Amit Ranjan

Special Theory Of Relativity

Unacademy IIT JAM 2022-11-01
Telegram Group: t.me/sophysics9911 Assignment: 1

Question 1

Special theory of relativity deals with the events in the frame of references which moves with constant
a. Speed

b. Velocity

c. acceleration

d. Momentum

Question 2

Two photons approach each other. Their relative velocity will be

a. 0

b. c

c. c/2

d. c/3

Question 3

Relative mechanics reduces to non relativistic mechanics in the limit

a. c tends to zero

b. c tends to ∞

d. None

Question 4

Speed of an object cannot be greater than speed of light in

a. vacuum

b. A medium

c. Both vacuum and medium

d. A medium denser than air

Question 5

Relative mechanics rules out the concept of

a. Rigidity

b. Conservation of momentum

c. Conservation of charge

d. Conservation of energy

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Question 6

For c=1 , which of the following is a lorentz Transformation

a. x’ = 1.25 x -0.75 t, y’ =y , z’=z, t’= 1.25t - 0.75x

b. x’ = 1.25 x -0.75 t, y’ =y , z’=z, t’= 0.75t - 1.25x

c. x’ = x , y’ =y , z’=z, t’= 0.75t - 1.25x

d. x’ = x -0.5 t, y’ =y , z’=z, t’= t+x

Question 7

An astronaut moves in spaceship travelling at a speed 0.8c and observes a photon approaching him from space.
The speed of the photon with respect to the spaceship is

a. 1.8 c

b. 0.2 c

c. 0.9c

d. c

Question 8

What is the length and the orientation of a rod of length l0 in a frame of reference which is moving with v
velocity in a direction making θ with rod.

Question 9

A hexagon with proper side length a is moving with speed v= 3c/5 with respect to s frame parallel to
its plane. Its area is measured from s frame is
√
9 3a2
a. 10
√
10 3a2
b. 7
√
10 √3a2
c. 9 3
2
7a
d. √
10 3

Question 10

A person is driving a car on a road. There is an antena of length 1 m making an angle of 45 degrees with floor of
the car. Another person B is sitting beside the road and he observed that A is driving the car with speed c/2 then

a. B will measure the length of antena 0.94 m

b. B will measure the angle between antena and the floor of car 49.10 degree

c. B will measure length of antena 1.20 m

d. B will measure the angle between the antena and floor of car 43.10 degree

Question 11

Two events A and B occur at places separated by 2 × 106 km and at time interval 10 sec between them
then which of the following will be true.
a. Velocity of the frame in which these events occur at the same place is 0.5c

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b. The velocity of the frame in which these events occur at same place is 0.6c

c. The time interval between the events in the frame moving with v=0.5c is 4.4 sec

d. The time interval between the events in the frame moving with velocity v =0.66 c is 3.7 sec

Question 12

Two events 10−7 s apart in time take place at two points 50m apart on x-axis. The speed of an obser-
ver moving along x-axis who observes the two events simultaneously.

a. 0.6c

b. 0.3c

c. 0.9c

d. c

Question 13

In the last problem the separation between these events in observer’s frame is

a. 30 m

b. 40 m

c. 50 m

d. 60 m

Question 14

Two events occur on ground at separation of 5 km and at a time difference of 1 ms. The events appear
to be occurring at same point in the inertial frame moving along the line joining the position of 2 events. The
time separation between the two events as measures in the moving frame

a. 0.90 ms

b. 0.986 ms

c. 1.0 ms

d. 1.114 ms

Question 15

One of the predictions of GTR (general theory of relativity) that was not predicted by special theory of
relativity

a. length decreases with speed

b. Time dilates with speed

c. Space is curved near massive objects.

d. F=ma, does not work for relative objects.

