KENDRITYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

KVS RO KOLKATA
SESSION 2023-24
STUDY MATERIAL FOR SLOW
ACHIEVERS
CLASS-XI PHYSICS
CHAPTER: 6 WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

Q CORE CONCEPT/ QUESTION MARK

NO. FOCUSED-SKILL/
TARGATED
THEOREM
SECTION -A: MCQ (QN NO 1-15)
1 REMEMBERING Which of the following is not a conservative force? 1
Types of forces (a)Magnetic force (b) Electric force (c)Spring force (d) Air
Resistive force
2 REMEMBERING Which of the following is not a Non- conservative force? 1
Types of forces (a)Gravitational force (b) Frictional force (c)Viscous force (d) Air
Resistive force
3 UNDERSTANDING A body is falling freely under the action of gravity alone in 1
Gravitational vacuum. Which of the following quantity remains constant during
Potential energy the fall?
(a)Potential energy (b) Kinetic energy (c)Total mechanical energy
(c)Total linear momentum
4 APPLYING The decrease in the potential energy of an object of mass 10 kg, 1
Gravitational PE when it falls from the height of 50 cm will be
(a)100J (b)50J (c) 5J(d) 500J
5 REMEMBERING Which of the following is not the unit of power? 1
Power Unit (a)watt (b) horse power (c) J/s(d) KWH
6 ANALYSING A bullet is fired from a rifle. If the rifle recoils freely, then the 1
Momentum kinetic energy of the rifle is (a) less than that of the bullet (b)
Conservation more than that of the bullet (c) same as that of the bullet (d) equal
or less than that of the bullet
7 ANALYSING A light and a heavy body have equal momentum. Which one has 1
Momentum greater K.E. (a) the light body (b) the heavy body (c) the K.E. are
Conservation equal (d) data is incomplete
8 ANALYSING If the K.E. of a body is increased by 300%, its momentum will 1
calculation increase by (a) 100% (b) 150% (c) 300% (d) 175%
9 EVALUATING A pendulum bob has a speed of 3 m/s at its lowest position. The 1
Conservation of pendulum is 0.5 m long. The speed of the bob, when the length
Energy makes an angle of 60° with the vertical, will be (g = 10 m/s2) (a) 3
m/s (b) 1 m/s 3 (c) 1 m/s 2 (d) 2 m/s
10 CREATING A particle of mass 100g is thrown vertically upwards with a speed 1
Work done of 5m/s. The work done by the force of gravity during the time the
By force particle goes up is
(a) –1.25 J (b) 5.17 kJ (c) 0.5 j (d) –0.5 J
11 EVALUATING Power of a water pump is 2 kW. If g = 10 m/s2, the amount of 1
Power water it can raise in one minute to a height of 10 m is (a) 2000
litre (b) 1000 litre (c) 100 litre (d) 1200 litre
12 EVALUATING From an automatic gun a man fires 360 bullet per minute with a 1
Daily life situation .
speed of 360 km/hour. If each bullet weight 20 g, the power of the
gun is (a) 600 W (b) 300 W (c) 150 W (d) 75 W
13 EVALUATING A 60 g bullet is fired through a stack of fibre board sheets 200 mm 1
Force thick. If the bullet approaches the stack with a velocity of 600
m/s, and emerges out with a velocity of 300 m/s, the average
resistance offered to the bullet is : (a) 40.5 kN (b) 2 k N (c) 20.25
kN (d) 10.5kN
14 ANALYSING A body is being raised to a height h from the surface of earth. 1
Types of work What is the sign of work done by applied force and gravitational
force?
(a)Positive , Positive (b) Positive, Negative (c) Negative, Positive
(d)Negative, Negative
15 REMEMBERING Which one is the unit of force constant? (a)N/s
Concept of unit (b)kgwt/m(c)Ns(d)gwt
SECTION -B: ASSERTION REASONING QUESTIONS: 1
(QN NO 16-20)
Assertion: (A). 1
Reason: (R)
CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION AS PER THE
STATEMENTS GIVEN IN ASSERTION AND REASON:
a) Assertion and Reason both are correct and R is the correct
explanation of A.
b) Assertion and Reason both are correct but R is not the correct
explanation of A.
c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) Assertion and Reason both are incorrect.
16 ANALYSING Assertion: (A)-A light and a heavy body have same linear 1
Concept of KE and momentum. Then they have same kinetic energy.
Momentum Reason: (R)-Kinetic energy does not depend on the mass of the
body.
17 ANALYSING Assertion: (A)-Work done by the friction or viscous force on a 1
Types of work moving body is negative.
Reason: (R)-Work done by friction is a scalar quantity which
cannot be negative like mass.
18 UNDERSTANDING Assertion: (A)-A spring has potential energy, when it is either 1
Concept of elastic compressed or stretched.
potential Reason: (R)-In compressing or stretching a spring, work is done
Energy on it against the restoring force.
19 UNDERSTANDING Assertion: (A)-There is no loss of energy in Elastic collision. 1
Collision Reason: (R) –Linear momentum is conserved in Elastic collision.
20 REMEMBERING Assertion: (A).Kinetic energy is conserved at every instant of 1
Collision Elastic collision.
Reason: (R)- No deformation of matter occurs in Elastic
collision.

