HORIZONTAL CIRCULAR MOTION

1. The angular velocity of second’s hand in a wall clock is : (in rads–1)

   
1) 2) 3) 4)
30 60 1800 3600
2. A point on the rim of a wheel 3 m in diameter has linear velocity of 18 ms–1. The
angular velocity of the wheel is
1) 4 rads–1 2) 12 rads–1 3) 6 rads–1 4) 18 rads–1
3. The centripetal force required by a 1000 kg car that takes a turn of radius 50 m at a speed of 36
kmph is
1) 1000N 2) 3500N 3) 1600N 4) 2000N
4. A stone of mass 0.5 kg is attached to a string of length 2 m and is whirled in a horizontal
circle. If the string can with stand a tension of 9N, the maximum velocity with which the
stone can be whirled is
1) 6 ms–1 2) 8 ms–1 3) 4 ms–1 4) 12 ms–1
5. A car is moving with a speed of 30 ms–1 on a circular path of radius 500 m. If its speed
is increasing at the rate of 2 ms–2, the net acceleration of the car is
1) 3.6 ms–2 2) 2.7 ms–2 3) 1.8 ms–2 4) 2 ms–2|
6. The speed of a motor increases from 1200 rpm to 1800 rpm in 20S. How many revolutions
does it make in this period of time ?
1) 400 2) 200 3) 500 4) 800
7. A car is travelling at 36 kmph on a road. If   0.5 between the tyres and the road, the
minimum turning radius of the car is (g = 10ms–2)
1) 20m 2) 25m 3) 30m 4) 35m
8. The angular displacement of a particle is given by   t 3  t 2  t  1 where ‘t’ is time in
seconds. Its angular velocity after 2s is
1) 17 rads–1 2) 14 rads–1 3) 12 rads–1 4) 20 rads–1
9. The angular frequency of a fan increases from 30 rpm to 60 rpm in  s . A dust particle
is present at a distance of 20 cm from axis of rotation. The tangential acceleration of the
particle in  s is
1) 0.8 ms–2 2) 0.34 ms–2 3) 0.2 ms–2 4) 1.2 ms–2
10. A coin is kept at distance of 10 cm from the centre of a circular turn table. If   0.8 ,
the frequency of rotation at which the coin just begins to slip is
1) 62.8 rpm 2) 84.54 rpm 3) 54.6 rpm 4) 32.4 rpm
11. A particle of mass ‘m’ is moving in a horizontal circle of radius ‘r’ under a centripetal
force –
k/r2 where ‘K’ is a constant. The total energy of the particle is
1) – K/r 2) – K/2r 3) K/2r 4) –2K/r
12. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10
ms–1. A plumb bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a string of length 1m. The
angle made by the string with vertical is (g = 10 ms–2)
1) 00 2) 300 3) 450 4) 600
13. A particle describes a horizontal circle on the smooth surface of an inverted cone. The
plane of that circle is at a height of 9.8cm above the vertex. Then the speed of the particle
is
1) 0.49 ms–1 2) 0.98 ms–1 3) 1.96 ms–1 4) 3.92 ms–1
14. Length of a simple pendulum is 2m and mass of its bob is 0.2 kg. If the tension in the
string exceeds 4N, it will break. If the bob is whirled in horizontal plane, the maximum
angle the string can make with vertical during rotation is
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
15. A chain of 100 links is 1m long and has a mass of 2kg. With the ends fastened together it
is set rotating at 3000 rpm, in a horizontal plane.The centripetal force on each link is
1) 3.14 N 2) 31.4N 3) 314 N 4) 3140 N
16. A boy is sitting on a horizontal platform in the shape of a disc at a distance of 5m from
its centre. The boy begins to slip when the speed of wheel exceeds 10 rpm The coefficient
of friction between the boy and platform is. (g = 10 ms–2)
(2002 M)
2 2
1)  6 2)  18 3)  6 4)  2
17. Three point masses each of mass ‘m’ are joined together using a string to form an
equilateral triangle of side ‘a’. The system is placed on a smooth horizontal surface and
rotated with a constant angular velocity ‘  ’ about a vertical axis passing through the
centroid. Then the tension in each string is
2 2
ma  ma 
1) ma 2 2) 3ma  2 3) 4)
3 3

18. There is a small hole in a table. A string of length 1m passes through it. Two bodies of
masses 70g and 100g are attached at its ends. The 100g mass hangs freely at a depth of 60
cm from the table. If this mass is to be in equilibrium, the other mass should rotate in a
circle with a frequency equal to

 140
1) 4  140 Hz 2) 4  140 Hz 3) 140
Hz 4) Hz
4
19. A particle ‘P is moving in a circle of radius ‘r’ with uniform speed v. AB is the diameter
of circle and ‘C’ is the centre. The angular velocity of P about A and C are in the ratio.
1) 1 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 2 : 1 4) 4 : 1

20. Starting from rest a wheel rotates with uniform angular acceleration 2 rads2 . After
4s, if the angular acceleration ceases to act, its angular displacement in the next 4s is
1) 8 rad 2) 16 rad 3) 24 rad 4) 32 rad

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