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A weightless thread can withstand tension upto 30 N. A stone of mass 0.5 kg is tied to it and is revolved in a circular path of radius 2m in a vertical plane. If g = 10 ms-2, then the,maximum angular velocity of the stone can be :

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Assertion (A): Two identical trains move in opposite senses in equatorial plane with same speeds relative to the earth's surface. They have equal magnitude of normal reaction.
Reason (R): The trains have different centripetal accelerations due to different speeds.
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A modern grand-prix racing car of mass m is travelling on a flat track in a circular arc of radius R with a speed v. If the coefficient of static friction between the tyres and the track is μs, then the magnitude of negative lift FL acting downwards on the car is:

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A body of mass 10 kg is attached to a wire of 0.3 m length. The breaking stress is 4.8×107 N m-2. The area of cross-section from the wire is 10-6 m2. The maximum angular velocity with which it can be rotated in a horizontal circle is
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A 500 kg car takes a round turn of radius 50 m with a velocity of 36kmph. The centripetal force acting on the car is
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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 motor cyclist wants to drive in horizontal circles on the vertical inner surface of a large cylindrical wooden well of radius 8.0 m, with minimum speed of 55 m s-1. The minimum value of coefficient of friction between the tyres and the wall of the well must be
g=10 m s-2
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Statement I: A cyclist is moving on an unbanked road with a speed of 7 km h-1 and takes a sharp circular turn along a path of the radius of 2 m without reducing the speed. The static friction coefficient is 0.2. The cyclist will not slip and pass the curve g=9.8 m s-2

Statement II : If the road is banked at an angle of 45°, cyclist can cross the curve of 2 m radius with the speed of 18.5 km h-1 without slipping. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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A boy ties a stone of mass 100 g to the end of a 2 m long string and whirls it around in a horizontal plane. The string can withstand the maximum tension of 80 N. If the maximum speed with which the stone can revolve is Kπ rev min-1. The value of K is :
(Assume the string is massless and un-stretchable)
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A point mass m is moved in a vertical circle of the radius r with the help of a string. The velocity of the mass is 7gr at the lowest point. The tension in the string at the lowest point is:
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A mass m is tied to one end of a spring and whirled in a horizontal circle with constant angular velocity. The elongation in the spring is 1 cm. If the angular speed is doubled, the elongation in the spring is 6 cm. The original length of the spring is
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The Earth (of mass 6×1024 kg ) revolves round the sun with an angular velocity of 2×10-7 rad s-1 in a circular orbit of radius 1.5×1011 km. The force exerted by the sun on the earth is         
 

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A curved road of diameter 1.8 km is banked so that no friction is required at a speed of 30 m s-1. What is the banking angle?
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What will be the minimum speed of the roller-coaster so that the passenger at the top, when becomes upside down, does not fall out? Consider the acceleration due to gravity as 10 m s-2, and the radius of curvature of the roller coaster is 10 m.
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A cycle turns around a curve at 25 miles per hour. If he turns at double the speed, the tendency to overturn is _______
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A car moves at a speed of 36 kmh-1 on a level road. The coefficient of friction between the car tyres and the road is 0.8. The car negotiates a curve of radius R. If g=10 ms-2, the car will skid (or slip) while negotiating the curve, if the value of R is
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A curved in a level road has a radius 75 m. The maximum speed of a car turning this curved road can be 30 m s-1 without skidding. If radius of curved road is changed to 48 m and the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road remains same, then maximum allowed speed would be _____  m s-1.
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A disc with a flat small bottom beaker placed on it at a distance R from its center is revolving about an axis passing through the center and perpendicular to its plane with an angular velocity ω. The coefficient of static friction between the bottom of the beaker and the surface of the disc is μ. The beaker will revolve with the disc if :
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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 smooth wire of length 2πr is bent into a circle and kept in a vertical plane. A bead can slide smoothly on the wire. When the circle is rotating with angular speed ω about the vertical diameter AB, as shown in figure, the bead is at rest with respect to the circular ring at position P as shown. Then the value of ω2 is equal to:
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Two stones of masses m and 2m are whirled in horizontal circles, the heavier one in radius r2 and the lighter one in radius r. The tangential speed of lighter stone is n times that of the tangential speed of the heavier stone. They are reported to experience the same centripetal force. The value of n is,