Course: Circular Motion

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 EXERCISE-I
Part-I
(Single Correct type Questions)
1. Two racing cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r and 2r respectively and their
angular speeds are equal. The ratio of the time taken by cars to complete one revolution is :
(A) m1 : m2 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 1 (D) m1 : 2m2

2. A wheel is at rest. Its angular velocity increases uniformly with time and becomes 80 radian per
second after 5 second. The total angular displacement is :
(A) 800 rad (B) 400 rad (C) 200 rad (D) 100 rad

3. A particle moves along a circle of radius 

20 
 with tangential acceleration of constant magnitude. If
  
the speed of the particle is 80 m/s at the end of the second revolution after motion has begun, the
tangential acceleration is:
(A) 160 π m/s2 (B) 40 π m/s2 (C) 40 m/s2 (D) 640 π m/s2

4. The second’s hand of a watch has length 6 cm. Speed of end point and magnitude of difference of
velocities at two perpendicular positions will be :
(A) 2π & 0 mm/s (B) 2 2    mm / s
(C) 2 2   2 mm / s (D) 2  2 2  mm / s

5. A spot light S rotates in a horizontal plane with a constant angular velocity of 0.1 rad/s. The spot of
light p moves along the wall at a distance 3 m. What is the velocity of the spot P when θ = 45° ?

(A) 0.6 m/s (B) 0.5 m/s (C) 0.4 m/s (D) 0.3 m/s

6. The magnitude of displacement of a particle moving in a circle of radius a with constant angular
speed ω varies with time t as
t t
(A) 2 a sin ωt (B) 2a sin (C) 2a cosωt (D) 2a cos
2 2

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 7. Two moving particle P and Q are 10 m apart at a certain instant. The velocity of P is 8m/s making
an angle 30° with the line joining P and Q and that of Q is 6m/s making an angle 30° with PQ as
shown in the figure. Then angular velocity of P with respect to Q is

(A) Zero (B) 0.1 rad/sec (C) 0.4 rad/sec (D) 0.7 rad sec

8. Two bodies A & B rotate about an axis, such that angle θA (in radians) covered by first body is
proportional to square of time, & θB (in radians) covered by second body varies linearly. At t = 0,
θA = θB = 0. If A completes its first revolution in  sec. & B needs 4π sec. to complete half
revolution then; angular velocity ωA : ωB at t = 5 sec. are in the ratio
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 20 : 1 (C) 80 : 1 (D) 20 : 4

9. The graphs below show angular velocity as a function of time. In which one is the magnitude of the
angular acceleration constantly decreasing?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

10. A particle moves with deaceleration along the circle of radius R so that at any moment of time its
tangential and normal accelerations are equal in moduli. At the initial moment t = 0 the speed of the
particle equals v0, then :
(i) the speed of the particle as a function of the distance covered s will be
(A) v = v0 e–s/R (B) v = v0es/R (C) v = v0e–R/s (D) v = v0eR/s

(ii) the total acceleration of the particle as function of velocity and distance covered
v2 v R 2R
(A) a = 2 (B) a = 2 (C) a = 2 (D) a =
R R v v

11. If angular velocity of a disc depends an angle rotated θ as w = θ2 + 2θ, then its angular acceleration
α at θ = 1 rad is
(A) 8 rad/sec2 (B) 10 rad/sec2 (C) 12 rad/sec2 (D) None

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12. A particle moves along an arc of a circle of radius R. Its velocity depends on the distance covered as
v = a s , where a is a constant then the angle α between the vector of the total acceleration and the
vector of velocity as a function of s will be
R 2s 2R s
(A) tan  = (B) tan  = (C) tan  = (D) tan  =
2s R s 2R

13. A particle A moves along a circle of radius R = 50 cm so that its radius vector r relative to the point
O (Fig.) rotates with the constant angular velocity ω = 0.40 rad/s. Then modulus of the velocity of
the particle, and the modulus of its total acceleration will be

(A) v = 0.4 m/s, a = 0.4 m/s2 (B) v = 0.32 m/s, a = 0.32 m/s2
(C) v = 0.32 m/s, a = 0.4 m/s2 (D) v = 0.4 m/s, a = 0.32 m/s2

14. Tangential acceleration of a particle moving in a circle of radius 1 m varies with time t as (initial
velocity of particle is zero). Time after which total acceleration of particle makes and angle of 30º
with radial acceleration is

