ASSIGNMENT - 03 CIRCULAR MOTION (DYNAMICS) P HY S I C S

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

1. Airplane of mass 'm' travels in a vertical circle of radius 'r' at constant speed 'v'. At what
angle , measured from the lowest point in the circle, is the net force on the airplane
horizontal?

(A) 0° (B) 60° (C) 120° (D) 90°

2. A slight enextensible wire ACB passes through a frictionless ring C that revolves at a constant
speed in a horizontal circle of radius r as shown in the figure. Acceleration due to gravity is
g. The speed of revolution is

A
O
30

B
O
60

r C

(A) rg (B) 2rg (C) 2 2rg (D) 2 rg

3 A bead is constrained to move on rod in gravity free space as shown in figure. The rod is rotating with angular
velocity  and angular acceleration about its end. If µ is coefficient of friction. Mark the correct option.
Rod rotates in the plane of paper.
 

Bead

2
(A) If µ = friction on bead is static in nature.

2 2
(B) If µ > friction on bead is kinetic in nature. (C) If µ < friction is static
 
(D) If bead does not slide relative to rod. Friction will not exist between bead and rod.
4. Bead of mass 5 gm slides on parabolic curve y = –x2 with constant speed of 2m/s. Find radius
of curvature of path at origin.
1 1
(A) m (B) 0.4 m (C) m (D) 2m
2 4

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5. Two identical small spheres are suspended from same point O on roof with strings of different
lengths. Both spheres move along horizontal circles in same horizontal plane as shown. Then:-

(A) Angular velocity of both spheres will be same

(B) Tension in both strings will be same
(C) Speed of both spheres will be same
(D) It is not possible

6. A small particle is placed on top of a fixed hemisphere. Particle is projected with a speed
v= 2gR . What is the radius of curvature of the path of the particle at the given instant

v 2 gR

R
(A) 2R (B) R (C) (D) 4R
2

7. The length of the string of a conical pendulum is '' and the mass of its bob is 'm'. The point of
support is at a height 'h' above the horizontal plane in which the bob revolves. The tension in
the string is

mg mg 2  h 2 mgh mg

(A) (B) (C) (D)
h   2  h 2

8. A helicopter carrying a 200-kg parcel at the end of a 3.0-m long cable flies in a horizontal
circular path. It completes a full circle at a constant speed in 78.5 seconds. The radius of the
path of the parcel is 250 m. The magnitude of the parcel's acceleration is nearly :

3.0 m 
250 m radius
200 kg

(A) 1.0 (B) 1.3 (C) 1.6 (D) 2.6

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9. Consider a particle moving without friction on a rippled surface, as shown below. Gravity
acts down in the negative y direction. The elevation y (x) of the surface is given by
y (x) = A cos kx. If the particle starts at x = 0 with speed v in the x direction, for what values
of v will the particle stay on the surface at all times ? Radius of curvature at any point on

3/2
  dy  2 
1    
 dx  
curve y = f(x) is r  
d2y
dx 2

h
v
A
x

g g
(A) v  gA (B) v  (C) v  gkA 2 (D) v 
k k 2A
10. A closed steel cylinder is completely filled with water at 0°C. It is known that density of
water at 0°C is 103 kg/m3 and ice 910 kg/m3 respectively. Bulk modulus of ice at 0°C is nearly
9×109 Pa. The rise in pressure on the cylinder wall will be
(A) 8.1 × 108 Pa (B) 109 Pa (C) 9 × 106 Pa (D) 9 × 108 Pa

MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

11. A particle is projected with speed 100 m/s at angle of 53° with horizontal then :-

53°
O

1
(A) at t = 16 sec angular velocity of particle about 'O' is rad / sec
12

g
(B) at t = 2 sec value of tangential acceleration is
2

g
(C) at t = 2 sec value of centripitial acceleration is
2
(D) Radius of curvature at heighest point is 360 m

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12. A small bob can slide downwards from point A to B along either of the two different curved
surfaces shown in cross-section in the diagram. These possible trajectories are circular arcs
in vertical plane, and they lie symmetrically about straight line AB. During the motion, bob
does not leave contact with surface.

II g

(A) If friction is neglected every where bob will take a smaller time through path I as compared
to time through path II.
(B) If friction is neglected every where bob will take a smaller time through path II as compared
to time through path I.
(C) If friction is neglected every where bob will reach point B with same speed through both
the paths.
(D) If friction is significant along both paths then bob will reach B with a smaller speed, if it
follows path II, as compared to if it follows path I.

