WORK POWER AND ENERGY-MPS

1. A body of mass m is moving in a circle of radius 7. A particle moves from position r1 = 3iˆ + 2 ˆj − 6kˆ
r with a constant speed v. The force on the body
2
to position r2 = 14iˆ + 13 ˆj + 9kˆ under the action of
mv
is and is directed towards the centre. What force 4iˆ + ˆj + 3kˆ N . The work done will be
r
is the work done by this force in moving the body (a) 100 J (b) 50 J
over half the circumference of the circle (c) 200 J (d) 75 J
mv 2 8. A body of mass 5 kg is placed at the origin, and
(a) (b) Zero
 r2 can move only on the x-axis. A force of 10 N is
mv 2  r2 acting on it in a direction making an angle of 60o
(c) 2 (d)
r mv 2 with the x-axis and displaces it along the x-axis
2. A body moves a distance of 10 m along a straight by 4 metres. The work done by the force is
line under the action of a force of 5 N. If the work (a) 2.5 J (b) 7.25 J
done is 25 joules, the angle which the force makes (c) 40 J (d) 20 J
with the direction of motion of the body is 9. A uniform chain of length 2m is kept on a table
(a) 0° (b) 30° such that a length of 60cm hangs freely from the
(c) 60° (d) 90° edge of the table. The total mass of the chain is
4kg. What is the work done in pulling the entire
3. A force F = (5iˆ + 3 ˆj ) N is applied over a particle
chain on the table [AIEEE 2004]
which displaces it from its origin to the point
(a) 7.2 J (b) 3.6 J
x = (2iˆ − 1 ˆj )m . The work done on the particle is
(c) 120 J (d) 1200 J
(a) – 7 joules (b) + 13 joules 10. The kinetic energy acquired by a body of mass m
(c) + 7 joules (d) + 11 joules is travelling some distance s, starting from rest
4. A force acts on a 30 gm particle in such a way that under the actions of a constant force, is directly
the position of the particle as a function of time is proportional to
given by x = 3t − 4t 2 + t 3 , where x is in metres (a) m0 (b) m
and t is in seconds. The work done during the first
(c) m2 (d) m
4 seconds is
11. A cord is used to lower vertically a block of mass
(a) 5.28 J (b) 450 mJ
M by a distance d with constant downward
(c) 490 mJ (d) 530 mJ
g
5. A body of mass 10 kg is dropped to the ground acceleration . Work done by the cord on the
4
from a height of 10 metres. The work done by the
block is
gravitational force is ( g = 9.8 m / sec2 )
d d
(a) Mg (b) 3Mg
(a) – 490 Joules (b) + 490 Joules 4 4
(c) – 980 Joules (d) + 980 Joules d
(c) −3Mg (d) Mgd
6. A force of 5 N, making an angle  with the 4
horizontal, acting on an object displaces it by 12. Two springs have their force constant as k1 and
0.4m along the horizontal direction. If the object
k2 (k1  k2 ) . When they are stretched by the same
gains kinetic energy of 1J, the horizontal
force
component of the force is
(a) No work is done in case of both the springs
(a) 1.5 N (b) 2.5 N
(b) Equal work is done in case of both the springs
(c) 3.5 N (d) 4.5 N
 (c) More work is done in case of second spring (a) Constant
(d) More work is done in case of first spring (b) Proportional to x
13. A spring of force constant 10 N/m has an initial (c) Proportional to x 2
stretch 0.20 m. In changing the stretch to 0.25 m, (d) Inversely proportional to x
the increase in potential energy is about 20. The potential energy between two atoms in a
(a) 0.1 joule (b) 0.2 joule a b
molecule is given by U ( x) = 12 − 6 where a
(c) 0.3 joule (d) 0.5 joule x x
14. Two springs of spring constants 1500 N/m and and b are positive constants and x is the distance
3000 N/m respectively are stretched with the between the atoms. The atom is in stable
same force. They will have potential energy in the equilibrium when
