DNYANSAGAR

A. Nagar
1) A car is taking a turn on a level road. It
may be thrown outwards because of the:
a) weight
b) lack of centripetal force
c) reaction of the ground
d) frictional force
2) A body of mass m is moving with
velocity v in uniform circular motion.
The work done by the centripetal force
in moving through half the circular
path is :
a) r
r
m
t
u
2
b)
2
2
r
r
m
t
u
c) zero d) r
r
m
t
u
2
2
3) In uniform circular motion :
a) Both velocity and acceleration re
constant
b) Acceleration and speed are constant
but velocity changes
c) Both accleration and velocity
changes
d) Both decreases and speed is constant
4) The uniform circular motion is
accelerated motion, because
a) the motion accelerates due to the
change in velocity
b) the motion accelerates due to the
change in angular velocity
c) the motion accelerates due to the force
d) all of these
5) The passengers in car are thrown
outwards when the car negotiates a
curve, but the cyclist bends inwards
while negotiating the same curv e. This
happens because :
a) the car is heavier than the cycle
b) cyclist counteracts the centrifugal
force, which throws the passengers in
the car outwards
c) the cyucle has two wheels while the car
has four wheels
d) the cycle moves slower than the cars.
6) Torque produced by the centripetal
force
C
F

in circle of radius
r

is given
by :
a)
C
F r

b) r F
C

c) zero d) None of these

7) The angle between radius vector and
centripetal acceleration is :
a)

2
rad b)
3
2

rad
c) 2 rad d) rad
8) The angular displacement in circular
motion is -
a) dimensional quantity
b) dimensionless quantity
c) unitless quantity and imensionless
quantity
d) unitless quantity
Ans -
(1 - b) (2 - c) (3 - c)
(4 - a) (5 - b) (6 - c)
(7 - d) (8 - b)
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Ans -
(9 - d) (10 - a) (11 - c)
(12 - d) (13 - a) (14 - d)
(15 - b) (16 - d) (17 - b)
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9) A particle moves along a circular path
of constant radius. The magnitude of its
acceleration is :
a) uniform
b) variable
c) zero
d) such as cannot be predicted from the
given information
10) A body of mass m is moving in a
horizontal circle of radius r. If the
centripetal force is F, the kinetic energy
of the body is :
a)
2
. F r
b) F . r
c)
2
. F
2
r
d)
r . F
11) A particle of mass m moving in a
horizontal circle of radius r with a
uniform speed v. When it moves from
one point to diametrically oppsite point
its:
a) Kinetic energy changes by mv
2
/4
b) Momentum does not changes
c) Momentum changes by 2mv
d) Kinetic energy changes by mv
2
12) The direction of angular displacement
ou
in U.C.M. is given by
a) left hand rule
b) right hand thumb rule
c) right handed screw rule
d) either a or b
13) A particle is moving on a ciruclar path
with constant speed. Which of the
following statements about the particle
is true?
a) It possesses radial acceleration
b) It possesses radial velocity
c) It possesses tangential acceleration
d) It does not possess tangential velocity.
14) A particle is acted upon by a force of
constant magnitude which is always
perpendicular to the velocity of the
particle. The motion takes place in a
plane. It follows that :
a) Its velocity is constant
b) Its acceleration is constant
c) Its motion is linear
d) Its motion is circular
15) The rate of change of angular velocity
w.r. to t in uniform circular motion is a
a) radial acceleration
b) angular acceleration (
o

