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Two identical springs are attached to a mass and the system is made to oscillate. ${ T } _{ 1 }$ is the time period when springs are joined in parallel and ${ T } _{ 2 }$ is the time period when they are joined in series then

  1. ${ T } _{ 1 }=2{ T } _{ 2 }$

  2. ${ T } _{ 1 }=\sqrt { 2 } { T } _{ 2 }$

  3. ${ T } _{ 2 }=2{ T } _{ 1 }$

  4. ${ T } _{ 2 }=\sqrt { 2 } { T } _{ 1 }$


Correct Option: C

A loaded spring gun. Initially at rest on a horizontal frictioneles surface fires a marble of  mass m in at an angle of elevation ${ 0 }^{ o }$. The mass of the gun is M that of the marble is m and its muzzle velocity of the marble is ${ V } _{ 0 }$ then Velocity of the gem just after the firing is 

  1. $\dfrac { m{ v } _{ 0 } }{ M } $

  2. $\dfrac { m{ v } _{ 0 }\cos { \theta } }{ M } $

  3. $\dfrac { m{ v } _{ 0 }\cos { \theta } }{ M+m } $

  4. $\dfrac { m{ v } _{ 0 }\cos { 2\theta } }{ M+m } $


Correct Option: A

A block tied between two springs is in equilibrium. If upper spring is cut then the acceleration of the block just after cut is 6 ${ m/s }^{ 2 }$ downwards. Now, if instead of upper spring, lower spring is cut then the magnitude of acceleration of the block just after the cut will be : (Take g = 10 ${ m/s }^{ 2 }$)

  1. 16 ${ m/s }^{ 2 }$

  2. 4 ${ m/s }^{ 2 }$

  3. Cannot be determined

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

A light spring of length 20 cm and force constant 2 N/cm is placed vertically on a table. A small block of mass 1 kg falls on it. The length h from the surface of the table at which the block will have the maximum velocity is  

  1. 20 cm

  2. 15 cm

  3. 10 cm

  4. 5 cm


Correct Option: D

Two dissimilar spring fixed at one end are stretched by 10cm and 20cm respectively, when masses ${ m } _{ 1 }$ and ${ m } _{ 2 }$ are suspended at their lower ends. When displaced slightly from their mean positions and released, they will oscillate with period in the ratio

  1. 1 : 2

  2. 2 : 1

  3. 1 : 1.41

  4. 1.41 :4


Correct Option: A

A bob of mass  $\mathrm { M }$  is hung using a string of length  $\mathrm { l }.$  A mass  $m$  moving with a velocity  $u$  pierces through the bob and emerges out with velocity  $\dfrac { u } { 3 } ,$  The frequency of oscillation of the bob considering as amplitude  $A$ is

  1. $2 \pi \sqrt { \dfrac { 3 m u } { 2 M A } }$

  2. $\dfrac { 1 } { 2 \pi } \sqrt { \dfrac { 2 m } { 3 M A } }$

  3. $\dfrac { 1 } { 2 \pi } \left( \dfrac { 2 m u } { 3 M A } \right)$

  4. cannot be found


Correct Option: A

A  body of mass 0.98 Kg is suspended from a spring of spring constant K = 2N/m. Then the period is. 

  1. 4.9s

  2. 4.4s

  3. 5.2s

  4. None


Correct Option: B

Two particles  $A$  and  $B$  of equal masses are suspended from two massless springs of spring constants  $k _ { 1 }$  and  $k _ { 2 }$  respectively. If the maximum velocities during oscillations are equal, the ratio of the amplitudes of  $A$  and  $B$  is

  1. $\sqrt { k _ { 1 } / k _ { 2 } }$

  2. $k _ { 1 } / k _ { 2 }$

  3. $\sqrt { k _ { 2 } / k _ { 1 } }$

  4. $k _ { 2 } / k _ { 1 }$


Correct Option: C

A body of mass $4\, kg$ hangs from a spring and oscillates with a period $0.5$ second. On the removed of the body, the spring is shortened by

  1. $6.4\, cm$

  2. $6.2\, cm$

  3. $6.8\, cm$

  4. $7.1\, cm$


Correct Option: B

A mass m is suspended from the two coupled springs connected in series. The force constant for springs are $ K _1 and K _2 $. The time period of the suspended mass will be-

  1. $ T = 2 \pi \sqrt { \left( \dfrac { m }{ k _ 1-k _ 2 } \right) } $

  2. $ T = 2 \pi \sqrt { \left( \dfrac { m }{ k _ 1+k _ 2 } \right) } $

  3. $ T = 2 \pi \sqrt { \left( \dfrac { m\left( k _ 1+k _ 2 \right) }{ k _{ 1 }k _{ 2 } } \right) } $

  4. $ T = 2 \pi \sqrt { \left( \dfrac { mk _ 1k _ 2 }{ k _{ 1 }+k _{ 2 } } \right) } $


Correct Option: C