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CPP
WORK ENERGY POWER - SHEET: 2 (Lecture–2)

LEVEL - I
1. A force F = a + bx acts on a particle in the x direction, where a and b are constants. Find the work done by
this force during a displacement from x = 0 to x = d.

2. A particle moves along the x-axis from x = 0 to x = 5 m under the influence of a force F(in N) given by
2
F = 3x – 2x + 7. Calculate the work done by this force.

3. A particle is moving in x direction, under the influence of force F =  sin x. Find the work done by another
external agent in slowly moving a particle from x = 0 to x = 0.5 m.

4. A man moves on a straight horizontal road with a block of mass 2 kg in his hand. If he covers a distance of 40
2
m with an acceleration of 0.5 m/s , find the work done by the man on the block during the motion.

5. In one dimensional motion, a 1 kg object experiences a force, which is a linear function of time t viz. F = 2t
acting in the direction of motion. Calculate The work done by the force in first 4 seconds

6. You lift a suitcase from the floor and keep it on a table. The work done by you on the suitcase does not
depend on
(A) the path taken by the suitcase (B) the time taken by you in doing so
(C) the weight of the suitcase (D) your weight

7. A box is pushed through 4.0 m across a floor offering 100 N. resistance. How much work is done by the
resisting force?

2
8. A force F = ay + By + C acts on a body in the y-direction. Find the work done by this force during a
displacement from y = - a to y = a
2Aa3 2Aa3 2Aa3 Ba2
(A) (B) + 2Ca (C) + 2 + Ca (D) None of these
3 3 3 2
9. A particle moves along a curve of unknown shape but magnitude of force F is constant and always acts along
tangent to the curve. Then
(A) F may be conservative (B) F must be conservative
(C) F may be non-conservative (D) F must be non-conservative

10. Which of the following is/are not conservative force?

(A) gravitational force (B) electrostatic force in the coulomb field
(C) frictional force (D) all of the above

mv 2
11. A body of mass m is moving in a circle of radius r with a constant speed v . The force on the body is
r
and is directed towards the centre. What is the work done by this force in moving the body over half the
circumference of the circle
(D) r 2
mv 2 2 2
(A)  r (B) Zero (C) mv2
r r mv
411 (B) Work done by centripetal force is always zero.

LEVEL – II

1. A flexible chain of length  and mass m is slowly pulled at constant speed up over the edge of a table by a
force F parallel to the surface of the table. Assuming that there is no friction between the table and chain,
calculate the work done by force F till the chain reaches to the horizontal surface of the table.
2. A force F  k( xiˆ  yjˆ) [where k is a positive constant] acts on a particle moving in the x-y plane. Starting from
 a 
origin, the particle is taken to (a, a) and then to  , 0  . Find the total work done by the force F on the
 2 
particle.
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3. A bolt of mass 0.3 kg falls from the ceiling of an elevator moving down with an uniform speed of 7 ms . It hits
the floor of the elevator (length of the elevator = 3 m) and does not rebound. What is the heat produced by the
impact? Would your answer be different if the elevator were stationary?

 
F =  xy2  iˆ   x 2 y  ˆj newton. Find the work done by F
Y
4. Given
when a particle is taken along the semicircular path OAB where
A
the co-ordinates of B are (4, 0).

O B X

5. A force F   3xy  5z  ˆj  4zkˆ is applied on a particle. Calculate the

(2,4,0)
work done by the force when the particle moves from the point (0,0,0)
to the point (2,4,0) as shown in the figure
y=x2
x
(0, 0, 0)
6. A force F =  K(xiˆ  yj)
ˆ (where K is a positive constant) acts on a particle moving in the x-y plane. Starting
from the origin, the particle is taken along the positive x - axis to the point (a, 0) and then to the point (a, a).
Find the total work done by the force F on the particle

7. A block of mass 1 kg is pulled along the curve path ACB by a tangential =0.2
force as shown in figure. Calculate the work done by the frictional force C
when the block moves from A to B
A X=10m B

8. A body is lifted quasi statically to the top of a mountain through path 1 C

and path 2 by applying a tangential force from bottom in the figure.
Coefficient of friction between the body and surface is  then
h 2
(A) Work done by gravity and friction is less through path 1 than 2.
(B) Work done by gravity and friction is more through path 1
1
than 2.
(C) Work done by gravity is same in both path. B A

(D) Work done by friction is same in both path.
2
9. A particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle of radius r under a centripetal force equal to –K/r , where
K is a constant. The total energy of the particle is
K K K K
(A) (B) - (C) - (D)
2r 2r r r
——

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WORK ENERGY POWER - SHEET: 2 (Lecture–2)
ANSWERS
LEVEL - I
 1 
1.  a  2 bd  d
 
2. 135 J.
3. +1 J
4. 40 J
5. 128 J
4 4
F 2t
5. Final velocity = 0 mdt  0 1 dt
4
 2t 2  1
   16ms
 2 0
Hence work done = change in K.E.
1 
   1 kg  162  0   128 J
 2 
6. A, B, D
7. 400 J
8. B
+a
8. W = òF dy = ò (Ay 2 + By + C)dy
-a
+a
é Ay3 By 2 ù
=ê + + Cy ú
ë 3 2 û- a
3
Aa Ba 2
æ Aa3 Ba2 ö 2Aa3
= + + Ca - ç- + - Ca ÷ = + 2Ca
3 2 è 3 2 ø 3

9. B
9. Since, work done by this force depends upon path followed by the particle between two points. Hence, the
force must be non-conservative.

10. D
10. The work done by force of friction in a closed loop is not zero. Hence, frictional force is non-conservative in
nature.

LEVEL - II

mg
1.
2
 ka /4
2
2.
3. 9J, NO. it will not change as urel = 0 and arel = g in both cases.
4. 0J

4. Given F =  xy2  iˆ   x 2 y  ˆj
W =  Fx dx   Fy dy
  xy 2dx   x 2 y dy
1

2  d(x 2 y  )
4,0
 x 2 y2 
  = 0J
 2  0,0
192
5.
5
5. The z-component of the force and the x-component of displacement are ineffective here.
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dW  Fy dy  3xy.dy  z  0

 6x 4 dx  y  x2 
Integrating between x = 0 and x = 2 gives the result.
Ka
2
6.
7. 20 J
x
dx N
7. Work done by friction   F  ds   mgcos  
0
cos 
= mg x = 20 J f

mg dx ds
cos   dy
ds 
dx
8. C, D

9. B
mv 2 K 1 K
9. Here = 2 \ K.E. = mv 2 =
r r 2 2r
r r æ K ö K
U = - ò F ×dr = - ò ç- 2 ÷dr = -
¥ ¥ è r ø r
K K K
Total energy E = K.E. + P.E. = - =- .
2r r 2r

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