PHYSICS

CENTER OF MASS
1. Two particles of masses 3 kg and 5 kg are separated by a distance 40 cm from each other.
Find the distance of center of mass of the system from the 5 kg mass.

2. Three particles of masses 1kg, 2kg and 3kg are kept along x-axis at x = 0, x = 3 cm, x = 8 cm
respectively. Find the distance of center of mass of the system form 2kg mass.

3. Four particles are kept at the corners of a square (PQRS) of side a. masses 3kg, 4kg, m kg
and 4 kg are kept at the corners P, Q, R, S respectively. Find the mass m so that the center of
mass of the system is at the center of the square.

4. Find the position of center of mass of a light rod (mass less) 1m long carrying 20g, 40g, 60g,
80g at its 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th cm divisions respectively.

5. Three rods of the same mass are placed as shown in the figure. What will be the co-ordinate
of centre of mass of the system?

a a  a a 
A)  ,  B)  , 
2 2  2 2

C)  2a , 2a  a a
D)  , 
3 3

6. A uniform metal rod of length 1m is bent at 900 so as to form two arms of equal length. The
centre of mass of the bent rod is
 1 
 m
A) on the bisector of the angle,  2  from vertex
 1 
 m
B) on the bisector of the angle,  2 2  from vertex
1
 m
C) on the bisector of the angle,  2  from vertex
 1 
 m
D) on the bisector of the angle,  4 2  from vertex

7. Three identical spheres, each of mass 1kg and radius R are placed touching each other with
their centers on a straight line. Their centre are marked P, Q and R respectively. The
distance of centre of mass of the system from P is
2R R 2R R
A) B) C) D)
√ √

8. A circular ring of mass 6kg and radius a is placed such that its centre lies at the origin. Two
particles of masses 2kg each are placed at the intersecting points of the circle with +ve x-axis
and +ve y-axis. Then the angle made by the position vector of centre of mass of entire
system with x-axis is
4
A) 450 B) 600 C) tan-1   D) 300
5

9. Centre of mass of three particles of masses 1kg, 2kg and 3kg lies at the point (1, 2, 3) and
centre of mass of another system of particles 3kg and 2kg lies at the point (-1, 3, -2). Where
should we put a particle of mass 5kg so that the centre of mass of entire system lies at the
centre of mass of Ist system?
A) (0, 0, 0) B) (1, 3, 2) C) (-1, 2, 3) D) (3, 1, 8)
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10. Four rods AB, BC, CD and DA have mass m, 2m, 3m and 4m respectively. The centre of
mass of all the four rods
A) lie in region 1
B) lie in region 2
C) lie in region 3
D) lie in region 4

11. A rod is of length 3m and its mass per unit length is directly proportional to the distance x from
its one end. The centre of gravity of the rod from that end will be at
A) 1.5m B) 2 m C) 2.5m D) 3.0m

12. Three masses 2kg, 3kg and 4kg are lying at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side l.
The (X) coordinates of centre of mass is
7 5
A) l B) l
12 9
7 2 5
C) l D) l
9 9

13. A disc and a square as shown in figure with equal surface mass density have the position of
C.M. at the point of contact. Then relation between L and R is
A) L = R B) L = 2R
R
C) L = (2)1/3 R D) L =
2

14. Distance of centre of mass from the centre of a rectangular body is (Given mass of disc and
rectangular body are equal)
5πL 5πL
A) X CM = 0, YCM = B) YCM = , X CM = 0
π+1 π+3
5πL 5L
C) X CM = 0, YCM = D) X CM = 0, YCM =
π+2 8

15. A uniform circular disc of mass M and radius a is given. A part of the radius b is removed
from it. The distance between centers of original disc and cavity centre is C. The new
position of C.M. is
bc b2
A) B)
a-b (b - a)
- b2c b2c
C) D)
a 2 - b2 a 2 +b 2
16. A uniform circular disc has radius R. A square portion of diagonal R is cut from it. The centre
of mass of the remaining portion from the centre is
R -R
A) B)
π-2 2π - 2
R -R
C) D)
4π - 2 4π - 2

Answer Key
1. 15 cm 2. 2 cm 3. 3 kg 4. at 60th cm division

5. D 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. B 11. B

12. B 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. D

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