Circular Motion (Questions)
Circular Motion (Questions)
Single Correct Type Questions 5. A ball is spun with angular acceleration α = 6t2 – 2t where t
is in second and α is in rads–1. At t = 0, the ball has angular
1. A body is moving with constant speed, in a circle of radius velocity of 10 rads–2 and angular position of 4 rad. The
10m. The body completes one revolution in 4s. At the end
of 3rd second, the displacement of body (in m) from its most appropriate expression for the angular position of
starting point is: [31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] the ball is: [28 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(a) 30 (b) 15p 3 4 2
t − t + 10t t4 t3
(c) 5p (d) 10 2 (a) (b) − + 10t + 4
2 2 3
2. A particle is moving with constant speed in a circular path.
When the particle turns by an angle 90°, the ratio of 2t 4 t 3 t3
(c) − + 10t + 12 (d) 2t 4 − + 5t + 4
instantaneous velocity to its average velocity is π : x 2 . 3 6 2
The value of x will be [6 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] 6. Motion of a particle in x – y plane is described by a set of
(a) 2 (b) 5 π
(c) 1 (d) 7 following equations x = 4sin – ωt m and y = 4 sin(wt)m.
2
3. As shown in the figure, a particle is moving with constant
speed π m/s. Considering its motion from A to B, the The path of the particle will be:
magnitude of the average velocity is:
[6 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] [28 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
B (a) Circular (b) Helical
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(c) Parabolic (d) Elliptical
V 120o
A 7. A person moved from A to B on a circular path as shown
in figure. If the distance travelled by him is 60 m, then the
magnitude of displacement would be:
(Given cos135° = – 0.7) [25 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
(a) π m/s (b) 3m/ s B
(c) 2 3 m / s (d) 1.5 3 m / s 135°
O A
4. An object moves at a constant speed along a circular path
in a horizontal plane with centre at the origin. When the
object is at x = +2m, its velocity is −4 ˆjm / s . The object’s
velocity (v) and acceleration (a) at x = –2m will be (a) 42 m (b) 47 m (c) 19 m (d) 40 m
[29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
8. A fly wheel is accelerated uniformly from rest and rotates
=(a) v 4= ˆ / s, a 8 ˆjm / s
im 2
through 5 rad in the first second. The angle rotated by the
ˆjm / s, a 8im
(b) v 4=
= ˆ / s2 fly wheel in the next second, will be:
−4 ˆjm / s, a =
(c) v = ˆ / s2
8im [24 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(d) v = ˆ / s, a =
−4im −8 ˆjm / s 2 (a) 7.5 rad (b) 15 rad (c) 20 rad (d) 30 rad
2
9. A block of 200 g mass moves with a uniform speed in 16. A disc with a flat small bottom with a beaker placed
a horizontal circular groove, with vertical side walls of on it at a distance R from its center is revolving about
radius 20cm. If the block takes 40 s to complete one round, an axis passing through the center and perpendicular to
the normal force by the side walls of the groove is:
[16 March, 2021 (Shift-I)] its plane with an angular velocity w. The coefficient
of static friction between the bottom of the beaker and
(a) 6.28 ×10–3N (b) 0.0314 N
the surface of the disc is m. The beaker will revolve with
(c) 9.859 ×10–2N (d) 9.859 ×10–4N
the disc if: [25 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
10. A child of mass 5kg is going round a merry-go-round that
µg
makes 1 rotation in 3.14 s. The radius of the merry-go- (a) R ≤
round is 2 m. The centrifugal force on the child will be 2ω2
µg
[6 April 2023 (Shift-II)] (b) R ≤ 2
ω
(a) 80 N (b) 50 N µg
(c) 100 N (d) 40 N (c) R ≥ 2
2ω
11. A coin placed on a rotating table just slips when it is µg
(d) R ≥ 2
placed at a distance of 1 cm from the center. If the angular ω
velocity of the table is halved, it will just slip when placed 17. One end of a massless spring of spring constant k and
at a distance of ________ from the centre:
[ 11 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] natural length l0 is fixed while the other end is connected
(a) 2 cm (b) 1 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 4 cm to a small object of mass m lying on a frictionless table.