(A) 4 sec (B) 4/3 sec (C) 22/3 sec (D) 2 sec

15. A particle is going in a uniform helical and spiral path separately as shown in figure with constant
speed.

(A) The velocity of the particle is constant in both cases

(B) The acceleration of the particle is constant in both cases
(C) The magnitude of acceleration is constant in (A) and decreasing in (B)
(D) The magnitude of acceleration is decreasing continuously in both the cases
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16. Three point particles P, Q, R move in a circle of radius 'r' with different but constant speeds. They
start moving at t = 0 from their initial positions as shown in the figure. The angular velocities (in
rad/sec) of P, Q and R are 5π, 2π & 3π respectively, in the same sense. The time at which they all
meet is:

(A) 2/3 sec (B) 1/6 sec (C) 1/2 sec (D) 3/2 sec

17. The kinetic energy K of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends on the distance
covered s as K = as2 where a is a positive constant. The total force acting on the particle is:
1/2
s2  s2  R2
(A) 2a (B) 2as 1 + 2  (C) 2as (D) 2a
R  R  s

18. A boy whirls a stone in a horizontal circle 1.8 m above the ground by means of a string with radius
1.2 m. while whirling the stone string was horizontal, it breaks and stone flies off horizontally,
striking the ground 9.1 m away. The centripetal acceleration during the circular motion was nearly:
(use g = 9.8 m/s2)
(A) 94 m/s2 (B) 141 m/s2 (C) 188 m/s2 (D) 282 m/s2

19. A large mass M hangs stationary at the end of a light string that passes through a smooth fixed ring
to a small mass m that moves around in a horizontal circular path. If is the length of the string
from m to the top end of the tube and θ is angle between this part and vertical part of the string as
shown in the figure, then time taken by m to complete one circle is equal to

m m
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
g sin  g cos  gM sin  gM

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20. A Toy cart attached to the end of an unstretched string of length a, when revolved moves on a
smooth horizontal table in a circle of radius 2a with a time period T. Now the toy cart is speeded up
until it moves in a circle of radius 3a with a period T’. If Hook’s law holds then (Assume no
friction):
 3
(C) T ' =   T
5 3
(A) T ' = T (B) T ' =   T (D) T ' = T
2  2 2

21. If the radii of circular paths of two particles of same masses are in the ratio of 1 : 2, then in order to
have same centripetal force, their speeds should be in the ratio of :
(A) 1 : 4 (B) 4 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 :1

22. A stone of mass of 16 kg is attached to a string 144 m long and is whirled in a horizontal smooth
surface. The maximum tension the string can withstand is 16 Newton. The maximum speed of
revolution of the stone without breaking it, will be :
(A) 20 ms–1 (B) 16 ms–1 (C) 14 ms–1 (D) 12 ms–1

23. Three identical particles are joined together by a thread as shown in figure. All the three particles
are moving on a smooth horizontal plane about point O. If the speed of the outermost particle is v0,
then the ratio of the tensions in the three sections of the string is: (Assume that the string remains
straight)

(A) 3 : 5 : 7 (B) 3 : 4 : 5 (C) 7 : 11 : 6 (D) 3 : 5 : 6

24. A particle is kept fixed on a turntable rotating uniformly. As seen from the ground, the particle goes
in a circle, its speed is 20 cm/s and acceleration is 20 cm/s2. The particle is now shifted to a new
position to make the radius half of the original value. The new values of the speed and acceleration
will be
(A) 10 cm/s, 10 cm/s2 (B) 10 cm/s, 80 cm/s2
(C) 40 cm/s, 10 cm/s2 (D) 40 cm/s, 40 cm/s2

25. A particle moving along a circular path due to a centripetal force having constant magnitude is an
example of motion with :
(A) constant speed and velocity (B) variable speed and velocity
(C) variable speed and constant velocity (D) constant speed and variable velocity.

26. A curved section of a road is banked for a speed v. If there is no friction between road and tyres of
the car, then :
(A) car is more likely to slip at speeds higher than v than speeds lower than v
(B) car cannot remain in static equilibrium on the curved section
(C) car will not slip when moving with speed v
(D) none of the above

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27. A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring of force constant k and unstretched length
. The system is rotated about the other end of the spring with an angular velocity ω, in gravity
free space. The increase in length of the spring will be

m2 m2 m2

(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
k k − m2 k + m2

28. A uniform circular ring of mass per unit length λ and radius R is rotating with angular velocity ω
about its own axis in a gravity free space. Tension in the ring is
1
(A) zero (B) R 22 (C) R 2 2 (D) R2
2

29. A uniform rod of mass m and length rotates in a horizontal plane with an angular velocity ω
about a vertical axis passing through one end. The tension in the rod at distance x from the axis is :
1 1 x2 1  x 1 m2
(A) m2 x (B) m2 (C) m2 1 −  (D) [ 2
− x2 ]
2 2 2   2

30. A man is standing on a rough (μ = 0.5) horizontal disc rotating with constant angular velocity of
5 rad/ sec. At what distance from centre should he stand so that he does not slip on the disc ?
(A) R ≤ 0.2 m (B) R > 0.2 m (C) R > 0.5 m (D) R > 0.3 m

31. A conical pendulum is moving in a circle with angular velocity ω as shown. If tension in the string
is T, which of following equations are correct ?

