1. An engine pumps up 100 kg of water through a height of 10m in 5 s.

Given that the efficiency of the engine is 60%,

what is the power of the engine? (Take g = 10 ms-2)
(A) 33 k W (B) 3.3 k W (C) 0.33 k W (D) 0.033 k W

2. A uniform chain has a mass m and length l. It is held on a frictionless table with one-sixth of its length hanging over
the edge. The work done in just pulling the hanging part back on the table is
l mgl mgl mgl
(A) mg (B) (C) (D)
72 36 12 6

3. A body is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering a constant power. The distance moved by the body in
time t is proportional to
3 3
(A) t (B) t 4 (C) t 2 (D) t 2

4. Consider a car moving along a straight horizontal road with a speed of 72 km/hr. If the coefficient of static friction
between road and tyres is 0.5, the shortest distance in which the car can be stopped is
(A) 30 m (B) 40 m (C) 72 m (D) 20 m

5. The kinetic energy K of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends upon the distance s as K = as 2. The force
acting on the particle is
1
s2 s2 2
(A) 2a (B) 2as 1+ 2 (C) 2as (D) 2a
R R
6. The kinetic energy acquired by a mass m in traveling a certain distance d, starting from rest under the action of a
constant force, is directly proportional to
1
(A) m (B) independent of m (C) (D) m
m
7. A body moves a distance of 10 m along a straight line under the action of a 5 N force. If the work done is 25 J, then
angle between the force and direction of motion of the body is
(A) 30o (B) 45o (C) 60o (D) 75o

8. A 2 kg block is placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. A force shown in

the F-x graph is applied to the block horizontally. The change in kinetic
energy is
(A) 15J (B) 20 J
(C) 25J (D) 30 J

9. A spring of spring constant K is fixed horizontally at the bottom of a hilly terrain as

shown in the figure. A small block of mass m, initially at an altitude H is gently
pushed downwards. Assuming no friction anywhere, the maximum compression in the
spring will be
(A) 2gH (B) mgH
mgH 2mgH
(C) (D)
k k

10. In the spring mass system shown in the figure, the spring is compressed by
x0 = mg/3k from its natural length and the block is released from rest. The
speed of the block , when it passes through the point P at means position,
is
1 m 2m m
(A) g (B) g (C) g (D) None of these
3 k 9k 3k

11. A block of mass m starts sliding down the smooth surface of a hemisphere (radius R) A B
and flies off the surface at an angle as shown. The work done by the normal R
reaction during the motion from A to B is O

(A) zero (B) mgR (C) mgR cos (D) mgR (1 - cos )
12. A uniform chain of length L 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 is acceleration due to gravity, the work required to pull the hanging part on to the
table is
(A) MgL (B) MgL/3 (C) MgL/g (D) MgL/18

13. Ball of mass m slides from a fixed inclined plane as shown in the figure. Find
the minimum height h so that the ball just completes the circular portion of the
surface at C (all surfaces are smooth).
5
(A) h = R (B) h = 2R
2
2
(C) h = R (D) h = 3R
5

14. If a body is in motion such that only conservative forces are doing work on the body, then which of the following will
be conserved
(A) total mechanical energy of the body (B) kinetic energy of the body
(C) potential energy of the body (D) none of the above

15. A block of mass 1 kg is attached to an elastic spring of force constant 200

N/m. Initially the system (block + spring) is kept on a horizontal surface
0.1 m
with one end of the spring fixed to a wall as shown in the figure and the
spring is unstretched. Now the block is moved such that the elongation of 1 kg 1 kg
the spring is 0.1 m. The work done by the spring on the block will be
(A) 1 J (B) -1 J (C) 2 J (D) -2 J

16. A cricket ball is hit at an angle to the horizontal with a kinetic energy of K. The KE at highest point is
(A) zero (B) Kcos (C) Kcos2 (D) Ksec2

