Work Power and Energy MCQs Test 1

1. It requires twenty turns of the stem of a watch to win the main spring and this stores
sufficient energy to keep the watch running for 30.0 hour. If ten turns are given to the
stem, it will run for:
(a)

20 hr

(b)

15 hr

(c)

7.5 hr

(d)

3.75 hr

2. The graph in Fig. represents the relation between displacement x and force F. The
work done in displacing an object from x = 8 m to x = 16 m is approximately:

(a)

30 J

(b)

40 J

(c)

8J

(d)

16 J

3. A ball of mass m is suspended on a weightless elastic thread whose stiffness factor is

k. The ball is lifted so that the thread is not stretched and let fall with zero initial
velocity. The maximum stretch of the thread in the process of balls motion is:
(a)

mg/k

(b)

2 mg/k

(c)

mg / 2k

(d)

mg / 4k

4. A particle is moving with kinetic energy E, straight up an inclined plane with angle ,
the coefficient of friction being . The work done against friction before the particle
comes down to rest is:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
5. A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of 45 to the horizontal. The
kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be:
(a)

(b)

(c)
(d)

zero

6. If W1, W2 and W3 represent the work done in moving a particle from X to Y along
three different paths 1, 2 and 3 respectively in the gravitational field of a mass M, then :

(a)

W1, = W2 = W3

(b)

W1 < W2 < W3

(c)

W1 > W2 > W3

(d)

W2 > W3 > W1

7. An object of mass 4 kg is dropped from a height 20 m. It reaches the ground with

speed 16 m/s. Work done on the body by air friction is:
(a)

288 J

(b)

288 J

(c)

312 J

(d)

312 J

8. Initially one half of a uniform chain of length l and mass M overhangs a

frictionless table with the other half of it lying on the table. Kinetic energy of the chain
when it finally slips off the table is:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
9. A particle of mass 1 kg is moving along a straight line. Its velocity-time graph is as
shown in Fig. Work done by the resultant of all forces acting on the particle from t = 0
to t = 8 s is:

(a)

25 J

(b)

50 J

(c)

Zero

(d)

12.5 J

10. Two masses, each 5 kg, are attached to the two ends of a spring of spring constant 40
N/m. The masses are pulled away from each other and the spring gets stretched by a
length 20 cm. Work done by the spring on each mass is:
(a)

0.4 J

(b) 0.8 J
(c)

0.6 J

(d)

0.8 J

11. A particle A is moving along a circle with uniform speed and another particle B is
in circular motion with variable speed. It WA and WB are the work done in their
circular motions:

(a)

WA = WB = 0

(b) WA = 0, WB
0
(c) WA
0, WB = 0
(d) WA = WB
0
12. A bullet when fired at a target has its velocity decreased to 50% after penetrating 30
cm into it. Additional thickness it will penetrate in cm before coming to rest is:
(a)

10 cm

(b)

30 cm

(c)

40 cm

(d)

60 cm

13. A simple pendulum is released from A as shown in figure. If m and l represent the
mass of bob and the length of pendulum respectively, the gain in kinetic energy at B is:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
14. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown vertically upwards by applying a force by hand. If
the hand moves 0.2 m while applying the force and the ball goes upto 2 m height
further, force exerted by hand on the ball is: (take g = 10 m/s2)
(a)

22 N

(b)

4N

(c)

16 N

(d)

20 N

15. A motorcycle of mass m resting on a frictionless road moves under the influence of a
constant force F. The work done by this force in moving the motorcycle is given by
F2t2/2m, where t is the time in seconds.

Ratio of instantaneous power to average power of the motorcycle in t = T second is

(a)

1:1

(b)

2:1

(c)

3:2

(d)

1:2

16. A body of mass m is in vertical motion under the influence of gravity then
(a)

Work will be negative and kinetic energy increase during fall

(b)

Kinetic energy decreases when body is projected up and work will be negative

(c)

Kinetic energy increases when body is projected up and work will be positive

(d)

Work will be positive and kinetic energy decreases during fall.

