ROTATION

1. F = 10N, R = 1m, mass of body is 2kg and M.I. of

body about an axis passing through O and r to plane
of body is 4 kg –m2. ‘O’ is centre of mass of body.
(I) If ground is smooth, total K.E. of body after 2 sec
(a) 100 J (b) 75 J
(c) 50 J (d) 25 J

(II) If ground is sufficiently rough to ensure rolling, what is K.E. of body now in given time interval
(a) 18.75 J (b) 25.67 J
(c) 16.67 J (d) none

2. A disc of radius 20cm is rolling with slipping on horizontal

surface. Vcm and  of disc at a certain instant is shown
(I) Velocity of point O is
(a) 2 m/s (b) 4 m/s
(c) 1 m/s (d) 3 m/s

(II) Instantaneous centre is located at

(a) 0.2 m below ‘O’ (b) 0.2 m above ‘O’
(c) 0.6 m above ‘O’ (d) 0.4 m below ‘O’

(III) Velocity of point p is

(a) (b)
(c) (d) 5 m/s

3. A plank of length 20m and mass 1kg is kept on

horizontal smooth surface. A cylinder of mass 1kg is
kept near one end of plank.  between two surface is
0.5. Plank is suddenly given a velocity 20 m/s towards
left
(I) mark correct option (s)
(a) Initial acceleration of cylinder is 5 m/s towards left.
(b) Initial acceleration of cylinder is 5 m/s towards right.
(c) Initial acceleration of plank is 5 m/s towards right.
(d) Initial acceleration of plank is 5 m/s towards left.

(II) mark correct option (s)

(a) pure rolling of cylinder takes place immediately
(b) Initially cylinder slips and then pure rolling begins
(c) pure rolling never begins
(d) time of sleeping is 1 sec.

(III) velocity of plank when pure rolling begins is

(a) 10 m/s (b) 15 m/s
(c) 20 m/s (d) 25 m/s

(IV) time in which plank and cylinder separate

(a) 1 sec (b) 1.5 sec
(c) 2.5 sec (d) 2 sec

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4. A ring of radius R is rolling purely on outer surface of pipe of radius 4R. At some instant the
centre of ring has constant speed V.
(I) Acceleration of point on ring which is in contact with surface of pipe is
(a) (b)

(c) (d) zero

(II) Acceleration of point on ring which is farthest from centre of pipe is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

5. A hollow sphere is released from top of a wedge, friction is

sufficient for pure rolling of sphere on wedge. There is no
friction between wedge & ground. At a time when it leaves the
wedge horizontally
(I) velocity of centre of mass of sphere w. r. t ground is

(a) (b)

(c) (e)

(II) velocity of wedge at this instant is

(a) (b)

(c) (e)

(III) Angular velocity of sphere

(a) (b)

(c) (e)

6. A uniform disc of mass m and radius R rotates about a fixed vertical axis passing through its
centre with angular velocity 0. A particle of mass ‘m’ and moving horizontally with velocity 20R
towards centre of disc collides with disc and sticks to its rim.
(I) ‘’ of disc after particle sticks to disc is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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 (II) The impulse on particle due to disc is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(III) The impulse on disc due to hinge is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

7. A thin uniform rod of mass 2 m and length  is pivoted at H, as

shown in figure. rod is free to rotate in vertical plane. A particle of
mass ‘m’ strikes elastically at cm o rod.
(I) speed of particle just after collision
(a) V= (b) V=

(c) V= (d) V=

(II) Angular velocity of rod just after collision:

(a) (b)

(c) (e)

(III) Impulse imparted by hinge during collision is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

8. A zero mass rod of length 2 is placed on smooth horizontal

surface. Two small bullets of mass ‘m’ each hit rod at t=0 as
shown in figure. The two bullets stick to rod simultaneously at
t=0 and move with it.
(I) angular velocity of system after collision is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(II) A mass m3 =m is placed at rest on point (L, o). After what time internal does the rod hit it .
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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 (III) If immediately after collision m3 sticks to the point where it hits rod, what is new angular
velocity of whole system
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(IV) linear velocity of whole system is

(a) zero (b) V

(c) (d)

9. A hollow cylinder (m, R) rests on smooth horizontal surface. A

bullet of same mass m moving with velocity v 0 strikes cylinder
tangentially and gets embedded in it.
(I) mark correct option (s)
(a) energy of system (cylinder + bullet) is conserved .
(b) Momentum of system is conserved
(c) ‘L’ of system is conserved about any point in the plane of
cylinder.
(d) ‘L’ is not conserved due to torque of

