01. A wheel of radius R and mass M is placed at the bottom of a fixed step of height R as shown in the figure.

A constant force is continuously applied on the surface of the wheel so that it just climbs the step without
slipping. Consider the torque τ about an axis normal to the plane of the paper passing through the point Q.
Which of the following options is/are correct?
(a) If the force is applied at point P tangentially then τ decreases continuously as the wheel climbs
(b) If the force is applied tangentially at point S then τ ≠ 0 but the wheel never climbs the step
(c) If the force is applied normal to the circumference at point P then τ is zero
(d) If the force is applied normal to the circumference at point X then τ is constant

02. Consider a smooth slot along a diameter of a disc of radius R rotating anticlockwise with constant
angular speed  about its vertical axis through its centre. We assign a co-old. System with origin at
the centre of disc, the x-axis along the slot, the y-axis perpendicular to the slot and the z-axis along the
R
rotation axis (  k) . A small block of mass m is gently placed in the slot at r  5i at t  0 and is
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constrained to move only along the slot.

(1) The distance r of the block at time t is

(2) The net reaction of the disc on the block is

03. One twirls a circular ring ( mass m and radius R ) near the top of one's finger as shown in figure I. In
the process the finger never loser contact with the inner rim of the ring. The finger traces out the
surface of a cone, shown by dotted line. The radius of path traced out by the point where the ring and
the finger is in contact is r. The finger rotates with an angular velocity 0 . The rotating ring rolls
without slipping on the outside of a smaller circle described by the point where the ring and the finger
is in contact (fig. 2) The coefficient of friction between the ring and the finger is  and acceleration
due to gravity is g.

(i) The minimum value of 0 below which the ring will drop down is
(ii) The total kinetic energy of the ring is
04. (a) Consider a bicycle in vertical position accelerating forward without slipping on a straight horizontal
good. The combined mass of bicycle and the rider is M and the magnitude of the accelerating torque
applied to the reaction wheal by the pedal and the gear system is  . The radius & the moment of inertia
of each wheel is R and I (with respect to the axis) respectively. The acceleration due to gravity is g. (a)
Draw the FBD of the system (bicycle & rider).

(b) Obtain the acceleration a in terms of the above mentioned quantities

(c) For simplicity assume that the centre of mass of the system is at height R from the ground and
equidistant at 2R from the centre of each of the two wheels. Let  be the centre of each of the two
wheels. Let  be the coefficient of friction (both static and dynamic) between the wheels and the
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ground. Consider M  2 and no slipping. Obtain the conditions for the maximum acceleration a m of
R
the bike.

05. (A) A round cone with half angle   300 and radius of the base R  5cm rolls uniformly and without
slipping over a horizontal plane as shown in fig. 1.8. The cone apex is hinged at the point O which is
on the same level with the point C, the cone base centre. The velocity of point C is v = cm/s.
Find the module of

(a) the vector of the angular velocity of cone and angel it forms with the vertical.
(b) The vector of the angular acceleration of cone.

05. (B) A thin uniform rod of mass m and length l rotates with the constant angular velocity  about the
vertical axis passing through the rod's suspension point O. In so doing, the rod describes a conical
surface with a half aperture angle  . Find the angle  as well as the magnitude and direction of the
reaction force R at the point Q.
06. A slightly loosely fit window is balanced by 2 strings which are connected to weights w/2 each. The
strings pass over the frictionless pulleys as shown in the figure. The strings are tied almost at the
corner of the window. The string on the right is cut and then the window accelerates downwards.
If the coefficients of friction between the window and the since supports is  , then calculate the
acceleration of the window in terms of  , a, b and g, where a is width and b is the length of the
window.

07. A small block of mass M moves on a frictionless surface of an inclined plane, as shown in the figure. The
angle of the incline suddenly changes from 60∘ and 30∘ at point B.
The block is initially at rest at A. Assume that collisions between the block and the incline are totally
inelastic. The speed of the block at point B immediately after it strikes the second incline is

08. A thin ring of mass 2kg and radius 0.5m is rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane with velocity
1m/s. A small ball of mass 0.1kg moving with velocity 20m/s in the opposite direction hits the ring at a
height of 0.75m and goes vertically up with velocity 10m/s. Immediately after collision

(a) ring has pure rotation about its cm

(b) ring comes to a complete stop
(c) friction between ring and the ground is to the left
(d) there is no friction between ring and the ground