Answer Keys:
1.

2.

a 3.

4.

5.

6.

a 7.

8.

9.

10.

13.

14.

a 11.
d

15.

12.
b

16.

a
a

Work Power and Energy MCQs Test 2

1. In a childrens park, there is a slide which has a total length of 10 m and a height of
8.0 m. A vertical ladder is provided to reach the top. A boy weighing 200 N climbs up
the ladder to the top of the slide and slides down to the ground. The average friction
offered by the slide is threetenth of his weight. The work done by the slide on the boy
as he comes down is

(a)

Zero

(b)

+600 J

(c)

600 J

(d)

+1600 J

2. A mass M is lowered with the help of a string by a distance h at a constant

acceleration g/2. The work done by the string will be

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

3. A car weighing 1400 kg is moving at a speed of 54 kmh 1 up a hill when the motor
stops. If it is just able to reach point, then the work done against friction (negative of
the work done by the friction) is [Take g = 10 ms2
(a)

10 kJ

(b)

15 kJ

(c)

17.5 kJ

(d)

25 kJ

4. A bullet fired from a gun with a velocity of 10 4 ms1 goes through a bag full of straw.
If he bullet loses half of its kinetic energy in the bag, its velocity when it comes out of the
bag will be
(a)

7071.06 ms1

(b)

707 ms1

(c)

70.71 ms1

(d)

707.06 ms1

5. An object of mass m is tied to a string of length L and a variable horizontal force is

applied on it which starts at zero and gradually increases until the string makes an
angle with the vertical. Work done by the force F is

(a)

mgL (1sin )

(b)

mgL

(c)

mgL (1+ sin )

(d)

None of these.

6. A chain of mass M is placed on a smooth table with 1/3 of its length L hanging over
the edge. The work done in pulling the chain back to the table is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

7. The power applied to a particle varies with time as P = (3t 2 2t + 1) W, where t is in

second. Find the change in its kinetic energy between time t = 2s and t = 4s.
(a)

32 J

(b)

46 J

(c)

61 J

(d)

102 J

8. A body of mass m thrown vertically upwards attains a maximum height h. At what

height will its kinetic energy be 75% of its initial value?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

9. A body is attached to the lower end of a vertical spiral spring and it is gradually
lowered
to
its
equilibrium
position.
This
stretches
the
spring by a length d. if the same body attached to the same spring is allowed to fall
suddenly, what would be the maximum stretching in this case?
(a)

(b)

2d

(c)

3d

(d)

1/2 d

10. A particle of mass 0.01 kg travels with velocity given by

sometime, its velocity becomes

interval of time is:
(a)

0.32 J

(b)

6.9 J

(c)

9.6 J

(d)

0.96 j

After

The work done on particle during this

11. A heavy weight is suspended from a spring. A person raises the weight till the spring
length becomes its natural length. The work done by him is W. the energy stored in the
stretched spring was E. what will be the gain in gravitational potential energy?
(a)

(b)

(c)

W+E

(d)

WE

12. A small block of mass m is kept on a rough inclined surface of inclination fixed in
an elevator. The elevator goes up with a uniform velocity v and the block does not slide
on the wedge. The work done by the force of friction on the block in a time t will be:
(a)

Zero

(b)

mgvt cos2

(c)

mgvt sin2

(d)

mgvt sin 2

13. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 10 m/s. it returns to the ground
with a velocity of 9 m/s. if g = 9.8 m/s2, then the maximum height attained by the ball is
nearly (assume air resistance to the uniform):
(a)

5.1 m

(b)

4.1 m

(c)

4.61 m

(d)

5.0 m

14. Two springs have force constant kA and kB such that kB = 2kA. The four ends of the
springs are stretched by the same force. If energy stored in spring B is:

(a)
(b)

2E

(c)

(d)

Zero

15. System shown in figure is released from rest. Pulley and spring is massless and
friction is absent everywhere. The speed of 5 kg block when 2 kg block leaves the
contact with ground is:
(Take force constant of spring k = 40N/m and g = 10 m/s2)

(a)

(b)
(c)

2 m/s

(d)

Answer Keys:
1.

