ROTATIONAL MOTION-RPS-05

1. The grinding stone of a flour mill is rotating at 5. In an orbital motion, the angular momentum
600 rad/sec. for this power of 1.2 k watt is used. vector is:
the effective torque on stone in N–m will be :– (a) along the radius vector
(a) 1 (b) 2 (b) parallel to the linear momentum
(c) 3 (d) 4 (c) in the orbital plane
(d) perpendicular to the orbital plane
Correct Answer : B
2. A wheel having moment of inertia 2 kg–m2 Correct Answer : D
About its vertical axis, rotates at the rate of 60 6. Two bodies have their moments of inertia I and
rpm about the axis. The torque which can stop 2I respectively about their axis of rotation. If
the wheel’s rotation in one minute would be :– their kinetic energies of rotation are equal, their
π π angular momentum will be in the ratio :–
(a) N−m (b) N−m
12 15 (a) 1 : 2 (b) √2 : 1
π 2π (c) 1 : √2 (d) 2 : 1
(c) N−m (d) N −m
18 15

Correct Answer: C
Correct Answer : B
7. A particle of mass 1.0 kg is rotating on a circular
3. A ring of mass 10 kg and diameter 0.4 meter is
path of diameter 2.0 m at 10 rotations in 31.4s.
rotating about its geometrical axis at 1200
The angular momentum of the body, (in kgm 2/s)
rotations per minute. Its moment of inertia and
is :-
angular momentum will be respectively:-
(a) 1.0 (b) 1.5
(a) 0.4 kg-m2 and 50.28 J-s
(c) 2.0 (d) 4.0
(b) 0.4 kg-m2 and 0.4 J-s
Correct Answer: C
(c) 50.28 kg-m2 and 0.4 J-s
(d) 0.4 kg-m2 and zero
8. A stone attached to one end of the string is
revolved around a stick so that the string winds
Change the options replace 50.28 with 50.24
upon the stick and gets shortened. What is
conserved?
Correct Answer : A (a) angular momentum
(b) linear momentum
4. A fan of moment of inertia 0.6 kgm 2 is to run (c) kinetic energy
upto a working speed of 0.5 revolution per
(d) none of the above
second. Indicate the correct value of the angular
Correct Answer : A
momentum
2 2
metre metre 9. A rotating table completes one rotation in 10
(a) 0.6 π kg × (b) 6 π kg ×
sec sec
2 2
sec. and its moment of inertia is 100 kg-m 2. A
metre π metre person of 50 kg. mass stands at the centre of the
(c) 3 π kg × (d) kg ×
sec 6 sec
rotating table. If the person moves 2m from the
centre, the angular velocity of the rotating table
Correct Answer: A
(in rad/sec). will be:
 2π 20 π (a) 0.5E (b) 0.25E
(a) (b)
30 30 (c) E (d) 2E
2π Correct Answer : A
(c) (d) 2π
3
13. A particle performs uniform circular motion
with an angular momentum L. If the frequency
Correct Answer: A of particle's motion is doubled and its kinetic
10. An ant is sitting at the edge of a rotating disc. If energy halved, the angular momentum becomes
the ant reaches the other end, after moving along (a) 2L (b) 4L
the diameter, the angular velocity of the disc L L
will:- (c) (d)
2 4
(a) remain constant Correct Answer : D
(b) first decreases and then increases
(c) first increases, then decrease Correct
(d) Increase continuously 14. A light rod of length l has two masses m1 and m2
attached to its two ends. The moment of inertia
Correct Answer: C of the system about an axis perpendicular to the
11. A small steel sphere of mass m is tied to a string rod and passing through the centre of mass is:
of length r and is whirled in a horizontal circle (a) ( m1 +m2 ) l
2
(b) √ m1 m2 l 2
with a uniform angular velocity 2w. The string is m1 m2 2 m1+ m2 2
suddenly pulled, so that radius of the circle is (c) l (d) l
m1+ m2 m1 m2
halved. The new angular velocity will be
(a) 2w
Correct Solution : C
(b) 4w
15. A disc of radius 2m and mass 100 kg rolls on a
(c) 6w
horizontal floor. Its centre of mass has speed of
(d) 8w
20 cm/s. How much work is needed to stop it?
(a) 3J (b) 30 kJ
Replace with symbol of omega both in question and
(c) 2 J (d) 1 J
solution ( ω)
Correct Answer : D Correct Answer : a

12. The rotational kinetic energy of a body is E. In

the absence of external torque, if mass of the
body is halved and radius of gyration doubled,
then its rotational kinetic energy will be :-