 0) for .. that .. .. of the colliding body is lost and is changed to other forms like .. collision which meansv Answer Answer: perfectly inelastic, kinetic energy, sound energy, or heat energy Question 8. The mass of a body increases with the increase in the velocity of the particle according to the relation .. v Answer Answer: m = Question 9. Mass of the particle becomes infinite if it moves with the . acceleration produced in the body by a given force F becomes .... vy Answer Answer: velocity of light ¢ = 3 « 108 ms“, zero (v a= £ = £ =0) Question 10. E = mc? shows that mass and energy are ... vv Answer Answer: inter convertible Energy is transferred from one form to another. Name the transformations of energy in the following in the formQuestion 11. lifting of a book by a boy v Answer Answer: Lifting of a book by a boy transforms energy from chemical to gravitational. Question 12. burning of candle vv Answer Answer: Burning of candle transforms energy from chemical to light and heat. Question 13. a moving truck on a road ... v Answer Answer: A moving truck on a road transforms energy from chemical to kinetic energy of motion. Question 14. emission of light by Sun vy Answer Answer: Emission of light by Sun transforms energy from nuclear to electromagnetic energy.Question 15. The work done against friction is which the surfaces are pressed together. .. proportional to the force with v Answer Answer: directly Question 16. If the momentum of a body is doubled then its K.E. becomes .. vv Answer Answer: four times Question 17. The sum of K.E. and P.E. for an isolated system is always . v Answer Answer: constant Question 18. If the range of a projectile be R, then its K.E. is minimum when horizontal distance covered by it is vy Answer Answer: © Question 19. is not conserved during an inelastic collision.v Answer Answer: K.E. Question 20. When a bullet striking a block gets embedded in it, then the nature of collision is .. v Answer Answer: perfectly inelastic Question 21. is a non-conservative force. v Answer Answer: friction Question 22. For a perfectly inelastic collision, the coefficient of restitution is vy Answer Answer: zero. Question 23. The work done .. . updn the time taken in doing it. v Answer Answer: does not dependQuestion 24. The work done by the conservative force 1s always .. vy Answer Answer: positive Question 25. The P.E. gained by the body raised from the surface of Earth by a height equal to radius of Earth is ¥ Answer Answer: mg = Question 26. K.E. of a projectile is ... . at the highest point of its trajectory. vy Answer Answer: minimum Question 27. The work done on a body by a resultant external force is always . the change in its K.E. vy Answer Answer: equalQuestion 28. A body is suspended by vertical string. The work done on the body by the tension in the string is v Answer Answer: zero Question 29. Power is .. of force and velocity. vv Answer Answer: scalar product Question 30. Work is ... of force and displacement. v Answer Answer: scalar product Question 31. 1 kwh is the energy consumed by an appliance of power | kw in v Answer Answer: 1 hour Question 32. The work done by a conservative force moving an object on a closed path isv Answer Answer: zero. Question 33. In a perfectly inelastic collision, the two bodies .. .. after collision. Y¥ Answer Answer: stick together Question 34. For an inelastic collision, the coefficient of restitution lies between .. v Answer Answer: 0 Question 35. Kinetic energy increases during a v Answer Answer: super elastic collision Question 36. .. energy results from the chemical bounding between the atoms. vy Answer Answer: ChemicalQuestion 37. energy results due to the separation between two objects in the gravitational field. v Answer Answer: Gravitational Question 38. . energy between two nucleons is due to nuclear force. vv Answer Answer: Nuclear Question 39. Chemical, gravitational and nuclear energies are the .. types of forces in nature. .. for different v Answer Answer: Potential energies True/False Type Questions 1. Which of the following statement is True/False? (a) Work done can be positive, negative and zero. (b) A teacher sitting in a chair is dong work. (c) Work is the cross product of force and displacement. (d) Work done by a coolie in carrying a bag on his head is zero. vy AnswerAnswer: (a) True (b) False (c) False (d) True 2. Which of the following statement is True/False? (a) The principle of conservation of linear momentum can be strictly applied during a collision between two particles provided the time of impact is