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Question 16

Two rockets approach a planet from opposite directions with speeds c/2 with respect to the planet. The
proper length of each rocket is L. How long does each rocket appear to the other rocket.
√
3L
a. 5

b. 3L/5
√
3L
c. 2

D. L/3

Question 17

An astronaut in spaceship has a mass 75 kg in the rest frame of the spaceship. The spaceship’s length
in its rest frame is 1150m while its length as observed from the earth is 325 m. The total energy of the
astronaut in earth’s frame will be

a.75J

b. 750 J

c. 2.4 × 1019 J

d. 6.8 × 1018 J

Question 18

Two events take place at the same place in the lab frame but occur with a time difference of 3 sec. The
same events occur with a time difference of 5 sec in a rocket frame. Relative speed of rocket and the lab is

a. 0.5c

b. 0.8c

c. 0.6c

d. Cannot be determined.

Question 19

A spaceship approaches a planet with a speed of 0.6c. At some point it fires a projectile with 0.4c toward the
planet. Speed of the projectile as seen by an observer on the planet is

a. 0.76c

b. 0.80c

c. 0.99c

d. 0.40c

Question 20

A particle is moving at speed of 2.6 × 108 m/s relative to lab. Its lifetime as measured by an observer
in the lab is 4.7 × 10−6 sec. The lifetime of the particle in its own rest frame is

a. 2.3 × 10−6

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b. 9.4 × 10−6

c. 4.7 × 10−6

d. 14.4 × 10−6

Question 21

A circle of radius 5 cm lies at rest in x-y plane in the lab. For an observer moving with uniform velocity
v along y-direction. The circle appears to an ellipse with equation

x2 y2
+ =1
25 9

The speed of the observer in terms of c is

a. 9c/25

b. 3c/5

c. 4c/5

d. 16c/25

Question 22

A particle of rest mass m0 has momentum 5m0 c. The velocity of the particle is

a. 0.99c

b. c

c. 0.5c

d. 0.25c

Question 23

According to special theory of relativity the speed of a free particle v of mass m and total energy E is
q
2
a. v = c 1 − mcE
q
mc2
b. v = 2EM (1 + E )
q
2
C. v = c 1 − ( mcc )
2

mc2
d. v = c(1 + E )

Question 24

An electron moves with a velocity 0.7c. Its relativistic momentum is

a. 4 × 10−22 kg m/s

b. 3.1 × 10−22 kg m/s

c. 5 × 10−22 kg m/s

d. 6.2 × 10−22 kg m/s

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Question 25

An electron in a television picture tube moves with a velocity 0.25c. The total energy and the total ki-
netic energy in electron volt is

a. 0.517 MeV, 0.018 MeV

b. 0.528 MeV, 0.017 MeV

c. 0.251 MeV, 0.009 MeV

d. 0.528 MeV, 0.009 MeV

Question 26

Find the rest mass energy of a proton

b. If the total energy of a proton is 3 times its rest mass energy. What is the speed of the proton.

c. What is the kinetic energy of the proton

d. What is the momentum of the proton.

Question 27

What is the period of second pendulum measured by an observer moving with speed 0.8c

a. 1.0 sec

b. 3.0 sec

c. 3.33 sec

d. 3.45 sec

Question 28

The speed of an electron in a uniform electric field changes from 0.95c to 0.98c. Find the change in mass and
total work done on the electron to change the velocity.

Question 29

A particle leaving a cyclotron has relativistic energy 10 GeV and relativistic momentum 8 GeV/c. The rest mass is

a. 0.25 GeV /c2

b. 1.20 GeV /c2

c. 2.00 GeV /c2

d. 6.00 GeV /c2

Question 30

What is the velocity of an object whose length appears to be contracted to half of its proper length.

a. 0.707 c

b. 1.15 c

c. 0.5 c

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d. 0.865 c

Question 31

Which of the following remains invariant under Lorentz Transformation.

a. charge density

b. Current

c. Charge

d. Current density

Question 32

A particle is moving at a speed 2.6 × 108 m/s relative to the lab. Its lifetime as measured by an obser-
ver in lab is 4.7 × 10−6 sec. The lifetime of the particle in its own frame is

a. 2.3 × 10−6 sec

b. 9.4 × 10−6 sec

c. 4.7 × 10−6 sec

d. 14.4 × 10−6 sec

Question 33

Two events occur at an interval ∆t at the same point in a rest frame. In a frame which is moving with
a uniform velocity v, the time interval between the intervals is given by

