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b.
c.
d.
2. A 75.0-kg painter climbs a ladder that is 2.75 m long leaning against a vertical wall. The
ladder makes an angle of angle with the wall. How much work does gravity do on the
painter? 1
a. -1950 J
b. -1850 J
c. -2050 J
d. -1750 J
3. Balram pushes 500kg weight on a horizontal frictionless surface a distance of 10 m. The
work done by gravitational force is 1
a. 200 J
b. 5000 J
c. 100 J
d. 0 J
4. A 6.0-kg box moving at 3.0 m/s on a horizontal, frictionless surface runs into a light spring
of force constant 75 N/cm Use the work–energy theorem to find the maximum
compression of the spring. 1
a. 7.5 cm
b. 8.5 cm
c. 9.5 cm
d. 6.5 cm
5. A 50.0-kg marathon runner runs up the stairs to the top of a 443-m-tall Tower. To lift
herself to the top in 15.0 minutes, what must be her average power output? 1
a. 261 W
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b. 221 W
c. 201 W
d. 241 W
6. When an air bubble rises in water, what happens to its potential energy? 1
7. Two bodies of unequal mass are moving in the same direction with equal kinetic energy.
The two bodies are brought to rest by applying retarding force of same magnitude. How
would the distance moved by them before coming to rest compare? 1
8. In which of the two types of collision i.e. elastic or inelastic, the momentum is conserved?
What about KE? 1
9. An elevator which can carry a maximum load of 1800 kg (elevator + passenger) is moving
up with a constant speed of 2 ms-1. The frictional force opposing the motion is 4000 N.
Determine the minimum power delivered by the motor to the elevator in watts as well as
in horsepower. 2
10. If momentum of a body increased by 300%, then what will be percentage increase in
momentum of a body? 2
11. A ball is dropped from the height h1 and if it rebounds to a height h2. Find the value of
14. A car of mass 1000 kg accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity of 54 km h-1 in 5 s.
Calculate (i) its acceleration, (ii) its gain in kinetic energy, (iii) average power of the
engine during this period. Neglect friction. 3
15. Two identical steel cubes (masses 50 g, side 1cm) collide head-on face to face with a speed
of 10 cm/s each. Find the maximum compression of each. Young’s modulus for steel Y = 2
× 10 11 N/m 2. 5
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