Ch-05 Circular Motion

Practice Sheet 02

Q1. Find if Q4. As per given figure, to complete the

circular loop what should be the radius, if
initial height is 5 m.

(a) 𝑇𝑇𝐴𝐴 > 𝑇𝑇𝐵𝐵 > 𝑇𝑇𝐶𝐶 (a) 2m

(b) 𝑇𝑇𝐶𝐶 > 𝑇𝑇𝐵𝐵 > 𝑇𝑇𝐴𝐴 (b) 2.5 m

(c) 𝑇𝑇𝐵𝐵 > 𝑇𝑇𝐶𝐶 = 𝑇𝑇𝐴𝐴 (c) 3 m

(d) 𝑇𝑇𝐴𝐴 > 𝑇𝑇𝐵𝐵 = 𝑇𝑇𝐶𝐶 (d) 4 m

Q2. The string of a pendulum is horizontal. Q5. Find the height at which the string
The mass of bob attached to it is 𝑚𝑚. Now becomes slack
the string is released. The tension in the
string in the lowest position is

(a) 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

(b) 2 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

(c) 3 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

(d) 4 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
2𝑙𝑙
(a)
3
4𝑙𝑙
Q3. If velocity at lowest point is just enough (b)
for looping the circle, find velocity & tension 3
when string is horizontal. 7𝑙𝑙
(c)
4
a) �2𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔, 2 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
9𝑙𝑙
(d)
b) �3𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔, 3 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 5

c) �4𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔, 4 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

d) �5𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔, 5 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
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Q6. A small block of mass m slides without
friction from the top of a hemisphere of
radius 𝑅𝑅. At what angle ‘𝜃𝜃’, ‘𝑚𝑚’ will leave
contact from the sphere (𝑚𝑚 is detached
from sphere)
Q9. A sphere is suspended by a thread of
length 𝑙𝑙. What minimum horizontal velocity
has to be imparted the to sphere for it to
reach the height of the suspension [ISM
Dhanbad 1994]

(a) 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔

(a) 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 =
1 (b) 2𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
2

1 (c) �𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
(b) 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 =
3

2 (d) �2𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
(c) 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 =
3

1
(d) 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 =
6 Q10. A bucket tied at the end of a 1.6 𝑚𝑚
Q7. A car moves at a constant speed on a
road as shown. The normal force by the
road on the car 𝑁𝑁𝐴𝐴 and 𝑁𝑁𝐵𝐵 when it is at the
points 𝐴𝐴 and 𝐵𝐵 respectively.
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 (𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑔𝑔 = 10𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 2 )
[AlIMS 1987]

(a) 4 m/sec

(b) 6.25 m/sec

(a) 𝑁𝑁𝐴𝐴 = 𝑁𝑁𝐵𝐵 (c) 16 m/sec
(b) 𝑁𝑁𝐴𝐴 > 𝑁𝑁𝐵𝐵 (d) None of the above
(c) 𝑁𝑁𝐴𝐴 < 𝑁𝑁𝐵𝐵

(d) Insufficient information to decide

the relation of 𝑁𝑁𝐴𝐴 and 𝑁𝑁𝐵𝐵 .
Q8. In a circus stuntman rides a motorbike
in a circular track of radius 𝑅𝑅 in the vertical
plane. The minimum speed at highest point
of track will be
[CPMT 1979; JIPMER 1997; RPET 1999]
Q11. A 1 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 stone at the end of 1 𝑚𝑚 long
string is whirled in a vertical circle at
constant speed of 4 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠. The tension in
the string is 6 𝑁𝑁, when the stone is at (𝑔𝑔 =
10 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 2 )
[AIIMS 19821 A)
(a) Top of the circle
(b) Bottom of the circle

(a) �2𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 (c) Half way down

(b) 2𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 (d) None of the above

(c) �3𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔

(d) �𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
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Q12. A body slides down a frictionless Q15. The maximum velocity at the lowest
track which ends in a circular loop of point, so that the string just slack at the
diameter 𝐷𝐷, then the minimum height ℎ of highest point in a vertical circle of radius 𝑙𝑙
the body in term of 𝐷𝐷 so that it may just
[CPMT 1999; MH CET 2004]
complete the loop, is
5𝐷𝐷 (a) �𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
(a) ℎ =
2

5𝐷𝐷
(b) �3𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
(b) ℎ =
4
(c) �5𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
3𝐷𝐷
(c) ℎ =
4
(d) �7𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
𝐷𝐷
(d) ℎ =
4

Q16. A body of mass 𝑚𝑚 hangs at one end

Q13. A weightless thread can support
tension upto 30 𝑁𝑁. A stone of mass 0.5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
is tied to it and is revolved in a circular path
of radius 2 𝑚𝑚 in a vertical plane. If 𝑔𝑔 =
10𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 2 , then the maximum angular
velocity of the stone will be
[MP PMT 1994]
(a) 5 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑠𝑠
(b) √30 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑠𝑠
(c) √60 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑠𝑠
(d) 10 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑠𝑠
of a string of length 𝑙𝑙, the other end of which
is fixed. It is given a horizontal velocity so
that the string would just reach where it
makes an angle of 60° with the vertical. The
tension in the string at mean position is
[ISM Dhanbad 1994]
(a) 2 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
(b) 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
(c) 3𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
(d) √3 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

Q17. In a vertical circle of radius 𝑟𝑟, at what

Q14. A body of mass 0.4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 is whirled in a point in its path a particle has tension equal
vertical circle making 2 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠. If the to 𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧𝑧 if it is just able to complete the
radius of the circle is 2 𝑚𝑚, then tension in vertical circle [EAMCET
the string when the body is at the top of the 1994]
circle, is
(a) Highest point
(a) 41.56 N
(b) Lowest point
(b) 89.86 N
(c) Any point
(c) 109.86 N
(d) At a point horizontally from the
(d) 122.4 N centre of circle of radius 𝑟𝑟
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Q18. For a particle in a non-uniform Q19. A stone is rotated in a vertical circle.

accelerated circular motion Speed at bottommost point is �8𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔?,
[AMU (Med.) 2000] where 𝑅𝑅 is the radius of circle. The ratio of
tension at the top and the bottom is
(a) Velocity is radial and acceleration is
transverse only (a) 1: 2

(b) Velocity is transverse and acceleration (b) 1: 3

is radial only (c) 2: 3
(c) Velocity is radial and acceleration has (d) 1: 4
both radial and transverse components

(d) Velocity is transverse and acceleration

has both radial and transverse
components
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ANSWERS

1. a 8. d 15. c

2. c 9. d 16. a

3. b 10. a 17. a

11. a 18. d
4. a

12. b 19. b
5. b

6. c 13. a

7. c
14. d