COLLISION

EXERCISE - I

Elastic collisions
1. A body of mass 6kg travelling with a velocity 10 m/s collides head - on and elastically with a body
of mass 4kg travelling at a speed 5 m/s in opposite direction. The velocity of the second body after
the collision is
1) 0 m/s. 2) 6 m/s 3) 8 m/s 4) 13 ms–1
2. If a ball of mass 0.4 kg moving with a velocity of 3 ms–1 collides elastically with another ball of
mass 0.6 kg which is at rest, find their velocities after collision.
1) – 0.6ms–1, 2.4ms–1 2) 2.4 ms–1, –0.6 ms–1 3) 0.6 ms–1, –2.4 ms–1 4) – 2.4 ms–1, 0.6 ms–1
3. A particle experiences a perfectly elastic collision with a stationary particle. Then the ratio of
their masses, if after this head-on collision the particles fly apart in opposite directions with equal
velocities.
1) 1 : 3 2) 3 : 1 3) 3 : 2 4) 2 : 3
4. A body of mass 1 kg makes an elastic collision with another body at rest and continues to move in
the original direction after collision with a velocity equal to 1/5th of its original velocity. Find the
mass of the second body.
2 3 5 2
1) kg 2) kg 3) kg 4) kg
3 2 2 5
5. A sphere of mass 0.3 kg moving with a velocity of 4 m/s collides with another sphere of mass 0.5 kg
which is at rest. Assuming the collision to be elastic, their velocities after the impact are
1) 4 m/s and 0 ms-1 2) -1 m/s and 3 m/s 3) 2 m/s and 2 m/s 4) 4 m/s and 8 ms-1
6. A steel sphere of mass 100 gm moving with a velocity of 4 m/s collides with a dust particle elastically
moving in the same direction with a velocity of 1 m/s. The velocity of the dust particle after the
collision is
1) 8 m/s 2) 7 m/s 3) 6 m/s 4) 9 m/s
7. A neutron moving with a certain kinetic energy collides head on with an atom of mass number A.
The fractional kinetic energy retained by it is
2
 A 1
2
A 1 A 1  A 1 
1) 2)   3) 4)  
A 1  A 1  A 1  A 1
8. A perfectly elastic ball P1 of mass m moving with velocity v collides elastically with three exactly similar
balls P2, P3, P4 lying on a smooth table as shown. Velocities of the four balls after the collision are
1) v, v, v, v, 2) 0, 2v, 3v, 4v
3) 0, 0, 0, v 4) 0, 0, 0, 0
9. Two spheres A and B moving in opposite directions have velocities of 10ms -1 and
20ms-1. The two spheres collide with each other elastically. If A continues to move in the same
direction at 4 ms-1, the velocity of sphere B just after the collision is
1) 34 m/s in the same direction 2) 34 m/s in the opposite direction
3) 26 m/s in the same direction 4) 26 m/s in the opposite direction
10. A massive ball moving with speed v collides head on with a fine ball having mass very much
smaller than the mass of the first ball. The collision is elastic. Then, immediately after the impact,
the second ball will move with a speed approximately equal to
1) v 2) 2v 3) v/3 4) Infinite
Coefficient of restitution
11. A ball of mass 0.2 kg is dropped down vertically from a height of 1m above the ground. If it
rebounds to a height of 0.64m, find the coefficient of restitution between the surface of the ball and
ground.
1) 0.32 2) 0.64 3) 0.16 4) 0.8
12. A ball falls from a height of 10m on to a horizontal plane. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.6, the
height to which it rebounds after 3 collisions is approximately
1) 2.16 m 2) 0.47 m 3) 0.3 m 4) 0.6 m
13. A ball striking a horizontal plane with velocity v rebounds with velocity 256v/625 after 4 th collision.
The coefficient of restitution is
1) 0.4 2) 0.6 3) 0.2 4) 0.8
14. A ball is dropped on to a floor. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.5, the percentage loss of energy
of the ball on rebounding from the floor is
1) 12.5% 2)25% 3) 50% 4) 75%
15. In two separate collisions, the coefficients of restitutions 'e1' and 'e2' are in the ratio 3 : 1. In the
first collision, the relative velocity of approach is twice the relative velocity of seperation. Then
the ratio between the relative velocity of approach and relative velocity of seperation in the second
collision is (2006 M)
1) 1 : 6 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 2 4) 6 : 1
16. A body is dropped from a height of 80m on to a horizontal floor and impings repeatedly. If it stops
in 6 seconds, the total distance travelled by it before stops is (nearly) (g =10ms –2)
1) 86.6m 2) 95m 3) 100m 4) 110m
Inelastic collisions
17. A 1kg ball moving at 12 ms-1 collides head on with a 2kg ball moving in the opposite direction at 24
m/s. The velocity of each ball after the impact, if the coefficient of restitution is 2/3, is
1) -28m/s; -4 m/s 2) -20 m/s; -4 m/s 3) 20 m/s; 24 m/s 4) 28m/s, –4m/s
18. A ball impines directly upon another ball at rest and is itself brought to rest by the impact. If half
of initial kinetic energy is destroyed in the collision, the coefficient of restitution is
1) 0.3 2) 0.4 3) 0.5 4) 0.6
19. A block of mass m moving with speed v collides with another block of mass 2m at rest. The lighter
block comes to rest after the collision. The coefficient of restitution is

