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Varun JEE Advanced (2025)

KPP-27 Simple Harmonic Motion Time limit 80 minutes
1. A particle of mass m is free to move along x axis 4. A spring mass system is hanging from the ceiling
under the influence of a conservative force. The
of an elevator in equilibrium. Elongation of spring
potential energy of the particle is given by
U = – axne–bx [a and b are positive constants] is l. The elevator suddenly starts accelerating
Find the frequency of small oscillations of the
downwards with acceleration g/3, find (a) the
particle about its equilibrium position.
frequency and (b) the amplitude of the resulting
2. A massless rod is hinged at O. A string carrying a
SHM.
mass m at one end is attached to point A on the
rod so that OA=a. At another point B(OB=b) of
the rod, a horizontal spring of force constant k is
attached as shown. Find the period of small
vertical oscillations of mass m around its
equilibrium position.

5. A physical pendulum has the shape of a disk of

radius R. The pendulum swings about an axis
perpendicular to the plane of the disk and at
distance from the center of the disk.
3. A bob of mass 2m hangs by a string attached to (a) Show that the frequency of the oscillations of
the block of mass m of a spring block system. The
whole arrangement is in a state of equilibrium. g
The bob of mass 2m is pulled down slowly by a this pendulum is  =
1 2
R + 2
distance x0 and released. 2
(b) For what value of is this frequency at a
maximum?

6. A particle of mass m moves in the potential

3mg energy U shown above. Find the period of the

(1) For x 0 = maximum tension in string is
k motion when the particle has total energy E.
4 mg
3mg
(2) For x 0  , minimum tension in string is
k
mg
(3) Frequency of oscillation of system is
1 k
, for all non-zero values of x0.
2 3 m
(4) The motion will remain simple harmonic for
3mg
x0 
k
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7. A metal rod of length ‘L’ and mass ‘m’ is pivoted 10. A small ball of mass m is attached to the middle
at one end. A thin disk of mass ‘M’ and radius ‘R’ of a tightly stretched perfectly flexible wire AB of
(< L) is attached at its center to the free end of the
length 2 (fig). The ball is given a small lateral
rod. Consider two ways the disc is attached: (case
A). The disc is not free to rotate about its center displacement in horizontal direction and released.
and (case B) the disc is free to rotated about its The initial tension (T) in the wire is high and
center. The rod-disc system performs SHM in
change in it due to small lateral displacement of
vertical plane after being released from the same
displaced position. Which of the following the ball can be neglected. Prove that the ball will
statement(s) is(are) true? perform simple harmonic motion, and calculate
the period. If there is a device which can change
the tension in the wire at will , how will the time
period change if tension in the wire is increased?
(1) Restoring torque in case A = Restoring
torque in case B
(2) Restoring torque in case A < Restoring
torque in case B
(3) Angular frequency for case A > Angular
frequency for case B
(4) Angular frequency for case A < Angular
frequency for case B
11. A simple pendulum oscillating with a small
8. A block of mass m is moving along positive x amplitude has a time period of T = 1.0 s. A
direction on a smooth horizontal surface with horizontal thin rod is now placed beneath the point
velocity u. It enters a rough horizontal region at of suspension at a distance equal to half the length
x = 0. The coefficient of friction in this rough of the pendulum. The string collides with the rod
region varies according to  = ax, where 'a' is a
positive constant and x is displacement of the once in each oscillation and there is no loss of
block in the rough region. Find the time for which energy in such collisions. Find the new time
the block will slide in this rough region. period T´ of the pendulum.

9. Two blocks of mass 10 kg and 2 kg are connected 12. A block of mass M rests on a smooth horizontal
by an ideal spring of spring constant K = 800 N/m table. There is a small gap in the table under the
and the system is placed on a horizontal surface as block through which a pendulum has been
shown. attached to the block. The bob of the simple
The coefficient of friction between 10 kg block pendulum has mass m and length of the pendulum
and surface is 0.5 but friction is absent between is L. The pendulum is set into small oscillations in
2 kg and the surface. Initially blocks are at rest the vertical plane of the figure. Calculate its time
and spring is relaxed. The 2 kg block is displaced period. The table does not interfere with the
to elongate the spring by 1 cm and is then motion of the string.
released.

(a) Will 10 kg block move subsequently?

