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A chain of mass m forming a circle of radius R is slipped on a smooth round cone with half-angle θ. Find the tension in the chain if it rotates with a constant angular velocity ω about a vertical axis coinciding with the symmetry axis of the cone.

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Important Questions on Laws of Motion

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One end of massless spring of spring constant 100 N/m and natural length 0.49 m is fixed and other end is connected to a body of mass 0.5 kg lying on a frictionless horizontal table. The spring remains horizontal. If the body is made to rotate at an angular velocity of 2rad/s, then the elongation of the spring will be
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A ball of mass m is attached to the free end of an inextensible string of length l. Let T be the tension in the string. The ball is moving in horizontal circular path about the vertical axis. The angular velocity of the ball at any particular instant will be
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If a particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle of radius r with a centripetal force -Kr2, total energy is
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A flat curve on a highway has a radius of curvature 400 m. A car goes around a curve at a speed of 32 m/s. What is the minimum value of the coefficient of friction that will prevent the car from sliding? (g = 9.8 m/s2)
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A pulley of radius 2 m is rotated about its axis by a force =20t-5t2 newton (where t is measured in seconds) applied tangentially. If the moment of inertia of the pulley about its axis of rotation is 10 kg m2, the number of rotation made by the pulley before its direction of motion is reversed is
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Distinguish between centripetal and centrifugal force.
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A uniform rod of length l and density ρ is revolving about a vertical axis passing through its one end. If  ω is the angular velocity of the rod then the centrifugal force per unit area of the rod is
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A particle of mass m is suspended from a ceiling through a string of length L. The particle moves in a horizontal circle of radius r such that r=L2. The speed of particle will be :
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One end of a string of length 'l' is connected to a particle of mass 'm' and the other to a small peg on a smooth horizontal table. If the particle moves in a circle with speed 'v', the net force on the particle (directed towards the centre is: (T is the tension in the string)
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Two spheres of equal masses are attached to a string of length 2 m as shown in figure. The string and the sphere are then whirled in a horizontal circle about O at a constant rate. What is the value of the ratio?
Tension in the string between P and QTension in the string between P and O=?

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A conical pendulum of length l makes an angle θ=45° with respect to Z-axis and moves in a circle in the XY plane. The radius of the circle is 0.4 m and its center is vertically below O. The speed of the pendulum, in its circular path, will be - Take g=10 m s-2
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A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring having force constant k and unstretched length l. The other end is fixed. The system is given an angular speed ω about the fixed end of the spring such that it rotates in a circle in gravity free space. Then the stretch in the spring is:
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A particle is moving with uniform speed along the circumference of a circle of radius R under the action of a central fictitious force F which is inversely proportional to R3. Its time period of revolution will be given by :
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A small object placed on a rotating horizontal turn table just slips when it is placed at a distance of 4 cm from the axis of rotation, if the angular velocity of the turn-table is doubled, the object slips when its distance from the axis of rotation is
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A disc of radius 0.4 m and mass 1 kg rotates about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane. The angular acceleration is 10 rad/s2. The tangential force applied to the rim of the disc is
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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 v. 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 v?

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A spherical bob hangs from a light inextensible string and moves in a horizontal circle with string making angle θ with the vertical. The length l of the string is then very slowly increased so that the motion is circular at all times to a good approximation. If h is the height from center of the circle to the pivot and r is the radius of the circle then hra. The value of a is
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A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of a car taking a turn of radius 10 m at a speed of 10 m s-1. Find the angle made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical if this angle does not change during the turn. (Assume g=10 m s-2)
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An insect is at the bottom of a hemispherical ditch of radius 1m. It crawls up the ditch but starts slipping after it is at height h from the bottom. If the coefficient of friction between the ground and the insect is 0.75, then his :g=10 m s-2
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The position vector of a particle R as a function of time is given by:

R=4sin2πti^+4cos(2πt)j^

Where R is in meters, t is in seconds and i^ and j^ denote unit vectors along x- and y-directions, respectively. Which one of the following statements is wrong for the motion of particle?