The amplitude of a damped oscillator becomes one-third in 10 minutes and 1n times of the original value in 30 minutes. The value of n is:
1. 81
2. 3
3. 9
4. 27
A particle is executing SHM with time period T. The time taken by it to travel from mean position to 1√2 times its amplitude is equal to
1. T6
2. T12
3. T8
4. T4
A block of mass 2 kg is hanging with a massless spring and the spring is stretched by 40 cm. If the block is pulled down and released, then the period of oscillation is: (here, g = 10 m/s2)
1. 35π s
2. 52π s
3. 25π s
4. 53π s
A spring is attached vertically to the ceiling of a lift and the lower end of spring is connected with a block of mass 2 kg. If the lift starts accelerating upwards with an acceleration 2 m/s2, then find the amplitude of SHM, while the spring constant is 100 N/m:
1. 8 cm
2. 1 cm
3. 2 cm
4. 4 cm
The motion of the particle is started at t = 0 and the equation of motion is given by x = 8 sin(100t + π6), where x is in cm and t is in seconds. When will the particle come to rest for the first time?
1. π300 s
2. π200 s
3. π100 s
4. π400 s
What will be the frequency of oscillation of a simple pendulum, if the length of the pendulum is equal to the radius of earth?
1. 12π√gR
2. 1π√gR
3. 12π√2gR
4. 12π√3gR
The graph of potential energy (U) versus displacement (x) is shown. Which of the following describes the oscillation about the mean position, x=0?
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The time period of a body under S.H.M. is T1 and T2 when restoring forces F1 and F2 respectively act on it. What will be the time period of S.H.M. when both the forces act simultaneously on it?
1. T1T2T1 + T2
2. T1 + T2
3. √T1 + T2T1T2
4. T1T2√T21+T22
A particle is subjected to two mutually perpendicular SHM such that x = 2sinωt and
y = 2 sin[ωt + π2]. The path of the particle will be
1. An ellipse
2. A straight line
3. A parabola
4. A circle