PHYSICS

Simple Harmonic Motion

1. A particle moves such that its acceleration a is given by a  bx , where x is the displacement from
equilibrium position and b is a constant. The period of oscillation is
2
(a) 2 b (b)
b

2 
(c) (d) 2
b b

2. A tunnel has been dug through the centre of the earth and a ball is released in it. It will reach the
other end of the tunnel after
(a) 84.6 minutes
(b) 42.3 minutes
(c) 1 day
(d) Will not reach the other end

3. The acceleration of a particle performing S.H.M. is 12 cm /sec 2 at a distance of 3 cm from the mean
position. Its time period is
(a) 0.5 sec (b) 1.0 sec
(c) 2.0 sec (d) 3.14 sec

4. Two bodies M and N of equal masses are suspended from two separate massless springs of
force constants k1 and k2 respectively. If the two bodies oscillate vertically such that their
maximum velocities are equal, the ratio of the amplitude M to that of N is
k1 k1
(a) (b)
k2 k2

k2 k2
(c) (d)
k1 k1

5. A mass m is suspended by means of two coiled spring which have the same length in
unstretched condition as in figure. Their force constant are k1 and k2 respectively. When set into
vertical vibrations, the period will be

 m  k  A B
(a) 2  
 (b) 2 m  1 
 k1k 2   k2  k1 k2

 m   m 
(c) 2  
 (d) 2  

 k1  k 2   k1  k 2 
m

6. A spring has a certain mass suspended from it and its period for vertical oscillation is T. The
spring is now cut into two equal halves and the same mass is suspended from one of the halves.
The period of vertical oscillation is now
T T
(a) (b)
2 2

(c) 2T (d) 2T

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7. Two masses m 1 and m 2 are suspended together by a massless spring of constant k. When the
masses are in equilibrium, m 1 is removed without disturbing the system. Then the angular
frequency of oscillation of m 2 is
k k
(a) (b)
m1 m2

k k
(c) (d)
m1  m 2 m1m 2

8. Two identical spring of constant K are connected in series and parallel as shown in figure. A mass
m is suspended from them. The ratio of their frequencies of vertical oscillations will be
K
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 1 K K
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 4 : 1
K

m
m
(B)
(A)

9. A spring is stretched by 0.20 m, when a mass of 0.50 kg is suspended. When a mass of 0.25 kg
is suspended, then its period of oscillation will be (g  10 m / s 2 )
(a) 0.328 sec (b) 0.628 sec
(c) 0.137 sec (d) 1.00 sec

10. A mass M is suspended from a spring of negligible mass. The spring is pulled a little and then
released so that the mass executes simple harmonic oscillations with a time period T. If the mass
is increased by m then the time period becomes  T  . The ratio of
5 m
is
4  M

(a) 9/16 (b) 25/16

11. A mass M is suspended from a light spring. An additional mass m added displaces the spring
further by a distance x(equilibrium position). Now the combined mass will oscillate on the spring
with period
(a) T  2 mg / x (M  m )
(b) T  2 (M  m )x / mg 
(c) T  ( / 2) mg / x (M  m )
(d) T  2 (M  m ) / mgx 

12. A block of mass m, attached to a spring of spring constant k, oscillates on a smooth horizontal
table. The other end of the spring is fixed to a wall. The block has a speed v when the spring is at
its natural length. Before coming to an instantaneous rest, if the block moves a distance x from
the mean position, then
1
(a) x  m / k (b) x  m /k
v
(c) x  v m / k (d) x  mv / k

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13. What will be the force constant of the spring system shown in the figure
K1
(a)  K2
2
1
 1 1  K1 K1
(b)   
 2 K1 K 2 
1 1
(c)  K2
2 K1 K 2
1
 2 1  m
(d)   
 K1 K1 

14. A mass m attached to a spring oscillates every 2 sec. If the mass is increased by 2 kg, then time-
period increases by 1 sec. The initial mass is
(a) 1.6 kg (b) 3.9 kg
(c) 9.6 kg (d) 12.6 kg

15. The scale of a spring balance reading from 0 to 10 kg is 0.25 m long. A body suspended from the
balance oscillates vertically with a period of  /10 second. The mass suspended is (neglect the
mass of the spring)
(a) 10 kg (b) 0.98 kg
(c) 5 kg (d) 20 kg

16. If a spring has time period T, and is cut into n equal parts, then the time period of each part will be
(a) T n (b) T/ n
(c) nT (d) T

17. A mass m is suspended separately by two different springs of spring constant K1 and K2 gives the
time-period t1 and t 2 respectively. If same mass m is connected by both springs as shown in
figure then time-period t is given by the relation
(a) t  t 1  t 2
t1 .t 2
(b) t 
t1  t 2
(c) t 2  t1 2  t 2 2
(d) t 2  t1 2  t 2 2 m

18. Infinite springs with force constant k, 2k, 4k and 8k.... respectively are connected in series. The
effective force constant of the spring will be
(a) 2K (b) k
(c) k/2 (d) 2048k

19. A weightless spring of length 60 cm and force constant 200 N/m is kept straight and unstretched
on a smooth horizontal table and its ends are rigidly fixed. A mass of 0.25 kg is attached at the
middle of the spring and is slightly displaced along the length. The time period of the oscillation of
the mass is

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 
(a) s (b) s
20 10
 
(c) s (d) s
5 200

20. Two masses m1 and m2 are suspended together by a massless spring of constant K. When the
masses are in equilibrium, m1 is removed without disturbing the system. The amplitude of
oscillations is
m1 g
(a)
K
m2g
(b)
K
(m 1  m 2 )g
(c)
K m1
(m 1  m 2 )g m2
(d)
K

Answer Keys
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. C

13. b 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. A

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