)
c) angular speed
d) angular displacement
16) What is the relation between tangential
acceleration a
T
and the centripetal
acceleration a
c
during non uniform
circular motion?
a) a
T
must be greater than a
c
b) a
T
must be less than a
c
c) a
T
must be equal to a
c
d) None of the above relations is true.
17) A body of mass m is moving with
uniform speed in a horizontal circle of
radius r under a centripetal force
2
r
k
,
where k is a constant. The K.E. of body
is :
a)
r
k
2
b)
r
k
2
c)
2
r
k
d)
r
k
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18) A satellite of earth is revolving with
uniform speed v. If gravitational force
suddenly disapperas, the satellite will :
a) Continue tomove wit velocity v along
the orginal orbit
b) Moves with velocity v tangential to
orbit
c) Fall down with increasing velocity
d) Ultimately come to rest somewhere n
the orginal orbit
19) The infinitesimal angular displacement
of a particle performing uniform
circular motion is a vector because
a) it obeys the cumulative and associative
laws of vector addition
b) it do not obeys the laws of vector
addition
c) it do not obeys the laws of
multiplication of vectors
d) all of these
20) Which of the following statements about
the uniform rotatory motion along a
circular path is true?
a) Linear veolcity is uniform when
angular velcoity is uniform
b) Magnitude of acceleration is
constant
c) Acceleration is directed along the
tangent to the ciruclar path
d) None of the above statement is correct
21) A body of mass 10 g tied to a string 20
cm long is whirled in horizontal circle.
If the string breaks under a force of 20
N. What can be the maximum angular
speed?
a) 10 rad s
-1
b) 100 rad s
-1
c) 1000 rad s
-1
d) 1 rad s
-1
22) A particle revolves round the circular
path with constant speed. The
acceleration of particle is :
a) Along the circumference of the circle
b) Along the tangent
c) Along the radius
d) Zero
23) If a particle goes round the circle once
in a time period T, then the angular
velocity ewill be
a)
t t 2
b)
t 2 / T
c)
T / 2t
d)
T / t
24) What determines the nature of the path
followed by the particle?
a) Speed
b) Velocity
c) Acceleration
d) None of the above
25) For a body moving in circular path of
radius r with uniform speed the angle
of banking is given by :
a)
g r.
2
u
b) tan
-1
g r.
2
u
c)
r
2
u
d) None of these
Ans -
(18 - b) (19 - a) (20 - b)
(21 - b) (22 - c) (23 - c)
(24 - b) (25 - b)
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26) A wheel rotates about an axis passing
through the centre and perpenducular
to the plane with slowly incresing
angular speed. it has :
a) Radial velocity and radial acceleration
b) Tangential velocity and radial
acceleration
c) Tangetial velocity and tangential
acceleration
d) Tangential velocity and acceleration
having both tangential and radial
components
27) The relation between linear velocity
and angular velocity of a body moving
in circle in vector form is
a)
r v

