1. As the particle moves in from infinity, the value of absolute gravitational potential energy?

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains same (d) Varies at different heights
2. Dot product of force and velocity;
(a) Rate of force (b) Rate of work

(c) Rate of time (d) Rate of change of momentum

3. The work done against gravity in taking 10kg mass at 1m height in 1sec will be?
(a) 49J (b) 98J (c) 196J (d) None
4. The kinetic energy of a 100gm bullet moving at a speed of 100 m/s is….?
(a) 2500 J (b) 500 J (c) 1250 J (d) 250 J
5. Electron Volt is the unit of?
(a) Power (b) Energy (c)time (d) Momentum
6. Watt is the unit of power, Kilowatt hour is the unit of?
(a) Power (b) Work (c) Momentum (d)Energy
7. A stationary bomb explodes into two parts of masses 3kg and 1kg. The total K.E of the two
parts after explosion is 2400J. The K.E of the smaller part is?
(a) 600J (b) 1800𝐽 (c) 1200J (d) 2160J
8. If momentum of Alpha particle, neutron, proton and electron are the same, the minimum K.E
is that of?
(a) 𝐴𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 (b) Neutron (c) Proton (d) Electron
9. In a nuclear reactor, the fuel is consumed at the rate of 1milligram per second. The power
generated in kilowatt is?
(a) 9 × 104 (b) 9 × 107 (c) 9 × 108 (d) 9 × 1012
10. A body dropped from a height of 20m and rebounds to a height of 10m. The loss of energy
is?
(a) 10% (b) 45% (c) 50 % (d) 75%
11. You push a heavy crate down a ramp at a constant velocity. Only four forces act on the crate.
Which force does the greatest magnitude of work on the crate?
(a) The force of friction (b) The force of gravity

(c) The normal force (d) The force you pushing

12. An example of Non-Conservative force is:
(a) Electric force (b) Gravitational force (c) Frictional force (d) Magnetic force
13. One horse power is given by?
(a) 746 W (b) 746 kW (c) 746MW (d) 746GW
14. If force and displacement of particle in the direction of force are doubled. Work would be?
(a) Doubled (b) 4Times (c) Half (d) ¼ times
15. A box of mass 𝑚 slides down a frictionless inclined plane of length 𝐿 and vertical height ℎ.
What is the change in its gravitational potential energy?
(a) – 𝑚𝑔𝐿 (b) – 𝑚𝑔ℎ (c) – 𝑚𝐿/ℎ (d) – 𝑚𝑔ℎ/𝐿
16. After getting on the Santa Monica freeway, a sports car accelerates from 30 𝑚𝑖/ℎ to
90 𝑚𝑖/ℎ. The ratio of its final to its initial kinetic energy is?
(a) √3 (b) 1/√3 (c) 9 (d) 1/9
17. A hiker descends from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River. During
this hike, the work done by gravity on the hiker is?
(a) Positive and depends on the path taken
(b) Negative and depends on the path taken
(c) Positive and Independent of the path taken
(d) Negative and independent of the path taken
18. A man pushes a wall and fails to displace it. He does?
(a) Negative work (b) Positive but not maximum work

(c) No work at all (d) Maximum work

19. You lift a heavy book from the floor of the room and keep it in the book-shelf having a height
2m, in this process your take 5 seconds. The work done by you will depend upon?
(a) Mass of the book and time taken
(b) Weight of the book and height of the book-shelf
(c) Height of the book-shelf and time taken
(d) Mass of the book, height of the book shelf and time taken
20. A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular to
the velocity of the particle, the motion of the particle takes place in a plane, it follows that?
(a) Its velocity is constant
(b) Its acceleration is constant
(c) Its kinetic energy is constant
(d) It moves in a straight line
21. A ball of mass 𝑚 moves with speed 𝑣 and strikes a wall having infinite mass and it returns
with same speed then the work done by the ball on the wall is?
𝑚 𝑣
(a) Zero (b) 𝑚𝑣 Joules (c) 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 (d) 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠
𝑣 𝑚
22. Work done in raising a box depends on?
(a) How fast it is raised (b) The strength of the man
 (c) The height by which it is raised (d) None of the above

23. A body at rest may have?

(a) Energy (b) Momentum (c) Speed (d) Velocity
24. The kinetic energy possessed by a body of mass 𝑚 moving with a velocity 𝑣 is equal to
1
𝑚 𝑣 2. Provided?
2
(a) The body moves with velocities comparable to that of light
(b) The body moves with velocities negligible compared to the speed of light
(c) The body moves with velocities greater than the speed of light
(d) None of the above statements is correct
25. When work is done on a body by an external force, its?
(a) Only kinetic energy increases
(b) Only potential energy increases
(c) Both kinetic and potential energies may increase
(d) Sum of kinetic and potential energies remain constant
26. The kinetic energy of a body is increased by 300%, its momentum will increase by?
(a) 100% (b) 150% (c) √300% (d) 175%
27. If the stone is thrown up vertically and return to ground, Its potential energy is maximum?
(a) During the upward journey
(b) At the maximum height
(c) During the return journey
(d) At the bottom
28. If the K.E of a body increases by 0.1% the percent increase of its momentum will be?
(a) 0.05% (b) 0.1% (c) 1% (d) 10%
29. In which case does the potential energy decrease?
(a) On compressing a spring
(b) On stretching a spring
(c) On moving a spring against gravitational force
(d) On the rising of an air bubble in water
30. The S.I unit of work done that is equal to 107 𝑒𝑟𝑔 in CGS is equal to?
(a) 10−7 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒 (b) 746 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒 (c) 1 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒 (d) Horsepower
31. When the velocity of a body is doubled?
(a) Its kinetic energy is doubled
(b) Its potential energy is doubled
(c) Its momentum is doubled
(d) Its acceleration is doubled
32. A moving body need not have?
(a) Kinetic energy (b) Momentum (c) Potential energy (d) Velocity
33. If the kinetic energy of a body is directly proportional to time 𝑡, the magnitude of the force
acting on the body is?
(a) Directly proportional to √𝑡
(b) Inversely proportional to √𝑡
(c) Directly proportional to the speed of the body
(d) Not proportional to √𝑡
34. Work is always done on a body when?
(a) A force acts on it
(b) It moves through a distance
(c) Its momentum changes
(d) It experiences an increase in energy through a mechanical influence
35. The power, work, kinetic energy and potential energy are….
(a) Scalar and vectors (b) Vectors (c) Scalars (d) None
36. Assuming that the gravitational potential energy of an object at infinity is zero, the change in
potential energy (final−initial) of an object of mass 𝑚, when taken to a height ℎ from the
surface of earth (of radius R)
𝐺𝑀𝑚 𝐺𝑀𝑚 𝐺𝑀𝑚ℎ
(a) (b) − (c) (d) 𝑚𝑔ℎ
𝑅+ℎ 𝑅+ℎ 𝑅(𝑅+ℎ)
37. Which one of the following can never have a negative value?
(a) Gravitational P.E (b) Electrical P.E (c) Elastic P.E (d) Total energy
38. 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) Nothing can be said (b) Negative (c) Positive (d) Zero
39. Work done in raising a box depends on?
(a) How fast it is raised (b) The strength of the man

(c) The height by which it is raised (d) None of the above

40. Two bodies moving towards each other collide and move away in opposite directions. There
is some rise in temperature of bodies because a part of the kinetic energy is converted into?
(a) Heat energy (b) Electrical energy (c) Nuclear energy (d) Mechanical energy
41. If only conservative forces are working in the system and we apply some external force?
(a) 𝑊𝑒𝑥𝑡 = ∆𝑈(𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠) (b) 𝑊𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 = −∆𝑈(𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠)

(c) 𝑊𝑒𝑥𝑡 = ∆𝑈 + ∆𝐾(𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠) (d) 𝑊𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 = −∆𝐾(𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠)

42. An inertial frame 𝑆 ′ is moving with a constant velocity with respect to another inertial frame
𝑆. Then….
(a) Kinetic energy of an object when viewed from S and S’ will be different
(b) Work done on an object when evaluated in frame S and S’ will be different
(c) Work energy theorem is valid in all inertial frames
 (d) All of these
43. A body fallen from height ℎ. After it has fallen a height ℎ/2, it will possess:
(a) Only potential energy (b) Only kinetic energy

(c) Half potential half kinetic energy (d) More kinetic and Less potential energy

44. A fan blows the air and gives it kinetic energy. An hour after the fan has been turned off,
what has happened to the kinetic energy of the air?
(a) It disappears (b) It turns into potential energy

(c) It turns into thermal energy (d) It turns into sound energy

45. A rock is lifted for a certain time by a force F that is greater in magnitude than the rock’s
weight 𝑊. The change in kinetic energy of the rock during this time is equal to the?
(a) Work done by the net force (𝐹 − 𝑊)
(b) Work done by 𝐹 alone
(c) Work done by W alone
(d) Difference in the potential energy of the rock before and after this time
46. If a single particle is moving under a conservative field of force, the sum of the kinetic energy
and potential energy is …..
(a) Not constant (b) Always constant (c) Negative (d) Positive
47. Work done by a variable force is determined by dividing…….?
(a) Force into a small interval (b) Displacement into a small interval
(c) Both force and displacement into small intervals
(d) Force into small and displacement into large intervals
48. An elevator weighing 500 kg g is to be lifted up at a constant velocity of 0.2 m/s. What would
be the minimum horse power of the motor to be used?
(a) 10.30 hp (b) 5.15 hp (c) 2.62 hp (d) 1.31 hp
49. A 50 kg man with 20kg load on his head climbs up 20 steps of 0.25 m height each. The work
done in climbing is…..
(a) 5J (b) 350 J (c) 100 J (d) 3430 J
50. You slowly lift a book of mass 2 kg at constant velocity a distance of 3m. How much work
did you do on the book?
(a) 6 J (b) 60 J (c) 600 J (d) 0.6J
51. How much work would it take to stop an object that has 30J of kinetic energy?
(a) −30 𝐽 (b)−60𝐽 (c)30𝐽 (d)60𝐽
52. When force and displacement are perpendicular to each other. The work done will be?
(a) Maximum (b) Minimum but not zero (c) Zero (d) Infinite
53. The S.I unit of elastic potential energy is?
(a) Newton (b) meter (c) second (d) Joule
54. The rate of transfer of energy is?
 (a) Work (b) Power (c) Kinetic energy (d) K.E into P.E
55. A sealed container is filled with an ideal gas and placed on a frictionless surface in a vacuum.
Inside the container, there is a heater connected to a battery. The heater is turned on, and the
gas inside the container begins to heat up. According to the law of Conservation of Energy,
which of the following statements is true?
(a) The total energy of the system (container, gas, heater, and battery) increases because the
internal energy of the gas increases
(b) The total energy of the system remains constant, but the energy is redistribute from the
battery to the internal energy of the gas
(c) The total energy of the system decreases because some energy is lost as heat to the
surroundings
(d) The total energy of the system remains constant, but only if the container is perfectly
insulated
56. According to law of conservation of energy?
(a) Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed
(b) Energy can neither be created but can be destroyed
(c) Energy can be created but cannot be destroyed
(d) Energy created and destroyed