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Circular Motion
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Exercise-1

(Objective Type: Single Correct)

Level-2

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Q 1.
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A spotlight is fixed 4 m from the vertical wall and is rotating at a rate 1 rads-1. The spot
moves horizontally on the wall. Find the speed of the spot on the wall when the spotlight
makes an angle of 45o with the wall.
(A) 4 ms-1 (B) 6 ms-1 (C) 8 ms-1 (D) none of these

Q 2. Two string are tied 2 m apart on a rod and on the other end a mass 200 g is tied as shown in
fig. Each string is 1.25 m long. Find the tensions T1 and T2 if the rod is rotated with 60 rpm.

(A) 6N, 3N (B) 6.25 N, 3.75 N

(C) 4.25 N, 5.75 N (D) 5.25 N, 4.75 N

Q 3. Two identical small balls of mass 1 kg each are placed on smooth horizontal surface. Balls
are attached with a massless string of length 1 m and distance between balls is also 1m. now
one ball is projected horizontaly with speed 10 m/s perpendicular to string. Tension in string
just after projection is
(A) 10 N (B) 20 N (C) 100 N (D) 50 N

Q 4. In the given figure, a smooth parabolic wire track lies in the vertical plane (x-y plane). The
𝑥2
shape of track is defined by the equation y =( ) (where a is constant). A ring of mass m
𝑎
which can slide freely on the wire track, is placed at the position A (a, a). The track is rotated
with constant angular speed ω such that there is no relative slipping between the ring and
the track then ω is equal to

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

Q 5. A particle A moves along a circle of radius R = 50 cm so that its radius vector r relative to the
point O (figure) rotates with the constant angular velocity  = 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

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

Q 6. A table with smooth horizontal surface is rotating at a speed  about its axis. A groove is
made on the surface along a radius and a particle is gently placed inside the groove at a
distance a from the centre. Find the speed of the particle with respect to the table as its
distance from the centre becomes l.
(l + a )
(A) v = l (B) v = (l - a) (C) v = (D) v =  l 2 − a 2
2

Q 7. A rod of length L is pivoted at one end and is rotated with a uniform angular velocity in a
horizontal plane. Let T1 and T2 be the tensions at the points L/4 and 3L/4 away from the
pivoted ends.
(A) T1 > T2
(B) T2 > T1
(C) T1 = T2
(D) The relation between T1 & T2 depends on whether the rod rotates clockwise or
anticlockwise

Q 8. A car goes on a banked track with angle of banking 37o. It comes across a turn of radius 100
1
m. If coefficient of friction between the tyres and the surface is , then the maximum
√3
velocity with which the car can take the turn, assuming g = 10 m/s2, is
(A) 48.38 m/s (B)55.76 m/s (C) 27.38 m/s (D)None of these

Q 9. A particle connected to two light rods is rotating about a central axis as shown in the figure.
Minimum angular speed of the particle for internal force in the upper rod to be compressive
is

𝑔 𝑔 𝑔 𝑔
(A) √2 (B) √3 (C) √ 3 (D)
√3

Answer Key

Q.1) C Q.2) B Q.3) D Q.4) C Q.5) D

Q.6) D Q.7) A Q.8) A Q.9) C

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