Q1 A car moving on a horizontal road may be thrown out of the road in taking a turn :

(a) by a gravitational force

(b) due to lack of proper centripetal force
(c) due to the rolling frictional farce between the tyre and road
(d) due to the reaction of the ground

Q 2. When a body moves with constant speed in a circular path, then:

(a) work done wilt be zero (b) acceleration will be. zero
(c) no force acts on a body (d) its velocity remains constant

Q 3. Two planets of masses m1 and m2 in (m1 > m2) are revolving round the sun in circular
orbits of radii r1 and r2 (r1 > r2 respectively. The velocities of planets be v1 and v2
respectively. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) v1 = v2 (b) v1 = v2 (c) v1 = v2 (d) v1/r2 = v2/r2

Q 4. A national roadway bridge over a canal is in the form of an arc of a circle of radius 49 in.
What is the maximum speed with which a car can move without leaving the ground at the
highest point? (take g = 9.8 m/s2 )
(a) 19.6 m/s (b) 40 m/s (c) 22 m/s (d) none of these

Q 5. A bucket full of water is rotated in a vertical circle of radius R. If the water does not split
out, the speed of the bucket at top most point will be:
R
(a) Rg (b) 5 Rg (c) 2 Rg (d)
g

Q 6. In an atom two electrons move round the nucleus in circular orbits of radii R and 4R
respectively. The ratio of the time taken by them to complete one revolution is:
(a) 1/4 (b) 4/1 (c) 8/1 (d) 1/8

Q 7. When a simple pendulum is rotated in a vertical plane with constant angular velocity
centripetal force is:
(a) maximum at highest point (b) maximum at lowest point
(c) same at all points (d) zero

Q 8. The wheel of toy car rotates about a fixed axis. It slows down from 400 rps to 200 rps in
2 sec. Then its angular retardation in rad/s2 is:
(a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 400 (d) none of these

Q 9. Two toy cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving along the circular paths of radii r1 and r2.
They cover equal distances in equal times. The ratio of angular velocities of two cars will
be:
(a) m1 : m2 (b) r1 : r2 (c) 1:1 (d) m1r1 : m2r2

Q 10. A stone tied to the end of 20 cm long string is whirled in a horizontal circle. If the
centripetal acceleration is 9.8 ms-2 its angular speed in radian per sec is:
(a) 22/7 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 20

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Q 11. A particle of mass 100 g tied to a string is rotated along a circle of radius 0.5 m. The
breaking tension of string is 10 N. The maximum speed with which particle can be
rotated without breaking the string is:
(a) 10 m/s (b) 9.8 m/s (c) 7.7 m/s (d) 7.07 m/s

Q 12. A car wheel is rotated to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its angular
velocity is zero. It rotates through an angle 1 in the first 2 sec, in the next 2 sec, it rotates
through an additional angle 2 the ratio of 2 = 1 is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

Q 13. A mass of stone 1 kg is tied at one end of string of length 1 m. It is whirled in a vertical
circle at constant speed of 4 m/s. The tension in the string is 6 N when the stone is at:(g =
10 m/s2)
(a) top of the circle (b) bottom of the circle (c) half way down (d) none of these

Q 14. A car travels with a uniform velocity in north direction. It goes over a piece of mud which
sticks to the tyre, the particles of the mud, as it leaves the ground are thrown :
(a) vertically downward (b) vertically upward
(c) horizontally to. north (d) horizontally to south

Q 15. A chain of 125 links is 1.25 m long and has a mass of 2 kg with the ends fastened
together. It is set for rotating at 50 rev/s, the centripetal force on each link is:
(a) 3.14 N (b) 0.314 N (c) 314 N (d) none of these

Q 16. A coin placed on a rotating turntable just slips if it is placed at a distance of 8 cm from the
centre. If angular velocity of the turntable is doubled, it will just slip at a distance of:

(a) 1cm (b) 2 cm (c) 4cm (d) 8cm

Q 17. The radial and tangential acceleration are represented by. ar and aT respectively. The
motion of a particle will be circular if:
(a) ar = 0 but at 0 (b) ar = 0 and at = 0
(c) ar 0 but at = 0 (d) ar 0 and at 0

Q 18. A motor cyclist rides around the well with a round vertical wall and does not fall down
while riding because:
(a) the force of gravity disappears
(b) he loses weight some how
(c) he is kept in this path due to the force exerted by surrounding air
(d) the frictional force of the wall balances his weight

