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OSCILLATION AND SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION MCQs

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Question 21. The Earth Goes Around The Sun With A Fixed Time Period Due T...
The earth goes around the sun with a fixed time period due to the gravitational force of attraction between them.
Here the force of gravity (Fg) on earth is the restoring force.
  1.    True
  2.    False
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
So let's try to find equilibrium. But clearly, there is none.
At every point the earth is acted upon by Sun's gravitational pull.
Question 22. A particle executes simple harmonic motion with a frequency. f. The frequency with which its kinetic energy oscillates is 
 
  1.    f/2
  2.    f
  3.    2f
  4.    4f
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2f
:
C
During one complete oscillation, the kinetic energy will become maximum twice. Therefore the frequency of kinetic energy will be 2f.
Question 23. A particle having mass 10g oscillates according to the equation x=(2.0cm) sin[(100s1)t+π6]. Find the spring constant
  1.    200 kg/s2
  2.    100 kg/s2
  3.    10,000 kg/s2
  4.    Data insufficient
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 100 kg/s2
:
B
A general sinusoidal, oscillation of amplitude A, angular frequency ωandataphaseψ is given as
x(t)=Asin(ωt+ψ),
Compare this with the equation under discussion
x=[(0.2cm)sin(100s1)t+π6]
It is clear from a comparison, that
A=0.2cm=0.002m
ω=100s1,andψ=π6
We know that for oscillations in a spring mass system, the spring constant is related to the mass m and ω as
k=mω2
The mass is given to us, viz. m=10g=0.01kg
Thek=[0.01×1002]kgs2
=100kgs2
Hence correct option is (b).
Question 24. In a spring block system the block is displaced by a distance of A from its mean position and left to undergo Simple harmonic motion. The displacement of the block in one time period is:
  1.    A
  2.    2A
  3.    4A
  4.    Zero
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Zero
:
D
In one time period the particle comes back to its starting position, irrespective of from where did it start. So the displacement has to be 0.
Question 25. A small creatures moves with constant speed in a small vertical circle on a bright day. Does its shadow formed by the sun on a horizontal plane move in a simple harmonic motion?
  1.    yes, only if its noon
  2.    yes, at any time of the day
  3.    No, the motion will be harmonic but not SHM
  4.    Data insufficient
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> yes, at any time of the day
:
B
Well! When the sun is exactly above the vertical circle, the shadow is formed and it does SHM very much as we know from the example
in the video linking SHM to circular motion. Question here actually is "will the shadow's motion be a SHM when the sun is at some angle (say θ) ?”
Let's explore that
A Small Creatures Moves With Constant Speed In A Small Verti...
Let's say that the sun light from the sun makes an angle θ with the horizontal as you can see is the diagram. Since the creature moves with constant speed, the time it takes to move from A to B is the same it takes to move from B to C. Also a little geometry shows us that AB = BC. The time taken to move from C to D and then again from D to A is again same. The time period of the SHM of the shadow is castant.
Now let's check for it's acceleration at some point P after a time 't' has elapsed.
A Small Creatures Moves With Constant Speed In A Small Verti...
The horizontal component of acceleration at PisaCh
aCh=asin(ωt+π2θ)
which is an acceleration relation for SHM.
Question 26. A spring block system is executing SHM with angular frequency of 1 rad/sec and has an amplitude of 2m. Find the maximum kinetic energy of the system.Given mass of the block is 2 kg.
  1.    1J
  2.    4J
  3.    10J
  4.    Data insufficient
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 4J
:
B
KE=12m(ωA2x2)2
K.E. is max at x = 0 (mean position)
KEmax=12m(ω2A2)
=122(22)
KEmax=4J.
Question 27. The time taken by a particle executing simple harmonic motion of time period T to move from the mean position to half the maximum displacement is 
 
  1.    T2
  2.    T4
  3.    T8
  4.    T12
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> T12
:
D
Let the displacement of the particle be given by x = A sin ω t = A sin (2πtT) i.e., when x = 0, t0=0.
When x = A/2, the value of t is given by A2=Asin2πt1T;sin2πt1T=12
2πt1T=π6ort1=T12;t1t0=T120=T12

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