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WEEKLY TEST-16

Physics:
Impulse and collisions,Variable mass(100%)

PHYSICS
31. In the figure shown a particle P strikes the fixed smooth inclined plane while
moving horizontally and rebounds vertically. If the angle  is 60°, then the
coefficient of restitution is:

1) 1/3 2) 1 3 3) 1/2 4) 1
32. A ball of mass 1kg strikes a heavy platform, elastically (e=1), moving upwards
with a velocity of 5m/s. The speed of the ball just before the collision is 10m/s
downwards. Then the impulse imparted by the platform on the ball is
10m/s
5m/s

1) 15 Ns 2) 10 Ns 3) 20 Ns 4) 30 Ns
33. A disk A of radius r moving on perfectly smooth surface at a speed v undergoes a
perfectly elastic collision with an identical stationary disk B. Find the velocity of
the disk B after collision if the impact parameter is r/2 as shown in the figure
A
V
r/2
B

v 15 v v 3v
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 4 2 2
34. A ball A moving with kinetic energy E, makes a head on perfectly elastic collision
with a stationary ball with mass n times that of A. The maximum potential energy
due to deformation stored in the system during the collision is
1) nE/(n+1) 2) (n+1)E/n 3) (n-1)E/n 4) E/n
35. In a one-dimensional collision, a particle of mass 2m collides with a particle of
mass m at rest. If the particles stick together after the collision, what fraction of the
initial kinetic energy is lost in the collision?

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1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 3 2 5
36. A ball is released from position A and travels 5m before striking the smooth fixed
inclined plane as shown. If the coefficient of restitution in the impact is
1
e , the time taken by the ball to strike the plane again is
2

1) 1s 2) 2 s 3) 2.5 s 4) 0.8 s
37. The diagram shows a fixed square carrom board without any pockets. A coin is
pushed from the corner, which is the origin, with velocity 2i + 3j. Assume gravity
and friction to be absent. The collision of the coin with the board is perfectly
elastic. What is the velocity vector of coin after the 3rd collision?

1) 2i + 3j 2) 2i - 3j 3) -2i + 3j 4) -2i - 3j
38. From what minimum height h must the system be released when spring is
un-stretched so that after perfectly inelastic collision (e = 0) with ground, B may be
lifted off the ground (Spring constant = k).[Assume blocks do not collide]

1) mg/(4k) 2) 4mg/k 3) mg/(2k) 4) none

39. Two small bodies of masses ‘m’ and ‘2m’ are placed in a fixed smooth horizontal

circular hollow tube of mean radius 'r' as shown. The mass ‘m’ is moving with

speed ‘u’ and the mass ‘2m’ is stationary. After their first collision, the time

elapsed for next collision is: (coefficient of restitution e = 1/2)

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2r 4r 3r 12 r

1) 2) 3) 4)
u u u u

40. A particle of mass m makes a head-on elastic collision with a particle of mass 2m

initially at rest. The velocity of the first particle before and after collision is given

to be u1 and v1. Then which of the following statements is true in respect of this

collision ?

u1
1) For all values of u1, v1 will always be less than u1 in magnitude and |v1| =
3
7
2) The fractional loss in kinetic energy of the first particle is
9
5
3) The fractional loss in kinetic energy of the first particle is
9
4) The sum of kinetic energy of the particles remains constant at every instant
during the collision
41. You are given three billiards-tables of different lengths and the same width. Balls
are struck simultaneously from the edge of one of the long sides of each table (see
figure) with velocities which are equal in direction and magnitude. Order the times
they take to return to the side from which they started. [Treat collision with edge as
perfectly elastic].

width

1) t I = t II > t III 2) t I = t II = t III

3) order of times taken depend on size of billiards table
4) order of times taken depend on angle of projection
42. The diagram shows the velocity-time graph for two masses R and S that collided.
The coefficient of restitution is

