NEET REPT 2022-23

PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT - 02
Sankalp to R5 CENTER OF MASS Date : 09.01.2023

01. A ‘T’ shaped object with dimensions shown int eh figure, 03. Particles of masses m, 2m, 3m, ..... nm grams are placed
 on the same line at distances l, 2l, 3l, ..... nl cm from a
is lying on a smooth floor. A force ‘ F ’ is applied at the
point P parallel to AB, such that the object has only the fixed point. The distance of center of mass of the particles
translational motion without rotation. Find the location from the fixed point in centimetres is :
of P with respect to C : (2n  1)l l
(1) (2)
3 n 1

n(n 2  1)l 2l
(3) (4) n(n 2  1)
2
04. Two point objects of mass 1.5 g and 2.5 g respectively
are at a distance of 16 cm apart, the center of gravity is
4 at a distance x from the object of mass 1.5 g where x is:
(1) l (2) l
3 (1) 10 cm (2) 6 cm
2 3 (3) 13 cm (4) 3 m
(3) l (4) l
3 2 05. A system consists of 3 particles each of mass m located
02. Three identical spheres, each of mass 1 kg are kept as at points (1, 1) (2, 2) and (3, 3). The co-ordinates of the
shown in figure, touching each other, with their centres center of mass are :
on a straight line. if their centers are marked P, Q, R (1) (6, 6) (2) (3, 3)
respectively, the distance of center of mass of the system (3) (1, 1) (4) (2, 2)
from P is :
06. Three bricks each of length L and mass M are arranged
as shown from the wall. The distance of the center of
mass of the system from the wall is :

PQ  PR  QR (1) L/4 (2) L/2

(1)
3
(3) (3/2) L (4) (11/12) L
PQ  PR 07. Square piece of side 2.0 m is removed from a uniform
(2)
3 square plate of side 6.0 m. The center of mass of the
piece is at x = 2.0 m, y = 0 and the center of mass of the
PQ  QR square plate is at x = y = 0. Find the x and y coordinates
(3)
3 of the center of mass of the remaining plate.
PR  QR (1) –0.35 m, 0 (2) –0.25 m, 0
(4)
3 (3) –3.5 m, –0.25 m (4) 0, –2.35 m
  (1) 4 cm (2) 8 cm
08. If the position vector of a particle of mass m is r1 and
 (3) 6 cm (4) 12 cm
the position vector of a particle of mass 3m is r2 then the
position vector of the center of mass of the system will 12. Four rods of equal lengths AB, BC, CD and DA have
be : mass m, 2m, 3m and 4m respectively are placed in x-y
plane (see figure) given AB = BC = CD = DA = 4
1   1  
(1) (r1  3r2 ) (2) ( r  3r2 ) meters. The centre of mass of the system will satisfy (x
3 4 1
and y are in meters) :
 
(3r1  r2 ) 1  
(3) (4) ( r  3r2 )
2 2 1
09. A semicircular portion of radius ‘r’ is cut from a uniform
rectangular plate as shown in figure. The distance of
center of mass ‘C’ of remaining plate, from point ‘O’ is:

(1) x > 2, y > 2 (3) x >2, y < 2

(3) x < 2, y < 2 (4) x < 2, y > 2
13. Find the center of mass (x, y, z) of the following structure
of four identical cubes if the length of each side of a cube
is 1 unit.
2r 2r
(1) (3   ) (2) 2(4   )

2r 2r
(3) (4   ) (4) 3(4   )

10. From a circle of radius a, an isosceles right angles triangle

with the hypotenuse as the diameter of the circle is
removed. The distance of the centre of gravity of the
remaining position from the centre of the circle is : (1) (1/2, 1/2, 1/2) (2) (1/3, 1/3, 1/3)
(3) (3/4, 3/4, 3/4) (4) (1/2, 3/4, 1/2)
(  1)a
(1) 3(  1)a (2) 14. The density of a non-uniform rod of length 1 m is given
6
by  ( x)  a(1  bx 2 ) where, a and b are constants and
a a
(3) 3(  1) (4) 3(  1) 0  x  1 . The center of mass of the rod will be at :

