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A spring block system starts executing SHM in a stationary lift when left under gravity. The wire of the lift breaks at a moment when the spring comes in its natural length. Then.

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Important Questions on Simple Harmonic Motion

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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 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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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 body of mass M is held between two massless springs, on a smooth inclined plane. The free ends of the springs are attached to firm supports. If each spring has spring constant k, the frequency of oscillation of given body 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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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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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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Consider two identical springs each of spring constant k and negligible mass compared to the mass M as shown. Fig. 1 shows one of them and Fig. 2 shows their series combination. The ratios of time period of oscillation of the two SHM is TbTa=x, where value of x is ______.

(Round off to the Nearest Integer)

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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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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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Two identical springs of spring constant 2k are attached to a block of mass m and to fixed support (see figure). When the mass is displaced from equilibrium position on either side, it executes simple harmonic motion. The time period of oscillations of this system is :

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Two bodies of masses 1 kg and 4 kg are connected to a vertical spring, as shown in the figure. The smaller mass executes simple harmonic motion of angular frequency 25 rad s-1, and amplitude 1.6 cm while the bigger mass remains stationary on the ground. The maximum force exerted by the system on the floor is (take g = 10 m s-2).
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If two similar springs each of spring constant K1 are joined in series, the new spring constant and time period would be changed by a factor:
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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 particles A and B of equal masses are suspended from two massless springs of spring constants K1 and K2 respectively.If the maximum velocities during oscillations are equal, the ratio of the amplitude of A and B is
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In the reported figure, two bodies A and B of masses 200 g and 800 g are attached with the system of springs. Springs are kept in a stretched position with some extension when the system is released. The horizontal surface is assumed to be frictionless. The angular frequency will be _______  rad s-1 when k=20 N m-1.

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A mass 2 kg is suspended from two coupled springs connected in series. The force constants for springs are 24.5 N m-1 and 25.5 N m-1. The time period of the suspended mass is
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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 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 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