(A) T = mω2l (B) T sinθ = mω2l (C) T = mg cosθ (D) T = mω2l sinθ

32. The dumbell is placed on a frictionless horizontal table. Sphere A is attached to a frictionless pivot
so that B can be made to rotate about A with constant angular velocity. If B makes one revolution in
period P, the tension in the rod is

42 Md 82 Md 42 Md 2Md

(A) (B) (C) (D)
P2 P2 P P
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33. A stone is projected with speed u and angle of projection is θ. Find radius of curvature at t = 0.
u 2 cos 2  u2 u2 u 2 sin 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
g g sin  g cos  g

34. A particle of mass m is moving with constant velocity v on smooth horizontal surface. A constant
force F starts acting on particle perpendicular to velocity v. Radius of curvature after force F start
acting is :
mv 2 mv 2 mv 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
F F cos  Fsin 

35. The figure shows the velocity and acceleration of a point like body at the initial moment of its
motion. The acceleration vector of the body remains constant. The minimum radius of curvature of
trajectory of the body is

(A) 2 meter (B) 4 meter (C) 8 meter (D) 16 meter

36. A car is going on an overbridge of radius R, maintaining a constant speed. As the car is descending
on the overbridge from point B to C, the normal force on it :

(A) increase (B) decreases

(C) remains constant (D) first increases then decreases

37. In a circus, stuntman rides a motorbike in a circular track of radius R in the vertical plane. The
minimum speed at highest point of track will be :
(A) 2gR (B) 2gR (C) 3gR (D) gR

38. A particle is moving in a vertical circle. The tensions in the string when passing through two
positions at angles 30° and 60° from downward vertical are T1 and T2 respectively. Then
(A) T1 = T2
(B) T2 > T1
(C) T1 > T2
(D) Tension in the string always remains the same

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39. A stone tied to a string is rotated in a vertical plane. If mass of the stone is m, the length of the
string is r and the linear speed of the stone is v when the stone is at its lowest point, then the tension
in the string at the lowest point will be : (Acceleration due to gravity is g)
mv 2 mv 2 mv 2
(A) + mg (B) − mg (C) (D) mg
r r r

40. A bucket is whirled in a vertical circle with a string attached to it. The water in bucket does not fall
down even when the bucket is inverted at the top of its path. In this position choose most
appropriate option if v is the speed at the top.
mv 2 mv 2
(A) mg = (B) mg is greater than
r r
mv 2 mv 2
(C) mg is not greater than (D) mg is not less than
r r

41. If the apparent weight of the bodies at the equator is to be zero, then the earth should rotate with
angular velocity
g 2g g 3g
(A) rad / sec (B) rad / sec (C) rad / sec (D) rad / sec
R R 2R 2R

42. A particle is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with a velocity v0. If v be its velocity at
any instant, then the radius of curvature of the path of the particle at that instant is directly
proportional to:
(A) v3 (B) v2 (C) v (D) 1/v

43. A small frictionless block slides with velocity 0.5 gr on the horizontal surface as shown in the
Figure. The block leaves the surface at point C. The angle θ in the Figure is :

(A) cos–1 (4/9) (B) cos–1 (3/4) (C) cos–1 (1/2) (D) none of these

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44. A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length L = m, whirling in a circular
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path in a vertical plane. The ratio of maximum tension in the string to the minimum tension in the
string is 4, If g is taken to be 10 m/s2, the speed of the stone at the highest point of the circle is :
(A) 10 m/s (B) 5 2 m/s (C) 10 3 m/s (D) 20 m/s

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45. A particle of mass m begins to slide down a fixed smooth sphere from the top with negligible initial
velocity. What is its tangential acceleration when it breaks off the sphere ?
2g 5g g
(A) (B) (C) g (D)
3 3 3

46. Assume the aerodynamic drag force on a car is proportional to its speed. If the power output from
the engine is doubled then the maximum speed of the car.
(A) is unchanged (B) increases by a factor of 2
(C) is also doubled (D) increases by a factor of four

47. A bob attached to string is held horizontal and released. The tension and vertical distance from
point of suspension can be represented by.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

