SUBJECT : PHYSICS

Topic : ROTATION
1. A disc is rotating about its own axis with 7. Three particles are connected by massless rods
angular frequency 100 rpm. When a mass of 100 lying along the y-axis. If the system rotates about
g is placed at 10 cm from its centre then its the x-axis with an angular speed of 2 rad/s, the
angular frequency becomes 50 rpm. The M.I. of the system is :-
moment of inertia of the disc is :
(1) 5 × 104 g cm2 (2) 104 g cm2
(3) 103 g cm2 (4) 105 g cm2
2. A hoop of radius r and mass m rotating with an
angular velocity ω 0 is placed on a rough horizontal
surface. The initial velocity of the centre of the
hoop is zero. What will be the velocity of the
centre of the hoop when it ceases to slip ?
rω0 rω0 rω0 (1) 46 kg-m2 (2) 92 kg-m2
(1) (2) (3) r ω 0 (4)
3 2 4 (3) 184 kg-m2 (4) 276 kg-m2
3. A wheel starts rotating from rest (with constant
angular acceleration) and attains an angular 8. A wheel of radius 20 cm has forces applied to it
velocity of 60 rad/sec in 5 seconds. The total as shown in the figure. The net torque produced
angular displacement in radians will be. by the forces 4 N at A, 8 N at B, 6 N at C and 9
N at D at angles indicated is:-
(1) 60 (2) 80 (3) 100 (4) 150
4. The axis X and Z in the plane of a disc are
mutually perpendicular and Y-axis is
perpendicular to the plane of the disc. If the
moment of inertia of the body about X and Y
axes is respectively 30 kg m2 and 40 kg m2 then
M.I. about Z-axis in kg m2 will be :-
(1) 10 kg m2 (2) 35 kg m2
(3) 70 kg m2 (4) 30 kg m2 (1) 5.4 N-m (anticlockwise)
5. The instantaneous angular position of a point on a (2) 1.8 N-m (clockwise)
rotating wheel is given by the equation θ (t) = 2t3 – 6t2 .
The torque on the wheel becomes zero at :- (3) 2.0 N-m (clockwise)
(1) t = 1s (2) t = 0.5 s (4) 5.4 N-m (clockwise)
(3) t = 0.25 s (4) t = 2s 9. A circular disc is rolling on a horizontal plane.
Its total kinetic energy is 150 J. What is its
6. The rotational kinetic energy of two bodies of
translational KE ?
moments of inertia 9 kg − m2 and 1 kg − m2 are
same. The ratio of their angular momentum is (1) 200 J (2) 100 J
(1) 3 : 1 (2) 1 : 3 (3) 9 : 1 (4) 1 : 9 (3) 125 J (4) None of these
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10. To maintain a rotor at a uniform angular speed 14. Three particles, each of mass m gram, are
of 100 rad s – 1, an engine needs to transmit situated at the vertices of an equilateral triangle
torque of 100 N-m. The power of the engine is :- ABC of side ℓ cm (as shown in figure). The
(Assume that efficiency of the engine is 100%.)
moment of inertia of the system about a line AX
(1) 10 kW (2) 100 kW perpendicular to AB and in the plane of ABC, in
(3) 10 MW (4) 100 MW gram-cm2 units will be –
11. Two identical rods each of mass M and length L
are kept according to figure. The moment of
inertia of rods about an axis passing through O
and perpendicular to the plane of rods, is :-

