Online Test - 1 (2018 Aspirants)

TIME:1 hours MARKS: 180 (+4,-1)

Topic:
Physics : SHM

PHYSICS
01. A particle of mass m oscillates along X-axis according to equation x = a sint. Nature of graph
between momentum & displacement of particle is
(1) circle (2) hyperbola (3) ellipse (4) line
02. Two particles are oscillating along two close parallel straight lines side by side, with same
frequency and amplitudes. They pass each other, moving in opposite directions when their
displacement is half of amplitude. Mean positions of two particles lie on straight line
perpendicular to paths of two particles. Phase difference is
(1) /6 (2) zero (3) 2/3 (4) 
03. Displacement of particle along X-axis is given by x = asin2t. Its motion is SHM of frequency ___
(1) / (2) 3/2 (3) /2 (4) not SHM
04. Two simple pendulums of length 5m and 20m resp. are given small linear displacement in one
direction at same time. They will again be in same phase when pendulum of shorter length has
completed _____ oscillations.
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 5 (4) 3
05. Time period of mass suspended from spring is T. If spring is cut into 4 equal parts and same mass
is suspended from one part then Tnew will be
(1) T/4 (2) T (3) T/2 (4) 2T
06. Rectangular block of mass m & area of cross-section A floats in liquid of density ρ. If it is given
small vertical displacement from equilibrium it undergoes SHM with period T, then
1 1 1
(1) T  (2) T   (3) T  (4) T 
m A 
07. Uniform circular motion of particle is
(1) periodic but not SHM (2) SHM but not periodic
(3) periodic & SHM (4) neither periodic nor SHM
08. A body is executing SHM. When displacements from mean position are 4 cm and 5 cm,
corresponding velocities are 10 cm/s and 8 cm/s. Then time period is
(1) 2 sec (2) /2 sec (3)  sec (4)3/2
09. Two SHMs of  as 100 and 1000 rad/s have same displacement amplitude. Ratio of their max.
acceleration is
(1) 1:103 (2) 1:104 (3)1:10 (4)1:102
10. Particle executing SHM has KE = K0 cos2t. Maximum values of PE and TE are resp.
(1) K0/2 & K0 (2) K0& 2K0 (3) K0& K0 (4) 0 & 2K0
11. Two masses MA and MB are hung from two strings of length lA and lB resp. They are executing SHM
with frequency relation fA = 2fB then relation
(1) lA = lB/4, does not depend on mass
(2) lA = 4lB, does not depend on mass
(3) lA = 2lB, MA = 2MB
(4) lA = lB/2, MA = MB/2
12. Two SHMs with same amplitude and time period, when acting together in perpendicular directions
with phase difference /2, give rise to___ motion
(1) straight (2) elliptical (3) circular (4) none
13. A particle is executing S.H.M has a time period 4 sec. then the time taken by it to move from the
extreme position to half the amplitude is –
(1) 1 s (2) 1/2 s (3) 1/3 s (4)2/3s
14. Period of oscillation of mass M suspended from spring of negligible mass is T. If along with it
another mass M is also suspended, period will be
(1) T (2) T/√2 (3) 2T (4) √2 T
15. A mass 2 kg is put on flat pan attached to vertical spring fixed on ground. Mass of spring and pan
are negligible. When pressed slightly and released the mass executes SHM. Spring constant is 200
N/m. What should be minimum amplitude of motion so that mass gets detached from pan?
(1) 10cm (2) 4cm
(3) 8cm (4) any value less than 12 cm
16. Out of the following functions representing motion of a particle which represents S.H.M.
(i) y = sinwt – coswt (ii) y = sin3wt
(iii) y = 5cos(3/4 – 3wt) (iv) y = 1+wt+w2t2
(1) Only (i) and (ii)
(2) only (i)
(3) only (iv) does not represent SHM
(4) Only (i) and (iii)
17. The epoch of a simple harmonic motion represented by x = (sint + cost ) is
(1) 45o (2) √2 (3) 60o (4) 1/√2
18. Two particles starts vibrating together in S.H.M starting from their mean position. If their periods
are 40s and 60s respectively, their phase difference after 20s from the start is
(1) 60o (2) 90o (3) 30o (4) 120o
19. A second pendulum is placed in a space laboratory orbiting, around the earth at a height 3R from
the earth’s surface where R is the earth’s radius. The time period of the pendulum will be –
(1) 8 sec (2) 23 sec (3) 4 sec (4) 
20. A particle is vibrating in S.H.M with amplitude of 4 cm. At what displacement from the
equilibrium position is its energy half potential and half kinetic
(1) 1 cm (2) 2 cm (3) 2 cm (4)22cm
21. When an oscillator completes 100 oscillations its amplitude reduces to 1/3rd of initial value. What
will be its amplitude when it completes 200 oscillations?
(1) 1/8 (2) 2/3 (3) 1/6 (4) 1/9
22. If a hole is drilled along the diameter of the earth and a stone is dropped into it. The stone :
(1) reaches the centre of earth and stops
(2) reaches the opposite end and stops
(3) executes S.H.M. about the centre of earth
(4) reaches the opposite side and escapes earth
23. A simple pendulum has a period T inside a lift when it is stationary. The lift is accelerated
upwards with constant acceleration 'a'. The period
(1) decreases
(2) increases
(3) remains same
(4) sometimes increases and sometimes decreases
24. A girl swinging on a swing in sitting position suddenly stands up. The period of swing then will be
(1) increased (2) decreased (3) the same (4) none of these
25. The length of the second's pendulum is increased by 0.1%. The clock
(1) gains 43.2 s per day (2) loses 43.2 s per day
(3) neither loses nor gains time (4) none of the above
26. The potential energy of particle moving in S.H.M. is (kx2)/2. If the frequency of the particle is n,
the frequency of oscillation of P.E. is
(1) n (2) 2n (3) n/√2 (4) n√2
27. A mass of 1 kg is suspended from a spring and has a time period T on the surface of earth. The
period at the centre of earth is
(1) zero (2) T (3) 2 T (4) 
28. Two pendulums have time period T and 5T/4. They start S.H.M at the same time from the mean
position. What will be the phase difference between them after the bigger pendulum has
completed one oscillation
(1) 300 (2) 450 (3) 600 (4) 900
29. A body of 5 kg hangs from a spring and oscillates with a time period of 2 s. If the body is
removed, the length of the spring will decrease by
(1) 5 metre (2) 10 metre (3) 20 metre (4) None
30. The bob of simple pendulum of length L is released at time t = 0 from a position of small angular
displacement θ. Its linear displacement at time t is given by