∆t
a. √
1−v 2 /c2
√
∆t 1−v 2
b. c2

c. √ ∆t
1−v 2

∆t
d. √
1+v 2 /c2

Question 34

If γ = q 1 and β = v
then the value of γ 2 − β 2 γ 2 is
2 c
1− vc2

a. 1

b. c2

c. 0

d. ∞

Question 35

In the previous problem the choices of γ and βγ can be made in the language of trigonometric functi-
ons as

a. γ = cosecθ, βγ = cotθ

b. γ = secθ, βγ = tanθ

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c. γ = coshθ, βγ = sinhθ

d. None

Question 36

A particle at rest has lifetime of 3 µsec. An observer measures the speed of the particle to be 3c/5. The
distance travelled by the particle measured by the observer is

a. 9c
4 × 10−6 m

b. 15c
4 × 10−6 m

c. 18c
4 × 10−6 m

d. 9c
16 × 10−6 m

Question 37

An electron is moving with a speed of 0.85c in a direction opposite to that of a photon. The relative ve-
locity of electron with respect to the photon is

a. 0.85 c

b. 0.65 c

c. 0.75 c

d. c

Question 38

A rigid bar of length 1.5m is at rest relative to s’ frame. If it makes an angle of 45 degree with x-axis.
Find the length of the bar and its orientation relative to frame s when v= 0.95c.

Question 39

Consider a relativistic electron (e) and proton travelling with speeds 4c/5 and 3c/5 respectively. The ra-
tion of de-Broglie Wavelength of electron to that of proton is (mp = 1800me

a. 1125:2

b. 1:750

c. 4000:3

d. 3:4000

Question 40

Choose the correct statement(s)

a. Classical mechanics and electrodynamics do not obey theory of relativity.

b. classical mechanics obey theory of relativity.

c. electrodynamics obeys theory of relativity.

d. Classical mechanics does not obey theory of relativity.

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Question 41

One observer is on the ground other is on the moving train and both have clocks.

a. The train clock runs slow because the clock is in motion

b. The ground clock runs faster.

c. The ground observer finds the train clock runs slow.

d. The train observer finds the ground clock runs slow.

Question 42

The increased life times of the moving particle is a manifestation of

a. simultaneity

b. time dilation

c. Time Dilation

d. Constant speed of light

Question 43

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true

a. The mass of a particle moving at speeds comparable to c is greater than its rest mass..

b. Mass of the particle always remains the same

c. Mass of photon is always 0.

d. The rest mass of a photon is zero and increases as it approaches speed of light.

Question 44

A relativistic particle of mass m and velocity c/2ẑ. The wall is moving with a velocity c/3ẑ. The veloci-
ty of the particle after it suffers an elastic collision is vẑ with v equal to

a. c/2

b. c/5

c. c/7

d. c/15

Question 45

A rod is moving with a speed of 0.8c with respect to stationary observer in a direction at 60o to its own
length. The length of the rod observed by the observer is —–l0 .

Question 46

If a particle of rest mass m0 having kinetic energy is m0 c2 then the total energy is

Question 47

It is found that pions are radioactive and they are brought to rest half life is measured to be 1.77 × 10−8 sec. A

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collimated beam, leaving the accelerator target at speed of 0.99c. It is found that there is a drop to half its
intensity —— meter from the target.

Question 48

The relativistic form of Newton’s Second law is

a. F = √ mc dv
c2 −v 2 dt
√
m c2 −v 2 dv
b. F = c dt

mc2 −v 2 dv
c. F = c2 dt

mc3 dv
d. F = (c2 −v 2 )3/2 dt

Question 49

A particle of rest mass m moving with velocity c/2 decays into two particles of rest mass 2m/5 each. The
daughter particle move in the same line as the direction of motion of the original particle. The velocities of the
daughter particles is —–c.

Question 50

The muon has mass of 105 M eV /c2 and mean life time 2.2 µsec in its rest frame. The mean distance
traversed by a muon of energy 315 MeV before decaying is approximately —–Km.

