WORK, POWER &

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1. Force F on a particle moving in a straight line 5. A force F acting on an object varies with
varies with distance d as shown in the figure. distance x as shown here. The force is in

The work done on the particle during its newton and x is in metre. The work done by the
force in moving the object from x = 0 to x = 6 m
displacement of 12 m is
is
(a) 21 J F(N) F(N)
(a) 4.5 J
(b) 26 J 2 3
(b) 13.5 J
2
(c) 13 J (c) 9.0 J 1
d(m)
0 3 7 12 x(m)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(d) 18 J (d) 18.0 J

2. A block of mass M is attached to the lower end 6. A bomb of mass 30 kg at rest explodes into two

of a vertical spring. The spring is hung from a pieces of masses 18 kg and 12 kg. The velocity

ceiling and has force constant value k. The of 18 kg mass is 6 ms1 . The kinetic energy of
the other mass is:
mass is released from rest with the spring

initially unstretched. The maximum extension (a) 256 J (b) 486 J

produced in the length of the spring will be (c) 524 J (d) 324 J

(a) Mg / k (b) 2Mg / k 7. A ball of mass 2 kg and another of mass 4 kg

are dropped together from a 60 ft tall building.
(c) 4Mg / k (d) Mg / 2k After, a fall of 30 ft each towards earth, their
respective kinetic energies will be in the ratio of
3. A body of mass 1 kg is thrown upwards with a
(a) 2 :1 (b) 1: 4
velocity 20 ms 1 . It momentarily comes to rest

after attaining a height of 18 m. How much (c) 1: 2 (d) 1: 2

energy is lost due to air friction? (Take 8. A child is swinging a swing. Minimum and

g  10 ms2 ) maximum heights of swing from the earth’s

surface are 0.75 m and 2 m respectively. The
(a) 20 J (b) 30 J maximum velocity of this swing is

(c) 40 J (d) 10 J (a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s

4. 300 J of work is done in sliding a 2 kg block up (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s

an inclined plane of height 10 m. Taking 9. If the momentum of a body is increased by

50%, then the percentage increase in its kinetic
g  10 m/s2 , work done against friction is
energy is
(a) 200 J (b) 100 J (a) 50% (b) 100%

(c) zero (d) 1000 J (c) 125% (d) 200%

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10. A bullet of mass 10 g leaves a rifle at an initial
velocity of 1000 m/s and strikes the earth at the
same level with a velocity of 500 m/s. The work
done in joule to overcome the resistance of air
will be
15. An engine pumps water continuously through a
hose. Water leaves the hose with a velocity v
and m is the mass per unit length of the water
jet. What is the rate at which kinetic energy is
imparted to water?

(a) 375 (b) 3750 1

(a) mv 3 (b) mv 3
2
(c) 5000 (d) 500
1 1 2 2
11. Two bodies with kinetic energies in the ratio (c) mv 2 (d) m v
2 2
4 : 1 are moving with equal linear momentum.
16. Water falls from a height of 60 m at the rate of
The ratio of their masses is
15 kg/s to operate a turbine. The losses due to
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 1 frictional forces are 10% of energy. How much
(c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 4 power is generated by the turbine? (Take

12. Water falls from a height of 60 m at the rate of g  10 m/s2 )

15 kg/s to operate a turbine. The losses due to (a) 8.1 kW (b) 10.2 kW
frictional force are 10% of the input energy.
(c) 12.3 kW (d) 7.0 kW
How much power is generated by the turbine?
17. A stone is attached to one end of a string and
(Take g  10 m/s2 )
rotated in a vertical circle. If string breaks at the
(a) 10.2 kW (b) 8.1 kW position of maximum tension, it will break at

(c) 12.3 kW (d) 7.0 kW (a) A A

13. The heart of a man pumps 5 L of blood through (b) B

the arteries per minute at a pressure of 150 mm C D
(c) C
of mercury. If the density of mercury be
(d) D B
13.6  103 kg/m3 and g  10 m/s2 , then the
18. How much water a pump of 2 kW can raise in
power of heart in watt is
one minute to a height of 10 m? (Take
(a) 1.70 (b) 2.35
g  10 m/s2 )
(c) 3.0 (d) 1.50
(a) 1000 L (b) 1200 L
14. An engine pumps water through a hose pipe.
(c) 100 L (d) 2000 L
Water passes through the pipe and leaves it

with a velocity of 2 ms1 . The mass per unit

19. Calculate work done by the force
F  (3iˆ  2 jˆ  4kˆ ) N in carrying a particle from
length of water in the pipe is 100 kgm1 . What
point (2 m, 1 m, 3 m) to (3 m, 6 m,  2 m) .
is the power of the engine?
(a) 14 J (b) 15 J
(a) 400 W (b) 200 W
3

(c) 16 J (d) 13 J

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20. What is the power of an engine which can lift 24. A particle moves in one dimensional field with
20 metric ton of coal per hour from a 20 metre total mechanical energy E. If potential energy of
deep mine? particle is U(x), then