e =
b)
e =

r v
c)
r v

/ e =
d)
e =

v r
28) Which of the following statements about
the centripetal and centrifugal forces is
correct?
a) Centripetal force balances the
centrifugal force
b) Both centripetal force and centrifugal
force act on the same body
c) Centripetal; force is directed opposite
to the centrifugal force
d) Centripetal force is experienced by the
observer at the centre of the ciruclar
path described by the body.
29) A body of 1kg is tied to the end of a string
1 m long and whirled in a vertical circle
with a constant speed of 4 m s
-1
. The
tension in the string is 6.2 N. when the
stone is :
a) at the top of the circle
b) at ther bottom of the circle
c) half-way down the circle
d) None of the above
30) The work done by the centripetal force
F when a body completes one revolution
around a circle of radius R is :
a) 2 RF b) 2 RF
c) RF d) Zero
31) What is the angular displacement of the
minute hand in 20 minutes?
a)
rad 3 / t
b)
rad 3 / 2t
c)
rad 2 / t
d)
rad 2 / 3t
32) A scooter is going around a circular
road of radius 100m at a speed of
10 ms
-1
. What is the angular speed of the
scooter?
a) 10 rad s
-1
b) 1 rad s
-1
c) 0.1 rad s
-1
d) 0.01 rad s
-1
33) A body of mass m tied to a string of
length r is at its lowest position. What
should be the minimum speed given to
it so as just to complete one revlolution?
a) gr b) gr 3
c) gr 5 d) gr 7
34) Which of the following remains
constant in UCM?
a) Speed
b) Kinetic energyKinetic energy
c) Angular momentum
d) All of these
Ans -
(26 - d) (27 - a) (28 - c)
(29 - a) (30 - d) (31 - b)
(32 - c) (33 - c) (34- d)
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35) A motor car is travelling 20 m/s on a
circular road of radius 400 m. If it
increases its speed at the rate of 1 m/s
2
,
then its acceleration will be
a)
2
m/s 2 2
b)
2
m/s 3
c)
2
m/s 2
d)
2
m/s 3 3
36) To enable a particle describe a circular
path, what should be the angle between
its velocity and acceleration?
a) 0
0
b) 45
0
c) 90
0
d) 180
0
37) A body is to be slided without fricition
along an inclined plane of height h so
that it loops the loop of radius r at the
bottom. The value of height is :
a) h = 2r b) h = 4r
c) h = 5r d) h =
2
5
r
38) Earth is slightly bulge at equator so
shape of earth is oblate spheroid. This
is because at equator :
a) Gravitational force is maximum
b) Angular velocity is maximum
c) Centrifugal force is maximum
d) Above statement is worng
39) If a stone is tied to a string and whirled
in a circle, then the centripetal force
would provides
a) tension in the string
b) mass of the string
c) weight of string
d) mass of stone
40) All the magnitudes of which of the
following can be treated as vectors?
a) Angular displacement
b) Average angular velocity
c) Instantaneous angular velocity
d) None of the above
41) A simple pendulum has a length l. What
minimum velocity should be imparted
to its bob at the mean position so that
the bob reaches a height equal to above
the point of suspension :
a) gl b) gl 5
c) gl 2 d)
g
l
42) Scalar product of radius vector and
tangential velocity is :
a) zero b) rv cos
u
c) rv sin
u
d) rv
43) Centrifugal force is pseudo force
because
a) it is not provided by any real force but
it arises due to accelerated frame of
reference
b) origin can not imaginary
c) its direction is outwards along radius
d) its magnitude is equal to centripetal
force
44) A flywheel rotates at a constant speed of
3000 rpm. The angle described by the
shaft in radian in one second is :
a) 2 b) 30
c) 100 d) 3000
Ans -
(35 - c) (36 - c) (37 - d)
(38 - c) (39 - a) (40 - c)
(41 - b) (42 - a) (43 - a)
(44 - c)
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45) A stone tied to string is whirled then the
string breaks at certain speed because:
a) Gravitational force is maximum
b) The required centripetal force is
greater than tension sustainable by the
string
c) Required centripetal force is equal to
tension in the string
d) Centripetal force is equal to weight
46) The driver of a car travelling at velocity
v suddenly sees a broad wall in front of
him at a distance a. He should
a) brake sharply b) turn sharply
c) both a and b d) none
47) The angular speed of the hour hand of
the clock is :
a) 2 rad s
-1
b) 2 rad minute
-1
c) 2 rad day
-1
d) None of the above
48) In a circus a motor-cyclist rides along a
circular track of radius r in a vertical
circle, the minimum speed at the highest
point in order to avoid a fall is:
a) gr 2 b) gr 5
c) gr 3 d) gr
49) The centripetal force is real force which
provides with the real interacting force
of
a) mechanical
b) electrical
c) magnetic or gravitational
d) All of these
50) The angular speed of the munute hand
of the clock in degrees per second is :
a) 0.01
b) 0.1
c) 1.0
d) None of the above
51) A cyclist moves round a circular road
of radius 50 metres. If the coefficient of
friction between the tyres and road is
0.2, the maximum velocity with which
he can go round without skidding is
(g = 10m s
-2
) :
a) 5 m s
-1
b) 10 m s
-l
c) 20 m s
-1
d) 7.5 m s
-1
52) A stone of mass m is tied to a string of
length L, and rotated in a circle with
constant speed v, if the string is released
the stone flies :
a) Radially outward
b) Radially inward
c) Tangentially
d) With an acceleration mv
2
/L
53) A scooter is going around a circular
track with a speed of 20 ms
-1
. The radius
of the ciruclar track is 50m. The angular
velocity of the scooter is :
a) 0.4 rad s
-1
b) 2.5 rad s
-1
c) 8 rad s
-1
d) 1000 rad s
-1
54) A motor cyclist moves round a curve at
a certain speed. He doubles his speed.
The ratio of the tangents of the angles
by which he leans with vertical in two
cases is :
a) 1:2 b) 4:1
c) 1: 4 d) 2:1.
Ans -
(45 - b) (46 - a) (47 - d)
(48 - d) (49 - d) (50 - b)
(51 - b) (52 - c) (53 - a)
(54 - c)
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55) A spirit level is placed at the edge of a
turn table along its radius. The bubble
will be
a) at the centre of the container
b) at the outer edge of the container
c) at the inner edge of the container
d) will oscillate about the centre of the
container
56) One radian is approximately equal to :
a) 180
0
b) 57
0
c) 90
0
d) 360
0
57) A particle covers equal distances around
a circular path in equal intervals of
time. It has uniform non zero rate of
change of :
a) linear displacement
b) angular displacement
c) linear velocity
d) angular velocity
58) When a cyclist takes a circular turn he
leans:
a) inward b) outward
c) backward d) forward.
59) A ball of mass 0.25kg attached to the end
of a string of length 1.96 m is moving in
a horizontal circle. The string will
break, if the tension is more than 25 N.
What is the maximum speed with which
the ball can be moved?
a) 14 m/s b) 3 m/s
c) 3.92 m/s d) 5 m/s
60) In a vertical circle of radius r, at what
point in its path, particle has tension
equal to zero?
a) Highest point
b) Lowest point
c) Any point
d) Horizontal point
61) A particle is moving around a circular
path with uniform angular speed . The
radius of the circular path is r. The
acceleration of the particle is :
a)
2
/r b)
2
/r
c) r
2
d) r
2

