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CHAPTER 5

WORK ENERGY POWER AND COLLISION

SECTION A

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. A body of mass 1kg is thrown upwards with a velocity 20m / s. It momentarily comes
to rest after attaining a height of 18m. How much energy is lost due to air friction
 g  10 m / s 
2

(a) 20J (c) 40J

(b) 30J (d) 10J
2. A man pushes a wall and fails to displace it. He does
(a) Negative work (c) No work at all
(b) Positive but not maximum work (d) Maximum work
3. Stopping distance of a moving vehicle is directly proportional to
(a) Square of the initial velocity (d) The initial acceleration
(b) Square of the initial acceleration (e) Mass of the vehicle
(c) The initial velocity
4. A force acts on a 30g particle in such a way that the position of the particle as a function
of time is given by x  3x  4t 2  t 3 , where x is in metres and t is in seconds. The work
done during the first 4 seconds is
(a) 5.28J (c) 490 mJ
(b) 450 mJ (d) 530 mJ
5. A ball is released from the top of a tower. The ratio of work done by force of gravity in
first, second and third second of the motion of the ball is
(a) 1: 2 : 3 (c) 1: 3: 5
(b) 1: 4 : 9 (d) 1: 5 : 3
6. A man starts walking from a point on the surface of earth (assumed smooth) and reaches
diagonally opposite point. What is the work done by him
(a) Zero (c) Negative
(b) Positive (d) Nothing can be said
7. The area of the acceleration-displacement curve of a body gives
(a) Impulse
(b) Chang in momentum per unit mass
(c) Change in KE per unit mass
(d) Total change in energy

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8. A 50kg man with 20 kg load on his head climbs up 20 steps of 0.25m height each. The
work done in climbing is
(a) 5J (c) 100J
(b) 350J (d) 3430J

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9. A particle moves from a point 2iˆ  5jˆ to 4ˆj  3k when a force of 4iˆ  3jˆ N is
applied. How much work has been done by the force
(a) 2 J (c) 11J
(b) 8J (d) 5J
10. When a rubber-band is stretched by a distance x , it exerts a restoring force of magnitude
F  ax  bx 2 where a and b are constants. The work done in stretching the unstretched
rubber-band by L is
(a) aL2  bL3 1  aL2 bL3 
(d)  
3 
(b)  aL  bL 
1 2 3 2 2
2
aL2 bL3
(c) 
2 3
11. A position dependent force F  7  2x  3x 2 newton 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 (c) 35
(b) 270 (d) 135
12. If a long spring is stretched by 0.02 m, its potential energy is U. If the spring is
stretched by 0.1m, then its potential energy will be
U (c) 5U
(a)
5 (d) 25U
(b) U
13. A light and a heavy body have equal momenta. Which one has greater K.E
(a) The light body (c) The K.E. are equal
(b) The heavy body (d) Data is incomplete
14. A bullet of mass 0.05kg moving with a speed of 80 ms1 enters a wooden block and is
stopped after a distance of 0.40m. The average resistive force exerted by the b lock on
the bullet is
(a) 300 N (d) 40 N
(b) 20 N (e) 200 N
(c) 400 N

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15. The kinetic energy of a body of mass 3kg and momentum 2 Ns is
(a) 1J 3
(c) J
2 2
(b) J
3 (d) 4 J
16. A stationary particle explodes into two particles of a masses m1 and m2 which move in
opposite directions with velocities v1 and v 2 . The ratio of their kinetic energies E1 / E2
is
(a) m1 / m2 (c) m1v 2 / m2 v1
(b) 1 (d) m2 / m1
17. Two bodies of masses 2m and m have their K.E. in the ratio 8 :1, then their ratio of
momenta is
(a) 1:1 (c) 4 :1
(b) 2 :1 (d) 8 :1
18. An object of mass 3m splits into three equal fragments. Two fragments have velocities
vjˆ and vi.
ˆ The velocity of the third fragment is

 
(a) v ˆj  ˆi
(d)

v ˆi  ˆj 
(b) v  ˆi  ˆj  2

(c)  v  ˆi  ˆj 
19. If a man increase his speed by 2 m / s, his K.E. is doubled, the original speed of the man
is

