Linear SHM
Important Questions on Linear SHM
A spring balance has a scale that reads from to . The length of the scale is . A body suspended from this spring, when displaced and released, oscillates with a period of . What is the weight of the body?

A body of mass is attached to the lower end of a spring whose upper end is fixed. The spring has negligible mass. When the mass is slightly pulled down and released, it oscillates with a time period of . When the mass is increased by the time period of oscillations becomes . The value of is

A horizontal spring is connected to a mass . It executes simple harmonic motion. When the mass passes through its mean position, an object of mass is put on it and the two move together. The ratio of frequencies before and after will be:

A spring is oscillating with frequency having spring constant . An identical spring is connected in series in new system as shown in figure. Find the new frequency.

When mass m oscillates with spring of spring constant k1, its frequent is 3Hz and with spring of spring constant k2 its frequency is 6Hz. Then frequency of oscillations when mass is connected with springs as shown in figure is :-

Two similar sprirgs P and Q have spring constants KP and KQ, such that KP > KQ . The are stretched, first by the same amount (case a,) then by the same force (case b). The work done by the springs WP and WQ are related as, in case (a) and case (b), respectively:

A mass of is connected to a massless spring then time period of small oscillation is . If mass is replaced by mass in same spring, then its time period Ml be :-

The spring constant of two springs are K1 and K2 respectively springs are stretch up to that limit when potential energy of both becomes equal. The ratio of applied force (F1 and F2) on them will be :

Mass is suspended from a spring of force constant . Spring is cut into two equal parts end same mass is suspended from it, her new frequency will be:

On loading a spring with bob, its period of oscillation in a vertical plane is . If this spring pendulum is tied with one end to a friction less table and made to oscillate in a horizontal plane, its period of oscillation will be :

The time period of a spring pendulum on earth is . If it is taken on the moon, and made to oscillate, the period of vibration will be :

A spring is made to oscillate after suspending a mass from one of its ends. The time period obtained is seconds. On increasing the mass by , the period of oscillation is increased by. The initial mass will be :

In the adjoining figure, the frequency of oscillation for a mass will be proportional to

On suspending a mass from a spring of force constant , frequent of vibration is obtained. If a second spring as shown in the figure, is arranged then the frequency will be :

A block of mass 'm' moving with velocity (v) collides perfectly inelastically with another identical block attached to spring of force constant K. What will be the amplitude of resulting SHM?

When a mass of 1 kg is suspended from a vertical spring, its length increases by 0.98 m. If this mass is pulled downwards and then released, what will be periodic time of vibration of spring? (g = 9.8 m/s2)

The period of oscillation of a mass suspended from a spring of negligible mass is . If along with it another mass is also suspended, the period of oscillation will now be

Two particles and of equal masses are suspended from two massless springs of spring constants and , respectively. If the maximum velocities, during oscillations are equal, the ratio of amplitudes of and is