2.

3.

c 4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

10.

15.

11.

c 12.

13.

9.

c 14.

Work Power and Energy MCQs Test 3

1. The net work done by the tension in the figure when the bigger block of mass M
touches the ground is:

(a)

+Mgd

(b)

(M + m) gd

(c)

mgd

(d)

Zero

2. Under the action of a force, a 2 kg body moves such that its position x as a function of

time t is given by
where x is in metre and t in second. The work done by the
force in the first two second is
(a)

1600 J

(b)

160 J

(c)

16 J

(d)

1.6 J

3. A particle of mass 0.4 Kg is moving in one dimension under a force that delivers a
constant power 1W to the particle. If the initial speed (in m/s) of the particle is zero,
the speed in (m/s) after 5 sec is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

4. Three particles A, B and C are projected from the top of a tower with the same speed.
A is thrown straight upwards B straight down and C horizontally. They hit the ground
with speeds vA, vB, vC, then which of the following is correct:
(a)

vA = vB > vC

(b)

vA = vB = vC

(c)

vA > vB = vC

(d)

vB > vC > vA

5. A body of mass m was slowly pulled up the hill by a force F which at each point was
directed along the tangent of the trajectory. All surfaces are smooth. Find the work
performed by this force:

(a)

mgl

(b)

mgl

(c)

mgh

(d)

Zero

6. Velocitytime graph of a particle of mass 2 kg moving in a straight line is as shown in

figure. Work done by all the forces on the particle is:

(a)

400 J

(b)

400 J

(c)

200 J

(d)

200 J

7. A particle moves along the x-axis from x = 0 to x = 5m under the influence of a force
given by F = 7 2x +3x2. Work done in the process is:
(a)

70

(b)

270

(c)

35

(d)

135

8. A mass of 2 kg falls from a height of 40 cm on a spring with a force constant of 1960

N/m. the spring is compressed by (Take g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a)

10 cm

(b)

1.0 cm

(c)

20 cm

(d)

5 cm

9. A block of mass m is pulled along a horizontal surface by applying a force at an angle

with the horizontal. If the block travels with a uniform velocity and has a
displacement d and the coefficient of friction is , then the work done by the applied
force is:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

10. An object of mass 5 kg is acted upon by a force that varies with position of the object
as shwn. If the object starts out from rest at a point x = 0. What is its speed at x = 50 m?

(a)

12.2 ms1

(b)

18.2 ms1

(c)

16.4 ms1

(d)

20.4 ms1

11. Work done in time t on a body of mass m which is accelerated from rest to a speed v
in time f1, as a function of time t is given by:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

12. A mass of 0.5 kg moving with a speed of 1.5 m/s on a horizontal smooth surface,
collides with a nearly weightless spring of force constant k = 50 N/m. the maximum
compression of the spring would be:

(a)

0.15 m

(b)

0.12 m

(c)

1.5 m

(d)

0.5 m

13. A block of mass 1 kg slides down a rough inclined plane of inclination 60 starting
from its top. If coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.5 and length of the plane d = 1m then
work done against friction is:
(a)

2.45 J

(b)

4.9 J

(c)

90.8 J

(d)

19.6 J

14. A ship of mass 2 10 7 kg is at rest. On applying a force of 25 10 5 N, it is displaced

through 25 m. the speed of ship after this displacement will be:
(a)

12.5 m/s

(b)

15 m/s

(c)

2.5 m/s

(d)

3.8 m/s

Answer Keys:
1.

2.

3.

c 4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

10.

11.

c 12.