48. A small cube with mass M starts at rest point 1 at a height 4R, where R is the radius of the circular
part of the track. The cube slides down the frictionless track and around the loop. The force that the
track exerts on the cube at point 2 is nearly _________ times the cube’s weight Mg.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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49. The tube AC forms a quarter circle in a vertical plane. The ball B has an area of cross-section
slightly smaller than that of the tube, and can move without friction through it. B is placed at A and
displaced slightly. It will

(A) always be in contact with the inner wall of the tube

(B) always be in contact with the outer wall of the tube
(C) initially be in contact with the inner wall and later with the outer wall
(D) initially be in contact with the outer wall and later with the inner wall

50. A stone is 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 at it reaches a position where the string is horizontal is

(A) u 2 − 2 gl (B) 2gl (C) u 2 − gl (D) 2(u 2 − gl )

51. A small block is shot into each of the four tracks as shown below. Each of the tracks risks to the
same height. The speed with which the block enters the track is the same in all cases. At the highest
point of the track, the normal reaction is maximum in

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

52. A particle is rotated in a vertical circle by connecting it to light rod of length l and keeping the other
end of the rod fixed. The minimum speed of the particle when the light rod is horizontal for which
the particle will complete the circle is
(A) gl (B) 2gl (C) 3gl (D) none of these

53. A road is banked at an angle of 30° to the horizontal for negotiating a curve of radius 10 3 m. At
what velocity will a car experience no friction while negotiating the curve?
(A) 54 km/hr (B) 72 km/hr (C) 36 km/hr (D) 18 km/hr

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 Part-II
Previous Year’s JEE Main Questions (2010-2020)
1. A point P moves in counter-clockwise direction on a circular path as shown in the figure. The
movement of ‘P’ is such that it sweeps out a length s = t3 + 5, where s is in metres and t is in
seconds. The radius of the path is 20 m. The acceleration of ‘P’ when t = 2 s is nearly.

(A) 13 m/s2 (B) 12 m/s2 (C) 7.2 m/s2 (D) 14 m/s2

[AIEEE – 2010]
2. For a particle in uniform circular motion, the acceleration a at a point P (R, θ) on the circle of
radius R is (Here is measured from the x-axis)
v2 v2 v2 v2
(A) − cos  ˆi + sin  ˆj (B) − sin  ˆi + cos  ˆj
R R R R
2
v v2 v2 ˆ v2 ˆ
(C) − cos  ˆi − sin  ˆj (D) − i+ j
R R R R
[AIEEE – 2010]
3. Two cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r1 and r2, respectively. Their speeds are
such that they make complete circles in the same time t. The ratio of their centripetal acceleration is:
(A) m1 r1 : m2 r2 (B) m1 : m2 (C) r1 : r2 (D) 1 : 1
[AIEEE – 2012]

4. Concrete mixture is made by mixing cement, stone and sand in a rotating cylindrical drum. If the
drum rotates too fast, the ingredients remain stuck to the wall of the drum and proper mixing of
ingredients does not take place. The maximum rotational speed of the drum in revolutions per
minute(rpm) to ensure proper mixing is close to : (Take the radius of the drum to be 1.25 in and its
axle to be horizontal)
(A) 27.0 (B) 0.4 (C) 1.3 (D) 8.0
[JEE Main-2016]
5. A conical pendulum of length 1 m makes an angle θ = 45° w.r.t. Z-axis and moves in a circle in
the XY plane. The radius of the circle is 0.4 m and its center is vertically below O. The speed of the
pendulum, in its circular path, will be : (Take g=10ms−2)

(A) 0.4 m/s (B) 4 m/s (C) 0.2 m/s (D) 2 m/s
[JEE Main-2017]

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6. A particle is moving along a circular path with a constant speed of 10 ms–1. What is the magnitude
of the change in velocity of the particle, when it moves through an angle of 60o around the centre of
the circle?
(A) 10 3m / s (B) 0 (C) 10 2 m/ s (D) 10 m/s
[JEE Main-2019]

7. A particle of mass 20 g is released with an initial velocity 5 m/s along the curve from the point A,
as shown in the figure. The point A is at height h from point B. The particle slides along the
frictionless surface. When the particle reaches point B, its angular momentum about O will be :
[Take g = 10 m/s2]

(A) 2 kg–m2/s (B) 8 kg–m2/s (C) 6 kg–m2/s (D) 3 kg–m2/s

[JEE Main-2019]

8. Two particles A, B are moving on two concentric circles of radii R1 and R2with equal angular speed
. At t = 0, their positions and direction of motion are shown in the figure:

The relative velocity VA − VB at t = /2 is given by

(A) (R1 + R2)I (B) -(R1 + R2)I (C) (R2 – R1)I (d) (R1 - R2)I
[JEE Main-2019]

