CIRCULAR MOTION

CIRCULAR MOTION

EXERCISE-1
PART (1) : KINEMATICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION
OBJECTIVE
1. A particle moves along a circle of radius R with a constant angular speed  .Its displacement
(only magnitude) in time t will be

t
(A) t (B) 2 R cos t (C) 2 R sin t (D) 2R sin
2

2. Two particles A and B revolve concentrically in a horizontal plane in the same direction. The time
required to complete one revolution for particle A is 3 min. while for particle B is 1 min. The time
required for A to make one revolution relative to B is :

(A) 3 min (B) 1 min (C) 1.5 min (D) none

3. Two racing cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r and 2r respectively and their
angular speeds are equal. The ratio of the time taken by cars to complete one revolution is :
(A) m1 : m2 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 1 (D) m1 : 2m2

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4. A particle moves along a circle of radius    m with tangential acceleration of constant magnitude.
 
If the speed of the particle is 80 m/s at the end of the second revolution after motion has begun, the
tangential acceleration is:

(A) 160  m/s2 (B) 40  m/s2 (C) 40 m/s2 (D) 640  m/s2
5. Which of the following quantities may remain constant during the motion of an object along a curved
path :
(A) speed (B) velocity (C) acceleration (D) magnitude of acceleration

6. The second’s hand of a watch has length 6 cm. Speed of end point and magnitude of difference of
velocities at two perpendicular positions will be :

(A) 2 & 0 mm/s (B) 2 2  & 4.44 mm/s (C) 2 2  & 2 mm/s (D) 2 & 2 2  mm/s

SUBJECTIVE
7. A particle starts from rest at O and moves along a horizontal semi circular track OAB of radius
R = 1m as shown in the figure. The rate of change of speed of the particle is constant and equals
to 2m/s2. A is a point lying exactly on the middle of semicircular track as shown in figure. When the
particle reaches A. Find

(a) The magnitude of velocity vector of the particle at the instant.

(b) Magnitude of acceleration vector of the particle at the instant.

(c) The cosine of angle between acceleration and velocity vector

of the particle at that instant

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8. A rod AB is moving on a fixed circle of radius R with constant velocity ‘v’ as shown in figure. P is the
3R
point of intersection of the rod and the circle. At an instant the rod is at a distance x = from
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centre of the circle. The velocity of the rod is perpendicular to the rod and the rod is always parallel
to the diameter CD.

(a) Find the speed of point of intersection P.

(b) Find the angular speed of point of intersection P with respect to centre of the circle.

9. Figure shows a circular path taken by a particle. If the instantaneous velocity of the particle is

v = (2m /s) î – (2 m/s) ĵ . Through which quadrant is the particle moving when it is travelling
(a) clockwise and (b) counter clockwise around the circle?

10. A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its angular velocity is
zero. In the first 2 seconds, it rotates through an angle 1. In the next 2 seconds, it rotates through
an additional angle 2. find the ratio of 2/1 .

11. The length of second’s hand in a watch is 1 cm. Find the magnitude of change in velocity of its tip in
15 seconds. Also find out the magnitude of average acceleration during this interval.

PART (2) : RADIAL AND TANGENTIAL ACCELERATION

OBJECTIVE
1. A particle moves in a circular path so that its distance travel varies with time t as s = 3t2 + 6t. Then
its acceleration at t = 1 sec. is (radius of path is 12 m) -

(A) 6 5 m/s2 (B) 6 m/s2 (C) 12 m/s2 (D) 12 3 m/s2

2. A particle is moving in a spiral path on a smooth horizontal plane, with constant angular velocity .
If the radius is increasing at a constant rate  and the initial radius is zero, then find the magnitude
of acceleration of the particle at time ‘t’.

(A) 2 t (B)  1  2 t 2 (C)  4  2 t 2 (D) 2 1  2 t 2

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3. Two particles P and Q are located at distances rP and rQ respectively from the axis of a rotating disc
such that rP > rQ :

(A) Both P and Q have the same acceleration

(B) Both P and Q do not have any acceleration

(C) P has greater acceleration than Q

(D) Q has greater acceleration than P

4. A particle is going with constant speed along a uniform helical and spiral path separately as shown
in figure (in case (a), verticle acceleration of particle is negligible)

(b)

(A) The velocity of the particle is constant in both cases

(B) The magnitude of acceleration of the particle is constant in both cases

(C) The magnitude of accleration is constant in (a) and decreasing in (b)

(D) The magnitude of accleration is decreasing continuously in both the cases

SUBJECTIVE
5. A particle moves clockwise in a circle of radius 1 m with centre at (x, y) = (1m, 0). It starts at rest at

the origin at time t = 0. Its speed increases at the constant rate of  2  m/s2. Find net acceleration
 
at t = 2 sec.