1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 4 5
20. A ball A moving with a certain velocity collides, with another ball B of the same mass at rest. If the
coefficient of restitution is e, the ratio of the velocities of A and B just after the collision is

1 e 1 e 1 e 1 e
1) 2) 3) 4)
1 e 2 2 1 e
Perfectly inelastic collisions
21. A neutron of mass 1.67 x 10–27 kg moving with a velocity 106 ms–1 collides with a deuteron of mass
3.34 x 10–27 kg at rest. After collision, if both move as a single particle find its velocity.
1) 3.19 x 105 m/s 2) 1.25 x 105 m/s 3) 1.39 x 105 m/s 4) 2.15 x 105 m/s
22. A 2 kg mass moving with a velocity of 10 ms–1 collides with another 6 kg mass moving in opposite
direction with a velocity of 20 ms–1. During the collision, they stick together. Find their common
velocity and the momentum.
1) 12.5 m/s,100 kgms–1 2) 12.5 m/s,50 kgms–1
3) 7.5 m/s,100 kgms–1 4) 7.5 m/s,50 kgms–1
23. A 60kg box sledge is travelling horizontally on ice at a speed of 10 ms–1. A 90 kg packet is dropped
on it vertically. The subsequent velocity of the sledge is
1) 1ms–1 2) 2 ms–1 3) 3 ms–1 4) 4 ms–1
24. A 6kg mass collides with a body at rest. After the collision, they travel together with a velocity one
third the velocity of 6 kg mass. The mass of the second body is
1) 6 kg 2) 3 kg 3) 12 kg 4) 18 kg
25. A particle of mass m moving with velocity 2v collides with another particle of mass 3m moving
with velocity v in the same direction. If it is perfect inelastic collision, the loss of K.E. of the system
is
3 27 3
1) 8
mv2 2) 8
mv2 3) 4
mv2 4) zero
26. A body of mass 100 gm moving with an initial velocity of 4ms–1 collides with another body of mass
150 gm moving in opposite direction with velocity 6 ms–1. If the collision is perfectly inelastic, then
after the collision,
1) the two bodies inter change their velocities
2) the two bodies combine and move with a common velocity of 2ms –1 in the initial direction of lighter
body
3) the two bodies combine and move with a common velocity of 5.2 ms-1 in the initial direction of
heavier body
4) the two bodies combine and move with a common velocity of 2ms–1 in the initial direction of
heavier body
27. Two spheres each of mass ‘m’, each moving with velocity u moving in directions at 30° S of E and
30° N of E respectively collide at point O and stick to each other. The velocity of the combination
later becomes

3u 2u 3u
1) due East 2) 3 u due East 3) due North 4) due West
2 3 2
28. A bullet of mass 2 g travelling with a velocity of 500 ms–1 is fired into a block of wood of mass 1
kg suspended from a string of 1m length. When the bullet penetrates the block of wood and comes
out with a velocity of 100 ms–1, find the vertical height through which the block of wood will rise
(assuming the value of g to be 10 ms–2)
1) 0.032 m 2) 0.32m 3) 3.2 m 4) 0.0032m
29. A ball of mass 0.4 kg moving with a uniform speed of 2 ms–1 strikes normally a wall and rebounds.
Assuming the collision to be elastic and the time of contact of the ball with the wall as 0.4s, find the
force exerted on the ball.
1) 1 N 2) 2 N 3) 3 N 4) 4 N
30. A238U nucleus emits an a – particle and is converted into 234Th nucleus. If velocity of the a –
particle is 1.4 x 107 ms–1 calculate the velocity of recoil of remaining 234Th nucleus.
1) 2.393 x 105 m/s 2) 3.293 x 105 m/s 3) 1.393 x 105 m/s 4) 4.293 x 105 m/s

