Does the energy stored in a spring change when it is stretched or compressed?

The potential energy of a weightless spring compressed by a distance $a$ is proportional to

This question has Statement $-1$ and Statement $-2$. Of the four choices given after the statements,choose the one that best describes the two statements.
If two springs $S_1$ and $S_2$ of force constants $k_1$ and $k_2$,respectively,are stretched by the same force,it is found that more work is done on spring $S_1$ than on spring $S_2$.
Statement $-1$: If stretched by the same amount,work done on $S_1$ will be more than that on $S_2$.
Statement $-2$: $k_1 < k_2$.

$A$ massless spring of force constant $K$ is placed between two blocks of masses $m$ and $M$ on a frictionless table and compressed by an amount $x$. Upon releasing the spring,both blocks move in opposite directions. The blocks lose contact with the spring when it reaches its natural length. The speed of the block of mass $M$ at the moment of separation is:

An elastic string of unstretched length $L$ and force constant $k$ is stretched by a small length $x$. It is further stretched by another small length $y$. The work done in the second stretching is

$A$ block of mass $m=25 \ kg$ sliding on a smooth horizontal surface with a velocity $v=3 \ ms^{-1}$ meets a spring of spring constant $k=100 \ N/m$ fixed at one end as shown in the figure. The maximum compression of the spring and the velocity of the block as it returns to the original position are, respectively: