PHYSICS

Class II IIT- JEE Achiever 2018 - 19

Intensive Revision Program (Reg & Intg)
Solution to Worksheet – 01
Topic Motion in a Straight Line and Horizontal Date 19-11-2018
Circular Motion

Multiple choice questions with one correct alternative

1. A boy walks to his school at a distance of 6 km with constant speed of 2.5 km hour and walks back with
a constant speed of 4 km hour. His average speed for round trip expressed in km hour, is
24 40 1
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D)
13 13 2
Ans (B)
2v1v 2 2  2.5  4 200 40
Distance average speed =    kmhr 1
v1  v 2 2.5  4 65 13
2. A cat moves from X to Y with a uniform speed vu and returns to X with a uniform speed vd. The average
speed for this round trip is
2v d v u vd v u v  vd
(A) (B) v u vd (C) (D) u
vd  v u vd  v u 2
Ans (A)
3. A car travels half the distance with constant velocity of 40 kmph and the remaining half with a constant
velocity of 60 kmph. The average velocity of the car in kmph is
(A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 48 (D) 50
Ans (C)
2v1v 2 2  40  60
v av    48 kmph
v1  v 2 100
4. A person travels along a straight road for the first half time with a velocity v1 and the next half time with
a velocity v2. The mean velocity V of the man is
2 1 1 v  v2 v1
(A)   (B) V  1 (C) V  v1v 2 (D) V 
V v1 v 2 2 v2
Ans (B)
th
2 3
5. If a car covers th of the total distance with v1 speed and distance with v2 then average speed is
5 5
1 v  v2 2v1v 2 5v1v 2
(A) v1v 2 (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2 v1  v 2 3v1  2v 2
Ans (D)
Total distance travelled
Average speed 
Total time taken
x 5v1v 2
 
2x 3x 3v1  2v 2
5  5
v1 v 2

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6. Which of the following options is correct for the object having a straight line motion represented by the
following graph.

(A) The object moves with constantly increasing velocity from O to A and then it moves with constant
velocity.
(B) Velocity of the object increases uniformly
(C) Average velocity is zero
(D) The graph shown is impossible.
Ans (C)
From given figure, it is clear that the net displacement is zero.
So average velocity will be zero.
7. Two boys are standing at the ends A and B of a ground where AB = a. The boy at B starts running in a
direction perpendicular to AB with velocity v1. The boy at A starts running simultaneously with velocity
v and catches the other boy in a time t, where t is
a a2 a a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
v v
2 2
1
(v 2  v12 ) (v  v1 ) (v  v1 )
Ans (B)
Let two boys meet at point C after time ‘t’ from the starting.
Then AC = vt, BC = v1t
(AC)2 = (AB)2 + (BC)2  v2t2 = a 2  v12 t 2
a2
By solving we get, t 
v 2  v12

8. A particle covers half of its total distance with speed v1 and the rest half distance with speed v2. Its
average speed during the complete journey is
v2 v2 v  v2 vv 2v1v 2
(A) 2 1 2 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 2 (D)
v1  v 2 2 v1  v 2 v1  v 2
Ans (D)
SS 2v1v 2
Vav  
S S v1  v 2

v1 v 2

9. A bus begins to move with an acceleration of 1 ms2. A man who is 48 m behind the bus starts running at
10 ms1 to catch the bus. The man will be able to catch the bus after
(A) 6 s (B) 5 s (C) 3 s (D) 8 s
Ans (D)
Let the man will be able to catch the bus after t s, then

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10t  48  1 t 2  t 2  20t  96  0
2
(t  12) (t  8) = 0
t = 8 s and t = 12s
Thus the man will be able to catch the bus after 8 s
10. A particle starts from rest at t = 0 and moves in a straight line with an acceleration as shown below. The
velocity of the particle at t = 3 s is

(A) 2 ms1 (B) 4 ms1 (C) 6 ms1 (D) 8 ms1

Ans (B)
Velocity of graph = Area of a-t graph = (4  1.5)  (2  1) = 4 ms1
11. The relation between time and distance is t = x2 + x, where  and  are constants. The retardation is
(A) 2av3 (B) 2v3 (C) 2v3 (D) 22v3
Ans (A)
dt 1 dv dv dx
 2ax    v  a   
dx 2ax   dt dx dt
dv  v  2
av   2  v  v 2  2av3
dx (2x  ) 2

