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IIT JEE: 2018 ASSIGNMENT DATE: 07/12/16

TOPIC: COM & COLLISION

1. A ball moving with velocity 2 m/s collides head on with another stationary ball of double the mass.
If the coefficient of restitution is 0.5, then their velocities (in m/s) after collision will be
(a) 0 & 1 (b) 1 & 1 (c) 1 & 5 (d) 0 & 2
2. Two solid rubber balls A and B having masses 200 and 400 gm respectively are moving in opposite
direction with velocity of A equal to 0.3 m/sec. After an inelastic collision the two balls will come to
rest if the velocity of B is
(a) 0.15 m/sec (b) 1.5 m/sec (c) -0.15 m/sec (d) None of these
3. A bomb of mass 9 kg explodes into the pieces of masses 3 kg and 6 kg. The velocity of mass 3 kg is
16 m/s. The kinetic energy of mass 6 kg in joule is
(a) 96 (b) 384 (c) 192 (d) 768
4. A ball of mass m moving with a constant velocity strikes against a second ball of same mass at rest.
If e = coefficient of restitution, then what will be the ratio of velocity of two balls (v1/v2) after
collision?
1 e e 1 1 e 2e
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 e e 1 1 e e 1

5. A particle of mass m1 moving with velocity v collides with a mass m 2 at rest, gets embedded in it.
In this collision, velocity of the centre of mass of the system:
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains constant (d) becomes zero

6. Two bodies of masses 2 m and m have their KE in the ratio 8:1. What is the ratio of their momenta?
(a) 8:1 (b) 4:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 1:1

7. A system consists of three particles, each of mass m and located at (1, 1), (2, 2) and (3, 3). The co-
ordinates of the centre of mass are
(a) (1, 1) (b) (2, 2) (c) (3, 3) (d) (6, 6)
8. Two bodies of different masses of 2 kg and 4 kg are moving with velocities 2 m/s and 1 m/s towards
each other due to mutual gravitational attraction. What is the velocity of their centre of mass?
(a) 5 m/s (b) 6 m/s (c) 8 m/s (d) zero
9. A hollow sphere is held suspended. Sand is now poured into it in stages.
The centre of mass of the combined system (sphere with the sand)
(a) rises continuously
(b) remains unchanged in the process
(c) first rises and then falls to the original position SAND
(d) first falls and then rises to the original position
10. Internal force of a system can change its
(a) linear momentum (b) kinetic energy
(c) Both kinetic energy and linear momentum (d) Neither kinetic energy nor linear momentum
11. When two bodies of same mass collide head on elastically
(a) Their velocities are interchanged (b) Their velocities remain unchanged
(c) Ratio of kinetic energy remain same (d) Linear momentum of each body remain same
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12. A ball dropped from height h, what height it will rise, if coefficient of restitution is e.
h h
(a) eh (b) (c) e 2 h (d) 2
e e
13 Two identical balls each of radius 10 cm are placed touching each other. The distance of their centre
of mass from the point of contact is :
(a) zero (b) 5 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 15 cm
14. A 500 kg boat has an initial speed of 10 ms1 as it passes under a bridge. At that instant a 50 kg man
jumps straight down into the boat from the bridge. The speed of the boat after the man and boat
attain a common speed is
100 1 10 50 1 5
(a) ms (b) ms 1 (c) ms (d) ms 1
11 11 11 11
(Neglect the drag between the water and boat).
15. A machinist starts with three identical square plates but cuts one corner from one of them, two
corners from the second and three corners from the
third. Rank the three according to the x-coordinate of
their centre of mass, from smallest to largest.

(a) 3, 1, 2 (b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1 (d) 1 and 3 tie, then 2

16. A smooth sphere is moving on a horizontal surface with velocity vector 2i 2j immediately before it
hits a vertical wall. The wall is parallel to j vector and the coefficient of restitution between the
sphere and the wall is e= . The velocity vector of the sphere after it hits the wall is

(a) i j (b) i 2 j (c) i j (d) 2 i j
17. Two particles are shown in figure. At t = 0, a constant force F = 6 N starts acting on the 3 kg man.
Find the velocity of the centre of mass of these particles at t = 5s.

2 kg F=6N
3 kg
(a) 15 m/s (b) 4 m/s (c) 6 m/s (d) 3 m/s
18. Two identical particles move towards each other with velocity 2v and v, respectively. The velocity of
the centre of mass is
v v
(a) v (b) (c) (d) zero
3 2
19. Velocity of a 2 kg particle is v 2 4t i . Find impulse imparted to the particle from t = 0 to
t 2sec
(a) 8i (b) 16i (c) 4i (d) 32i
20. A shell is fired with a velocity v at angle with horizontal at highest point, it explodes in two equal
masses one of them come to rest. The speed of other part just after explosion is
3
(a) 3vcos (b) 2vcos (c) v cos (d) vcos
2
21. In case of elastic collision (e = 1)
(a) Kinetic energy conserved (b) KEinitial KEfinal
(c) Pi Pf (d) Pf Pi

22. A ball of mass m moving with uniform speed, collides elastically with another stationary ball. The
incident ball will loose maximum kinetic energy when mass of stationary ball is
(a) m (b) 2m (c) 4m (d)

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23. A block of mass 1 kg moving with speed of 2.5 m/s collide with another block of mass 0.5 kg. If
both the block come to rest after collision. Speed of 0.5 kg block before collision is
(a) 5m s (b) 10 m s (c) 2.5m s (d) zero
24. A ball is moving with speed 2 m/s towards a heavy wall moving towards
the ball with 1 m/s. Assuming elastic collision, find velocity of ball after
impact.

