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System Of Particles Rotational Motion

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Chapter Questions
42 MCQs

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PYQ 1982
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Two particles which are initially at rest, move towards each other under the action of their internal attraction. If their speeds are and at any instant, then the speed of centre of mass of the system will be
1
2v
2
zero
3
1.5v
4
v
02
PYQ 1983
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is rotating about its axis with a constant angular velocity . Two objects, each of mass m, are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. The wheel now rotates with an angular velocity
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03
PYQ 1990
easy
physics ID: jee-adva
A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity v making an angle of 45 with the horizontal. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the projectile about the point of projection when the particle is at its maximum height h is
1
zero
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3
4
04
PYQ 1991
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A uniform bar of length 6 a and mass 8 m lies on a smooth horizontal table. Two point masses m and 2m moving in the same horizontal plane with speed 2vand v respectively, strike the bar [as shown in the figure] and stick to the bar after collision. Denoting angular velocity (about the centre of mass), total energy and centre of mass velocity by , E and respectively, we have after collision
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05
PYQ 1992
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
The moment of inertia of a thin square plate , of uniform thickness about an axis passing through the centre and perpendicular to the plane of the plate is where and are respectively moments of inertia about axes and which are in the plane of the plate
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2
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4
06
PYQ 1993
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Two blocks A and B each of mass m, are connected by a massless spring of natural length Land spring constant k. The blocks are initially resting on a smooth horizontal floor with the spring at its natural length, as shown in figure. A third identical block C, also of mass m, moves on the floor with a speed v along the line joining A and B, and collides elastically with A. Then
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the kinetic energy of the A-B system, at maximum compression of the spring, is zero
2
the kinetic energy of the A-B system, at maximum compression of the spring, is
3
the maximum compression of the spring is
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the maximum compression of the spring is v
07
PYQ 1995
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Two point masses of 0.3 kg and 0.7 kg are fixed at the ends of a rod of length 1.4 m and of negligible mass. The rod is set rotating about an axis perpendicular to its length with a uniform angular speed. The point on the rod through which the axis should pass in order that the work required for rotation of the rod is minimum, is located at a distance of
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0.42 m from mass of 0.3 kg
2
0.70 m from mass of 0.7 kg
3
0.98 m from mass of 0.3 kg
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0.98 m from mass of 0.7 kg
08
PYQ 1996
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A shell is fired from a cannon with a velocity v (m/s) at an angle 0 with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the speed (m/s) of the other piece immediately after the explosion is
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3 v cos
2
2 v cos
3
4
09
PYQ 1997
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A mass m is moving with a constant velocity along a line parallel to the x-axis, away from the origin. Its angular momentum with respect to the origin
1
is zero
2
remains constant
3
goes on increasing
4
goes on decreasing
10
PYQ 1998
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
The torque on a body about a given point is found to be equal to A x L, where A is a constant vector and L is the angular momentum of the body about that point. From this it follows that
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is perpendicular to L at all instants of time
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the component of L in the direction of A does not change with time
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the magnitude of L does not change with time
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L does not change with time
11
PYQ 1999
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A smooth sphere A is moving on a frictionless horizontal plane with angular velocity and centre of mass velocity v. It collides elastically and head on with an identical sphere B at rest. Neglect friction everywhere. After the collision their angular speeds are and respectively. Then,
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3
4
12
PYQ 1999
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A disc of mass M and radius R is rolling with angular speed to on a horizontal plane as shown. The magnitude of angular momentum of the disc about the origin O is
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2
3
4
13
PYQ 1999
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A cubical block of side a moving with velocity v on a horizontal smooth plane as shown. It hits a ridge at point O. The angular speed of the block after it hits O is
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2
3
4
Zero
14
PYQ 2000
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A cubical block of side L rests on a rough horizontal surface with coefficient of friction . A horizontal force F is applied on the block as shown. If the coefficient of friction is sufficiently high, so that the block does not slide before toppling, the minimum force required to topple the block is
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infinitesimal
2
mg/4
3
mg/2
4
15
PYQ 2000
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
One quarter section is cut from a uniform circular disc of radius R. This section has a mass M. It is made to rotate about a line perpendicular to its plane and passing through the centre of the original disc. Its moment of inertia about the axis of rotation is
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4
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PYQ 2000
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A thin wire of length L and uniform linear mass density p is bent into a circular loop with centre at O as shown. The moment of inertia of the loop about the axis XX ' is
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2
3
4
17
PYQ 2002
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
The figure shows a system consisting of (i) a ring of outer radius 3R rolling clockwise without slipping on a horizontal surface with angular speed and (ii) an inner disc of radius 2R rotating anti-clockwise with angular speed . The ring and disc are separated by frictionless ball bearings. The system is in the x-z plane. The point P on the inner disc is at a distance R from the origin, where OP makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. Then with respect to the horizontal surface,
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the point O has a linear velocity
2
the point P has a linear velocity
3
the point P has a linear velocity
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the point P has a linear velocity
18
PYQ 2002
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A circular platform is free to rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis passing through its centre. A tortoise is sitting at the edge of the platform. Now the platform is given an angular velocity When the tortoise move along a chord of the platform with a constant velocity (with respect to the platform). The angular velocity of the platform will vary with time t as
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19
PYQ 2003
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A particle undergoes uniform circular motion. About which point on the plane of the circle, will the angular momentum of the particle remain conserved ?
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Centre of circle
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On the circumference of the circle
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Inside the circle
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Outside the circle
20
PYQ 2003
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Consider a body, shown in figure, consisting of two identical balls, each of mass M connected by a light rigid rod. If an impulse J = Mv is imparted to the body at one of its end, what would be its angular velocity ?
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v/L
2
2v/L
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v3L
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v/4L
21
PYQ 2005
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A particle moves in a circular path with decreasing speed. Choose the correct statement
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Angular momentum remains constant
2
Acceleration (a) is towards the centre
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Particle moves in a spiral path with decreasing radius
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The direction of angular momentum remains constant
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PYQ 2006
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A solid sphere of radius R has moment of inertia I about its geometrical axis. It is melted into a disc of radius r and thickness t. If it's moment of inertia about the tangential axis (which is perpendicular to plane of the disc), is also equal to I, then the value of r is equal to
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4
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PYQ 2006
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A solid sphere is in pure rolling motion on an inclined surface having inclination
