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Important Questions on Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

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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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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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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 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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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?
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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 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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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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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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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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A car is moving in a circular path of radius 450 m with a speed of 30 m s-1. If the speed of the car is increased at a rate of 2 m s-2, the resultant acceleration will be,
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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 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 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 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 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 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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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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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 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?