Question 51

The area of the disc in its rest frame is equal to 1. The disc will appear to be distorted to an observer o
moving with speed u with respect to s along the plane of the disc. The area of the disc measured in rest frame
of the observer o is

u2 1/2
a. (1 − c2 )

u2 −1/2
b. (1 − c2 )

u2
c. (1 − c2 )

u2 −1
d. (1 − c2 )

Question 52

If the proper mean time τ of π + meson is 2.5 × 108 sec. The distance travelled by a burst of π + mesons
travelling with v=0.73c is

a. 800 cm

b. 600 cm

c. 500 cm

d. 300 cm

Question 53

A meter scale which is moving with speed v along its length appears to be centimeter scale to a statio-
nary observer. Which of the following is correct

a. v 2 = 0.99c2

b. v 2 = 0.9999c2

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c. v = 0.99c

d. v 2 = 0.9c2

Question 54

Two photons move in the opposite directions each with speed c. The relative velocity of one with respect to the
other is

a. c

b. 1.5c

c. 2c

d. c/2

Question 55

Two events occur at an interval ∆t at the same point in a rest frame. In a frame which is moving with
uniform velocity v , the time interval between these intervals is

a. √ ∆t
1−v 2
q
2
b. ∆t 1−v
c2

∆t
c. √
1−v 2 /c2

∆t
d. √
1+v 2 /c2

Question 56

A particle is moving at a speed of 2.6 × 108 m/s relative to the lab. Its lifetime as measured by an ob-
server in the lab is 4.7 × 10−6 sec. The lifetime of the particle in its own rest frame is about

a. 2.3 × 10−6 sec.

b. 9.4 × 10−6 sec.

c. 4.7 × 10−6 sec.

d. 14.4 × 10−6 sec.

Question 57

A proton is travelling at 2.5 × 108 m/s. What are the kinetic energy of the proton.

a. 1.18 × 10−10 J

b. 0.18 × 10−10 J

c. 2.18 × 10−27 J

d. 1.32 × 10−27 J

Question 58

A particle of mass 1.4 × 105 kg has a relativistic momentum of magnitude 3.15 × 1013 kg m/sec. How
fast is the particle travelling.

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a. 2.68 × 108 m/s

b. 1.8 × 108 m/s

c. 3.3 × 101 6 m/s

d. 3 × 108 m/s

Question 59

An electron is moving with a speed of 0.85c in a direction opposite to that of a photon. The relative ve-
locity of the electron with respect to the photon is

a. 0.85c

b. 0.65c

c. 0.75c

d. c

Question 60

A particle leaving a cyclotron has relativistic energy 10 GeV and a relativistic momentum 8 MeV/c . The rest
mass enegy of the particle is

a. 0.25GeV /c2

b. 1.20GeV /c2

c. 2.0GeV /c2

d. 6.00GeV /c2

Question 61

For a relativistic particle , the ratio of the kinetic energy and the total energy of the particle is
q
2
a. 1 − 1 − vc2
q
2
b. 1 − vc2

v 2 3/2
c. (1 − c2 )

v 2 3/2
d. 1 − (1 − c2 )

Question 62

In inertial frame S1 two events occur at the same time and 3c meters apart in space. In the inertial fra-
me S’ , the same events are at 5c meters apart. What is the time interval between the events in S’.

Question 63

With what velocity an electron should move so that its kinetic energy equals its rest mass energy.

a. 0.86 c

b. 0.43 c

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c. 0.67c

d. 0.5 c

Question 64

A particle moving with velocity 90% of the velocity of light. Ratio of relativistic mass with its rest mass
is

a. 2.29

b. 3.00

c. 5.00

d. 2.00

Question 65

A meter stick is at angle 45o to the x-axis. The rod moves with a speed √c along x-axis with respect to
2
frame s. Length of rod is s is
√
3
a. 2 m
√
5
b. 3 m
√
2
c. 3 m

2
d. 3

Question 66

A particle of rest mass m moving with speed c/2 decays into two particles of rest mass 2m/5 each. The
daughter particles move in the same line as the direction of motion of the original particle. The velocities of
the daughter particle is

Question 67

Consider a beam of relativistic particles of kinetic energy K at normal incidence upon a perfectly absor-
bing surface. The particle flux (no of particles per unit area per unit time) is J and each particle has rest mass
m0 . The pressure on the surface is

JK
a. c
√
J K(K+mo c2 )
b. c

J(K+mo c2 )
c. c

J(K+2mo c2 )
d. c

Question 68

A rod is moving with a speed of 0.8c with respect to stationary observer in a direction 60o to its own
length. The length of the rod observed by the observer is —- lo ..