(b) Draw a graph representing variation of
magnitude of frictional force on 10 kg block
with time. Time t is measured from that
instant when 2 kg block is released to move.
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13. A box B of mass M hangs from an ideal spring of 16. A hollow cylindrical shell of radius R has mass M.
force constant k. A small particle, also of mass M, It is completely filled with ice having mass m. It is
is stuck to the ceiling of the box and the system is placed on a horizontal floor connected to a spring
in equilibrium. The particle gets detached from the (force constant k) as shown. When it is disturbed
ceiling and falls to strike the floor of the box. It it performs oscillations without slipping on the
takes time ‘t’ for the particle to hit the floor after it floor.
gets detached from the ceiling. The particle, on
hitting the floor, sticks to it and the system
thereafter oscillates with a time period T. Find the
T
height H of the box if it is given that t = . (a) Find time period of oscillation assuming that
6 2 the ice is tightly pressed against the inner
Assume that the floor and ceiling of the box surface of the cylinder.
always remain horizontal. (b) If the ice melts into non viscous water, find
the time period of oscillations. (Neglect any
volume change due to melting of ice)

17. A simple pendulum has a bob of mass m and it is

oscillating with a small angular amplitude of 0.
Calculate the average tension in the string
averaged over one time period. [For small  take
2
cos  1 − ]
2
14. The given figure shows the variation of the kinetic
energy of a simple pendulum with its angular 18. A particle performs harmonic oscillations along
displacement () from the vertical. Mass of the the x axis about the equilibrium position x = 0.The
pendulum bob is m = 0.2 kg. Find the time period oscillation frequency is ω = 4.00 s–1. At a certain
of the pendulum. Take g = 10 ms–2. moment of time the particle has a coordinate
x0 = 25.0 cm and its velocity is equal to
vx0 = 100 cm/s. Find the coordinate x and the
velocity vx of t = 2.40 s after that moment.

19. A point participates simultaneously in two

harmonic oscillations of the same direction:
x1 = acos ωt and x2 = acos 2ωt. Find the maximum
velocity of the point
15. Two identical small elastic balls have been
suspended using two strings of different length 20. A particle of mass m is located in a
(see fig (a)). Pendulum A is pulled to left by a unidimensional potential field where the potential
small angle 0 and released. It hits ball B head on energy of the particle depends on the coordinate x
which swings to angle 20 from the vertical. as U(x) = U0(1 – cos ax); U0 and a are constants.
Calculate the time period of oscillation of A if its Find the period of small oscillations that the
length is known to be L. particle performs about the equilibrium position.

21. Solve the foregoing problem if the potential

energy has the form U(x) = a/x2 – b/x, where a and
b are positive constants.

22. Find the period of small oscillations in a vertical

plane performed by a ball of mass m = 40 g fixed
at the middle of a horizontally stretched string
l = 1.0 min length. The tension of the string is
assumed to be constant and equal to F = 10N.
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23. Determine the period of small oscillations of a 26. A uniform rod of length 2 rocks to and from on
mathematical pendulum, that is a ball suspended the top of a rough semicircular fixed cylinder of
by a thread l = 20 cm in length, if it is located in a
radius a. The period of small oscillations, of rod is
liquid whose density is η = 3.0 times less than that
of the ball. The resistance of the liquid is to be
neglected.

24. A ball is suspended by a thread of length l at the 2

(1) (2) 2
point O on the wall, forming a small angle α with 3ga 3g
the vertical (Fig.). Then the thread with the ball
was deviated through a small angle β(β > α) and a 
(3) 2 (4)
set free. Assuming the collision of the ball against 3g 3ga
the wall to be perfectly elastic, find the oscillation
period of such a pendulum. 27. The axle of a pulley of mass m = 1 kg is attached
to the end of a spring of spring constant
k = 200 N/m whose other end is fixed to the
ceiling. A rope of negligible mass is placed on the
pulley such that its left end is fixed to the ground
and its right end is hanging freely from the pulley
which is at rest in equilibrium. We begin to pull
the endpoint A at the right end of the rope by a
constant vertical force of F = 15 N. Friction can be
neglected between the rope and the pulley. Find
25. A small body of mass m is fixed to the middle of a the maximum displacement of point A after
applying F. Express your answer in cm.
stretched string of length 2l. In the equilibrium
position the string tension is equal to T0. Find the
angular frequency of small oscillations of the
body in the transverse direction. The mass of the
string is negligible, the gravitational field is
absent,
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Answer Key
1 ae−n n n −1 Mg  2 
1. f= 13. H = 1 + 
2 mbn −2 2k  9 
2. (2a/b)(m/k)1/2
3. (1, 4) 14. (T = 2.80 s)

4. (a)
1
=
1 g
, (b)
L 3 L
15.
T 2 L 3 2 g
R
5. (b) 4M + 3m 2M + m
2 16. (a) 2 ; (b) 2
2K K
6.  m / k + 2 2E / mg2 1
17. Tav = mg + mg 02
7. (1, 4) 4
 1 18. x = –29 cm, vx = –81 cm/s.
8.
2 ag 19. vmax = 2.73 a
9. (a) No, 20. T = 2 m / a 2 U0

(b) 21. T = 4a ma / b2

22. T = 2.0 s
23. T = 1.1 s
10. 2
m l  −1  
, Time period increases. 24. T = 2  + sin 
2T g2 
 2 +1
11.   T 25.  = 2T0 / ml
 2 2  26. (1)
LM 27. (60)
12. T = 2
g(M + m)

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