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ROTATION DYNAMICS AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM 1. When a steady torque is acting on a body, the body a) continues in its state of rest or uniform motion along a straight line b) gets linear acceleration c) gets angular acceleration d) rotates at a constant speed 2. A dancer on ice spins faster when she folds her arms. This is due to a) increase in energy and increase in angular momentum b) decrease in friction at the skates c) constant angular momentum and decrease in Moment of Inertia d) increase in energy and decrease in angular momentum 3. A man is standing on a table rotating with an angular speed . He is holding two equal masses at arm's length. Without moving his arms, he just drops the two masses on the table. How will his angular speed change ? a) it will be less than c) it will remain equal to d) may be less than, greater than or equal to depending on the quantity of masses. 4. A hollow cylinder and a solid cylinder having the same mass and same diameter are released from rest simultaneously from the top of an inclined plane. Which will reach the bottom first a) the solid cylinder b) the hollow cylinder c) both will reach the bottom together d) the one having greater density 5. A body of mass m slides down an incline and reaches the bottom with a velocity v. If the same mass were in the form of a ring which rolls down this incline, the velocity of the ring at bottom would have been a) v b) b) it will be more than

2v

c)

6. A particle of mass m is moving in a plane along a circular path of radius r. Its angular momentum about the axis of rotation is L. The centripetal force acting on the particle is a) L2 / mr b) L2 mr c) L2 / mr3 d) L2 / mr2

1 v 2

d)

7. A disc of radius R rotating about its axis, has a moment of inertia I about that axis. When it is rotating about that axis at a constant angular velocity ' ' a heavy particle of mass m is placed gently at the rim of the disc. The resulting angular velocity of the system is a) b) I ( I + mR ) c) ( I + mR )/ d) I /( I + mR2 )

8. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is rotating about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane with a constant angular velocity . Two objects, each of mass m are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. The ring now rotates with angular velocity a)

( M 2m) M + 2m

b)

M ( M m)

c)

( M + 2m) M

d)

M M + 2m

9. A solid iron sphere A rolls down an inclined plane, while an identical sphere B slides down the plane in a frictionless manner. At the bottom of the inclined plane, the total kinetic energy of sphere A is a) less than that of B b) equal to that of B c) more than that of B d) sometimes more and sometimes less 10. A solid cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls down an inclined plane without slipping from height h. The speed of its centre of mass when it reaches the bottom is a)

(2 gh)

b)

gh

c)

gh

d)

( 4 g / h)

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11. The angular velocity of a body changes from 1 to 2 without applying torque but by changing radius of gyration. The ratio of initial radius of gyration of the final radius of gyration is a) 2 : 1
2 b) 2 2 :1

c)

2 : 1

d) 1 / 2 :1 / 1

12. A circular disc rotates in a vertical plane about a fixed horizontal axis which passes through a point X on the circumference of the disc. When the centre of the disc moves with speed V, the speed of the opposite end of the diameter through X is a) 2 V b)

2V

c) V

d) V/2

13. Two circular discs A and B of equal masses and thickness are made of metals with densities dA and dB ( dA > dB ). If their moments of inertia about an axis passing through the centre and normal to the circular faces be IA and IB, then a) I A = I B b) I A > I B c) I A < I B d) I A I B

14. Two bodies with moment of inertias I1 and I 2 ( I 1 > I 2 ) have equal angular momenta. If K.E. of rotation are E1 and E2 , then a) E1 = E 2 b) E1 > E 2 c) E1 < E 2 d) E1 E 2

15. A disc rolls over a horizontal floor without slipping with a linear speed of 5 cm/sec. Then the linear speed of a particle on its rim, with respect to the floor, when it is in its highest position is a) 10 cm/sec b) 5 cm/sec c) 2.5 cm/sec d) 0 16. Without weighing, how can you distinguish between the two identical balls of same material, but one being solid and the other one being hollow a) by rolling them down on inclined plane, b) by determing their moment of inertia about the centre, c) by spinning them by equal torque, d) all the above 17. A mass M is moving with a constant velocity parallel to x-axis. Its angular momentum with respect to origin is a) zero b) constant c) goes on increasing d) goes on decreasing 18. A wheel of moment of inertia 5 10-3 kg-metre2 is making 20 revolutions per second. It is stopped in 20 seconds, then angular retardation is a) radian/sec2 b) 2 radian/sec2 c) 4 radian/sec2 d) 8 radian/sec2

