ROTATIONAL MOTION

PAKET 1

1. A rod of negligible mass is pivoted at a point that is off-center, so that length l1 is different from length l2. The figures above
show two cases in which masses are suspended from the ends of the rod. In each case the unknown mass m is balanced by a
known mass, M1 or M2, so that the rod remains horizontal. What is the value of m in terms of the known masses?
A. M1 + M2
1
B. 2( M1 + M2)
C. M1M2
D. √𝑀1 + 𝑀2

2. A system of two wheels fixed to each other is free to rotate about a frictionless axis through the common center of the wheels
and perpendicular to the page. Four forces are exerted tangentially to the rims of the wheels, as shown above. The magnitude
of the net torque on the system about the axis is
A. 𝐹𝑅
B. 2𝐹𝑅
C. 5𝐹𝑅
D. 14𝐹𝑅

3. A boy and a girl are balanced on a massless seesaw. The boy has a mass of 60 kg and the girl's mass is 50 kg. If the boy sits 1.5
m from the pivot point on one side of the seesaw, where must the girl sit on the other side for equilibrium?
A. 1.8 m
B. 1.3 m
C. 2.5 m
D. 3.0 m
E. 1.2 m

4. The figure shows a person's foot. In that figure, the Achilles tendon exerts a force of magnitude F = 720 N. What is the
magnitude of the torque that this force produces about the ankle joint?

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 A. 26 N • m
B. 36 N • m
C. 16 N • m
D. 12 N • m
E. 21 N • m

5. Two equal-magnitude forces are applied to a door at the doorknob. The first force is applied perpendicular to the door, and
the second force is applied at 30° to the plane of the door. Which force exerts the greater torque about the door hinge?
A. the first force (applied perpendicular to the door)
B. the second force (applied at an angle)
C. Both forces exert zero torque.
D. Both forces exert equal non-zero torques

6. The moment of inertia of a solid cylinder about its axis is given by 0.5MR2. If this cylinder rolls without slipping, the ratio of
its rotational kinetic energy to its translational kinetic energy is
A. 3:1
B. 1:2
C. 1:3
D. 2:1
E. 1:1

7. A string is wound tightly around a fixed pulley having a radius of 5.0 cm. As the string is pulled, the pulley rotates without any
slipping of the string. What is the angular speed of the pulley when the string is moving at 5.0 m/s?
A. 25 rad/s
B. 100 rad/s
C. 20 rad/s
D. 10 rad/s
E. 50 rad/s

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8. For the wheel-and-axle system shown above, which of the following expresses the condition required for the system to be in
static equilibrium?
A. m1 = m2
B. am1 = bm2
C. am2 = bm1
D. a2m1 = b2m2

Questions number 9 – 10.

An ant of mass m clings to the rim of a flywheel of radius r, as shown above. The flywheel rotates clockwise on a horizontal
shaft S with constant angular velocity . As the wheel rotates, the ant revolves past the stationary points I, II, III, and IV. The
ant can adhere to the wheel with a force much greater than its own weight.

9. It will be most difficult for the ant to adhere to the wheel as it revolves past which of the four points?
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV

10. What is the magnitude of the minimum adhesion force necessary for the ant to stay on the flywheel at point III?
A. 𝑚𝑔
B. 𝑚𝜔2 𝑟
C. 𝑚𝜔2 𝑟 − 𝑚𝑔
D. 𝑚𝜔2 𝑟 + 𝑚𝑔

11. A turntable that is initially at rest is set in motion with a constant angular acceleration . What is the angular velocity of the
turntable after it has made one complete revolution?
A. √2𝛼
B. √2𝜋𝛼
C. √4𝜋𝛼
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 D. 4𝜋𝑎

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12. A bowling ball of mass M and radius R. whose moment of inertia about its center is (5) 𝑀𝑅2 , rolls without slipping along a
level surface at speed v. The maximum vertical height to which it can roll if it ascends an incline is
𝑣2
A. 5𝑔2
2𝑣
B. 5𝑔
𝑣2
C.
2𝑔
7𝑣 2
D. 10𝑔