ratio 11a a
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (a) x = 6 (b) x = 6
5b 2b
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
2a
15. A position dependent force (c) x = 0 (d) x = 6
b
F = 7 − 2 x + 3x2 newton acts on a small body of
21. Which one of the following is not a conservative
mass 2 kg and displaces it from x = 0 to x = 5 m force
. The work done in joules is (a) Gravitational force
(a) 70 (b) 270 (b) Electrostatic force between two charges
(c) 35 (d) 135 (c) Magnetic force between two magnetic dipoles
16. A body of mass 0.1 kg moving with a velocity of (d) Frictional force
10 m/s hits a spring (fixed at the other end) of 22. If the momentum of a body is increased n times,
force constant 1000 N/m and comes to rest after its kinetic energy increases
compressing the spring. The compression of the (a) n times (b) 2n times
spring is
(c) n times (d) n 2 times
(a) 0.01m (b) 0.1m
23. When work is done on a body by an external
(c) 0.2m (d) 0.5m force, its
17. When a 1.0kg mass hangs attached to a spring of (a) Only kinetic energy increases
length 50 cm, the spring stretches by 2 cm. The (b) Only potential energy increases
mass is pulled down until the length of the spring (c) Both kinetic and potential energies may
becomes 60 cm. What is the amount of elastic increase
energy stored in the spring in this condition, if g (d) Sum of kinetic and potential energies remains
= 10 m/s2 constant
(a) 1.5 Joule (b) 2.0 Joule 24. If the linear momentum is increased by 50%, the
(c) 2.5 Joule (d) 3.0 Joule kinetic energy will increase by
18. When a spring is stretched by 2 cm, it stores 100 (a) 50% (b) 100%
J of energy. If it is stretched further by 2 cm, the (c) 125% (d) 25%
stored energy will be increased by 25. A particle of mass m at rest is acted upon by a
(a) 100 J (b) 200 J force F for a time t. Its Kinetic energy after an
(c) 300 J (d) 400 J interval t is
19. The potential energy of a body is given by,
F 2t 2 F 2t 2
U = A − Bx (Where x is the displacement). The
2 (a) (b)
m 2m
magnitude of force acting on the particle is
 F 2t 2 Ft 32. An engine pumps up 100 kg of water through a
(c) (d)
3m 2m height of 10 m in 5 s. Given that the efficiency of
26. A block of mass m initially at rest is dropped from the engine is 60%. If g = 10ms −2 , the power of
a height h on to a spring of force constant k. the the engine is
maximum compression in the spring is x then (a) 3.3kW (b) 0.33kW
1
(a) mgh = kx 2 (c) 0.033kW (d) 33kW
2 h
33. A force of 2iˆ + 3 ˆj + 4kˆ N acts on a body for 4
1 2
(b) mg (h + x) = kx second, produces a displacement of
2
(3iˆ + 4 ˆj + 5kˆ)m. The power used is
1
(c) mgh = k ( x + h) 2 (a) 9.5 W (b) 7.5 W
2
1 (c) 6.5 W (d) 4.5 W
(d) mg (h + x) = k ( x + h) 2 34. A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying
2
27. A spherical ball of mass 20 kg is stationary at the on a smooth table and one third of its length is
top of a hill of height 100 m. It slides down a hanging vertically down over the edge of the
smooth surface to the ground, then climbs up table. If g is acceleration due to gravity, the work
another hill of height 30 m and finally slides required to pull the hanging part on to the table is
down to a horizontal base at a height of 20 m (a) MgL (b) MgL/3
above the ground. The velocity attained by the (c) MgL/9 (d) MgL/18
ball is 35. Adjacent figure shows the force-displacement
graph of a moving body, the work done in
(a) 10 m/s (b) 10 30 m/s
displacing body from x = 0 to x = 35 m is equal
(c) 40 m/s (d) 20 m/s
28. A motor boat is travelling with a speed of 3.0 to
15
Force (N)

