PHYSICS

Sample DPQ
Q.1 Daily Practice Questions Time : 30 min.

A car accelerates from rest on a straight road. A short time later, the car decelerates to a stop and then returns to its original position in a similar manner, by speeding up and then slowing to a stop. Which of the following position versus time graphs best describes the motion?

x
(A) Q.2

x
t
(B)

x
t (D)

(C)

If the same object were released in air, the magnitude of its acceleration would begin at the free-fall value, but it would decrease continuously to zero as the object continued to fall. For which one of the choices given does the solid line best represent the speed of the object as a function of time when it is dropped from rest in air? Note: The dashed line shows the free-fall under vacuum graph for comparison.

(A)
0 t

(B)
0 t

(C)
0 t

(D)
0 t

Q.3

The acceleration-time graph for a particle moving in straight line is given in the figure. Initial velocity of the particle was 10m/sec. The displacement of the particle at t = 12sec is.
a (m/s2) 10 4 -10 8 12 t (s)

Q.4

(A) 760/3 (B) 820/3 (C) 920/3 (D) 1020/3 An electric sander has a continuous belt that rubs against a wood surface as shown schematically. The sander is 50 percent efficient and draws a power of 1080 watt from a 120 volt line. The belt speed is 10 meters per second. If the sander is pushing against the wood with a normal force of 100 newtons, the coefficient of friction is most nearly

(A) 0.02

(B) 0.54

(C) 0.4

(D) 1.1
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Q.6

A sealed and thermally insulated container of total volume V is divided into two equal volumes by an impermeable wall. The left half of the container is initially occupied by n moles of an ideal gas at temperature T. Which of the following gives the change in entropy of the system when the wall is suddenly removed and the gas expands to fill the entire volume ? (A) 2nR ln 2 (B) nR ln 2 (C) 1/2 nR ln 2 (D) nR ln 2 A uniform disk of radius 1.2 m and mass 0.60 kg is rotating at 25 rad/s around an axis that passes through its center and is perpendicular to the disk. A rod makes contact with the rotating disk with a force of 4.5 N at a point 0.75 m from the axis of rotation as shown. The disk is brought to a stop in 5.0 s. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction for the two materials in contact?
rotating disk

4.5 N 0.75 m

Q.7

(A) 0.22 (B) 0.48 (C) 0.64 (D) 0.37 The pulley system shown below operates as a modified lever. Pulley A and pulley B turn together. So when a person pulls on rope A the mass attached to rope B will be lifted. Which of the following changes to the system will reduce the force needed to lift the mass?
Pulley A Pulley B

Rope A Rope B m

Q.8

Q.9

(A) Increase the length of rope A. (B) Increase the length of rope B. (C) Increase the diameter of pulley A. (D) Increase the diameter of pulley B. A particle of mass m moves in a one dimension such that its potential energy is given as : U(x) = ax2 + bx4 , where a and b are positive constants. The angular frequency of small oscillations about the minima of the potential energy is equal to (a) (a/2b)1/2 (B) (a/m)1/2 (C) (a/m)1/2 (D) 2(a/m)1/2 Small-amplitude standing waves of wavelength occur on a string with tension T, mass per unit length , and length L. One end of the string is fixed and the other end is attached to a ring of mass M that slides on a frictionless rod, as shown in the figure. When gravity is neglected, which of the following conditions correctly determines the wavelength ? (You might want to consider the limiting cases M 0 and M )

M L
2 2L 2 2 L cot tan (B) / M 2 2L sin (C) / M (D) 2L / n, n 1, 2,3... A 120 Hz tone has an intensity level of 20 dB. The velocity of sound in air is 340m/s. The bulk modulus of air is 142 kPa. The pressure amplitude of the sound waves, in SI units, is closest to: 4 5 5 4 (A) 3 10 (B) 3 10 (C) 6 10 (D) 6 10

(A) / M

Q.10

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