3
(1) mℓ2
4
(2) 2 m ℓ 2
1 2
(1) M L2 (2) M L2 5
3 3 (3) mℓ2
4
2 1
(3) 2M L (4) M L2 3
2 (4) mℓ2
2
12. A rotating table completes one rotation in 10 sec
15. Find the moment of inertia of a uniform solid
and its moment of inertia is 100 kg-m2. A
person of 50 kg mass stands at the centre of the sphere of mass “M” and Radius “R” about axis
rotating table. If the person moves 2m from the AB. If O is the center of the sphere.
centre, the angular velocity of the rotating
table (in rad/sec) will be :
2π
(1)
30
20 π
(2)
30
2π
(3)
3
(4) 2 π
13. A thin uniform circular ring is rolling down an 2
(1) MR2
5
inclined plane of inclination 30° without
2
slipping. Its linear acceleration along the (2) MR2
3
inclined plane will be :- 13
(3) MR2
(1) g/2 (2) g/3 20
11
(4) MR2
(3) g/4 (4) 2g/3 3
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16. A wheel of mass 10 kg has a moment of inertia 20. A ring of mass m is thrown in horizontal
of 160 kg m2 about its own axis, the radius of direction on a rough horizontal surface with a
gyration will be : speed v0 . The speed of the ring, when it start
(1) 10m (2) 8m (3) 6m (4) 4m pure rolling, is :-
17. A uniform rod of 60 kg is hanging in a horizontal
position with the help of two threads. It also
supports of 40 kg mass as shown in the figure.
Find tension developed T1 and T2 respectively: - v0 v0
(1) 2
(2) 3
2v0 3v0
(3) (4)
3 3
21. A particle of mass m is released from rest from
point A falling parallel to vertical y-axis. Its
angular momentum after falling through distance
(1) 300, 100 N (2) 600, 400 N h about O is :-
(3) 666.6, 333.3 N (4) 400, 200 N
18. A disc of mass M and radius R is rolling with
angular speed ω on a horizontal plane as shown.
The magnitude of angular momentum of the disc
about the origin O is
m√
(1) ma√2gh (2) 2gh
a
ma mh
(3) gh
(4) ag
22. Minimum force F required to make the block
1 2
(1) MR2 ω (2) M R ω topple is
2
3 2
(3) MR2 ω (4) 2M R ω
2
19. Consider the solid sphere moving on horizontal surface.
At some instant it has linear velocity v0 and angular
velocity about center of mass v0 . The translational
2R (1) 2 mg/3 (2) 3 mg/2
velocity after the sphere starts pure rolling: -
(3) 4 mg/3 (4) 3 mg/4
23. A wheel has angular acceleration of 3.0
rad/s2 and an initial angular speed of 2.00 rad/s.
In a time of 2 s it has rotated through an angle
5v0 6v0 (in radian) of :
(1) (2)
7 7 (1) 6 (2) 10
3v0 3v0
(3) (4) (3) 12 (4) 4
4 5
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24. The moment of inertia of a body about a given 28. Two thin rods each of mass ‘m’ and length ‘l’
axis of rotation depends upon :- are joined to form T-shaped structure as shown.
(1) the distribution of mass Find the moment of inertia about the point A -
(2) distance of particle of body from the axis of rotation
(3) shape of the body
(4) all of the above
25. A mass 'm' is moving at speed 'n' perpendicular
to a rod of length 'd' and mass M = 6 m which 1 5
pivots around a frictionless axle running through (1) ml2 (2) ml2
12 12
its centre (hinged at centre). If strikes and sticks 1 2
ml
7
ml2
(3) (4)
to the end of the rod. Then the angular speed of 3 12
the system just after the collision is :- 29. Three rods each of mass m and length L are
joined to form an equilateral triangle as shown in
the figure. What is the moment of inertia about
an axis passing through the centre of mass of the
(1) 2ν (2) 2ν (3) ν (4) 3ν system and perpendicular to the plane?
3d d d 2d
26. A wheel having moment of inertia 4 kg m2
about its axis, rotates at rate of 240 rpm about it.
The torque which can stop the rotation of the
wheel in one minute is :
2 mL2
(1)
5π
Nm (2)
8π
Nm (1) 2 mL (2)
15 2
7
2π 3π mL2 mL2
(3) Nm (4) Nm (3) (4)
9 7 3 6
27. A disc of mass M and radius R rolls on a horizontal 30. A rigid massless rod AB of length 1 m is placed
surface and then rolls up an inclined plane as shown horizontally on two rigid supports at its ends as
in the figure. If the velocity of the disc is v, the shown in figure. A weight 10 N is hung from a
height to which the disc will rise will be -
point C at a distance 30 cm from A. Find the
reaction at the supprts A and B respectively.

3v2 3v2
(1) (2)
2g 4g
v2 v2 (1) 5 N, 5 N (2) 6 N, 4 N
(3) (4)
4g 2g (3) 8 N, 2 N (4) 7 N, 3 N
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31. A particle is moving along a straight line 36. If a sphere is rolling, then the ratio of its
parallel to x-axis with constant velocity. Its rotational kinetic energy to the total kinetic
angular momentum about the origin: - energy is : -
(1) Decreases with time (1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 5
(2) Increases with time (3) 2 : 7 (4) 5 : 7
(3) Remains constant 37. A sphere cannot roll on : -
(4) is zero (1) a smooth horizontal surface
32. Two wheels A and B are placed co-axially wheel A (2) a smooth inclined surface
has moment of inertia I and angular velocity ω while (3) a rough horizontal surface
B is stationary with moment of inertia 2I. Then
(4) a rough inclined surface
calculate angular velocity when they move jointly.
38. A solid sphere is rotating about an axis as shown
(1) ω (2) ω (3) ω (4) 2ω
in figure. An insect follows the dotted path on
4 2 3 3
33. In the figure, if the rod is under rotational the circumference of sphere as shown.
equilibrium, the unknown mass m is (neglect the
mass of rod).

