Oscillations questions
1188 published questions with worked solutions.
- Savitha, a XI standard student, while conducting an experiment to determine the effective length of a simple pendulum L, notes...
- A cylindrical cork of uniform density floats in a liquid of density _1. If the cork is depressed slightly and released, it...
- Consider a spring-mass simple harmonic oscillator in one dimension. The mass of the particle is m kg and the spring constant is k...
- A pendulum made of a uniform wire of cross sectional area A has time period T. When an additional mass M is added to its bob, the...
- A cylindrical block of wood (density = 650 kg m^ -3 ), of base area 30 cm^2 and height 54 cm, floats in a liquid of density 900...
- Two particles are performing simple harmonic motion in a straight line about the same equilibrium point. The amplitude and time...
- In an engine the piston undergoes vertical simple harmonic motion with amplitude 7cm. A washer rests on top of the piston and...
- The ratio of maximum acceleration to maximum velocity in a simple harmonic motion is 10 s^ -1 . At t = 0 the displacement is 5 m....
- A 1 kg block attached to a spring vibrates with a frequency of 1 Hz on a frictionless horizontal table. Two springs identical to...
- The position of a particle at any instant t is given by x=a t. The speed–time graph of the particle is
- A coin is placed on a horizontal platform which undergoes vertical simple harmonic motion of angular frequency ω. The amplitude...
- The time period of a simple pendulum, measured inside a stationary lift, is found to be T. If the lift starts accelerating...
- A second's pendulum is mounted in a rocket. Its period of oscillation decreases when the rocket
- There is a simple pendulum hanging from the ceiling of a lift. When the lift is standing still, the time period of the pendulum...
- A block of mass M is attached to the lower end of a vertical spring. The spring is hung from a ceiling and has a force constant...
- The acceleration due to gravity increases by 0.5 % when we go from the equator to the poles. What will be the time period of the...
- The time period of a simple pendulum on a freely moving (orbiting) artificial satellite is
- Assertion: If a pendulum is suspended in a lift, and the lift is falling freely, then its time period becomes infinite. Reason: A...
- A clock S is based on the oscillation of a spring, and a clock P is based on pendulum motion. Both clocks run at the same rate on...
- A pendulum clock is set to give the correct time at sea level. This clock is moved to a hill station at an altitude of 2500 m...
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