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7551.

If two balls each of mass 0.06 kg moving in opposite directions with speed 4 m/s collide and rebound with the same speed, then the impulse imparted to each ball due to other is                     [AFMC 1998,2001]

A.          0.48 kg-m/s
B.                       0.24 kg-m/s
C.          0.81 kg-m/s
D.                       Zero
Answer» B.                       0.24 kg-m/s
7552.

A billiard ball moving with a speed of 5 m/s collides with an identical ball originally at rest. If the first ball stops after collision, then the second ball will move forward with a speed of                          [SCRA 1998]

A.          \[10\,m{{s}^{-1}}\]
B.                       \[5\,m{{s}^{-1}}\]
C.          \[2.5\,m{{s}^{-1}}\]
D.                       \[1.0\,m{{s}^{-1}}\]
Answer» C.          \[2.5\,m{{s}^{-1}}\]
7553.

A ball of weight 0.1 kg coming with speed 30 m/s strikes with a bat and returns in opposite direction with speed 40 m/s, then the impulse is (Taking final velocity as positive)            [AFMC 1997]

A.          \[-0.1\times (40)-0.1\times (30)\]                          
B.          \[0.1\times (40)-0.1\times (-30)\]
C.          \[0.1\times (40)+0.1\times (-30)\]                        
D.          \[0.1\times (40)-0.1\times (20)\]
Answer» C.          \[0.1\times (40)+0.1\times (-30)\]                        
7554.

A shell initially at rest explodes into two pieces of equal mass, then the two pieces will [CPMT 1982; EAMCET 1988; Orissa PMT 2004]

A.          Be at rest
B.          Move with different velocities in different directions
C.          Move with the same velocity in opposite directions
D.          Move with the same velocity in same direction
Answer» D.          Move with the same velocity in same direction
7555.

A body of mass 2 kg collides with a wall with speed 100 m/s and rebounds with same speed. If the time of contact was 1/50 second, the force exerted on the wall is [CPMT 1993]

A.          8 N                                
B.          \[2\times {{10}^{4}}\,N\]
C.          4 N                                
D.          \[{{10}^{4}}\,N\]
Answer» C.          4 N                                
7556.

A body falls on a surface of coefficient of restitution 0.6 from a height of 1 m. Then the body rebounds to a height of               [CPMT 1993; Pb. PET 2001]

A.          0.6 m                            
B.          0.4 m
C.          1 m                               
D.          \[{{h}_{n}}=h{{e}^{2n}}\]\[=1\times {{e}^{2\times 1}}\]= \[1\times {{(0.6)}^{2}}=0.36m\]
Answer» E.
7557.

 A ball of mass 10 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s. It strikes another ball of mass 5 kg which is moving in the same direction with a velocity of 4 m/s. If the collision is elastic, their velocities after the collision will be, respectively            [CMEET Bihar 1995]

A.          6 m/s, 12 m/s
B.                       12 m/s, 6 m/s
C.          12 m/s, 10 m/s              
D.          12 m/s, 25 m/s
Answer» B.                       12 m/s, 6 m/s
7558.

At high altitude, a body explodes at rest into two equal fragments with one fragment receiving horizontal velocity of 10 m/s. Time taken by the two radius vectors connecting point of explosion to fragments to make 90° is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1995; DPMT 2000]

A.          10 s                               
B.          4 s
C.          2 s
D.          1 s
Answer» D.          1 s
7559.

A metal ball falls from a height of 32 metre on a steel plate. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.5, to what height will the ball rise after second bounce                                              [EAMCET 1994]

A.          2 m                               
B.          4 m
C.          8 m                               
D.          16 m
Answer» B.          4 m
7560.

A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 5 m on a planet where the acceleration due to gravity is not known. On bouncing, it rises to 1.8 m. The ball loses its velocity on bouncing by a factor of                          [CBSE PMT 1998]

A.          16/25                            
B.          2/5
C.          3/5
D.          9/25
Answer» C.          3/5
7561.

Two equal masses \[{{m}_{1}}\] and \[{{m}_{2}}\] moving along the same straight line with velocities + 3 m/s and ? 5 m/s respectively collide elastically. Their velocities after the collision will be respectively [CBSE PMT 1994, 98; AIIMS 2000]

A.          + 4 m/s for both           
B.          ? 3 m/s and +5 m/s
C.          ? 4 m/s and + 4 m/s     
D.          ? 5 m/s and + 3 m/s
Answer» E.
7562.

