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A rigid ball rolls without slipping on a surface shown below.

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Which on the following is the most likely representation of the distance travelled by the ball vs time graph?

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Important Questions on Rotational Mechanics

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A solid sphere rolls without slipping, first horizontally and then up to a point x at height h on an inclined plane before rolling down, as shown in the figure below.

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The initial horizontal speed of the sphere is

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A ball is rolling without slipping in a spherical shallow bowl (radius R ) as shown in the figure and is executing simple harmonic motion. If the radius of the ball is doubled, then the time period of oscillation

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A uniform solid sphere of radius R and radius of gyration K about an axis passing through the centre of mass, is rolling without slipping. Then the fraction of total energy associated with its rotation will be
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A solid cylinder P rolls without slipping from rest down an inclined plane attaining a speed vP at the bottom. Another smooth solid cylinder Q of same mass and dimensions slides without friction from rest down the inclined plane attaining a speed vQ at the bottom. The ratio of the speeds vQvP is -
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A V-shaped rigid body has two identical uniform arms. What must be the angle between the two arms, so that when the body is hung from one end the other arm is horizontal?
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The angular speed of truck wheel is increased from 900 rpm to 2460 rpm in 26 seconds. The number of revolutions by the truck engine during this time is ______.

(Assuming the acceleration to be uniform).

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A rigid body is rotating with angular velocity ω about an axis of rotation. Let v be the linear velocity of particle which is at perpendicular distance r from the axis of rotation. Then the relation v=ωr implies that
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A small object of uniform density rolls up a curved surface with an initial velocity v. It reaches up to a maximum height of 3v24g with respect to the initial position. The object is 

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A rigid massless rod of length 3l has two masses attached at each end as shown in the figure. The rod is pivoted at point P on the horizontal axis. When released from the initial horizontal position, its instantaneous angular acceleration will be


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One end of a rod of length L=1 m is fixed to a point on the circumference of a wheel of radius R=13 m. The other end is sliding freely along a straight channel passing through the center O of the wheel as shown in the figure below. The wheel is rotating with a constant angular velocity ω (in radian per second) about O.

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The speed of the sliding end P when θ=60° is

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A solid disc of radius a and mass m rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane making an angle θ with the horizontal. The acceleration of the disc will be 2 bgsinθ, where b is _______.  (Round off to the nearest integer)

(g= acceleration due to gravity and θ= angle as shown in figure)

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A wheel of radius "rolls without slipping with a speed v on a horizontal road. When it is at a point A on the road a small bob of the mud separates from wheel at the highest point and touches the point B on the road as shown in the figure. Then AB is (g-acceleration due to gravity)

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A ball is spun with angular acceleration α=6t2-2t where t is in second and α is in rad s-2. At t=0, the ball has angular velocity of 10 rad s-1 and angular position of 4 rad. The most appropriate expression for the angular position of the ball is
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On a pulley of mass M hangs a rope with two masses m1 and m2m1>m2 tied at the ends as shown in the figure. The pulley rotates without any friction, whereas the friction between the rope and the pulley is large enough to prevent any slipping. Which of the following plots best represents the difference between the tensions in the rope on the two sides of the pulley as a function of the mass of the pulley?

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A tube of length 50 cm is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass 250 g and closed at both ends. The tube is then rotated in horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity xF rad s-1. If F be the force exerted by the liquid at the other end then the value of x will be _____ .
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A uniform ring of radius R is moving on a horizontal surface with speed v, then climbs up a ramp of inclination 30° to a height h. There is no slipping in the entire motion. Then, h is
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A particle of mass 10 g moves along a circle of radius 6.4 cm with a constant tangential acceleration. What is the magnitude of this acceleration if the kinetic energy of the particle becomes equal to 8×10-4 J by the end of the second revolution after the beginning of the motion?
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Consider two uniform discs of the same thickness and different radii  R1=R and R2=αR made of the same material. If the ratio of their moments of inertia I1 and I2, respectively, about their axes is I1:I2=1:16 then the value of α is :
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A rod AB is slipping on a frictionless surface as shown. The acceleration of A is 10 ms-2 downward, the acceleration of B will be:

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A disc is rolling on an inclined plane. What fraction of its total energy will be as rotational energy