(a) 1  2 2 m / s  
(c) 2  2 2 m / s
(b) 4 m / s (d)  2  2  m / s
20. A ball is released from certain height. It loses 50% of its kinetic energy on striking the
ground. It will attain a height again equal to
(a) One fourth the initial height (c) Three fourth initial height
(b) Half the initial height (d) None of these
21. A body of mass 2 kg is projected at 20m / s at an angle 60 above the horizontal. Power
on the block due to the gravitational. Power on the block due to the gravitational force at
its highest point is
(a) 200W (c) 50 W
(b) 100 3 W (d) Zero

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22. Power of a water pump is 2 kW. If g  10m / sec2 , the amount of water it can raise in
one minute to a height of 10 m is
(a) 2000litre (c) 100 litre
(b) 1000litre (d) 1200 litre

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23. A force 4iˆ  j  2k N acting on a body maintains its velocity at 2iˆ  2j  3k ms1 . The
power exerted is
(a) 4 W (d) 8W
(b) 5W (e) 1W
(c) 2 W
24. When two spheres of equal masses undergo glancing elastic collision with one of them at
rest, after collision they will move
(a) Opposite to one another (d) At right angle to each other
(b) In the same direction (e) Randomly
(c) Together
25. Three objects A, B and C are kept in a straight line on a frictionless horizontal surface.
These have masses m, 2m and m, respectively. The object A moves towards B with a
speed 9 m / s and makes an elastic collision with it. Thereafter, B makes completely
inelastic collision with C. All motions occur on the same straight line. Find the final
speed (in m / s ) of the object C
(a) 3 m / s (c) 5 m / s
(b) 4 m / s (d) 1 m / s
 
   
26. Two particles having position vectors r1  3iˆ  5jˆ metres and r2  5iˆ  3jˆ metres are

  
 
moving with velocities v1  4iˆ  3jˆ m / s and v 2  ˆi  7ˆj m / s. If they collide after 2
seconds, the value of '  ' is
(a) 2 (c) 6
(b) 4 (d) 8
27. Two equal masses m1 and m2 moving along the same straight line with velocities
3m / s and  5m / s respectively collide elastically. Their velocities after the collision
will be respectively
(a) 4 m / s for both (c) 4 m / s and  4 m / s
(b) 3m / s and  5m / s (d) 5m / s and  3m / s
28. A particle of mass m moving eastward with a speed v collides with another particle of
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collision. The new particle of mass 2m will move in the north-easterly direction with a
velocity
(a) v / 2 (c) v / 2
(b) 2v (d) v
29. A mass of 20 kg moving with a speed of 10m / s collides with another stationary mass of
5kg. As a result of the collision, the two masses stick together. The kinetic energy of the
composite mass will be
(a) 600 Joule (c) 1000 Joule
(b) 800 Joule (d) 1200 Joule
30. A body of mass m moving with a constant velocity v hits another body of the same
mass moving with the same velocity v but in the opposite direction and sticks to it. The
velocity of the compound body after collision is
(a) v (c) Zero
(b) 2v (d) v / 2
ANSWER KEY

SECTION A

1. a 11. d 21. d
2. c 12. d 22. d
3. a 13. a 23. a
4. a 14. c 24. d
5. c 15. b 25. b
6. a 16. d 26. d
7. c 17. c 27. d
8. d 18. c 28. c
9. d 19. c 29. b
10. c 20. b 30. c

SECTION B

1. A person is holding a bucket by applying a force of 10 N. He moves a horizontal

distance of 5m and then climb up a vertical distance of 10 m. Find the total work done
by him. [100 J]
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2. A force F  ˆi  5jˆ  7k acts on a particle and displaces it through s  6iˆ  9k.
 Calculate
the work done if the force is in newton and displacement in metre. [69 J]

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3. What is the work done by a person in carrying a suitcase weighing 10 kg f on his head
when he travels a distance of 5m in the (i) vertical direction and (ii) horizontal direction?
Take g  9.8ms2 . [(i) 490 J (ii) Zero]
4. Calculate the amount of work done by a labourer who carries n bricks, each of mass m,
to the roof of a house of height h by climbing up a ladder. [ n mgh ]
5. A man moves on a straight horizontal road with a block of mass 2 kg in his hand. If he
covers a distance of 40 m with an acceleration of 0.5ms2 , find the work done by the
man on the block during the motion. [40 J]
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6. A force F  2iˆ  6ˆj N is applied on a body, which is sliding over a floor. If the body is

 
displaced through 3jˆ m, how much work is done by the force? [18 J]

