Practice Test

Q1) What are the angular speed and linear speed of the motion? Show Answer

Q2) Is the acceleration vector a constant vector and what is its magnitude?
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Q3) A cyclist speeding at v km / h on a level road takes a sharp circular turn of radius 3 m without reducing the speed. The coefficient of static friction between the tyres and the road is 0.1. The maximum speed of the cyclist for him not to slip is about Show Answer

Q4) What is the maximum permissible speed to avoid slipping? Show Answer

Q5) The tension in the string is Show Answer

Q6) The speed of the stone is increased beyond the maximum permissible value and the string breaks suddenly. Which of the following correctly describes the trajectory of the stone after the string breaks : Show Answer

Q7) You may have seen in a circus a motorcyclist driving in vertical loops inside a 'death well' (a hollow spherical chamber with holes, so the spectators can watch from outside). What is the minimum speed required at the uppermost position to perform a vertical loop if the radius of the chamber is 25 m? Show Answer

Q8) A 70 kg man stands in contact against the inner wall of a hollow cylindrical drum of radius 3 m rotating about its vertical axis. The coefficient of frictions between the wall and his clothing is 0.15. The minimum rotational speed of the cylinder to enable the man to remain stuck to the wall (without falling), when the floor is suddenly removed, is Show Answer

Q9) The centre of mass of a triangular lamina is at its Show Answer

Q10) The centre of mass of one of the following shapes does not lie at its centre. Show Answer

Q11) A flywheel gains a speed of 540 rpm in 6 seconds. Its angular acceleration is Show Answer

Q12) The radius of the path of a body in uniform circular motion is doubled. The centripetal force needed, if its speed remains the same is Show Answer

Q13) A fighter aircraft is looping in a vertical plane. The minimum velocity at the highest point is (Given : r = radius of circle) Show Answer

Q14) The breaking tension of a string is 10 N. A particle tied to it is rotated along a circle of radius of 0.5 m. The maximum speed with which particle can be rotated without breaking the string is (The mass of particle is 100 g) Show Answer

Q15) The maximum possible projection for A is Show Answer

Q16) The maximum possible projection for B is Show Answer

Q17) The maximum possible projection for C is Show Answer

Q18) Two boys of masses 40 kg and 60 kg are standing at the opposite ends of a boat of length 8 m and mass 120 kg in a river. What would be the displacement of the boat relative to water if the boys interchange their positions? Show Answer

Q19) The maximum velocity at which a truck can safely travel without toppling over, on a curve of radius 250 m (the height of the centre of gravity of the truck above the ground is 1.5 m and the distance between the wheels is 1.5 m, the track being horizontal) is Show Answer

Q20) Two skaters on frictionless ice hold opposite ends of a pole of negligible mass and length l. An axis runs along the pole, and the origin of the axis is at the centre of mass of the two-skater system. One skater, Fred, weighs twice as much as the other skater, Ethel. Where do the skaters meet if, Fred pulls hands over hand along the pole so as to draw himself to Ethel? Show Answer

Q21) Statement 1 : On a circular turn without banking centripetal force is provided by friction force.
Statement 2 : Friction force acting on a vehicle on circular turn without banking is a balanced by other forces. Show Answer

Q22) Statement 1 : Due to circular motion of a particle, a force arises which acts towards the centre. This is called centripetal force.
Statement 2 : Centripetal force is perpendicular to the velocity of particle performing circular motion. Show Answer

Q23) Its maximum speed for which the contact with the road is not broken at the highest point is Show Answer

Q24) The maximum uniform speed, it can maintain on the bridge if it does not lose contact anywhere on the bridge is Show Answer

Q25) A coin placed on a rotating turntable just slips if it is placed at a distance of 4 cm from the centre. If the angular velocity of the turnable is doubled, it will just slip at t distance of Show Answer

Q26) A mass of one kg is connected to a fixed point by a string 1 m in length and whirled in a horizontal circle in 1 second. The tension in the string is Show Answer

Q27) When the bob of a simple pendulum passes through the position of equilibrium, the string is subjected to a tension equal to twice the weight of the bob. Through what maximum angle from the vertical can the pendulum be deflected? Show Answer

Q28) A tube one metre long is filled with liquid of mass 1 kg. The tube is closed at both the ends and is revolved about one end in a horizontal plane at 2 rev/s. The force experienced by the lid at the other end is Show Answer

Q29) When a bucket containing water is rotated fast in a vertical circle of radius R, the water in the bucket doesn't spill provided Show Answer

