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A simple pendulum and a homogeneous rod pivoted at its end are free to oscillate with small amplitude. What is the ratio of their periods of swing if their lengths are identical?

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Important Questions on Oscillations

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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 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 executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 5cm . When the particle is at 4cm from the mean position, the magnitude of its velocity in SI units is equal to that of its acceleration. Then, its periodic time in seconds is:
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The position co-ordinates of a particle moving in a 3D coordinate system is given by

x=acosωt

y=asinωt

and z=aωt

The speed of the particle 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 rod of mass M and length 2L is suspended at its middle by a wire. It exhibits torsional oscillations. If two masses, each of mass m, are attached at a distance L/2 from its centre on both sides, it reduces the oscillation frequency by 20%. The value of ratio m/M is close to
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A cylindrical plastic bottle of negligible mass is filled with 310 ml of water and left floating in a pond with still water. If pressed downward slightly and released, it starts performing simple harmonic motion at angular frequency ω. If the radius of the bottle is 2.5 cm then ω is close to: ( density of water =103 kg m-3)
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An ideal gas enclosed in a vertical cylindrical container supports a freely moving piston of mass M. The piston and the cylinder have equal cross-sectional area A. When the piston is in equilibrium, the volume of the gas is V0 and its pressure is M0. The piston is slightly displaced from the equilibrium position and released. Assuming that the system is completely isolated from its surrounding, the piston executes a simple harmonic motion with frequency
[Assume the system is in space.]

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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 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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Two vectors A and B are defined as A=ai^ and B=acosωti^+sinωtj^, where a is a constant and ω=π6 rad s-1. If A+B=3A-B at time t=τ for the first time, the value of τ in seconds, is_______
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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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A spring - block system is resting on a frictionless floor as shown in the figure. The spring constant is 2.0 N m-1 and the mass of the block is 2.0kg . Ignore the mass of the spring. Initially the spring is in an unstretched condition. Another block of mass 1.0kg moving with a speed of 2.0m s-1 collides elastically with the first block. The collision is such that the 2.0kg block does not hit the wall. The distance, in metres, between the two blocks when the spring returns to its unstretched position for the first time after the collision is _________.

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A particle is executing simple harmonic motion (SHM) of amplitude A, along the x -axis, about x=0. When its potential Energy PE equals kinetic energy KE, the position of the particle will be:
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A particle is executing a simple harmonic motion. Its maximum acceleration is α and maximum velocity is β. Then, its time period of vibration will be:
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A particle moves with simple harmonic motion in a straight line. In first τ s , after starting from rest it travels a distance a, and in next τ s  it travels 2a, in same direction, then :
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x and y displacements of a particle are given as xt=a sin ωt and yt=a sin 2ωt. Its trajectory will look like:
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For a simple pendulum, a graph is plotted between its kinetic energy (K.E.) and potential energy (P.E.) against its displacement d. which one of the following represents these correctly? (graphs are schematic and not drawn to scale)
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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 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 :