EXERCISE - II
1. Two steel spheres approach each other headon with the same speed and collide elastically. After
the collision one of the sphere's of radius r comes to rest. the radius of the other sphere is
r r r
1) 2) 3) 4) (3)1/2 r
(3)1 / 3 3 9
2. A body of mass 50 gm collides elastically with another body of mass 30 gm at rest. Then the
percentage loss of the velocity of the colliding body during collision is
1) 25% 2) 75% 3) 50 % 4) 67 %
3. A particle of mass 5 kg strikes a body of mass 2.5 kg at rest elastically. The 2.5 kg mass after
collision moves with a kinetic energy of 5J. The Kinetic energy of 5 kg mass before collision is
1) 0.62 J 2) 5.625 J 3) 7.68J 4) 4.20 J
4. A fast moving neutron collides elastically and head on with a nucleus of N 14
7
. The percentage of
energy lost by the neutron during elastic collision is nearly
1) 20% 2) 25% 3) 50% 4) 80%
5. Three balls A,B and C are placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Given that m A=mC=4mB . Ball B
collides with ball A with an initial velocity V as shown in figure. Find the total number of collisions
between the balls. All collisions are elastic.
1) 1 2) 2 A B C
V
3) 3 4) infinity
6. A particle moving with kinetic energy of 3 J makes a head – on collision with a stationary particle
which has twice the mass. During the impact,
a) the minimum kinetic energy of the system is IJ
b) the maximum elastic potential energy of the system is 2 J
c) momentum and total energy are conserved at every instant.
d) the ratio of kinetic energy to potential energy of the system first decreases and then increases.
1) only a, b are true 2) onlya, b, c are true 3) a, b, c, d are false 4) a,b,c,d are true.
7. Five spheres of masses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 kg are moving along a straight line in the same direction with
velocities 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 m/s respectively. The first sphere collides with the second and both stick
together. The compound mass collides with the third sphere and so on. the velocity of the compound
mass when all stick together is
1) 3/7 m/s 2) 7/3 m/s 3) 1 m/s 4) 4/3m/s
8. A simple pendulum of length 0.2m has bob of mass 5gm, it is pulled aside through an angle 60 0 from
the vertical. A spherical body of mass 2.5 gm is placed at the lowest position of the bob. When the
bob is released it strikes the spherical body and comes to rest. What is the velocity of the spherical
body ? (g = 9.8 ms–2) (in m/s)
1) 1.4 2) 2.8 3) 3.5 4) 4.9
9. A particle traveling horizontally with speed u collides and sticks with a particle of equal mass
hanging at rest at the end of a light inextensible string of length 2l. If the string rotates through an
angle of 60° before its velocity becomes zero, then u is

1) 4gl 2) 8gl 3) 2gl 4) gl

10. A ball of mass 100gm is projected vertically upward from the ground with a velocity of 50ms –1. At
the same time another identical ball is dropped from a height of 100m to fall freely along the same
path as that followed by the first ball. After some time the two balls collide, stick together and
finally fall to the ground. The time taken by the combined mass to fall to the ground is approximately
(g = 10ms–2)
1) 4.5 s 2) 6.5 s 3) 9 s 4) 13 s
11. A body 'x' with a momentum 'p' collides with another identical stationary body 'y' one dimensionally.
During the collision 'y' gives an impulse 'J' to the body 'x'. Then the coefficient of restitution is
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2J J J J
1) 1 2) 1 3) 1 4) 1
p p p 2p
12. A moving sphere P collides another sphere Q at rest. If the collision takes place along the line
joining their centres of mass such that their total kinetic energy is conserved and the fraction of
K.E transferred by the colliding particle is 8/9 , the ratio of mass of P and the mass of Q is
1) 8 :3 2) 9 : 8 3) 2: 3 4) 1: 2
13. Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 moving on the same direction with velociities u1 and u2 collide. The
velocities after collision are V1 and V2. If each sphere loses the same amount of kinetic energy, then
1) u1 + u2 + V1 – V2 = 0 2) u1 – u2 + V1 + V2 = 0
3) u1 + u2 + V1 + V2 = 0 4) u1+ u2 – V1 – V2 = 0
14. A ball is dropped onto a fixed horizontal surface from a height h. The coefficient of restitution is e.
The average speed of the ball is
2
1  e  gh
2)   2  gh
 1 e 2 
4)   2  gh
 2   1 e 2 
1)   3)  1  e 2  gh
1  e  2  1  e  2  1  e   2  1  e  2
15. A body of mass 'm' falls from a height 'h' and rebounds. If 'e' is the coefficient of restitution
between the ground and the body, the change in linear momentum of the body is
1) (2me) 2gh 2) (me) 2gh 3) m(1+e) 2gh 4) m(1 –e) 2gh
16. If an ivory ball of mass 2m moving with a velocity 'v' strikes head on to a close row of three
identical ivory balls each of mass m as shown in the figure. Then after the colisions which may be
assumed as elastic, which of the following would occur?