Q30) A coin placed on a gramophone record rotating at 33 rpm flies off the record, it it is placed at a distance of more than 16 cm from the axis of rotation. If the record is revolving at 66 rpm, the coin will fly off if it is placed at a distance not less than Show Answer

Q31) Where will be the centre of mass after removal of square 1? Show Answer

Q32) Where will be the centre of mass after the removal of squares 1 and 2? Show Answer

Q33) Where will be the centre of mass after the removal of squares 1 , 2 and 3? Show Answer

Q34) Where will be the centre of mass after the removal of squares 1 and 3? Show Answer

Q35) Two balls are thrown simultaneously in air. The acceleration of the centre of mass of the two balls while in air Show Answer

Q36) Statement 1 : A particle is moving in such a way that normal acceleration is constant and its moduli is equal to the tangential acceleration. The path of the particle is spiral.
Statement 2 : When velocity increases radius of curvature increases for constant normal acceleration. Show Answer

Q37) Two identical trains A and B are running from west to east and east to west at equator. They move with the same speed.
Statement 1 : Pressure exerted by B on the ground will be larger than pressure exerted by A.
Statement 2 : Both A and B move on circular tracks of radius equal to earth's radius. Show Answer

Q38) The normal force by the wall on the block is Show Answer

Q39) The frictional force by the wall is Show Answer

Q40) The tangential acceleration of the block is Show Answer

Q41) A particle moving in a plane is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular to the velocity the particle, then: Show Answer

Q42) Assuming the coefficient of friction between the road and tyres of a car to be 0.5 the maximum speed with which the car can move round a curve of 40 m radius without slipping if the road is unbanked is: Show Answer

Q43) A stone tied to a string of length L is whirled in a vertical circle with the other end of the string at the centre. At a certain instant of time the stone is at its lowest position and has a speed u. The magnitude of the change in its velocity as it reaches a position where the string is horizontal, is: Show Answer

Q44) A coin placed on a rotating table just slips when placed at a distance 4 r from the centre. On doubling the angular velocity of the table, the coin will just slip when the distance from the centre is equal to: Show Answer

Q45) In the above question the magnitude of the instantaneous acceleration is: Show Answer

Q46) A curved road of 50 m in radius is banked to a correct angle for a given speed. If the speed is to be doubled keeping the banking angle to be the same the radius of curvature of the road should be changed by: Show Answer

Q47) A small block is placed at the top of a smooth sphere. What will be the angle made by the radius vector of the block with the horizontal when it just breaks off from the surface? Show Answer

Q48) A disc revolves in a horizontal plane with a steady speed of 3 r.p.s. A coin just keeps on rotating with the disc when placed 2 cm from the axis of rotation. The coefficient of friction between the coin and disc is: Show Answer

Q49) A mass of 2 kg is whirled in a horizontal circle at a speed of 5 revolutions/min. keeping the radius constant, the tension in the string is doubled. The new speed nearly is: Show Answer

Q50) A swing is at 1 m height above the ground level in its lowermost position and 3 m in highest position. Its speed at lowest position is: Show Answer

Q51) A can filled with water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius 4 m and the water does not fall down, the time period of revolution is about: Show Answer

Q52) A motorcyclist double his velocity when he is having a turn. The force exerted outwardly will be: Show Answer

Q53) The centre of a wheel rolling on a plane surface moves with a speed 'V'. A particle on the rim of the wheel at the same level as the centre will be moving at speed of: Show Answer

Q54) A train moving with constant speed is taking a sharp circular turn on a horizontal track. A man throws a ball vertically up in the train. Then the ball will: Show Answer

Q55) A particle describes horizontal circle on the smooth surface of an inverted cone at a height 9.8 cm above the vertex of the cone. The speed of the particle is: Show Answer

Q56) The length of second hand in a watch is 1 cm. The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is: Show Answer

Q57) When the angular velocity of a uniformly rotating body has increased thrice the resultant of forces applied to it increases by 60 N. Find the acceleration of the body in two cases if the mass of the body is 3 kg. Show Answer

Q58) A sphere of mass 100 g is attached to a string of length 1.3 m whose upper end is fixed to ceilings. The sphere is made to describe a horizontal circle of radius 50 cm. The time period of the revolution is: Show Answer

Q59) A small disc is placed at the top of a hemisphere of radius R. What is the smallest horizontal velocity that should be given to the disc for it to leave the hemisphere without sliding down the sphere? Show Answer

Q60) A boy is sitting on a joy wheel at a distance of 5 m from the centre. When the joy wheel is rotated, the boy just slips. If the coefficient of friction is 0.56 between the boy and the platform of the wheel, what is the speed of rotation? Show Answer

