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1. A block of mass 𝑀 slides down a frictionless inclined plane while a solid cylinder rolls, without slipping,
down a similarly inclined plane. Both start simultaneously from rest at height ℎ. Which among the two will
reach the bottom first?

2. A cylinder rolls up on inclined plane, reaches some height and then rolls down (without slipping throughout
these motions). The directions of the frictional force acting on the cylinder are
a) up the incline while ascending and down the incline while descending
b) up the incline while ascending as well as descending
c) down the incline while ascending and up the incline while descending
d) down the incline while ascending as well as descending

3. A uniform solid cylinder roller of mass 𝑚 is being pulled on a horizontal surface with force 𝐹 parallel to the
surface and applied at its center. If the acceleration of the cylinder is 𝑎 and it is rolling without slipping
then the value of 𝐹 is
! #
a) 𝑚𝑎 b) 2𝑚𝑎 c) " 𝑚𝑎 d) ! 𝑚𝑎

4. A solid cylinder and a solid sphere, having same mass 𝑀 and radius 𝑅, roll down the same inclined plane
from top without slipping. They start from rest. The ratio of velocity of the solid cylinder to that of the solid
sphere, with which they reach the ground will be
# $ ! %$
a) (! b) (# c) (# d) (%#

5. A small object of uniform density rolls up a curved surface with an initial velocity 𝑣. It reaches upto a
maximum height of 3𝑣 " /4𝑔 with respect to the initial position. The object is

a) ring b) solid sphere c) hollow sphere d) disc

6. The following bodies are made to roll up (without slipping) the same inclined plane from a horizontal plane:
i) a ring of radius, R ii) a solid cylinder of radius R/2 iii) a solid sphere of radius R/4
If, in each case, the speed of the center of mass at the bottom of the incline is same, the ratio of the
maximum heights they climb is
a) 14:15:20 b) 2:3:4 c) 4:3:2 d) 10:15:7

7. A solid sphere rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane at angle 60o over a distance of 10 m. The
acceleration (in ms-2) is
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

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8. A solid spherical ball is rolling on a frictionless horizontal plane surface about its axis of symmetry. The ratio
of rotational kinetic energy of the ball to its total kinetic energy is
a) 2/5 b) 2/7 c) 1/5 d) 7/10

9. A solid sphere rolls down two different inclined planes of the same height but of different inclinations.
Then,
a) the speeds will be same but time of descent will be different
b) in both cases, the speeds and time of descent will be same
c) speeds and time of descent both will be different
d) the speeds will be different but time of descent will be same

10. A round uniform body of radius 𝑅, mass 𝑀 and moment of inertia 𝐼 rolls down (without slipping) an inclined
plane making an angle 𝜃 with the horizontal. Then, its acceleration is
& '() * & '() * & '() * & '() *
a) !"#
b) $ c) !"#
d) $
%+ %, # %, %+
$ !" $ !"#

11. A ring starts to roll down the inclined plane of height ℎ without slipping. The velocity with which it reaches
the ground is
%-&. $&.
a) ( /
b) ( /
c) 02𝑔ℎ d) 0𝑔ℎ

12. A homogeneous solid cylindrical roller of radius 𝑅 and mass 𝑀 is pulled on a cricket pitch by a horizontal
force. Assuming rolling without slipping, angular acceleration of the cylinder is
a) F/2MR b) F/3MR c) 2F/3MR d) 3F/2MR

13. A uniform sphere of mass 500g rolls without slipping on a plane horizontal surface with its center moving
at a speed of 5.00 cm/s. Its kinetic energy is
a) 6.25 × 10+$ 𝐽 b) 1.13 × 10+! 𝐽 c) 8.75 × 10+$ 𝐽 d) 8.75 × 10+! 𝐽

14. A sphere has to purely roll upwards. At an instant, when the velocity of sphere is 𝑣, frictional force acting
on it is

"0& '() *
a) downwards and 𝜇𝑚𝑔 cos 𝜃 b) downwards and
/
"0& '() *
c) upwards and 𝜇𝑚𝑔 cos 𝜃 d) upwards and /

15. A sphere of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m is rolling with an initial speed pf 1 ms-1 goes up an inclined plane
which makes an angle of 30o with the horizontal plane, without slipping. How long will the sphere take to
return to the starting point A?

a) 0.60s b) 0.52s c) 0.57s d) 0.80s

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16. A body of mass 𝑚 slides down an smooth incline and reaches the bottom with a velocity 𝑣. Now smooth
incline surface is made rough and the same mass was in the form of a ring which rolls down this incline,
the velocity of the ring at the bottom would have been
"
a) √2𝑣 b) 𝑣 c) ?(#@ 𝑣 d) 𝑣/√2

17. A solid sphere, a hollow sphere, a ring are released from top of an inclined plane (frictionless) so that they
slide down the plane. Then maximum acceleration down the plane is for (no rolling)
a) solid sphere b) hollow sphere c) ring d) all same

18. A body rolls down an inclined plane without slipping. The kinetic energy of rotation is 50% of its
translational kinetic energy. The body is
a) solid sphere b) hollow cylinder c) ring d) solid cylinder

19. A solid cylinder is rolling down on an inclined plane of angle 𝜃. The coefficient of static fraction between
the plane and cylinder is 𝜇1 . Then condition for the cylinder not to slip is
a) tan 𝜃 ≥ 3𝜇1 b) tan 𝜃 > 3𝜇1 c) tan 𝜃 ≤ 3𝜇1 d) tan 𝜃 < 3𝜇1

20. A sphere of radius 𝑎 and mass 𝑚 rolls along a horizontal plane with constant speed 𝑣- . It encounters an
inclined plane at angle 𝜃 and climbs upward. Assuming that it rolls without slipping, how far up the sphere
will travel?

