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A particle of mass 5 x 10-5 kg is placed at the lowest point of a smooth parabola having the equation x2 = 40y (x, y in cm). If it is displaced slightly and it moves such that it is constrained to move along the parabola, the angular frequency of oscillation will be, approximately

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Important Questions on Simple Harmonic Motion

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The point A moves with a uniform speed along the circumference of a circle of radius 0.36 m and covers 30° in 0.1 s. The perpendicular projection P from A on the diameter MN represents the simple harmonic motion of P. The restoration force per unit mass when P touches M will be :

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A body of mass, m is attached to the lower end of a spring whose upper end is fixed. The spring has negligible mass. When the mass  m is slightly pulled down and released, it oscillates with a time period of 3 s. When the mass  m is increased by 1 kg, the time period of oscillations becomes 5 s. The value of m in kg is
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A spring whose unstrentches length is l has a force constant k. The spring is cut into two pieces of unstretches lengths l1 and l2 where, l1=nl2 and n is an integer. The ratio k1/k2  of the corresponding force constants, k1 and k2 will be:
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A tray of mass 12 kg is supported by two identical springs as shown in figure. When the tray is pressed down slightly and then released, it executes SHM with a time period of 1.5 s. The spring constant of each spring is

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A cone with half the density of water is floating in water as shown in figure. It is depressed down by a small distance δH and released. The frequency of simple harmonic oscillations of the cone is

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If the mass shown in figure is slightly displaced and then let go, then the system shall oscillate with a time period of
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A silver atom in a solid oscillates in simple harmonic motion in some direction with a frequency of 1012 s-1 . What is the force constant of the bonds connecting one atom with the other? (Mole wt. of silver,=108 g mol-1 and Avogadro number =6.02×1023)
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A 10 Kg collar is attached to a spring (spring constant 600 N/m). It slides without friction over a horizontal rod. The collar is displaced from its equilibrium position by 20 cm and released. What is the speed of the oscillation?
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A particle of mass 1 mg and charge q is lying at the mid-point of two stationary particles kept at a distance 2 m when each is carrying same charge q. If the free charged particle is displaced from its equilibrium position through distance x x<<1 m. The particle executes SHM. Its angular frequency of oscillation will be _______ ×105 rad s-1 (if q2=10C2)

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A block with mass M is connected by a massless spring with stiffness constant k to a rigid wall and moves without friction on a horizontal surface. The block oscillates with small amplitude A about an equilibrium position x 0 . Consider two cases : (i) when the block is at x0 and (ii) when the block is at x=x0+A. In both the cases, a particle with mass m<M is softly placed on the block after which they stick to each other. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true about the motion after the mass m is placed on the mass M?
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A particle of mass m is attached to four springs with spring constant k,k,2k and 2k as shown in the figure. Four springs are attached to the four corners of a square and a particle is placed at the center. If the particle is pushed slightly towards any side of the square and released, the period of oscillation will be

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The time-period of a physical pendulum is 2πImgd, where I is the moment of inertia of the pendulum about the axis of rotation and d is perpendicular distance between the axis of rotation and the centre of mass of the pendulum. A circular ring hangs from a nail on a wall. The mass of the ring is 3 kg and its radius is 20 cm. If the ring is slightly displaced, the time of resulting oscillations will be
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Two blocks of masses m1=1 kg and m2=2 kg are connected by a spring of spring constant 24 N m-1 and is placed on a horizontal frictionless surface. The block m1 is imparted an initial velocity 12 cm s-1 which produces maximum compression in the spring towards m2. The amplitude of oscillation is
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A spring mass system (mass m, spring constant k and natural length l ) rests in equilibrium on a horizontal disc. The free end of the spring is fixed at the centre of the disc. If the disc together with spring mass system rotates about it's axis with an angular velocity ω,k>>mω2 the relative change in the length of the spring is best given by the option:
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An arrangement of spring, strings, pulley and masses is shown in the figure below.
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The pulley and the strings are massless and M>m. The spring is light with spring constant k. If the string connecting m to the ground is detached, then immediately after detachment
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In the given figure, a mass M is attached to a horizontal spring which is fixed on one side to a rigid support. The spring constant of the spring is k. The mass oscillates on a frictionless surface with time period T and amplitude A. When the mass is in equilibrium position, as shown in the figure, another mass m is gently fixed upon it. The new amplitude of oscillation will be:

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A mass M is suspended from a light spring. An additional mass $m$ added displaces the spring further by a distance X. Now the combined mass will oscillate on the spring with period
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Two light identical springs of spring constant k are attached horizontally at the two ends of a uniform horizontal rod AB of length l and mass m. The rod is pivoted at its center 'O' and can rotate freely in horizontal plane. The other ends of the two springs are fixed to rigid supports as shown in figure. The rod is gently pushed through a small angle and released. The frequency of resulting oscillation is:
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A simple pendulum of length l is displaced, so that its taught string is horizontal and then released. A uniform bar pivoted at one end is simultaneously released from its horizontal position. If their motions are synchronous, what is the length of the bar?
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 A ring is hung on a nail. It can oscillate, without slipping or sliding (i) in its plane with a time period T1 and (ii) back and forth in a direction perpendicular to its plane, with a period T2. The ratio T1T2 will be :