System of Particles and Rotational Motion

The moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc is maximum about an axis perpendicular to the disc and passing through [figure]

1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A

Three masses are placed on the x-axis : 300 g at origin, 500 g at x = 40 cm and 400 g at x = 70 cm. The distance of the centre of mass from the origin is :

1. 40 cm
2. 45 cm
3. 50 cm
4. 30 cm

A solid cylinder of mass 3 kg is rolling on a horizontal surface with velocity 4 m s-1. It collides with a horizontal spring of force constant 200 N m-1. The maximum compression produced in the spring will be

1. 0.5 m
2. 0.6 m
3. 0.7 m
4. 0.2 m

When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fixed point, its angular momentum is directed along

1. a line perpendicular to the plane of rotation
2. the line making an angle of 45 to the plane of rotation
3. the radius
4. the tangent to the orbit

Two persons of masses 55 kg and 65 kg respectively, are at the opposite ends of a boat. The length of the boat is 3.0 m and weighs 100 kg. The 55 kg man walks up to the 65 kg man and sits with him. If the boat is in still water the centre of mass of the system shifts by:

1. 3.0 m
2. 2.3 m
3. zero
4. 0.75 m

ABC is an equilateral triangle with O as its centre. F1, F2 and F3 represent three forces acting along the sides AB, BC and AC respectively. If the total torque about O is zero then magnitude of F3 is [figure]

1. F1 + F2
2. F1 - F2
3. F1 + F22
4. 2(F1 + F2)

A small mass attached to a string rotates on a frictionless table top as shown. If the tension in the string is increased by pulling the string causing the radius of the circular motion to decrease by a factor of 2, the kinetic energy of the mass will [figure]

1. decrease by a factor of 2
2. remain constant
3. increase by a factor of 2
4. increase by a factor of 4

The instantaneous angular position of a point on a rotating wheel is given by the equation (t) = 2t3 - 6t2 The torque on the wheel becomes zero at

1. t = 1 s
2. t = 0.5 s
3. t = 0.25 s
4. t = 2 s

The moment of inertia of a thin uniform rod of mass M and length L about an axis passing through its midpoint and perpendicular to its length is I0. Its moment of inertia about an axis passing through one of its ends and perpendicular to its length is

1. I0 + ML2/2
2. I0 + ML2/4
3. I0 + 2ML2
4. I0 + ML2

From a circular disc of radius R and mass 9M, a small disc of mass M and radius R3 is removed concentrically. The moment of inertia of the remaining disc about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disc and passing through its centre is

1. 409MR2
2. MR2
3. 4MR2
4. 49MR2