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 9. A uniform rod of length l is being rotated in a horizontal plane with a constant angular speed about
an axis passing through one of its ends. If the tension generated in the rod due to rotation is T(x) at
a distance x from the axis, then which of the following graphs depicts it most closely?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
[JEE Main-2019]

10. A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of light spring having force constant k and unstretched
length . The other end is fixed. The system is given an angular speed ω about the fixed end of the
spring such that it rotates in a circle in gravity free space. Then the stretch in the spring is:
m 2 m 2 m 2 m 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
k − m2 k − m k + m2 k + m
[JEE Main-2020]

11. A particle moves such that its position vector r(t) = cos t ˆi + sin t ˆj where ω is a constant and t is
time. Then which of the following statements is true for the velocity v(t) and acceleration a(t) of
the particle:
(A) v and a both are perpendicular to r
(B) v and a both are parallel to r
(C) v is perpendicular to r and a is directed away from the origin
(D) v is perpendicular to r and a is directed towards the origin
[JEE Main-2020]
12. A spring mass system (mass m, spring constant k and natural length) rests in equilibrium on a
horizontal disc. The free end of the spring is fixed at the centre of the disc. If the disc together with
spring mass system, rotates abou8t it’s axis with an angular velocity , (k >> m2) the relative
change in the length of the spring is best given by the option:
2  m2  m2 2m2 m2
(A)   (B) (C) (D)
3 k  3k k k
[JEE Main-2020]

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 EXERCISE-II
Part-I
Section-A
(Multiple Correct type Questions)
1. A stone is projected from level ground at t = 0 sec such that its horizontal and vertical components
of initial velocity are 10 m/s and 20 m/s respectively. Then the instant of time at which magnitude
of tangential and magnitude of normal components of acceleration of stone are same is: (neglect air
resistance) g = 10 m/s2.
1
(A) sec (B) 1 sec (C) 3 sec (D) 4 sec.
2

2. A heavy particle is tied to the end A of a string of length 1.6 m. Its other end O is fixed. It revolves
as a conical pendulum with the string making 60° with the vertical. Then (g = 9.8 m/s2)
4
(A) its period of revolution is sec.
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(B) the tension in the string is double the weight of the particle
(C) the speed of the particle = 2.8 3 m/s
(D) the centripetal acceleration of the particle is 9.8 3 m/s2

3. A car of mass M is travelling on a horizontal circular path of radius r. At an instant its speed is v
and tangential acceleration is a :
(A) The acceleration of the car is towards the centre of the path
mv 2
(B) The magnitude of the frictional force on the car is greater than
r
(C) The friction coefficient between the ground and the car is not less than a/g.
–1 v2
(D) The friction coefficient between the ground and the car is µ = tan
rg

4. A car is moving with constant speed on a road as shown in figure. The normal reaction by the road
on the car is NA, NB and NC when it is at the points A, B and C respectively.

(A) NA = NB (B) NA > NB (C) NA < NB (D) NC > NA

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5. A simple pendulum of length L and mass (bob) M is oscillating in a plane about a vertical line
between angular limits –ϕ and ϕ. For an angular displacement, [|θ| < ϕ] the tension in the string and
velocity of the bob are T and v respectively. The following relations hold good under the above
conditions:
Mv 2
(A) T cosθ = mg (B) T – mg cosθ =
L
(C) Tangential acceleration = g sinθ (D) T = Mg cos θ

6. A car of mass m attempts to go on the circular road of radius r, which is banked for a speed of
36 km/hr. The friction coefficient between the tyre and the road is negligible.
(A) The car cannot make a turn without skidding.
(B) If the car turns at a speed less than 36 km/hr, it will slip down
(C) If the car turns at the constant speed of 36 km/hr, the force by the road on the car is equal to
mv 2
r
(D) If the car turns at the correct speed of 36 km/hr, the force by the road on the car is greater than
mv 2
mg as well as greater than
r

7. A person applies a constant force on a particle F of mass m and finds that the particle moves in a
circle of radius r with a uniform speed v as seen (in the plane of motion) from an inertial frame of
reference.
(A) This is not possible.
(B) There are other forces on the particle.
mv 2
(C) The resultant of the other forces is towards the centre.
r
(D) The resultant of the other forces varies in magnitude as well as in direction.

