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The radius of the curved road on the national highway is 80 m. The horizontal width of the road is 2 m. The outer edge of the road is raised by h with respect to the inner edge so that a car with velocity 20 m s-1 can pass safe over it the value of h is :-

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Important Questions on Laws of Motion

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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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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 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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 car is moving on a horizontal curved road with radius 50 m. The approximate maximum speed of car will be, if friction between tyres and road is 0.34. [Take g=10 m s-2]
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A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m s-1. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length 1.0 m. The angle made by the wire with the vertical is (in radian)
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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 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 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?