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1 1
1) 1 2) 3) 4) 0
2 4
43. 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 not possible after impact?
1) A remains in motion
2) the velocity of B relative to A remains the same in magnitude but reverses in
direction
3) A and B move with equal speeds, making an angle of 45° each with the x-axis.
4) A and B move with unequal speeds, making angles of 30° and 60° with the x-axis
respectively.
44. Suppose a golf ball is hurled at a heavy bowling ball initially at rest and bounces
elastically from the bowling ball. After the collision.
1) the golf ball has greater magnitude of momentum and greater kinetic energy
than the bowling ball
2) the bowling ball has greater magnitude of momentum and greater kinetic energy
than the golf ball
3) the golf ball has greater magnitude of momentum but has smaller kinetic energy
than the bowling ball
4) the bowling ball has greater magnitude of momentum but has smaller kinetic
energy than the golf ball
45. Which of the following statements is true regarding a perfectly elastic collision of

two objects? [Assume no external force]

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1) No work is done on any of the two objects, since there is no external force.

2) The work done by the first object on the second is equal to the work done on the

first by the second

3) The work done by the first object on the second is exactly the negative of the

work done on the first by the second.

4) The work done on the system depends on the angle of collision.

46. Students claim that in a lab experiment they witnessed a head on collision between

two balls on a horizontal surface which resulted in the balls being both at rest. No

external horizontal force was acting at any time on the masses. Which of these

comments is the most appropriate about this process?

1) Initial speeds and masses must have been different

2) Initial speeds and masses may have been identical

3) Initial speeds, but not necessarily masses, were identical

4) The process cannot have occurred as claimed

47. For a completely inelastic, head-on, two-body collision the total kinetic energy

retained by the objects is the same as :

1) the total kinetic energy before the collision

2) the difference in the kinetic energies of the objects before the collision
2
3) VCM , where M is the total mass and VCM is the velocity of the center of mass

4) the kinetic energy of the less massive body before the collision

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48. A ball of mass m collides horizontally with a stationary wedge on a rough

horizontal surface, in the two orientations as shown. Neglect friction between ball
and wedge. Two students comment on system of ball and wedge in these situations

m m
m y
m

rough rough
(I) ( II ) x

Saurav : Momentum of system in x-direction will change by significant amount in

both cases.
Rahul : There are no impulsive external forces in y-direction in both cases hence
the total momentum of system in y-direction can be treated as conserved in both
cases.
1) Saurav is wrong and Rahul is correct
2) Saurav is correct and Rahul is wrong
3) Both are correct
4) Both are wrong
49. Figure shows seven identical blocks kept equidistant on a frictionless floor.
Initially, blocks a and b are moving rightward and block g is moving leftward, each
with speed v = 3m/s. The other blocks are stationary. A series of perfectly elastic
collisions occur. After the last collision the speed and direction of motion of
a b c d e f g

1) A will be at rest 2) D will be 1.5 m/s towards left

3) E will be at rest 4) G will be 3 m/s towards right
50. A mass ‘m’ moves with a velocity ‘v’ and collides in elastically with another
v
identical mass at rest. After collision the 1st mass moves with velocity in a
3
direction perpendicular to the initial direction of motion. Find the speed of the 2nd
mass after collision.
2v v
1) 2) 3) v
3 3

4) the situation of the problem is not possible without external impulse.

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51. A ball of mass m is projected from a point P on the ground as shown in the figure.
It hits a fixed vertical wall perfectly elastically at a distance l from P. Choose the
most appropriate option:

u
P 
l
1) the ball will return to the point P directly if l = half of the horizontal range.
2) the ball will return to the point P directly if l < half of the horizontal range.
3) the ball will return to the initial point directly if l > half of the horizontal range.
4) If l < half of the range, ball hits the ground between foot of the wall and point P.
52. A ball is dropped on a horizontal surface. The sound of 1st collision is heard after 2
sec. The second collision is heard again 2 sec after the 1st collision. After what
time (from 2nd collision) will we hear the 3rd collision ?
1) 1 sec 2) 2 sec 3) 3 sec 4) 4 sec
53. Sand drops from a stationary hopper at the rate of 5kg/s on to a conveyor belt
moving with a constant speed of 2m/s. What is the force required to keep the belt
moving with constant velocity?
1) 10 N 2) 5 N 3) 15 N 4) 20 N
54. A perfectly elastic ball is thrown against a wall and bounces back over the head of
the thrower (T), as shown in the figure :