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frictional force acting on sphere is
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f is dissipative force
3
friction will increase its angular velocity and decrease its linear velocity
4
If decreases, friction will decrease
24
PYQ 2007
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A particle moves in the X-Y plane under the influence of a force such that its linear momentum is where, A and k are constants. The angle between the force and the momentum is
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2
3
4
25
PYQ 2008
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Two balls, having linear momenta and undergo a collision in free space. There is no external force acting on the balls. Let . be their final momenta. The following option figure (s) is (are) not allowed for any non-zero value of .
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PYQ 2009
easy
physics ID: jee-adva
Look at the drawing given in the figure, which has been drawn with ink of uniform line-thickness. The mass of ink used to draw each of the two inner circles, and each of the two line segments is m. The mass of the ink used to draw the outer circle is 6 m. The coordinates of the centres of the different parts are : outer circle (0, 0), left inner circle (-a,a),right inner circle (a, a), vertical line (0,0) and horizontal line (0, - a). The y - coordinate of the centre of mass of the ink in this drawing is
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2
3
4
27
PYQ 2009
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Ablockofbase and height 15 cm is kept on an inclined plane. The coefficient of friction between them is . The inclination of this inclined plane from the horizontal plane is gradually increased from 0 . Then
1
at , the block will start sliding down the plane
2
the block will remain at rest on the plane up to certain and then it will topple
3
at , the block will start sliding down the plane and continue to do so at higher angles
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at , the block will start sliding down the plane and on further increasing 0, it will topple at certain
28
PYQ 2009
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A sphere is rolling without slipping on a fixed horizontal plane surface In the figure, A is the point of contact. B is the centre of the sphere and C is its topmost point. Then,
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PYQ 2010
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A point mass of 1 kg collides elastically with a stationary point mass of 5 kg. After their collision, the 1 kg mass reverses its direction and moves with a speed of 2 ms ~ . Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct for the system of these two masses?
1
Total momentum of the system is 3 kg
2
Momentum of 5 kg mass after collision is 4kg
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Kinetic energy of the centre of mass is 0.75 J
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Total kinetic energy of the system is 4 J
30
PYQ 2011
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A thin ring of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m is rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane with velocity 1 m/s. A small ball of mass 0.1 kg, moving with velocity 20 m/s in the opposite direction, hits the ring at a height of 0.75 m and goes vertically up with velocity 10 m/s. Immediately after the collision
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the ring has pure rotation about its stationary CM
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the ring comes to a complete stop
3
friction between the ring and the ground is to the left
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there is no friction between the ring and the ground
31
PYQ 2011
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A ball of mass 0.2 kg rests on a vertical post of height 5 m. A bullet of mass 0.01 kg, travelling with a velocity v m/s in a horizontal direction, hits the centre of the ball. After the collision, the ball and bullet travel independently. The ball hits the ground at a distance of 20 m and the bullet at a distanceof 100 m from the foot of the post The initial velocity v of the bullet is
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250 m/s
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3
400 m/s.
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500 m/s.
32
PYQ 2012
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A thin uniform rod, pivoted at O, is rotating in the horizontal plane with constant angular speed , as shown in the figure. At time t = 0, a small insect starts from O and moves with constant speed v with respect to the rod towards the other end. It reaches the end of the rod at t = T and stops. The angular speed of the system remains throughout. The magnitude of the torque on the system about O, as a function of time is best represented by which plot?
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4
33
PYQ 2012
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A small mass m is attached to a massless string whose other end is fixed at P as shown in the figure. The mass is undergoing circular motion in the x-y plane with centre at O and constant angular speed . If the angular momentum of the system, calculated about O and P are denoted by and respectively, then
1
and do not vary with time
2
varies with time while remains constan
3
remains constant while varies with time
4
and both vary with time
34
PYQ 2012
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
Two solid cylinders P and Q of same mass and same radius start rolling down a fixed inclined plane from the same height at the same time. Cylinder P has most of its mass concentrated near its surface, while Q has most of its mass concentrated near the axis. Which statement(s) is(are) correct?
1
Both cylinders P and Q reach the ground at the same time
2
Cylinder P has larger linear acceleration than cylinder Q
3
Both cylinders reach the ground with same translational kinetic energy
4
Cylinder Q reaches the ground with larger angular speed
35
PYQ 2012
hard
physics ID: jee-adva
Consider a disc rotating in the horizontal plane with a constant angular speed to about its centre O. The disc has a shaded region on one side of the diameter and an unshaded region on the other side as shown in the figure. When the disc is in the orientation as shown, two pebbles P and Q are simultaneously projected at an angle towards R The velocity of projection is in the y-z plane and is same for both pebbles with respect to the disc. Assume that (i) they land back on the disc before the disc has completed 1/8 rotation, (ii) their range is less than half the disc radius, and (iii) remains constant throughout. Then
Consider a disc rotating in the horizontal plane with a constant
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P lands in the shaded region and Q in the un shaded region
2
P lands in the unshaded region and Q in the shaded region
3
both P and Q land in the unshaded region
4
both P and Q land in the shaded region
36
PYQ 2014
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
In the figure, a ladder of mass is shown leaning against a wall. It is in static equilibrium making an angle with the horizontal floor. The coefficient of friction between the wall and the ladder is and that between the floor and the ladder is . The normal reaction of the wall on the ladder is and that of the floor is . If the ladder is about to slip, then
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and
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and
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and
4
and
37
PYQ 2015
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
From a solid sphere of mass and radius , a cube of maximum possible volume is cut. Moment of inertia of cube about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to one of its faces is
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2
3
4
38
PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A block of mass has a circular cut with a frictionless surface as shown. The block rests on the horizontal frictionless surface of a fixed table. Initially the right edge of the block is at in a co-ordinate system fixed to the table. A point mass m is released from rest at the topmost point of the path as shown and it slides down. When the mass loses contact with the block, its position is and the velocity is . At that instant, which of the following options is/are correct?
1
The position of the point mass is:
2
The velocity of the point mass is:
3
The component of displacement of the center of mass of the block is:
4
The velocity of the block is:
39
PYQ 2021
medium
physics ID: jee-adva
A pendulum consists of a bob of mass and a massless inextensible string of length It is suspended from a fixed point at height above a frictionless horizontal floor Initially, the bob of the pendulum is lying on the floor at rest vertically below the point of suspension A horizontal impulse is imparted to the bob at some instant After the bob slides for some distance, the string becomes taut and the bob lifts off the floor The magnitude of the angular momentum of the pendulum about the point of suspension just before the bob lifts off is The kinetic energy of the pendulum just after the lift-off is Joules The value of is ______
40
PYQ 2021
easy
physics ID: jee-adva
A pendulum consists of a bob of mass and a massless inextensible string of length . It is suspended from a fixed point at height above a frictionless horizontal floor Initially, the bob of the pendulum is lying on the floor at rest vertically below the point of suspension. A horizontal impulse is imparted to the bob at some instant. After the bob slides for some distance, the string becomes taut and the bob lifts off the floor. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the pendulum about the point of suspension just before the bob lifts off is . The kinetic energy of the pendulum just after the lift-off is Joules.
41
PYQ 2022
easy
physics ID: jee-adva
List I describe four systems, each with two particles, A and B, in relative motion, as shown in the figures. List II gives the possible magnitude of their relative velocities (in m s–1) at time

