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				This section includes 31 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Physics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | A tennis ball dropped from a height of 2 m rebounds only 1.5 m after hitting the ground. What fraction of its energy is lost in the impact | 
| A. | \[\frac{1}{4}\] | 
| B. | \[\frac{1}{2}\] | 
| C. | \[HSO_{4}^{-}\] | 
| D. | \[\frac{1}{8}\] | 
| Answer» B. \[\frac{1}{2}\] | |
| 2. | A neutron makes a head-on elastic collision with a stationary deuteron. The fractional energy loss of the neutron in the collision is [AIIMS 2003] | 
| A. | 16/81 | 
| B. | 44447 | 
| C. | Potassium hydroxide | 
| D. | 2/3 | 
| Answer» C. Potassium hydroxide | |
| 3. | The kinetic energy possessed by a body of mass m moving with a velocity v is equal to \[\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\], provided | 
| A. | The body moves with velocities comparable to that of light | 
| B. | The body moves with velocities negligible compared to the speed of light | 
| C. | Sommerfeld | 
| D. | None of the above statement is correct | 
| Answer» C. Sommerfeld | |
| 4. | The diagrams represent the potential energy U of a function of the inter-atomic distance r. Which diagram corresponds to stable molecules found in nature. | 
| A. | |
| B. | |
| Answer» B. | |
| 5. | A sphere collides with another sphere of identical mass. After collision, the two spheres move. The collision is inelastic. Then the angle between the directions of the two spheres is [KCET 1994] | 
| A. | \[90{}^\circ \] | 
| B. | \[0{}^\circ \] | 
| C. | 123Have\[O{{H}^{-}}>{{H}^{+}}\]Have \[O{{H}^{-}}={{H}^{+}}\]Have \[{{H}^{+}}>O{{H}^{-}}\] | 
| D. | Different from\[90{}^\circ \] | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. | A body of mass M moves with velocity v and collides elastically with a another body of mass m (M>>m) at rest then the velocity of body of mass m is [BCECE 2004] | 
| A. | v | 
| B. | 2v | 
| C. | Slaked lime | 
| D. | Zero | 
| Answer» C. Slaked lime | |
| 7. | Two bodies having same mass 40 kg are moving in opposite directions, one with a velocity of 10\[m/s\] and the other with \[7m/s.\] If they collide and move as one body, the velocity of the combination is [Pb. PMT 2000] | 
| A. | \[10\,m/s\] | 
| B. | \[7m/s\] | 
| C. | Sodium hydrogenchloride | 
| D. | \[1.5\,m/s\] | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. | A body of mass \[{{m}_{1}}\] moving with a velocity 3 ms?1 collides with another body at rest of mass \[{{m}_{2}}.\]After collision the velocities of the two bodies are 2 ms?1 and 5ms?1 respectively along the direction of motion of \[{{m}_{1}}\] The ratio \[{{m}_{1}}/{{m}_{2}}\] is [EAMCET (Engg.) 2000] | 
| A. | \[\frac{5}{12}\] | 
| B. | \[5\] | 
| C. | Sulphuric acid | 
| D. | \[\frac{12}{5}\] | 
| Answer» C. Sulphuric acid | |
| 9. | A body falling from a height of 10m rebounds from hard floor. If it loses 20% energy in the impact, then coefficient of restitution is [AIIMS 2000] | 
| A. | 0.89 | 
| B. | 0.56 | 
| C. | Common salt solution and baking soda | 
| D. | 0.18 | 
| Answer» B. 0.56 | |
| 10. | 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. | strong base | 
| D. | Zero | 
| Answer» B. 0.24 kg-m/s | |
| 11. | 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. | Neutralization | 
| D. | \[m=\frac{1}{2}M\] | 
| Answer» D. \[m=\frac{1}{2}M\] | |
| 12. | 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. | A is true but R is false. | 
| D. | 9.89 m/s | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. | If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface, the gain in the potential energy of an object of mass m raised from the surface of earth to a height equal to the radius of the earth R, is [IIT 1983] | 
| A. | \[\frac{1}{2}mgR\] | 
| B. | 2 mgR | 
| C. | Sodium hydroxide, acetic acid, \[{{H}_{2}}\] | 
| D. | \[\frac{1}{4}mgR\] | 
| Answer» B. 2 mgR | |
| 14. | A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying on a smooth table and one third of its length is hanging vertically down over the edge of the table. If g is acceleration due to gravity, the work required to pull the hanging part on to the table is [IIT 1985; MNR 1990; AIEEE 2002; MP PMT 1994, 97, 2000; JIPMER 2000] | 
| A. | \[MgL\] | 
| B. | \[MgL/3\] | 
| C. | Sodium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid to form sodium chloride. | 
| D. | \[MgL/18\] | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. | The kinetic energy acquired by a mass m in travelling a certain distance d starting from rest under the action of a constant force is directly proportional to [CBSE PMT 1994] | 
| A. | \[\sqrt{m}\] | 
| B. | Independent of m | 
| C. | Red | 
| D. | m | 
| Answer» C. Red | |
| 16. | A spherical ball of mass 20 kg is stationary at the top of a hill of height 100 m. It slides down a smooth surface to the ground, then climbs up another hill of height 30 m and finally slides down to a horizontal base at a height of 20 m above the ground. The velocity attained by the ball is [AIEEE 2005] | 