62) A stone of mass m tied to a string is

rotated in a circle of radius r with
angular velocity . The force of tension
trying to break the string is :
a) mrw
2
b)
r
m
2
e
c)
2
r
me
d) None of these.
63) The string of a conical pendulum will
become horizontal when :
a) Speed of revolution is zero
b) Speed of revolution is almost
infinite
c) Speed of revolution is low
d) Speed of revolution is very low
64) A particle moves along a circular path
of radius r with uniform speed . The
angle described by the particle in one
second is given by :
a) r
-1
b)
-1
r
c) r
-2
d)
2
r
Ans -
(55 - c) (56 - b) (57 - b)
(58 - a) (59 - a) (60 - a)
(61 - c) (62 - a) (63 - b)
(64 - a)
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65) Centrifugal machines make use of which
of the following forces for their action:
a) gravitational force
b) frictional force
c) centrifugal force
d) viscous force
66) A motor cycle is going on an over bridge
of radius R. The driver maintains a
constant speed. As motor cycle is
ascending on the over bridge, the
normal force on it :
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains the same
d) Fluctuates - erratically
67) The angular acceleration of a particle
moving along a circular path with
uniform speed is :
a) uniform but non zero
b) zero
c) variable
d) such as cannot be predicted from the
given information
68) Cream is separated from the milk
because:
a) cream is heavier than skimmed milk
b) cream is 1ighter than skimmed milk
c) cream is more viscous
d) None of the above.
69) What determines the nature of path
followed by the particle?
a) Speed
b) Velocity
c) Acceleration
d) None of these
70) A body of mass 10 kg is moving in a
circle of radius 1 m with an angular
velocity of 2 rad/s. The centripetal force
is
a) 10 N b) 40 N
c) 30 N d) 20 N
71) A particle is describing the circular
path of radius 10m every 2s. The average
angular speed of the particle, during 4s
is :
a) 2 rad s
-1
b) 4 rad s
-1
c) 20 rad s
-1
d) None of the above
72) A man going on a cycle round a circular
track of length 34.3 metres completes
one round in
22
sec. The angle through
which he leans inward is :
a) 30 b) 60
c) 45 d) 20
73) If a particle moves in a circle describing
equal angles in equal times in aplane
about a fixed point, its velocity vector :
a) Remains constant
b) Changes in magnitude
c) Changes in direction
d) Changes both in magnitude and
direction
74) A particle is moving along a circular
path with uniform speed. What is the
angle between its instantaneous velocity
and acceleration?
a) 0
0
b) 45
0
c) 90
0
d) 180
0
Ans -
(65 - c) (66 - b) (67 - b)
(68 - b) (69 - b) (70 - d)
(71 - d) (72 - c) (73 - c)
(74 - c)
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75) The string of a conical pendulum will
become horizontal when:
a) speed of revolution is zero .
b) speed of revolution is almost
infinite
c) speed of revolution is low
d) speed of revolution is very high
76) An aeroplane is taking a turn in a
horizontal plane. While doing so, it
a) remains horizontal
b) inclines inwards
c) inclines outwards
d) makes wings vertical
77) In half period of revolution
displacement and the distance covered
is :
a) 2r, tr b) 2tr, 2r
c) tr, 2r d) zero, 2tr
78) A car is going around a circle of radius
R
1
with constant speed. Another car is
going around a circle of radius R
2
with
constant speed. If both a them take same
time to complete the circles, the ratio
of their angular speeds will be :
a) R R
1 2
/ b) R
1
/ R
2
c) R
1
2
/ R
2
2
d) 1
79) An iron ball is moving from rim to rim
via lowest point at the bottom of a small
hemispherical bowl of radius 10cm. The
velocity with which the ball passes from
the lowest position is : (g = 9.8 m s
-2
)
a) 14 m s
-1
b) 140m s
-1
c) 1.4 m s
-1
d) 0.7 m s
-l
80) A motor cyclist rides around the well
with a round vertical wall and does not
fall down while riding becuase :
a) The force of gravity disappears
b) The frictional force of the wall
balances his weight
c) He loses weight some how
d) The force exerted by the surrounding
81) A car moves on a circular road. It
describes equal angles about the centre
in equal intervals of time. Which of the
following statements about the velocity
of the car is true?
a) Velocity is constant
b) Magnitude of velocity is constant but
direction changes
c) Both magnitude and direction of
velocity change
d) Velocity is directed towards the centre
of the circle.
82) A car is moving on a curved bridge of
radius r with velocity v. The maximum
velocity with which it can move round
it without leaving the bridge at the
highest point is :
a) gr v = b) gr v 5 =
c) gr v 2 = d) v = gr
83) A car is moving along the horizontal
banked curved road. At banked curve
road, the normal reaction is
a) equal to weight
b) greater than weight
c) less than weight
d) less than or equal to weight
Ans -
(75 - b) (76 - b) (77 - c)
(78 - d) (79 - c) (80 - b)
(81 - b) (82 - a) (83 - b)
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84) A particle is revolving in a circle,