Q 19. The string of a pendulum is horizontal. The mass of bob attached to it is m. Now the
string is released. The tension in the string in the lowest position, is:
(a) mg (b) 2mg (c) 3mg (d) 4mg

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Q 20. A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length L = 10/3 is whirling in a
circular path of radius L in vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension to the
mininum tension in the string is 4, what is the speed of stone at the highest point of the
circle? (Taking g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 10 m/s (b) 52 m/s (c) 103 m/s (d) 20 m/s

Q 21. A wheel of radius R is rolling in a straight line without slipping on a plane surface, the
plane of the wheel is vertical. For the instant when the axis of the wheel is moving with a
speed v relative to the surface, the instantaneous velocity of any point P on the rim of the
wheel relative to the surface will be:
(a) v (b) v (1 + cos ) (c) v 2(1 cos ) (d) none of these

Q 22. A small body of mass m slides down from the top of a hemisphere of radius R. The
surface of block and hemisphere are frictionless. The height at which the body lose
contact with the surface of the sphere is :
3 2 1 1
(a) R (b) R (c) R (d) R
2 3 2 3

Q 23. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius R is rotating about its axis with a constant
angular velocity . Two objects, each of mass m, are attached gently to the opposite ends
of a diameter of the ring. The ring now rotates with an angular velocity:
M ( M 2 m) M ( M 2m)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
( M m) ( M 2 m) ( M 2 m ) M

Q 24. A heavy stone hanging from a massless string of length 15 m is projected horizontally
with speed 147 m/s. The speed of the particle at the point where the tension in the string
equals the weight of the particle is:
(a) 10 m/s (b) 7 m/s (c) 12 m/s (d) none of these

Q 25. A stone of mass 1 kg is tied to a string 4 m long and is rotated at constant speed of 40 m/s
in a vertical circle. The ratio of the tension at the top and the bottom is: ( g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 11: 12 (b) 39:41 (c) 41 : 39 (d) 12:11

LEVEL II

Q 1. In circular motion:
(a) radial acceleration is non-zero (b) radial velocity is zero
(c) body is in equilibrium (d) all of the above

Q 2. Mark correct option or options from the following:

(a) In the case of circular motion of a particle, centripetal force may be balanced by
centrifugal force
(b) In the non-inertial reference frame centrifugal force is real force
(c) In the inertial reference frame, centrifugal force is real force
(d) Centrifugal force is always pseudo force

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Q 3. A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular
to the velocity of the particle. The motion of the particle takes place in a plane. It follows
that :
(a) its velocity is constant (b) its acceleration is constant
(c) its kinetic energy is constant (d) it does not move on a circular path

Q 4. A stone of mass m tied to a string of length 1 is rotated in a circle with the other end of
the string as the centre. The speed of the stone is v. If the string breaks, the stone will:
(a) move towards the centre (b) move away from the centre
(c) move along a tangent (d) stop

Q 5. Two particles A and B having mass m each and charge q 1 and -q2 respectively, are
connected at the ends of a non conducting flexible and inextensible string of the length l.
The particle A is fixed B is whirled along a vertical circle with centre at A. If a vertically
upward electric field of strength E exists in the space, then for minimum velocity of
particle B :
(a) the tension force in string at lowest point is zero
(b) the tension force at the lowest point is non-zero
(c) the tension force at the highest point is zero
(d) the work done by interaction force between particles A and B is non-zero

Q 6. Particles are released from rest at A and slide down the smooth
surface of height h to a conveyor B. The correct angular velocity
0) of the conveyor pulley of radius r to prevent any sliding on the
belt as the particles transfer to the conveyor is:
2 gh 2 gh 2 gh 2
(a) 2 gh (b) (c) (d)
r r r2

Q 7. Two moving particles P and Q. are 10 m apart at a certain

instant. The velocity of P is 8 m/s making an angle of 30
with the line joining -P and Q and that of Q is 6 m/s making
on angle 30 with PQ as shown in figure. Then angular
velocity of P with respect to Q is:
(a) zero (b) 0.1 rad/sec (c) 0.4 rad/sec (d) 0.7 rad/sec

Q 8. A solid body rotates about a stationary axis so that its angular velocity depends on the
rotational angle as = 0 - k where 0 and k are positive constants. At the moment t
=0, =0, the time dependence of rotation angle is:
kt k kt
(a) k0e-kt (b) 0 e (c) 0 (1 e kt ) (d) (e 1)
k k 0

