
Assertion: The time period of the SHM of a system consisting of a mass attached to spring does not depend on whether it is hanging vertically from fixed support or lying on a horizontal table with another end of the spring fixed.
Reason: In the spring block system gravity affects only the mean position. The time period depends only on mass & spring constant.

Important Questions on Oscillations


A simple pendulum of length is made to oscillate with amplitude of degrees. The acceleration due to gravity is . Let The time period of oscillation of this pendulum will be

One end of a spring of negligible unstretched length and spring constant is fixed at the origin . A point particle of mass carrying a positive charge is attached at its other end. The entire system is kept on a smooth horizontal surface. When a point dipole pointing towards the charge is fixed at the origin, the spring gets stretched to a length and attains a new equilibrium position (see figure below). If the point mass is now displaced slightly by from its equilibrium position and released, it is found to oscillate at frequency The value of is _______.


[Consider the spring as massless]


A simple pendulum is attached to a block which slides without friction down an inclined plane having an angle of inclination as shown while the block is sliding down the pendulum oscillates in such a way that at its mean position the direction of the string is,






A load of mass falls from a height on the scale pan hung from a spring as shown. If the spring constant is and the mass of the scale pan is zero and the mass does not bounce relative to the pan, then the amplitude of vibration is

Match List (Event) with List (Order of the time interval for the happening of the event) and select the correct option from the options given below the lists.
List-I | List-II | ||
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The rotation period of earth | |||
Revolution period of earth | |||
Period of a light wave | |||
Period of a sound wave |





An ideal gas enclosed in a vertical cylindrical container supports a freely moving piston of mass . The piston and the cylinder have equal cross-sectional area . When the piston is in equilibrium, the volume of the gas is and its pressure is . 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.]