(1) 100 kg (2) 50 kg (3) 20 kg (4) 25 kg Column I Column II

34. Moment of Inertia of disc about its diameter is Will remain
constant
1 1 1
(1) MR2 (2) MR2 (3) MR2 (4) MR2 Moment of Will first increase
4 2 3
35. A uniform cube of side a and mass m rests on a inertia (p) then decrease
(A)
rough horizontal table. A horizontal force F is Angular (q) Will first decrease
(B)
applied normal to one of the faces at a point that is velocity (r) then increase
(C)
directly above the centre of the face, at a height Angular (s) Will continuously
(D)
3a momentum (t) decrease
above the base. The minimum value of F for Rotational (u) Will continuously
4
which the cube begins to tilt about the edge is kinetic energy increase
(Assume that the cube does not slide) Data is
insufficient
(1) A-q, B-r, C-p, D-r
(2) A-r, B-q, C-p, D-s
(3) A-s, B-v, C-t, D-p
mg 2mg 3mg (4) None of these
(1) 4
(2) (3) (4) mg
3 4
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39. A uniform rod AB of length ℓ and mass m is 42. The moment of inertia of a flywheel having
free to rotate about point A. The rod is released kinetic energy 360 J and angular speed of 20
from rest in horizontal position. Given that the rad s – 1 is : -
mℓ2 (1) 18 kg-m2 (2) 1.8 kg-m2
moment of inertia of the rod about A is .
3
The initial angular acceleration of the rod will (3) 2.5 kg-m2 (4) 9 kg-m2
be : - 43. A solid sphere rolls without slipping and presses
a spring of spring constant k as shown in figure.
Then, the compression in the spring will be
2g ℓ 3 3g
(1) (2) mg (3) gℓ (4)
3ℓ 2 2 2ℓ
40. A rolling ring of mass m and radius R has three
particles attached to the ring as shown in the
figure. The centre of the ring has a speed v0. The
v√ v√
kinetic energy of the system in case of no 2M 2M
(1) (2)
slipping is 3k 5k

v√ v√
5k 7M
(3) (4)
7M 5k
44. Moment of inertia of a disc about its own axis is
I. Its moment of inertia about a tangential axis in
its plane is : -
(1) 5 (2) 3I
I
2
(1) 6mv20 (2) 12mv20
(3) 3 (4) 2I
I
(3) 4mv20 (4) 8mv20 2
45. Two spheres each of mass M and radius R/2 are
41. A small pulley of radius 20 cm and moment of
inertia 0.32 kg-m2 is used to hang a 2 kg mass connected with a massless rod of length 2R as
with the help of massless string. If the block is shown in the figure. What will be the moment of
released, for no slipping condition acceleration inertia of the system about an axis passing
of the block will be through the centre of one of the spheres and
perpendicular to the rod?

21 2
(1) MR2 (2) MR2
5 5
(1) 2 m/s2 (2) 4 m/s2 5 5
(3) MR2 (4) MR2
(3) 1 m/s2 (4) 3 m/s2 2 21
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46. If I0 is the moment of inertia body about an axis 48. A wheel comprises of a ring of radius R and
passing through its center of mass. The moment mass M and three spokes of mass m each. The
about a parallel axis and at distance d is I = I0 + moment of inertia of the wheel about its axis is -
Md2. The variation of I with d is : -

(1)

m
(2) (1) (M + ) R2
4
(2) (M + m)R2
2
(3) (M + 3m)R

( ) R2
(3) M +m
(4) 2
49. Which of the following is true for pure rolling
(1) Vcm = R ω
(4)
(2) acm = R α

(3) Both (1) and (2)

47. The ratio of the time taken by a solid sphere and
(4) None of these
that taken by a disc of the same mass and radius
50. The angular velocity of a body is
to roll down a rough inclined plane from rest,
from the same height is → = 2i^ + 3j^ + 4k^ and a torque →τ = ^i + 2j^ + 3k^
ω

(1) 15 : 14 acts on it. The rotational power will be : -

(1) 20 unit
(2) √3 : √5
(2) 15 unit
(3) 14 : 15
(3) √17unit

(4) √14 : √15

(4) √406 unit

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