12. A body starting from rest, accelerates at a constant rate a ms2 for some time after which it decelerates at
a constant rate b ms2 to come to rest finally. If the total time elapsed is t sec, the maximum velocity
attained by the body is given by
ab ab 2ab 2ab
(A) t ms 1 (B) t ms 1 (C) t ms 1 (D) t ms 1
ab ab ab ab
Ans (A)
Total time of motion = t
Duration of acceleration = r
Duration of deceleration = t  t
Given u = 0, a = constant acceleration and b = constant deceleration.
v = 0 + at … (i)
Also 0  v  b(t  t) … (ii)
 v = at
From (ii), v = bt + bt
 t = bt + bt
b
 (a  b)t '  bt  t ' 
(a  b)t
But v = at  Maximum velocity attained = at
ab
 v t ms 1
(a  b)

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13. Two cars A and B are travelling in the same direction with velocities v1 and v2 (v1 > v2). When the car A
is at a distance d ahead of the car B, the driver of the car A applied the brake producing a uniform
retardation a. There will be no collision when
(v  v ) 2 v 2  v 22 (v  v ) 2 v 2  v 22
(A) d  1 2 (B) d  1 (C) d  1 2 (D) d  1
2a 2a 2a 2a
Ans (C)
Initial relative velocity = v1  v2.
Final relative velocity = 0
From v2 = u2  2as  0 = (v1  v2)2  2  a  s
(v  v ) 2
 s 1 2
2a
If the distance between two cars is ‘s’ then collision will take place.
To avoid collision d > s
(v  v ) 2
 d 1 2
2a
Where d = actual initial distance between two cars.
14. Two trains, each 50 m long are travelling in opposite direction with velocity 10 ms1 and 15 ms1. The
time of crossing is
(A) 2 s (B) 4 s (C) 2 3 s (D) 4 3 s
Ans (B)
Total length 50  50 100
Time     4 sec
Relative velocity 10  15 25

15. A body A is thrown up vertically from the ground with a velocity V0 and another body B is
H
simultaneously dropped from a height H. They meet at a height . If V0 is equal to
2
1 2g
(A) 2gH (B) gH (C) gH (D)
2 H
Ans (B)
H
Let the two bodies A and B respectively meet at a time t, at a height from the ground
2
1
Using S  ut  at 2
2
H
For a body A, u  V0 ,a  g, S 
2
H 1
  V0 t  gt 2 … (i)
2 2
H
For a body B, u = 0, a = +g, S 
2
H 1 2
  gt … (ii)
2 2
Equating equations (i) and (ii), we get
1 V
V0 t  gt 2  V0 t  gt 2 or t  0
2 g

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 Substituting the value of t in equation (i), we get
22 2
H  V  1  V  V 1 V0
 V0   0   g  0   0 
2  g  2  g  g 2 g
H 1 V02
 or V02  gH  V0  gH
2 2 g

16. A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed of 3 ms1. The other half of the
distance is covered in two equal time intervals with speed of 4.5 ms1 and 7.5 ms1 respectively. The
average speed of the particle during this motion is
(A) 4.0 ms1 (B) 5.0 ms1 (C) 5.5 ms1 (D) 4.8 ms1
Ans (A)
If t1 and 2t2 are the time taken by particle to cover first and second half distance respectively.
x
x
t1  2  … (i)
3 6
x1 = 4.5t2 and x2 = 7.5 t2
x x
So, x1  x 2   4.5t 2  7.5t 2 
2 2
x
t2  … (ii)
24
x x x
Total time t  t1  2t 2   
6 12 4
So, average speed = 4 ms1
17. The acceleration of a particle is increasing linearly with time t as bt. The particle starts from the origin
with an initial velocity v0. The distance travelled by the particle in time t will be
1 1 1 1
(A) v 0 t  bt 2 (B) v 0 t  bt 3 (C) v 0 t  bt 3 (D) v 0 t  bt 2
3 3 6 2
Ans (C)
dv bt 2
 bt  dv  btdt  v   K1
dt 2
At t = 0, v = v0  K1 = v0
1
We get v  bt 2  v0
2
dx 1 2
Again  bt  v 0
dt 2
1 bt 3
 x  v0 t  K 2
2 3
At t = 0, x = 0  K2 = 0
1
 x  bt 3  v 0 t
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18. A particle is moving with constant acceleration from A to B in a straight line AB. If u and v are the
velocities at A and B respectively then its velocity at the midpoint C will be
2
 u 2  v2  uv v u u 2  v2
(A)   (B) (C) (D)
 2u  2 2 2

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 Ans (D)

Let S be the distance between AB and a be constant acceleration of a particle.

v2  u 2
Then v2  u2 = 2aS or aS  … (i)
2
Let vc be velocity of a particle at midpoint C
S
 v c2  u 2  2a  
2
v2  u 2
v c2  u 2  aS  u 2  [Using (i)]
2
u 2  v2
vc 
2

19. An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m above the ground. If the angle subtended at a ground
observation point by the aircraft positions 10 s apart is 30, then the speed of the aircraft is
(A) 19.63 ms1 (B) 1963 ms1 (C) 108 ms1 (D) 196.3 ms1
Ans (D)
O is the observation point at the ground. A and B are the positions of aircraft for which AOB  30 .
Time taken by aircraft from A to B is 10 s
AOB
AB
tan 30 
2400
3400
AB = 3400 tan 30  m
3
 Speed of aircraft,
AB 3400
v   196.3 ms 1
10 10 3

20. A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration (a) versus time (t) is as shown in the figure. The maximum
speed of the particle will be

(A) 110 ms1 (B) 55 ms1

(C) 550 ms1 (D) 660 ms1
Ans (B)

The area under acceleration time graph gives change in velocity.

As acceleration is zero at the end of 11 sec
1
i.e., vmax = Area of OAB =  11 10  55 ms 1
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21. A body of mass m is moving in a circle of radius r with a constant speed v. The force on the body is
mv 2
and is directed towards the centre. What is the work done by this force is moving the body over
r
half the circumference of the circle.
mv 2 mv 2 r 2
(A)  r (B) zero (C) 2 (D)
r r mv 2
Ans (B)
Work done by centripetal force is always zero.
22. A body is tied with a string and is given a circular motion with velocity v in radius r. The magnitude of
the acceleration is
v v2 v v2
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) 2
r r r r
Ans (B)

23. An object moves at a constant speed along a circular path in a horizontal XY plane, with the centre at the
origin. When the object is at x = 2m, its velocity is   4 ms 1  j . What is the object’s acceleration when
it is y = 2m
(A) (8 ms 2 )j (B) (8 ms 2 )i (C) (4 ms 2 )j (D) (4 ms 2 )j
Ans (A)

24. One end of a string of length l is connected to a particle of mass m and other to a small peg on a smooth
horizontal table. If the particle moves in a circle with speed v, the net force on the particle (directed
towards the centre) is
mv 2 mv 2
(A) T (B) T  (C) T  (D) Zero
l l
Ans (A)

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25. Two particles of equal masses are revolving in circular path of radii r1 and r2 respectively with the same
speed. The ratio of their centripetal forces is
2 2
r2 r2 r  r 
(A) (B) (C)  1  (D)  2 
r1 r1  r2   r1 
Ans (A)

26. A stone tied to the end of a string 1 m long is whirled in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the
stone makes 22 revolution in 44 seconds, what is the magnitude and direction of acceleration of the stone
4 2
(A) ms and direction along the radius towards the centre
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(B) 2ms2 and direction along the radius away from the centre
(C) 2ms2 and direction along the radius towards the centre
(D) 2ms2 and direction along the tangent to the circle
Ans (C)

27. Three identical particles are joined together by a thread as shown in

figure. All the three particles are moving in a horizontal plane. If the
velocity of the outermost particle is v0, then the ratio of tensions in the
three sections of the string is
(A) 3 : 5 : 7 (B) 3 : 4 : 5 (C) 7 : 11 : 6 (D) 3 : 5 : 6
Ans (D)

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28. In 1.0 s, a particle goes from point A to point B, moving in a semicircle of radius 1.0 m (see figure). The
magnitude of the average velocity is
(A) 3.14 ms1 (B) 2.0 ms1
(C) 1.0 ms1 (D) zero
Ans (B)

29. Two bodies of mass 10 kg and 5 kg moving in concentric orbits of radii R and r such that their periods
are the same. Then the ratio between their centripetal acceleration is
R r R2 r2
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) 2
r R r R
Ans (A)

30. A mass is supported on a frictionless horizontal surface. It is attached to a string and rotates about a fixed
centre at an angular velocity 0. If the length of the string and angular velocity both are doubled, the
tension in the string which was initially T0 is now
T
(A) T0 (B) 0 (C) 4T0 (D) 8T0
2
Ans (D)

