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ASSIGNMENT
BHUBANESWAR CENTRE

Subjective
1. Determine the centre of gravity of a thin homogeneous plate having the form of a rectangle with sides r
and 2r which a semicircle with a radius r is cut out of Fig.

2. A homogeneous prism A lies on a horizontal plane. A prism B (also homogeneous) is placed on prism
A. The cross-sections of both are right triangles and the mass of prism A is n times that of B. Determine
how far prism A has moved when prism B, sliding down A, reaches the horizontal plane. The friction
coefficient at the contact surfaces of A and B is , and the ground floor is perfectly smooth.

3. A plate in the form of a semicircle of radius a has a mass per unit area of kr where k is a constant and r
is the distance from the centre of the straight edge. By dividing the plate into semicircular rings find the
distance of the centre of mass of the plate from the centre of its straight edge.
4. Two cylinders one of height h and the other of height 2h, each having a radius R are joined by a smaller
concentric cylinder of half the radius and height h/2 made of the same material. Locate the centre of
mass w.r.t centre of smallest cylinder.

5. A system of two blocks A and B and a wedge C is released from rest as shown in figure. Masses of the
blocks and the wedge are M, 2M and 2M respectively. What is the displacement of wedge C when
block B slides down the plane a distance of 10cm (all surfaces are smooth).

6. A rod of uniform cross-section of length 5L has a hollow section of length L as shown in Fig. The
density of the rod increases linearly with length from a value d at A to 3d at B and from 4d at C to 5d at
D. Determine the centre of mass. Consider section BC as massless.

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7. A straw of length L, mass M lies over a smooth horizontal table with its (2/3)rd part hanging in air. There
is an insect of mass m at the end of straw initially. Insects slowly moves on straw to other end such that
straw never falls off the table.

(a) Find displacement of straw w.r.t. ground (in terms of M, m, L) when the insect reaches the other end
of straw.
m
(b) Find the minimum mass ratio   of insect to straw.
M
8. A small body of mass m is at rest inside a thin, narrow tyre of mass m and radius r which is lying on a
horizontal table with its plane horizontal. How does the centre of mass of the system move if the small
body is given a tangential initial velocity v0 at t = 0, as shown in figure? If after time T the velocity of tyre
becomes zero, then find T. Find magnitude of velocity of ball at t = T/6. (Neglect friction everywhere)

9. A cylindrical pot is slowly filled with water. The centre of mass of the empty pot is at a height of 10 cm,
the mass of the pot is 1 kg, and its inner area is 0.4 m2. What is the height (in cm) of the water in it, if the
centre of mass of the system is at the lowest position? (Take density of water 1000 kg/m3 )
10. Three charged particles A, B and C are thrown at the same time same point from the top a very high
building with velocities (in m/s) mentioned
  
VA  3ˆj  î ; VB  3ˆj ; VC  6 ĵ  2î .
All the particles are of the same mass.
y

x
Gravity is directed vertically downward
Find the maximum height attained by the centre of mass of system of three particles (in cm).
11. Figure shows a disc of radius R = 20 cm with a portion of it removed symmetrically. The removed part
is a disc of radius R/2. The removed part is now placed in contact with the larger disc. Centres of all the
three discs lie on x-axis. Disc has uniform mass distribution. With respect to origin at centre of larger
disc find x-coordinate of system (in cm).
y

x
O

Removed part

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12. The linear mass density,  (x), for a one-dimensional object is plotted in the graph. The location of the
9rc
center of mass for this object is rc from origin then x is
0

0

(x)(kg/m)

0
0 x0 2x0

13. A ball of mass 5 kg is suspended from a cord of length l = 0.5 m is attached to a cart A of mass 25 kg
which slides freely on a frictionless horizontal track as shown in figure. The ball is given an initial
horizontal velocity 1 m/s while cart is at rest. Find

(a) The velocity of the ball when string makes maximum angle with vertical.
(b) The maximum vertical distance h through which the ball will rise.
14. The end of a pile of loose-link chain of mass  per unit length is being pulled horizontally along the
surface by a constant force P. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the chain and the surface is k,
dx
determine the acceleration a of the chain in terms of x and = v.
dt

15. A body of mass m0 is placed on a smooth horizontal surface. The mass of the body is decreasing
exponentially with disintegrating constant . Assuming that the mass is ejected backward with relative
velocity u and initially the body was at rest. Then find the velocity of body at time ‘t’
16. In a circus act, a 4kg dog is trained to jump from B cart to A and then immediately back to the B cart.
The carts each have a mass of 20kg and they are initially at rest. In both cases the dog jumps at 6m/s
relative to the cart. If the cart moves along the same line with negligible friction calculate the final
velocity of each cart with respect to the floor.

17. A boy of mass 10 kg is standing on a 4kg block as shown. The whole system is on smooth level ground.
The boy jumps to the right with a velocity of 7 m/s relative to the 4 kg block. Find the maximum velocity
of 1 kg block (in cm/sec) in the subsequent motion.

k = 100 N/m
1kg 4kg

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18. For some odd reason, you decide to throw baseballs at a car of mass M, which is free to move frictionlessly
on the ground. You throw the balls at the back of the car at speed u, and at a mass rate of  kg/s (assume
the rate is continuous, for simplicity). Assuming that the back window is open, so that the balls collect
inside the car.

dM  u  v 
(a) Show that rate of increase of mass of car = 
dt  u 
(b) If the car starts at rest, find its speed and position as a function of time,
19. A hollow smooth U-tube of mass 2m is lying at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. Two small smooth
balls of mass m, moving with velocity u enter into the tube simultaneously. Assuming all collisions to be
elastic, find out