Question 69

A relativistic particle of mass m and velocity c/2 in moving towards a wall. The wall is moving with a
velocity c/3. The velocity of the particle after it suffers an elastic collision is v. The value of v is

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a. c/2

b. c/5

c. c/7

d. c/15

Question 70

A person is driving a car on a road. There is an antena of length 1m making an angle of 45o with floor of
the car. Another person B is sitting beside the road and he observed that A is driving the car with speed c/2 then

a. B will measure the length of the antena 0.94m

b. B will measure the angle between the antena and the floor of the car 49.10 degrees.

c. B will measure length of antena 1.20m

d. B will measure the angle between antena and floor of the car 43.10 degrees.

Question 71

Two events A and B occur at places separated by 2 × 106 km at at time interval 10 sec then which of
the following is correct.

a. Velocity of the frame in which these events occur at the same place is 0.5c

b. The velocity of the frame in which these events occur at same place is 0.6c.

c. The time interval between the events in the frame moving with v= 0.5c is 4.4 sec.

d. The time interval between the events in the frame moving with velocity v= 0.66c is 3.7 sec.

Question 72

Two events 10−7 sec apart in time take place at two points 50m apart on x-axis. The speed of an obser-
ver moving along x-axis who observes the two events simultaneously.

a. 0.6c

b. 0.3c

c. 0.9c

d. c

Question 73

In the last problem the separation between these events in observer’s frame is

a. 30 m

b. 40 m

c. 50m

d. 60m

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Question 74

Two events occur on ground at separation of 5 km and at a time difference of 1 ms. The events appear
to be occurring at same point in the inertial at same point in an inertial frame moving along the line joining
the position of 2 events. The time difference between the two events as measured in the moving frame is

a. 0.90 ms

b. 0.986 ms

c. 1.0 ms

d. 1.114 ms

Question 75

Two rockets approach a planet from opposite directions with speeds c/2 with respect to the planet. The
proper length of each rocket is L. How long does each rocket appear to the other rocket.
√
3L
a. 5

b. 3L/5

c. 0.86 L

d. L/3

Question 76

An astronaut in a spaceship has a mass 75kg in the rest frame of the spaceship. The spaceship’s length
in its rest frame is 1150 m while its length as observed from the earth is 325 m . The total energy of the
astronaut in earth’s frame will be

a. 75 J

b. 750J

c. 2.4 × 1019 J

d. 6.8 × 1018 J

Question 77

Two events take place at the same place in lab frame but occur with a time difference of 3 sec. The sa-
me events occur with a time difference of 5 sec in a rocket frame. Relative speed of rocket and the lab is

a. 0.5 c

b. 0.8 c

c. 0.6 c

d. can not be determined.

Question 78

A spaceship approaches a planet with a speed 0.6c. At some point it fires a projectile with 0.4c towards
the planet, speed of the projectile as seen by an observer on the planet.

a. 0.76c

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b. 0.80c

c. 0.99c

d. 0.40c

Question 79

A particle is moving at speed 2.6 × 108 m/s relative to lab. It’s lifetime as measured by an observer in
the lab is 4.7 × 10−6 sec. The lifetime of the particle in its own rest frame is

a. 2.3 × 10−6 sec

b. 9.4 × 10−6 sec

c. 4.7 × 10−6 sec

d. 14.4 × 102 sec

Question 80

A muon whose lifetime at rest is 2 × 10−6 sec, is travelling through lab at three fifth of the speed of light. It
will last in

a. 2 × 10−6 sec

b. 2.5 × 106 sec

c. 3.5 × 10−6 sec

d. 3.0 × 10−5 sec

Question 81

A clock keeps correct time with what speed should it be moved relative to an observer so that it may
seem to loose 20 sec in 100 sec.