17. Work done by constant force acting on a body of mass m in time t [which is accelerated from rest to a speed v in time
t1 ] as a function of time t is given by
2
1 v 2 v 2 1 mv 1 v2 2
(A) m t (B) m t (C) t 2 (D) m 2 t
2 t1 t1 2 t1 2 t1

18. A block of mass 2 kg is pulled by a force 40 N upward through a height h = 2 m

(A) Work done by the applied force is 80 J
(B) Work done by the weight of block is 45 J
(C) Work done on the block by applied force is 40 J
(D) Work done on the block by weight is 20 J

19. Figure shows the vertical section of functionless surface. A block of mass 2 kg is released
from the position A, its K as it reaches the position C is [Here k for kinetic energy]
(A) 100 J (B) 140 J
(C) 40 J (D) 280 J

20. A particle suspended from a fixed point by a light inextensible thread of length L is projected horizontally from its
lower position with velocity 7 gL / 2. The string will slack after swinging through an angle , such that equals
(A) 30o (B) 135o (C) 120o (D) 150o

21. A block of mass m starts sliding from rest at the top A of an inclined plane of inclination . It
slides along AB of length l and then continues sliding on the horizontal surface BC. If the
coefficient of friction between all surfaces is m , calculate the speed when it reaches at the
bottom of the inclined plane at point B
(A) 2gl (B) 2 gl sin
(C) 2 gl (sin - m cos ) (D) 2 gl m cos

22. A uniform chain has a mass m and length l. If it is placed on a frictionless table with a length lo hanging over the
edge. The chain begins to slide down. What is the velocity v with which the end slides away from the edge?
3g ( l 2 - l02 ) g ( l 2 - l02 ) g ( l 2 - l02 ) 2g ( l 2 - l02 )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
l 2l l l
23. With what minimum speed v must a small ball should be pushed inside a
smooth vertical tube from a height h so that it may reach the top of the tube?
Radius of the tube is R: ( Neglect the radius of small ball)
5
(A) 2 g ( h + 2 R ) (B) R
2
(C) g ( 5 R - 2h ) (D) 2 g ( 2R - h )

24. Work done when a force F = (i + 2 j + 3k ) N is acting on a particle takes it from a point
r1 = i + j + k to the point r2 = i - j + 2k is
(A) -3 J (B) -1 J (C) zero (D) 2 J

25. A simple pendulum is released from A as shown in figure. If m, l represents

the mass of the bob and length of the pendulum the gain in kinetic energy at
B is
mgl mgl
(A) (B)
2 2
3 2
(C) mgl (D) mgl
2 3

26. A block of mass m is pulled along a horizontal surface by applying a constant force at an angle with the horizontal.
If the block travels with a uniform velocity and has a displacement d and the coefficient of friction is m , then the work
done by the applied force is
mmgd mmgd cos mmgd sin mmgd cos
(A) (B) (C) (D)
cos + m sin cos + m sin cos + m sin cos - m sin

27. A mass M is lowered with the help of a string by a distance x at a constant acceleration g/2. The work done by the
string will be
Mgx 1
(A) Mgx (B) (C) Mgx 2 (D) Mgx 2
2 2
28. A stone projected up with a velocity u reaches a maximum height h. When it is at a height of 3h/4 from the ground, the
ratio of KE and PE at that point is
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 1 : 2

29. The end of uniform rope of mass m and length L that is piled on a platform is lifted vertically with a constant velocity
v by a variable force F. the value of F as a lifted portion x of the rope is:
m v2 m
gx + (B) m ( gx + v ) ( )
2
(A) (C) 2 gx 2 + xv (D) none of these
L 2 L

30. A body is projected vertically up with certain velocity, at a point P in its path the ratio of its potential to kinetic
energies is 9 : 16. The ratio of velocity of projection to velocity at P is____________
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 5 : 4 (C) 9 : 25 (D) 25 :16

ANSWER KEY

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.B

6.B 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.B
11.A 12.A 13.A 14.A 15.B
16.C 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.C
21.C 22.C 23.D 24.B 25.C
26.B 27.B 28.C 29.A 30.B