Global International school (CBSE) A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D.

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9. The direction of the angular velocity vector is along
Circular Motion A. the tangent to the circular path
B. the inward radius
Practice Questions C. the outward radius
D. the axis of rotation
1. A particle is revolving in a circle with increasing its 10. A stone is tied with a string and is rotated in a circle
speed uniformly. Which of the following is constant ? horizontally. When the string suddenly breaks, the stone
A. Centripetal acceleration will move
B. Tangential acceleration A. tangential to the motion
C. Angular acceleration D. None of these B. away from the center
2. A particle of mass 2 kg is moving along a circular path C. towards the center
of radius 1 m. If its angular speed is 2π rad s−1, the D. None of these
centripetal force on it is 11. The maximum tension that an inextensible ring of
A. 4πN B. 8πN C. 4π4N D. 8π2N radius 1 m and mass density 0.1 kg m−1 can bear is 40 N.
3. An insect of mass m=3kg is inside a vertical drum of The maximum angular velocity with which it can be
radius 2m that is rotating with an angular velocity rotated in a circular path is
of 5rads−1 . The insect doesn't fall off. Then, the A. 20 rad/s B. 18 rad/s
minimum coefficient of friction required is C. 16 rad/s D. 15 rad/s
A. 0.5 12. Two particles of equal masses are revolving in
circular paths of radii r1 and r2 respectively with the same
B. 0.4
speed. The ratio of their centripetal force is
𝑟2 𝑟2 𝑟 𝑟
C. 0.2 A. B. √ C. ( 1 )2 D. ( 2 )2
𝑟1 𝑟1 𝑟2 𝑟1

D. None of these 13. The angular speed of a fly wheel making 120
revolutions / minute is
4. The speed of revolution of a particle going around a A. 2π rad/s B. 4π2 rad/s
circle is doubled and its speed is halved, what happens to C. π rad/s D. 4π rad/s
the centripetal acceleration? 14. A mass 2 kg is whirled in a horizontal circle by
A. Becomes 4 times B. Doubled means of a string at an initial speed of 5 revolutions per
C. Halved D. Remains unchanged minute . Keeping the radius constant the tension in the
5. A particle is moving on a circular path of 10 m radius. string is doubled. The new speed is nearly
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At any instant of time, its speed is 5ms−1 and the speed is A. rev/min B. 10 rev/min
√2
increasing at a rate of 2ms−2. At this instant, the
C. 10√2rev/min D. 5√2rev/min
magnitude of the net acceleration will be
15. A stone of mass of 16 kg is attached to a string 144 m
A. 3.2m/s2 B. 2m/s2
2 long and is whirled in a horizontal circle. The maximum
C. 2.5m/s D. 4.3m/s2
tension the string can withstand is 16 Newton . The
6. A coin, placed on a rotating turntable slips, when it is
maximum velocity of revolution that can be given to the
placed at a distance of 9cm from the center. If the angular
stone without breaking it, will be
velocity of the turnable is tripled, it will just slip, If its
A. 20 m/s B. 16 m/s C. 14m/s D. 12m/s
distance from the center is
16. A particle moves with constant speed v along a
A. 27 cm B. 9 cm C. 3 cm D. 1 cm
circular path of radius r and completes the circle in time
7. A particle moves in a uniform circular motion. Choose
T. The acceleration of the particle is
the wrong statement. 2𝜋𝑣 2𝜋𝑟 2𝜋𝑟 2 2𝜋𝑣 2
A. The particle moves with constant speed. A. 𝑇 B. 𝑇 C. 𝑇 D. 𝑇
B. The acceleration is always normal to the velocity. 17. A stone is attached to a rope of length l=80 cm is
C. The particle moves with uniform acceleration. rotated with a speed of 240 rpm. At the moment when the
D. The particle moves with variable velocity. velocity is directed vertically upwards, the rope breaks.
8. A bob of mass m, suspended by a string of length l1 is To what height does the stone rise further?
given a minimum velocity required to complete a full A. 1.2 m B. 41.2 m C. 20.6 m D. 24.9m
circle in the vertical plane. At the highest point, it 18. If a cycle wheel of radius 0.4m completes one
collides elastically with another bob of mass 2m revolution in one second, then acceleration of the cycle is
suspended by a string of length l2, which is initially at A. 0.4πm/s2 B. 0.8πm/s2
rest. Both strings are massless and inextensible. If the C. 0.4π2m/s 2
D. 1.6π2m/s2
second bob, after collision acquires the minimum speed 19. A stone is tied to one end of a string. On holding the
required to complete a full circle in the vertical plane, the other end, the string is whirled in a horizontal plane with
ratio l2/l1 is (5/4)n. The value of n is
progressively increasing speed. It breaks at some speed 29. An electron revolve round the nucleous with the
because radius of the circular orbit is 'r' . To double the kinetic
A. the gravitational forces of the Earth is greater than the energy of the electron its orbital radius will be
tension in string. A. √2r B. −√2r C. √3r D. −√3r
B. the required centripetal force is greater than the 30. Angle between the centripetal acceleration and radius
tension sustained by the string. vector is
C. the required centripetal force is less than the tension in A. 90° B. 180° C. 0° D. 45°
the string. 31. Angular velocity of hour hand of a watch is
D. the centripetal force is greater than the weight of the 𝜋 𝜋
A. 43200rad/s B. 21600 rad/s
stone. 𝜋 𝜋
20. A stone of mass 250 gram , attached at the end of a C. rad/s D. rad/s
30 1800
string of length 1.25 m is whirled in a horizontal circle at 32. At a curved path of a road, the road bed is raised the
a speed of 5 m/s . What is the tension in the string ? curved path, the slop of the road bed is given by the