a. 0.064 × 108 m/s

b. 2 × 108 m/s

c. 0.6 × 108 m/s

d. 1.8 × 108 m/s

Question 82

Speed of an electron having kinetic energy 2 MeV will be

a. 2.93 × 108 m/s

b. 3 × 108 m/s

c. 108 m/s

d. 1.5 × 108

Question 83

Two electrons move in the opposite directions with speed 0.9c. Relative velocity of one with respect to

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the other is

a. 1.80c

b. 0.99c

c. 0.88c

d. 0.77c

Question 84

A clock moves away from an observer with a uniform velocity. This clock would seem to lose 1 min per
day if it moves with the velocity.

a. 1.12 × 107 m/s

b. 2.24 × 107 m/s

c. 12.24 × 107 m/s

d. 1.12 × 106 m/s

Question 85

A person on earth observes two rockets A and B directly approaching each other with speeds 0.8c and
0.6c respectively. At a time when the distance between the rockets is observed to be 4.2 × 108 m, the clocks of
of the rockets and the Earth are synchronized to t=0 sec. The time of collision (in sec) of the two rockets are
measured in rocket’s A’s frame is x/10. The value of x is ——.

Question 86

Light takes approx 8 min to travel from sun to earth. Suppose in the frame of the sun an event occurs
at t=0 at the sun and another event occurs on earth at t=1 min. The velocity of inertial frame in which both
these events are simultaneous is

a. c/8 with the velocity vector pointing from earth to sun.

b. c/8 with the velocity vector pointing from sun to earth

c. The events can never be simultaneous.

q
d. c 1 − ( 81 )2 with velocity pointing from sun to earth.

Question 87

A Monochromatic wave propagates in a direction making an angle 60o with x-axis in the reference fra-
me of source. The source moves at speed v= 4c
5 towards the observer. The direction of the (cosine of angle)
wave as seen by the observer is

a. cosθ0 = 13
14

b. cosθ0 = 3
14

c. cosθ0 = 13
6

d. cosθ0 = 1
2

Question 88

The period of a pendulum is measured to be 3.0 sec in the reference frame of the pendulum. What is

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the period when measured by an observer moving at a speed of 0.95c relative to the pendulum.

a. 8.9 sec

b. 9.6 sec

c. 10.2 sec

d. 5.6 sec

Question 89

A spaceship is measured to be 120 m long and 20.0 m in diameter while at rest relative to an observer,
If this spaceship now flies by the observer with a speed of 0.99c , what length and diameter does the observer
measure?

Question 90

An electron in a television picture tube typically moves with a speed 0.25c. Find the total energy and
kinetic energy in electron volts.

Question 91

A rocket is travelling towards the moon with a velocity 0.6c. When half way to the moon , it fires a message
rocket back towards the earth with a velocity 0.8c relative to the primary rocket. What is the velocity of the
message rocket as seen by a terrestrial observer. a. -0.385c

b. 0.385 c

c. 0.485 c

d. -0.485 c

Question 92

The speed of an electron in a uniform electric field changes from 0.95c to 0.98 c. The change in mass
and the work done on the electron to change the velocity. a. 16.4 × 10−31 kg , 0.83 MeV

b. 8.4 × 10−31 kg , 0.83 MeV

c. 16.4 × 10−31 kg , 0.92 MeV

d. 8.2 × 10−31 kg , 0.92 MeV

Question 93

An electron is moving with a speed 0.99c. The ratio of Newtonian Kinetic energy to the relative kinetic energy is

a. 1

b. 0.1

c. 0.08

d. 0.16

Question 94

A star of radius r contracts to a radius r’ while its temperature remains unchanged. The expression for
the energy radiated by the star assuming uniform density in each case