13. The rigid body shown in the diagram above consists of a vertical support post and two horizontal crossbars with spheres
attached. The masses of the spheres and the lengths of the crossbars are indicated in the diagram. The body rotates about a
vertical axis along the support post with constant angular speed . If the masses of the support post and the crossbars are
negligible, what is the ratio of the angular momentum of the two upper spheres to that of the two lower spheres?
2
A. 1
1
B. 2
1
C. 4
1
D. 8

Question number 14 – 15
A wheel with rotational inertia I is mounted on a fixed, frictionless axle. The angular speed  of the wheel is increased from
zero to 𝑓 in a time interval T.
14. What is the average net torque on the wheel during this time interval?
𝜔𝑓
A. 𝑇 2𝑓
𝐼𝜔
B.
𝐼𝜔𝑇𝑓
C.
𝑇 2𝑓
𝐼𝜔
D. 𝑇

15. What is the average power input to the wheel during this time interval?
𝐼𝜔𝑓
A. 2𝑇2 𝑓
𝐼𝜔
B.
𝐼𝜔2𝑇2 𝑓
C. 2 2
2𝑇
𝐼 𝜔𝑓
D. 2
2𝑇

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 PAKET 2

1. A pulley has an initial angular speed of 12.5 rad/s and a constant angular acceleration of 3.41 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2 . Through what angle
does the pulley turn in 5.26 s?
A. 113 rad
B. 22.6 rad
C. 19.3 rad
D. 160 rad
E. 42.6 rad

2. Angular momentum cannot be conserved if

A. there is a net force on the system.
B. the angular displacement changes.
C. the moment of inertia changes.
D. there is net torque on the system.
E. the angular velocity changes.

3. When a fan is turned off, its angular speed decreases from 10 rad/s to 6.3 rad/s in 5.0 s. What is the magnitude of the average
angular acceleration of the fan?
A. 1.2 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2
B. 0.86 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2
C. 0.74 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2
D. 11 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2
E. 0.37 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2

4. Consider a solid uniform sphere of radius R and mass M rolling without slipping. Which form of its kinetic energy is larger,
translational or rotational?
A. Rotational kinetic energy is larger.
B. Both are equal.
C. Translational kinetic energy is larger.
D. You need to know the speed of the sphere to tell.

5. When is the angular momentum of a system constant?

A. Only when the linear momentum and the energy are constant.
B. Only when no net external torque acts on the system.
C. Only when its total kinetic energy is constant.
D. Only when no net external force acts on the system.
E. Only when the moment of inertia is constant.

6. A square piece of plywood on a horizontal tabletop is subjected to the two horizontal forces shown above. Where should a
third force of magnitude 5 newtons be applied to put the piece of plywood into equilibrium?

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7. A uniform rigid bar of weight W is supported in a horizontal orientation as shown above by a rope that makes a 30° angle with
the horizontal. The force exerted on the bar at point O, where it is pivoted, is best represented by a vector whose direction is
which of the following?

8. Consider a uniform hoop of radius R and mass M rolling without slipping. Which is larger, its translational kinetic energy or its
rotational kinetic energy?
A. Both are equal.
B. Rotational kinetic energy is larger.
C. Translational kinetic energy is larger.
D. You need to know the speed of the hoop to tell.

9. What condition or conditions is/are necessary for static equilibrium?

A. ΣFx = 0
B. ΣFx = 0, ΣFy = 0
C. ΣFy = 0
D. Στ = 0
E. ΣFx = 0, ΣFy = 0, Στ = 0

10. An object's angular momentum changes by 10 kg-m2/s in 2.0 s. What magnitude average torque acted on this object?
A. 5 N-m
B. 20 N-m
C. 2.5 N-m
D. 10 N-m
E. 40 N-m

11. Suppose a solid uniform sphere of mass M and radius R rolls without slipping down an inclined plane starting from rest. The
angular velocity of the sphere at the bottom of the incline depends on
A. the mass of the sphere.
B. the radius of the sphere.
C. both the mass and the radius of the sphere.
D. neither the mass nor the radius of the sphere.