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 Section-B
(Comprehension type Questions)
Paragraph for Qus 1 to 3
A particle of mass m is released from a height H on a smooth curved surface which ends into
vertical loop of radius R, as shown

1. Choose the correct alternative(s) if H = 2R

(A) The particle reaches the top of the loop with zero velocity
(B) The particle cannot reach the top of the loop
(C) The particle breaks off at a height H = R from the base of the loop
(D) The particle break off at a height R < H < 2R

2. If θ is instantaneous angle which the line joining the particle and the centre of the loop makes with
the vertical, then identify the correct statement(s) related to the normal reaction N between the
block and the surface
(A) The maximum value N occurs at θ = 0
(B) The minimum value of N occurs at N = π for H > 5R/2
(C) The value of N becomes negative for π/2 < θ < 3π/2
(D) The value of N becomes zero only when θ ≥ π/2

3. The minimum value of H required so that the particle makes a complete vertical circle is given by
(A) 5 R (B) 4 R (C) 2.5 R (D) 2 R

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 Paragraph for Qus 4 to 6
A small block of mass m is projected horizontally from the top of the smooth and fixed hemisphere
of radius r with speed u as shown. For values of u ≥ u0 (u0 = gr ) it does not slide on the
hemisphere. [i.e. leaves the surface at the top itself ]

4. For u = 2 u0, it lands at point P on ground. Find OP.

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

5. For u = u0/3, find the height from the ground at which it leaves the hemisphere.
19 r 19 r 10 r 10 r
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 27 9 27

6. Find its net acceleration at the instant it leaves the hemisphere.

(A) g/4 (B) g/2 (C) g (D) g/3

Paragraph for Qus 7 to 9

A bus is moving with a constant acceleration a = 3g/4 towards right. In the bus, a ball is tied with a
rope of length and is rotated in vertical circle as shown.

7. At what value of angle θ, tension in the rope will be minimum

(A) θ = 37° (B) θ = 53° (C) θ = 30° (D) θ = 90°

8. At above mentioned position, find the minimum possible speed Vmin during whole path to complete
the circular motion:
5 5g
(A) 5g (B) g (C) (D) g
2 2

9. For above value of Vmin find maximum tension in the string during circular motion.
117 15 17
(A) 6 mg (B) mg (C) mg (D) mg
20 2 2

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 Section-D
[MATRIX TYPE]
1. A bob of mass 1kg is hanging by an inextensible of length 1m as shown. The bob is given a velocity
v0 at lowest point as shown.

Column-I Column-II
(A) v0 = 2 m/s (P) Tension becomes zero at some point in motion.
(B) v0 = 4 m/s (Q) The path is always circular.
(C) v0 = 6 m/s (R) The string may be horizontal at some point in its motion.
(D) v0 = 8 m/s (S) The bob completes vertical circle.

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 PART-II
(Subjective type Questions)
1. If the equation for the angular displacement of a particle moving on a circular path is given by
(θ) = 2t3 + 0.5, where θ is in radians and t in seconds, then find the angular velocity of the particle
after 2 seconds from its start.

2. The length of second’s hand in a watch is 1 cm. Find the magnitude of change in velocity of its tip
in 15 seconds. Also find out the magnitude of average acceleration during this interval.

3. A particle moves uniformly in a circle of radius 25 cm at two revolutions per second. Find the
acceleration of the particle in m/s2.

4. A car is moving with speed 30 m/sec on a circular path of radius 500 m. Its speed is increasing at
the rate of 2 m/sec2. What is the acceleration of the car at that moment ?

5. A particle moves in a circle of radius 1.0 cm at a speed given by v = 2.0 t where v is in cm/s and t in
seconds.
(a) Find the radial acceleration of the particle at t = 1s.
(b) Find the tangential acceleration at t = 1s
(c) Find the magnitude of the acceleration at t = 1s.

6. A particle is moving along a circular path of radius 5 m with a uniform speed 5 ms–1. What is the
magnitude of average acceleration during the interval in which particle completes half revolution?

7. A particle is travelling in a circular path of radius 4m. At a certain instant the particle is moving at
20 m/s and its acceleration is at an angle of 37° from the direction to the centre of the circle as seen
from the particle
(a) At what rate is the speed of the particle increasing ?
(b) What is the magnitude of the acceleration ?

8. A stone is thrown horizontally with the velocity 15 m/s. Determine the tangential and normal
accelerations of the stone in 1 second after it begins to move.

9. A particle moves in a circle of radius R with a constant speed v. Then find the magnitude of average
R
acceleration during a time interval .
2v

10. A particle is moving in a circle of radius 2m such that its centripetal acceleration is given by
ac = 2t2. Find the angle (in rad.) transversed by the particle in the first two seconds.

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11. A particle of mass m, moving in a circular path of radius R with a constant speed v2 is located at
point (2R, 0) at time t = 0 and a man starts moving with a velocity v1 along the +ve y-axis from
origin at time t = 0. Calculate the linear momentum of the particle w.r.t. the man as a function of
time.

