Power

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Power: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Power, Instantaneous Power, Average Power, Unit of Power & Power Applied by Human Beings etc.

Important Questions on Power

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An electric bulb is rated as 220 V and 80 W. When it is operated on 110 V, the power rating would be:

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Which of the following graphs represent constant non zero power?

 

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Star A has radius r surface temperature T while star B has radius 4r and surface temperature T2 The ratio of the power of two stars, PA: PB is (a) 16:1 (b) 1:16 IMP PMT 200
(d) 14
(c) 1:1

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A force of 3i^+4j^+5k^  N acts on a body for 2 s and produces a displacement of 2i^+3j^+2k^ m. Calculate the power

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If the unit of force were 10 N, that of power were 1 MW and that of time were 1 millisecond then the unit of length would be

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A block of mass M is allowed to slide down a fixed smooth inclined plane of angle θ and length l. What is the power developed by the force of gravity when the block reaches the bottom?

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A car of mass m is moving along a circular track of radius r with a speed which increases linearly with time t as v=kt, where k is a constant. The instantaneous power delivered by agent applying the force is

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Force acting on a particle varies with the distance travelled by the particle as F1x13 then power due to this force varies with x as :

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If the blocks shown in the figure are released from rest, what is the power delivered by the tension in the string to the 2 kg block in first 2 s?

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A motor is used to lift water from a well of depth 10 m and to fill a water tank of volume 30 m3 in 10 minutes. The tank is at a height of 20 m above ground. If 20% of energy is wasted, the power of the motor is (in kW)

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The power output from a certain experimental car which is designed in shape like a cube is proportional to the mass m of the car. The force of air friction on the car is proportional to Av2, where v is the speed of the car and A the cross sectional area. On a level surface the car has a maximum speed vmax. Assuming that all geometrically similar versions of this design have the same density, then which of the following is true?

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Joule is the S.I unit of power.

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A person who weighs 300 N runs up a flight of stairs in 3.0 s. Their gain in height is 3.0 m. Calculate the power against the force of the gravity.

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What will be the power delivered by all the forces acting on the bob of a pendulum when it is making angle 30° with the verticle? If it is released from a position where it makes an angle 60° with the verticle from rest. The mass of the bob is 1 kg and length is 1 m. (g=10 m s-2)

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Water falls down a 500.0 m shaft to reach a turbine which generates electricity. How much water must fall per second in order to generate 1.00×109 watts of power ? (Assume 50% efficiency of conversion and g=10 m s-1)

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A girl of mass 50 kg swinging on a cradle. If she moves with a velocity of 2 m s-1 upwards in a direction making an angle 60° with the vertical, then the power generated is g=9.8 m s-2

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1  Horse Power (HP) = ..... Watt.

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The SI unit of power is .....

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The K.E. acquired by a mass m in travelling a certain distance d, starting from rest, under the action of a constant force is directly proportional to:

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A box is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering constant power. The distance traversed by the body in time t is proportional to