List-I

List-II

I

A and B are moving on a horizontal circle of radius 1 m with uniform angular speed ω = 1 rad s–1. The initial angular positions of A and B at time t = 0 are θ = 0 and θ = , respectively.

A and B are moving on a horizontal circle
P
II

Projectiles A and B are fired (in the same vertical plane) at t = 0 and t = 0.1 s respectively,with the same speed m s–1 and at 45° from the horizontal plane. The initial separation between A and B is large enough so that they do not collide,(g =10 m s -2 ).Projectiles A and B are fired

Q
III

Two harmonic oscillators A and B moving in the x direction according to and respectively, starting from t = 0. Take x0 = 1 m, t0 = 1 s.Two harmonic oscillators A and B

R
IV

Particle A is rotating in a horizontal circular path of radius 1 m on the xy plane, with constant angular speed ω = 1 rad s–1. Particle B is moving up at a constant speed 3 ms–1 in the vertical direction as shown in the figure. (Ignore gravity)
Particle A is rotating in a horizontal circular path

S
T

Which one of the following options is correct?
42
PYQ 2023
easy
physics ID: jee-adva

A pendulum consists of a bob of mass and a massless inextensible string of length It is suspended from a fixed point at height above a frictionless horizontal floor Initially, the bob of the pendulum is lying on the floor at rest vertically below the point of suspension A horizontal impulse is imparted to the bob at some instant After the bob slides for some distance, the string becomes taut and the bob lifts off the floor The magnitude of the angular momentum of the pendulum about the point of suspension just before the bob lifts off is The kinetic energy of the pendulum just after the lift-off is Joules The value of is ______