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Important Questions on Rotational Motion

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A hoop of radius r and mass m rotating with an angular velocity ω0 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?
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A particle of mass m is moving along the side of a square of side 'a', with a uniform speed υ in the x-y plane as shown in the figure:

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Which of the following statements is false for the angular momentum L about the origin?
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The time dependence of the position of a particle of mass m=2 is given by  r t=2t i^-3t2j^ . Its angular momentum, with respect to the origin, at time t=2  is:
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A thin smooth rod of length L and mass M is rotating freely with angular speed ω0 about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through center. Two beads of mass m and negligible size are at the center of the rod initially. The beads of mass m and negligible size are at the center of the rod initially. The beads are free to slide along the rod. The angular speed of the system, when the beads reach the opposite ends of the rod, will be:
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A disc of the moment of inertia I1 is rotating in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through a centre and perpendicular to its plane with constant angular speed ω1 Another disc of the moment of inertia I2 having zero angular speed is placed coaxially on a rotating disc. Now both the disc are rotating with the constant angular speed ω2. The energy lost by the initial rotating disc is
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Two coaxial discs, having moments of inertia I1 and I12 , are rotating with respective angular velocities ω1 and  ω12 (in the same direction), about their common axis. They are brought in contact with each other and thereafter they rotate with a common angular velocity. If Ef and Ei are the final and initial total energies, then Ef-Ei is:
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A cubical block of side 30 cm is moving with velocity 2 m s-1 on a smooth horizontal surface. The surface has a bump at a point O as shown in the figure. The angular velocity (in rad/s) of the block immediately after it hits the bump, is :

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A solid sphere of radius r is revolving about one of its diameters with an angular velocity ω. If it suddenly expands uniformly so that its radius increases to n times its original value, then its angular velocity becomes
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A thin circular ring of mass m and radius R is rotating about its axis perpendicular to the plane of the ring with a constant angular velocity ω. Two point particles 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 ω2. Then, the ratio mM is
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A horizontal disk of moment of inertia 4.25 kg-m2 with respect to its axis of symmetry is spinning counter clockwise at 15 revolutions per second about its axis, as viewed from above. A second disk of moment of inertia 1.80 kg-m2 with respect to its axis of symmetry is spinning clockwise at 25 revolutions per second as viewed from above about the same axis and is dropped on top of the first disk. The two disks stick together and rotate as one about their axis of symmetry. The new angular velocity of the system as viewed from above is close to.
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Three point masses each of mass m are kept at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side L. The system rotates about the center of the triangle without any change in the separation of masses during rotation. The period of rotation is directly proportional to cos30°=sin60°=32
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A bob of mass m attached to an inextensible string of length l  is suspended from a vertical support. The bob rotates in a horizontal circle with an angular speed ω  rad/s about the vertical. About the point of suspension :
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A uniformly thick wheel with moment of inertia I and radius R is free to rotate about its centre of mass (see fig). A massless string is wrapped over its rim and two blocks of masses m1 and m2m1>m2 are attached to the ends of the string. The system is released from rest. The angular speed of the wheel when m1 descends by a distance h is:

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A particle of mass 20 g is released with an initial velocity 5 m s-1 along the curve from the point A, as shown in the figure. The point A is at height h from point B. The particle slides along the frictionless surface. When the particle reaches point B, its angular momentum about O will be: (Take g=10 m s-2)

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A particle is moving uniformly along a straight line as shown in the figure. During the motion of the particle from A to B, the angular momentum of the particle about O''

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A satellite is moving in a low nearly circular orbit around the earth. Its radius is roughly equal to that of the earth's radius Re. By firing rockets attached to it, its speed is instantaneously increased in the direction of its motion so that it become 32 times larger. Due to this the farthest distance from the centre of the earth that the satellite reaches is R. Value of R is :
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Two uniform circular discs are rotating independently in the same direction around their common axis passing through their centres. The moment of inertia and angular velocity of the first disc are 0.1 kg-m2 and 10 rad s-1 respectively while those for the second one are  0.2 kg-m2 and 5 rad s-1 respectively. At some instant they get stuck together and start rotating as a single system about their common axis with some angular speed. The kinetic energy of the combined system is :
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A ball of mass 160 g is thrown up at an angle of 60° to the horizontal at a speed of 10 m s-1. The angular momentum of the ball at the highest point of the trajectory with respect to the point from which the ball is thrown is nearly g=10 m s-2
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Two rotating bodies,  A and B of masses,  m and 2m with moments of inertia IA and IB IB>IA have equal kinetic energy of rotation. If, LA and LB be their angular momenta, respectively, then,
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A particle of mass 2 kg is on a smooth horizontal table and moves in a circular path of radius 0.6 m. The height of the table from the ground is 0.8 m. If the angular speed of the particle is 12 rad s-1 , the magnitude of its angular momentum about a point on the ground right under the center of the circle is: