Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Define angular velocity.2

2. State Newton’s law of motion.2
3. Define : Simple Harmonic motion. 5
4. Define : Amplitude.2
5. Define : Trajectory.
6. Define : Impulsive force 3
7. Define : Apse.
8. State Kepler’s first law of planetary motion.
9. State Second Law of Kepler on planetary motion.
10. State Kepler’s third law of planetary motion.
11. Define : Relative angular velocity.
12. Define : Vibration.
13. Define : principle of conservation of momentum.
14. Define : Perfectively elastic body.
15. Define : Moment of inertia of a particle of mass m about a line.
16. State Newton’s second law of motion.2
17. Define oscillation.2
18. Define impulsive force.
19. Define coefficient of restitution.
20. Write the equation of motion.
21. State parallel axis theorem.4
22. State : Inverse square law.
23. Define : Central orbit.2
24. Define : Radius of gyration.
25. Define relative velocity 3
26. State perpendicular axis theorem 3
27. Define velocity.
28. State Newton’s first law of motion.
29. Define the angle of projection.
30. Define central force.2
31. Define seconds pendulum.
32. Define potential energy.
33. Define moment of inertia.3
34. Define Resultant velocity.
35. Define Acceleration.
36. State the first law of friction.
37. Define horizontal range.
38. Define Impulse.
39. Define Arial velocity.
40. Write the equation of a projectile.
41. Define : Projectile.
42. Define : Impulsive force.
43. Define : Inelastic body.
44. Define Areal velocity.
45. Define period and phase of simple harmonic motion.
46. Define horizontal range and time of flight of a projectile.
47. Define oblique impact of two bodies.
48. Write the pedal equation of the central orbit.2
49. Define critical speed.
50. Define relative acceleration.
51. State the Newton’s law of impact.
52. Write the velocity of projectile at any time t.
53. What is the maximum height of the projectile?
54. What is the maximum range on the inclined plane?
55. The position vector of a particle at time t is r a cosnt b sinnt r , where a and
b are constant vectors, and ‘‘n’’, a constant. Show that particle is moving under a
central attractive force varying as the distance.
56. Show that moment of inertia of a thin rod of length 2a with respect to the line
through the midpoint, and perpendicular to the rod is 1/3 Ma2
57. Find the magnitude of the resultant velocity of a particle acted on by two forces
with velocities v1 and v2 .
58. Write the moment of inertia of a right circular hollow cylinder about its axis.
59. Write the acceleration components in tangential and normal directions, when the
path of a particle is a circle of radius a.
60. For a given velocity of projection, find when R is maximum.
61. A ship is streaming North at 8 3 Kmph, and a man walks across its deck in a
direction due West at 8 Kmph. Find his resultant velocity in space.
62. If the angular velocity of a point moving on a plane curve is constant about a
fixed origin, show that its transverse acceleration is proportional to its radial
velocity.
63. When a particle is moving towards the foci of an ellipse find its period.
64. Write the moment of inertia of a circular ring.2
65. A particle has two velocities V1 and V2 . Its resultant velocity is equal to V1 in
magnitude. Show that, when the velocity V1 V is doubled, the new resultant is
perpendicular to V2 .
66. A stone is thrown with a velocity of 39.2m/sec at 30 to the horizontal. Find its
initial vertical velocity.
67. What is the moment of interia of a circular lamina of radius a ?
68. A ship is streaming North at 8 3 Kmph, and a man walks across its deck in a
direction due West at 8 Kmph. Find his resultant velocity in space.
69. Write the Moment of Inertia of a thin circular ring of radius “a” about the line
through its centre.
70. Write the differential equation of a central orbit in p-r co-ordinates.
71. A particle has two velocities v1 and v2 . Its resultant velocity is equal to |v1 | in
magnitude. Show that, when the velocity v1 is doubled, the new resultant is
perpendicular to v2 .
72. Write the equations of motion of a particle moving along a straight line under
constant acceleration.
73. If the angular velocity of a point moving on a plane cure is constant about a fixed
origin, show that its transverse acceleration is proportional to its radial velocity.
74. If a particle is moving along a line with constant acceleration, prove that v u
at .
75. Write the values of e in which a ball is perfectly elastic and inelastic.
76. When the orbit is a parabola, what is the value of v ?
77. Find the resultant velocity of three velocities 8, 12, 16 m/sec and which act in the
directions of 30 , 135 , and 210 to the horizontal.
78. What is the velocity, in magnitude and direction of the projectile at any time ‘t’?
79. State Newton's law on the impact of two elastic spheres.
80. When will the loss of K.E. due to direct impact is zero?
81. Show that the motion of a particle under a central force is coplanar.
82. Show that the motion of a particle under a central force is coplanar.
83. Prove that the Areal velocity in a central orbit it is a constant.
84. Define principal axis and principal moments of inertia.
85. Find the moment of inertia of a square about a diagonal whose length is l .