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 A solid cylinder of mass m and radius R has a string wound around it. A person holding the string pulls it vertically upward, as
shown above, such that the cylinder is suspended in midair for a brief time interval ∆t and its center of mass does not move.
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The tension in the string is T, and the rotational inertia of the cylinder about its axis is 2 𝑀𝑅2

12. The net force on the cylinder during the time interval ∆t is
A. 𝑚𝑔
B. 𝑇 – 𝑚𝑔𝑅
C. 𝑚𝑔𝑅 – 𝛵
D. 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜

13. The linear acceleration of the person's hand during the time interval t is
𝑇𝑚𝑔
A. 𝑚
B. 2𝑔
𝑔
C. 2
𝑇
D. 𝑚

14. A particle of mass m moves with a constant speed v along the dashed line y = a. When the x-coordinate of the particle is 𝑥0,
the magnitude of the angular momentum of the particle with respect to the origin of the system is ….
A. Zero
B. 𝑚𝑣𝑎
C. 𝑚𝑣𝑥0
D. 𝑚𝑣√𝑥0 2 + 𝑎2

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15. Two blocks are joined by a light string that passes over the pulley shown above, which has radius R and moment of inertia 𝐼
about its center. 𝑇1 and 𝑇2 are the tensions in the string on either side of the pulley and α is the angular acceleration of the
pulley. Which of the following equations best describes the pulley's rotational motion during the time the blocks accelerate?
A. 𝑚2 𝑅 = 𝐼𝛼
B. 𝑇2 𝑅 = 𝐼𝛼
C. (𝑇2 − 𝑇1 )𝑅 = 𝐼𝛼
D. (𝑚2 − 𝑚1 )𝑔𝑅 = 𝐼𝛼

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 GRAVITATION
PAKET 1

1. An asteroid moves in an elliptic orbit with the Sun at one focus as shown above. Which of the following quantities increases
as the asteroid moves from point P in its orbit to point Q?
A. Speed
B. Angular momentum
C. Kinetic energy
D. Potential energy

2. A person weighing 800 newtons on Earth travels to another planet with twice the mass and twice the radius of Earth. The
person's weight on this other planet is most nearly
A. 400 N
800
B. N
√2
C. 800√2
D. 1,600 N

3. Mars has a mass 1/10 that of Earth and a diameter 1/2 that of Earth. The acceleration of a falling body near the surface of
Mars is most nearly
A. 0.25 𝑚/𝑠 2
B. 0.5 𝑚/𝑠 2
C. 2 𝑚/𝑠 2
D. 4 𝑚/𝑠 2

Questions number 4 – 5
A ball is tossed straight up from the surface of a small, spherical asteroid with no atmosphere. The ball rises to a height equal
to the asteroid's radius and then falls straight down toward the surface of the asteroid.

4. What forces, if any, act on the ball while it is on the way up?
A. Only a decreasing gravitational force that acts downward
B. Only a constant gravitational force that acts downward
C. Both a constant gravitational force that acts downward and a decreasing force that acts upward
D. No forces act on the ball.

5. The acceleration of the ball at the top of its path is

A. equal to the acceleration at the surface of the asteroid
B. equal to one-half the acceleration at the surface of the asteroid
C. equal to one-fourth the acceleration at the surface of the asteroid
D. zero

6. If the distance between the earth and the sun were half its present value, the number of days in a year would have been
A. 64.5
B. 129
C. 182.5
D. 730

7. The height at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes g/9 (where g = the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of
the earth) in terms of R, the radius of the earth, is
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 A. R/2
B. R/3
C. 2R
D. 3R

8. A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 36,000km. Then, the time period of a spy satellite
orbiting a few hundred km above the earth’s surface (R = 6,400km) will approximately be
1
A. 2 hr
B. 1 hr
C. 2 hr
D. 4 hr

9. Two bodies of masses m and 4m are placed at a distance r. The gravitational potential at a point on the line joining them
where the gravitational field is zero is
𝐺𝑚
A. 6 𝑟
𝐺𝑚
B. 9 𝑟
C. Zero
𝐺𝑚
D. 4 𝑟

10. Two particles of equal mass “m” go around a circle of radius R under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The
speed of each particle with respect to their center of mass is
A. √𝐺𝑚/𝑅
B. √𝐺𝑚/4𝑅
C. √𝐺𝑚/3𝑅
D. √𝐺𝑚/2𝑅

11. A spacecraft orbits Earth in a circular orbit of radius R, as shown above. When the spacecraft is at position P shown, a short
burst of the ship's engines results in a small increase in its speed. The new orbit is best shown by the solid curve in which of
the following diagrams?

