Rotational Motion
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Consider a badminton racket with length scales as shown in the figure. 
If the mass of the linear and circular portions of the badminton racket are same (M) and the mass of the threads are negligible, the moment of inertia of the racket about an axis perpendicular to the handle and in the plane of the ring at, distance from the end A of the handle will be _________ .
A sphere of radius 'a' and mass 'm' rolls along a horizontal plane with constant speed . It encounters an inclined plane at angle and climbs upward. Assuming that it rolls without slipping, how far up the sphere will travel? 
A solid cylinder length is suspended symmetrically through two massless strings, as shown in the figure. The distance from the initial rest position, the cylinder should be unbinding the strings to achieve a speed of 4 m/s, is ______ cm. (Take g = 10 m/s2).

t4-t2+10t
- +10t+4
- +10t+12
2t4- +5t+4
The position vector of 1 kg object is
and its velocity
The magnitude of its angular momentum is √x Nm where x is

A uniform disc with mass M = 4 kg and radius R = 10 cm is mounted on a fixed horizontal axle as shown in figure. A block with mass m = 2 kg hangs from a massless cord that is wrapped around the rim of the disc. During the fall of the block, the cord does not slip and there is no friction at the axle. The tension in the cord is _____ N.
(Take g = 10 ms–2)




Assertion (A):- fan spins even after switch is off
Reason (R):- Fan in rotation has rotational inertia.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given belows


Two discs of moment of inertia and about their central axes and normal to their planes, rotating with angular speeds and respectively are brought into contact face to face with their axes of rotation coincident. The loss in kinetic energy of the system in the process is __________ J.

Four particles each of mass 1 kg are placed at four corners of a square of side 2 m. Moment of inertia of system about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through one of its vertices is _____ kgm2.

A force of 49 N acts tangentially at the highest point of a sphere (solid) of mass 20 kg, kept on a rough horizontal plane. If the sphere rolls without slipping, then the acceleration of the center of the sphere is
A circular ring and a solid sphere having same radius roll down on an inclined plane from rest without slipping. The ratio of their velocities when reached at the bottom of the plane is where _______.
A wheel of radius rotates freely about its center when a string that is wrapped over its rim is pulled by a force of . The established torque produces an angular acceleration of . Moment of inertia of the wheel is............. kg m².
A uniform circular disc of radius and mass is rotating about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through its center. A small circular part of radius is removed from the original disc as shown in the figure. Find the moment of inertia of the remaining part of the original disc about the axis as given above.
A tube of length 1m is filled completely with an ideal liquid of mass 2M, and closed at both ends. The tube is rotated uniformly in horizontal plane about one of its ends. If the force exerted by the liquid at the other end is and the angular velocity of the tube is , then the value of is ______ in SI units.
If and represent the angular momentum and linear momentum respectively of a particle of mass ' ' having position vector . The direction of force is
Which of the following are correct expression for torque acting on a body?
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B.
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( position vector; linear momentum; angular momentum; angular acceleration; moment of inertia; force; time
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Two circular discs of radius cm each are joined at their centres by a rod, as shown in the figure. The length of the rod is cm and its mass is g. The mass of each disc is also g. If the applied torque between the two discs is dyne·cm, then the angular acceleration of the system about the given axis is ________ rad s .

Two point charges 2q and q are placed at vertex A and centre of face CDEF of the cube as shown in figure. The electric flux passing through the cube is : 



