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Circular motion dynamics
- Advanced 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A solid cylinder of radius rolls without slipping with a center of mass speed on a horizontal surface with a vertical edge, as shown in the figure. Here, is the acceleration due to the gravity. At the moment when the cylinder loses contact with the surface due to rotation around the corner, the speed of its center of mass is:
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A 0.5 kg mass is in contact against the inner wall of a cylindrical drum of radius 4 m rotating about its vertical axis. The minimum rotational speed of the drum to enable the mass to remain stuck to the wall (without falling) is 5 rad/s. The coefficient of friction between the drum's inner wall surface and mass is ________. (Take m/s²)
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A car moving with a speed of 54 km/h takes a turn of radius 20 m. A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of the car. Determine the angle made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical during the turning. (Take m/s²)
- Advanced 2024PhysicsMultiple correct
A particle of mass is moving in a circular orbit under the influence of the central force , corresponding to the potential energy , where is a positive force constant and is the radial distance from the origin. According to the Bohr's quantization rule, the angular momentum of the particle is given by , where , is the Planck's constant, and a positive integer. If and are the speed and total energy of the particle, respectively, then which of the following expression(s) is(are) correct?
- Advanced 2024PhysicsSingle correct
A particle of mass is under the influence of the gravitational field of a body of mass . The particle is moving in a circular orbit of radius with time period around the mass . Then, the particle is subjected to an additional central force, corresponding to the potential energy , where is a positive constant of suitable dimensions and is the distance from the center of the orbit. If the particle moves in the same circular orbit of radius in the combined gravitational potential due to and , but with a new time period , then is given by
[ is the gravitational constant.]
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A boy ties a stone of mass 100 g to the end of a 2 m long string and whirls it around in a horizontal plane. The string can withstand the maximum tension of 80 N. If the maximum speed with which the stone can revolve is rev./min. The value of is :
(Assume the string is massless and unstretchable)
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A stone of mass m, tied to a string is being whirled in a vertical circle with a uniform speed. The tension in the string is
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A long cylindrical volume contains a uniformly distributed charge of density . The radius of cylindrical volume is . A charge particle () revolves around the cylinder in a circular path. The kinetic energy of the particle is :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A disc with a flat small bottom beaker placed on it at a distance from its center is revolving about an axis passing through the center and perpendicular to its plane with an angular velocity . The coefficient of static friction between the bottom of the beaker and the surface of the disc is . The beaker will revolve with the disc if :
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A curved in a level road has a radius 75 m. The maximum speed of a car turning this curved road can be 30 m/s without skidding. If radius of curved road is changed to 48 m and the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road remains same, then maximum allowed speed would be ______ m/s.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A ball is released from rest from point P of a smooth semi-spherical vessel as shown in figure. The ratio of the centripetal force and normal reaction on the ball at point Q is A while angular position of point Q is with respect to point P. Which of the following graphs represent the correct relation between A and when ball goes from Q to R ?
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
One end of a massless spring of spring constant and natural length is fixed while the other end is connected to a small object of mass lying on a frictionless table. The spring remains horizontal on the table. If the object is made to rotate at an angular velocity about an axis passing trough fixed end, then the elongation of the spring will be :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A smooth circular groove has a smooth vertical wall as shown in figure. A block of mass m moves against the wall with a speed . Which of the following curve represents the correct relation between the normal reaction on the block by the wall (N) and speed of the block () ?
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A tube of length 50 cm is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass 250 g and closed at both ends. The tube is then rotated in horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity rad s. If F be the force exerted by the liquid at the other end then the value of will be _______.
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A metal wire of length 0.5 m and cross-sectional area m has breaking stress N m. A block of 10 kg is attached at one end of the string and is rotating in a horizontal circle. The maximum linear velocity of block will be _______ m s.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A mass of 0.5 kg is attached to one end of a massless spring whose natural length is 1 m and spring constant is 800 N/m. The other end of the spring is fixed while the mass moves in a circular path in a horizontal plane with an angular speed of 20 rad/s. The extension in the length of the spring will be :
- Main 2021PhysicsSingle correct
Four identical particles of equal masses 1 kg made to move along the circumference of a circle of radius 1 m under the action of their own mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of each particle will be :
- Advanced 2020PhysicsMultiple correct
A particle of mass moves in circular orbits with potential energy , where is a positive constant and is its distance from the origin. Its energies are calculated using the Bohr model. If the radius of the particle's orbit is denoted by and its speed and energy are denoted by and , respectively, then for the orbit (here is the Planck's constant)
- Advanced 2020PhysicsMultiple correct
Shown in the figure is a semicircular metallic strip that has thickness and resistivity . Its inner radius is and outer radius is . If a voltage is applied between its two ends, a current flows in it. In addition, it is observed that a transverse voltage develops between its inner and outer surfaces due to purely kinetic effects of moving electrons (ignore any role of the magnetic field due to the current). Then (figure is schematic and not drawn to scale)
- Advanced 2020PhysicsMultiple correct
A student skates up a ramp that makes an angle 30° with the horizontal. He/she starts (as shown in the figure) at the bottom of the ramp with speed and wants to turn around over a semicircular path of radius during which he/she reaches a maximum height (at point ) from the ground as shown in the figure. Assume that the energy loss is negligible and the force required for this turn at the highest point is provided by his/her weight only. Then ( is the acceleration due to gravity)