Practice paper

TOPIC: CENTRE OF MASS, COLM AND COLLISIONS 2

1. A ball impinges directly on a similar ball at rest. The first ball is brought to rest by the impact. If half the
kinetic energy is lost by impact, what is the value of the coefficient of restitution ?
1 1 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) .
2 2 3 2 2
2. A flat cart of mass m0 starts moving to the right due to a constant horizontal force F at t = 0 . Sand spills
on the flat cart from a stationary hopper as shown in figure .The rate of loading is constant and is equal to
 Kg/sec.
(A) Initial acceleration of the cart is equal to F / m0 (B) Acceleration at time is F /  m0   t  .

(C) Initial acceleration is less than F / m0 . (D) Acceleration at time is 2 F / m0 .

3. A wedge of mass M rests on a horizontal surface. The inclination of the wedge is a . A ball of mass 'm'
moving horizontally with speed 'u' hits the inclined face of the wedge inelastically and after hitting slides up
the inclined face of the wedge. The velocity of the wedge just after the collision is (Neglect any friction) :

u m

M
(

m u Sin  m u Cos  m u Sin 2  m u Cos 2 

(A) (B) (C) (D)
M + m Sin  M + m Cos  M + m Sin 2  M + m Cos 2 
5. In an elastic collision between spheres A and B of equal mass but unequal radii, A moves along the x-
axis and B is stationary before impact. Which of the following is possible after impact ?
(A) A comes to rest
(B) the velocity of B relative to A remains the same in magnitude but reverses in direction
(C) A & B move with equal speeds, making an angle of 45º each with the x - axis
(D) A & B move with unequal speeds, making angles of 30º & 60º with the x - axis respectively.
6. Two blocks of masses m and 2m are connected by a relaxed spring with a force constant k. The blocks
rest on a smooth horizontal table. At t=0, the block on the left is given a sharp impulse “J” towards the
right, and the blocks begin to slide along the table. Find the maximum compression in the spring.

7. A ball B is suspended from a string of length l attached to a cart A, which may roll on a frictionless
surface. Initially the cart is at rest and the ball is given a horizontal velocity o .Determine:

a) the velocity of B as it reaches the maximum height;

b) the maximum height reached by the ball.
8. After falling from rest through a height h a body of mass m begins to raise a body of mass
M (M  m) connected to it through a pulley..
a) Determine the time it will take for the body of mass M to return to its original position.
b) Find the fraction of kinetic energy lost when the body of mass M is jerked into motion.

9. Two block A and B of masses 2m and 3m placed on smooth horizontal surface are connected with a light
spring. The two blocks are given velocities as shown when spring is at natural length.

Column – I Column – II
a) minimum magnitude of velocity of A (Amin ) during motion P) 

b) maximum magnitude of velocity of A (Amax ) during motion Q)
5
c) maximum magnitude of velocity of B (Bmax ) during motion R) 0
7
d) velocity of centre of mass (CM ) of the system comprised of S)
5
blocks A, B and spring.
10. Three identical balls each of mass 5kg are connected with each other as shown in figure, and rests over
a smooth horizontal table at moment t = 0 ball B is given velocity 9m/sec then velocity of A in direction
of velocity of b just before collision is:

a) 9m/sec b) zero c) 3 m/sec d) 6 m/sec

11. A hemisphere of mass 3m and radius R is free to slide with its base on a smooth horizontal table.
A particle of mass m is placed on the top of the hemisphere. If particle is displaced with a negligible
velocity, then find the angular velocity of the particle relative to the centre of the hemisphere ar an
angular displacement  ,

4 3 5 2
a) R cos  b) R cos  c) R cos  d) R cos 
12. A ball of 1kg strikes a wedge of mass 4kg horizontally with a velocity of 10m/s. Just after collision
velocity of wedge becomes 4m/s. Friction is absent everywhere and collision is elastic. Select the
correct alternative(s):

a) speed of ball after collision is 6 m/s

b) speed of ball after collision is 8 m/s
c) impulse between ball and wedge during collision is 16 N-S
d) impulse between ball and wedge during collision is 32 N-S
PASSAGE – 13 to 21
Two blocks each of mass ‘m’ = 1kg are connected with each other by a flexible light and frictionless
pulley. At t = 0 an inelastic ball of mass ‘m’ = 1 collides from bottom with the block A with velocity
0 =16m/sec vertically upwards. On the basic of above information. Answer the following questions.