| A. | 10 m/s | 
| B. | \[10\sqrt{30}\]m/s | 
| C. | antacid | 
| D. | 20 m/s | 
| Answer» D. 20 m/s | |
| 17. | A body is moving with a velocity v, breaks up into two equal parts. One of the part retraces back with velocity v. Then the velocity of the other part is [DCE 2004] | 
| A. | v in forward direction | 
| B. | 3v in forward direction | 
| C. | Oxalic acid | 
| D. | 3v in backward direction | 
| Answer» C. Oxalic acid | |
| 18. | A bullet moving with a speed of 100 \[m{{s}^{-1}}\]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 [KCET 2004] | 
| A. | 4 | 
| B. | 8 | 
| C. | Neutral substances | 
| D. | 10 | 
| Answer» C. Neutral substances | |
| 19. | Two identical blocks A and B, each of mass 'm' resting on smooth floor are connected by a light spring of natural length L and spring constant K, with the spring at its natural length. A third identical block 'C' (mass m) moving with a speed v along the line joining A and B collides with A. the maximum compression in the spring is [EAMCET 2003] | 
| A. | \[v\sqrt{\frac{m}{2k}}\] | 
| B. | \[m\sqrt{\frac{v}{2k}}\] | 
| C. | (ii) and (iii) | 
| D. | \[\frac{mv}{2k}\] | 
| Answer» B. \[m\sqrt{\frac{v}{2k}}\] | |
| 20. | If the momentum of a body is increased by 100%, then the percentage increase in the kinetic energy is [BHU 1999; Pb. PMT 1999; CPMT 2000; CBSE PMT 2001; BCECE 2004] | 
| A. | 150% | 
| B. | 200% | 
| C. | A vitamin | 
| D. | 300% | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. | If the increase in the kinetic energy of a body is 22%, then the increase in the momentum will be [RPET 1996; DPMT 2000] | 
| A. | 22% | 
| B. | 44% | 
| C. | Sodium hydroxide | 
| D. | 300% | 
| Answer» D. 300% | |
| 22. | An object of 1 kg mass has a momentum of 10 kg m/sec then the kinetic energy of the object will be [RPMT 1999] | 
| A. | 100 J | 
| B. | 50 J | 
| C. | Sodium hydroxide | 
| D. | 200 J | 
| Answer» C. Sodium hydroxide | |
| 23. | A bomb of 12 kg divides in two parts whose ratio of masses is 1 : 3. If kinetic energy of smaller part is 216 J, then momentum of bigger part in kg-m/sec will be [RPET 1997] | 
| A. | 36 | 
| B. | 72 | 
| C. | \[HCl\] | 
| D. | Data is incomplete | 
| Answer» B. 72 | |
| 24. | Two bodies with kinetic energies in the ratio of 4 : 1 are moving with equal linear momentum. The ratio of their masses is [CBSE PMT 1999] | 
| A. | 1 : 2 | 
| B. | 1 : 1 | 
| C. | a salt. | 
| D. | 1 : 4 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. | If velocity of a body is twice of previous velocity, then kinetic energy will become [AFMC 1996] | 
| A. | 2 times | 
| B. | \[\frac{1}{2}\]times | 
| C. | \[HN{{O}_{3}}\] | 
| D. | 1 times | 
| Answer» D. 1 times | |
| 26. | If the K.E. of a particle is doubled, then its momentum will [EAMCET 1979; CPMT 2003: Kerala PMT 2005] | 
| A. | Remain unchanged | 
| B. | Be doubled | 
| C. | |
| D. | Increase \[\sqrt{2}\] times | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. | The energy stored in wound watch spring is [EAMCET 1982] | 
| A. | K.E. | 
| B. | P.E. | 
| C. | |
| D. | Chemical energy | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 28. | Two masses of 1 gm and 4 gm are moving with equal kinetic energies. The ratio of the magnitudes of their linear momenta is [AIIMS 1987; NCERT 1983; MP PMT 1993; IIT 1980; RPET 1996; CBSE PMT 1997; Orissa JEE 2003; KCET 1999; DCE 2004] | 
| A. | 4 : 1 | 
| B. | \[\sqrt{2}:1\] | 
| C. | \[45{}^\circ \] | 
| D. | 1 : 16 | 
| Answer» D. 1 : 16 | |
| 29. | Assertion : The instantaneous power of an agent is measured as the dot product of instantaneous velocity and the force acting on it at that instant. Reason : The unit of instantaneous power is watt. | 
| A. | If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. | 
| B. | If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. | 
| C. | \[\frac{1}{3}\] | 
| D. | If the assertion and reason both are false. | 
| E. | If assertion is false but reason is true. | 
| Answer» C. \[\frac{1}{3}\] | |
| 30. | Assertion : Work done by or against gravitational force in moving a body from one point to another is independent of the actual path followed between the two points. Reason : Gravitational forces are conservative forces. | 
| A. | If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. | 
| B. | If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. | 
| C. | v/2 | 
| D. | If the assertion and reason both are false. | 
| E. | If assertion is false but reason is true. | 
| Answer» B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. | |
| 31. | Assertion : The power of a pump which raises 100 kg of water in 10sec to a height of 100 m is 10 KW. Reason : The practical unit of power is horse power. | 
| A. | If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. | 
| B. | If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. | 
| C. | 46600 | 
| D. | If the assertion and reason both are false. | 
| E. | If assertion is false but reason is true. | 
| Answer» C. 46600 | |