45°
4m
2m

when it leaves the thrower's hand, the ball is 2m above the ground, 4m away from
the wall and has initial velocity of 10 2 m/s at an angle of 45° to horizontal. The
ball will hit the ground at an approximate horizontal distance of :
1) 18 m from thrower 2) 12.2 m from thrower
3) 10.6 m from thrower 4) 13.8 m from thrower

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55. A puck moving at 2.0 ms-1 on an air hockey table collides with a stationary identical
puck head-on. The motions of the two pucks are in the same line. The total kinetic
energy of the pucks is halved after the collision. Find coefficient of restitution.
1) 0 2) 0.2 3) 0.5 4) 0.7
56. Two carts are riding on track as shown in the figure. At time t = 0, cart B is at the
origin traveling in the positive x-direction with speed vB and cart A is rest as
shown in the diagram below. The carts collide, but do not stick.
Initially at rest

Cart B Cart A
Which of the following graphs depicts a possible plot of forces exerted by the carts
on each other.

Force
Force

B
B
A A
1) 2)
Time Time
Force

Force

3) B 4) B
A Time Time

57. Two objects of different mass and with same initial speed, moving in a horizontal

plane, collide head on and move together at half their initial speed after the

collision. Ratio of their masses is.

1) 2 : 1 2) 3 : 1 3) 4 : 1 4) 5 : 1

58. A 6000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing. If the exhaust speed is 1000 ms-1, the

minimum amount of gas that must be ejected per second initially to supply the

thrust needed to overcome the weight of the rocket is (g = 10 ms-1).

1) 30 kg 2) 60 kg 3) 75 kg 4) 90 kg.

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59. On a frictionless surface, a ball of mass M moving at speed v collides elastically

(e = 1) with another ball of the same mass that is initially at rest. After the
collision, the first ball moves at an angle  to its initial direction and has a speed
v/2. The second ball's speed after the collision is
3 v 3 v
1) v 2) 3) v 4) v  cos 
4 2 2 2
60. A highly elastic ball moving at a speed of 3 m/s approaches a wall moving towards

it with a speed of 3 m/s (figure). After the collision, the speed of the ball will be

approximately

3 m/s

3 m/s

1) 3 m/s 2) 6 m/s 3) 9 m/s 4) zero

PHYSICS :-
31) 1 32) 4 33) 1 34) 1 35) 2 36) 1 37) 3 38) 2 39) 2 40) 1

41) 2 42) 1 43) 1 44) 4 45) 3 46) 2 47) 3 48) 4 49) 4 50) 4

51) 1 52) 1 53) 1 54) 4 55) 1 56) 3 57) 2 58) 2 59) 3 60) 3

Physics
eV sin 60
31. tan 30  
tan 60
tan 30
e= = tan 2 30° .
tan 60
32. v 2 = 2u + v1
v2 = 2 × 5 + 10 = 20m/s
   
J  p  p f  p i = 1 × 20 - (- 1 × 10) = 30 N-s
33. v ' = v cos 
15
cos =
9
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34.
Pi  2mE
Pi = Pf
2mE = m (1 + n) v
2mE
V
m (n  1)
1 nE
P.E. = E - (m + mn)v 2 =
2 n+1
35. Let initial velocity of 2m be v 0
1 1
K i = ×2m(v 0 ) 2 + m×02 = mv 02
2 2
Pi =2mv0
Let final velocity of combination be v
Pf = (2m + m)v
2
(Applying COM) Pi = Pf  v = v 0
3
1 1 4 2 2
K f = ×  3m  v =  3m × v0 = mv 02
2

2 2 9 3
1
K.E. lost = K i - K f = mv 02
3
K.E. lost 1
Fractional loss = =
Initial K.E. 3
36. Just before first collision,

r
speed =v1  2iˆ  3jˆ
u y = -10 cos 30° = -5 3
u x = 10 sin 30° = 5 m/s
v x = u x = 5 m/s
5
v y =-eu y = 3
2
It strikes the plane again at time,
2v y
t  1sec
g cos30
37. After each collision certain components of velocity gets reserved

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r
After 1st collision =v1  2iˆ  3jˆ
r
After 2nd collision =v1  2iˆ  3jˆ
38. Just after collision with ground

