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A person of mass M is, sitting on a swing of length L and swinging with an angular amplitude . If the person stands up when the swing passes through its lowest point, the work done by him, assuming that his center of mass moves by a distance , is close to;
Answer: A
A volume cylinder is filled with 1 mol of gas at room temperature (300K). The molecular diameter of , and its root mean square speed, are found to be 0.3 nm, and 200 m/s, respectively. What is the average collision rate (per second) for an molecule ?
Answer: D

Answer: B

Answer: C
A body of mass 2 kg makes an elastic collision with a second body at rest and continues to move in the original direction but with one fourth of its original speed. What is the mass of the second body ?
Answer: A

Answer: B
An ideal gas is enclosed in a cylinder at pressure of 2 atm and temperature 300 K. The mean time between two successive collisions is . If the pressure is doubled and temperature is increased to 500 K, the mean time between two successive collisions will be close to
Answer: B

Answer: C