31. A car is moving on a circular path and takes a turn. If R1 and R2 be the reactions on the inner and outer
wheels respectively, then
(A) R1 = R2 (B) R1 < R2 (C) R1 > R2 (D) R1  R2
Ans (B)

32. The length of second’s hand in a watch is 1 cm. The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is
   2
(A) zero (B) cms 1 (C) cm s 1 (D) cms 1
30 2 30 30
Ans (D)

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33. A particle moves in a circle of radius 25 cm at two revolutions per second. The acceleration of the
particle in ms2 is
(A) 2 (B) 82 (C) 42 (D) 22
Ans (C)

k
34. A particle moves in a circular orbit of radius r under a central attractive force F   , k is constant. The
r
time period of its motion shall be proportional to
1 3 2
(A) r 2 (B) r (C) r 2 (D) r 3
Ans (B)

35. An object is tied to a string of length l and is revolved in a vertical

circle at the minimum velocity. When the object reaches the uppermost
point, the string breaks and it describes a parabolic path as shown in
the figure under the gravitational force. The horizontal range AC in the
plane of A would be

(A) l (B) 2l (C) 2l (D) 2 2l

Ans (B)

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36. A body of mass 1 kg tied to one end of string is revolved in a horizontal circle of radius 0.1 m with a
speed of 3 revolution/sec, assuming the effect of gravity is negligible then linear velocity, acceleration
and tension in the string will be
(A) 1.88 ms1, 35.5 ms2, 35.5 N (B) 2.88 ms1, 45.5 ms2, 45.5 N
(C) 3.88 ms1, 55.5 ms2, 55.5 N (D) None of these
Ans (A)

 k
37. If a particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle of radius r with a centripetal force   2  , the
 r 
total energy is
k k 2k 4k
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
2r r r r
Ans (A)

38. Two cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r1 and r2 respectively. Their speeds are such
that they make complete circles in the same time t. The ratio of their centripetal acceleration is
(A) m1r1 : m2r2 (B) m1 : m2 (C) r1 : r2 (D) 1 : 1
Ans (C)

39. A car when passes through a convex bridge exerts a force on it which is equal to
Mv 2 Mv 2
(A) Mg  (B) (C) Mg (D) None of these
r r
Ans (D)

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40. A point mass m is suspended from a light thread of length l, fixed at O, is whirled in a horizontal circle
at constant speed as shown. From your point of view, stationary with respect to the mass, the forces on
the mass are

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (C)

41. A particle P is moving in a circle of radius ‘a’ with a uniform speed v. C is the centre of the circle and
AB is a diameter. When passing through B the angular velocity of P about A and C are in the ratio
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 4 : 1
Ans (B)

42. A car some times over turns while taking a turn. When it overturns, it is
(A) The inner wheel leaves the ground first
(B) The outer wheel leaves the ground first
(C) Both the wheels leave the ground simultaneously
(D) Either wheel leaves the ground first
Ans (A)

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43. A car is moving on a circular path and takes a turn. If R1 and R2 be the reaction on the inner and outer
wheels respectively, then
(A) R1 = R2 (B) R1 < R2 (C) R1 > R2 (D) R1  R2
Ans (B)

44. The length of second’s hand in a watch is 1 cm. The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is
   2
(A) zero (B) cms 1 (C) cm s 1 (D) cms 1
30 2 30 30
Ans (D)

45. A stone of mass of 16kg is attached to a string 144 m long and is whirled in a horizontal circle. The
maximum tension the string can with stands is 16 newton. The maximum velocity of revolution that can
be given to the stone without breaking it, will be
(A) 200 ms1 (B) 16 ms1 (C) 14 ms1 (D) 12 ms1
Ans (D)

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46. What is the value of linear velocity, if   3i  4j  k and r  5i  6j  6k
(A) 6i  2j  3k (B) 18i  13j  2k (C) 4i  13j  6k (D) 6i  2j  8k
Ans (B)

47. If a cyclist moving with a speed of 4.9 m/s on a level road take a sharp circular turn of radius 4 m, then
coefficient of friction between the cycle tyres and road is
(A) 0.41 (B) 0.51 (C) 0.61 (D) 0.71
Ans (C)

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48. Which of the following statements is false for a particle moving in a circle with a constant angular
speed?
(A) the velocity vector is tangent to the circle
(B) the acceleration vector is tangent to the circle
(C) the acceleration vector points to the centre of the circle
(D) the velocity and acceleration vectors are perpendicular to each other
Ans (B)