The spring remains horizontal on the table. If the object
12. A car is moving on a horizontal curved road with radius
50m. The approximate maximum speed of car will be, is made to rotate at an angular velocity w about an axis
if friction coefficient between tyres and road is 0.34. passing through fixed end, then the elongation of the
[Take g = 10 ms–2] [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)] spring will be: [27 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(a) 3.4 ms –1
(b) 22.4 ms–1 k – mω2 l0 mω2 l0
(c) 13 ms–1 (d) 17 ms–1 (a) (b)
mω2 k + mω2
13. A body of mass 200 g is tied to a spring of spring constant
12.5 N/m, while the other end of spring is fixed at point O. mω2 l0 k + mω2 l0
(c) (d)
If the body moves about O in a circular path on a smooth k – mω2 mω2
horizontal surface with constant angular speed 5 rad/s,
then the ratio of extension in the spring to its natural length 18. A boy ties a stone of mass 100 g to the end of 2 m long
will be: [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] string and whirls it around in a horizontal plane. The
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 2 : 5 string can withstand the maximum tension of 80 N. If the
14. A vehicle of mass 200 kg is moving along a levelled K
maximum speed with which the stone can revolve is
curved road of radius 70 m with angular velocity of π
0.2 rad/s. The centripetal force acting on the vehicle is : rev. /min. The value of K is:
[13 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] (Assume the string is massless and unstretchable)
(a) 560 N (b) 2800 N [24 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
(c) 14 N (d) 2240 N (a) 400 (b) 300 (c) 600 (d) 800
15. A car is moving with a constant speed of 20 m/s in
19. A particle is moving with uniform speed along the
a circular horizontal track of radius 40 m. A bob is
suspended from the roof of the car by a massless string. circumference of a circle of radius R under the action
The angle made by the string with the vertical will be : of a central fictitious force F which is inversely
(Take g = 10 m/s2 ) [25 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)] proportional to R3. Its time period of revolution will
π π be given by:
[26 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)]
(a) (b)
6 2 3 5
(a) T ∝ R 2 (b) T ∝ R 2
π π
(c) (d) 4
4 3 (c) T ∝ R 3 (d) T ∝ R2
3
20. A modern grand - prix racing car of mass m is traveling on
Integer Type Questions
a flat track in a circular arc of radius R with a speed v. If 23. A car is moving on a circular path of radius 600 m such
the coefficient of static friction between the tyres and the that the magnitudes of the tangential and centripetal
track is µs, then the magnitude of negative lift FL acting acceleration are equal. Time taken by the car to complete
downwards on the car is : first quarter of revolution, if it is moving with an initial
(Assume forces on the four tyres are identical and g ( )
speed of 54 km/hr is t 1 − e −π /2 s . The value of t is
= acceleration due to gravity)[17 March, 2021 (Shift-I)] _______. [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
V
24. A body rotating with an angular speed of 600rpm is
uniformly accelerated to 1800rpm in 10 sec. The number
of rotations made in the process is ___________.
[20 July, 2021 (Shift-II)]
25. A stone tied to 180 cm long string at its end is making
28 revolutions in horizontal circle in every minute.
R 1936 −2
The magnitude of acceleration of stone is ms .
The value of x ____________. x
22
Take π =
[30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
7
v2 26. A curve in a level road has a radius 75 m. The maximum
v2
(a) m (b) −m g + speed of a car turning this curved road can be 30 m/s without
µ R − g
µ s R
s skidding. If radius of curved road is changed to 48m and the
coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road remains
v2 v2
(c) m g − (d) m + g same, then maximum allowed speed would be _____m/s.
µ s R µ R
s
[25 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
21. A particle of mass m is suspended from a ceiling through 27. A metal wire of length 0.5m and cross-sectional area
a string of length L. The particle moves in a horizontal 10–4m2 has breaking stress 5 × 108 Nm–2. A block of 10
L kg is attached at one of the string and is rotating in a
circle of radius r such that r = . The speed of particle
2 horizontal circle. The maximum linear velocity of block
will be: [26 Aug, 2021 (Shift-II)] will be _______ ms–1. [29 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
rg 28. A particle is moving in a circle of radius 50 cm in such
(a) rg (b)
2 a way that at any instant the normal and tangential
(c) 2 rg (d) components of its acceleration are equal. If its speed
2rg
at t = 0 is 4 m/s, the time taken to complete the first
22. A uniform rod of length is being rotated in a horizontal 1
plane with a constant angular speed about an axis passing revolution will be 1 − e −2π s, where a = ______. is
α
through one of its ends. If the tension generated in the rod
due to rotation is T(x) at a distance x from the axis, then [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]
which of the following graphs depicts it most closely? 29. A body of mass m = 10 kg is attached to one end of a wire
[12 April, 2019 (Shift-I)] of length 0.3 m. The maximum angular speed (in rad s–1)
T (x) T (x) with which it can be rotated about its other end in space
station (Breaking stress of wire = 4.8 × 107 Nm–2 and area
(a) (b)
of cross section of the wire = 10–2 cm2) is:
x
l
x [9 Jan, 2020 (Shift-I)]
l
T (x) T (x) 30. A pendulum of length 2 m consists of a wooden bob of
mass 50 g. A bullet of mass 75 g is fired towards the
(c) (d)
stationary bob with a speed v.The bullet emerges out of
x x the bob with a speed v/3 and the bob just completes the
l l
vertical circle. The value of v is _____ ms–1(g = 10 m/s2)
[27 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
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