13. The velocity of blocks just after collision in m/sec is:

a) A  16, B  0 b) A  8, B  0 c) A  16, B  16 d) A  0, B  0
14. The acceleration of both the blocks just after collision in m/sec3 is:
2g g g g 2g
a) a A  ,aB  b) a A  a B  c) a A  , a B  d) a A  a B  g
3 3 3 3 3
15. The time after which string become tight is at t = …………seconds:
3 4 3
a) b) 1 c) d)
5 5 4
16. Velocity of block A just before string becomes tight will:
a) always be zero b) may be greater than zero depending on 0 (initial velocity of ball)
c) may be greater than zero depending on mass of ball
d) may be greater than zero depending on masses of blocks.
17. The maximum height up to which block A reach is
16 64 5 16
a) m b) m c) m d) m
5 15 16 15
18. The velocity of both the blocks just after string becomes tight in m/sec.
8
a) A  B  8 b) A  B  c) A  4, B  6 d) A  6, B  4
3
19. Acceleration of the two blocks just after string becomes tight in m/sec2:
g 2g g g 2g
a) a A  a B  b) a A  a B  g c) a A  ,aB  d) a A  ,aB 
3 3 3 3 3
20. Energy loss due to the impulse applied by string in joule is:
 64 64 64
a) b) c) d) zero
9 6 3
21. The graphical representation of modulus of velocity of block B is correctly shown in:

a) b)

c) d)

22. A mass m connected to inextensible string of length l lie on a horizontal smooth ground. Other end
of string is fixed. Mass m is imparted a velocity v such that string remains taut & motion occurs in
horizontal plane. What is impulse provided by string during the time string turns through 90°.

a) 2mv b) mv c) 2mv d) m 2v 2  2gl

23. A particle of mass m is moving along the x-axis with speed v when it collides with a particle of mass
2m initially at rest. After the collision, the first particle has come to rest, and the second particle has
split into two equal-mass pieces that are shown in the figure. Which of the following statements
correctly describes the speeds of the two pieces ? (q > 0)

(A) Each piece moves with speed v. (B) Each piece moves with speed v/2.
(C) One of the pieces moves with speed v/2, the other moves with speed greater than v/2
(D) Each piece moves with speed greater than v/2.
24. A small bucket of mass M kg is attached to a long inextensible cord of length L m as shown in the
figure. The bucket is released from rest when the cord is in a horizontal position. At its lowest
position, the bucket scoops up m kg of water and swings up to a height h. The height h in meters is
 2 2
 M   M   M  m  M  m
(A)   L (B)  L (C)   L (D)  L
 M  m  M  m  M   M 

25. A ball of mass m moves towards a moving wall of infinite mass with a speed 'v' along the normal to the
wall. The speed of the wall is 'u' toward the ball. The speed of the ball after ‘elastic’ collision with wall is:
(A) u + v away from the wall (B) 2u + v away from the wall
(C) | u – v| away from the wall (D) | v – 2u | away from the wall

26. A ball collides elastically with a massive wall moving towards it with a velocity of v as shown. The
collision occurs at a height of h above ground level and the velocity of the ball just before collision is 2v
in horizontal direction. The distance between the foot of the wall and the point on the ground where the
ball lands, at the instant the ball lands, will be :

2h 2h 2h 2h
(A) v g (B) 2v g (C) 3v g (D) 4v g
27. A simple pendulum of length  hangs from a horizontal roof as shown in figure. The bob of mass m is
given an initial horizontal velocity of magnitude 5 g as shown in fig. The coefficient of restitution e = 21.
After how many collisions the bob shall no longer come into contact with the horizontal roof.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) none of these
28 Two masses ‘ m ’ and ‘ 2 m ’ are placed in fixed horizontal circular smooth hollow tube as shown. The
mass ‘ m ’ is moving with speed ‘u’ and the mass ‘ 2 m ’ is stationary. After their first collision, the time
elapsed for next collision. (coefficient of restitution e = 1/2)
2r 4r 3r 12r
(A) (B) (C) (D)
u u u u
29. Particle 'A' moves with speed 10 m/s in a frictionless circular fixed horizontal pipe of radius 5 m
and strikes with 'B' of double mass that of A. Coefficient of restitution is 1/2 and particle 'A' starts
its journey at t = 0. The time at which second collision occurs is :
 2 5
(A) s (B) s (C) s (D) 4 s
2 3 2
30. Four blocks of masses M 1, M2, M3 and M4 are placed on a smooth horizontal surface along a
straight line as shown. It is given that M 1 >> M2 >> M3 >> M4. All the blocks are initially at rest.
M1 is given initial velocity v0 towards right such that it will collide with M2. Consider all collisions to
be perfectly elastic. The speed of M4 after all collision are over is
M1
M2
M3
M4