clockwise in the plane of the paper. The
angular acceleration is directed :
a) Towards the centre in the plane of the
paper
b) Radially outwards in the plane of the
paper
c) Perpendicular to the plane of the
paper
d) Vertically in the plane of the paper
85) A particle is moving along a circular
path with uniform speed. Throgh what
angle does its angular velocity change
when it completes half of the circular
path?
a) 0
0
b) 45
0
c) 180
0
d) 36
0
86) One kg stone tied to a metre long string
is whirled in a vertical circle with 4 m
s
-1
. The tension is 6 N at (g = 10m s
-2
):
a) top of circle
b) bottom of circle
c) half way down
d) None of these.
87) A body moving in a circular path with
constnt speed has :
a) constant retardation
b) variable acceleration
c) radially outward acceleration
d) constant acceleration
88) A bucket full of water is rotated in a
vertical circle. The water does not spill
because the weight of water:
a) provides the necessary centripetal
force
b) provides the centrifugal force
c) provides the viscous force
d) cancels the force of surface tension
89) If a body of mass 1000 gm is tied to free
end of string of length 100 cm and
whirled in a horizontal circle in a
second, then the tensionin the string
will be
a) 4
2
t
N b) 2
2
t
N
c) 3
2
t
N d)
2
t
N
90) If the fingers of the right hand are
curled in the sense of motion of the
particle performing circular motion
then the outstretched thumb gives the
direction of :
a) Angular velocity, Angular
acceleration
b) Tangential velocity
c) Tangential acceleration
d) Linear velocity
91) The length of the second hand of a watch
is 10mm. What is the change in the
angular speed of the watch after 15
seconds?
a) Zero
b) (10t/2) mm s
-1
c) (20/ t) mm s
-1
d) 10
2
mm s
-1
92) For a car moving along circular road of
radius r and with coefficient of friction
between the tyres and the road, the
maximum velocity without skidding is:
a) rg v = b) rg v =
c) rg v = 2 d) None of these.
Ans -
(84 - c) (85 - a) (86 - a)
(87 - b) (88 - a) (89 - a)
(90 - a) (91 - a) (92 - b)
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93) An important consequence of
centrifugal force is that the earth is :
a) Spheroid
b) Sphere
c) Oblate spheroid
d) Circular
94) A coin kept on a horizontal rotating disc
has its centre at a distance of 0.25 m from
the aixs of rotationof the disc. If is 0.2,
then the angular velocity of the disc at
which the coin will slip off, ( g= 9.8 m/
s
2
)
a) 3.8 rad/s b) 2.8 rad/s
c) 4.8 rad/s d) 5.8 rad/s
95) Two satellites are going around the
earth at a height of 200 km and 300 km
respectively. If angular speed of both is
same, the centripetal acceleration will
be :
a) same for both
b) more for the first
c) more for the second
d) dependent on the mass of the satellite
96) A scooterist is moving round a circular
track of radius 480 m. The track is 1 m
wide. If his speed is 72 km/hour, how
much the outer edge of track is lifted to
bank the track for him? (g = 10 m s
-2
)
a) 10cm b) 50cm
c) 8.3cm d) 4.1cm
97) The angular velocity of a wheel is 70 rad/
s/ If the radius of the wheel is 0.5m, then
its linear velocity will be :
a) 10 m/s b ) 35 m/s
c) 20 m/s d) 70 m/s
98) A pendulum bob on a 2 m string is
displaced 60
0
from the vertical and then
released. What is the speed of the bob
as it passes through the lowest point in
its path?
a)
2
m/s b)
8 . 9
m/s
c) 4.43 m/s d)
2 / 1
m/s
99) A particle covers equal distances around
a circular path in equal intervals of
time. Which of the following quantities
connected with the motion of the
particle remains constant with time?
a) Displacement b) Velocity
c) Speed d) Acceleration
100) A body is tied to a string and is whirled
in the vertical circle of radius r. The
velocity of the body is maximum:
a) at the highest point
b) at the lowest point
c) at a point in level with the centre
horizontally
d) None of the above.
101) A particle moves in a circular path 0.4m
in radius with constant speed. If particle
makes 5 revolutions in each second of
its motion the speed of the particle is :
a) 10.6 m/s b) 12.56 m/s
c) 11.2 m/s d) 13.6 m/s
102) If a cyclist doubles his speed while
negotiating a curve, how does the
tendency to overturn vary?
a) Remains unchanged
b) Doubled
c) Halved
d) Ouadrupled
Ans -
(93 - c) (94 - b) (95 - c)
(96 - c) (97 - b) (98 - c)
(99 - c) (100 - b) (101 - b)
(102 - d)
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103) A road is 10 m wide. Its radius of
curvature is 50 m. The outer edge is
above the lower edge by a distance of 1.5
m. This road is most suited for the
velocity
a) 2.5 m/s b) 8.57 m/s
c) 6.5 m/s d) 3.5 m/s
104) A small body of mass m slides down a
hemispherical smooth bowl from the
rim to the bottom. The velocity of the
body at the bottom is :
a) gr 2 b) gr 5
c) gr t d) None of these.
105) A particle moves in a circle of radius 25
cm at two revolutions per second, the
aceleration of particle in m/s
2
is:
a)