49. A mass is supported on a frictionless horizontal surface. It is attached to a string and rotates about a fixed
centre at an angular velocity 0. If the length of the string and angular velocity are double, the tension in
the string which was initially T0 is now
T
(A) T0 (B) 0 (C) 4T0 (D) 8T0
2
Ans (D)

50. A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its angular velocity is zero.
In the first 2 s, it rotates through an angle 1. In the next 2 s, it rotates through an additional angle 2. The

ratio of 2 is
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5
Ans (C)

51. If the equation for the displacement of a particle moving on a circular path is given by
() = 2t3 + 0.5,where  is in radian and t in second, then the angular velocity of the particle after 2 s from
its stall is
(A) 8 rad s1 (B) 1 2 rad s1 (C) 24 rad s1 (D) 36 rad s1
Ans (C)

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52. A small block is shot into each of the four tracks as shown below. Each of the track rises to the same
height. The speed with which the block enters the track is the same in all cases. At the highest point of
the track, the normal reaction is maximum in

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (A)

53. A simple pendulum is oscillating without damping. When the displacement of the bob is less than
maximum its acceleration vector a is correctly shown in

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (C)

54. A particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle of radius R with uniform speed v. When it moves
from one point to a diametrically opposite point, its
(A) momentum does not change (B) momentum changes by 2 mv
1
(C) kinetic energy charges by mv 2 (D) kinetic energy changes by mv2
2
Ans (B)

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55. A body is revolving with a constant speed along a circular path. If the direction of its velocity is
reversed, keeping speed unchanged, then
(A) the centripetal force does not suffer any change in magnitude and direction both
(B) the centripetal force does not suffer any change in magnitude but its direction is reversed
(C) the centripetal force disappears
(D) centripetal force will be doubled
Ans (A)

56. A vehicle is moving with a velocity v on a curved road of width b and radius of curvature R. For
counteracting the centrifugal force on the vehicle, the difference in elevation required in between the
outer and inner edge of the road is
v2b vb vb 2 vb
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
Rg Rg Rg R g
Ans (A)

57. A rod of length l m rotates about the z-axis passing through the point O in the xy- plane with an angular
velocity of  = 10 (rad/s) + 5 (rad / s2)t, in the counter clockwise direction, and O is at rest the velocity
and acceleration of point A, at t = 0, are

(A) 10j ms 1 and (5j  100i)

 ms 2 (B) 10j(ms 1 ) and  5j  100i  ms 2
(C) 10k ms 1 and  5k  100j ms 1 (D) 10j ms 1 and  5j  100i  ms 2
Ans (D)

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58. An object moves at a constant speed along a circular path in a horizontal xy plane, with the centre at the
origin. When the object is at x = 2m, its velocity is (4ms1) j . What is the object’s acceleration when it
is y = 2m
(A)   8ms 2  j (B)   8ms 2  i (C)  4 ms 2  j (D)  4 ms 2  i
Ans (A)

59. One end of a string of length l is connected to a particle of mass m and the other to a small peg on a
smooth horizontal table. If the particle moves in a circle with speed v, the net force on the particle
(directed towards the centre) is
mv 2 mv 2
(A) T (B) T  (C) T  (D) zero
l l
Ans (A)
It has the centripetal force, which is equal to the tension in the string (T).

60. A particle describes a horizontal circle in a conical funnel whose inner surface is smooth with speed of
0.5 ms1. What is the height of the plane of circle from vertex of the funnel
(A) 0.25 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 4 cm (D) 2.5 cm
Ans (D)

61. A motor cyclist moving with a velocity of 72 kmh1 on a flat road takes a turn on the road at a point
where the radius of curvature of the road is 20 m. The acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms2. In order to
avoid skidding, he must not bend with respect to the vertical plane by an angle greater than
(A)  = tan1 6 (B)  = tan1 2 (C)  = tan1 25.92 (D)  = tan1 4
Ans (B)

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62. A car of mass 800 kg moves on a circular track of radius 40 m. If the coefficient of friction is 0.5, then
maximum velocity with which the car can move is
(A) 7 ms1 (B) 14 ms1 (C) 8 ms1 (D) 12 ms1
Ans (B)

63. The angular speed of seconds needle in a mechanical watch is

 60
(A) rad s 1 (B) 2 rad s1 (C)  rad s1 (D) rad s 1
30 
Ans (A)

64. A cyclist riding the bicycle at a speed of 14 3 ms 1 takes a turn around a circular road of radius
20 3 m without skidding. Given g = 9.8 ms2, what is his inclination to the vertical
(A) 30 (B) 90 (C) 45 (D) 60
Ans (D)

65. A point mass m is suspended from a light thread of length l, fixed at O, is whirled in a horizontal circle
at constant speed as shown. From your point of view, stationary with respect to the mass, the forces on
the mass are

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (C)
In a frame attached to the mass, there are three forces on it, these are tension of string in the string and
centrifugal force.

