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The axis of rotation of a purely rotating body:

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Important Questions on Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

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The centre of mass of a solid hemisphere of radius 8 cm is x cm from the centre of the flat surface. Then value of x is  
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As shown in figure, when a spherical cavity (centred at O ) of radius 1 is cut out of a uniform sphere of radius R (centred at C ), the centre of mass of remaining (shaded part of sphere is at G, i.e., on the surface of the cavity. R can be determined by the equation:
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The coordinates of the centre of mass of a uniform flag-shaped lamina (thin flat plate) of mass 4 kg. (The coordinates of the same are shown in the figure) are:

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A plank is moving in a horizontal direction with a constant acceleration ai^. A uniform rough cubical block of side l rests on the plank and is at rest relative to the plank.

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Let the centre of mass of the block be at 0, l2 at a given instant. If a=g10, then the normal reaction exerted by the plank on the block at that instant acts at

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In a physical balance working on the principle of moments, when 5mg weight is placed on the left pan, the beam becomes horizontal. Both the empty pans of the balance are of equal mass. Which of the following statements is correct?
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A ball of mass 100 g is dropped at time t=0. A second ball of mass 200 g is dropped from the same point at t=0.2 s. The distance between the center of mass of two balls and the release point at t=0.4 s is: (Assume g=10 m s-2)
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Three point particles of masses 1.0 kg, 1.5 kg and 2.5 kg are placed at three corners of a right angle triangle of sides 4.0 cm, 3.0 cm and 5.0 cm as shown in the figure. The centre of mass of the system is at a point:
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What is the name of the natural satellite of the earth? How would have this natural satellite originated? Mention its two importance for earth.
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Two stars of masses 3×1031 kg each, and at distance 2×1011 m rotate in a plane about their common centre of mass O. A meteorite passes through O moving perpendicular to the star's rotation plane. In order to escape from the gravitational field of this double star, the minimum speed that meteorite should have at O is ( Take Gravitational constant G=6.67×10-11 N m2 kg-2 )
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A wide bottom cylindrical massless plastic container of height 9 cm has 40 identical coins inside it and is floating on water with 3 cm inside the water. If we start putting more of such coins on its lid, it is observed that after N coins are put, its equilibrium changes from stable to unstable. Equilibrium in floating is stable if the geometric center of the submerged portion is above the center of mass of the object). The value of N is closest to

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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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Figure below shows a shampoo bottle in a perfect cylindrical shape

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In a simple experiment, the stability of the bottle filled with different amount of shampoo volume is observed. The bottle is tilted from one side and then released. Let the angle θ depicts the critical angular displacement resulting in the bottle losing its stability and tipping over. Choose the graph correctly depicting the fraction f of shampoo filled (f=l corresponds to completely filled) vs the tipping angle θ.

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Two particles of mass 5 kg and 10 kg respectively are attached to the two ends of a rigid rod of length 1 m with negligible mass. The centre of mass of the system from the 5 kg particle is nearly at a distance of:
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Which of the following statements are correct?

(i) Centre of mass of a body always coincides with the centre of gravity of the body.

(ii) Centre of mass of a body is the point at which the total gravitational torque on the body is zero

(iii) A couple on a body produce both translational and rotational motion in a body.

(iv) Mechanical advantage greater than one means that small effort can be used to lift a large load.
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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 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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A body of mass m slides down an incline and reaches the bottom with a velocity. v. If the same mass were in the form of a ring which rolls down this incline. The velocity of the ring at the bottom would have been
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A rigid body is in pure rotation, that is undergoing fixed axis rotation. Then which of the following statements are true -
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A uniform rod of mass M and length l is suspended by two vertical inextensible strings as shown in figure. Calculate tension in left string at the instant, when right string snaps.
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