Work, Energy and Power

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Work, Energy and Power: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Units of Work and Definition of Joule, Law of Conservation of Energy, Units of Energy & Average Power etc.

Important Questions on Work, Energy and Power

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When a body moves with a constant speed along a circle

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The hydraulic press given in the figure is used to raise the mass M through a height of 0.5 cm by performing 500 J of work at the small piston. The diameter of the large piston is 10 cm, while that of the smaller one is 2 cm. The mass M is:

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Which energy does not convert into work done completely.

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The rate of work done is called

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If speed of a car becomes  2  times, its kinetic energy becomes

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What is the SI unit of work?

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What is the CGS unit of work?

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The work done to increase the velocity of a car from 30 km h-1 to 60 km h-1, if the mass of the car is 1500 kg, is:

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Which of the following graphs shows correct relation of kinetic energy (E), potential Energy (U) and height (h) from the ground of a particle?

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Spring constant of a spring is K = 6 ×103 N/m. Work done to stretch it 10-2 m from mean position is

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How fast should a man weighing 600 N run to achieve a kinetic energy of 750 J. Take g=10 m s-2.

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A person of mass 100 kg reaches a height in 10 seconds. Find the power used by the person (g=10 ms2).

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Which of the following graphs best represent the graphical relationship between Kinetic Energy (K.E) and momentum (P) of a body in motion?

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Heat and work done by the heat was discovered by

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In a simple Pendulum the displacement is equal to amplitude. Then kinetic energy will be

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The temperature of the water at the bottom of a water fall is higher than that of the water at the top, because :

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Flying birds has

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A rod of length l and mass m fixed at one end, is hanging vertically. The other end is now raised so that the rod makes an angle 30° with horizontal line. The work done in the process will be :

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A force of 40 N acts on a body, and body moves through a distance of 2 metre at an angle of 45° in the direction of the force. The work done by the force is