1.

How much work does a pulling force of 40 N do on (c) Directly proportional to the acceleration
the 20 kg box in pulling it 8 m across the floor at a (d) None of the above
constant speed. The pulling force is directed at 60° 9. The energy required to accelerate a car from 10 m/s
above the horizontal to 20 m/s is how many times the energy required to
(a) 160 J (b) 277 J accelerate the car from rest to 10 m/s
(c) 784 J (d) None of the above (a) Equal (b) 4 times
2. A horizontal force of 5 N is required to maintain a
(c) 2 times (d) 3 times
velocity of 2 m/s for a block of 10 kg mass sliding
over a rough surface. The work done by this force 10. A body of mass 2 kg slides down a curved track
in one minute is which is quadrant of a circle of radius 1 metre. All
(a) 600 J (b) 60 J the surfaces are frictionless. If the body starts from
rest, its speed at the bottom of the track is
(c) 6 J (d) 6000 J
1m
3. Work done in time t on a body of mass m which is
accelerated from rest to a speed v in time t1 as a (a) 4.43 m/sec
function of time t is given by (b) 2 m/sec 1m
1 v v (c) 0.5 m/sec
(a) m t2 (b) m t2
2 t1 t1
(d) 19.6 m/sec
2
1 mv 2 1 v2 2
(c)   t (d) m t 11. The kinetic energy of a body decreases by 36%. The
2  t 1  2 t12 decrease in its momentum is
4. What is the shape of the graph between the speed (a) 36% (b) 20%
and kinetic energy of a body
(c) 8% (d) 6%
(a) Straight line (b) Hyperbola
12. A bomb of mass 3m kg explodes into two pieces of
(c) Parabola (d) Exponential
mass m kg and 2m kg. If the velocity of m kg mass
5. When a body moves with some friction on a surface is 16 m/s, the total kinetic energy released in the
(a) It loses kinetic energy but momentum is explosion is
constant
(a) 192 mJ (b) 96 mJ
(b) It loses kinetic energy but gains potential energy
(c) 384 mJ (d) 768 mJ
(c) Kinetic energy and momentum both decrease
(d) Mechanical energy is conserved 13. Which one of the following statement does not hold
good when two balls of masses m1 and m 2 undergo
6. A bullet of mass m moving with velocity v strikes a
suspended wooden block of mass M. If the block elastic collision
rises to a height h, the initial velocity of the block (a) When m 1  m 2 and m 2 at rest, there will be
will be maximum transfer of momentum
M m
(a) 2 gh (b) 2 gh (b) When m 1  m 2 and m 2 at rest, after collision
m
the ball of mass m 2 moves with four times the
m M m
(c) 2 gh (d) 2 gh velocity of m1
M m M
7. There will be decrease in potential energy of the (c) When m1  m 2 and m 2 at rest, there will be
system, if work is done upon the system by maximum transfer of K.E.
(a) Any conservative or non-conservative force (d) When collision is oblique and m 2 at rest with
(b) A non-conservative force m1  m 2 , after collision the balls move in
(c) A conservative force opposite directions
(d) None of the above
14. A neutron travelling with a velocity v and K.E. E
8. The slope of kinetic energy displacement curve of a collides perfectly elastically head on with the
particle in motion is nucleus of an atom of mass number A at rest. The
(a) Equal to the acceleration of the particle fraction of total energy retained by neutron is
(b) Inversely proportional to the acceleration
 A 1
2
A 1
2
(d) The colliding balls will come to rest and no ball
(a)   (b)   rolls out from right
 A 1  A 1
2 2
17. A wooden block of mass M rests on a horizontal
A 1 A 1
(c)   (d)   surface. A bullet of mass m moving in the
 A   A  horizontal direction strikes and gets embedded in it.
15. A body of mass m1 moving with uniform velocity The combined system covers a distance x on the
surface. If the coefficient of friction between wood
of 40 m/s collides with another mass m 2 at rest and
and the surface is  , the speed of the bullet at the
then the two together begin to move with uniform
time of striking the block is (where m is mass of the
m1
velocity of 30 m/s. The ratio of their masses is bullet)
m2
2 Mg 2 mg
(a) 0.75 (b) 1.33 (a) (b)
m Mx
(c) 3.0 (d) 4.0
 M m  2 mx
16. Six identical balls are lined in a straight groove (c) 2 gx   (d)
 m  M m
made on a horizontal frictionless surface as shown.
18. A ball moving with speed v hits another identical
Two similar balls each moving with a velocity v
ball at rest. The two balls stick together after
collide elastically with the row of 6 balls from left.
collision. If specific heat of the material of the balls
What will happen
is S, the temperature rise resulting from the collision
is

v v2 v2
(a) (b)
8S 4S
v2 v2
(c) (d)
2S S
19. A bag of sand of mass M is suspended by a string.
A bullet of mass m is fired at it with velocity v and
(a) One ball from the right rolls out with a speed 2v gets embedded into it. The loss of kinetic energy in
and the remaining balls will remain at rest this process is
1 1 1
(b) Two balls from the right roll out with speed v (a) mv 2 (b) mv 2 
2 2 M m
each and the remaining balls will remain
1 M 1  M 
stationary (c) mv 2  (d) mv 2  
2 m 2  M m 
(c) All the six balls in the row will roll out with
speed v/6 each and the two colliding balls will
come to rest