Physics - System of Particles & Rotational Motion

1. The linear speed of the seconds hand in a clock of dial radius 10 cm is about

(A) 104 ms−1 (B) 104 ms−1 (C) 52 ms−1 (D) 52 ms−1
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2. A particle moves along a circle of radius m with constant tangential acceleration. If the velocity of


the particle is 80 ms−1 at the end of the second revolution after motion has begin, the tangential
acceleration is (Assuming the particle to start from rest)
(A) 640  m s−2 (B) 160  m s−2 (C) 40  m s−2 (D) 40 m s−2

3. The angular speed of a fly-wheel making 120 revolution/minute is

(A)  rad s−1 (B) 2 rad s−1 (C) 4 rad s−1 (D) 42 rad s−1

4. A constant torque of 1000 N-m turns a wheel of moment of inertia 200 kg-m2 about an axis through its

centre. Its angular velocity after 3 s is (if it starts from rest)

(A) 1 rad s−1 (B) 5 rad s−1 (C) 10 rad s−1 (D) 15 rad s−1

5. A flywheel gains a speed of 540 r.p.m. in 6 s. Its angular acceleration will be

(A) 3 rad s− 2 (B) 9 rad s− 2 (C) 18 rad s− 2 (D) 54 rad s− 2

6. Two particles of masses 2 kg and 4 kg have velocities 5iˆ and − 6iˆ respectively. The velocity of their

centre of mass is
−7 7 7 −1
(A) î (B) + î (C) + î (D) î
3 3 3 3

7. Three bodies 2 kg, 4 kg and 8 kg are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 3. 5 m in

x-y plane. The position vector of their centre of mass with respect the origin is (Assume 2 kg mass at the
origin).
3ˆ
(A) 1  5iˆ + 2  0ˆj (B) 2.5iˆ + j (C) 2  0iˆ + 1  5jˆ (D) 1  5iˆ + 3jˆ
2

8. Four particles each of mass m are placed at the corners of a square of side length l. The radius of
gyration of the system about an axis perpendicular to the square and passing through its centre is
l l
(A) (B) (C) l (D) ( 2)l
2 2

9. The moment of inertia of a meter stick of mass 300 g, about an axis at right angles to the stick and
located at 30 cm mark, is
(A) 8.3  105 g cm2 (B) 5.8 g cm2 (C) 3.7  105 g cm2 (D) none of these

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10. A hollow sphere and a solid sphere of same mass M are rotated from rest using same torque. The ratio of
time taken by them to attain same angular speed is

(A) 1 : 1 (B) 5 : 3 (C) 3 : 5 (D) 3 : 2

11. Find the torque of a force F = −3iˆ + ˆj + 5jˆ acting at the point r = 7iˆ + 3jˆ + kˆ
(A) 14iˆ − 38jˆ + 16kˆ (B) 4iˆ + 4ˆj + 6kˆ (C) −14iˆ + 38jˆ − 16kˆ (D) −21iˆ + 3jˆ + 5kˆ

12. The diameter of a flywheel is 1 m. It has a mass of 20 kg. It is rotating about its axis with a speed of
120 rotations in one minute. Its angular momentum (in kg m2 s–1) is
(A) 13.4 (B) 31.4 (C) 41.4 (D) 43.4

13. If the earth suddenly shrinks such that its radius reduces to half of its present value, then the period of
rotation of the earth reduces to
(A) 6 hr (B) 14 hr (C) 12 hr (D) 18 hr

14. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is rotating about its axis with a constant angular velocity .
Four objects each of mass m, are kept gently to the opposite ends of two perpendicular diameters of the
ring. The angular velocity of the ring will be.
M ( M + 4 m ) ( M − 4 m ) M
(A) (B) (C) (D)
M + 4m M M + 4m 4m

15. A ballet dancer is spinning with a constant angular speed  with her arms stretched out wards from the
body. After a while, she gradually pulls her arms towards the body. Then
(A) the angular speed increases (B) the angular momentum increases
(C) the angular speed decreases (D) moment of inertia increases

16. A body of moment of inertia of 3 kg m2 rotating with an angular speed of 2 rad s−1 has the same KE as
mass of 12 kg moving with a speed of
(A) 2 m s–1 (B) 1 m s–1 (C) 4 m s–1 (D) 8 m s–1

17. The moment of inertia of a body about a given axis is 1.2 kg m2. Initially, the body is at rest. In order to
produce a rotational KE of 1500 joule, an angular acceleration of 25 rad s −2 must be applied about that
axis for a duration of

(A) 4 s (B) 2 s (C) 8 s (D) 10 s

18. Masses 8 kg, 2 kg, 4 kg and 2 kg are placed at the corners A, B, C, D respectively of a square ABCD of
diagonal 80 cm. The distance of centre of mass from A will be

(A) 20 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 40 cm (D) 60 cm

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19. Angular displacement () of a fly wheel varies with time as  = at + bt2 + ct3 then angular acceleration is
given by

(A) a + 2bt – 3ct2 (B) 2b – 6t (C) a + 2b – 6t (D) 2b + 6ct

20. A wheel is at rest. Its angular velocity increases uniformly and becomes 60 rad s−1 after 5 s. The total
angular displacement is

(A) 600 rad (B) 75 rad (C) 300 rad (D) 150 rad

21. A wheel initially at rest, is rotated with a uniform angular acceleration. The wheel rotates through an

angle 1 in first one second and through an additional angle 2 in the next one second. The ratio 2 is
1

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1

22. In rotational motion of a rigid body, all particles move with

(A) Same linear and angular velocity

(B) Same linear and different angular velocity
(C) With different linear velocities and same angular velocities

(D) With different linear and angular velocities

23. Moment of inertia of a disc about its own axis is I. Its moment of inertia about a tangential axis in its
plane is
5 3
(A) I (B) 3 I (C) I (D) 2 I
2 2

24. A wheel having moment of inertia 2 kg-m2 about its vertical axis, rotates at the rate of 60 rpm. The

torque which can stop the wheel’s rotation in one minute would be
2   
(A) Nm (B) Nm (C) Nm (D) Nm
15 12 15 18

25. A circular disc is rolling down an inclined plane without slipping. If the angle of inclination is 30, the
acceleration of the disc down the inclined plane is
g g 2
(A) g (B) (C) (D) g
2 3 3

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