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COLLISIONS
1. A rubber ball rebounds after inelastic collision from

the floor. Which of the following statements is true ?

(A) Conservation of energy.

(B) Conservation of energy remains violated

(C) Momentum of the ball before collision is equal to

that after the collision.

(D) None of the above.

2. A bullet strikes against a wooden block and is

embedded in it, the nature of collisions is

(A) Elastic.

(B)Perfectly elastic

(C) inelastic.

(D) perfectly inelastic.

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3. Which of the following statements is false?

(A) Momentum is conserved in all types of collisions.

(B) Energy is conserved in all types of collisions.

(C) During elastic collisions conservative forces are

involved.

(D) Work energy theorem is not applicable to inelastic

collisions.

4. A Bullet of mass m is fired with a velocity ν onto a

block of wood of mass M and initially at rest. The final

velocity of the system will be

(A) [ m / (m .+ M) ] ν

(B) [ M/ ( m + M) ] ν

(C) [ (m +M) /m ] ν

(D) [ ( m + M) /M] ν
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5. A ball of mass M moving with velocity ν collides

elastically with wall and rebounds .The change in

momentum of the ball will be :

(A) Zero.

(B) Mν

(C) 2 Mν.

(D) 4 Mν

6. A show man comes running and stands at the centre

at the centre of the rotating platform Considering the

platform and the showman a system , which of the

following is conserved.

(A) Linear momentum.

(B) Angular momentum.

(C) Kinetic energy

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(D) None of the above.

7. A shell of mass M is moving with a velocity V. it

explodes into two parts, and one of the parts of mass

m is left stationary. What will be the velocity of the

other part.

(A) MV/ (M-m)

(B) MV/ ( M+m)

(C) mV/ (M-m)

(D) mV/ (M+m)

8. A ball B1 of mass M is moving with velocity ν along

north. It collides with another Ball B2 of same mass

moving with velocity ν along east. After the collisions

both balls stick together and move along north east.

What will be the velocity of the combination.

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(A) ν

(B) 2ν

(C) √2ν

(D) ν/√2

9. A gun of mass M fires a bullet of mass m, what will be

the ratio of the recoil energy of the gun to that of

the bullet ?

(A) M/m

(B) m/M

(C) m / ( m + M)

(D) M/ (M+m)

10. A body is dropped from a height h. after the third

rebound it rises to h/2. what is the coefficient the

restitution ?
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(A) ( 1/ 2)

(B) ( 1 / 2 ) 1/2.

(C) ( 1 / 2 ) 1/4

(D) ( 1/ 2) 1/6.

11. A particle of mass 10 kg moving eastwards with a

speed of 5 ms-1 collides with another particle of the

same mass moving north-wards with the same speed

5 ms-1. The two particles coalesce on collision. The

new particle of mass 20 kg will move in the north

easterly direction with a velocity

(A) 10 ms-1.

(B) 5 ms-1.

(C) ( 5/ √2 ) ms-1.

(D) none of these.

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12. A bullet is fired on a wooden block. Its velocity

reduces by 50% on penetrating 30 cm. How long will

it penetrate further before coming to east.

(A) 30 cm

(B) 15 cm

(C) 10 cm

(D) 5 cm

13. A bomb explodes into two fragments of masses 3 kg

and 1 kg. total kinetic energy of the fragments is 6

MJ. What is the ratio of the kinetic energies of smaller

mass to the larger mass ?

(A) 1/3.

(B) 3.

(C) 1/9.
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(D) 9.

14. An automobile engine of mass M accelerates and a

constant power P is applied by the engine The

instantaneous speed of the engine will be

(A) [ Pt/M]1/2.

(B) [2)t/M]1/2.

(C) [ Pt/2M]1/2.

(D) [ PT/4M]1/2.

15. A ball is dropped from a weight h on the ground . if

the coefficient of the restitution us e, the height to

which the ball goes up after it rebounds for nth time

is

(A) he2n.

(B) hen.
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(C) e2n/h

(D) h/e2n.

16. A ball of mass m moving with velocity v strikes the

bob of a pendulum at res. The mass of the bob is

also m. if the collision is perfectly inelastic , the height

to which the two will rise is given by :

(A) ν2/8g.

(b) ν2/4g.

(C) ν2/2g

(D) ν2/g.

17. A body of mass 2 kg is thrown up vertically with K.E.

of 490 joules. If the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8

m/s2 , the height at which the K.E of the body

becomes half of its original value is given by :(A)50m

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(B) 12. 5m

(C) 25 m

(D) 10m.