7. Find the work done by the force F  2iˆ  3j  k when its point of application moves from
the point A 1, 2,  3 to the point B  2, 0,  5 . [6 units]
 
8. A particle is acted upon by constant forces F1  2iˆ  3j  4k and F2  ˆi  2j  3k,
 is

displaced from the point A  2, 1, 0 to the point B  3,  4, 2  . Find the total work done
by these forces. [2 units]
9. A man weighing 50 kg f supports a body of 25kg f on his head. What is the work done
when he moves a distance of 20 m up an incline of 1 in 10? Take g  9.8ms2 . [1470 J]
10. A body moves from point A to B under the action of a force, varying in magnitude as
shown in figure. Obtain the work done. Force is expressed in newton and displacement in
metre. [22.5 J]

11. A particle moves along the X  axis from x  0 to x  5m under the influence of a force
given by F  7  2x  3x 2 . Find the work done in the process. [135 J]

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12. A force F 15  0.50x  acts on a particle in the X  direction, where F is in newton and
x in metre. Find the work done by this force during the displacement from
x  0 to x  2.0m. [31 J]
13. A body moves from a point A to B under the action of a force shown in the figure. Force
F is in newton and distance x in metre. What is the amount of work done? [ 11.5 J]

14. A short travelling at the rate of 100 ms1 is just able to pierce a plank 4cm thick. What
velocity is required to just pierce a plank 9cm thick? [ 150 ms1 ]
15. Two identical 5kg blocks are moving with same speed of 2 ms1 towards each other
along a frictionless horizontal surface. The two blocks collide, stick together and come to
rest. Consider the two blocks as a system. Calculate work done by (i) external forces and
(ii) internal forces. [ 20J ]
16. If the linear momentum of a body increases by 20%, what will be the % increase in the
kinetic energy of the body? [ 44% ]
17. If the kinetic energy of a body increases by 300%, by what % will the linear momentum
of the body increase? [ 100% ]
18. Two bodies of masses 1g and 16g are moving with equal kinetic energies. Find the ratio
of the magnitudes of their linear momenta. [ 1: 4 ]
19. If the momentum of a body is increased by 50%, then what will be the percentage
increase in the kinetic energy of the body? [ 125% ]
20. The kinetic energy of a body decreases by 19%. What is the percentage decrease in its
linear momentum? [ 10% ]
21. A man weighing 60 kg climbs up a staircase carrying a load of 20 kg on his head. The
stair case has 20 steps each of height 0.2 m. If he takes 10s to climb, find his power.
[313.6 W]
1
22. A car of mass 1000kg accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity of 54 kh h in 5
seconds. Calculate (i) its acceleration (ii) its gain in K.E. (ii) average power of the engine
during this period, neglect friction. [(i) 3ms2 (ii) 1.125  105 J (iii) 22500 W]

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23. A 10kg ball and 20 kg ball approach each other with velocities 20ms1 and 10ms1
respectively. What are their velocities after collision if the collision is perfectly elastic?
[ 20ms1 , 10ms1 ]
24. A ball is dropped to the ground from a height of 2 m. The coefficient of restitution is
0.6. To what height will the ball rebound? [0.72 m]
25. A ball of 0.1kg makes an elastic head on collision with a ball of unknown mass that is
initially at rest. If the 0.1kg ball rebounds at one-third of its original speed, what is the
mass of the other ball? [0.2 kg]
26. A body of mass m strikes a stationary body of mass M and undergoes an elastic
collision. After collision m has a speed one-third of its initial speed. What is the ratio
M / m? [ 1: 2 ]
27. Two particles of masses 0.5kg and 0.25kg moving with velocities
4.0ms1 and  3.0ms1 collide head on in a perfectly inelastic collision. Find (i) the
velocity of the composite particle after the collision and (ii) the kinetic energy lost in the
collision. [(i) 1.7 ms1 (ii) 4.1 J]
28. Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 have equal kinetic energies. What is the ratio of their
linear momenta? […]

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