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Physics XI - Rotational Dynamics NEET

1. The angular speed of a motor wheel is increased from 1200 rpm to 3120 rpm
in 16 s, the angular acceleration assuming it to be uniform is
a) 2 rad/s2 b) 3 rad/s2 c) 4 rad/s2 d) 5
rad/s2

2. In the above question, how many revolutions does the engine make in 16 s.
a) 474 b) 526 c) 576 d) 602

3. A cord of negligible mass is wound round the rim of a fly wheel of mass 20 kg
and radius 20 cm. A steady pull of 25N is applied on the cord. The fly wheel is
mounted as a horizontal axle with frictionless bearings. The angular
acceleration of the wheel is
a) 8.25/s2 b) 10.5/s2 c) 11.25/s2 d) 12.5/s2.

4. In the above question, the kinetic energy of the wheel, when 2m of cord has
been pulled is
a) 38 J b) 46 J c) 50 J d) 52
J

5. A solid cylinder of mass 20 kg rotates about its axis with angular speed 100
rad/s. The radius of the cylinder is 0.25m. The kinetic energy of the cylinder
about its axis is
a) 3125 J b) 3475 J c) 3925 J d) 4125 J

6. A child stands at the centre of a turn table with his two arms outstretched.
The turntable is rotating with an angular speed of 40 rev/min. How much is
the angular speed of the child if he holds back and thereby reduces the final
moment of inertia of the system to 2/5 times the initial value.
a) 50 rev/min b) 100 rev/min c) 110 rev/min d) 125
rev/min

7. A meter stick is balanced on a knife edge at its centre. When two coins, each
of mass 5 g are put on top of the other at the 12 cm mark, the stick is found
to be balanced at 45 cm. The mass of the metre stick is
A) 44 g b) 55 g c) 66 g d) 77
g

8. A hoop of radius 2 m weighs 100 kg. It rolls along a horizontal floor so that its
centre of mass has a speed of 20 cm/s. How much work has to be done to
stop it ?
a) 3 J b) 4 J c) 5 J d) 6 J

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9. A solid cylinder rolls up an inclined plane of angle of inclination 30 0. At the
bottom of the inclined plane the centre of mass of the cylinder has a speed of
5 m/s. How far does the cylinder go up the plane ?
a) 2.8 m b) 3.2 m c) 3.8 m d) 4.0 m

10.In the above question, how long does the cylinder take to return to the
bottom ? (g=10m/s2)
a) 2 s b) 2.6 s c) 3 s
d) 3.2 s

11.A cylinder of mass 10 kg and radius 15 cm is rolling perfectly on a plane of

inclination 300. The coefficient of friction of static friction s=0.25. How much
is the force of friction acting on the cylinder ?

12.A ring of mass 10 kg and diameter 0.4 m is rotated about its axis. If it makes
2100 revolutions per minute, then its angular momentum will be
a) 44 kgm2/s b) 88 kgm2/s c) 4.4 kgm2/s
2
d) 0.4 kgm /s

13.A metre stick is held vertically with one end on the floor and is then allowed
to fall. The speed of the other end when it hits the floor assuming that the
end at floor does not slip (g=9.8 m/s 2)
a) 3.2 m/s b) 5.4 m/s c) 7.6 m/s d) 9.2 m/s

14.Radius of gyration of a body about an axis at a distance of 6 cm from its

centre of mass is 10 cm. The radius of gyration about a parallel axis through
its centre of mass is
a) 2 cm b) 4 cm c) 8 cm d) 12 cm

15.Without weighing, how will 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 an inclined plane.
b) By determining their moment of inertia about the centre.
c) By spinning them by equal torque.
d) All the above.

16. If the Earth shrinks to half the present radius, without any change in mass,
then the duration of day and night becomes
a) 24 hours b) 12 hours c) 6 hours d) 3 hours

17.A wheel whose moment of inertia is 12 kg m 2 has an initial angular velocity of

40 rad/s. A constant torque of 20 N m acts on the wheel. The time in which
the wheel is accelerated to 100 rad/s is
a) 72 second b) 16 second c) 8 second d) 36
second

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18.Which of the following has the highest moment of inertia when each of them
has the same mass and the same radius?
a) A hollow sphere about one of its diameters.
b) A solid sphere about one of its diameters.
c) A disc about its central axis perpendicular to the plane of the disc.
d) A ring about its central axis perpendicular to the plane of the ring.

19.A uniform plane sheet of metal in the form of a triangle ABC has BC>AB>AC.
Its moment of inertia will be smallest
a) About AC as axis.
b) about AB as axis.
c) About BC as axis.
d) With a line through C normal to its plane as axis

20.A tangential force F acts at the rim of a ring of radius R and causes the ring to
turn through an angle . The work done by the force will be
a) FR/ b) FR c) FR-1/ d) FR-

21.A spacecraft of rotational inertia 105 kgm2 is having a spin of 0.1 rad/s. The
spacecraft is free from all external fields. Inside the spacecraft, there is a
rigidly mounted flywheel of moment of inertia 1000 kgm 2. The spin motion of
the spacecraft can be stopped by changing the rotational rate of the flywheel
by
a) 1 rad/s b) 10 rad/s c) 100 rad/s d) 1000 rad/s

22.A closed tube, partly filled with a liquid and set horizontal, is rotated about a
vertical axis passing through its centre. In the process, the moment of inertia
of the system about its axis would
a) Increase always.
b) Decrease always.
c) Remain constant.
d) Increase if tube is less than half filled, decrease otherwise

23. A solid sphere of mass 1 kg rolls on a table with linear speed 1 m/s. Its total
kinetic energy is
a) 1 J b) 0.5 J c) 0.7 J
d) 1.4 J

24.A solid sphere, a spherical shell, a disc and a ring of the same radius are
allowed to roll down an inclined plane simultaneously from the same height
without slipping. Of these, the one which reaches the bottom first is
a) Solid sphere b) spherical shell c) disc d)
ring

25.A flywheel of moment of inertia 0.5 kg m 2 is brought to rest in 10 second by a

constant couple of 10 Nm acting alone on the flywheel. What was the initial
angular velocity of the flywheel in radian/s
a) 2 b) 60 c) 100 d) 200

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 26.The ratio of the time taken by a uniform solid sphere and a disc of the same
mass and diameter to roll down from rest the same distance on an inclined
plane is
a) 15/14 b) 14/15 c) 11/12

d 12/11

27. If the earth is treated as a sphere of radius R and mass M, its angular
momentum about
the axis of its diurnal rotation with period T is
a) 4MR2/5T b) 2MR2/T c) MR2T/2 d) MR3/T

28. A small hole is made in a disc of mass M and radius R at a distance R/4 from
the centre. The disc is supported on a horizontal peg through this hole. The
moment of inertia of the disc about horizontal peg is,
a) MR2/9 b) 5/16MR2 c) 9/16MR2 d) 5/4 MR2

29.A rigid spherical body is spinning around an axis without any external torque.
Due to
change in temperature, the volume increases by 1 %. The angular speed
will
approximately,
a) increase by 1%.
b) decrease by 1%
c) decrease by 0.67%
d) decrease by 0.33%

30.A wheel of radius r and mass m stands in front of a step of height h, The least
horizontal
Force which should be applied to the axle of the wheel to allow it to raise on
to the step is
a) Mgh(2r-h)/(r-h)
b) mgh(r-h)
c) mg h(2 rh) /(r-h)
d) None of these.

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