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50 Day's Plan For Physics : (Circular Motion)

1. A particle is rotating with constant angular acceleration on a circular track. If its angular velocity changes
from 20 π rad/sec to 40 π rad/sec in 10 second, what are the number of revolution that the particle has
completed during this time ?
(1) 100 (2) 150
(3) 250 (4) 1000
2. A body is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius 20 cm. It has an angular velocity of 10 rad/s. What is its
linear velocity at any point on the circular path
(1) 10 m/s (2) 2 m/s
(3) 20 m/s (4) √ 2 m/s

3. Two particles A and B are 10 m apart and their velocities are 10 m/s and 10
m/s respectively as shown in
√ 3
diagram. Angular velocity of particle A w.r.t. B is

(1) 2 rad/s
(2) 1/2 rad/s
5
(3) rad/s
√3
1
(4) rad/s
2 √3
4. Two moving particles P & Q are 10 m apart at any instant. Velocity of P is 8 m/s and that of Q is 6 m/s at
30° angle with the line joining P & Q. Calculate the angular velocity of P w.r.t. Q :-

(1) 0.1 rad/sec (2) 0.7 rad/sec

(3) 0.5 rad/sec (4) 1.0 rad/sec
5. A point mass moves along a circle of radius R with a constant angular acceleration α . How much time is
needed after motion begins for the radial acceleration of the point mass to be equal to its tangential
acceleration ?
1 R
(1) √ (2) √

α α
2 1
(3) √ (4)
α √ 2α
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6. A motor car is travelling at 60 m/s on a circular road of radius 1200 m. It is increasing its speed at the rate
of 4 m/s2. The acceleration of the car is:-
(1) 3 m/s2 (2) 5 m/s2
(3) 6 m/s2 (4) 7 m/s2
7. A stone tied to the end of a string of 1 m long is whirled in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the
stone makes 22 revolutions in 44 s, what is the magnitude and direction of acceleration of the stone ?
π2
(1) ms –2 and direction along the radius towards the centre
4
2 –2
(2) π ms and direction along the radius away form centre
2 –2
(3) π ms and direction along the radius towards the centre
(4) π 2 ms –2 and direction along the tangent to the circle
8. A mass of 2kg is whirled in a horizontal circle by means of a string at an initial speed of 5 rev. per min.
Keeping the radius constant the tension in the string is doubled. The new speed is nearly:-
5
(1) rpm (2) 10 rpm
√ 2
(3) 10√2 rpm (4) 5√2 rpm

9. For a particle performing uniform circular motion, choose the incorrect statement from the following.
(1) Magnitude of particle velocity (speed) remains constant.
(2) Particle velocity remains directed perpendicular to radius vector.
(3) Direction of acceleration keeps changing as particle moves.
(4) Magnitude of acceleration does not remain constant.
10. A motorcycle is travelling on a curved track of radius 500 m. If the coefficient of friction between road
and tyres is 0.5. The maximum safe speed to avoid sliding will be :
(1) 50 m/s (2) 75 m/s
(3) 25 m/s (4) 35 m/s
11. A particle of mass 1 kg is suspended from a ceiling through a string of length 10 √ 2 m. The particle moves
in a horizontal circle. Find its time period.

(1) 2 π sec (2) π sec

(3) π /2 sec (4) 1 sec
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12. 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 the following figure. The disc is rotated with a
constant angular velocity ω . The string is making an angle 30º with the rod, Then the angular velocity ω
of disc is :-

1/2
√ 3g
(1) ( )
R
1/2
√3g
(2) ( )
2R
1/2
g
(3) ( )
√ 3R
1/2
2g
(4) ( )

3√3R
13. A girl finds herself stuck with her back to the wall of a cylinder rotating about its axis. Which diagram
correctly shows the forces acting on her?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)
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14. A motorcyclist wants to drive on the vertical surface of wooden ‘well’ of radius 5 m, with a minimum
speed of 5 5 m/s. The minimum value of coefficient of friction between the tyres and the wall of the well
√

must be (g = 10 m/s2) :-
(1) 0.10 (2) 0.20
(3) 0.30 (4) 0.40
15. The maximum safe speed of a vehicle over a banked road of radius 150 m is 10 m/sec. If the width of the
road is 7.5 m, the height of outer edge is :-
(1) 0.25 m
(2) 0.50 m
(3) 0.35 m
(4) 0.60 m
16. A motor van weighing 4400 kg rounds a level curve of radius 1000 m on unbanked road at 70m/s. What
should be the minimum value of the coefficient of friction to prevent skidding (g = 9.8 m/s2) :-
(1) 0.3 (2) 0.4
(3) 0.5 (4) 0.6
17. A body is placed on a turntable. The friction coefficient between the body and the table is μ . If turntable
rotates at constant angular speed ω , find the maximum value of ω for which the block will not slip.