2
b) 4

2
c) 8

2
d) 2

2
106) The radius of the circular path of
particle is doubled but its frequency of
rotation remains unchanged. If the
initial centripetal force be F, then the
final value of the centripetal force will
be :
a) F b) 2F
c) 4F d) F/2
107) A particle P is moving in a circle of
radius a with uniform velocity v.C. is
centre of the circle and AB is adiameter.
The angular velocity of P about A and C
are in the ratio :
a) 1 : 1 b) 2 : 1
c) 1 : 2 d) 4 : 1
108) A particle of mass mis rotating by means
of a string in a vertical circle. The
difference in the tensions at the bottom
and the top would be:
a) 6 mg b) 4 mg
c) 2 mg d) 3 mg.
109) A car is moving in a circular horizontal
track of radius 10 m, with constant speed
10 m/s. A bob is suspended from roof of
car with rod. Angle made by rod with
vertical : (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)
a) Zero b) 45
0
c) 30
0
d) 60
0
110) A can filled with water is revolved in
vertical circle of radius 4 m and water
just does not fall down at the highest
point. The time period of revolution
is(g= 9.87 m s
-2
) :
a) 1 sec b) 2sec
c) 4 sec d) 8 sec
111) A simple pendulum of length 1 m, the
bob performs circular motion in
horizontal plane if its string making an
angle 60
0
with the vertical, then the
period of rotation of the bob will be ( g
= 10 m/s
2
)
a) 2 s b) 1.4 s
c) 1.98 s d) 4 s
112) A cyclist turns around a curve at 40 km/
hr. If he rounds the curve at double speed,
his tendency to overturn is :
a) Doubled b) Halved
c) Tripled d) Quadrupled
Ans -
(103 - b) (104 - a) (105 - b)
(106 - b) (107 - c) (108 - a)
(109 - b) (110 - c) (111 - b)
(112 - d)
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113) A disc revolves in a horizontal plane at
the rate of 210 r.p.m. A coin placed at a
distance of 2cm from the axis of rotation
just remains at rest on the disc. The
coefficient of friction between the disc
and coin is (g = 10 m s-
2
)
a) 0.97 b) 0.5
c) 0.35 d) 1
114) A person with his hands in his pocket is
skating on ice at the rate of 10 m/s and
describes a circle of radius 50 m. What
is his inclination to the vertical?
(g = 10 m/s
2
)
a)
tan

F
H
G
I
K
J
1
1
2
b)
tan

F
H
G
I
K
J
1
3
5
c)
tan

F
H
G
I
K
J
1
1
5
d)
tan

F
H
G
I
K
J
1
1
10
115) A proton revolves round a circular path
of radius 0.1 m. If it is acted upon by a
force 4 x 10
-13
N to keep it moving, the
angular velocity of proton is
(m
p
= 1.6 x 10
-27
kg):
a) 5 x 10
7
rad s
-1
b) 5 x 10
7
rad s
-1
c) 5 rad s-1 d) 0.5 rad s
-1
116) Amotor cyclist moving with velocity of
72 km/hr on a flat road takes a turn on
the road at a point where the radius of
curvature of the road is 20 m. In order
to avoid skidding, he must bend w.r.t. the
vertical plane by a n angle

greater
than : (g = 10 m/s
2
)
a)

= tan
-1
(6) b)

= tan
-1
(25.92)
c)

= tan
-1
(2) d)

