Engineering Physics Questions and Answers – Oscillatory Motion – 2

This set of Engineering Physics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Oscillatory Motion – 2”.

1. The length of a simple pendulum executing simple harmonic motion is increased by 21%. The percentage increase in the time period of the pendulum of increases length is?
a) 50%
b) 21%
c) 30%
d) 10.5%
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2. A spring of spring constant 5×10³N/m is stretched initially by 5cm from the unstretched position. Then the work done to stretch is further by another 5cm is?
a) 6.25Nm
b) 12.50Nm
c) 18.75Nm
d) 25Nm
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3. A particle is executing simple harmonic motion at midpoint of mean position and extremely. What is the potential energy in terms of total energy (E)?
a) E/4
b) E/16
c) E/2
d) E/8
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4. A mass m is suspended from a spring. Its frequency of oscillation is f. The spring is cut into two halves and the same mass is suspended from one of the two pieces of the spring. The frequency of oscillation of mass will be ___________
a) √2 f
b) f/2
c) f
d) 2f
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5. A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude a. The period of oscillation is T. The minimum time taken by the particle to travel half of the amplitude from the equilibrium position is?
a) T/12
b) T/8
c) T/4
d) T/2
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6. A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an angular velocity of 3.5 rad/sec and maximum velocity acceleration 7.5 m/s² respectively. What is the amplitude of oscillations?
a) 0.28m
b) 0.36m
c) 0.707m
d) Zero
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7. The time period of a simple pendulum on a satellite, orbiting around the earth, is ___________
a) Infinite
b) Zero
c) 84.6 min
d) 24 hours
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8. A simple pendulum has a time period T. The pendulum is completely immersed in a non-viscous liquid, whose density is 1/10th of that of the material of the bob. The time period of the pendulum is immersed in the liquid is?
a) T
b) T/10
c) √(9/10) T
d) √(10/9) T
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9. Two bodies M and N of equal masses are suspended from separate massless spring of spring constants k₁ and k₂ respectively. If the two bodies oscillate vertically such that their maximum velocities are equal, the ratio of the amplitude of variation of M to that of N is?
a) k₁/k₂
b) √(k₁/k₂)
c) k₂/k₁
d) √(k₂/k₁)
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10. In forced oscillation of a particle, the amplitude is maximum for a frequency ω₁ of the force, while the energy is maximum for a frequency ω₂ of the force. Then ___________
a) ω₁=ω₂
b) ω₁ is lessed than ω₂
c) ω₁ is lesser than ω₂, when damping is small and ω₁ is greater than ω₂, when damping is large
d) ω₁ is lesser than ω₂
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11. If a simple pendulum oscillates with amplitude of 50mm and time period of 2s, then its maximum velocity is?
a) 0.10m/s
b) 0.16m/s
c) 0.24m/s
d) 0.32m/s
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12. If the period of oscillation of mass m suspended from a spring is 2s, then the period of mass 4m will be ___________
a) 1s
b) 4s
c) 8s
d) 16s
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13. Statement: Resonance is a special case of forced vibration in which the nature and frequency of vibration of the body are the same as the impressed frequency and the amplitude of forced vibration, is maximum.
Reason: The amplitude of forced vibrations of a body increases with an increase in the frequency of the externally impressed periodic force.
a) Both statement and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the statement
b) Both statement and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the statement
c) Statement is true, but the reason is false
d) Statement and reason are false
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