6. A particle moves uniformly in a circle of radius 25 cm at two revolution per second. Find the
acceleration of the particle in m/s2 .

7. A particle moves in a circle of radius 1.0 cm at a speed given by v = 2.0 t where v is in cm/s and t
in seconds.

(a) Find the radial acceleration of the particle at t = 1s.

(b) Find the tangential acceleration at t = 1s

(c) Find the magnitude of the acceleration at t = 1s.

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PART (3) : CIRCULAR MOTION IN HORIZONTAL PLANE

OBJECTIVE
1. A small coin of mass 40 g is placed on the horizontal surface of a rotating disc. The disc starts from
rest and is given a constant angular acceleration  = 2 rad/s2. The coefficient of static friction
between the coin and the disc is µs = 3/4 and coefficient of kinetic friction is µk = 0.5. The coin is
placed at a distance r = 1 m from the centre of the disc. The magnitude of the resultant force on the
coin exerted by the disc just before it starts slipping on the disc is :(Take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 0.2 N (B) 0.3 N (C) 0.4 N (D) 0.5 N

2. In the motorcycle stunt called "the well of death" the track is a vertical cylindrical surface of 18 m
radius. Take the motorcycle to be a point mass and = 0.8. The minimum angular speed of the
motorcycle to prevent him from sliding down should be:

(A) 6/5 rad/s (B) 5/6 rad/s (C) 25/3 rad/s (D) none of these

3. A smooth wire is bent into a vertical circle of radius a. A bead P can

slide smoothly on the wire. The circle is rotated about vertical diameter
AB as axis with a constant speed  as shown in figure. The bead P is

at rest w.r.t. the wire in the position shown. Then 2 is equal to :

2g 2g g 3 2a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a a 3 a g 3

4. A stone of mass of 16 kg is attached to a string 144 m long and is whirled in a horizontal smooth
surface. The maximum tension the string can withstand is 16 N. The maximum speed of revolution
of the stone without breaking it, will be :

(A) 20 ms–1 (B) 16 ms–1 (C) 14 ms–1 (D) 12 ms–1

5. A particle is kept fixed on a uniformly rotating turn-table As seen from the ground , the particle goes
in a circle, its speed is 10 cm/s and acceleration is 10 cm/s2.The particle is now shifted to a new
position to make the radius half of the original value.The new values of the speed and acceleration
will be

(A) 20 cm/s, 20 cm/s2 (B) 5 cm/s, 5 cm/s2

(C) 40 cm/s, 10 cm/s2 (D) 40 cm/s,40 cm/s2

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6. A rod of length L is hinged at one end and it is rotated with a constant angular velocity in a horizontal
plane . Let T1 and T2 be the tensions at the points L/4 and 3L/4 away from the hinged end.

(A) T1 > T2

(B) T2 > T1

(C) T1 = T2

(D) The relation between T1 and T2 depends on whether the rod rotates clockwise or anticlockwise

SUBJECTIVE
7. A small sphere of mass 200 gm is attached to an inextensible string of length 130 cm whose upper
end is fixed to the ceiling. The sphere is made to describe a horizontal circle of radius 50 cm.
Calculate the time period of this conical pendulum and the tension in the string.