19. A solid spherical ball rolls on a table without slipping. Then the fraction of its total energy associated with rotation is a) 2/5 b) 2/7 c) 3/5 d) 3/7

20. An inclined plane makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. A solid sphere rolling down this inclined plane from rest without slipping has a linear acceleration equal to a) g/3 b) 2g/3 c) 5g/7 d) 5g/14

21. A constant torque acting on a uniform circular wheel changes its angular momentum from A0 to 4A0 in 4 seconds. The magnitude of this torque is a) 3A0 / 4 b) A0 c) 4A0 d) 12A0 Y = X + 4. The magnitude of the

22. A particle of mass m = 5 is moving with a uniform speed angular momentum about origin is a) zero b) 60 units

v = 3 2 in the XOY plane along the line

c) 7.5 units d)

40 2

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23. A particle of mass M and radius of gyration K is rotating with angular acceleration . The torque acting on the particle is
1 Mk 2 b) MK2 c) MK2 / d) ( MK2 2 / 4 ) 2 24. K.E. (E) and the angular momentum L of a rigid body are related to each other by the relation( I = moment of inertia )

a)

a) L =

E2 2I

b)

E = 2 IL

c)

E 2 = 2I / L

d)

E = L2 / 2 I

25. Mass is whirled in a circular path with a constant angular velocity and its angular momentum is L. If the string is now halved keeping the angular velocity same, the angular momentum is a) L/4 b) L c) 2L d) L/2

26. A small hole is made in a disc ( Mass M, radius R ) at a distance R/4 from centre. The disc is supported on horizontal peg through this hole. The moment of inertia of disc about horizontal peg is

Mr 2 a) 2

5 MR 2 b) 16

9 MR 2 c) 16

d)

5 MR 2 4

27. Moment of inertia of uniform circular disc about a diameter is I . Its moment of inertia about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through a point on its rim will be a) 5 I b) 3 I c) 6 I d) 4 I 28. A particle performs uniform circular motion with an angular momentum L. If the frequency of particle's motion is doubled and its kinetic energy halved, the angular momentum becomes a) 2 L b) 4 L c) L / 2 d) L / 4 29. A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity v making an angle of 45 with the horizontal. The magnitude of angular momentum of the projectile about an axis of projection when the particle is at maximum height h is a) 0 b) mv 3 / 4 2 g c) mv 2 / 2 g d) mv 3 / 2 2 g

30. The moment of inertia of a thin square plate ABCD ( shown below in the figure ) of uniform thickness about an axis passing through the centre O and perpendicular to the plane of plate is (where I1 , I 2 , I 3 and I 4 are moments of inertia about axes 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively which are in the plane of paper). a) I 1 + I 2 b) ( I 3 + I 4 )/2 c) I 1 + I 3 d) I1 + I 2 + I 3 + I 4

31. A solid, homogeneous sphere of mass M and radius R is moving on a rough horizontal surface, partly rolling and partly sliding. During this kind of motion of the sphere a) total kinetic energy is conserved b) the angular momentum of the sphere about the point of contact with the plane is conserved c) only the rotational kinetic energy about the centre of mass is conserved d) angular momentum about the centre of mass is conserved. 32. A solid sphere of mass 2 kg and radius 5 cm rolls without slipping along a horizontal plane. The velocity of its centre of mass is 10 cm s-1. The kinetic energy of the sphere is a) 0.07 J b) 0.014 J c) 0.025 J d) 1.25 J 33. If I1 is the moment of inertia of a thin rod about an axis perpendicular to its length and passing through its centre of mass, and I 2 is the moment of inertia of the ring formed by bending the rod, then a) I1: I 2 = 1:1 b) I1: I 2 = 2 : 3 c) I 1: I 2 = : 4 d) I1: I 2 = 3: 5

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34. A thin uniform heavy rod of length l hangs from a horizontal axis passing through one end. The initial angular velocity that must be imparted to it to rotate it through 90 is a)

g/l

b)

3g / l

c)

2g / l

d)

6g / l

35. An initial momentum is imparted to a homogeneous cylinder, as a result of which it begins to roll without slipping up an inclined plan e at a speed of vo = 4 ms 1 . The plane makes an angle = 30 with the horizontal. What height h will the cylinder rise to ? (g = 10 m/s 2 ) a) 0.8 m b) 1.2 m c) 1.0 m d) 1.6 m

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