extremely small. (b) In an inelastic collision, the linear momentum is conserved but not the kinetic energy. (c) The collision is said to be elastic if two bodies stick together after collision. (d) The unit of energy is increased by 16 times if the unit of force and length be each increased by 4 times. v Answer Answer: (a) True (b) True (c) False (d) True 3. Tell which of the following statement is True/False? (a) Momentum is conserved in elastic collision but not in inelastic collision. (b) Total kinetic energy is conserved in elastic collision but momentum is not conserved in elastic collision. (c) Both K.E. and momentum are conserved in all types of collision. (d) Total energy, KE. and the momentum is conserved in elastic collision. vy AnswerAnswer: (a) False (b) False (c) False (d) True 4, Which of the following statement is True/False? (a) Both momentum and energy are conserved in an inelastic collision. (b) Neither momentum nor energy is conserved in an inelastic collision. (c) Momentum is conserved but not the K.E. in an inelastic collision. (d) Momentum is not conserved but the K.E. is conserved in an inelastic collision. v Answer Answer: (a) False (b) False (o) True (d) False 5. Which of the following statement is True/False? There will be an increase in potential energy of the system if work is done upon the system by (a) a conservative force. (b) a non-conservative force. (c) any conservative or non-conservative force. vy Answer Answer: (a) True (b) False (c) False6. Which of the following statement is True/False? (a) The gain in the P.E, of an object of mass m raised from the surface of earth to a height equal to the radius Ris “2, (b) 1eV = 1.6 x 10°19) (c) Power is the cross-product of force and velocity. (d) Work is the dot product of force and displacement. v Answer Answer: (a) True (b) True (c) False (d) True 7. Which of the following statement is True/False? (a) A teacher rubbing the blockboard by a duster is doing no work. (b) A light and a heavy body have equal K.E. of translation. The heavier body has larger momentum. (0) A bullet is fired from a rifle. If the rifle recoils freely, then the K.E. of the rifle is greater than that of the bullet. (d) The energy produced when 10 gram of coal is burnt is 9 x 104 J, Y Answer Answer: (a) True (b) True (c) False (d) True8. Tell which one of the following statement is True/False? (a) A truck and car having same K.E. cover equal distances before stopping after applying equal retarding force through brakes. (b) 1kgm = 9.84 () 1J = 107 erg (d) For an elastic collision, the velocity of separation after collision is always equal to the velocity of approach before collision. ¥ Answer Answer: (a) True (b) True (c) True (d) True 9. Tell which of the following statement is True/False? (a) Friction is non-conservative force. (b) Gravity is a conservative force. (c) No work is done against gravity while moving an object along horizontal. (d) Kilowatt-hour is the unit of energy. v Answer Answer: (a) True (b) True (o) True (d) True 10. Tell which of the following statements are True/False? (a) The forces involved during the elastic collision are conservative in nature. (b) K.E. lost in an inelastic collision appears in some other form of energy such as heat, sound etc.(¢) Mechanical energy is not converted into any other form of energy in an elastic collision. (d) Coefficient of restitution is zero (e = 0) for a perfectly inelastic collosion. v Answer Answer: (a) True (b) True (o) True (d) True Match Type Questions Column | (a) Conservative force (b) Non-conservative force (c) Dot product of F and v (d) Dot product of F and s v Answer Answer: Column | (a) Conservative force (b) Non-conservative force (c) Dot product of F and v (d) Dot product of F and s Column I (i) work (ii) power (iii) gravity (iv) force of friction Column II (iii) gravity (iv) force of friction (ii) power (i) workColumn | (a) Work done is zero (b) Work done is positive (c) Work done is negative (d) is a conservative force vy Answer Answer: Column I (a) Work done is zero (b) Work done is positive (c) Work done is negative (d) is a conservative force Column | (a) Absolute S.1. unit of work (b) Gravitational S.1. unit of work (c) Gravitational C.G.S. unit of work (d) Absolute C.G.S. unit of work vy Answer Answer: Column II (i) by gravity (ii) electrostatic force (iii) against gravity (iv) by centripetal force Column II (iv) by centripetal force (i) by gravity (iii) against gravity (ii) electrostatic force Column Il (i) erg (ii) gram cm (iii) kg m (iv) JouleColumn | (a) Absolute