12. A mass m rotating freely in a horizontal circle of radius 1 m on a frictionless smooth table supports
a stationary mass 2m, attached to the other end of the string passing through smooth hole O in table,
hanging vertically. Find the angular velocity of rotation.

13. Two string of length l = 0.5 m each are connected to a block of mass m = 2 kg at one end and their
ends are attached to the point A and B 0.5 m apart on a vertical pole which rotates with a constant
T1
angular velocity ω = 7 rad/sec. Find the ratio of tension in the upper string (T1) and the lower
T2
string (T2). [Use g = 9.8 m/s2]

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14. Two blocks of mass m1 = 10 kg and m2 = 5kg connected to each other by a massless inextensible
string of length 0.3 m are placed along a diameter on a turn table. The coefficient of friction
between the table and m1 is 0.5 while there is no friction between m2 and the table. The table is
rotating with an angular velocity of 10 rad/sec about a vertical axis passing through its centre. The
masses are placed along the diameter of the table on either side of the centre O such that m1 is at a
distance of 0.124 m from O. The masses are observed to be at rest with respect to an observer on the
turn table.
(i) Calculate the frictional force on m1
(ii) What should be the minimum angular speed of the turn table so that the masses will slip from
this position.
(iii) How should the masses be placed with the string remaining taut, so that there is no frictional
force acting on the m1.

15. The 10 kg block is in equilibrium.

(i) Find the tension in string A.

(ii) Find the tension in string A just after the string B is cut?

a 3
16. A particle moves in the x-y plane with the velocity v = aiˆ + bt ˆj . At the instant t = the magnitude
b
of tangential, normal and total acceleration are _________________, _______ & __________.

17. A particle moves clockwise in a circle of radius 1 m with centre at (x, y) = (1m, 0). It starts at rest at

the origin at time t = 0. Its speed increases at the constant rate of   m/s2. (a) How long does it take
 
2
to travel halfway around the circle ? (b) What is the speed at that time ?

18. Figure shows the total acceleration and velocity of a particle moving clockwise in a circle of radius
2.5 m at a given instant of time. At this instant, find :

(a) the radial acceleration,

(b) the speed of the particle and
(c) its tangential acceleration

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19. A rod of length 1 m is being rotated about its end in a gravity free space with a constant angular
acceleration of 5 rad/s2 starting from rest. A sleeve is fitted on the rod at a distance of 0.5 m from
the centre. The coefficient of friction between the rod and the sleeve is 0.05. Find the time after
which sleeve will start slipping on the rod.

20. A solid body rotates with deceleration about a stationary axis with an angular deceleration   
where ω is its angular velocity. If at the initial moment of time its angular velocity was equal to ω0
then the mean angular velocity of the body averaged over the whole time of rotation till it comes to
0
rest is where n is.
n
21. A particle moves clockwise in a circle of radius 1 m with centre at (x, y) = (1m, 0). It starts at rest at

the origin at time t = 0. Its speed increases at the constant rate of   m/s2. If the net acceleration at
 
2

t = 2 sec is (1 + N2 ) then what is the value of N ?
2
22. Two particles A and B move anticlockwise with the same speed v in a circle of radius R and are
diametrically opposite to each other. At t = 0, A is imparted a tangential acceleration of constant
72v 2 5R
magnitude at = . If the time in which A collides with B is , the angle traced by A during
25R N1V
11 17v
this time is , its angular velocity is and radial acceleration at the time of collision is
N2 N3R
289 v 2
. Then calculate the value of N1, N2, N3, N4.
5RN 4

23. A car goes on a horizontal circular road of radius R = 27 meter, the speed increasing at a constant
dv
rate = a = 1 m/s2, starting from rest. The friction coefficient between the road and the tyre is
dt
µ = 0.2 Find the time at which the car will skid.

24. A smooth semicircular wire-track of radius R is fixed in a vertical plane shown in fig. One end of a
massless spring of natural length (3R/4) is attached to the lower point O of the wire track. A small
ring of mass m, which can slide on the track, is attached to the other end of the spring. The ring is
held stationary at point P such that the spring makes an angle of 60° with the vertical. The spring
constant K = mg/R. Consider the instant when the ring is released, If the tangential acceleration of
x 3g ymg
the ring is and the normal reaction is then calculate value of x + y.
8 8

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25. A particle of mass m is suspended by string of length from a fixed rigid support. A sufficient
horizontal velocity v0 = 3g is imparted to it suddenly. Calculate the angle (in degree) made by the
string with the vertical when the acceleration of the particle is inclined to the string by 45º.