(a) 1.09  103 W (b) 2.09  103 W (a) Particle has zero speed where U ( x )  E

(b) Particle has zero acceleration where

(c) 4.09  103 W (d) 3.09  103 W
U (x )  E
21. A large family uses 8 kW of power. Direct solar
dU ( x )
energy is incident on the horizontal surface at (c) Particle has zero velocity where 0
dx
an average rate of 200 W per square metre. If
20% of this energy can be converted to useful (d) Particle has zero acceleration where

electrical energy, how large an area is needed dU ( x )

0
dx
to supply 8 kW?
25. A raindrop of mass 1 g falling from a height of
(a) 100 m2 (b) 50 m2
1 km hits the ground with a speed of 50 ms 1 .
(c) 150 m2 (d) 200 m2 If the resistive force is proportional to the speed

22. When a conservative force does positive work of the drop, then the work done by the resistive

on a body, then force is (Take g  10 ms2 )

(a) its potential energy must increase (a) 10 J (b) 10 J

(b) its potential energy must decrease (c) 8.75 J (d) 8.75 J

(c) its kinetic energy must increase 26. A body of mass 4 kg is moving with momentum

(d) its total energy must decrease of 8 kg ms1 . A force of 0.2 N acts on it in the

23. One end of a light rope is tied directly to the direction of motion of the body for 10 s. The

ceiling. A man of mass M initially at rest on the increase in kinetic energy is

ground starts climbing the rope hand over hand (a) 10 J (b) 8.5 J
upto a height . From the time he starts at rest
(c) 4.5 J (d) 4 J
on the ground to the time he is hanging at rest
27. A body is being raised to a height h from the
at a height , how much work was done on the
surface of earth. What is the sign of work done
man by the rope?
by
(a) 0
(i) applied force?
(b) Mg
(ii) gravitational force?
(c) Mg
(a) Positive, Positive (b) Positive, Negative

(d) It depends on how fast the man goes up

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28. The angle between force F  (3iˆ  4 jˆ  5kˆ ) 33. A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying
on a smooth table and one third of its length is
unit and displacement d  (5iˆ  4 jˆ  3kˆ ) unit is
hanging vertically down over the edge of the
(a) cos1(0.16) (b) cos1(0.32) table. If g is acceleration due to gravity, work
required to pull the hanging part on to the table
1 1
(c) cos (0.24) (d) cos (0.64) is

29. A body constrained to move along y-axis is MgL

(a) MgL (b)
3
subjected to a constant force F  iˆ  2 jˆ  3kˆ N .
The work done by this force in moving the body MgL MgL
(c) (d)
a distance of 4 m along y-axis. 9 18

(a) 4 J (b) 8 J 34. The average energy consumed by a human

being in a day is
(c) 12 J (d) 24 J
(a) 2400 cal (b) 2400 J
30. A block of mass 1 kg is pushed up a surface
inclined to horizontal at an angle of 30° by a (c) 2400 kJ (d) 2400 kcal
force of 10 N parallel to the inclined surface as 35. A force F acing on an object varies with
shown in the figure. distance x as shown in the figure. The work
The coefficient of friction between block and the done by the force in moving the object form
incline is 0.1. If the block is pushed up by 10 m x = 0 to x = 20 m is
along the incline, then the work against gravity
(a) 500 J F(N)
is (Take g  10 ms2 ) 100
(b) 1000 J 75
(a) 10 J 50
1 kg (c) 1500 J
25
(b) 50 J
x(m)
(d) 2000 J 0 5 10 15 20
(c) 100 J
30°
36. The potential energy of a spring when stretched
(d) 150 J
through a distance x is 10 J. What is the amount
31. In the above question, the work done against of work done on the same spring to stretch it
force of friction is through an additional distance x ?
(a) 8.7 J (b) 10.7 J (a) 10 J (b) 20 J
(c) 7.8 J (d) 12.7 J (c) 30 J (d) 40 J
32. A uniform chain of length 2 m is kept on a table
37. Two men with weights in the ratio 4 : 3 run up a
such that a length of 60 cm hanges freely from
staircase in time in the ratio 12 : 11. The ratio of
the edge of the table. The total mass of the
power of the first to that of second is
chain is 4 kg. The work done in pulling the entire
4 12
chain on the table (Take g  ms 2 ) (a) (b)
3 11
(a) 12.9 J (b) 6.3 J
48 11
(c) (d)
5

(c) 3.6 J (d) 2.0 J 33 9

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38. An adult weighing 600 N raises the centre of 40. A block of mass 2 kg is dripped from a height of
gravity of his body by 0.25 m while taking each 40 cm on a spring whose force-constant is
step of 1 m length in jogging. If he jogs for 6 km, 1960 Nm1 . The maximum distance through
the energy utilised by him in jogging is which the spring is compressed by

(a) 9  106 J (b) 9  105 J (a) 5 cm (b) 15 cm

(c) 6  106 J (d) 6  105 J (c) 20 cm (d) 10 cm

39. A car of mass 1000 kg moving with a speed

18 km h1 on a smooth road and colliding with

a horizontally mounted spring of spring

constant 6.25  103 Nm1 . The maximum

compression of the spring is

(a) 1 m (b) 2 m

(c) 3 m (d) 4 m

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