11. In the figure shown a hole of radius 2 cm is made in 3(2  b) 4(2  b)

(1) 4(3  b) (2) 3(3  b)
semicircular disc of radius 6 at a distance 8 cm from
the centre C of the disc. The distance of the centre of
mass of this system from point C is : 4(3  b) 4(3  b)
(3) 3(2  b) (4) 3(2  b)
 NEET REPT 2022-23

PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT - 02
Sankalp to R5 CENTER OF MASS (SOLUTIONS) Date : 09.01.2023

01. (1) For translatory motion the force should be applied ml  2m.2l  3m.3l  ...

on he center of mass of the body. So we have to calculate m  2m  3m  ....
the location of center of mass of ‘T’ shaped object.
ln(n  1)(2n  1)
Let mass of rod AB is m so the mass of rod CD will be ml (1  4  9  ...) 6 l (2n  1)
2m.   
m(1  2  3  ...) n( n  1) 3
Let y1 is the center of mass of rod AB and y2 is the 2
centre of mass of rod CD. We can consider that whole 04. (1) Taking the moment of forces about center of gravity
mass of teh rod is placed at their respective center of G
mass i.e., mass m is placed at y1 and mass 2m is placed
at y2.

(1.5) g x = 2.5 g (16 – x)  3x + 80 – 5x

 8x = 80  x = 10 cm
05. (4) The coordinate of the center of mass are

m1 x1  m2 x2  m3 x3
xCM 
m1  m2  m3

Taking point ‘C’ at the origin position vector of point y1

and y2 can be written as r1  2ljˆ, r2  l ˆj , and m1 = m
and m2 = 2m
Position vector of center of mass of the system m 1  m  2  m  3
 2
  mmm
 m1 r1  m2 r2 m 2l ˆj  2ml ˆj 4ml ˆj 4 ˆ
rCM     l j
m1  m2 m  2m 3m 3 m1 y1  m2 y2  m3 y3 m  1  m  2  m  3
yCM   2
m1  m2  m3 mmm
4
Hence the distance of center of mass from C  l .
3 Hence, the coordinates of center of mass are (2, 2).

1  0  1  PQ  1  PR PQ  PR
02. (2) xCM   and
111 3

yCM  0
06. (4)
m1 x1  m2 x2  ....
03. (1) xCM  m1  m2  ....
 L L L
From figure, x1  , x2   L
2 2 2

L L L 5L m1 x1  m2 x2  m3 x3
x3      xcm 
2 4 2 4 m1  m2  m3
10. (3)
L 5 L 11
M M LM  ML 11L
 2 4  4 
M M M 3M 12
M 2l  a 2 a a2  a a
  r1     2 
 m r  m2 r2 M 1  M 2  a   a 3 3a (  1) 3(  1)
2 2

07. (2) rCM  1

m1  m2

(36)(0iˆ  0 ˆj )  (4)(2iˆ  0 ˆj )
rCM 
36  4

rCM  0.25iˆ  0 ˆj
11. (2)
So Ans. will be –0.25 m, 0
  
m r1  3m r2 1  
08. (2) RCM   ( r1  3r2 )
m  3m 4
Center of mass coincides
m y m x
12. (3) yCM  m and xCM  m
i i i i

i i

13. (3) First we find the center of mass of each cube. It is

located by symmetry : (0.5, 0.5, 0.5), (1.5, 0.5, 0.5),
(0.5, 1.5, 0.5), (0.5, 0.5, 1.5)
09. (4) Now we find the center of mass by treating the COM of
the each cube as a point particle :
0.5  1.5  0.5  0.5
xCOM   0.75
4

0.5  0.5  1.5  0.5

yCOM   0.75
( 2r )  
2r 4r  4
 2 3 
a'  0.5  0.5  0.5  1.5
 2r 2 zCOM   0.75
 2r 2  4
2
14. (1) Density is given as  ( x)  a(1  bx 2 )
2(3 r  8r )
a'  Where a and b are constants and 0  x  1
3 (4   )
Let b  0, in this case
4r
Required Ans = a '  ( x) = a = constant
3
Hence, centre of mass will be at x = 0. 5m (middle of
2(3 r  8r ) 4r 2r
   the rod) Putting, b = 0 in all the options, only (1) given
3 (4   ) 3 3(4   )
0.5.