Q61) A planet takes three earth years to complete the orbit round the sun. The orbit of the planet is coplanar with the earth. What will be the time taken by the planet to complete the orbit round the sun with respect to an observer on earth? Show Answer

Q62) A body is allowed to slide down a frictionless track freely under gravity. The track ends in a semicircular shaped part of diameter D. What should be the height (minimum) from which the body must fall so that it completes the circle? Show Answer

Q63) The coefficient of friction between tyres and road is 0.4, then maximum speed of the car on road turn of radius 30 m, will be: Show Answer

Q64) A stone tied to a string of 80 cm is whirled in a horizontal circle with constant speed. If it makes 25 revolutions in 44.5 seconds, what is the acceleration of the stone? Show Answer

Q65) Consider a point P at contact point of a wheel on ground which rolls on ground without slipping, then value of displacement of point P when wheel completes half of rotation. (if radius of wheel is 1 m): Show Answer

Q66) Find the velocity of the particle moving in a circular path having a centripetal force of 10 N whose mass is 100 g and radius of circular path is 50 cm. Show Answer

Q67) A cone filled with water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius 4 m and the water does not fall down. What must be the maximum period of revolution? Show Answer

Q68) A body is suspended from a smooth horizontal nail by a string of length 0.25 metre. What minimum horizontal velocity should be given to it in the lowest position so that it may move in a complete vertical circle with the nail at the centre? Show Answer

Q69) A one kg stone attached to the end of a 60 cm chain is revolving at the rate of 3 revolutions/second. If after 30 seconds, it is making only one revolution per second, find the mean torque: Show Answer

Q70) A small object placed on a rotating horizontal turn table just slips when it is placed at a distance of 4cm from the axis of rotation. If the angular velocity of the turn-table is doubled the object slips when its distance from the axis of rotation is: Show Answer

Q71) The acceleration of a train travelling with speed of 400 m/s as it goes round a curve of radius 160 m, is: Show Answer

Q72) The maximum and minimum tension in the string whirling in a circle of radius 2.5 m are in the ratio 5:3 then its velocity is: Show Answer

Q73) A bucket full of water is revolved in vertical circle of 2 m. What should be the maximum time-period of revolution so that the water doesn't fall off the bucket? Show Answer

Q74) An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 40 sec. His displacement at the end of 2 min. 20 sec will be: Show Answer

Q75) A stone tied to the end of a string of 1 m long is whirled in a horizontal circle with constant speed. If the stone makes 22 revolutions in 44 seconds, what is the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of stone? Show Answer

Q76) A roller coaster is designed such that riders experience "weightlessness" as they go round the top of a hill whose radius of curvature is 20 m. The speed of the car at the top of the hill is between: Show Answer

Q77) When a ceiling fan is switched on, it makes 10 revolutions in the first 3 seconds. Assuming the acceleration to be uniform, how many rotations it will make in next three seconds? Show Answer

Q78) A car runs at a constant speed on a circular track of radius 100 m taking 62.8 seconds for every lap. The average speed and velocity for each lap is: Show Answer

Q79) A person is swimming with a speed of 10 m/s at an angle of 120° with the flow and reaches to a point directly opposite on the other side of the river. The speed of the flow is x m/s. The value of x to the nearest integer is Show Answer

Q80) A swimmer can swim with velocity of 12 km/h in still water. Water flowing in a river has velocity 6 km/h. The direction with respect to the direction of flow of river water he should swim in order to reach the point on the other bank just opposite to his starting point is...... (in degree). (Round off to the nearest integer) Show Answer

Q81) A body is moving with constant speed, in a circle of radius 10 m. The body completes one revolution in 4 s. At the end of 3rd second, the displacement of body (in m) from its starting point is Show Answer

Q82) Which of the following statements is false for a particle moving in a circle with a constant angular speed? Show Answer

Q83) A constant power delivering machine has towed a box, which was initially at rest, along a horizontal straight line. The distance moved by the box in time t is proportional to Show Answer

Q84) A body at rest is moved along a horizontal straight line by a machine delivering a constant power. The distance moved by the body in time t is proportional Show Answer

Q85) A body of mass m is accelerated uniformly from rest to a speed v in a time T. The instantaneous power delivered to the body as a function of time, is given by Show Answer

Q86) A body is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering a constant power. The distance moved by the body in time t is proportional to Show Answer

Q87) A particle of mass m moving with velocity v collides with a stationary particle of mass 2m. After collision, they stick together and continue to move together with velocity Show Answer