Answer any FIVE questions.

1. A stream is running at a speed of 4 Mlph. Its breadth is one quarter of a mile. A

man can row a boat at a speed of 5 Mlph in still water. Find the direction in which
he must row in order to go perpendicular to the stream, and the time it takes him
to cross the stream so.
2. Show that the resultant motion of two simple harmonic motion of same period
along two perpendicular lines is along an ellipse.
3. Find the velocity of the projectile at any time t, the time of flight, the horizontal
range, and maximum height attained by the projectile.
4. Find the velocities of two smooth spheres after a direct impact between them.
5. Find the pedal differential equation of a central orbit . 2
6. If the polar equation of a central orbit is r = atanh pai/root 2 , show that the
force varies inversely as r5 .
7. Find the Moment of Inertia of a triangular laminaABC with altitude AD p with
respect to the line through A and parallel to the side BC.
(a) Find the velocity of a moving particle in tangential direction.
(b) Define : Speed.
8. Show that the resultant of two simple Harmonic Motion of same period along the
same straight line is also a Simple Harmonic Motion.
9. Find the velocity of rebound, and the loss in kinetic energy due to impact when a
smooth
10. sphere impinges directly on a fixed plane with a velocity ‘‘u ’’.
11. A gun of mass M firing a shot of mass m recoils with a velocity V . Show that, if
the mass of the shot is increased to 2m, the kinetic energy of
the explosion remaining the same, the velocity of the recoil
becomes
12. State Kepler’s law on planetary motion.
13. A particle describes a circular orbit under an attractive central force towards a
point on the circle. Show that the force varies as the inverse fifth power of the
distance.
14. Find the moment of inertia of rectangular lamina of sides 2a, 2b with respect to
line through the centre and parallel to the sides of length 2a.
15. Two ends of a train moving with a constant acceleration pass a certain point with
velocities u and v respectively. Show that the velocity with which the middle of
train passes the same point is

16. Prove that the composition of two simple harmonic motions of the same period
in two perpendicular lines represents an ellipse.
17. Prove that the relation gT2 Rtan , where T is the time of flight, R, the
horizontal range and , the angle of projection.
18. Two balls impinge directly and they interchange their velocities after impact.
Show that they are perfectly elastic and of equal mass.
19. Show that the central orbit is a plane curve.
20. If a particle describes a circular orbit under an attractive central force directed
towards a point on the circle, show that the force varies as the inverse fifth
power of the distance.
21. Find the moment of inertia of a triangular lamina.
22. A steamer is travelling due east at the rate of u km/h. A second steamer is
travelling at 2u km/h in a direction north of east and appears to be travelling
north east to a passenger on the first steamer. Prove that

23. A point moves with uniform acceleration and v1,v2, v3 denote average velocities
in three successive intervals of time t1, t2, t3. Prove that v1-v2 : v2 – v3 = t1+ t2 :
t2+t3
24. Two particles of masses m1 and m2 are connected by a light inextensible string
passing over a light smooth fixed pulley. If m1 m2 find the resulting motion of
the system and the tension in the string.
25. Two masses 17 lbs and 15 lbs are connected by a string which passes over a
smooth pulley. When the system is moving with velocity of 16 feet/sec, the
heavier mass is suddenly stopped and let drop again. Show that the string will be
tight again after half a second.
26. Define periodic time of a simple harmonic motion.
27. A ball overtakes another ball of m times its mass, which is moving with 1/n th of
its velocity in the same directions. If the impact reduces the first ball to rest,
prove that the coefficient of elasticity is (m+n)/m(n-1)
28. A particle projected at an angle with a velocity u and it strikes up an inclined
plane of inclination at right angles to the plane. Prove that
(a) cot 2tan
(b) cot tan 2tan .
29. Find the law of force towards the pole under which the curve r2= a2cos2 can
be described.
30. Show that the M.I of a rectangular lamina of mass M and sides 2a
and 2b about a diagonal is
31. A vessel which can stream in still water with a velocity of 48 Kmph is streaming
with its bow
32. pointed due East and it is carried by a Current which flows Northward with a
speed of 14 Kmph.
33. Find the distance it would travel in 12 minutes.
34. In a Simple Harmonic Motion x.. = -n2x , express
(a) x in t
(b) x in t
(c) x in x .
35. Show that the speed of a projectile at any point on its path equals the speed of a
particle acquired by it in falling from the directrix to that point.
36. A smooth sphere of mass m collides obliquely with a fixed smooth plane with a
velocity “u” inclined to the normal to the plane at angle alpha . Find its velocity of
rebound, the impulse imparted to it, and the change in its kinetic energy.
37. Find the orbit of a particle moving under an attractive central force varying as
the distance.
38. The velocities of a particle along and perpendicular to the radius vector from a
fixed origin are “a” and “b”. Find the path, and the acceleration along and
perpendicular to the radius vector.
39. Find the Moment of Inertia of a circular lamina of radius “a” about the line
through the centre of the circular lamina, and perpendicular to the plane of the
lamina.
40. If a point moves so that its angular velocities about two fixed points are the same,
prove that it describes a circle.
41. Show that a particle executing a simple harmonic motion requires one sixth of its
period to move
42. from the position of maximum displacement to one in which the displacement is
one half of the
43. amplitude.
44. Show that for a given velocity of projection, the maximum range down an
inclined plane of inclination ‘ ’ bears to maximum range up the inclined plane
the ratio 1 sin :1 sin .
45. A sphere of mass m impinges obliquely on a sphere of mass M at rest. If both
start moving at right angles after the impact. Show that m eM , where e is the
coefficient of restitution.
46. Find the pedal equation of the curve
47. rn an cos(n ).
48. rn an cos(n )
49. A particle moves with a uniform speed v along a cardoid r a(1 cos ).
Show that its angular
50. velocity about the pole is v sec( / 2)/2a and the radial component of its
acceleration is constant as (-3v2/4a)
51. Find the moment of inertia of a circular lamina about a line through its centre
and perpendicular to the lamina.
Each question carries 10 marks.