= tan
-1
(4)
117) A car is moving in a horizontal circular
track of radius 10 m with a constant
speed 10m/s. If a bob is suspended form
the roof of the car by light rigid rod of
length 1 m, then the angle made by the
rod with thetrack will be (g = 10 m/s
2
)
a) zero b) 30
0
c) 45
0
d) 60
0
118) The string of a simple pendulum is
horizontal at a given height and is
released. The tension in the string at the
lowest point is :
a) T = mg b) T = 2 mg
c) T = 3 mg d) T = 4 mg
119) In an atom two electrons move round the
nucleus in circular orbits of radii R and
4R respectively, the ratio of time taken
by them to complete one revolution is :
a)
1
4
b)
8
1
c)
4
1
d)
1
8
120) A motor car is travelling at 30 m s
-1
on
a circular curve of radius 500 m. It is
increasing its speed at the rate of
2 m s
-2
, what is its acceleration?
a) 2 m s
-2
b) 1.8 m s
-2
c) 2.7 m s
-2
d) none of these
121) In a circus a rider rides in a circular
track of radius R in vertical plane. The
minimum velocity at the highest point
of the track is :
a) 2gR b) 3gR
c) 2gR d) gR
Ans -
(113 - a) (114 - c) (115 - a)
(116 - c) (117 - c) (118 - c)
(119 - d) (120 - c) (121 - d)
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122) A train is safely negotiating a curve of
radius 500 m at a speed of 54 m hr
-1
. By
how much should the outer rail be
raised, if the distance between the two
rails is 1.5 m? (g = 10 m s
-2
)
a) 6.75 cm b) 15 cm
c) 4.5 cm d) 2.5 cm
123) Kinetic energy of a body moving in
vertical circle is
a) constant at all points on a circle
b) different at different points on a
circle
c) zero at all the point on a circle
d) negative at all the points
124) A motor car is travelling at 20 m/s on a
circular curve of radius 100 m. It is
increasing its speed at the rate of 5 m/s
2
what is its acceleration?
a) 2 m/s
2
b) 6.4 m/s
2
c) 4 m/s
2
d) 9 m/s
2
125) When a particle is moved in a vertical
circle
a) it has constant radial and tangential
acceleration
b) it has variable tangential and radial
acceleration
c) it has only constant radiual acceleration
d) it has only constant tangential
acceleration
126) A ball of mass 0.25 kg attached to the end
of a string of length 1.96 m is moving in
a horizontal circle. The string will
break if the tension is more than 25N.
what is the maximum speed with which
the ball can be moved?
a) 14 m/s b) 4 m/s
c) 3.92 m/s d) 5 m/s
127) A particle of mass 100 g is tied to one
end of string of length 1 m. It rotates in
a vertical circle. When the string makes
an angle of 60
0
with the vertical, its
velocity is 2 m/s. The tension in the
string in this position : (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)
a) 0.4 N b) 0.89 N
c) 0.09 N d) 0.98 N
128) 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 2m in a vertical plane. If g =
10 m/s
2
, then the maximum angular
velocity of the stone will be :
a) 5 rad/s b)
30
rad/s
c)
60
rad/s d) 10 rad/s
129) A pilot of mass 81 kg loops the loop with
steady speed of 300 km/h. If the radius
is 0.5 km then the force with which the
pilot is pressed into the seat at the
highest point of the loop, is
a) 3.15 x 10
2
N b) zero
c) 8.10 x 10
2
N d) 19.35 x 10
2
N
130) A mass of 100 g is tied to one end of a
string 2 m long. Thebody is revolving
in a horizontal circle making a
maximum of 200 rpm. The outer end of
string is fixed at the centre of
revolution. The maximum tension the
string can bear is approximately :
a) 8.76 N b) 8.94 N
c) 89.42 N d) 87.64 N
Ans -
(122 - a) (123 - b) (124 - b)
(125 - b) (126 - a) (127 - b)
(128 - a) (129 - a) (130 - d)
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131) A stone of mass 16 kg is attached to a
string 144 m long and is whirled in a
horizonal circle. The maxmium tension
the string can stand is 16 newton. The
maximum velocity of revolution that can
be given to the stone without breaking
it, will be :
a) 20 ms
-1
b) 16 ms
-1
c) 14 ms
-1
d) 12 ms
-1
132) 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 the curve of 40 m
radius without slipping if the road is
unbanked should be : (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)
a) 25 m/s b) 19 m/s
c) 14 m/s d) 11 m/s
133) A weightless thread can bear tension
upto 3.7 kg wt. A stone of mass 500g is
tied to it and revolved in a circular path
of radius 4 m in a vertical plane. If g =
10 ms
-2
, then the maximum angular
velocity of the stone will be :
a) 4 rad/s b) 16 rad/s
c)
21
d) 2 rad/s
134) A boy on a cycle pedals around a circle
of radius 20 m at a speed of 20 m/s. The
combined mass of boy and the cycle is
90 kg. The angle that the cycle makes
with vertical so that he may not fall :
(g = 9.8 m/s
2
)
a) 60.50
0
c) 63.90
0
b) 26.12
0
d) 30.00
0
135) A fighter plane is moving in a vertical
circle of radius r. Its minimum velocity
at the highest point of the circle will be:
a) gr 3 b) gr 2
c) gr d) 2 / gr
136) If a body of mass 0.1 kg tied with a string
of length 1 m, is rotated in vertical
