Particle in a tube

JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2, Question 3

A small particle of mass m moving inside a heavy, hollow and straight tube along the tube axis undergoes elastic collision at two ends. The tube has no friction and it is closed at one end by a flat surface while the other end is fitted with a heavy movable flat piston as shown in figure. When the distance of the piston from the closed end is L=L_{0} the particle speed is v=v_{0} . The piston is moved inward at a very low speed V such that V \ll \frac{{\rm d} L}{L} v_{0}, where {\rm d} L is the infinitesimal displacement of the piston. Which of …

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Pulleys and masses connected to a spring

JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2, Question 2

A block of mass 2 M is attached to a massless spring with spring-constant k. This block is connected to two other blocks of masses M and 2 M using two massless pulleys and strings. The accelerations of the blocks are a_{1}, a_{2} and a_{3} as shown in the figure. The system is released from rest with the spring in its unstretched state. The maximum extension of the spring is x_{0}. Which of the following option(s) is/are correct?

[g is the acceleration due to gravity. Neglect friction]

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  1. x_{0}=\frac{4 M g}{k}
  2. When spring achieves an extension of \frac{x_{0}}{2} for the first time, the speed of the
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A falling rod

JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2, Question 1

A thin and uniform rod of mass M and length L is held vertical on a floor with large friction. The rod is released from rest so that it falls by rotating about its contact-point with the floor without slipping. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct, when the rod makes an angle 60^{\circ} with vertical?

[g is the acceleration due to gravity]

  1. The angular speed of the rod will be \sqrt{\frac{3 g}{2 L}}
  2. The angular acceleration of the rod will be \frac{2 g}{L}
  3. The radial acceleration of the rod’s center of mass will be \frac{3 g}{4}
  4. The normal reaction force from the
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Infinitely bouncing ball

JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2, Question 9

A ball is thrown from ground at an angle \theta with horizontal and with an initial speed u_{0}. For the resulting projectile motion, the magnitude of average velocity of the ball up to the point when it hits the ground for the first time is V_{1}. After hitting the ground, the ball rebounds at the same angle \theta but with a reduced speed of u_{0}/\alpha. Its motion continues for a long time as shown in figure. If the magnitude of average velocity of the ball for entire duration of motion is 0.8 V_{1}, what is the …

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Delay in a fiber optic cable

JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 1, Question 18

A planar structure of length L and width W is made of two different optical media of refractive indices n_{1}=1.5 and n_{2}=1.44 as shown in figure. If L \gg W, a ray entering from end {\rm AB} will emerge from end {\rm CD} only if the total internal reflection condition is met inside the structure. For L=9.6 m, if the incident angle \theta is varied, the maximum time taken by a ray to exit the plane \mathrm{CD} is t \times 10^{-9} s. Determine t.

[ Speed of light c=3 \times 10^{8} m/s. ]

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Solution

To ensure that the ray spends the maximum possible time inside the media, we should arrange it so …

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