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Duration : 60
OSCILLATIONS PHYSICS
25 May 2026
Physics 3) A particle executing SHM has a maximum
speed of 30 cm/s and a maximum
1) The displacement of a particle varies with time acceleration of 60 cm/s2 . The period of
according to the relation oscillation is
x = a sin ωt + b cos ωt . (1) π sec
(1) The motion is oscillatory but not SHM (2) π
sec
2
(2) The motion is SHM with amplitude a + b (3) 2π sec
(3) The motion is SHM with amplitude a2 + b2 (4)
π
sec
t
(4) The motion is SHM with amplitude
2 2
4) For a body in SHM the velocity is given by the
√a + b
relation V 2
= √144 − 16x ms
−1
. The
2) The figure shows the circular motion of a maximum acceleration is
particle. The radius of the circle, the period, (1) 12 ms−2
sense of revolution and the initial position are
(2) 16 ms−2
indicated on the figure. The SHM of the x-
(3) 36 ms−2
projection of the radius vector of the rotating
particle P is (4) 48 ms−2
5) The figure shows velocity-displacement graph
of a particle in SHM. Find time period.
(1) 2πt (1) π
s
x(t) = B sin( ) 3
30
(2) π
6
s
(2) πt
x(t) = B cos( ) (3) π
2
s
15
(4) π s
(3) πt π
x(t) = B sin( + )
15 2 6) The velocity of a particle in SHM at the instant
(4) πt π when it is 0.6 cm away from the mean position
x(t) = B cos( + )
15 2 is 4 cm/s. If the amplitude of vibration is 1cm
then its velocity at the instant when it is 0.8 cm
away from the mean position is
(1) 2.25 cm/s
(2) 2.5 cm/s
(3) 3.0 cm/s
(4) 3.5 cm/s
7) At what displacement is the KE of a particle 11) Displacement time equation of a particle
performing SHM of amplitude 10 cm, three executing SHM is,
times its PE? . Here x is in
π
x = 4 sin ωt + 3 sin(ωt + )
3
(1) 2.5 cm centimetre and t in second. The amplitude of
(2) 5 cm oscillation of the particle is approximately
(3) 7.5 cm (1) 5 cm
(4) 10 cm (2) 6 cm
(3) 7 cm
8) A particle is oscillating simple harmonically
(4) 9 cm
from its equilibrium position. Then the ratio of
kinetic and potential energy of the particle at 12) Acceleration-displacement graph of a particle
time T/12 is ( T - time period) executing SHM is as shown in fig. The time
(1) 2:1 period of oscillation is (sec)
(2) 3:1
(3) 4:1
(4) 1:4
9) The displacement of a particle of mass 3 g
(1)
π
executing SHM is given by y=3sin(0.2t) in SI 2
(2) 2π
units. The kinetic energy of the particle at a
point which is at a distance equal to 1/3 of its (3) π
π
amplitude from its mean position is (4) 4
(1) 12 × 10
−3
J
13) For a particle in SHM the KE at any instant is
(2) 25 × 10
−3
J given by K = K0 cos ωt
2
. The total energy
(3) 0.48 × 10
−3
J of SHM is
(4) 0.24 × 10
−3
J (1) K0
(2) 2K0
10) A particle in SHM has a period of 4 s. It takes
K0
time t1 to start from mean position and reach (3) 2
half the amplitude in another case it takes a (4) 4K0
time t2 to start from extreme position and
14) A body of mass 5 g is executing SHM about a
reach half the amplitude, then
point with amplitude 10 cm. Its maximum
t1
(1) = 1
t2 velocity is 100 cm/s. Its velocity will be 50
t1
(2) t2
=
1
2
cm/s at a distance
t1
(3) t2
= 2 (1) 5
(4)
t1
= 3 (2) 5√ 2
t2
(3) 5√ 3
(4) 10√2
15) If the length of second's pendulum is 19) A simple pendulum has a time period ‘T’ in
decreased by 2%, how many seconds it will vacuum. Its time period when it is completely
lose per day immersed in a liquid of density one – eighth
(1) 3927 sec of the density of the material of the bob is
(2) 3727 sec (1) 7
√ T
8
(3) 3427 sec
(2) 5
(4) 864 sec √ T
8
16) A man measures the period of a simple (3) 3
√ T
pendulum inside a stationary lift and finds it 8
to be T s. If the lift accelerates upwards with (4) 8
√ T
an acceleration g/4, the period of the 7
pendulum will be
20) A simple pendulum is suspended from the
ceiling of a lift. When the lift is at rest its time
period is T. With what acceleration should the
(1) T lift be accelerated upwards in order to reduce
(2) T/4 its period to T/2 ? (g is acceleration due to
(3) 2T gravity)
√5 (1) 2g
(4) 2T √5
(2) 3g
17) A spring with 10 coils has spring constant k is (3) 4g
exactly cut into two halves. Each of these (4) g
new springs will have a spring constant
21) A block of mass M is attached to the lower
(1) k/2
end of a vertical spring. The spring is hung
(2) 3k/2
from a ceiling and has force constant value k.
(3) 2k The mass is released from rest with the
(4) 3k spring initially unstretched. The maximum
extension produced in the length of the
18) Two simple pendulums of lengths 1.44 m and
spring will be:
1 m start swinging together. After how many
vibrations will they again start swinging (1) 2 Mg/k
together? (2) 4 Mg/k
(1) 5 oscillations of smaller pendulum (3) Mg/2k
(2) 6 oscillations of smaller pendulum (4) Mg/k
(3) 4 oscillations of bigger pendulum
(4) 6 oscillations of bigger pendulum
22) On a planet a freely falling body takes 2 s 24) Two identical springs are attached to a small
when it is dropped from a height of 8 m, the block ’P‘. The other ends of the springs are
time period of simple pendulum of length 1 m fixed at A and [Link] ‘P’ is in equilibrium the
on that planet is extension of top spring is 20 cm and
(1) 3.14 sec extension of bottom spring is 10 cm. The
(2) 16.28 sec period of small vertical oscillations of P about
its equilibrium position is (use g = 9.8 m/s2 )
(3) 1.57 sec
(4) None of these
23) Three masses 700 g, 500 g, and 400 g are
suspended at the end of a spring as shown
and are in equilibrium. When the 700 g mass
is removed, the system oscillates with a
(1)
2π
sec
period of 3 seconds, when the 500 g mass is 7
π
also removed, it will oscillate with a period of (2) 7
sec
(3) 2π
5
sec
(4) None of these
25) A horizontal plank has a rectangular block
placed on it. The plank starts oscillating
vertically and simples harmonically with an
amplitude of 40 cm. The block just loses
contact with the plank when the later is
momentary at rest. Then
(1) 1s
(1) The period of oscillation is sec
2π
(2) 2s 5
(2) The period of oscillation is sec
2π
(3) 3s 3
(3) Angular frequency 4radsec−1
(4) 12
√ s
5
(4) Angular frequency 6radsec−1