V
1 2 3
m m m
2m
1) The balls numbered 2 and 3 will move with velocity v, the others staying at rest.
2) The ball numbered 3 will move with velocity 2v, all others staying at rest.
3) The ball numbered 3 moves with velocity 4v/3 and the striking ball moves with velocity v/3
4) The balls numbered 1, 2 and 3 move with velocity v/3 and the striking ball stops dead.
17. 'n' smooth spheres have masses 'm', 'm/e', 'm/e2' ,'m/e3', etc.... are placed in a row with all their
centres on a straight line. Initially all the spheeres are at rest. The first sphere of mass 'm' is
projected with a velocity 'u' towards the second. The velocity of the last sphere after the (n – 1) th
sphere has made a collision with it is (take 'e' as the coefficient of restitution for all the collision)
1) en u 2) en–1u 3) en + 1 u 4) en/2 u
18. Two identical balls are dropped from the same height onto a hard surface, the second ball being
released exactly when the first ball collides with the surface. If the first ball has made two more
collisions by the time the second one collides. Then the coefficient of restitution between the ball
and the surface satisfies.
3 1 3 1
1) e > 0.5 2) e = 0.5 3) e  4) e 
2 2
19. An elastic ball is dropped from a height h and it rebounds many times from the floor. If the
coefficient of restitution is e, the time interval between the second and the third impact is
ev 8h 2 h 2 2h
1) 2) e2 3) e 4) e
g g g g
20. A ball A is falling vertically downwards with velocity v1. It strikes elastically with a wedge moving
horizontally with velocity v2 as shown in figure. What must be the ratio v1 / v2 so that the ball
bounces back in vertically upward direction relative to the wedge. A
1
1) 3 2) 1
3 2
1
3) 2 4) 300
2

 
 
21 A smooth sphere is moving on horizontal surface with a velocity vector 2 i  2 j m/s immediately

before it hit a vertical wall. The wall is parallel to vector j and coefficient of restitution between
the sphere and the wall is e = 1/2. The velocity of the sphere after it hits the wall is
       
1) i  j 2)  i  2 j 3)  i  j 4) 2 i  j
22. A projectile is fixed on a horizontal ground. Coefficient of restitution between the projectile and
 T1   H1 
the ground is e. If a, b and c be the ratio of time of flight  T  maximum height  H  and horizontal
 2  2
 R1 
range  R  in first two collisions with the ground. Then
 2
1 1 1
1) a  2) b  2 3) c  4) All the above
e e e
23. A particle of mass m moving with a speed v hits elastically another stationary particle of mass
2m on a smooth horizontal circular tube of radius r. The time in which the next collision will

take place is equal to

r 2 r r r
1) 2) 3) 4)
v v 2v 4v
24. A ball strikes a horizontal floor at an angle   45 with the normal to floor. The coefficient
0

of restitution between the ball and the floor is e = 1/2 . The fraction of its kinetic energy lost
in collision is

1) 3/8 2) 5/8 3) 1/8 4) 7/8

25. Two equal spheres A and B lie on a smooth horizontal circular groove at opposite ends of a
diameter. At time t = 0 , A is projected along the groove and it first impinges on B at time t = T1

and again at time t = T2 . If ‘e’ is the coefficient of restitution, find the ratio of T2/T1

2 2e 2e e
1) 2) 3) 4)
e 2 e 2

COLLISION ANSWERS

EXERCISE – 1
1) 4 2) 1 3) 1 4) 1 5) 2 6) 2 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10) 2 11) 4 12) 2
13) 4 14) 4 15) 4 16) 1 17) 1 18) 3 19) 1 20) 4 21) 1 22) 1 23) 4 24) 3
25) 1 26) 4 27) 1 28) 1 29) 4 30) 1

EXERCISE – 2
1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 2 5) 2 6) 4 7) 2 8) 2 9) 2 10) 1 11) 1 12) 4
13) 3 14) 3 15) 3 16) 3 17) 2 18) 4 19) 2 20) 2 21) 2 22) 4 23) 2 24) 1
25) 3