(1) √
μg
2r
μ
(2) √
g

(3) √
μg
r
(4) √ μ
r
18. A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length L = 10
m is whirling in a circular path of
3
radius L in a vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension in the string to the minimum tension in the
string is 4 and if g is taken to be 10 m/sec2, the speed of the stone at the highest point of the circle is :-
(1) 20 m/sec
(2) 10√3 m/sec

(3) 5√2 m/sec

(4) 10 m/sec
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19. A 2 kg stone at the end of a string 1m long is whirled in a vertical circle at a constant speed. The speed of
the stone is 4 m/s. The tension in the string will be 52 N, when the stone is :-
(1) at the top of the circle
(2) at the bottom of the circle
(3) halfway down
(4) none of the above
20. A heavy mass is attached to a thin wire and is whirled in vertical circle. The wire is most likely to break :-
(1) When the mass is at the highest point of the circle
(2) When the mass is lowest point of circle
(3) When the wire is horizontal
(4) At an angle of cos –1(1/3) from the upward vertical
21. One end of a string of length 1.0 m is tied to a body of mass 0.5 kg. It is whirled in a vertical circle with
angular velocity 4 rad/sec. The Tension in the string when the body is at the lower most point of its motion
will be equal to (take g = 10 m/s2) :-
(1) 3 N
(2) 5 N
(3) 8 N
(4) 13 N
22. A particle is kept at rest at the top of a sphere of diameter 42 m. When disturbed slightly, it slides down.
At what height h from the bottom, the particle will leave the sphere :
(1) 14 m
(2) 28 m
(3) 35 m
(4) 7 m
23. A bead slides without friction around a loop-the-loop (Fig). The bead is released from rest at a height h =
3.50R. How large is the normal force on the bead at point (A) if its mass is 50 g ?

(1) 0.10 N downward

(2) 0.10 N upward
(3) 1.0 N downward
(4) 1.0 N downward
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24. A ball of mass m moves inside a smooth spherical shell of radius R with velocity √ 2gR at 'A'. What is the
direction of force acting on the ball. When it reaches B?

(1) BP (2) BQ
(3) BR (4) BS
25. As per given figure to complete the circular loop what should be the radius if initial height is 5 m

(1) 4 m (2) 3 m
(3) 2.5 m (4) 2 m
26. If ar and at represents radial and tangential acceleration, the motion of a particle will be circular if :-
(a) ar = 0 and at = 0 (b) ar = 0 but at ≠ 0
(c) ar ≠ 0 but at = 0 (d) ar ≠ 0 and at ≠ 0
(1) c (2) d
(3) a,b (4) c, d
27. Two bodies of mass 10 kg and 5 kg moving in concentric orbits of radii R and r such that their time
periods are the same. Then the ratio between their centripetal acceleration is :-
R
(1)
r
r
(2)
R
R2
(3)
r2
r2
(4)
R2
28. A particle of mass 100 g is performing vertical circular motion as shown in the figure. Find tangential
acceleration at the given position :-

(1) 500 m/s2

(2) 5 m/s2
(3) 0.5 m/s2
(4) 100 m/s2
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29. During the winter vacation, children use snow and water to build frictionless slides of different shapes in
order to conduct various experiments. The side view of one of them is shown in the figure: the linear
segment of the slide is smoothly transferred to a circle with a of radius R. A puck starts sliding down from
rest at an initial height of 2R. The acceleration of the puck at the lowest point of its trajectory is :

(1) g (2) 2g
(3) 4g (4) 0
30. A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring of force constant k and unstretched length l. The
system is rotated about the other end of spring with an angular velocity ω in gravity free space. The
increase in length of the spring is :-

m ω 2l
(1)
k
m ω 2l
(2)
k − mω2
m ω 2l
(3)
k + mω2

(4) None of these

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