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PHYSICS Centripetal, Tangential Acceleration, Centripetal force TEST-24
1. The force which compel the object to move along circular path is called ______
(a) Centrifugal force (b) Centripetal force
(c) Gravitation force (d) Net force
2. The acceleration by virtue of it the direction of velocity is changed when a body is
moving along circular path is called _________
(a) Tangential acceleration (b) angular acceleration
(c) Centripetal acceleration (d)A.O.T
3. In uniform circular motion ______
(a) ac ≠ 0, at = 0, α = 0 (b) ac ≠ 0, at = 0, α ≠ 0
(c) ac ≠ 0, at≠ 0, α = 0 (d) N.O.T
4. A body is moving along a circular path of radius 100m with velocity of 20m/s, if its
velocity is changed at rate of 3m/s2 find the net acceleration
(a) 5 m/s2 (b) 4 m/s2 (c) 7 m/s2 (d) 10 m/s2
5. In uniform circular motion the angle between centripetal acceleration and
tangential velocity is ________
(a) 900 (b) 450 (c) 1800 (d) 1200
6. Circular tracks are usually banked so that _____ may provide the centripetal force
(a) weight (b) normal reaction (c) friction (d) air resistance
7. Find the maximum safe speed at truck can turn a circular track of radius 20m, if
co-efficient of friction between road and tyer is 0.5 (take g = 10 m/s 2)
(a) 72 km/hr (b) 36 km/hr (c) 18 km/hr (d) 10 km/hr
8. A 1000kg car is moving along a circular path with a speed of 72km/hr when it
moves 628cm its direction is changed by 900 find the net force acting on body
(a) 104N (b) 105N (c) 104N (d) 103N
9. Which of the following is known as radial acceleration :
(a) centripetal acceleration (b) tangential acceleration
(c) angular acceleration (d) both a and b
10. The vectoral form of centripetal force is [NUMS]
2 2 2
mv ^ mv ^ mv
a. Fc = r (b) Fc = – r Fc = 2 r^ (d) N.O.T
r r r
11. A car 500kg is travelling at constant speed of 9m/s rounds a curve 100 m. what is
the centripetal force [NTS]?
(a) 205N (b) 305N (c) 405N (d) 505N
12. A truck travelling at a constant speed of 108 km/h rounds a cure of radius 200 m.
calculate the acceleration of the truck [NTS]?
(a) 1.5 ms-2 (b)2.5 ms-2 (c) 3.5 ms-2
-2
(d) 4.5 ms (e) 5.5 ms-2
13. A disc is rotating at a rate of 20 rad/s after 5 second it is rotating at rate of 30
rad/s, find the tangential acceleration of particle on the disc 25cm from its center.
(a) 0.5 m/s2 (b) 1 m/s2 (c) 2.5 m/s2 (d) 5 m/s2
14. A racing car is speeding around a flat, unbanked circular track whose radius is
250 meters. The car’s speed is constant 50.0 meter per second. The mass of the
car is 2.00 x 103 Kilograms. The centripetal force necessary to keep the in its
circular path is provided by [NTS]:
A. The engine B. The Breaks C. Friction
D. The steering wheel E. The stability of the car
15. Saad has mass 80kg when resting on the ground at the equator. What will be the
centripetal acceleration on saad if the radius of the earth R is 6.4x10 6m [NTS].
(a) 2.21 * 10-2m/s2 (b) 3.37 * 10-2m/s2 (c) 5.91 * 10-2m/s2
-2 2 -2
(d) 7.76 * 10 m/s (d) 9.99 * 10 m/s
16. A stone is tied to string and whirled in circle, suddenly the string then
(a) stone flies tangentially due to inertia (b) stone falls down due to weight
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(c) stone will move in circular path (d) N.O.T
17. A particle travels in a circular path of a radius 0.2m with a constant kinetic energy
of 4J.what is the net force on this particle [NTS]?
A. 4 N B. 16 N C. 20 N D. 40 N
18. When the air craft Condor is moving in a horizontal plane at a constant speed of
650 𝑚𝑠−1 , its turning circle has a radius of 80 km. what is the ratio of the
centripetal force to the weight of the air craft? ( g=9.8 𝑚𝑠−2) [NTS]
a) 8.3 x 104 (b) 0.54 (c) 1.9
d) 52 (e) 540
19. An object travels at constant speed around a circle of radius 1m in 1s what is the
magnitude of its acceleration [NTS]?
(a) Zero (b) 1 m/s2 (c) 2 π m/s2 (d) 4 π 2 m/s2
20. An object of mass of 2kg rotates at constant speed in a horizontal circle of radius
5m. the time for one complete revolution is 3s. what is the magnitude of the
resultant force acting on the object [NTS]?
2 2 2 2
4π 40 π 100 π 400 π
(a) N (b) N (c) N (d) N
9 9 9 9
21. A string 2m long is used to whirl a 200g stone in horizontal circle at a speed of
2m/s. Find tension in string [PMC]
(a) 0.4N (b) 0.6N (c) 0.8N (d) 0.2N
22. Centrifugal force acts ______
(a) outward (b) inward (c) tangentially (d) N.O.T
23. When a satellite is orbing around the earth in this case necessary centripetal force
is provided by ___________
(a) Friction (b) normal reaction
(c) gravitational force between satellite & sun
(d) gravitational force b/w earth and satellite
24. The relation between linear and angular acceleration is [PMC]:
(a) a = αxr (b) α= axrv (c) v=axr (d) r= αxv
25. A car ofmass2000kg movingin acircularpathofradius10mat a constant speed of
30m/sec. Find the centripetal force required for this purpose [PMC].
(a) 1800N (b) 18N (c) 180kN (d) 18 kN
26. What force provides the centripetal force to planets moving around the sun
[PMC]?
(a) coulomb force (b)gravitational force
(c)magnetic force (d) none of these
27. The angular speed of a particle, moving in a circle of radius 20 cm, increases from
2rad/s to 40rad/s in 9s the ratio of its centripetal acceleration to tangential
acceleration at the endof19s is [PMC],
(a) 400:1 (b) 14:20 (c) 800:1 (d)7:40
28. The relation between linear and angular velocity is [PMC]:
A. v=r xω (b) v=ωx r C. ω= vxr (d) r = v x ω
29. The mud flies off from the tire moving bicycle in the direction
(A) toward center (B) away from the center
(C) tangent to tire (D) along the motion
30. A stone is tied to string and whirled in a vertical circle , when the stone is at
highest position the tension in string:
(A) maximum (B) minimum
(C) equal to weight of stone (D) less than weight of zero

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ANSWER KEY

1 B 16 A

2 C 17 D

3 A 18

4 A 19 D

5 A 20 B

6 B 21 A

7 A 22 A

8 B 23 D

9 A 24 A

10 B 25 C

11 C 26 B

12 D 27 C

13 A 28 B

14 C 29 C

15 B 30 D

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