09. A cylinder of mass m and radius r rests on two supports of the same height as shown. One support is
stationary, while the other slides from under the cylinder at a velocity v. Determine the force of normal
exerted by the cylinder on the stationary support at the moment when the distance between points A
and B of the supports is AB  r 2 . Assuming that the supports were very close to each other at the
initial instant. Friction is negligible everywhere.
10. A system is shown in figure. All contact surfaces are smooth and string is tight & inextensible. Wedge
'A' moves towards right with speed 10m/s & velocity of 'B' relative to 'A' is in downward direction
along the incline having magnitude 5m/s. Find the vertical component of velocity of Block 'C'

11. A triangular wedge w having mass m is placed on an incline plane with its face AB horizontal
Inclination of the incline is  on the flat horizontal surface of the wedge, there lies an infinite tower of
m m m
rectangular blocks. Blocks 1,2,3,4,.... have masses m, , , ,...... respectively. All surfaces are
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smooth. Find the contact force between the block 1 and 2 after the system is released from rest. Also
find acceleration of the wedge.

12. A particle P is attached to 2 fixed pts. O1 and O2 in horizontal line, by means of two light inextensible
strings of equal length . It is projected with a velocity just sufficient to make it describe a circle, in a
vertical plane, without the strings getting black and with the angle O1O1P  O1O2 P   . When the
particle is at its lowest paint, the string, O 2 P breaks and subsequent path of the particle was found to be
circle of radius cos . Find  .
r  sin 

13. A smooth spherical ball of mass m  2kg is resting on two identical blocks A and B as shown in the
figure. The blacks are moved apart with same horizontal velocity v  1m / s in opposite directions.
(a) Find the normal force applied by each of the blocks on the sphere at the instant separation between
the blocks is a  2R R  1m being the radius of the ball.
14. A L shaped uniform rod has both its sides of length l. Mass of each side is m. The rod is placed on a
smooth horizontal surface with its side AB horizontal and side BC vertical. It tumbles down from this
unstable position and falls on the surface. Find the speed with which end C of the rod hits the surface.

15. A uniform frinctionless ring of mass m and radius R, stands vertically on the ground. A wall touches the
ring on the left and another wall of height R touches the ring on right (see fig) There is a small bead of
mass m positioned at top of the ring. The bead is given a gentle push and it begins to slide down the ring
as shown. All surfaces are frictionless.

(a) As the bead slides, up to what value of angle  , the force applied by the ground on the ring is larger
than mg?
(b) Write the torque of force applied by the bead on the ring about point A as friction of  .
(c) What is maximum possible value of torque calculated in (b)? Using the result, tell what is the largest
value of m/ M for which the ring never rises off the ground?

R
16. A uniform sphere of radius R has a spherical cavity of radius mass of the sphere with cavity is m.
2
The sphere is rolling without sliding on a rough horizontal floor (the line joining centre of the sphere to
the centre of cavity remains in vertical plane.) When the centre of cavity is at lowest position, the centre
of sphere has horizontal velocity v. Find the maximum permissible value of V (in the position shown)
which allows the sphere to roll without bouncing

17. Mass m1 hits & sticks with m 2 while sliding horizontally with velocity v along the common line of
centres of the 3 equal masses  m1  m2  m3  m . Initially masses m1 and m2 are stationary and spring
is unstrected.

Find (a) velocity of m1m2 , m3 immediately after impact.

(b) ma  m KE of m3
(c) minimum KE of m2 (d) maximum compression of spring
18. Starting at time t = 0 from the origin with speed 1m/s, a particle follows a two dimensional trajectory
x2
in the x-y plane so that its coordinates are related by the equation y  . The x and y components of
2
its acceleration are denoted by a x and a y respectively. Then
(a) a x  1m / s 2 implies that when the particle is at the origin, a y  1m / s2
(b) a x  0 implies a y  1ms2 at all times
(c) at t  0 , the particles velocity points in the x direction
(d) a x  0 implies that at t  1 and the angle between the particles velocity and the x axis is 450 .

19. 3 identical uniform solid cylinders each of mass M and radius R are in contact and kept on a horizontal
surface. Coefficient of friction between cyl.1 and surface is  , between cylinder. 2 and surface is 2 ,
and between cylinder 3 and surface is 3 :-
There is no friction between cylinders. A horizontal time varying force F  mgt (here t is in sec.)
starts acting on cylinder 1, exactly at the horizontal level of centres of cylinder from t  0 . Answer the
following questions.
(a) How long after t  0 , cylinder will start slipping?
(b) How long after t  0 , cylinder 3 will start slipping?