18. A bullet of mass 10 g leaves a rifle at a initial velocity

of 100 m/s. and strikes the earth at the same level with

a velocity of 500 m/s. The work done in joules

overcoming the resistance of air will be

(A) 375

(b) 3750

(C) 5000

(D) 500

19. A bullet of mass m and velocity a is fired into a large

block of wood of mass M. The final velocity of the

system is
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(A) [ α / (m + α)]α

(B) [ (m + M) / m)]α

(C) [ (m + α) / M ]α

(D) [m / (m + M))]α

20. The kinetic energy acquired by a mass m in

travelling a certain distance d, starting from rest,

under the action of a constant force is directly

proportional to

(A) √m

(B) independent of m.

(C) 1/√m.

(D) m.

21. A position dependent force F = 7 – 2x + 3x2 newton

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Acts on a small body of mass 2 kg and displaces it

from x = 0 to x = 5m. The work done in joules is

(A) 70

(B) 270

(C)35

(D) 135.

22. A bullet of mass a and velocity b is fired into a large

block of mass c. the final velocity of the system is

(A) ( a + c) / b , b

(B) a / (a + c) , b

(C) ( a + b) / c , a

(D) c / ( a+ b) , b

23. A ball is dropped from height 10. Ball in embedded in

sand 1m and stops .

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(A) Only momentum remains conserved. (B) Only

kinetic energy remains conserved.

(C) Both momentum and K.E. are conserved (D)

Neither K.E. nor momentum is conserved.

24. A bullet is fired and gets embedded in block kept on

table, then if tale is frictionless.

(A) Only K.E. is conserved

(B) Only momentum is conserved

(C) Both are conserved

(D) None of these.

25. A moving body of mass m and velocity 3 km/h

collides with a resting body of mass 2m and sticks to

it. Now the combined starts to move. What will be the

combined velocity.
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(A) 3 km/h.

(B) 2 km/h.

(C) 1 km/h.

(D) 4 km/h.

26. A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is thrown at an

angle of 45o with the horizontal , its kinetic energy at

the highest point of its flight will be

(A) E.

(B) F/√2.

(C) E/2.

(D) zero

27. Two bodies of masses m and 4m are moving with

equal kinetic energy. The ratio of their linear

momentum is
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(A) 4 :1

(B) 1 : 1

(C) 1 : 2

(D) 1 : 4

28. A metal ball of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of

36 km/h has an head on collision with a stationary ball

of mass 3 kg, if after the collisions the two balls move

together, the loss in kinetic energy due to collision is

(A) 40 J

(B) 60 J

(C) 100 J

(D) 140 J

29. If momentum is increased by 20% then K.E increases

by
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(A) 44%

(B) 55%

(C) 66%

(D) 77%

30. If a body of mass 200 g falls from a height 200 m and

its total P.E is converted into K.E. at the point of

contact of the body with earth surface, then what is

the decrease in P.E of the body at the contact ?

(A) 200 J

(B) 400 J

(C) 600 J

(D) 900 J
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QUESTIONS FROM THE COMPETITIVE
EXAMS.
1. A bucket tied at the end of a 1.6 m log string is whirled

in a vertical circle with constant speed. What should be

the minimum speed so that the water from the bucket

does not spill when the bucket is at the largest position

(A) 4m/s.

(B) 6.25 m/s.

(C) 16 m/s.

(D) none of the above.

2. The moment of inertia of a circular ring about an axis

 assign through its centre and normal to its plane is 200

g x cm2. then its moment of inertia about a diameter is

(A) 400 g cm2.

(B) 300 g cm2.

(C) 200 g cm2.

(D) 100 gcm2.

3. A constant torque acting on a uniform circular wheel

changes its angular momentum from A0 to 4 A0 in 4

seconds. The magnitude of this torque is

(A) 3A0/4.

(B) A0.

(C) 4A0.

(D) 12 A0.
4. An inclined plane makes an angle of 300 with the

horizontal.. A solid sphere rolling down this inclined

plane from rest without slipping has a linear

acceleration equal to :

(A) g/3.

(B) 2g/3.

(C) 5g/7

(D) 5g/14.

5. A spherical ball rolls on a table without slipping then

the fraction of its total energy associated with rotation

is

(A) 2/5

(B) 2/7

(C) 3/5
 (D) 3/7

6. A fly wheel rotating a fixed axis has a kinetic energy of

360 J when its angular speed is 30 radians per second.

The moment of inertia of the inertia of the flywheel

about the axis of rotation is

(A) 0.15 kg m2.

(B) 0.75 kg m2.

(C) 0.60 kg m2.

(D) 0.80 kg m2.

7. A solid cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls on a flat

surface. Its moment of inertia about line of contact is

(A) 2MR2.

(B) 3MR2/2.

(C) 12MR2.