(a) 1m / s (b) 2m / s (c) 4m / s (d) 8m / s

25. If a bullet of mass m, moving with speed v strikes a simple pendulum of same mass (m), perfectly
inelastically. Find height raised by pendulum. [length of pendulum = l]
v2 v2 v2 v2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 g 4g g 8g
26. Two particle of mass 2m and m are moving with same speed towards each other. If coefficient of
1
restitution is . find ratio of their speed after collision :
4
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
4 2 8
27. A particle of mass m 0 travelling at speed v 0 strikes a stationary particle of mass 2m0 . As a result,
v0
the particle of mass m 0 is deflected through 45 and has a final speed of . Then the speed of the
2
particle of mass 2m0 after collision is
v0 v0 v0
(a) (b) (c) 2v0 (d)
2 2 2 2
28. The average resisting force that must act on a 5 kg mass to reduce its speed from 65 to 15ms1 in 2s
is
(a) 12.5 N (b) 125 N (c) 1250 N (d) None of these

29. A loaded 20,000 kg coal wagon is moving on a level track at 6 ms 1 . Suddenly 5000 kg of coal is
dropped out of the wagon. The final speed of the wagon is
(a) 6 ms 1 (b) 8 ms 1 (c) 4.8ms 1 (d) 4.5ms 1

30. A projectile of mass m is fired with a velocity from point P at an angle

45o . Neglecting air resistance, the magnitude of the change in momentum
leaving the point P and arriving at Q is

m m
(a) 2m (b) 2m (c) (d)
2 2
k.x 2
31. The centre of mass of a non uniform rod of length L, whose mass per unit length varies as p
L
where k is a constant and x is the distance of any point from one end is (from the same end)
3 1 1 2
(a) L (b) L (c) L (d) L
4 4 6 3
32. A man of mass M stands at one end of a stationary plank of length L, lying on a smooth surface. The
man walks to the other end of the plank. If the mass of the plank is M 3 , the distance that the man
moves relative to the ground is
3L L 4L L
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 5 3

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33. A ball of mass m moving at a speed collides with another ball of mass 3m at rest. The lighter block
comes to rest after collision. The coefficient of restitution is
1 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 3 4
34. A ball mass m moving with velocity 0 collides a wall as shown in
3
figure. After impact it rebounds with a velocity z 0 . The impulse
4
acting on ball during impact is

m 3
(a) 0 j (b) m0 i
2 4
5
(c) m0 i (d) None of these
4
35. A steel ball is dropped on hard surface from a height of 1 m and rebounds to a, height of 64 cm.
The maximum height attained by the ball after n th bounce is (in m)
(a) 0.64 (b) 0.8 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.8
2n 2n 2n n

36. A car of mass 500 kg (including the mass of a block) is moving on smooth road with velocity
1.0 ms1 along positive x-axis. Now a block of mass 25 kg is thrown outside with absolute velocity of
20 ms1 along positive z-axis. The new velocity of the car is ms 1
(a) 10i 20k (b) 10i 20k
20 20 20
(c) i k (d) 10i k
19 19 19
37. A block of mass m rests on a stationary wedge of mass M. The wedge can slide freely on a smooth
horizontal surface as shown in figure. If the block starts from rest
(a) the position of the centre of mass of the system will change
(b) the position of the centre of mass of the system will change
(c) the total energy of the system will remain constant
(d) All of the above

38. Two bodies with masses m1 and m 2 m1 m2 are joined by a string passing over fixed pulley.
Assume masses of the pulley and thread negligible. Then the acceleration of the centre of mass of the
system m1 m2 is
2
m m2 m m2 m1g m 2g
(a) 1 g (b) 1 (c) (d)
m1 m2 m1 m 2 m1 m 2 m1 m 2

39. A square of side 4 cm and uniform thickness is divided into four squares. The
square portion A ' AB ' D is removed and the removed portion is placed over
the portion DB ' BC ' . The new position of centre of mass is
(a) ( 2 cm, 2 cm) (b) (2 cm, 3 cm)
(c) (2 cm, 2.5 cm) (d) ( 3 cm, 3 cm)
40. A ball of mass m=1 kg strikes a smooth horizontal floor as shown in figure. The impulse exerted on
the floor is

(a) 6.25 Ns (b) 1.76 Ns

(c) 7.8 Ns (d) 2.2 Ns

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 ANDHERI / BORIVALI / DADAR / THANE / POWAI / CHEMBUR / NERUL / KHARGHAR
IIT JEE: 2018 ASSIGNMENT DATE: 07/12/16
TOPIC: COM & COLLISION (ANSWER KEY)

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b)

6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (d)
16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (b)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (d)
26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (a)
31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (b)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (a)

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