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Solution-Classical Mechanics
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Solution-Classical Mechanics

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Q.11 – Q.19 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), carry ONE mark each (for each wrong
answer: –1/3). No Question
Q.20 – Q.28 Multiple Select Question (MSQ), carry ONE mark each (for each wrong
answer: –1/3). No Question
Q.29 – Q.35 Numerical Answer Type (NAT), carry ONE mark each (for each wrong
answer: –1/3). No Question
Q36-Q46 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), carry Two marks each (for each wrong
answer: –2/3)
Q40. A rod PQ of proper length L lies along the x -axis and moves towards the positive
3c
x -direction with speed v  with respect to the ground (see figure), where c is the
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speed of light in vacuum. An observer on the ground
measures the positions of P and Q at different times

t P and tQ respectively in the ground frame, and finds

9L P Q
the difference between them to be . What is the v
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value of tQ  t P ? O

L L L 2L
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3c 5c 6c 3c
Ans.: (c)
Solution.:
S S

v
v

x O
O x'

9L
In S-frame: xQ  xP  ; tQ  t P  ??
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In S'-frame: xQ  xP  L (Proper length); tQ  t P = Not given
(Here positions xQ and xP may be measured by the observer in S'-frame at different time.
xQ  xP tQ  t P  9 L 10   3 c  tQ  tP  3
c  tQ  t P  
L
xQ  xP  v L 
v2 2
9 5 9 4 8
1 1 v 1 1
c2 c2 25 25
L
 tQ  t P 
6c

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Q41. A symmetric top has principal moments of inertia I1  I 2  , I 3  2 about a set of
3
principal axes 1, 2, 3 respectively, passing through its center of mass, where  is a
positive constant. There is no force acting on the body and the angular speed of the body
1
about the 3-axis is 3  rad/s. With what angular frequency in rad/s does the angular
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velocity vector 1 precess about the 3-axis?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7
Ans.: (a)
I 3  I1
Solution.: Angular frequency with which 1 precess about the 3-axis is   3 .
I1

2  2 / 3
 3    23
2 / 3
Q42. A particle of mass m is free to move on a frictionless horizontal two dimensional  r , 

k
plane, and is acted upon by a force F   rˆ with k being a positive constant. If pr
2r 3
and p are the generalized momenta corresponding to r and  respectively, then what is

dpr
the value of ?
dt
p2  2mk 2 p2  mk
(A) (B)
2mr 3 mr 3
p2  2mk 2 p2  mk
(C) (D)
mr 3 2mr 3
Ans.: (d)
pr2 p2
Solution.: Hamiltonian in polar coordinates H    2 V r 
2m 2mr
H  p 2 V  dpr p2 V p2
From HEM: pr       3        F r 
r  mr r  dt mr 3
r mr 3

dpr p2 k dpr 2 p2  mk

  3  3  
dt mr 2r dt 2mr 3

Q47-Q58 Multiple Select Question (MSQ), carry Two marks each (for each wrong answer:
–2/3) No Question
Q59-Q65, Numerical Answer Type (NAT), carry Two marks each (for each wrong answer:
–2/3) No Question

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