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0
a. mc2 (1 − ( rr )3 )
0
b. mc2 (1 − ( rr )2 )
0
c. mc2 (1 − ( rr ))

d. None

Question 95

If the total energy of a particle is thrice its rest mass energy then the velocity of particle in terms of ve-
locity of light is

a. c/3

b. 2c/3
√
2 2c
c. 3
√
2c
d. 3

Question 96

The kinetic energy of an electron moving with a speed 0.6c and rest mass energy 0.511 MeV is

a. 0.224 MeV

b. 0.128 MeV

c. 0.64 MeV

d. 0.540 MeV

Question 97

If the total energy of a particle of mass m is equal to twice its rest energy, then the magnitude of the
particle relativistic momentum is

a. mc/2

mc
b. √
2

c. mc
√
d. 3mc

Question 98

If a charged pion that decays in 10−8 second in its own rest frame is to travel 30m in the lab frame be-
fore decaying , the pion’s speed must be most nearly

a. 0.43 × 108 m/s

b. 2.84 × 108 m/s

c. 2.90 × 108 m/s

d. 2.98 × 108 m/s

Question 99

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A tube of water is travelling c/2 relative to the lab frame when a beam of light travelling in the same
direction as the tube enters it. What is the speed of light in the water relative to the lab frame? (index of
refraction of water is 4/3 )

a. 1/2c

b. 2/3c

c. 5/6c

d. 10c/11

Question 100

The proper length of a rod is 100 cm. If the rod starts moving with speed 0.8c, its length would be

a. 110 cm

b. 90 cm

c. 60 cm

d. 120 cm

Question 101

The proper length of a space vehicle is l0 . According to an observer on earth, then length of the spaceship is
25% of its proper length. The speed of the spaceship according to the observer on earth is given by
√
3c
a. 2
q
3
b. 2c

c. c

d. 0.986 c

Question 102

A measuring rule of rest length l moves relative to an observer with the velocity v. The observer measu-
res the length 2l/3 . What is the velocity v ?

a. c

b. 0.1c

c. 0.745c

d. 0.345c

Question 103

A particle at rest has a lifetime of 3µsec. An observer measures the speed of this particle to be 3c/5. The
distance travelled by this particle measured by the observer is

a. 9c
5 × 10−6 m

b. 15c
4 × 10−6 m

c. 18c
5 × 10−6 m

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d. 9c
16 × 10−6 m

Question 104

An electron is moving with a speed of c/2 where c is the velocity of light. The electron mass will

a. Remains constant

b. becomes double

c. becomes 33% more of its rest mass

d. Becomes 15% more of its rest mass

Question 105

The mean life time of muons at rest is 2.2 × 10−6 sec. The observed mean lifetime of muons as measu-
red in the lab is 6.6 × 10−6 sec. Find

a. The effective mass of a muon at this speed when its rest mass is 207me . b. its kinetic energy

c. Its momentum

Question 106

A beam of identical unstable particles flying at a speed βc is sent through two counters separated by a
distance L. It is observed that N1 particles are recorded at the first counter and N2 at the second counter. The
reduction being solely due to the decay of the particles in the flight. then the lifetime of the particles at rest is
given by :

Question 107

A point source emitting α particles is placed at a distance of 1m from counter which records any alpha
particle falling on its 1cm2 window. If the source contains 6.0 × 101 6 active nuclei and the counter records a
rate of 50000 counts per sec. The decay constant is

Question 108

Distance of a planet from the earth is 0.8 light years. An astronaut starts from the earth at t=0 with a
constant speed of 0.8c towards the planet.

i) What does the astronaut’s clock read at the time when astronaut reaches the planet.

a. 10 years

b. 6 years

c. 3.6 years

d. 8 years.

ii) For the same problem what is the reading of the planet’s clock at the instant?

a. 10 years

b. 12.4 years

c. 6 years

d. 8 years

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Question 109

Relativistic momentum of a particle is two times its non-relativistic momentum. i) Velocity of the partic-
le is

a. c/2

b. √c
3
√
3c
c. 2

d. c/3

ii) Total energy of the particle if the rest mass is m

a. 4mc2

b. 2mc2

c. 3mc2

d. 2.5mc2

Question 110

In the lab frame a particle P of rest mass m0 is moving in the x-direction with a speed of 5c/19. It ap-
proaches an identical particle Q moving in the negative x direction with a speed of 2c/5.

