
A rigid body is observed in equilibrium in a particular non-rotating non-inertial frame. What can you conclude, if the body is observed from an inertial frame?

Important Questions on Rotational Motion



One end of a horizontal uniform beam of weight and length is hinged on a vertical wall at point and its other end is supported by a light inextensible rope. The other end of the rope is fixed at point , at a height above the hinge at point . A block of weight is attached at the point of the beam, as shown in the figure (not to scale). The rope can sustain a maximum tension of . Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

Consider a uniform cubical box of side a on a rough floor that is to be moved by applying minimum possible force at a point above its centre of mass (see figure). If the coefficient of friction is , the maximum possible value of for a box not to topple before moving is ________

A rod of length can rotate about end What is the work done if the rod is rotated by


As shown in figure, a garden roller is pushed with a force of at an angle of with horizontal. The normal reaction on the roller is (Given )




A long ladder weighing leans on a frictionless wall. Its feet rest on the floor away from the wall as shown in the figure. If and are the reaction forces of the floor and the wall, then ratio of will be :
(Use .)

A football of radius is kept on a hole of radius made on a plank kept horizontally. One end of the plank is now lifted so that it gets tilted making an angle from the horizontal as shown in the figure below. The maximum value of so that the football does not start rolling down the plank satisfies (figure is schematic and not drawn to scale)

Shown in the figure is rigid and uniform one meter long rod held in horizontal position by two strings tied to its ends and attached to the ceiling. The rod is off mass and has another weight of mass hung at a distance of from . The tension in the string at is:


A uniform rod of length and mass is balanced on a wedge placed at mark. A mass of is suspended from the rod at and another unknown mass is suspended from the rod at mark as shown in the figure. Find the value of such that the rod is in equilibrium.

A bead of mass stays at point on a wire bent in the shape of a parabola and rotating with angular speed (see figure). The value of is (neglect friction)




A uniform rod of mass m and length is suspended by means of two light inextensible strings as shown in figure. tension in one string immediately after the other string is cut is



