Work and energy MCQs with Answers

Question-1. 9800 joule of energy was spent to raise a mass of 50kg, the mass was raised to a height of

1. 980m
2. 10m
3. none of these
4. 20m

Question-2. A ball is dropped from a height of 10 m.

1. Its potential energy is equal to the kinetic energy during the fall.
2. The potential energy decreases and the kinetic energy increases during the fall.
3. The potential energy is 'O' and kinetic energy is maximum while it is falling.
4. Its potential energy increases and kinetic energy decreases during the falls

Question-3. A body is falling from a height h. After it has fallen a height h/2, it will possess

1. only kinetic energy
2. half potential and half kinetic energy
3. more kinetic and less potential energy
4. only potential energy

Question-4. A body is falling from a height h. After it has fallen to a height of h/2, it will possess

1. Half kinetic and half potential energy
2. Only potential energy
3. More kinetic and less potential energy
4. Only kinetic energy

Question-5. A child on a skateboard is moving at a speed of 2 m/s. After a force acts on the child, her speed is 3 m/s. What can you say about the work done by the external force on the child?

1. negative work was done
2. positive work was done
3. Infinite work was done
4. Zero work was done

Question-6. A girl is carrying a school bag of 3 kg mass on her back and moves 200 m on a levelled road. The work done against the gravitational force will be (g = 10 ms²)

1. 6 J
2. 0.6 J
3. zero
4. 6 × 10³ J

Question-7. A rocket rises up in the air due to the force generated by the fuel. The work done by the

1. fuel is positive work and that of force of gravity is negative work
2. both fuel and force of gravity do positive work
3. both fuel and force of gravity do negative work
4. fuel is negative work and that of force of gravity is positive work

Question-8. A spring is compresse The P.E of the compressed spring

1. becomes zero
2. remains unchanged
3. decrease
4. increase

Question-9. A stone rubbed on a rough surface and placed on the skin will show heating sensation, because

1. Heat cannot flow from the skin to
2. Heat flows from the stone to skin
3. Heat cannot flow
4. Friction causes heat

Question-10. If speed of a car becomes 2 times, its kinetic energy becomes

1. 8 times
2. 16 times
3. 12 times
4. 4 times

Question-11. In the SI system, the unit of potential energy is

1. joule
2. watt
3. metre per second
4. newton

Question-12. Mike applied 10 N of force over 3 m in 10 seconds. Joe applied the same force over the same distance in 1 minute. Who did more work?

1. both did zero work
2. both did the same work
3. Joe
4. Mike

Question-13. Power of a woman is equal to

1. work /time x work
2. work x time
3. time/work
4. work /time

Question-14. SI unit of power is

1. joule
2. newton
3. metre
4. watt

Question-15. The form of energy possessed by a flying bird is

1. Potential energy
2. Both kinetic and potential energy
3. Can?t say
4. Kinetic energy

Question-16. The potential energy of a girl is maximum

1. sleeping on the ground
2. sitting on the ground
3. sitting on the ground
4. standing

Question-17. The value of 1KWH is

1. 3.6 X 105J
2. 3.6 X 107 J
3. 3.6 X 109 J
4. 3.6 X 106 J

Question-18. The work done is '0' if

1. The body shows displacement in the same direction as that of the force applied.
2. The body shows a displacement in perpendicular direction to the force applied.
3. The body masses obliquely to the direction of the force applied.
4. The body shows displacement in the opposite direction of the force applied.

Question-19. Water stored in a dam posseses

1. potential energy
2. kinetic energy
3. electrical energy
4. No energy

Question-20. What is the commercial unit of energy?

1. W/s
2. kW h
3. joule
4. electron volt

Question-21. When a body falls freely towards the earth then the total energy

1. increase
2. decrease
3. first increases and then decreases
4. remains constant

Question-22. When a body falls freely towards the earth, then its total energy

1. decreases
2. remains constant
3. first increases and then decreases
4. increases

Question-23. When a body like earth is moving in a circular path the work done in that case is zero because

1. Centripetal force acts along the radius of circular path
2. Gravitational force acts along the radius of circular path
3. Centrifugal force acts perpendicular to the radius of circular path
4. Centripetal force acts in the direction of motion of the body

Question-24. When a body rolls down an inclined plane, then it has

1. Only Kinetic energy
2. It has potential energy
3. Both kinetic and potential energy
4. It has no energy

Question-25. When a spring is compressed work is done on it. Its elastic potential energy

1. Decreases
2. Disappears
3. Does not change
4. increases

Question-26. When force acts in opposite direction the work done is

1. Positive
2. infinity
3. Zero
4. negative

Question-27. When speed of the moving object is doubled its

1. Momentum becomes four times more
2. K E. is increased to four times
3. Potential energy is increased
4. Acceleration is doubled

Question-28. Work done by a body from Force-distance curve is

1. Slope of the curve
2. Line parallel to the distance axis
3. Line parallel to the Force axis
4. Area under the curve

Question-29. Work done by a body is

1. always positive
2. always zero
3. always negative
4. negative, positive or zero

Question-30. Work done by centripetal force is

1. =0
2. <0
3. >0

Question-31. Work done by tension in the string when a ball tied to a string is being whirled around in a circle is

1. tension does negative work
2. tension does positive work
3. tension does zero work
4. tension does no work at all

Question-32. Work done by the gravitational force of earth on a satellite along a circular path is

1. minimum
2. max
3. all of these
4. O