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Time: 30 minutes Quiz – SHM M. M. : 42

INSTRUCTIONS: (i) Each correct question carries +3 marks, wrong -1. (ii) Only one choice is correct.

1. Time period of mass m for small oscillation is

4k m k k
(A) 2 (B) 2
m k
k M k
m m
(C) 2 (D) 2
4k k / 4 
2. The potential energy of a particle with displacement x from mean position is U(x). The
motion is simple harmonic. If k is a negative constant then
kx 2
(A) U= kx (B) U = k (C) U =  (D) U  kx 2
2

3. A body of mass m is suspended from rubber cord with force constant K. The maximum
distance over which the body can be pulled down for the body’s oscillation to remain
harmonic is
2mg mg
(A) (B)
K K
2K mg
(C) (D)
mg 2K

4. A particle of mass m is attached to three springs A, B and C of

equal force constant k and making 1200 with each other. The
particle is pushed slightly against the spring C and released, the B
time period of oscillation will be 120
0
m m
(A) 2 (B) 2
k 2k A
2m m C
(C) 2 (D) 2
3k 4k

5. A particle executes SHM with a frequency f. The frequency with which its total energy
oscillate is
f
(A) (B) 2f (C) f (D) None of these
2

6. Two masses m1 and m2 are suspended together by a massless spring of spring constant k.
When the masses are in equilibrium m1 is removed without disturbing the system. The
amplitude of oscillation is
(A) m1g/k (B) m2g/k
(C) (m1 + m2)g/k (D) none of these

7. A wire of radius r stretched without tension along a straight line is

lightly fixed at A and B. What is the tension in the wire, when it is A 2 
B
pulled into the shape A C B. Take Y = young’s modulus and d < < 
Y 2d2 Yr 2 d2 d
(A) (B) T
2r 2 2 2 2 T

Yr 2 Yr 2  2 C
(C) 2 2 (D)
2 d 2d2

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8. A solid sphere of radius R made of material of bulk modulus k is surrounded by a liquid in a
cylindrical container. A massless piston of area A floats on the surface of the liquid. When a
mass M is placed on piston to compress the liquid. The liquid in turn puts a pressure on the
sphere. The fractional change in the volume of sphere (due to mass M) is
Mg Mg 3AK 2Mg
(A) (B) (C) (D)
AK 3AK 5Mg 3AK

9. If the average elastic limit of earth surface is 3  108 N/m2 and its mean density of rocks is
3  103 kg/m3 estimate the maximum height of a mountain on earth (g = 10 ms2)
(A) 6 km (B) 12 km (C) 8 km (D) 10 km

10. Two masses of m and 2m are connected through a wire of breaking stress S
passing over a friction less pulley. The minimum radius of wire used so that the
string may not break is
3 mg 4 mg 4 mg 1 mg
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2m m
4 S 3 S 3 S 2 S

11. One end of a uniform rod of mass m1 and cross-sectional are A is hung from a
ceiling. The other end of the bar is supporting mass m2. The stress at the
midpoint is m1
g(m2  2m1 ) g(m2  m1 ) g(2m 2  m1 ) g(m2  m1 )
(A) (B) (C) (D) m2
2A 2A 2A A

12. Two SHM’s are represented by y1 = 10 sin 3t   / 4  and y2 = 5 sin(3 t) + 53 cos(3t), the
ratio of their amplitudes is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 5 : 7 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 1

13. A particle executes simple harmonic motion between x = –A and x = +A. The time taken for it
to go from 0 to A/2 is T1 and to go from A/2 to A is T2 then
(A) 2T1 = T2 (B) T1 > T2 (C) T1 = T2 (D) T1 = 2T2

14. Two bodies M and N of equal masses are suspended from two separate massless springs of
spring constant k1 and k2 respectively. If the two bodies oscillate vertically such that their
maximum velocities are equal, the ratio of the amplitude of M to that of N is
(A) k1/k2 (B) (k1 / k 2 ) (C) k2/k1 (D) (k 2 / k1 )

15. For a particle executing SHM which of the following statement does not hold good
(A) the total energy of the particle always remains same
(B) the restoring force is maximum at extreme position
(C) the restoring force is always directed towards a fixed point
(D) the velocity of the particle is minimum at the centre of motion of the particle

16. For an SHM graph between displacement and velocity will be a

(A) hyperbola (B) parabola (C) straight line (D) ellipse

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 ANSWERS
SHM
1 C 2. C 3. B 4. C
5. D 6. A 7. B 8. A
9. D 10. C 11. C 12. D
13. A 14. D 15. D 16. D

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