CIRCULAR MOTION AND PROJECTILE

EXPENSIVE PROPHET GURU (08056974422)

CIRCULAR MOTION 7. A gramophone record takes 5 s to reach its constant angular
velocity of 4 rads 1 from rest. Find its constant angular
1. The force required to make an object of mass m, travelling acceleration.
with a velocity v, turn in a circle of radius r is A. 0.8 rads 2
mv 2 B. 20.0 rads 2
A.
r C. 0.4 rads 2
mr 2 D. 1.3 rads 2
B.
v
8. Which of the following is true of a particle moving in a
mr horizontal circle with constant angular velocity?
C.
v A. The energy is constant but the linear momentum varies
mv B. The linear momentum is constant but the energy varies
D. C. Both the energy and linear momentum is constant
r2 D. The speed and the linear velocity are both constant.
2. A force F is required to keep a 5 kg mass moving round a 9. A particle of mass 10-2 kg is fixed to the tip of a fan blade
circle of radius 3.5 m at a speed of 7ms-1. What is the speed, if which rotates with angular velocity of 100 rads-1. If the radius
the force is tripled? of the blade is 0.2 m, calculate its centripetal force.
A. 4.0 ms-1 A. 2 N
B. 6.6 ms-1 B. 20 N
C. 12.1 ms-1 C. 200 N
D. 21.0 ms-1 D. 400 N
3. If a wheel 1.2m in diameter rotates at one revolution per 10.
second, calculate the velocity of the wheel. I. Its velocity is constant
A. 3.6 ms-1 II. No work is done on the body
B. 3.8 ms-1 III. It has constant acceleration directed away from the
C. 4.0 ms-1 centre
D. 7.5 ms-1 IV. The centripetal force is directed towards the centre
Which combination of the above is true of a body moving with
4. The force responsible for holding the moon in its orbit around a constant speed in a circular track?
the earth against the gravitational pull of the earth is A. I and III
A. centrifugal B. I and IV
B. rotational C. II and III
C. reaction D. II and IV
D. centripetal
11. A particle in circular motion performs 30 oscillations in 6
5. A particle moves in a circular orbit of radius 0.02 m. If the seconds. What is its angular velocity.
speed of the particle is 0.88 ms-1. Calculate its frequency in
A. 10 rads
-1
cycle per second.
A. 2.0 B. 5 rads -1
B. 7.0 C. 6 rads-1
C. 8.8
D. 14.0 D. 5 rads-1
E. 17.6
12. A piece of stone attached to one end of a string is whirled
6. An object moves with a uniform speed round a circle. Its round a horizontal circle and the string suddenly cuts. The
acceleration has stone will fly off in a direction
A. constant magnitude and constant direction A. tangential to the circular path
B. constant magnitude and varying direction B. perpendicular to the circular path
C. varying magnitude and constant direction C. towards the centre of the circle
D. varying magnitude and varying direction D. parallel to the circular path

