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Assertion (A): Fan spins even after switch is off

Reason (R): Fan in rotation has rotational inertia

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Important Questions on Rotational Dynamics

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A rod of length 50 cm is pivoted at one end. It is raised such that it makes an angle of 30o from the horizontal as shown and released from rest. Its angular speed when it passes through the horizontal (in rad s-1 ) will be g=10 ms-2

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A uniformly thick wheel with moment of inertia I and radius R is free to rotate about its centre of mass (see fig). A massless string is wrapped over its rim and two blocks of masses m1 and m2m1>m2 are attached to the ends of the string. The system is released from rest. The angular speed of the wheel when m1 descends by a distance h is:

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A solid cylinder of mass m and radius R rolls down inclined plane without slipping. The speed of its C.M. when it reaches the bottom is___

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Kinetic energy of rotation of a flywheel of radius 2 m, mass 8 kg and angular speed 4 rad s-1 about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through its center is
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Two discs of same moment of inertia ( I )  are rotating in same sense about their regular axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane of disc with angular velocities ω1 and ω2. They are brought into contact face to face coinciding the axis of rotation. The expression for loss in energy during this process is
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A disc of mass M and radius R rolls without slipping on a level surface with a linear speed v. Its kinetic energy will be given by
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A wheel is rotating freely with an angular speed ω on a shaft. The moment of inertia of the wheel is I and the moment of inertia of the shaft is negligible. Another wheel of moment of inertia 3I initially at rest is suddenly coupled to the same shaft. The resultant fractional loss in the kinetic energy of the system is:
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Two bodies have their moments of inertia I and 2I respectively about their axes of rotation. If their kinetic energies of rotation are equal, their angular momenta will be in the ratio__
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A disc of radius 2 m and mass 100 kg rolls on a horizontal floor. Its centre of mass has speed of 20 cm s-1. How much work is needed to stop it?
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A solid sphere and solid cylinder of identical radii approach an incline with the same linear velocity (see figure). Both roll without slipping all throughout. The two climb maximum heights hsph and hcyl on the incline. The ratio hsphhcyl  is given by:
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A wheel is at rest in horizontal position. Its M.I. about vertical axis passing through its centre is I. A constant torque τ acts on it for t second. The change in rotational kinetic energy is
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A solid sphere of mass 2 kg is rolling on a frictionless horizontal surface with velocity 6 m s-1. It collides on the free end of an ideal spring whose other end is fixed. The maximum compression produced in the spring will be (Force constant of the spring = 36 N m-1).
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A solid cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls down a smooth inclined plane about its own axis and reaches the bottom with velocity v. The height of the inclined plane is (g= acceleration due to gravity)
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A cylinder of mass 2 kg is released from rest from the top of an inclined plane of inclination 30° and length 1 m. If the cylinder rolls without slipping, then its speed when it reaches the bottom is [g=10 m s-2]
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A wheel of mass 10 kg and radius 0.8 m is rolling on a road with an angular speed 20rads-1 without sliding. The moment of inertia of the wheel about the axis of rotation is 1.2kgm2, then the percentage of rotational kinetic energy in the total kinetic energy of the wheel is ____________(approximately)
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A uniform circular disc of mass 400 g and radius 4.0 cm is rotated about one of its diameter at an angular speed of 10 rad s-1. The kinetic energy of the disc is
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The ring of radius 1 m and mass 15 kg is rotating about its diameter with angular velocity of 25rad/sec. Its kinetic energy is
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A stationary horizontal disc is free to rotate about its axis. When a torque is applied on it, its kinetic energy as a function of θ, where θ is the angle by which it has rotated, is given as kθ2. If its moment of inertia is I then the angular acceleration of the disc is:
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A uniform thin rod of length 2L and mass m lies on a horizontal table. A horizontal impulse J is given to the rod at one end. There is no friction. The total kinetic energy of the rod just after the impulse will be
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A solid sphere of mass, m and radius, R is rotating about its diameter. A solid cylinder of the same mass and same radius is also rotating about its geometrical axis with an angular speed twice that of the sphere. The ratio of their kinetic energies of rotation EsphereEcylinder will be