13. A ball is hanging vertically by a light inextensible string of length L from fixed point O.The
ball of mass m is given a speed u at the lowest position such that it completes a vertical circle
with centre at O as shown. Let AB be a diameter of circular path of ball making an angle 60°
with vertical as shown, then
B

60°

A
u
m
(A) The difference in kinetic energy of ball at positions A and B is mgL.
(B) The difference in value of tension in a string at positions A and B will be 3 mg.
  
(C) If the accelerations of ball at positions A and B will be a A and a B , then the value of
 
|a A  a B| will be 7g .
(D) The difference in centripetal force at the positions A and B will be 2 mg.

14. A car is moving without slipping anticlockwise sense (top view of track) in a circular path on

a rough horizontal surface. v and a are velocity and acceleration vector at time 't'. When car
is at point P, the direction of friction force for different conditions mentioned in the options
below are given by arrows as shown in figure. Select the CORRECT alternative.

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 2 1

v
r P
3

4 5

Top view of the circular track


(A) If a  v  0 , friction force will act along arrow 3.

(B) If a  v  0 , friction force will act along arrow 2.

(C) If a  v  0 , friction force will act along arrow 5.

(D) If a  v  0 friction force will act along arrow 4.

15. A particle of mass m moves on the inner surface of a circular cylinder of radius r (Fig. ). The
surface is assumed to be absolutely smooth. The axis of the cylinder is vertical. Taking into
consideration the effect of gravity, determine the normal force N of the particle on the cylin-
der surface. The initial velocity of the particle is Vo, and makes an angle  with the horizon-
tal. If, at starting, the particle was on the axis x, set up the equation of motion of the particle.

r x
M

y v0

mv 20 2
cos  mv 20
(A) N  (B) N = cos 
r r

 v 0 cos   gt 2
(C) x  r cos  t (D) z  v 0 t sin  
 r  2
16. A block is resting on a rotating rough table as shown.


(A) According to A centripetal acceleration is provided by friction force

(B) According to A friction is kinetic and according to B friction is static.
(C) According to B centrifugal force is balanced by friction force.
(D) According to A centrifugal force is balanced by friction force.

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17. A particle is acted upon by a single 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 velocity is constant (B) its kinetic energy is constant
(C) its acceleration is constant (D) it moves in a circular path
18. A cyclist moves uniformly on a horizontal circular track of radius 100 m. If the coefficient of friction is
0.1. At which of the following speed(s) can he travel without slipping :
(A) 5 m/s (B) 9 m/s (C) 14 m/s (D) None of these
19. A ball of mass ‘m’ is rotating in a circle of radius ‘r’ with speed v inside a smooth cone as shown in figure.
Let N be the normal reaction on the ball by the cone, then choose the correct option.
v2
(A) N = mgcos (B) gsin = cos
r
mv 2
(C) Nsin – =0 (D) none of these
r
20. A particle P of mass m is attached to a vertical axis by two strings AP and BP of
length l each. The separation AB=l. P rotates around the axis with an angular
velocity . The tensions in the two strings are T1 and T2
(A) T1=T2 (B) T1+T2=m2l
2g
(C) T1-T2=2mg (D) BP will remain taut only if 


PARAGRAPH TYPE QUESTIONS

Paragraph for q. no. (21 to 22)
When an object is seen from rotating frame of referance, coriollis force acts on the object
 
which is equal to 2m(v  ) where v is velocity of object with respect to rotating frame and 
is angular velocity of rotating frame.
21. A stone is dropped from ‘h’ height at a place at 60° Latitude on northern hemisphere. Where
will it land on ground (Ignore centrifugal force and consider height ‘h’ to be small in comparison
to radius of earth = R)
(A) To north of place (B) to south of place (C) To east of place (D) to west of place
22. By what displacement stone is pushed due to coriolis force when it hits ground in previous
problem.
3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2
g  2h  g  2h  3g  2h  g  2h 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
12  g  6  g  4  g  2 3 g 

Paragraph for q. no. (23 to 25)

An athelete of mass 80 kg is running on a rough track whose cross-section is shown below. The lower
part AB of track is a cylindrical valley of radius 100 m and upper part BC is a cylindrical hill of radius
200 m. The two parts join such that there is no sudden change of slope of the track. The speed of the
athelete on the track is always 5m/s. A is the lowest point of the valley, B is the point at which valley ends
and hill starts and C is the top of the hill. While moving from A to C, the athelete travels a horizontal
distance of 150 m.