m/sec. If the force on it due to water flow is 500 (a) 50 J 10

N, the power of the boat is (b) 25 J 5

(a) 150 kW (b) 15 kW (c) 287.5 J 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Displacement (m)
(c) 1.5 kW (d) 150 W (d) 200 J
29. An electric motor exerts a force of 40 N on a cable 36. A toy car of mass 5 kg moves up a ramp under the
and pulls it by a distance of 30 m in one minute. influence of force F plotted against displacement
The power supplied by the motor (in Watts) is x. The maximum height attained is given by
(a) 20 (b) 200 (a) ymax = 20m
x=0 x = 11 m
(c) 2 (d) 10 (b) ymax = 15m F
100
80
30. Power of a water pump is 2 kW. If g = 10 m / sec 2 (c) ymax = 11m 60
40
20
, the amount of water it can raise in one minute to (d) ymax = 5m 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 x
a height of 10 m is
37. The graph between the resistive force F acting on
(a) 2000 litre (b) 1000 litre
a body and the distance covered by the body is
(c) 100 litre (d) 1200 litre
shown in the figure. The mass of the body is 25
31. The power of a pump, which can pump 200kg of
kg and initial velocity is 2 m/s. When the distance
water to a height of 200m in 10sec is
covered by the body is 4m, its kinetic energy
( g = 10m / s 2 ) would be
20
(a) 40 kW (b) 80 kW
F (Newton)

(c) 400 kW (d) 960 kW (a) 50 J 10

0 1 2 3 4 x (m)
 (b) 40 J imparted to the sphere for it to reach the height of
(c) 20 J suspension?
(d) 10 J (a) √𝑔ℓ (b) 𝑔ℓ
38. The potential energy of a system is represented in ℓ
the first figure. the force acting on the system will (c) √2𝑔ℓ (d) √𝑔
be represented by 42. A particle is projected so as to just move along a
U(x) vertical circle of radius r. The ratio of the tension
in the string when the particle is at the lowest and
highest point on the circle is –
(a) 1 (b) finite but large
a x
O (c) zero (d) Infinite
F(x) F(x)
43. A block of mass m slides down along the surface
of the bowl from the rim to the bottom as shown
a a
(a) x
(b) x
in fig. The velocity of the block at the bottom will
be-
(a) √𝜋𝑅𝑔

F(x) F(x) (b) 2√𝜋𝑅𝑔

a (c)√2𝑅𝑔
(c) (d) a
x x
(d) √𝑔𝑅
39. The force acting on a body moving along x-axis 44. In a circus stuntman rides a motorbike in a
varies with the position of the particle as shown circular track of radius R in the vertical plane.
in the fig. The minimum speed at highest point of track will
F
be
(a) √2𝑔𝑅 (b) 2gR
x1 x2
x (c) √3𝑔𝑅 (d) √𝑔𝑅
45. A block follows the path as shown in the figure
The body is in stable equilibrium at from height h . If radius of circular path is r , then
(a) x = x1 (b) x = x2 relation that holds good to complete full circle is
5𝑟
(c) both x1 and x2 (d) neither x1 nor (a) ℎ < 2
40. The potential energy of a particle varies with (b) ℎ >
5𝑟
2
distance x as shown in the graph. 5𝑟
U(x)
(c) ℎ = 2
B
5𝑟
(d) ℎ ≥
D 2
A 46. A pendulum bob on a 2 m string is displaced 60°
C x from the vertical and then released. What is the
speed of the bob as it passes through the lowest
The force acting on the particle is zero at point in its path
(a) C (b) B (a) √2𝑚/𝑠 (b) √9.8𝑚/𝑠
(c) B and C (d) A and D 1
(c) 4.43 m/s (d) 𝑚/𝑠
41. A sphere is suspended by a thread of length ℓ . √2

What minimum horizontal velocity is to be

47. A ball of mass m is attached to one end of a light 49. There will be decrease in potential energy of the
rod of length ℓ, the other end of which is hinged. system, if work is done upon the system by
What minimum velocity v should be imparted to (a) Any conservative or non-conservative force
the ball downwards, so that it can complete the (b) A non-conservative force
circle (c) A conservative force
(a) √𝑔ℓ (b) √5𝑔ℓ (d) None of the above
(c) √3𝑔ℓ (d) √2𝑔ℓ 50. A body of mass 2 kg slides down a curved track
which is quadrant of a circle of radius 1 metre. All
48. How much work does a pulling force of 40 N do
the surfaces are frictionless. If the body starts
on the 20 kg box in pulling it 8 m across the floor
from rest, its speed at the bottom of the track is
at a constant speed. The pulling force is directed
(a) 4.43 m/sec 1
at 60° above the horizontal
(b) 2 m/sec
(a) 160 J (b) 277 J 1m
(c) 0.5 m/sec
(c) 784 J (d) None of the above
(d) 19.6 m/sec