26. Two identical rings which can slide along the rod are kept near the mid point of a smooth rod of
length 2 ( = 1 m) The rod is rotated with constant angular velocity ω = 3 radian/ sec about vertical
axis passing through its centre. The rod is at height h = 5 m from the ground. Find the distance (in
meter) between the points on the ground where the rings will fall after leaving the rods.

27. Consider the shown arrangement when a is bob of mass ‘m’ is suspended by means of a string
connected to peg P. If the bob is given horizontal velocity u having magnitude 3gl , find the
minimum speed of the bob in subsequent motion.

28. A ball is attached to a light thread of length 35 cm as shown. It is projected horizontally with a
speed v. It is seen that the thread becomes slack when it makes an angle of 60° with the upward
vertical. What was value of v (in cm/s) ?

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29. A particle of mass 5 kg is free to slide on a smooth ring of radius r = 20 cm fixed in a vertical plane.
The particle is attached to one end of a spring whose other end is fixed to the top point O of the ring.
Initially, the particle is at rest at a point A of the ring such that ∠OCA = 60°, C being the center of
the ring. The natural length of the spring is also equal to r = 20 cm. After the particle is released and
slides down the ring, the contact force between the particle and the ring becomes zero when it
reaches the lowest position B. Determine the force constant of the spring.

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 EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions
1. A bob of mass M is suspended by a massless string of length L. The horizontal velocity V at
position A is just sufficient to make it reach the point B. The angle at which the speed of the bob is
half of that at A, satisfies
Figure :

    3 3
(A)  = (B)  (C)  (D) 
4 4 2 2 4 4
[JEE 2008]

2. AA ball of mass (m) 0.5 kg is attached to the end of a string having length (L) 0.5 m. The ball is
rotated on a horizontal circular path about vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can
bear is 324 N. The maximum possible value of angular velocity of ball (in radian/s) is :

(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36

[JEE 2011]

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3. Two identical discs of same radius R are rotating about their axes in opposite directions with the
same constant angular speed. The disc are in the same horizontal plane. At time t = 0, the points P
and Q are facing each other as shown in the figure. The relative speed between the two points P and
Q is vr. as function of times best represented by

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
[JEE-2012]

4. A wire, which passes through the hole is a small bead, is bent in the form of quarter of a circle. The
wire is fixed vertically on ground as shown in the figure. The bead is released from near the top of
the wire and it slides along the wire without friction. As the bead moves from A to B, the force it
applies on the wire is

(A) always radially outwards

(B) always radially inwards
(C) radially outwards initially and radially inwards later
(D) radially inwards initially and radially outwards later.
[JEE (Advanced)-2014]

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 ANSWER KEY
CIRCULAR MOTION
EXERCISE-I
Part-I
1. C 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A
10. (i)-A; (ii)-A 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. D 17. B 18. C
19. D 20. B 21. C 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. C
29. D 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. D 38. C
39. A 40. C 41. A 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. B 47. A 48. C
49. C 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. C

Part-II
Previous Year’s Question (2010-2020)

1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. D 7. C
8. C 9. A 10. A 11. D 12. D

EXERCISE-II
PART-I
Section-A
1. BC 2. ABCD 3. BC 4. BD 5. BC 6. BD 7. BD

Section-B
1. BD 2. ABD 3. C 4. D 5. B
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. C

Section-C
1. A-Q; B-Q; C-PR; D-QRS

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 PART-II
 2  2  181 
1. 24 rad/sec 2. cm / sec, cm / s 2 3. 4π2 4.  m / sec2 
30 30 15  5 

10 −2
5. (a) 4.0 cm/s2 , (b) 2.0 cm/s2, (c) 20 cm/s2 6. ms 7. (a) 75 m/s2 (b) 125 m/s2


2g 3g 2 2v 2
8. a1 = , an = 9. 10. 2
13 13 R

11. PPM = m vPM = −mv 2 sin tiˆ + m(v 2 cos t − v1 )ˆj 12. 2g rad / s

13. 9 14. (i) 36 N (ii) 11.66 rad/sec (iii) 0.1 m, 0.2 m

3b b
15. (i) 125 N, (ii) 80 N 16. , ,b
2 2

17. (a) t = 2s, (b) 3.14 m/s

/2
3  3
18. (a) 25 m / s 2 (b) 125  m/s (c) 25/2 m/s2
2  4 

19. 0.1 sec. 20. 3 21. N = 4

22. N = 22 23. t = 3 sec 24. x + y = 8

1 gl
25. α = 90° or 143° 26. 10 m 27.
3 3

28. 350 29. 500 N/m

EXERCISE-III
1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D

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