13.

9.

a 14.

c
a

Work Energy and Power Class 11 MCQs Test 4

1. A particle of mass m is projected at an angle with horizontal with kinetic energy E.

The potential energy at the top of its trajectory is

. Find the range:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
2. A spring gun has a force constant 1000 N/m. When a ball of 10 gm is shot from this
gun, its spring is compressed by 10 cm. Find the maximum horizontal distance that can
be achieved by the ball : (g = 10 m/s2)
(a)

20 m

(b)

25 m

(c)

50 m

(d)

100 m

3. A uniform chain of mass M and length L is lying on a smooth table and a part of it is
hanging from the table. The work required to pull the hanging part of the chain on to

the table is
from the table:
(a)

L/3

(b)

L/4

(c)

L/6

(d)

L/2

. Find the part of the chain in terms of its length which is hanging

4. The work done by the push of air on an object of mass 10 kg falling from rest through
a vertical distance of 10 m is 500 J. Find the velocity of the object at the end of 10 m
fall: (g = 10 m/s2)
(a)

20 m/s

(b)

12 m/s

(c)

5 m/s

(d)

10 m/s

5. A particle of mass m is projected from the ground with an initial speed u 0 at an

angle with the horizontal. At the highest point of its trajectory it makes a completely

in inelastic collision with another particle of mass

which was thrown vertically
upward from the ground with the same initial speed u 0. The angle that the composite
system makes with the horizontal immediately after the collision is
(a)

37

(b)

45 +

(c)

45

(d)

90

6. A bullet of mass 10 g leaves a riffle at an initial velocity of 1000 m/s and strikes earth
at the same level with a velocity of 500 m/s. the work in overcoming the resistance of air
will be:
(a)

500 J

(b)

5000 J

(c)

3750 J

(d)

475 J

7. A 15 g ball is shot from a spring gun whose spring has a force constant of 600 N/m.
The spring is compressed by 5 cm. the greatest possible horizontal range of the ball for
this compression is : (g = 10 m/s2)
(a)

6.0 m

(b)

10.0 m

(c)

12.0 m

(d)

8.0 m

8. A steel ball of mass 5 g is thrown downward with velocity 10 m/s from height 19.5m.
It penetrates sand by 50 cm. The change in mechanical energy will be: (g = 10 m/s2
(a)

1J

(b)

1.25 J

(c)

1.5 J

(d)

1.75 J

9. A ball of mass 4 kg moving with velocity 3 m/s, collides with spring of natural length
2 m and force constant 144 N/m. What will be length of compressed spring?
(a)

2m

(b)

1.5 m

(c)

1m

(d)

0.5 m

10. The relationship between the force F and position x of a body is as shown in figure.
The work done in displacing the body from x = 1 to x = 5m will be:

(a)

30 J

(b)

15 J

(c)

25 J

(d)

20 J

11. A bullet moving with a speed of 100 ms 1 can just penetrate two planks of equal
thickness. Then, the number of such planks penetrated by the same bullet when the
speed is doubled will be:
(a)

(b)

10

(c)

(d)

12. A block of mass 10 kg is moving in xdirection with a constant speed of 10 m/s. it is

subjected to a retarding force F = 0.1xJ/m during its travel from x = 20m to x = 30m.
its final kinetic energy will be:
(a)

475 J

(b)

450 J

(c)

275 J

(d)

250 J

13. A block of mass 60 kg just slides over a horizontal distance of 0.9 m. if the coefficient
of friction between their surfaces is 0.15 then work done against friction will be:
(a)

79.4 J

(b)

97.54 J

(c)

105.25 J

(d)

81 J

14. A body moves a distance of 10 m along a straight line under the action of 5 N force.
If work done is 25 J, then angle between the force and direction of motion of the body
will be:
(a)

75

(b)

60

(c)

45

(d)

30

Answer Keys:
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

a 13.

14.

11.

12.

a
b