8. A motorcyclist wants to drive on the vertical surface of wooden ‘well’ of radius 5 m, in horizontal
plane with a minimum speed of 5 5 m/s. Find the minimum value of coefficient of friction between
the tyres and the wall of the well . (take g = 10 m/s2)

PART (4) : RADIUS OF CURVATURE

OBJECTIVE
1. A particle is projected at t = 0 with velocity u at angle  with the horizontal. Then the ratio of the
tangential acceleration and the radius of curvature at the point of projection is :

g2 sin 2 2g2 sin  g2 sin  g2 sin 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
u2 u2 u2 2u 2

2. A stone is projected with speed u and angle of projection is . Find radius of curvature at t = 0.

u2 cos 2  u2 u2 u2 sin2 
(A) (B) g sin  (C) g cos  (D)
g g

SUBJECTIVE
3. A particle is projected from ground with an initial velocity 20 m/sec making an angle 60° with horizontal.
If R1 and R2 are radius of curvatures of the particle at point of projection and highest point respectively,
R1
then find the value of R .
2

4. A ball is projected making an angle  with the vertical. Consider a small part of the trajectory near
the highest position and take it approximately to be a circular arc. What is the radius of this circle?
This radius is called the radius of curvature of the curve at the point.

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PART (5) : CIRCULAR MOTION IN VERTICAL PLANE

OBJECTIVE
1. The sphere at P is given a downward velocity v0 and swings in a vertical plane at the end of a rope
of  = 1m attached to a support at O. The rope breaks at angle 30° from horizontal, knowing that it
can withstand a maximum tension equal to three times the weight of the sphere. Then the value of
v0 will be : (g = 2 m/s2)

g 2g 3g g
(A) m/s (B) m/s (C) m/s (D) m/s
2 3 2 3

2. One end of a light rod of length 1 m is attached with a string of length 1m.
Other end of the rod is attached at point O such that rod can move in a
vertical circle. Other end of the string is attached with a block of mass 2kg.
The minimum velocity (m/s) that must be given to the block in horizontal

direction so that it can complete the vertical circle is (g = 10 m/s2).

(A) 4 5 (B) 5 5 (C) 10 (D) 3 5

3. A car is going on an overbridge of radius R, maintaining a constant speed. As the car is descending
on the overbridge from point B to C, the normal force on it :

(A) increase (B) decreases

(C) remains constant (D) first increases then decreases.

4. A particle is moving in a vertical circle. The tensions in the string when passing through two positions
at angles 30° and 60° from downward vertical are T1 and T2 respectively. Then

(A) T1 = T2 (B) T2 > T1

(C) T1 > T2 (D) Tension in the string always remains the same

5. A car is moving with constant speed on a road as shown in figure. The normal reaction by the road
on the car is NA , NB and NC when it is at the points A, B and C respectively.

(A) NA = NB (B) NA > NB (C) NA < NB (D) NC > NA

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6. A bucket is whirled in a vertical circle with a string attached to it.The water in bucket does not fall
down even when the bucket is inverted at the top of its path. In this position choose most appropiate
option if v is the speed at the top.

mv 2 2
(A) mg = (B) mg is greater than mv
r r

2
mv 2
(C) mg is not greater than mv (D) mg is not less than
r r

SUBJECTIVE
7. A slider of mass m is propelled upward at A along the fixed quarter section of a ring which lies in a
vertical plane. The radius of the section of ring is R. If the slider is observed to have a speed of 'u' as
it passes position B. The line OB makes an angle  with the vertical. Where O is the centre of
section of the ring. Assume that friction is absent everywhere. At the position B determine

(a) The magnitude of normal reaction exerted by the fixed ring on the slider

(b) The rate at which the speed of the slider is decreasing.

8. A weightless thread can support tension upto 30 N. A stone of mass 0.5 kg is tied to it and is
revolved in a circular path of radius 2 m in a vertical plane. If g = 10 m/s2, find the maximum angular
velocity of the stone.

9. A small body of mass m hangs at one end of a string of length a, the other end of which is fixed. It is
given a horizontal velocity u at its lowest position so that the string would just becomes slack, when
it makes an angle of 60° with the upward drawn vertical line. Find the tension in the string at point of
projection.

10. A frictionless track ABCDE ends in a circular loop of radius R. A body slides down the track from
point A which is at height h = 5 cm. Find the maximum value of R for a body to complete the loop
successfully.

