DPP-8

1. A bomb of 50 Kg is fired from a cannon with a velocity 600 m/s. If the mass of the
cannon is 103 kg, then its recoil velocity will be –
(1) 600 m/s
(2) –60 m/s
(3) –30 m/s
(4) 30 m/s
2. A bomb of mass 5.0 kg explodes in air into two pieces of masses 2.0 kg and 3.0 kg.
The smaller mass goes at a speed of 60 m/s. The total energy imparted to the two
fragments is -
(1) 2.4 kJ
(2) 6 kJ
(3) 3.6 kJ
(4) 4.8 kJ
3. A bomb of mass 40 kg at rest explodes into two pieces of masses 22 kg and 18 kg.
The velocity of 22 kg mass is 9 m/s. The kinetic energy of the other mass is
(1) 545 J
(2) 1089 J
(3) 486 J
(4) 324 J
4. A stationary particle explodes into two particles of masses m1 and m2 which move
in opposite directions with velocities v1 and v2. The ratio of their kinetic energies
E1/E2 is :-
(1) m2/m1
(2) m1/m2
(3) 1
(4) m1v2/m2v1
5. A bomb of mass m = 1 kg thrown vertically upwards with a speed u = 100 m/s
explodes into two parts after t = 5s. A fragment of mass m1 = 400 g moves downwards
with a speed v1 = 25 m/s, then speed and direction of another mass m2 will be
(1) 40 m/s downwards
(2) 40 m/s upwards
(3) 60 m/s upwards
(4) 100 m/s upwards
6. A bullet of mass m is being fired from a stationary gun of mass M. If the velocity of
the bullet is v, the velocity of the gun is
7. A bomb explodes in air in two equal fragments. If one of the fragments is moving
vertically upwards with velocity, then the other fragment is moving -
(1) Vertically up with velocity ˜
(2) Vertically downwards with velocity ˜
(3) In any arbitrary direction
(4) None of these
8. A bullet of mass m is fired from a gun of mass M. The recoiling gun compresses a
spring of force constant k by a distance d. Then the velocity of the bullet is :

9. A metal ball does not rebound when struck on a wall, whereas a rubber ball of same
mass when thrown with the same velocity on the wall rebounds. From this it is
inferred that –
(1) Change in momentum is same in both
(2) Change in momentum in rubber ball is more
(3) Change in momentum in metal ball is more
(4) Initial momentum of metal ball is more than that of rubber ball
10. A 1 kg stationary bomb is exploded in three parts having mass ratio 4 : 4 : 7.
Parts having same mass move in perpendicular directions with velocity 70 m/s, then
the velocity of bigger part will be
 DPP -9

1. Two blocks A and B are joined together with a compressed spring (K = 500 Nm–1).
When the system is released, the two blocks appear to be moving with unequal speeds
in opposite directions as shown in figure. Select the correct statement:

(1) The centre of mass of the system will remain stationary.

(2) Mass of block A is equal to that of block B.
(3) The centre of mass of the system will move towards right.
(4) It is an impossible physical situation.

2. Find acceleration of the centre of mass?

3. When two blocks connected by a stretched spring (as shown) start moving from
rest towards each other under mutual interaction, then

(1) Their velocities are equal and opposite

(2) Their acceleration is equal and opposite
(3) The force acting on the system is not zero
(4) Their momentum is equal and opposite
4. An elastic spring is compressed between two blocks of masses 2 kg and 4 kg
resting on a smooth horizontal table as shown. If the spring has 24 J of energy and
suddenly released, when spring is in natural length the velocity with which the block
of 4 kg moves will be
(1) 2 m/s
(2) 4 m/s
(3) 1 m/s
(4) 8 m/s

5. Two blocks of masses m1 and m2 are connected by a spring of spring constant k.

The block of mass m2 is given a sharp impulse so that it acquires a velocity v0
towards right. Find the maximum elongation that the spring will suffer.
 DPP-10

1. A sphere of mass m moving with a constant velocity collides with another

stationary sphere of same mass. The ratio of velocities of two spheres after collision
will be, if the coefficient of restitution is e-

2. A big ball of mass M, moving with velocity u strikes a small ball of mass m, which
is at rest. Finally, small ball attains velocity u and bigg ball v. What is the value of v:

3. Two solid balls of rubber A and B whose masses are 300 gm and 800 gm
respectively, are moving in mutually opposite directions. If the velocity of ball A is
0·4 m/s and both the balls come to rest after collision, then the initial velocity of ball
B is –
(1) 0·15 m/s
(2) – 0·15 m/s
(3) 1·5 m/s
(4) None of the above
4. If two masses m1 and m2 collide, the ratio of the magnitude of changes in their
respective velocities is proportional to

5. If two balls each of mass 0.06 kg moving in opposite directions with speed 4 m/s
collide and rebound with same speed, then the impulse imparted to each ball due to
other is :
(1) 0.48 kg m/s
(2) 0.24 kg m/s
(3) 0.81 kg m/s
(4) Zero
6. Two elastic bodies P and Q having equal masses are moving along the same line
with velocities of 20 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. Their respective velocities after
the elastic collision will be in m/s :-
(1) 15 and 20
(2) 5 and 20
(3) 20 and 15
(4) 20 and 5

7. A body of mass m having an initial velocity v makes head on elastic collision with
a stationary body of mass M. After the collision, the body of mass m comes to rest
and only the body having mass M moves. This will happen only when: -

8. A body A experiences perfectly elastic collision with a stationary body B. If after

collision the bodies fly apart in the opposite direction with equal speeds, the mass
ratio of A and B is :-

9. A ball of mass M moving with speed v undergoes a head on elastic collision with a
ball of mass nM initially at rest. The fraction of the incident energy transferred to the
second ball is :
10. A collision is said to be perfectly inelastic when: -
(1) Coefficient of restitution = 0
(2) Coefficient of restitution = 1
(3) Coefficient of restitution = λ
(4) Coefficient of restitution < 1
11. A ball of mass 1kg strikes a heavy platform, elastically, moving upwards with a
velocity of 5 m/s. The speed of the ball just before collision is 10 m/s downwards.
Then the impulse imparted by the platform on the ball is
(1) 15 N-s
(2) 10 N-s
(3) 20 N-s
(4) 30 N-s
12. The bob (mass m) of a simple pendulum of length L is held horizontal and then
released. It collides elastically with a block of equal mass lying on a frictionless table.
The kinetic energy of the block after collision will be :

DPP - 11
1. A ball is dropped from height h on the ground level. If the coefficient of restitution
is e then the height upto which the ball will go after nth jump will be –

2. A 3 Kg ball falls from a height of 64 cm and rebounds upto a height of 25 cm. The
coefficient of restitution is –
(1) 0·62
(2) 0·32
(3) 0·40
(4) 0·56
3. A particle falls from a height ‘h’ upon a fixed horizontal plane and rebounds. If ‘e’
is the coefficient of restitution the total distance travelled before rebounding has
stopped is :
4. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 10m on a plane, where the acceleration
due to gravity is not known. On bouncing it rises to 6.4 m. The ball loses its velocity
on bouncing by a factor of :

5. A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m. If 50% of its energy is lost on collision

with the earth then after collision the ball will rebound to a height of
(1) 10 m
(2) 8 m
(3) 4 m
(4) 6 m
6. A ball is let fall from a height h0. There are n collisions with the earth. If the
velocity of rebound after n collisions vn and the ball rises to a height hn, then
coefficient of restitution e is given