A shell of mass m moving with velocity v suddenly breaks into 2 pieces. The part having mass m/4 remains stationary. The velocity of the other shell will be [CPMT 1999]

A.          v   
B.          2v
C.          \[\frac{3}{4}v\]            
D.          \[\frac{4}{3}v\]
Answer» E.
7563.

A particle of mass m moving with horizontal speed 6 m/sec as shown in figure. If \[m

A.          2m/sec  in original direction
B.          2 m/sec opposite to the original direction
C.          4 m/sec opposite to the original direction
D.          4 m/sec in original direction
Answer» B.          2 m/sec opposite to the original direction
7564.

The principle of conservation of linear momentum can be strictly applied during a collision between two particles provided the time of impact is

A.          Extremely small             
B.          Moderately small
C.          Extremely large              
D.          Depends on a particular case
Answer» C.          Extremely large              
7565.

A particle of mass m moving with a velocity \[\vec{V}\] makes a head on elastic collision with another particle of same mass initially at rest. The velocity of the first particle after the collision will be    [MP PMT 1997; MP PET 2001; UPSEAT 2001]

A.          \[\vec{V}\]                    
B.          \[-\vec{V}\]
C.          \[-2\vec{V}\]                 
D.          Zero
Answer» E.
7566.

A smooth sphere of mass M moving with velocity u directly collides elastically with another sphere of mass m at rest. After collision their final velocities are V and v respectively. The value of v is                         [MP PET 1995]

A.          \[\frac{2uM}{m}\]        
B.          \[\frac{2um}{M}\]
C.          \[\frac{2u}{1+\frac{m}{M}}\]                          
D.          \[\frac{2u}{1+\frac{M}{m}}\]
Answer» D.          \[\frac{2u}{1+\frac{M}{m}}\]
7567.

A body of mass m having an initial velocity v, makes head on collision with a stationary body of mass M. After the collision, the body of mass m comes to rest and only the body having mass M moves. This will happen only when             [MP PMT 1995]

A.          \[m>>M\]
B.                       \[m<<M\]
C.          \[m=M\]
D.                       \[m=\frac{1}{2}M\]
Answer» D.                       \[m=\frac{1}{2}M\]
7568.

In an elastic collision of two particles the following is conserved          [MP PET 1994; DPMT 2001]

A.          Momentum of each particle
B.          Speed of each particle
C.          Kinetic energy of each particle
D.          Total kinetic energy of both the particles
Answer» E.
7569.

A gun fires a bullet of mass 50 gm with a velocity of \[30\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]. Because of this the gun is pushed back with a velocity of \[1\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]. The mass of the gun is [EAMCET 1989; AIIMS 2001]

A.          15 kg                             
B.          30 kg
C.          1.5 kg
D.                       20 kg
Answer» D.                       20 kg
7570.

A body of mass ?M? collides against a wall with a velocity v and retraces its path with the same speed. The change in momentum is (take initial direction of velocity as positive)            [EAMCET 1982]

A.          Zero                              
B.          2Mv
C.          Mv
D.          ? 2 Mv
Answer» E.
7571.

A heavy steel ball of mass greater than 1 kg moving with a speed of 2\[m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]collides head on with a stationary ping-pong ball of mass less than 0.1 gm. The collision is elastic. After the collision the ping-pong ball moves approximately with speed                                             [EAMCET 1982]

A.          \[2\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]
B.                       \[4\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]
C.          \[2\times {{10}^{4}}\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]
D.                       \[2\times {{10}^{3}}\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]
Answer» C.          \[2\times {{10}^{4}}\,m\,{{\sec }^{-1}}\]
7572.

A body of mass 5 kg explodes at rest into three fragments with masses in the ratio 1 : 1 : 3. The fragments with equal masses fly in mutually perpendicular directions with speeds of 21 m/s. The velocity of the heaviest fragment will be            [CBSE PMT 1991]

A.          11.5 m/s
B.                       14.0 m/s
C.          7.0 m/s
D.                       9.89 m/s
Answer» E.
7573.

Two balls at same temperature collide. What is conserved               [NCERT 1974; CPMT 1983; DCE 2004]

A.          Temperature
B.                       Velocity
C.          Kinetic energy               
D.          Momentum
Answer» E.
7574.

The coefficient of restitution e for a perfectly elastic collision is                            [CBSE PMT 1988]

A.          1   
B.          0
C.          \[\infty \]                        
D.          ? 1
Answer» B.          0
7575.