Q 9. The position of a point P is r a cos i b sin j where a and b are constants and is
angle between r and x-axis. If the rate of increasing of is , the equation of path of
particle is:
(a) circle (b) parabola (c) ellipse (d) straight line

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Q 10. A boat which is rowed with constant velocity u, starts from point A on the bank of river
which flows with a constant velocity v and it points always towards a point B. On the
other bank exactly opposite to A, the equation of the path of boat is:
u/v
u
(a) r sin c tan (b) r sin
2 v
u
(c) r sin (d) ur2 = v sin2
2

v
3 2
Q 11. The angular displacement of the rod is defined as = t where
20
is in radian and I is in second. The collar B slides along the rod
in such a way that its distance from O is, r = 0.9 - 0.12 t 2 where r is
in metre and t is in second. The velocity of collar at = 30 is:
(a) 0.45 m/s (b) 0.48 m/s (c) 0.52 3/s (d) 0.27 m/s

Q 12. Two buses A and B are moving around concentric circular paths of radii r A and rB. If the
two buses complete the circular paths in the same time, the ratio of their linear speeds is:
(a) 1 (b) rA/rB (c) rB/rA (d) none of these

Q 13. A stone of mass 0.3 kg attached to a 1.5 m long string is whirled around in a horizontal
circle at a speed of 6 m/s. The tension in the string is:
(a) 10N (b) 20N (c) 7.2 N (d) none of these

Q 14. A cyclist goes round a circular path of length 400 m in 20 second. The angle through
which he bends from vertical in order to maintain the balance is:
(a) sin-1 (0.64) (b) tan-1 (0.64) (c) cos-1 (0.64) (d) none of these

Q 15. The maximum speed with which an automobile can round a curve of radius 8 m without
slipping if the road is unbanked and the co-efficient of friction between the road and the
tyres is 0.8 is (g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 8 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) none of these

Q 16. A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and
closed at both 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
Q 17. A point on the periphery of a rotating disc has its acceleration vector making an angle of
30 with the velocity vector. The ratio ac/at (ac is centripetal acceleration and a is
tangential acceleration) equals:
(a) sin 30 (b) cos 30 (c) tan 30 (d) none of these

Q 18. A car of 1400 kg is moving on a circular path of radius 30 m with a speed of 40 km/h.
When the driver. applies the brakes and the car continues to move along the circular path,
what is the maximum deceleration possible if the tyres are limited to a total horizontal
friction of 10.6 kN?
(a) 10 m/s2 (b) 6.36 m/s2 (c) 4 m/s2 (d) None of these

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Q 19. A cyclist is travelling on a circular section of highway of radius 2500 ft at the speed of 60
mile/h. The cyclist suddenly applies the brakes causing the bicycle to slow down at
constant rate. Knowing that after eight second, the speed has been reduced to 45 mile/h.
The acceleration of the bicycle immediately after the brakes have-been applied is:
(a) 2 ft/s2 (b) 4.14 ft/s2 (c) 3.10 ft/s2 (d) 2.75 ft2/s

Q 20. A road of width 20 m forms an arc of radius 15 m, its outer edge is 2 m higher than its
inner edge. For what velocity the road is banked?
(a) 10 m/s (b) 14.7 m/s (c) 9.8 m/s (d) None of these

Q 21. Three identical cars A, B and C are moving at the same speed on three bridges. The car A
goes on a plane bridge, B on a bridge convex upwards and C goes on a bridge concave
upwards. Let FA, FB and FC be the normal forces exerted by the cars on the bridges when
they are at the middle of the bridges. Then:
(a) FA is maximum of the three forces (b) FB is maximum of the three forces
(c) FC is maximum of the three forces (d) FA = FB = FC

Q 22. A car runs from east to west and another car B of the same mass runs from west to east at
the same path along the equator. A presses the track with a force N 1 and B presses the
track with a force N2 Then:
(a) N1 > N2 (b) N1 < N2 (c) N1 = N2 (d) none of these

Q 23. A smooth track is shown in the figure. A part of track is a

circle of radius R. A block of mass m is pushed against a
spring of constant k fixed at the left end and is then
released. The initial compression of the spring so that the
block presses the track with a force mg when it reaches
the point P of the track, where radius of the track is
horizontal:
mgR 3gR 3mgR 3mg
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3k mk k kR