1. Find the components of velocity and acceleration of a particle in the radial and
transverse direction.
2. A particle is executing Simple Harmonic Motion with O as the mean position and
“a” as the amplitude. When it is at a distance a/2 from O, its velocity is
quadrupled by a blow. Show that its new amplitude is 7 a/2
3. Show that the path of a projectile is a parabola.
4. A particle describes an elliptic orbit under a central force towards one focus S. If
v1 is the
5. speed at the end B of the minor axis v2 and v3 the speeds at the ends of A and A1
of the major axis, show that v12 v2 v3 .
6. Find the Moment of inertia of elliptic lamina about its major axis.
7. Derive three formulas pertaining to the motion of a particle along a straight line
with constant acceleration.
8. A particle executes a simple Harmonic motion has velocities v1 and v2 when its
distances from the mean position O and d1 and d2 respectively. Find the
amplitude, period and the velocity when its distance from O is (d1 d2)/2 .
9. When two smooth spheres collide directly, find the impulse imparted to each
sphere and the change in the total kinetic energy of the spheres.
10. Obtain the differential equation of a central orbit in polar coordinates.
11. Find the moment of inertia of solid right circular cone about axis of the cone.
12. A ship sails northeast at 15 kmph and to a passenger on board, the wind appears
to blow from north with a velocity of 15 root 2 kmph. Find the true velocity of
the wind.
13. A body has an initial velocity u and a constant acceleration . Show that the
distance it travelled in the tth second is u+1/2 2t-1 . If a, b,c are the distances
described in the pth, qth, rth seconds, show that a q r b r p c p
q 0 .2
14. If 1 h and 2 h be the maximum heights in the two paths of a projectile from a
point A to a point B, show that the distance AB is root 16h1h2
15. Obtain the differential equation of a central orbit in polar co-ordinates.
16. Find the moment of inertial of a hollow right circular cone.
17. With usual notations, derive :
a. v u ft
b. s = ut + ½
c. v2 = u2 + 2fs

18. A particle is projected with velocity u making an angle with horizontal . Find
a. Time of flight
b. The horizontal range
c. Time taken to attain the maximum height
d. The greatest height attained.
19. Find the loss in K.E. due to oblique impact of two smooth elastic spheres.
20. A particle describes an elliptic orbit under a central force towards one focus. If v1
be the speed at the end of a minor axis and v2 , v3 the speeds at the ends of the
major axis, show that v12 v2 v3 .
21. Find the moment of inertia of a solid sphere and solid right circular cone.
22. Find the components of acceleration of a particle in tangential and normal
directions.
23. A particle is moving with Simple Harmonic Motion and while moving from the
mean Position
24. to one extreme Position. Its distances at three consecutive seconds are x1 ,x2 and
x3 . Show that its period is

25. When a particle is projected from a point O on a plane of inclination with

velocity “u”, making an angle with horizontal, find the range on the plane.
26. Find the orbit of a particle moving under an attractive central force varying
inversely as the square of the distance.
27. Find the Moment of Inertia of a solid sphere about its diameter.
28. Find the radial and transverse components of velocity and acceleration of a
particle moving along a curve.
29. A particle is executing a simple harmonic motion with O as the mean position
and a is the amplitude. When it is at a distance a / 2 from O its velocity is
quadrupled by a blow. Show that in a new amplitude is 7a / 2 .
30. A particle is to be projected from a point P so as to pass through another point Q .
Show that the product of the two possible times of flight from P to Q with a given
velocity of projection is(2/g) PQ
31. Find the orbit of a particle moving under an attractive central force varying
inversely as the square of the distance.
32. Find the moment of inertia of solid sphere about its tangent.