The angle between the magnetic meridian and geographical meridian is called  [MNR 1990; UPSEAT 1999, 2000; MP PMT 2000]

A.            Angle of dip                          
B.            Angle of declination
C.            Magnetic moment            
D.            Power of magnetic field
Answer» C.            Magnetic moment            
7576.

The vertical component of earth's magnetic field is zero at or The earth's magnetic field always has a vertical component except at the [NCERT 1980, 88; CPMT 1983; MP PMT 1996]

A.            Magnetic poles                   
B.            Geographical poles
C.            Every place                           
D.            Magnetic equator
Answer» E.
7577.

At a certain place, the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is \[\sqrt{3}\]times the vertical component. The angle of dip at that place is         [MP PMT 1984, 85; AFMC 2000]

A.            \[60{}^\circ \]                      
B.            \[45{}^\circ \]
C.            \[90{}^\circ \]                      
D.            \[\begin{align}   & 2rH \\  & {{\mu }_{0}}N \\ \end{align}\]
Answer» E.
7578.

The correct relation is [CPMT 1986; MP PET 1981; AFMC 1996]

A.            \[B=\frac{{{B}_{V}}}{{{B}_{H}}}\]                                    
B.            \[B={{B}_{V}}\times {{B}_{H}}\]
C.            \[|B|=\sqrt{B_{H}^{2}+B_{V}^{2}}\]                            
D.            \[B={{B}_{H}}+{{B}_{V}}\] (Where \[{{B}_{H}}=\]Horizontal component of earth's magnetic field; \[{{B}_{V}}\]= Vertical component of earth's magnetic field and B  = Total intensity of earth's magnetic field)
Answer» D.            \[B={{B}_{H}}+{{B}_{V}}\] (Where \[{{B}_{H}}=\]Horizontal component of earth's magnetic field; \[{{B}_{V}}\]= Vertical component of earth's magnetic field and B  = Total intensity of earth's magnetic field)
7579.

If magnetic lines of force are drawn by keeping magnet vertical, then number of neutral points will be [MP PMT 1985; CPMT 1985]

A.            One                                         
B.            Two   
C.            Four                                         
D.            Five
Answer» B.            Two   
7580.

At the magnetic poles of the earth, a compass needle will be  [DCE 2003]

A.            Vertical
B.            Bent slightly
C.            Horizontal                                
D.            Inclined at 45o to the horizontal
Answer» C.            Horizontal                                
7581.

Let V and H be the vertical and horizontal components of earth's magnetic field at any point on earth. Near the north pole                                                             [UPSEAT 2004]

A.            \[V>>H\]                                 
B.            \[V<<H\]
C.            \[V=H\]                                    
D.            \[V=H=0\]
Answer» B.            \[V<<H\]
7582.

Isogonic lines on magnetic map will have           [AFMC 2004]

A.            Zero angle of dip
B.            Zero angle of declination
C.            Same angle of declination
D.            Same angle of dip
Answer» D.            Same angle of dip
7583.

A current carrying coil is placed with its axis perpendicular to N-S direction. Let horizontal component of earth's magnetic field be Ho and magnetic field inside the loop is H. If a magnet is suspended inside the loop, it makes angle \[\theta \] with H. Then \[\theta \]=                                                                       [Orissa PMT 2004]

A.            \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{{{H}_{0}}}{H} \right)\]             
B.            \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{H}{{{H}_{0}}} \right)\]
C.            \[\cos e{{c}^{-1}}\left( \frac{H}{{{H}_{0}}} \right)\]         
D.            \[{{\cot }^{-1}}\left( \frac{{{H}_{0}}}{H} \right)\]
Answer» B.            \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{H}{{{H}_{0}}} \right)\]
7584.

At which place, earth's magnetism become horizontal [AFMC 2004]

A.            Magnetic pole                          
B.            Geographical pole
C.            Magnetic meridian                  
D.            Magnetic equator
Answer» E.
7585.

A bar magnet is situated on a table along east-west direction in the magnetic field of earth. The number of neutral points, where the magnetic field is zero, are  [MP PMT 2004]

A.            2    
B.            0
C.            1    
D.            4
Answer» C.            1    
7586.

The horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field is 0.22 Gauss and total magnetic field is 0.4 Gauss. The angle of dip. is                                                                        [MP PMT 2004]

A.            \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\,(1)\]           
B.            \[{{\tan }^{-1\,}}(\infty )\]
C.            \[{{\tan }^{-1\,}}(1.518)\]   
D.            \[{{\tan }^{-1\,}}(\pi )\]
Answer» D.            \[{{\tan }^{-1\,}}(\pi )\]
7587.