S.I. unit of work (b) Gravitational S.1. unit of work (c) Gravitational C.G.S. unit of work (d) Absolute C.G.S. unit of work Column | (a) S.1. unit of power (b) Unit of energy (c) 1 horse power (d) 1 kgm ‘v Answer Answer: Column | (a) S.1, unit of power (b) Unit of energy (c) 1 horse power (d) 1 kgm Column | Column Il Column II (iv) Joule (iii) kg m (ii) gram cm (erg Column II (i) Electron volt (eV) (ii) 9.8 J (iii) Watt (iv) 746 W Column II (iii) Watt (i) Electron volt (eV) (iv) 746 W (ii) 9.8 J(a) 1kgm () 1s (b) 1 gm cm (i) 1kg fx 41m {c) 1 Watt (iii) C.G.S. absolute unit of power (d) 1 ergs? (iv) 1gfx1cm v Answer Answer: Column I Column I (a) 1kgm (i) 1kg fx 1m (b) 1 gm cm (iv) 1gf*1cm (c) 1 Watt () 14s (d) Lerg st (iii) C.G.S. absolute unit of power Column | Column II (a) S.l. gravitational unit of power (i) [ML¢T-3] (b) C.G.S. gravitational unit of power (ii) [(ML2T-?] (c) Dimensional formula of energy (iii) Kg f ms“ (d) Dimensional formula of power (iv) g f cms" v Answer Answer: Column | Column II(a) S.1. gravitational unit of power (b) C.G.S. gravitational unit of power {c) Dimensional formula of energy (d) Dimensional formula of power Column | (a) Momentum and total energy are conserved and K.E. is not conserved (b) Momentum, K.E. and total energy are conserved (c) Inelastic collision (d) Elastic collision v Answer Answer: Column | (a) Momentum and total energy are conserved and K.E. is not conserved (b) Momentum, K.E. and total energy are conserved (c) Inelastic collision (ill) Kg f ms“ (iv) gf ems"? (ii) (ML2T~?] (i) (ML2T-3) Column II (i) elastic collision (ii) inelastic collision (iii) force involved are conservative in nature (iv) forces involved are non- conservative in nature Column II (ii) inelastic collision (i) elastic collision (iv) forces involved are non- conservative in nature(d) Elastic collision Column | (a) Bodies move along the same straight line before and after collision (b) Bodids exchange their velocities after collision in one dimension if (c) When a body A collides with B of equal mass at rest, then body A comes to rest and (d) When a light body A collides with a heavy body B at rest, then vy Answer Answer: Column | (a) Bodies move along the same straight line before and after collision (b) Bodids exchange their velocities after collision in one dimension if (c) When a body A collides with B of equal mass at rest, then body A comes to rest and (iii) force involved are conservative in nature Column II (i) they are of equal masses (ii) B starts moving with the velocity of A (iii) A starts moving with equal velocity in opposite direction and B remains at rest i.e. A rebounces {iv) head-on or one dimensional collision Column II (iv) head-on or one dimensional collision (i) they are of equal masses (ii) B starts moving with the velocity of A(iii) A starts moving with equal velocity in opposite direction and B remains at rest i.e. A rebounces (d) When a light body A collides with a heavy body B at rest, then Column | Column II (a) When a conservative force does positive work on a body, then it is displaced in the direction of force _(i) decrease in K.E. and it approaches the s centre of force, so (b) Work done by a body its P.E. decreases against sce, (ii) its P.E. decreases friction causes (iii) is directly proportional to the external force (c) The rate of change of total momentum of many particle system v Answer Answer: Column | Column II (a) When a conservative force does positive work on a body, then it is displaced in the direction of force _(ii) its PE. decreases and it approaches the s centre of force, so (b) Work done by a body against friction causes (i) decrease in K.E. (iii) is directly proportional to the external force (c) The rate of change of total momentum of many particle systemColumn | (a) Two colliding bodies get stick together after collision (b) e is equal to 1 (c) Velocity of approach > velocity of separation vy Answer Answer: Column | (a) Two colliding bodies get stick together after collision (b) eis equal to 1 (c) Velocity of approach > velocity of separation Column I (i) for perfectly elastic collision (ii) for perfectly inelastic collision (iii) for inelastic collision Column II (ii) for perfectly inelastic collision (i) for perfectly elastic collision (iii) for inelastic collision Hope the information shed above regarding NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 11 Physics Chapter 6 Work, Energy and Power with Answers Pdf free download has been useful to an extent. 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