12. Two artificial satellites, 1 and 2, are put into circular orbit at the same altitude above Earth’s surface. The mass of satellite 2
is twice the mass of satellite 1. If the period of satellite 1 is T, what is the period of satellite 2?
A. T/2
B. T
C. 2T
D. 4T

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13. A planet has a radius one-half that of Earth and a mass one-fifth the Earth’s mass. The gravitational acceleration at the surface
of the planet is most nearly
A. 4.0 𝑚/𝑠 2
B. 8.0 𝑚/𝑠 2
C. 12.5 𝑚/𝑠 2
D. 25 𝑚/𝑠 2

14. A ball thrown upward near the surface of the Earth with a velocity of 50 m/s will come to rest about 5 seconds later. If the
ball were thrown up with the same velocity on Planet X, after 5 seconds it would be still moving upwards at nearly 31 m/s.
The magnitude of the gravitational field near the surface of Planet X is what fraction of the gravitational field near the surface
of the Earth?
A. 0.16
B. 0.39
C. 0.53
D. 0.63

15. Two artificial satellites I and II have circular orbits of radii 𝑅 and 2𝑅, respectively, about the same planet. The orbital velocity
of satellite I is 𝑣. What is the orbital velocity of satellite II?
𝑣
A. 2
𝑣
B.
√2
C. √2𝑣
D. 2𝑣

16. 𝑅 and 𝑟 are the radii of the earth and moon respectively. 𝑒 and . 𝑚 are the densities of earth and moon respectively. The
ratio of the accelerations due to gravity on the surfaces of earth and moon is
𝑅 
A. 𝑟  𝑒
𝑟 𝑚
B. 𝑅 𝑚
𝑟 𝑒
C. 𝑅  𝑒
𝑅 𝑚
D. 𝑟 𝑚
𝑒

17. The escape velocity from the earth is 11 𝑘𝑚𝑠 −1 . The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius and same mean
density as that of the earth is
A. 5,5 𝑘𝑚𝑠 −1
B. 11 𝑘𝑚𝑠 −1
C. 22 𝑘𝑚𝑠 −1
D. None of these

18. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface, the gain in the potential energy of an object of mass m raised
from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius R of the earth is
1
A. 2 𝑚𝑔 𝑅
B. 2 𝑚𝑔 𝑅
C. 𝑚𝑔 𝑅
1
D. 4 𝑚𝑔 𝑅

19. A box weighs 196 N on a spring balance at the north pole. Its weight recorded on the same balance if it is shifted to the
equator is close is (Take 𝑔 = 10𝑚𝑠 − 2 at the north pole and the radius of the earth = 6400 km)
A. 195.66 N
B. 194.32 N
C. 194.66 N
D. 195.32 N

20. If the angular momentum of a planet of mass m, moving around the Sun in a circular orbit is L, about the centre of the Sun,
its areal velocity is
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A. L/m
B. 4L/m
C. L/2m
D. 2L/m

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 PAKET 2

1. The two spheres pictured above have equal densities and are subject only to their mutual gravitational attraction. Which of
the following quantities must have the same magnitude for both spheres?
A. Acceleration
B. Kinetic energy
C. Displacement from the center of mass
D. Gravitational force

2. An object has a weight W when it is on the surface of a planet of radius R. What will be the gravitational force on the object
after it has been moved to a distance of 4R from the center of the planet?
A. 16W
B. 4W
C. 1/4W
D. 1/16 W

3. A new planet is discovered that has twice the Earth's mass and twice the Earth's radius. On the surface of this new planet, a
person who weighs 500 N on Earth would experience a gravitational force of
A. 125 N
B. 250 N
C. 500 N
D. 1000 N