Magnetic meridian is a                                          [Orissa JEE 2002]

A.            Point                                       
B.            Horizontal plane
C.            Vertical plane                      
D.            Line along N-S
Answer» D.            Line along N-S
7588.

At magnetic poles of earth, angle of dip is [CPMT 1977, 91; NCERT 1981; MP PET 1997; Pb PET 2002]

A.            Zero                                         
B.            45o  
C.            90o
D.            180o
Answer» D.            180o
7589.

The direction of the null points is on the equatorial line of a bar magnet, when the north pole of the magnet is pointing [AFMC 1999; Pb. PMT 2000; CPMT 2001; MH CET 2003]

A.            North                                      
B.            South
C.            East                                          
D.            West
Answer» B.            South
7590.

Which of the following relation is correct in magnetism [KCET (Engg./Med.) 2001]

A.            \[{{I}^{2}}={{V}^{2}}+{{H}^{2}}\]                                     
B.            \[I=V+H\]
C.            \[V={{I}^{2}}+{{H}^{2}}\]
D.            \[{{V}^{2}}=I+H\]
Answer» B.            \[I=V+H\]
7591.

The value of angle of dip is zero at the magnetic equator because on it                                  [MP PET 2001]

A.            V and H are equal
B.            The value of V and H is zero
C.            The value of V is zero
D.            The value of H is zero
Answer» D.            The value of H is zero
7592.

At a certain place the horizontal component of the earth?s magnetic field is B0 and the angle of dip is 45o. The total intensity of the field at that place will be  [MP PET 2000; Pb PET 2003]

A.            B0  
B.            \[\sqrt{2}\,{{B}_{0}}\]
C.            2 B0                                          
D.            \[B_{0}^{2}\]
Answer» C.            2 B0                                          
7593.

Angle of dip is 90o at                                                    [AIIMS 1999]

A.            Poles                                       
B.            Equator
C.            Both (a) and (b)                  
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            Equator
7594.

Two bar magnets with magnetic moments 2 M and M are fastened together at right angles to each other at their centres to form a crossed system, which can rotate freely about a vertical axis through the centre. The crossed system sets in earth?s magnetic field with magnet having magnetic moment 2M making and angle q with the magnetic meridian such that                                                                          [AFMC 1999]

A.            \[\theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \right)\]     
B.            \[\theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \sqrt{3} \right)\]
C.            \[\theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)\]     
D.            \[\theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)\]
Answer» D.            \[\theta ={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)\]
7595.

Due to the earth's magnetic field, charged cosmic ray particles                                   [CBSE PMT 1997]

A.            Require greater kinetic energy to reach the equator than the poles
B.            Require less kinetic energy to reach the equator than the poles
C.            Can never reach the equator
D.            Can never reach the poles
Answer» D.            Can never reach the poles
7596.

A short magnet of moment 6.75 Am2 produces a neutral point on its axis. If horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is \[5\times {{10}^{-5}}Wb/{{m}^{2}}\], then the distance of the neutral point should be                                     [SCRA 1994]

A.            10 cm                                      
B.            20 cm
C.            30 cm                                      
D.            40 cm
Answer» D.            40 cm
7597.

The magnetic field of earth is due to                  [JIPMER 1997]

A.            Motion and distribution of some material in and outside the earth
B.            Interaction of cosmic rays with the current of earth
C.            A magnetic dipole buried at the centre of the earth
D.            Induction effect of the sun
Answer» B.            Interaction of cosmic rays with the current of earth
7598.

The north pole of the earth's magnet is near the geographical                                    [KCET 1994]

A.            South                                      
B.            East                                          
C.            West                                       
D.            North
Answer» B.            East                                          
7599.

A compass needle will show which one of the following directions at the earth's magnetic pole [KCET 1993, 94]

A.            Vertical                                   
B.            No particular direction
C.            Bent at 45° to the vertical       
D.            Horizontal
Answer» B.            No particular direction
7600.

The vertical component of the earth's magnetic field is zero at a place where the angle of dip is                 [MP PMT/PET 1998]

A.            0°   
B.            45°
C.            60°
D.            90°
Answer» B.            45°