Q 24. A person wants to drive on the vertical surface of a large cylindrical wooden well
commonly known as death well in a circus. The radius of well is R and the coefficient of
friction between the tyres of the motorcycle and the wall of the well s. The minimum
speed, the motorcyclist must have in order to prevent slipping should be:
Rg s s g R
(a) (b) (c) (d)
s Rg R sg

Q 25. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10
m/s. A plumb bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light rigid rod of length 1 m.
The angle made by the rod with the track is:
(a) zero (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 60
Q 26. A particle of mass m is attached to one end of a string of length l while the other end is
fixed to a point h above the horizontal table, the particle is made to revolve in a circle on

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 the table, so as to make P revolutions per second. The maximum value of P if the particle
is to be in contact with the table will be:
g h 1 g
(a) 2P gh (b) (c) 2 P (d)
h g 2 h

Q 27. A rod of length L is hinged from one end. It is brought to a horizontal position and
released. The angular velocity of the rod when it is in vertical position is:
2g 3g g g
(a) (b) (c) (d)
L L 2L L

Q 28. Two wires AC and BC are tied at C of small sphere of mass 5 kg, which
revolves at a constant speed v in the horizontal circle of radius 1.6 m
The minimum value of v is:
(a) 3.01 m/s (b) 4.01 m/s
(c) 8.2 m/s (d) 3.96 m/s

Q 29. The skate board negotiates the circular surface of radius 4.5 m (shown
in the figure). At = 45, its speed of centre of mass is 6 m/s. The
combined mass of skate board and the person is 70 kg and his centre of
mass is 0.75 m from the surface. The normal reaction between the
surface and the skate board wheel is:
(a) 500 N (b) 2040 N (c) 1045 N (d) zero

Q 30. The small spherical balls are free to move on the inner
surface of the rotating spherical chamber of radius R = 0.2
m. If the halls reach a steady state at angular position =
45, the angular speed co of device is:
(a) 8 rad/sec (b) 2 rad/sec
(c) 3.64 rad/sec (d) 9.34 rad/sec

Q 31. In the given figure, the square plate is at rest at position A at time
t = 0 and moves as such = 1.5t2 where angular displacement
is in radian and time t is in second. A small object P of mass 0.4
kg is temporarily fixed to the plate with adhesive. The adhesive
force F that the adhesive must support at time t = 3 sec is:
(a) 20 N (b) 10 N (c) 45.6 N (d) zero

Q 32. A rod OA rotates about a horizontal axis through O with a constant

anticlockwise velocity = 3 rad/sec. As it passes the position =0 a
small block of mass m is placed on it at a radial distance r = 450 mm.
If the block is observed to slip at = 50, the coefficient of static
friction between the block and the rod is: (Given that sin 50 = 0.766,
cos 50 = 0.64)
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.55 (c) 0.8 (d) 1

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Q 33. A particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle of radius r under a centripetal force
k
given by where k is a constant, then:
2r
k k
(a) the total energy of the particle is (b) the kinetic energy of the particle is
2r r
k
(c)the potential energy of the particle is (d)the kinetic energy of the particle is
2 r
k

r

Q 34. Kinetic energy of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends on the distance
coveted as T = ks2 where k is a constant. The force acting on the particle as a function of s
is:
2 2 2 2

(b) 2ks 1
R
(c) 2ks 1
2k s s 2s R
(a) 1 (d) 1
s R s R
k s

Q 35. A projectile is projected at an angle 60 with horizontal with speed 10 m/s. The minimum
radius of curvature of the trajectory described by the projectile is:
(a) 2.55 m (b) 2 m (c) 10 m (d) none of these

Q 36. A particle moves on a curved path with constant speed v. The acceleration of the particle
at x = 0 is 2av2. The path of particle is:
(a) straight line (b) parabolic (c) elliptical (d) none of these

Answers
Level I

1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. d 7. c
8. a 9. c 10. a 11. d 12. c 13. a 14. d
15. c 16. b 17. c 18. d 19. c 20. a 21 c
22. b 23. c 24. b 25. b

Level II

1. d 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. d
8. c 9. c 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. c 14. b
15. a 16. a 17. c 18. b 19. b 20. b 21 c
22. a 23. c 24. a 25. c 26. d 27. b 28 d
29. c 30. c 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. c 35. a
36. b

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