PART (6) : MOTION OF A VEHICLE, CENTRIFUGAL FORCE AND ROTATION OF EARTH

OBJECTIVE
1. If the apparent weight of the bodies at the equator is to be zero, then the earth should rotate with
angular velocity

g 2g g 3g
(A) rad/sec (B) rad/sec (C) rad/sec (D) rad/sec
R R 2R 2R

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2. A disc of radius R has a light pole fixed perpendicular to the disc at the circumference which in turn
has a pendulum of length R attached to its other end as shown in figure. The disc is rotated with a
constant angular speed . The string is making an angle 300 with the rod. Then the angular speed
 of disc is:

1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2
 3 g  3 g  g   2g 
(A)  R  (B)  2 R  (C)  
 (D)  

     3R 3 3R

3. A small sized mass m is attached by a massless string (of length L) to the top of a fixed frictionless
solid cone whose axis is vertical. The half angle at the vertex of the cone is . If the mass m moves
around in a horizontal circle at speed v, what is the maximum value of v for which mass stays in
contact with the cone ? (g is acceleration due to gravity.)

(A) gL cos  (B) gL sin  (C) gL sin  tan  (D) gL tan 

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4. A car is travelling at 57.6 km/hr on an unbanked (horizontal) circular road of radius m. If the
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coefficient of friction between the road and the car is 0.8, then the maximum tangential deceleration
that driver of car can achieve by applying the brakes at this moment is : (g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 8 m/s2 (B) 4.8 m/s2 (C) 6.4 m/s2 (D) 16 m/s2

5. A car moving on a horizontal road may be thrown out of the road in taking a turn :

(A) By the gravitational force (B) Due to lack of sufficient centripetal force

(C) Due to friction between road and the tyre (D) Due to reaction of earth

6. A train A runs from east to west and another train B of the same mass runs from west to east at the
same speed with respect to earth along the equator. Normal force by the track on train A is N1 and
that on train B is N2:

(A) N1 > N2

(B) N1 < N2

(C) N1= N2

(D) the information is insufficient to find the relation between N1 and N2.

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7. A ring attached with a spring is fitted in a smooth rod. The spring is fixed at the outer end of the
rod. The mass of the ring is 3kg & spring constant of spring is 300 N/m. The ring is given a
velocity ‘V’ towards the outer end of the rod. And the rod is set to be rotating with an angular
velocity . Then ring will move with constant speed with respect to the rod if :

ring Natural length of spring is

same as that of length of rod.

(A)  = 10 rad/s
(B) angular velocity of rod is increased continuously
(C) angular velocity of rod is decreased continuously.
(D) constant velocity of ring is not possible.

SUBJECTIVE
8. When the road is dry and coefficient of friction is , the maximum speed of a car in a circular path

is 10 ms–1. If the road becomes wet and coefficient of friction become , what is the maximum
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speed permitted?

9. A cyclist moving with a speed of 4.9 m/s on a level road can take a sharp circular turn of radius 4 m,
then find the minimum value of coefficient of friction between the cycle tyres and road.
(g = 9.8 m/s2)

10. A road surrounds a circular playing field having radius of 10 m. If a vehical goes around it at an
average speed of 18 km/hr, find proper angle of banking for the road. If the road is horizontal
(no banking), what should be the minimum friction coefficient so that a scooter going at 18 km/hr
does not skid.

11. In the figure shown a lift goes downwards with a constant retardation. An observer in the lift observers
a conical pendulum in the lift, revolving in a horizontal circle with time period 2 seconds. The distance
between the centre of the circle and the point of suspension is 2.0 m. Find the retardation of the lift
in m/s2. Use 2 = 10 and g = 10 m/s2

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ANSWERS
EXERCISE - 1
PART (1)
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (ACD)

1
6. (D) 7. (a) 2 m/s (b) 2 1  2 m / s2 (c)
1  2

5 V 5V
8. (a) VP = V (b)   P  9. (a) first (b) third 10. 3:1
4 R 4R

 2  2
11. cm/sec, cm/s2
30 30  15

PART (2)
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C)


5. 1  42 m/s2 6. 42 7. (a) 4.0 cm/s2 , (b) 2.0 cm/s2, (c) 20 cm/s
2
2

PART (3)
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (B)

6 13 2
6. (A) 7. 2 sec., N (with 2 = 10) 8.
5 6 5

PART (4)

u2 sin2 θ
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. 8 4.
g

PART (5)
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (BD)

6. (C)

mu2
7. (a) N = mg cos  – (b) rate of decrease of speed of slider with time = gsin.
R

9
8. 5 rad/s 9. mg 10. 2 cm
2

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PART (6)
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B)

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6. (A) 7. (A) 8. 5 2 ms
–1
9.
80

10. tan–1(1/4) , 1/4 11. 10 m/s2

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