66. For a particle in a non-uniform acceleration circular motion

(A) velocity is radial and acceleration is transverse only
(B) velocity is transverse and acceleration is radial only
(C) velocity is radial and acceleration has both radial and transverse components
(D) velocity is transverse and acceleration has both radial and transverse components

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Explained in the theory.
67. A particle is moving in a vertical circle. The tensions in the string when passing through two positions at
angles 30 and 60 from vertical (lowest position) are T1 and T2 respectively.
(A) T1 = T2 (B) T2 > T1
(C) T1 > T2 (D) tension in the string always remains the same
Ans (C)

68. A car is moving on a curved road with constant speed. M and N, are the reactions at A and B then

(A) N1 < N2 (B) N1 > N2 (C) N1 = N2 (D) none of these

Ans (A)

69. A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its angular velocity is zero.
In the first 2 sec, it rotates through an angle 1. In the next 2 sec, it rotates through an additional angle 2

The ratio of 2 , is
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5
Ans (C)

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70. A can filled with water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius 4 m and the water just does not fall down.
The time period of revolution will be
(A) 1 sec (B) 10 sec (C) 8 sec (D) 4 sec
Ans (D)

71. A 2 kg stone at the end of a string 1 m long is whirled in a vertical circle at a constant speed. The speed
of the stone is 4 ms1. The tension in the string will be 52 N, when the stone is
(A) at the top of the circle (B) at the bottom of the circle
(C) halfway down (D) none of the above
Ans (B)

72. A particle moves in a circular path with decreasing speed. Choose the correct statement?
(A) angular momentum remains constant

(B) acceleration ( a ) is towards the centre
(C) particle moves in a spiral path with decreasing radius
(D) the direction of angular momentum remains constant
Ans (D)
For a particle moving with decreasing speed, it must have a torque along axis of rotation. Direction of
momentum will not change.
73. A bob of mass M is suspended by a massless string of length L. The horizontal velocity vat position A is
just sufficient to make it reach the point B. The angle O at which the speed of the bob is half of that at A,
satisfies

(A)  
4
 
(B)   
4 2
 3
(C)   
2 4
3
(D) 
4
Ans (C)

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74. If a particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle of radius r with a centripetal force  2  the total
r 
energy is
k k 2k 4k
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
2r r r r
Ans (A)

75. Three identical particles are joined together by a thread as shown in figure. All
the three particles are moving in a horizontal plane. If the velocity of the
outermost particle is v0 then the ratio of tensions in the three sections of the
string is
(A) 3 : 5 : 7 (B) 3 : 4 : 5 (C) 7 : 11 : 6 (D) 3 : 5 : 6
Ans (D)

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76. A block follow the path as shown in the figure from height h. If radius of circular path is r, then relation
that holds good to complete hill circle is

5r 5r 5r 5r
(A) h  (B) h  (C) h  (D) h 
2 2 2 2
Ans (D)

77. A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both the
ends. The tube is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity
. The force exerted by the liquid at the other end is
ML2 ML2 ML22
(A) (B) ML2 (C) (D)
2 4 2
Ans (C)

78. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 ms1. A plumb
bob is suspended from the roof of the car by alight rigid rod of length 1 m. The angle made by the rod
with track is
(A) 0 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60
Ans (C)

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79. string of length L is fixed at one end and carries a mass M at the other end. The string makes

revolutions per second around the vertical axis through the fixed end as shown in the figure, then tension
in the string is

(A) ML (B) 2 ML (C) 4 ML (D) 16 ML

Ans (D)

80. Keeping the banking angle same to increase the maximum speed with which a vehicle can travel on a
curved road, by 10% the radius of curvature of the road has to be changed from 20 m to
(A) 16 m (B) 18 m (C) 24.25 m (D) 30.5 m
Ans (C)

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