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Circular Motion Practice Sheet

This document contains 20 questions about circular motion. The questions cover topics like angular acceleration, radial and tangential acceleration, centripetal force, speed and elongation in springs, normal force on cars taking turns, friction on rotating discs and coins, angular velocity, change in velocity, tension in strings, and skidding speeds.

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Circular Motion Practice Sheet

This document contains 20 questions about circular motion. The questions cover topics like angular acceleration, radial and tangential acceleration, centripetal force, speed and elongation in springs, normal force on cars taking turns, friction on rotating discs and coins, angular velocity, change in velocity, tension in strings, and skidding speeds.

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LECTURE 1 5

CIRCULAR MOTION
Q1. A particle travels in a circle of radius 20 cm at a
speed that uniformly increases. If the speed changes
from 5.0 m/s to 6.0 m/s in 2.0 s, find the angular
acceleration
Q2. A particle moves in a circle of radius 20 cm. Its
linear speed is given by v = 2 t, where t is in second and
v in metre/second. Find the radial and tangential
acceleration at t = 3 s.
Q3.The road at a circular turn of radius 10 m is banked
by an angle of 10o ,with what speed should a vehicle
move on the turn so that the normal contact force is
able to provide the necessary centripetal force ? take
tan(10o)=0.16
Q4. A particle of mass m is suspended from a ceiling
through a string of length L. The particle moves in a
horizontal circle of radius r. Find the speed of the
particle
Q5. A car moves at a constant speed on a road as shown in
figure .The normal force by the road on the car is NA and NB
when it is at the points A and B respectively.
(a) NA=NB (b) NA > NB (c) NA < NB (d) insufficient information
Q6. A disc rotates about its axis of symmetry in a
horizontal plane at a steady rate of 3.5 revolutions per
second. A coin placed at a distance of 1.25cm from the
axis of rotation remains at rest on the disc. The
coefficient of friction between the coin and the disc is
(g = 10m/s2)

(a) 0.5 (b) 0.7 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.4


Q7. A body of mass ‘m’ is tied to one end of a spring and
whirled round in a horizontal plane with a constant angular
velocity. The elongation in the spring is 1 cm. If the
angular velocity is doubled, the elongation in the spring
is 5 cm. The original length of the spring is
(a) 15 cm (b) 12 cm
(c) 16 cm (d) 10 cm
Q8. A hemispherical bowl of radius R is set rotating
about its axis of symmetry which is kept vertical. A
small block kept in the bowl rotates with the bowl
without slipping on its surface. If the surface of the
bowl is smooth, and the angle made by the radius
through the block with the vertical is θ, find the angular
speed at which the bowl is rotating.
Q9. A point P moves in counter-clockwise direction on a
circular path as shown in the figure. The movement of 'P'
is such that it sweeps out a length s = t3+5, where s is in
meters and t is in seconds. The radius of the path is 20 m.
The acceleration of 'P' when t = 2 s is nearly

(a) 13m/s2
(b) 12 m/s2
(c) 7.2 ms2
(d) 14m/s2
Q10. For a particle in uniform circular motion, the
acceleration a at a point P(R,) on the circle of radius
R is (Here is measured from the x-axis)

R

Q11. A car is taking a turn of radius 400m on a
horizontal circle. Coefficient of friction between ground
and car is 0.2. Find the maximum speed with which a
safe turn can be taken
(a) 80 m/s (b) 40(2)0.5
(c) 20(2)0.5 (d) none of these
Q12. A particle is moving along a circular path with a
constant speed of 10 ms−1. What is the magnitude of
the change in velocity of the particle, when it moves
through an angle of 60° around the centre of the circle?

(a) 10 2 m/s (b) 10 m/s


(c) 10 3 m/s (d) Zero
Q13. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m
with a constant speed of 10 m/s. A plumb bob is suspended
from the roof of the car by a light rigid rod. The angle made by
the rod with the vertical is (Take g = 10 m/s2
(a) zero (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 60°
Q14. A ball of mass (m) 0.5 kg is attached to the end of a
string having length (l) 0.5 m. The ball is rotated on a
horizontal circular path about vertical axis. The maximum
tension that the string can bear is 324 N. The maximum
possible value of angular velocity of ball (in rad/s) is

(a) 9 (b) 18
(c) 27 (d) 36
Q15. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius ‘a’
under the action of an attractive potential energy
k Its total energy is
U 
r2
3 k k k
(a)  2
(b)  2 (c) 2 (d ) zero
2r 4a 2a
Q16. A ball of mass m is rotating in a circle of
radius r with speed v inside a smooth cone as
shown in figure. Let N be the normal reaction on the
ball by the cone, then choose the wrong option.
v2
(a) N  mg cos (b)g sin cos
r
mv2
(c) N sin  0 (d ) None of these
r
r m

 
Q17. A particle of mass m is whirled in horizontal
circle with the help of two threads of length I each as
shown in figure. Angular velocity equals  , then find
T1

T1,l
30o

30o

T2,l
Q18. A ball of mass 1 kg is at rest in position P
by means of two light strings OP and RP. The string
RP is now cut and the ball swings to position Q. If
θ = 45o . Find the tensions in the strings in positions OP
(when RP was not cut) and OQ (when RP was cut).
(Take g = 10 m s2
Q19. A car goes on a horizontal circular road of radius
R, the speed increasing at a constant rate dv/dt= a. The
friction coefficient between the road and the tyre is µ.
Find the speed at which the car will skid.
Q20. A particle is projected with a speed u at an angle
θ with the horizontal. Consider a small part of its path
near the highest position and take it approximately to
be a circular arc. What is the radius of this circle ? This
radius is called the radius of curvature of the curve at
the point.
Ans(1) 2.5rad/s2 Ans(15) d
Ans(2) ac=180m/s2,at=2m/s2 Ans(16) c
Ans(3) 4 m/s Ans(17) 2.5rad/s2
Ans(18)10 2N,5 2N
Ans(4)
Ans(19)
Ans(5) c
Ans(20)
Ans(6) b
Ans(7) a
Ans(8)

Ans(9) d
Ans(10) c
Ans(11) c
Ans(12) b
Ans(13) c
Ans(14) d

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