 L   g 
(1) x   sin  2t (2) x  L cos 2t
 g   L 

 g   g
(3) x  L sin  2t (4) x  L cos t 
 L   L


31. An instantaneous displacement of a simple harmonic oscillator is x = A cos (  t +  /4). Its speed
will be maximum at time :
   2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4  2 
32. The bob of a simple pendulum is a spherical hollow ball filled with water. A plugged hole near the
bottom of the oscillating bob gets suddenly unplugged. During observation, till water is coming
out, the time period of oscillation would :
(1) first increase and then decrease to the original value
(2) first decrease and then increase to the original value
(3) remain unchanged
(4) increase towards a saturation value
33. A mass M is suspended from a light spring. An additional mass m added displaces the spring
further by a distance x. Now the combined mass will oscillate on the spring with a period

mg x( M  m)
(1) T  2 (2) T  2
x( M  m) mg

(M  m) mgx
(3) T  2 (4) T  2
mgx (M  m)
34. A particle executes S.H.M. with amplitude 2 cm. At a distance 1 cm from the mean position
magnitudes of the velocity and acceleration are equal. The time period of oscillation is

2 3 3
(1) 2 3 (2) (3) (4) None
3 2
35. A simple pendulum having length l cm and mass m gm is suspended between two plates having a
uniform electric field E as shown. The bob is given a charge of q coulombs. The time period T of
its vibration is

l l
(1) 2 (2) 2
g Eq
g
m

l l
(3) 2 (4) 2
Eq 2
g  Eq 
m g2   
 m
36. A particle at the end of a spring executes simple harmonic motion with a period t1, while the
corresponding period for another spring is t2. If the period of oscillation with the two springs in
series is T, then T =
(1) t1 + t2 (2) (t12+ t22)1/2 (3) t11+ t21 (4) t1 t2/( t1 + t2)
37. In the above question if the period of oscillation with the two springs in parallel is T, then T =
(1) t1 + t2 (2) (t12+ t22)1/2 (3) t11+ t21 (4) t1 t2/(t12+ t22)1/2
38. The time period of a particle in simple harmonic motion is 8 second. At t = 0 it is at the mean
position. The ratio of the distances travelled by it in the 1st and 2nd second is
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 1 2 3
39. 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 go from A/2 to A is T2 Then
(1) T1< T2 (2) T1 = T2 (3) T1> T2 (4) T1 = 2T2
40. Two simple harmonic motions are represented by the equations x1 = 0.1 sin (100π t + π/3) and
x2 = 0.1 cos πt. The phase difference of the velocity of particle 1 with respect to the velocity of
particle 2 is
(1) –π /6 (2) π/3 (3) –π/3 (4) π/6
41. Starting from origin a body oscillates simple harmonically with a period of 2 s. After what time
will its kinetic energy be 75% of the total energy
(1) 1/6 (2) ¼ (3) 1/3 (4) 1/12
42. The x–t graph of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is as
shown in the figure. The acceleration (in cm/s2) of the particle at t
= 4/3 sec is

 3 2
(1) (2)
32 32

2  3 2
(3) (4)
32 32
43. When a mass m is attached to the spring of force constant k, then the spring stretches by l. If the
mass oscillates with amplitude l, what will be the maximum potential energy stored in the spring
(1) 2mgl (2) mgl/2 (3) 3mgl (4) 2mgl
44. A mass M, attached to a horizontal spring, executes S.H.M. with aplitude A1. When the mass M
passes through its mean position then a smaller mass m is placed over it and both of them move
together with amplitude A2. The ratio of (A1/A2) is

M m M M m M
(1) (2) (3) (4)
M M m M M m
45. A block resting on the horizontal surface executes S.H.M. in horizontal plane with amplitude 'A'.
The frequency of oscillation for which the block just starts to slip is
(µ = coefficient of friction, g = gravitational acceleration)

1 g 1 g A A
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) 4
2 A 4 A g g