(A) v0 (B) 4 v0 (C) 8 v0 (D) 16 v0

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
31. Which of the following statements for a rigid object undergoing pure translational motion are false?
(A) If an object receives an impulse its kinetic energy must change.
 (B) An object’s kinetic energy can change without the object receiving any impulse.
(C) An object can receive a net impulse without any work being done on it.
(D) A force may do work on an object without delivering any impulse.
32. In each of three figures shown, two blocks are connected by a light spring and the system is placed
on smooth horizontal surface. A constant horizontal force of magnitude F is applied to left block as
shown. Assuming spring constant in all three cases to be same, which of the following statements is/
1 2
F F
2m 2m 3m m
are true.
fig.-1 fig.-2

3
F
m 3m

fig.-3
(A) maximum compression in spring 1 is greater than that in spring 2.
(B) maximum compression in spring 3 is greater than that in spring 1.
(C) maximum compression in spring 3 is greater than that in spring 2.
(D) maximum compression in all springs is equal.
33. In the figure, the block B of mass m starts from rest at the top of a wedge W of mass M. All
surfaces are without friction. W can slide on the ground. B slides down onto the ground, moves
along it with a speed v, has an elastic collision with the wall, and climbs back onto W.

(A) B will reach the top of W again.

(B) From the beginning, till the collision with the wall, the centre of mass of ‘B plus W’ is stationary.
(C) After the collision, centre of mass of ‘B plus W’ moves with the horizontal component of
2mv
velocity
m M
2mv
(D) When B reaches its highest position on W, the speed of W is .
m M
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Paragraph for Question Nos. 34 to36

Three identical uniform blocks of mass m each and length L are placed on a smooth fixed horizontal
surface as shown. There is friction between A and B while there is no friction between A and C.
At the instant shown, that is at t = 0; the block A has horizontal velocity of magnitude u towards
right, whereas speed of B and C is zero. At the instant block A has covered a distance L relative to
block B velocity of all blocks are same.
L
A L
B C
smooth horizontal surface
34. The speed of block A when it just looses contact with B is :
u u u 2u
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 3
35. The total work done by friction on system of three blocks is :
1 1 2
(A) – mu2 (B) – mu2 (C) – mu2 (D) None of these
3 4 3
36. The coefficient of friction between block A and B is
1 u2 1 u2 2 u2 1 u2
(A) 3 gL (B) 2 gL (C) 3 gL (D) 8 gL
MATRIX MATCH QUESTIONS:
37. A block of mass m is placed on wedge also of mass m. The wedge is placed on smooth horizontal
fixed surface. One end of a light spring is connected to block and the other end to a light support S
rigidly fixed to wedge as shown. Friction is absent every where. The system is initially released
from rest with spring unstressed. Match statements in column-I with corresponding statements in
column-II.

S
m

smooth horizontal surface

Column-I Column-II
(A) At the instant compression in spring is maximum (p) speed of block is zero
(B) At the instant spring has natural length, that is, (q) speed of block is non zero
it is unstressed.
(C) At the instant net force on wedge is zero (r) speed of block is maximum
(D) At the instant elastic potential energy stored in (s) speed of block is minimum
spring is least
Paragraph for Question Nos. 23 to 25
A wedge of mass m is placed on a smooth fixed horizontal surface and a block of mass m is placed
on smooth inclined surface of wedge as shown. The system is then released from rest. (g is acceleration
due to gravity)

m
m
45°
smooth fixed horizontal surface

38. At the shown instant, the magnitude of vertical component of acceleration of block is :
g g 2g 3g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 4
39. At the shown instant, the magnitude of acceleration of centre of mass of system comprising wedge
and block is :
g g 2g 3g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 4
40. At the shown instant, magnitude of normal reaction exerted by horizontal surface on wedge is :
3 4 5
(A) mg (B) 3 mg (C) mg (D) 2 mg
2 3
KEY:
J 2m
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. ABCD 5.
m 3K
m Bv0  m A  v0 2 2m 2h M
6. a) b)   7. a) b)
mA  mB  m A  m B  2g Mm g M m
v sin  mv sin 
8. a-q b-s, c-p, d-q 9. a) b) 10. C 11. A
3 3

12. A, D 13. B 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. B

19. A 20. C 21. A 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B

26. C 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. A,B,D 32. A,C

33. C,D 34. B 35. A 36. C 37. A - P,S; B - P,S; C - Q,R; D - Q,S

38. C 39. B 40. B