i) The speed of particle P in the rest frame of Q is

a. 7c/95

b. 13c/85

c. 3c/5

d. 63c/95

ii) The energy of the particle P in the rest frame of Q is

mo c2
a. 2

5mo c2
b. 4

19mo c2
c. 13

11mo c2
d. 9

Question 111

A rod has length 100 cm , when the rod is in a satellite moving with a velocity that is one half of the
velocity of light relative to the lab then

a. Length of the rod in satellite is 100 cm

b. Length of the rod in satellite is 86.6 cm

c. Length of the rod in lab is 100 cm

d. Length of the rod in lab is 86.6 cm

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Question 112

A particle has a velocity ~u = 3î + 4ĵ + 12k̂ in a coordinate system moving with velocity 0.8c relative to
lab along x-axis. Then

a. ux = 2.8 × 108 m/s

b. uy = 2.8 × 108 m/s

c. ux = 2.8 m/s

d. uy = 28m/s

Question 113

Which of the following is correct

p
a. pc = T (T + m0 c2
p
b. pc = T (T + 2m0 c2
p
c. pc = T (T + 3m0 c2
p
d. pc = T (T + 4m0 c2

Question 114

A particle has rest mass m0 and momentum m0 c where c is the velocity of light. The total energy and
velocity of the particle are respectively
√
a. 2mo c2 and c/2
√
b. 2mo c2 and c/ 2
√ √
c. 2mo c2 and c/ 2

d. 2mo c2 and c/2

Question 115

A particle of rest mass 10m/3 decays at rest into two mesons each of mass m each. What is the veloci-
ty of each meson in terms of the velocity of light c

a. 3c/10

b. 3c/5

c. 2c/5

d. 4c/5

Question 116

The work done to increase the speed of a particle of rest mass m0 from 5c/13 to 12c/13 is
7mo c2
a. 13

91mo c2
b. 60

12mo c2
c. 5

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5mo c2
d. 12

Question 117

Two particles each of rest mass m collide head on and stick together. Before collision the speed of each
mass was 0.6 c. The mass of the final entity is

a. 5m/4

b. 2m

c. 5m/2

d. 25m/8

Question 118

An object at rest breaks into two fragments of rest masses m1 and m2 . The two move in opposite di-
rections with speed 12c/13 and 5c/13. Value of m1 /m2 is

a. 5/12

b. 25/144

c. 169/144

d. 167/25

Question 119

In an inertial frame S an event takes place at (200,0,0) and 2 × 10−6 second later another event takes
place at (1000,0,0) . Find the magnitude and direction of velocity of a frame S’ in which these events appear
simultaneous

Question 120

A pion moving with speed 0.6c emits a muon in the same direction . Speed of muon in the rest frame
of pion is 0.4c . Calculate the speed of muon in lab frame

Question 121

A car is moving with respect to ground along +x direction with speed c/2 . A ball is thrown from car
with a speed of 1.141c . As seen from ground , the ball moves in +y direction . Calculate speed of ball with
respect to ground .

Question 122

An equilateral triangle is moved parallel to its plane in two ways. In √

first case it is given a speed v1 = c/2
parallel to one of its sides and in second case it is given a speed v2 = 22c parallel to bisector of angle. Find the
apparent area in the two cases

Question 123

A light signal is sent from a spaceship towards earth. An observer on earth’s space station receives a si-
gnal in the form of yellow light of wavelength 585nm. What is the colour of signal sent from spaceship if it is
receding from earth at a constant speed 0.4c

Question 124
√
Two particles are moving with speed c/2 and c/ 2 at 45o to each other. Calculate their relative veloci-
ty

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Question 125

Kinetic energy of a relativistic particle of rest mass mo is equal to four times the rest energy of the par-
ticle . Calculate momentum of the particle

Question 126

An equilateral triangle of side a is moved with velocity v parallel to bisector of one of its angle. Calcu-
late apparent perimeter of the triangle

Question 127

A particle of mass m and kinetic energy k collides elastically with an identical particle at rest. After col-
lision the two particles moves at equal angle with the incident direction. Calculate the value of angle

Question 128

A particle of mass M initially at rest breaks up into a particle of mass m and another particle of zero
rest mass. Calculate speed of the particle whose rest mass is m .

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