(II) Velocity of bullet w.r.t ground after collision is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(III) Velocity of cylinder is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(IV) Angular velocity of system after collision

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(V) Impulse on bullet is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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10. A wheel of radius R rolls without slipping with acm=ao A
point ‘A’ on the wheel is at a distance r from ‘O’ and at
angle  from horizontal. If point A has no net acceleration
(A) angle  is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(B) Velocity v0 is given by

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

11. System is shown in figure. assume that cylinder remains in

contact with two wedges. The velocity of cylinder is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

12. A wheel of radius R rolls on ground with uniform velocity V. the relative acc of topmost point of
wheel w.r.t bottom most point is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

13. All cylinders are identical and no slipping at any

contact. The ratio of angular speeds of upper
cylinders to lower cylinder is
(a) 1/3 (b) 3
(c) 1 (d) none

14. A thin uniform rod (m, l) is hinged at its upper end and released from rest in horizontal position.
The tension at a point located at a distance from hinge point, when rod becomes vertical, will
be
(a) (b)

(c) (d) 2mg

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15. A disc of radius R is placed on a frictionless x-y plane with origin
at centre of disc. At time t = 0 disc is given initial motion such that
velocity of point A lying on periphery of disc at x-axis is v0 towards

+ ve x-axis and angular velocity of disc is The

coordinates of point A after time are :
(A) (B)
(C) (D) None of these.
16. One end of a thin bar AB of mass m and length is hanging from
a massless string. The other end is held at an angle of 45° with
horizontal. Find the tension in the string immediately after release
of the bar. (Bar is released from point B)
(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Comprehension
A cylinder of mass m is placed on the edge of a plank of
same mass and length 4µgt2 placed on the smooth
horizontal surface, where µ is the coefficient of friction
between cylinder and plank and t is the time at which pure
rolling starts. The cylinder is given an impulse at t = 0 which
imparts it a velocity V0 (m/s).

17. Find the time in which pure rolling starts :

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

18. Find the distance covered by cylinder on plank before the start of pure rolling :
(A) (B)
(C) (D)

A uniform straight rod of mass M and length L slips in

vertical plane with one end on horizontal plane and the other
end on an inclined plane inclined at an angle 60 0 from
horizontal. Both planes are smooth. When rod makes an
isosceles triangle with inclined planes, lower end has speed
v as shown.

19. Angular velocity of rod is

(A) V/L (B) V/2L (C) (D) none of these

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20. Kinetic energy of rod is
(A) (B) (C) (D)

21. The magnitude of Angular momentum of rod about O is

(A) Lmv/2 (B) Lmv/3 (C) Lmv/Ö3 (D) Lmv/6

Numerical Based
22. A rigid body rotates about a fixed axis. Its angular velocity is variable and is given by ( a – bt)
where a and b are constant and t is the time. The angle through which it rotates before coming

to rest is given by where I is an integer. Find I.

23. A ball of radius r hits the edge of billiards table with a pure
rolling motion and rebounds, with a pure rolling motion.
Find the height h (in cm) of the hitting point. Assume that
the force exerted on the ball by the edge is horizontal
during the impact and that the ball hits the edge along the
normal. (Take r = 5 cm).

24. A solid sphere moving with linear velocity 2m/sec and angular velocity 8 rad/sec is rolling
without slipping on a rough horizontal surface to collide elastically with identical sphere at rest of
mass 1 kg and radius R. There is no friction between them. Find the ratio of linear velocity of
first sphere after it again starts rolling without slipping to the net angular impulse imparted to
second sphere by the external forces (an integer).

25. A uniform rod of mass m and length is in equilibrium.

The value of µ for rod to be in equilibrium is When X is :
(q = 60°)

26. A uniform rod of mass (m) and length is released from

rest from its vertical position by giving a gentle push.
In consequence, the end of the rod collides at P after rotating P
about the smooth horizontal axis O. If the coefficient of
restitution Angular speed of the rod just after impact is / 2

rad/sec where X is : O

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 ANSWERS
ROTATION
Objective
1 (i) C (ii) C
2 (i) A (ii) A (iii) B
3. (i) AC (ii) BD (iii) B (iv) B
4 (i) A (ii) D
5
6 (i) B (ii) C (iii) C
7 (i) B (ii) C (iii) D
8 (i) B (ii) C (iii) A (iv) A
9 (i) AC (ii) A (iii) A (iv) C (v) B
10 (i) B (ii) A
11 D 12 B 13 B 14 D 15 B
16 A 17 B 18. C 19. A 20. A
21. D

Numerical Based
22. 2
23. 7
24. 4
25. 1
26. 2

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