SECTION -C: CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING

QUESTIONS: (QN NO 21-22)
21 EVALUATING A mass less spring of spring constant k, has extension y and 1
Potential potential energy E, if it is now stretched from y to 2y then
Energy calculate the increase in its potential energy.
22 ANALYSING If a machine gun fires n bullets per second each with kinetic 1
Power energy K, Then calculate the power of the machine gun.
 SECTION -D: VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: (QN
NO 23-29)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: [Qn 23-26] 2
23 UNDERSTANDING State and prove work energy theorem for a variable force.
24 REMEMBERING Define conservative and non-conservative forces, Give on 2
example of each.
25 ANALYSING A light and a heavy body have equal momentum. Which one has 2
greater K.E?
Justify your answer.
26 ANALYSING A light and a heavy body have equal kinetic energy. Which one 2
has greater linear momentum? Justify your answer.
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (AS PER CONCEPT/
LEARNING OUTCOME OF THE CHAPTER) [Qn 27-29]
27 UNDERSTANDING State and prove law of conservation of energy of a freely falling 2
object.
28 UNDERSTANDING Derive the expression of elastic potential energy of a spring. 2
29 CREATING A body of mass 1000 kg moving with speed 2 m/s collides with a 2
body of mass 1500 kg at rest inelastically and sticks to it and
move as a single body, Find the common velocity of the bodies
after collision.
SECTION -E: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: (QN NO 30-
36)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: (Qn 30-33) 3
30 ANALYSING AND A body of mass 2 kg initially at rest moves under the action of an
CREATING applied horizontal force of 7 N on a table with coefficient of
kinetic friction = 0.1. Compute the (a) work done by the applied
force in 10 s, (b) work done by friction in 10 s, (c) work done by
the net force on the body in 10 s.
31 CREATING A 60 kg man skating with a speed of 20m/s collides with a 40 kg 3
skater at rest and they cling to each other. Find the loss of K.E.
during the collision?
32 ANALYSING AND A family uses 8 kW of power. Direct solar energy is incident on 3
CREATING the horizontal surface at an average rate of 200 W per square
meter. If 20% of this energy can be converted to useful electrical
energy, how large an area is needed to supply 8 kW?
33 ANALYSING AND A 8kg ball moving with a velocity 4 m/s collides with a 2 kg ball 3
CREATING moving with a velocity 8m/s in opposite direction. If the collision
is perfectly elastic, what are the velocities of the ball after
collision?
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS (AS PER CONCEPT/
LEARNING OUTCOME OF THE CHAPTER) (Qn 34-36)
34 ANALYSING AND What is the potential energy of a 10kg mass: ( a) 100m above the 3
CREATING surface of the earth ( b) at the bottom of a vertical mine shaft
1000m deep.
35 CALCULATING A car of mass 1000 kg travelling at 30m/s has its speed reduced to 3
10m/s by a constant breaking force over a distance of 75m. Find:
a) The cars initial kinetic energy b) The final kinetic energy c) The
breaking force
36 ANALYSING AND A constant force of 2kN pulls a crate along a level floor a distance 3
CREATING of 10 m in 50s. What is the power used?
SECTION -F: CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS: (QN
NO 37-38)
37 ANALYSING AND According to work energy theorem states that the change in KE of 4
CREATING a body is equal to the work done by the net force on the body. It is
the integral form of Newton’s 2nd law, W=1/2 mv2-1/2 mu2 (i) A
 body of mass 10kg initially at rest acquires velocity of 10 m/s.
What is the work done?
(a)-500J (b) 500J (c)50J (d) -50J
(ii)How much work must be done by a force on 50kg body in
order to accelerate it from rest to 20m/s in 10 s?
(a)-1000J (b) 10000J (c) 2000J (d)40000J
(iii)A gun of mass M fires a bullet of mass m with a maximum
speed v, given that M>m the KE of the gun will be-
(a)1/2 mv2 (b)1/2Mv2 (c) More than ½ mv2 (d)less than ½ mv2
(iv) In above question ,what is the KE of the bullet-
(a)1/2 mv2 (b)1/2Mv2 (c) More than ½ mv2 (d)less than ½ mv2
38 UNDERSTANDING According to Hook’s law, when a spring is stretched through 4
CREATING AND distance x, the restoring force is set up in the spring due to its
ANALYSING elasticity, such that F α x or F=-kx, where k is a force constant of
a spring. Its SI unit is N/m , the work done in stretching the spring
through distance x will be W=1/2 kx2. This work done is stored as
potential energy U of the spring, Therefore, U=1/2 kx2
(i)The Dimension of k (a)MLT(b) MLT-2 (c) MT-2 (d)ML2T
(ii) The spring of force constant 800N/m has an extension of 5
cm. The work done in extending it from 5 cm to 15 cm is-
(a)16J (b) 8J (c) 32J (d) 24J
(iii)Two springs of springs constant 1500N/m and 3000N/m are
stretched with the same force. Their PE will be in the ratio of
(a)4:1(b) 2:1 (c) 1:4 (d) 1:2
(iv)If a spring of spring constant k is cut in two equal parts then
what will be the new spring constant of each part- (a) k (b) k/2 (c)
2k (d) 1/k
SECTION -G: LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS: (QN NO 39-
40)
39 UNDERSTANDING What is elastic collision? Show that in one dimensional head on 5
AND elastic collision, the relative velocity of approach is equal to
CALCULATING relative velocity of separation. Write the expression of velocities
after collisions.
40 UNDERSTANDING A body is tied to one end of a string is made to revolve in a 5
AND vertical circle. Derive the expression for the (a) minimum tension
CALCULATING in the string at the top and bottom o the circle. (b) minimum
velocity at the lowest and top positions so that it is just able to
loop the vertical circle.

ANSWER KEY:

Q.NO. Answer MARK

SECTION -A: MCQ (QN NO 1-15) [Answer explanation]
1 D 1
2 A 1
3 C 1
4 B 1
5 D 1
6 A 1
7 A 1
8 A 1