Applying COE
1 1 1
mv 2  mgx  kx 2  m(2gh)  0  0
2 2 2
1
 mv 2 > 0  h > 4mg/k
2
39. If just after collision, relative velocity = v, then v/u = 1/2
 rel = v/r = u/(2r)
 time between 1st and 2nd collision, t=2 / = 4 r/u
rel

40. 1) e = 1, u1 = v 2 - v1 ........ (1)

p = 0 ; u1 = v1 +2 v2 ........ (2)
Solving (1) and (2)
v1 = , v2 = u1
kE 8
2) =
kEi 9
kE 8
3) =
E i 9
4) At maximum deformation the KE of system is minimum during the collision.
41. On impact all the balls have the same component velocity parallel to the short side of the
table. In rebounding from the short side the value of this component velocity does not
alter, and therefore, since the tables are of equal width, all three balls will reach the
opposite side of the table at the same moment (regardless of whether they have first
struck the short sides or not). In rebounding from the long side opposite, the component
velocity under consideration changes sign, but remains constant in size; all the ball
therefore return to the side from which they started at the same moment.
1  0.2
42. E 1
0.8
43. Conserve momentum along x and y directions.
44.

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p1f = m v1 mv0
r
 Ndt  p is same for both  2mv0
p2f = mv2  2m v0
 p 2f > p1f
k1 p2 m2 (mv 0 ) 2 . M M
 = 1f2 = 2
=
k2 p 2f m1 (2mv 0 ) m 4m
k1 > k 2
45. Work done by 2nd on 1st
1 1
w 1 =KE1 = m1v12 - m1u12
2 2
Work done by 1st on 2nd
1 1
w 2 =KE 2 = m 2 v 22 - m 2 u 22
2 2
KET  0
46. Every collision follows momentum conservation. Here m1v1 – m 2v2 = 0  m1v1 =
m2v2 . m1v1 & m2v2 may be equal with identical masses & speeds and also different
masses & different speeds.
1 1
47. KE f = (M1V1 ) 2 + (M 2 V2 ) 2
2 2
V1  V2  Vcm after collision
1
(M l +M 2 )Vcm2
2
1 2
KE retained = KE final = MVcm
2
48. In Case-I no horizontal external impulse on ball and mass system while in Case-II
friction is impulsive as normal with ground is impulsive.
 both are wrong.
49. A collider with after B has collide with c and comes to rest. Similarly when D & E have
collided and reversed their direction. New C & D will collide and reverse their direction.
Finally A will be going left with 3 ms-1 b & g will be going right with 3 ms-1 . ]
v
v
50. 3
v Only possible way to conserve momentum is as shown but in this energy is
m 3
increased so not possible.
51. Conceptual
1 2 1 2
52. h gt ; gt1
2 2
1
O=  2gh t1 – gt12
2
2 gh 8e2 h 1
t1  2l   2l  2  l 
g g 2
8e 4 h
t2   1 t1  1sec
g

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 2gh
2gh
dm
53. Frequired = .v
dt
54. Time of flight does not change because velocity in y direction remains unchanged
1
-2=10t- 10t 2
2
T = 1 + 1.4 sec.  2.18 sec.
Time to reach the wall (t1)
4
t12   0.4sec
4 cos 
Time remaining
t 2 = 1.78 sec .
distance covered backward
x = 10 × 1.78 = 17.8 m
distance from thrower = 13.8 m
y

u

4m
2m T
x –x
55. mvA + mvB = m(2.0)  v A + vB = 2.0
1 1 1 1
mv 2A  mv 2B =  m (2.0)2 ,  v2A  v2B  2.0
2 2 2 2
 v A = 1.0 and v B = 1.0
 e=0
56. Force should be equal and opposite.
v
57. m1v - m 2 v = (m1 + m 2 )
2
2m1 - 2m 2 = m1 + m 2
m1 = 3m 2
m1 3

m2 1
dm
58. .v  M 0 g
dt
dm M 0 g

dt v
59. Kinetic energy is conserved

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2
1 1 V 1 2
MV 2  M    MV '
2 2 2 2
2
V
V2  V2   V '2
4
3
 V'
2
r r r
60. vBW  vB  vW ; vBW  3   3  6m / s
Before collision : vBW = 6 m/s
After collision, v 'BW = v BW
v1B = v 'BW + v w = 6 + 3 = 9 m/s

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