4. The mass of a spaceship is 1000 kg. It is to be launched from the earth’s surface out into free space. The value of ‘g’ and ‘R’
(radius of the earth) is 10 m/s2 and 6400 km respectively. The required energy for this work will be
A. 6.4 x 1010 Joules
B. 6.4 x 1011 Joules
C. 6.4 x 108 Joules
D. 6.4 x 109 Joules

5. A simple pendulum has a time period T1 when on the earth’s surface, and T2 when taken to a height R above the earth’s
surface, where R is the radius of the earth. The value of T2/T1 is
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 2

6. A satellite is moving with a constant speed ‘V’ in a circular orbit about the earth. An object of mass “m” is ejected from the
satellite such that it just escapes from the gravitational pull of the earth. At the time of its ejection, the kinetic energy of the
object is
1
A. 2 𝑚𝑉 2
B. 𝑚𝑉 2
3
C. 2 𝑚𝑉 2
D. 2 𝑚𝑉 2

7. What happens to the force of gravitational attraction between two small objects if the mass of each object is doubled and
the distance between their centers is doubled?
A. It is doubled
B. It is quadrupled
C. It is halved
D. It remains the same

8. One object at the surface of the Moon experiences the same gravitational force as a second object at the surface of the Earth.
Which of the following would be a reasonable conclusion?
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 A. both objects would fall at the same acceleration
B. the object on the Moon has the greater mass
C. the object on the Earth has the greater mass
D. both objects have identical masses

9. Two artificial satellites, 1 and 2, orbit the Earth in circular orbits having radii 𝑅1 and 𝑅2 , respectively, as shown above. If 𝑅2 =
2𝑅1 , the accelerations 𝑎2 and 𝑎1 of the two satellites are related by which of the following?
A. 𝑎2 = 4𝑎1
B. 𝑎2 = 2𝑎1
𝑎
C. 𝑎2 = 21
𝑎1
D. 𝑎2 = 4

10. If F1 is the magnitude of the force exerted by the Earth on a satellite in orbit about the Earth and F2 is the magnitude of the
force exerted by the satellite on the Earth, then which of the following is true?
A. F1 is much greater than F2
B. F1 is slightly greater than F2
C. F1 is equal to F2
D. F2 is slightly greater than F1

11. Two identical stars, a fixed distance D apart, revolve in a circle about their mutual center of mass, as shown above. Each star
has mass M and speed v. G is the universal gravitational constant. Which of the following is a correct relationship among these
quantities?
A. 𝑣 2 = 𝐺𝑀/𝐷
B. 𝑣 2 = 𝐺𝑀/2𝐷
C. 𝑣 2 = 𝐺𝑀/𝐷2
D. 𝑣 2 = 2𝐺𝑀 2 /𝐷

12. What is the minimum energy required to launch a satellite of mass m from the surface of a planet of mass M and radius R in
a circular orbit at an altitude of 2R?
A. 5𝐺𝑚𝑀/6𝑅
B. 2𝐺𝑚𝑀/3𝑅
C. 𝐺𝑚𝑀/2𝑅
D. 𝐺𝑚𝑀/3𝑅
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13. Suppose that the angular velocity of rotation of earth is increased. Then, as a consequence
A. There will be no change in weight anywhere on the earth
B. Weight of the object, everywhere on the earth, will increase
C. Except at poles, weight of the object on the earth will decrease
D. Weight of the object, everywhere on the earth, will decrease.

14. A particle is moving with a uniform speed in a circular orbit of radius R in a central force inversely proportional to the nth
power of R.3If the period of rotation of the particle is T, then…
A. 𝑇 ∝ 𝑅2𝑛
B. 𝑇 ∝ 𝑅(𝑛2 )+1
C. 𝑇 ∝ 𝑅(𝑛2 )+2
D. 𝑇 ∝ 𝑅 2

15. A simple pendulum and a mass hanging on a spring both have a period of 1 s when set into small oscillatory motion on Earth.
They are taken to Planet X, which has the same diameter as Earth but twice the mass. Which of the following statements is
true about the periods of the two objects on Planet X compared to their periods on Earth?
A. Both are the same.
B. Both are longer.
C. The period of the mass on the spring is shorter, that of the pendulum is the same.
D. The period of the pendulum is shorter; that of the mass on the spring is the same.

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