(a) final velocity of balls after long time

(b) final velocity of tube after long time
(c) minimum kinetic energy of the system during the process of collisions.
MCQs
20. Two particles, P of mass 2m and Q of mass m, are subjected to mutual force of attraction and no
other force acts on them. At t = 0, P is at rest at point O and Q is moving away from O with a speed
5u. At a later instant t = T (before any collision has taken place), Q is moving towards O with speed
u. Then
(A) momentum of particle P at t = T is zero.
(B) momentum of particle P at t = T is 6 mu.
(C) work done by the force of attraction during 0 t  T is 12 mu2.
(D) work done by the force of attraction during 0  t  T is –3 mu2.
21. Two identical blocks each of mass 2M are joined by means of a light spring of spring constant k. A man of
mass M is standing on one of the block as shown in the diagram. If man jumps horizontally with a velocity V
relative to block and horizontal surface is smooth, then

2M  V 
(A) the maximum compression in the spring is  
k 3 M

k
2h 2M h 2M
(B) man lands at horizontal distance V from initial position of the block
g
(C) right block loses contact with wall when the elongation in spring is maximum
V
(D) velocity of centre of mass of two blocks after 2M loses contact with wall is
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22. One end of an ideal spring is fixed at point O and other end is attached to a small disc of mass m which
is given an initial velocity v0 perpendicular to its length on a smooth horizontal surface. If the maximum
0
elongation in spring is then (0 = natural length and k = stiffness of spring)
4

4v0 3v0
(A) velocity at maximum elongation, v  (B) velocity at maximum elongation, v 
5 4

5 0 k 0 k
(C) v0  (D) v0 
12 m 12 m

k 0 v0
o

23. A cart of mass M length L stands just at the end of a slope as shown in figure. A small block of mass m
is released from rest at height h block slides on cart and comes to rest with respect to cart at the edge of
cart. Friction exists between cart and block and all the surfaces are smooth. Coefficient of friction is µ :-

2gh M
(A) Time for which block moves on cart is .
g  m  M 

(B) Net workdone by kinetic friction is –µmgL.

m 2gh
(C) Final velocity of centre of mass of block and cart is .
mM

mM 2gh
(D) Net impulse on cart is .
m M
m
h
smooth
M

24. A wedge of mass M is placed on a rough floor. A particle of mass m is released from rest from
the top of the wedge as shown in figure. Wedge remains at rest when particle slides from A to
B. If fr represents the maximum frictional force developed at the bottom of wedge, µ represents
corresponding minimum coefficient of friction between wedge & ground & N represents
maximum normal force by wedge on ground then (no friction between M & m):-
m
A R
R
M B

3
(A) fr  mg (B) fr = 2mg
2

3m 3mg 6m
(C)   ,N  Mg  (D)   , N = Mg + 3mg
2M  3m 4 4M  6m

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25. A block of mass m is released from rest from a height h onto a smooth sledge of mass M fitted
with an ideal spring of stiffness k. Block do not lose contact with sledge anywhere & take
bottom surface of M as reference for potential energy.
m

M
2Mgh 2m2gh
(A) Velocity of block & sledge just before the block touches the spring is &
Mm Mm
respectively.
(B) Just before block touches the spring, total mechanical energy is distributed to the block &
sledge in the ratio M : m respectively.
(C) Velocity of centre of mass first increases & then decreases till the spring is fully compressed.
mgh
(D) Maximum compression in the spring is
k
26. A massless inelastic thread passes over a small frictionless pulley. Two identical blocks A and B of mass
m = 2 kg are attached with the thread. The system is initially at rest. A bullet C also of mass m strikes the
block A from below with initial speed u as shown in figure and gets embedded in block A at t = 0 second.
Then
(A) Velocity of centre of mass of system (block A plus bullet C and block B) just
after collision is u/2
(B) Velocity of centre of mass of system (block A plus bullet C and block B) just
after collision is u/3
u
(C) Time after which the string become taut again is t  . m A
2g B m

u2 u
(D) Maximum height reach by block A plus bullet C is Hmax = C
4g
27. A particle of mass m is projected with speed u inside a fixed uniform spherical shell of radius R as
shown in the figure from point P which lies on the circumference of shell. The collisions of the particle
with the surface of the shell are perfectly elastic. Point P & A lie in the plane of paper. Choose the
CORRECT option(s) from the following :
(A) The particle will be able to come back to A only after infinite number of collisions with the surface

3 3R
(B) The particle will come back to A after a time of after its projection from A.
u

6 3R
(C) The particle will come back to A after a time of after its projection from A.
u

9 3R
(D) The particle will come back to A after a time of after its projection from A.
u

u
P A
30°
O

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28. Particle of mass 'm' placed on a horizontal surface surrounded by walls as shown in figure.
Coefficients of restitution for collision with walls AB, BC, CD are e = 1, e= 1/2, e = 1/4
respectively. Particle Ist collide with wall AB as shown. After collision from wall BC & CD
respectively if again return to same position. Relation between 1, 2 &  will be :-

A \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ B

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


m 



D C
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

(A) tan 1 = 2 tan  (B) tan 2 = 2 tan  (C) tan 1 = 2 cot  (D) 4 cot 1 = tan 2
29. Sand from a stationary hopper falls onto a moving conveyor belt at a rate of 5.00 kg/s as
shown in the figure. The conveyor belt is supported by frictionless rollers and moves at a
constant speed of 0.750 m/s under the action of a constant horizontal external force Fext supplied
by the motor that drives the belt.

Fext
x

(A) The force of friction exerted by the belt on the sand is 3.75 N.
(B) The external force Fext is 3.75 N.
(C) The work done by Fext in 1 sec is 2.81 J.
(D) The kinetic energy acquired by the falling sand each second due to the change in its
horizontal motion is 1.41 J.

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