" 2#% 2#
% 2#% / 2#
a) # & '() *
b) "& '() *
c) #& '() *
d) %-& '()%*

21. A string is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 5 kg and radius 0.5m. If the string is now pulled with a
horizontal force of 40 N, and the cylinder is rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface (figure), then
the angular acceleration of the cylinder will be (neglect mass and thickness of the string)

a) 10 rad/s2 b) 20 rad/s2 c) 12 rad/s2 d) 16 rad/s2

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ANSWERS

1.

𝑎% = 𝑔 sin 𝜃

𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎" =
𝐼
1+
𝑚𝑅"
𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎" =
𝑚𝑅"
1+
2𝑚𝑅"
𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎" =
1.5
𝑎% > 𝑎"
∴ 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡

2.
• 𝑚𝑔 sin 𝜃 component is always down the plane whether it is rolling up or rolling down.
• Therefore, for no slipping, sense of angular acceleration should also be same in both cases.
• Therefore, force of friction 𝑓 always act upwards.

3. c

1) 𝐹 − 𝑓 = 𝑚𝑎
𝐹 − 𝑓 = 𝑚(𝑅𝛼) … (1)
2) 𝜏 = 𝑓 ∙ 𝑅

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𝐼𝛼 = 𝑓 ∙ 𝑅
𝑚𝑅"
𝐼𝛼 𝛼 𝑚𝑅
𝑓= = 2 = 𝛼
𝑅 𝑅 2
𝑚𝑅
3) 𝐹 − 𝛼 = 𝑚𝑅𝛼
2
3
𝐹 = 𝑚𝑅𝛼
2
𝟐𝑭
𝜶=
𝟑𝒎𝑹
2𝐹
4) 𝑎 = 𝛼 ∙ 𝑅 =
3𝑚
𝑚 𝑚
5) 𝑓 = (𝑅𝛼) = (𝑎)
2 2
𝑚 3
𝐹 − 𝑎 = 𝑚𝑎 ⟹ T𝐹 = 𝑚𝑎U
2 2

4. d
𝑚𝑅"
1) 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 =
2

2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ
𝑉3456789: = Z =[
𝑚𝑅 " 3
1+ 2
2𝑚𝑅 "

2
2) 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅"
5

2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ
𝑉1;.9:9 = Z =[
2 7
1+ 5
5

2
𝑉3 ^3 14
= =[
𝑉1 15
^5
7

5. d
𝐾𝐸 = 𝑃𝐸
1
1.2 𝑚𝑉 " + 𝐼𝑤 " = 𝑚𝑔ℎ
2
1 1 3𝑣 "
𝑚𝑉 " + 𝐼𝑤 " = 𝑚𝑔 b d
2 2 4𝑔
1 "
1 𝑉 " 3𝑣 "
𝑚𝑉 + 𝐼 e f = 𝑚𝑔 b d
2 2 𝑅 4𝑔
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1 1 𝐼 3
+ = 𝑚
2𝑚 2 𝑅 " 4
1 𝐼 1
= 𝑚
2 𝑅" 4
𝒎𝑹𝟐
𝑰=
𝟐
Body is disc.

6. a
1 1
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚𝑉 " + 𝐼𝑤 "
2 2
1 "
1 𝑉 "
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚𝑉 + 𝐼 T U
2 2 𝑅
1) 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅"
1 1 𝑉"
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚𝑉 " + 𝑚𝑅" ∙ "
2 2 𝑅
𝑉"
ℎ=
𝑔
𝑚𝑅"
2) 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 =
2
1 1 𝑚𝑅" 𝑉 "
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚𝑉 " + ∙
2 2 2 𝑅"
3 𝑉"
ℎ=
4 𝑔
2
3) 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅"
5
1 2 𝑉"
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚𝑉 " + 𝑚𝑅" ∙ "
2 5 𝑅
7 𝑉"
ℎ=
10 𝑔
3 7
∴ ℎ= : ℎ> : ℎ1 = 1: : = 40: 30: 28 = 20: 15: 14
4 10

7. c

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𝑔 sin 𝜃 9.8 sin 60

𝑎= = = 6 𝑚/𝑠 "
𝐼 2
1+ 𝑚𝑅"
𝑚𝑅" 1 + 5
𝑚𝑅"