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13. A car of mass 1500kg goes round a circular curve of radius 50 PROJECTILE MOTION
m at a speed of 40 ms-1. What is the magnitude of the
centripetal force on the car?
21. A stone Q is thrown with a velocity u at an angle of 750 to the
A. 1.2  10 N
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horizontal. Another stone R is thrown with the same velocity
B. 4.8  10 4 N u but at an angle of 150 to the horizontal. The range covered
by the stones will be
C. 1.2  10 N
2
A. greater for Q
D. 4.8  10 N
3
B. greater for R
C. same for Q and R
14. An object of mass 2kg moves with a velocity of 10 ms-1 round D. greater for the heavier of the two stones
a circle of radius 4 m. calculate the centripetal force on the
object. 22. A bullet is fired from a point P with an initial velocity of 50
A. 50 N ms-1 at an angle 450 to the horizontal. At what distance from
B. 40 N the point P will the bullet hit the ground, assuming that the
C. 25 N ground is horizontal throughout the trajectory.
D. 100 N A. 300m
B. 250m
15. An object moves in a circular path of radius 0.5 m with a C. 100 m
speed of 1 ms-1 . What is its angular velocity? D. 450 m
A. 8 rads-1
B. 4 rads-1 23. A hunter shot an arrow into the air with an initial velocity of
C. 2 rads-1 100 ms-1 at an angle of elevation of 300. Calculate the time of
D. 1 rads-1 flight.
A. 15 s
16. A stone is tied to one end of a light string and whirled in a B. 20 s
vertical circle. the tension in the string is at maximum when C. 10 s
the D. 12 s
A. Stone is at the top of the circular path
B. Stone is at the bottom of the circular path 24. A ball is thrown vertically upward into the air with an initial
C. String lies in a horizontal direction velocity u. What is the greatest height reached.
D. Stone is any other point along the path u
A.
17. In separating a mixture of water, paraffin, sand and lead using 2g
a centrifuge, the substance that would be closest to the axis of 3u 2
rotation is B.
2g
A. sand
B. lead u2
C.
C. water g
D. paraffin
u2
D.
18. If a body moves with a constant speed and at the same time 2g
undergoes an acceleration, its motion is said to be
A. circular 25. An object is projected with a velocity of 80 ms-1 at an angle of
B. oscillatory 300 to the horizontal. Calculate the maximum height reached.
C. rectilinear A. 20 m
D. random B. 80 m
C. 160 m
19. The length of a second hand of a laboratory clock is 0.1 m. D. 320 m
calculate the speed at the tip of the second hand
A. 9.50  10 1 ms 1 26. Two bodies X and Y are projected on the same horizontal
B. 1.05  10 2 ms 1 plane, with the same initial speed but at angle 300 and 600
respectively to the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, what
C. 5.25  10 3 ms 1
is the ratio of the range of X to that of Y?
D. 1.85  10 4 ms 1 A. 1 : 1
B. 1 : 2
20. An object of mass 2 kg moves in a circular path of radius 0.5
m with a speed of 1 ms-1. What is its angular velocity? C. 3 :1
A. 8 rads-1
D. 1: 3
B. 4 rads-1
C. 2 rads-1
D. 1 rads-1

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27. A shooter wants to fire a bullet in such a way that its 34. A particle is projected horizontally at 10 ms-1 from a height of
horizontal range is equal to three times its maximum height. 45 m. Calculate the horizontal distance covered by the
At what angle should he fire the bullet to achieve this? 
particle before hitting the ground. g  10 ms 2 
A. 450
A. 30 m
B. 300
B. 45 m
C. 680
C. 60 m
D. 530
D. 80 m

28. A projectile is launched from the ground level with a velocity 35. A tennis ball projected at an angle  is attains a range of R
of 10 ms-1 at an angle of 150 to the horizontal. Calculate its = 78 m. If the velocity imparted to the ball by the racket is 30
range. 
ms-1, calculate  . g  10 ms 2 
A. 8 m A. 600
B. 5 m B. 150
C. 7 m C. 300
D. 10 m D. 450

29. A stone is projected horizontally with a speed of 60ms-1 from 36. A particle is projected horizontally from the top of a tower
a height 40m. What is its horizontal component of velocity on with a speed of 4 ms-1 lands on a level ground at a horizontal
reaching the ground? distance 25 m from the foot of the tower. Calculate the height
A. 30ms-1
B. 45ms-1

of the tower. g  10 ms 2 
C. 90ms-1 A. 195.3m
D. 60ms-1 B. 250 m
C. 325.2 m
30. Two particles X and Y are projected at the same time with the D. 400 m
same velocity at angles of projection 600 and 450 respectively.
What is the ratio of the total time of flight of X to Y? 37. A ball is attached to the end of a string moves anti-clockwise
round a circle whose centre is O. If the string suddenly breaks
A. 6 :2 when the ball is at the point P, along which path will it move?
B. 3: 2
C. 3: 6 A. B.

