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Best of Luck for Your Competitive Exams 7. Four thin rods of same mass M and same length l, form a square
as shown in figure. Moment of inertia of this system about an axis
through centre O and perpendicular to its plane is
1. The velocities of three particles of masses 20g, 30g and 50 g
4
are 10i , 10 j , and 10k respectively. The velocity of the centre of (a) Ml 2 l
3 A B
mass of the three particles is
2 P
Ml
(a) 2i 3 j 5k (b 10(i j k ) (b)
3 l l
O
(c) 20i 30 j 5k (d) 2i 30 j 50k Ml 2
2 The coordinates of the positions of particles of mass (c)
6 D C
7, 4 and 10 gm are (1, 5, 3), (2, 5,7) and (3, 3, 1) cm 2 l
respectively. The position of the centre of mass of the system (d) Ml 2
3
would be
8. Three point masses each of mass m are placed at the corners of
15 85 1 15 85 1 an equilateral triangle of side a. Then the moment of inertia of this
(a) , , cm (b) , , cm
7 17 7 7 17 7 system about an axis passing along one side of the triangle is
15 85 1 15 85 7 (a) ma2 (b) 3ma2
(c) , , cm (d) , , cm
7 21 7 7 21 3 3 2
(c) ma2 (d) ma2
4 3
3. The wheel of a car is rotating at the rate of 1200 revolutions per
minute. On pressing the accelerator for 10 sec it starts rotating at 9. The moment of inertia of a solid sphere of density and radius
4500 revolutions per minute. The angular acceleration of the R about its diameter is
wheel is
105 5 105 2
(a) 30 radians/sec2 (b) 1880 degrees/sec2 (a) R (b) R
176 176
(c) 40 radians/sec2 (d) 1980 degrees/sec2
176 5 176 2
(c) R (d) R
4. Angular displacement ( ) of a flywheel varies with time as 105 105
at bt 2 ct 3 then angular acceleration is given by 10. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius R is rotating about its
axis with a constant angular velocity . Four objects each of mass
(a) a 2bt 3ct 2 (b) 2b 6t m, are kept gently to the opposite ends of two perpendicular
(c) a 2b 6t (d) 2b 6ct diameters of the ring. The angular velocity of the ring will be
M (M 4m)
5. If the position vector of a particle is r (3i 4 j ) meter and its (a) (b)
M 4m M
angular velocity is (j 2k) rad/sec then its linear velocity is (M 4m) M
(in m/s) (c) (d)
M 4m 4m
i 6j 3k)
(a) (8 i 6j 8k)
(b) (3
11. The position of a particle is given by : r (i 2j k) and
i 6j 6k)
(c) (3 i 8j 3k)
(d) (6
P (3i 4 j 2k) . The angular momentum is
momentum
6. A circular disc X of radius R is made from an iron plate of perpendicular to
thickness t, and another disc Y of radius 4R is made from an iron
(a) X-axis
t
plate of thickness . Then the relation between the moment of
4 (b) Y-axis
inertia IX and IY is (c) Z-axis
(a) IY = 64IX (b)IY = 32IX
(d) Line at equal angles to all the three axes
(c) IY = 16IX (d)IY = IX
28. The moment of inertia of a thin uniform rod of mass M and 34. As we go from the equator to the poles, the value of g
length L about an axis passing through its midpoint and (a) Remains the same
perpendicular to its length is I0. Its moment of inertia about an (b) Decreases
axis passing through one of its ends and perpendicular to its (c) Increases
length is :- (d) Decreases upto a latitude of 45
(1) I0 + ML2/2 (2) I0 + ML2/4
35. If R is the radius of the earth and g the acceleration due to
(3) I0 + 2ML2 (4) I0 + ML2 gravity on the earth's surface, the mean density of the earth
is
29. The moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc is maximum (a) 4G / 3 gR (b) 3R / 4 gG
about an axis perpendicular to the disc and passing through: (c) 3 g / 4RG (d) RG / 12G
36. The moon's radius is 1/4 that of the earth and its mass is
C 1/80 times that of the earth. If g represents the acceleration
D due to gravity on the surface of the earth, that on the
B
A surface of the moon is
(a) g/4 (b) g/5
(c) g/6 (d) g/8
(1) D (2) A 37. At what altitude in metre will the acceleration due to gravity
(3) B (4) C
be 25% of that at the earth's surface (Radius of earth = R
metre)
30. When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its
angular momentum is directed along :- 1
(a) R (b) R
(1) the radius 4
(2) the tangent to the orbit 3 R
(3) a line perpendicular to the plane of rotation (c) R (d)
8 2
(4) the line making an angle of 45 to the plane of rotation.
38. The acceleration due to gravity near the surface of a planet
of radius R and density d is proportional to
31. A satellite of the earth is revolving in a circular orbit with a
uniform speed v. If the gravitational force suddenly d
(a) (b) dR 2
disappears, the satellite will R2
(a) Continue to move with velocity v along the original d
(c) dR (d)
orbit R
(b) Move with a velocity v, tangentially to the original orbit 39. If earth is supposed to be a sphere of radius R, if g30 is
(c) Fall down with increasing velocity value of acceleration due to gravity at latitude of 30o and g
at the equator, the value of g g 30o is [
(d) Ultimately come to rest somewhere on the original orbit 1 2 3 2
(a) R (b) R
32. The earth (mass 6 10 24
kg ) ) revolves round the sun 4 4
7 1 2
with angular velocity 2 10 rad / s in a circular orbit of (c) 2 R (d) R
2
8
radius 1.5 10 km . The force exerted by the sun on the 40. Energy required to move a body of mass m from an orbit of
earth in newtons, is radius 2R to 3R is
(a) 18 10 25 (b) Zero (a) GMm/12R 2 (b) GMm/3 R 2
(c) 27 1039 (d) 36 10 21 (c) GMm/8 R (d) GMm/6R
(c) 6 hr (d) 6 2 hr