A. 2.5 N B. 5 N C. 6 N D. 8 N equation .
𝑟 𝑟𝑔
21. A tube of length L is filled completely with an A. tanθ =𝑔𝑣 2 B. tanθ = 𝑣 2
incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both ends. 𝑣 2𝑔 𝑣2
The tube is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one C. tanθ = 𝑟
D. tanθ = 𝑟𝑔
of its end with a uniform angular velocity ω. Find the 33. Centripetal force in velocity from can be expressed as
force exerted by the liquid at the other end. 𝑚𝑣 2 𝑚𝑣 2
𝑀𝐿𝜔 2
A. 𝐹⃗ = B. 𝐹⃗ = 𝑟⃗
𝑟 𝑟
A. B. 𝑀𝐿𝜔2 𝑚𝑣 2 𝑚𝑣 2
2
𝑀𝐿2𝜔 2 𝑀𝐿𝜔 2
C. 𝐹⃗ = 2 𝑟⃗ D. 𝑟⃗
𝑟 𝑟
C. D. 34. For a particle performing a uniform circular motion
2 4
22. A van moving with a speed of 108km/h on level road the acceleration is
where coefficient of friction between tyres and rod is 0.5 A. constant in direction
.For the safe driving of van the minimum radius of B. constant in magnitude but not in direction
curvature of the rod will be (g=10m/s2) C. constant in magnitude and direction
A. 80 m B. 40 m C. 180 m D. 20m D. constant neither in magnitude nor in direction.
23. A weightless thread can bear tension up to 3.7 kg 35. If a particle moves with uniform speed its tangential
weight. A stone of mass 500 g is tied at its one end acceleration will be
revolved in a vertical circular path of radius 4m. If g = A. zero
10m/s2, then the maximum angular velocity of the stone B. constant in magnitude but not in direction
is (rad/s) is C. infinite D. None of these
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 36. If a stone of mass m is rotated in a vertical circular
24. A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration path of radius 1m, the critical velocity is
about its axis. Initially, its angular velocity is zero. In the A. 6.32 m/s B. 3.13 m/s
first 2sec, it rotates through an angle θ1, in the next 2sec, C. 9.48 m/s D. 12.64m/s
it rotates through an angle θ2. The ratio of θ2 / θ1 is 37. If T and T' are the periods of a simple pendulum and
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 a conical pendulum of the sample length then .
25. A wheel of diameter 20 cm is rotating 600 rpm. The A. T1 = T2 B. T1 > T2
linear velocity of particle at its rim is 𝑇
C. T1 < T2 D. T1 = 22
A. 6.28 cm/s B. 62.8 cm/s
C. 0.628 cm/s D. 628.8cm/s 38. Tension of a string is 6.4 N and load is applied to it at
26. A wheel rotates with a constant angular velocity of its lower end of a string is 0.1 kg .If the length of string is
600 rpm. What is the angle through which the wheel 6 m , then its angular velocity will be
rotates in 1s? A. 4 rad/s B. 3rad/s
A. 5π rad B. 20πrad C. 2rad/s D. 1rad/s
C. 15π rad D. 10π rad 39. In a vertical circle of radius r , at what point in its
27. An aeroplane is taking a turn in a horizontal plane. path a particle has tension equal to zero if it is just able to
While doing so, complete the vertical circle
A. it remains horizontal B. it inclines inward A. Highest point B. Lowest point
C. it inclines outward D. its wings becomes vertical. C. Any point D. An horizontal point.
28. An electric fan has blades of length 30cm as 40. In an atom, two electrons move around nucleus in
measured from the axis of rotation. If the fan is rotating circular orbits of radii ( R) and ( 4R) . The ratio of the
at 1200r ±, find the acceleration of a point on the tip of a time taken by them to complete one revolution is :
blade. A. 14 B. 4 C. 8 D. 18
A. 1600m/s2 B. 3200m/s2
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C. 4800m/s D. 6000m/s2
Answer key :
1. B 2. D 3.C 4. D 5.A
6. D 7. C 8.C 9.D 10.A
11.A 12.A 13.D 14.D 15.D
16.A 17. C 18.D 19.B 20. B
21. B 22. C 23.B 24.C 25.D
26.B 27.B 28.C 29.A 30.B
31.B 32.D 33.C 34.B 35.A
36.B 37.B 38.B 39.A 40.D