circle, then the energy of the body at the
highest position will be (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)
a) 2.45 J b) 1.25 J
c) 3.45 J d) 4.45 J
137) The maximum velocity at the lowest
point, so that the string just slacks at
highest point in a vertical circle of
radius l, is :
a) gl b) gl 3
c) gl 5 d) gl 7
138) The second hand of a watch has length
6cm. Speed of end point and magnitude
of difference of velocities at two
perpendicular position will be :
a) 6.28 and 0 mm/s
b) 8.88 and 4.44 mm/s
c) 8.88 and 6.28 mm/s
d) 6.28 and 8.88 mm/s
139) A 500 kg car takes round turn of radius
50m with a velocity of 36 km/h. The
centripetal force is :
a) 250 N b) 750 N
c) 1000 N d) 1200 N
140) A hollow sphere has radius 6.4 m.
Minimum velocity required by motor
cyclist at bottom to complete the circle
will be :
a) 17.7 m/s b) 12.4 m/s
c) 10.2 m/s d) 16.0 m/s
Ans -
(131 - d) (132 - c) (133 - a)
(134 - c) (135 - c) (136 - a)
(137 - c) (138 - d) (139 - c)
(140 - a)
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141) A stone of mass 1 kg tied to one end of a
string of length 1m, is whirled in a
horizontal circle with a uniform
angular velocity of 2 rad/s. The tension
(in N) in the string is :
a) 2 b)
2
1
c) 4 d)
4
1
142) A body of mass 2 kg attached to a cord
and whirled in a vertical circle of radius
2 m. The minimum speed at the bottom
of the circle so that the cord will not
slacken when the body rounds the top of
the circle will be ( g = 10 m/s
2
)
a) 10 m/s b) 6.3 m/s
c) 7 m/s d) 5 m/s
143) When angular velocity of a uniform
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 :
a) 2.5 m/s
2
, 7.5 m/s
2
b) 7.5 m/s
2
, 22.5 m/s
2
c) 5 m/s
2
, 45 m/s
2
d) 2.5 m/s
2
, 22.5 m/s
2
144) A particle is acted upon by a force of
constant magnitude which is always
perpendicular to the velocity of the
particle, the motion of the particle takes
place in a plane. It follows that :
a) its velociyt is constant
b) in moves in a straight line
c) its kinetic energy is constant
d) its acceleration is constant
145) The earth (mass = 6 x 10
24
kg) revolves
round the sun with angular velocity
2 x 10
-7
rad/s in circular orbit of radius
1.5 x 10
8
km. The force exerted by sun
is:
a) 3.6 x 10
21
N b) 3.6 x 10
-21
N
v
c) 36 x 10
21
N d) 3.6 x 10
9
N
146) Two racing cars of masses m
1
and m
2
are
moving in circles of a radii r
1
and r
2
respectively. Their speeds are such that
they each make a complete circle in the
same length of time t. The ratio of the
angular speed of the first to the second
car is :
a) m
1
: m
2
b) 1 : 1
c) r
1
: r
2
d) m
1
r
1
: m
2
r
2
147) Breaking tension in the string is 80 N. A
body of mass 0.1 kg is attached to it and
whirled in circle of radius 0.5m. What
will be maximum period of revolution
before string breaks?
a) s t b)
s
20
t
c)
s
5
t
d)
s
10
t
148) A tube of length L is completely filled
with an incompressible liquid of mass
m and closed at both ends. The tube is
then rotated in horizontal plane about
one of its end with uniform angular
speed e. What is force exerted by liquid
at the other end?
a)
2
2
e mL
b)
4
2
e mL
c)
2
e mL
d)
8
2
e mL
Ans -
(141 - c) (142 - a) (143 - d)
(144 - c) (145 - c) (146 - a)
(147 - b) (148 - a)
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149) The maximum speed with which a car
can be safely driven along a curved road
of radius 30 m and banked at 30
0
with
horizontal :
a) 130 m/s b) 14.00 m/s
c) 1.303 m/s d) 13.03 m/s
150) Find the maximum velocity for
overturning a car moved on a circular
track of radius 100m. The coefficient of
friction between the road and tyre is 0.2.
a) 0.14 m/s b) 140 m/s
c) 1.4 km/s d) 14 m/s
151) A coin placed on a rotating table just
slips when placed at a distance 4r from
the centre. On doubling he angular
velocity of the table. The coin will just
slip when distance from centre is equal
to :
a) 4r b) r
c) 2r d) r/4
152) A particle of mass m describes a circle
of radius r. The centripetal acceleration
of the particle is 4/r
2
. What will be the
momentum of the particle?
a) 4 m/r b) 2 m/r
c) 4 m /
r
d) 2 m/
r
153) A bucket tied at the end of a 1.6 long
string is whirled in a vertical circle
with constant speed. What should be the
minimum speed so that the water from
the bucket does not spill when the bucket
is at the highest position? (Take g = 10
m/s
2
)
a) 4 m/s
b) 6.25 m/s
c) 16 m/s
d) None of the above
154) A r o c k e c t w i t h a l i f t o f f m a s s 3 . 5 x 1 0
4
kg is blasted upwards with an initial
accleration of 10 m/s
2
. Then the initial
thrust of the blast is :
a) 3.5 x 10
5
N b) 7.0 x 10
5
c) 14.0 x 10
5
N d) 1.75 x 10
5
N
155) In an atom two electrons moves round
the nucleus in circular orbitsof radii R
& 4R respectively the ratio of the time
takan by them to complete one
revolution is:
a) 1/4 b) 4/1
c) 8/1 d) 1/8
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Ans -
(149 - d) (150 - d) (151 - b)
(152 - d) (153 - a) (154 - b)
(155 - d)