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 C

B
A
23. Find the time taken by the athelete in going from A to C
(A) 5 sec (B) 10 sec (C) 15 sec (D) 20 sec
24. The correct order of normal force experienced by athelete is :
(A) NA > NB > NC (B) NA < NB < NC (C) NA > NC > NB (D) NC > NA > NB
25. The magnitude of friction force experienced by the athelete is :
(A) zero throughout (B) decreases continuously during motion from A to C
(C) increases continuously from A to C (D) attains a maximum value at B

NUMERICAL GRID TYPE QUESTIONS

26. A small bead can slide without friction on a circular hoop that is in a vertical plane and has a radius of
10 m. The hoop rotates at a constant rate about a vertical diameter. Find the height of the bead (in m)
above the bottommost point if the angular velocity of rotation is 0.5 rad/ sec.

10m

27. Figure shows a bar of mass 'm' moving with a constant speed v0 on horizontal surface around a semi-
circular fence of radius R. The average normal force acting on the bar due to contact with the fence is
mv 20
given by  . Fill the value of  in OMR sheet. Consider all surface to be smooth.
R

v0

28. A vertical drum of radius 1 m is rotating at an angular frequency of 100 rad/s. A horizontal flying
bullet pierces it through-in through-out. What is the speed ‘v’ (in m/s) of a bullet inside the drum, if the
distance between the holes made by the bullet at its circumference was found to be /3 m. It is known
that the bullet strikes the drum again before it completes half of rotation. Write ‘v/100’ in OMR sheet.
29. A force of constant magnitude F = 10 N acts on a particle moving in a plane such that it is perpendicular
 
to the velocity v  v  v  5m / s  of the body, and the force is always directed towards a fixed point.
Then the angle (in radian) turned by the velocity vector of the particle as it covers a distance S = 10m is
: (take : mass of the particle as m = 2kg)

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30. Y-axis is vertial a wire shown in the diagram is frictionless. This wire is rotated about y-axis with
constant angular velocity . A particle placed anywhere on wire remains stationary w.r.t. wire. If equation
2 n
of wire is given by y = x . Then find n
2g

x
31. A particle suspended from the ceiling by inextensible light string is moving along a horizontal circle of radius
1.5 m as shown. The string traces a cone of height 2 m. The string breaks and the particle finally hits the floor
(which is xy plane 5.76 m below the circle) at point P. Find the distance OP in cm.

32. A mass m = 1kg, which is free to move on a horizontal frictionless surface, is attached to one end of a
massless string that wraps partially around a frictionless vertical pole of radius r (see the top view in
figure). You hold on to the other end of the string. At t = 0, the mass has speed v0 in the tangential
direction along the dotted circle of radius R shown. Your task is to pull on the string so that the mass
keeps moving along the circular path of radius R. If at any instant 't' force applied by hand on string is
2r
f0 = 2N then find out centripetal acceleration (in m/s2) of mass. (Given : R = )
3

(top view)

hand

33. There is a parabolic-shaped bridge across a river of width 100m. The highest point of bridge is 5m
above the level of the banks. A car of mass 1000 kg is crossing the bridge at a constant speed of 20 ms–
1
.Using the notation indicated in the figure, the force exerted on the bridge by the car when it is : at the
highest point of the bridge is (1200x) N. Find x (Ignore air resistance and take g as 10 ms–2)

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h

34. A wedge is placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Wedge contains a circular quadrant of radius 25 cm
1
as shown. An insect crawls on the circular part with a constant speed m / s . A force F is applied on the
2
wedge, so that it does not move. Find the value of F in newton when radial line of position of insect
makes an angle 60° with horizontal.

60°

F
2kg

wedge

35. A very small ball of mass 'm = 5 kg' is suspended from point A through an inextensible thread of length
 = 4 m. It lies on the surface of a fixed smooth sphere of radius R = 3 m. The ball is moving in a circular
path with a constant speed v = 1 m/s so that it always maintains contact with the surface of sphere. Find
3N
the normal reaction 'N' (in Newton) acting on the ball. Fill in OMR sheet.
17

A


m
R
O

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