Assertion (A): If a pendulum clock is taken to a mountain top, its time period decreases.
Reason (R): Value of acceleration due to gravity is more at heights.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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The time period of a simple pendulum is \(T = 2\pi \sqrt{L/g}\). At a mountain top, the altitude increases, causing the acceleration due to gravity \(g\) to decrease. A decrease in \(g\) leads to an increase in \(T\). Thus, Assertion (A) is false. Reason (R) is also false as \(g\) decreases, not increases, at higher altitudes.
Assertion (A): In simple harmonic motion total mechanical energy can be negative also.
Reason (R): Potential energy is always negative and if it is greater than kinetic energy total mechanical energy will be negative.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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In simple harmonic motion, the total mechanical energy is \(E = frac{1}{2} kA^2\). Since the spring constant \(k\) and amplitude \(A\) are real and positive, the total energy \(E\) is always positive. Potential energy in SHM, \(U = frac{1}{2} kx^2\), is always positive or zero. Thus, both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.
Assertion (A): Two particles are in SHM with same time period, same amplitude, same position and same speed are in the same phase.
Reason (R): Phase of particle depends on position and speed of particle.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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The position of a particle in SHM is given by \(x = A cos(omega t + phi)\) and velocity by \(v = -Aomega sin(omega t + phi)\). Given same amplitude \(A\), time period \(T\) (thus \(omega\)), position \(x\), and speed \(v\), the phase \(phi\) must be the same. Thus, A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A): In damped oscillation both amplitude and frequency change with time.
Reason (R): Both amplitude and frequency vary exponentially.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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In a damped oscillation, the amplitude decreases exponentially with time, but the frequency of oscillation (for underdamped case) remains constant. Therefore, both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.
Assertion (A): Time period of partially immersed spring block system is less than full immersed spring block system.
Reason (R): Time period of spring system is independent of changing values of g.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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For a partially immersed block, the effective spring constant is \(k_{eff} = k + \rho_l A g\), leading to \(T_p = 2\pi \sqrt{m/(k + \rho_l A g)}\). For a fully immersed block, \(k_{eff} = k\), so \(T_f = 2\pi \sqrt{m/k}\). Since \(k + \rho_l A g > k\), \(T_p < T_f\). So A is true. The time period of a simple spring-mass system \(T = 2\pi \sqrt{m/k}\) is independent of \(g\). So R is true. However, R does not explain A because the change in period is due to effective spring constant, not general independence from \(g\).
Assertion (A): In forced oscillations, the steady state motion of the particle (after natural oscillations die out) is SHM whose frequency is the frequency of the driving frequency \(\omega_d\), not the natural frequency \(\omega\) of the particle.
Reason (R): In forced oscillation \(\omega_d\) should be greater than natural frequency \(\omega\) of the particle.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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In forced oscillations, the system eventually settles into oscillating at the frequency of the driving force, \(\omega_d\). So Assertion (A) is true. The driving frequency \(\omega_d\) can be any value (less than, equal to, or greater than) compared to the natural frequency \(\omega\). So Reason (R) is false.
Assertion (A): For a physical pendulum if distance of point of suspension from centre of mass increases time period first decreases then increases.
Reason (R): For a physical pendulum there is some distance from centre of mass at which frequency of oscillation is maximum.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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The time period of a physical pendulum is \(T = 2pi sqrt{(I_{CM} + mL^2)/(mgL)}\). Analyzing this function, \(T\) has a minimum value at \(L = sqrt{I_{CM}/m}\). This minimum time period corresponds to a maximum frequency. Thus, as \(L\) increases, \(T\) first decreases to a minimum and then increases. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and R correctly explains A.
Assertion (A): A spring block watch gives the correct time in orbiting satellite.
Reason (R): Time period of a spring block watch is independent of \(g\) and depends only on spring factor and mass of the block.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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The time period of a spring-mass system is \(T = 2\pi \sqrt{m/k}\). This equation shows that the time period is independent of the acceleration due to gravity \(g\). Therefore, a spring block watch would function correctly in an orbiting satellite where effective \(g\) is zero. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A): The graph between velocity and displacement for a harmonic oscillator is a parabola.
Reason (R): Velocity does change uniformly with displacement in harmonic motion.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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For a harmonic oscillator, velocity \( v \) and displacement \( x \) are related by \( v = \omega \sqrt{A^2 - x^2} \). Squaring this gives \( v^2 = \omega^2 (A^2 - x^2) \), which is an equation of an ellipse, not a parabola. So (A) is false. Velocity does not change uniformly with displacement, hence (R) is also false. Thus, both A and R are false.
Assertion (A): A small body suspended by a light spring performing SHM. When the entire system is immersed in a nonviscous liquid period of oscillation does not change.
Reason (R): The angular frequency of oscillation of the particle does not change.
1. Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4. Both (A) and (R) are false
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The period of a spring-mass system is given by \( T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{k}} \). Immersion in a nonviscous liquid does not change the mass \( m \) or the spring constant \( k \). Hence, the period \( T \) remains unchanged. So (A) is true. Angular frequency is \( \omega = 2\pi / T \), so if \( T \) does not change, \( \omega \) also does not change. So (R) is true and explains (A).