8. b
2
1) 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅"
5
1 1 𝑉 "
2) 𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐾𝐸 = 𝐼𝑤 " = 𝐼 T U
2 2 𝑅
1 2 𝑉 "
= T 𝑚𝑅" U T U
2 5 𝑅
1
𝐾= = 𝑚𝑉 "
5
1 1
3) 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐾𝐸 = 𝐼𝑤 " + 𝑚𝑉 "
2 2
1 1
= 𝑚𝑉 " + 𝑚𝑉 "
5 2
7
𝐾? = 𝑚𝑉 "
10
1
𝐾= 2
4) = 5 =
𝐾? 7 7
10

9. a

2𝑔ℎ
𝑉=Z
𝐼
1+
𝑚𝑅"

• Velocity is independent of the inclination of the plane and depends only on height ℎ
through which body descends.
• 𝑡 depends on the inclination, hence greater the inclination lesser will be the time of descend.
• Hence, in present case, the speeds will be same (because ℎ is same), but time is descend will
be different (because of different inclinations).

10. b

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11. d

2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ
𝑉=Z =Z = o𝑔ℎ
𝐼 𝑚𝑅"
1+ 1 +
𝑚𝑅" 𝑚𝑅"

12. c

1) 𝐹 − 𝑓 = 𝑚𝑎
𝐹 − 𝑓 = 𝑚(𝑅𝛼) … (1)
2) 𝜏 = 𝑓 ∙ 𝑅
𝐼𝛼 = 𝑓 ∙ 𝑅
𝑚𝑅"
𝐼𝛼 𝛼 𝑚𝑅
𝑓= = 2 = 𝛼
𝑅 𝑅 2
𝑚𝑅
3) 𝐹 − 𝛼 = 𝑚𝑅𝛼
2
3
𝐹 = 𝑚𝑅𝛼
2
𝟐𝑭
𝜶=
𝟑𝒎𝑹

13. c
1) 𝑚 = 0.5 𝑘𝑔
2) 𝑉 = 5𝑐𝑚/𝑠 = 0.05 𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
1 1
3) 𝐾𝐸 = 𝑚𝑉 " + 𝐼𝑤 "
2 2
1 1 2 𝑉 "
= 𝑚𝑉 " + T 𝑚𝑅" U T U
2 2 5 𝑅
7
= 𝑚𝑉 " = 8.75 × 10+$ 𝐽
10

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14. d
𝑚𝑔 sin 𝜃 𝑚𝑔 sin 𝜃 𝑚𝑔 sin 𝜃 2𝑚𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑓= = = =
𝑚𝑅 " 𝑚𝑅 " 5 7
1+ 1+2 1+2
𝐼 "
5 𝑚𝑅

15. c

𝑔 sin 𝜃 𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎= =
𝐼 2
1+ 𝑚𝑅"
𝑚𝑅" 1 + 5
𝑚𝑅"
5 5 1 25
𝑎 = 𝑔 sin 𝜃 = × 10 × = 𝑚/𝑠 "
7 7 2 7
𝑉 = 𝑢 + 𝑎𝑡
25
1=0+ 𝑡
7
7
𝑡=
25
7 14
∴ 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 = 2 × = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 = 0.57 𝑠𝑒𝑐
25 25

16. d

𝑉 = o2𝑔ℎ

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2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ o2𝑔ℎ 𝑉

𝑉@ = Z =Z =[ = =
𝐼 𝑚𝑅" 2 √2 √2
1+ 1+
𝑚𝑅" 𝑚𝑅"

17. d

18. d
1
1) (𝐾𝐸)= = 𝐼𝑤 "
2
1
2) (𝐾𝐸)? = 𝑚𝑉 "
2
1
3) 𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐾𝐸 = 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐾𝐸
2
1 " 1
𝐼𝑤 = 𝑚𝑉 "
2 2
1 𝑉 " 1
𝐼 T U = 𝑚𝑉 "
2 𝑅 2
1
𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅" → 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟
2

19. c
𝐼
𝜇1 ≥ tan 𝜃 H J
𝑚𝑅" +𝐼
1
2 𝑚𝑅"
𝜇1 ≥ tan 𝜃 K L
1
𝑚𝑅" + 𝑚𝑅"
2
1
𝜇1 ≥ tan 𝜃
3
3𝜇1 ≥ tan 𝜃
tan 𝜃 ≤ 3𝜇1

20. d

1 1
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚 𝑣-" + 𝐼𝑤 "
2 2
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1 1 2 𝑉- "
= 𝑚 𝑉-" + T 𝑚𝑅" U T U
2 2 5 𝑅
7
𝑚𝑔ℎ = 𝑚𝑉-"
10
7 𝑉-"
ℎ=
10 𝑔
ℎ
sin 𝜃 =
𝐿
ℎ 7 𝑉-"
𝐿= =
sin 𝜃 10 𝑔 sin 𝜃

21. d

1) 𝜏 = 40 × 0.5 = 20 𝑁𝑚
2) 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅" = 5(0.5)" = 1.25 𝑘𝑔𝑚"
3) 𝜏 = 𝐼 ∙ 𝛼
20 = 1.25 𝛼
𝛼 = 16 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 "

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