D. 1: 2 O P O P

31. A stone is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with

a speed of 5 ms-1. It lands on the ground level at a horizontal C. D.

distance of 20 m from the foot of the tower. Calculate the O P O P


height of the tower. g  10 ms 2  38. At the top of the trajectory a projectile, the acceleration is
A. 50 m A. maximum
B. 80 m B. minimum
C. 60 m C. zero
D. 40 m D. g

32. A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a vertical wall 39. When a body is projected, which of the following remains
with a velocity of 15 ms-1, hits the horizontal ground at a constant?
point 45 m from the base of the wall. Calculate the height of A. angular momentum

the wall. g  10 ms 2  B. linear momentum
C. vertical component of velocity
A. 45 m D. horizontal component of velocity
B. 30 m
C. 25 m 40. A stone is projected with a speed of 50 ms-1 at an angle of 600
D. 50 m with the horizontal. The speed of the stone at the highest point
of trajectory is
33. A ball is projected horizontally from a height 20 m above the A. 75 ms-1
ground with an initial velocity of 0.4 ms-1. Calculate the B. 25 ms-1
horizontal distance moved by the ball before hitting the C. 50 ms-1

ground. g  10 ms 2  D. 30 ms-1

A. 0.5 m 41. A football player throws a ball with a velocity of 50 ms-1 at an

B. 0.6 m angle 300 with the horizontal. The ball remains in the air for
C. 0.7 m A. 2.5 s
D. 0.8 m B. 1.25 s
C. 5 s
D. 0.625 s

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42. A particle is projected with a velocity 20 ms-1 of at an 600 to 49. An object is thrown along a direction inclined at an angle of
the horizontal. The particle hits the horizontal plane again 450 with the horizontal direction. The horizontal range of the
during its journey. What will be the time of impact? particle is equal to
A. 3.53 s A. vertical height
B. 2.4 s B. twice the vertical height
C. 1.7 s C. thrice the vertical height
D. 1 s D. four times the vertical height

43. If two balls are projected at angles 450 and 600 and the 50. An object is projected at an angle of 450 with the horizontal.
maximum heights reached are the same. What is the ratio of The horizontal range and the maximum height reached will be
their initial velocity? in the ratio
A. 2: 3 A. 1 : 2
B. 2 : 1
B. 3: 2
C. 1 : 4
C. 3:2
D. 4 : 1
D. 2:3
51. The horizontal range of a projectile is 4 3 times its
44. If the initial velocity of projection is doubled, keeping the maximum height. The angle of projection will be
angle of projection constant, the maximum height reached is A. 600
A. constant B. 370
B. doubled C. 300
C. quadrupled D. 450
D. halved
52. A bomb is dropped from an aeroplane moving horizontally at
45. For a projectile, the ratio of the maximum height reached to constant speed. If air resistance is neglected then the bomb
the square of time of flight is A. falls on the earth exactly below the aeroplane
A. 5 : 4 B. falls on the earth behind the plane\
B. 5 : 2 C. falls on the earth of the aeroplane
C. 5 : 1 D. flies with the aeroplane
D. 10 : 1 53. A body is projected horizontally with a velocity of 4 ms-1
46. A particle is projected from the ground with speed u at an from the top of a high tower. The velocity of the body after
angle  with the horizontal. If at maximum height from the 0.7 s is nearly
ground, the speed of the particle is half times its initial A. 10 ms-1
velocity of projection, then its maximum height attained is B. 8 ms-1
u2 C. 19.2 ms-1
A.
g D. 11 ms-1
2u 2 54. A bomber moves horizontally with a speed of 500 ms-1 and a
B.
g bomb is released from it strikes the ground in 10 s. Angle at
u2 which it strikes the ground will be
C.
2g 1
A. tan 1  
3u 2 5
D. B. 60 0
8g
C. 450
47. Two projectiles A and B are projected with the same speed at
D. tan 1 5
angles 300 and 600 with the horizontal. Which of the
following is wrong?
A. R A  R B
B. H B  3H A ANSWERS
C. TB  3TA 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B
D. None of the above 10. D 11. A 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. B 17.B
18. A 19. B 20. C
21. C 22. 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. B
48. A projectile fired with initial velocity u at an angle  has a
29. D 30. A 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. C 36. A
range R. If the initial velocity is doubled at the same angle of
37. B 38.D 39.D 40.B 41.C 42.A 43.B
projection, then the new range is
44.C 45.A 46.D 47.D 48.D 49.D 50.D 51.C
A. 2 R 52.A 53.C 54.D
R
B.
2
C. R
D. 4 R