A 500 kg car takes a round turn of radius 50 m with a velocity of 36 km/hr. The centripetal force is 

  • 250 N

  • 750 N

  • 1000 N

  • 1200 N

A ball of mass 0.25 kg attached to the end of a string of length 1.96 m is moving in a horizontal circle. The string will break if the tension is more than 25 N. What is the maximum speed with which the ball can be moved 

  • 14 m/s

  • 3 m/s

  • 3.92 m/s

  • 5 m/s

A body of mass 5 kg is moving in a circle of radius 1m with an angular velocity of 2 radian/sec. The centripetal force is 

  • 10 N

  • 20 N

  • 30 N

  • 40 N

A stone of mass of 16 kg is attached to a string 144 m long and is whirled in a horizontal circle. The maximum tension the string can withstand is 16 Newton. The maximum velocity of revolution that can be given to the stone without breaking it will be-

  • 20 ms–1

  • 16 ms–1

  • 14 ms–1

  • 12 ms–1

Find the maximum velocity for skidding for a car moved on a circular track of radius 100 m. The coefficient of friction between the road and tyre is 0.2 

  • 0.14 m/s

  • 140 m/s

  • 1.4 km/s

  • 14 m/s

A ball of mass 0.1 Kg is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius 1 m by means of a string at an initial speed of 10 R.P.M. Keeping the radius constant, the tension in the string is reduced to one quarter of its initial value. The new speed is:

  • 5 r.p.m.
  • 10 r.p.m.
  • 20 r.p.m.
  • 14 r.p.m.

A cyclist riding the bicycle at a speed of 143ms–1 takes a turn around a circular road of radius 203m without skidding. Given g = 9.8 ms–2, what is his inclination to the vertical?

  • 30o

  • 90o

  • 45o

  • 60o

A point mass m is suspended from a light thread of length l, fixed at O, and is whirled in a horizontal circle at a constant speed as shown. From your point of view, stationary with respect to the mass, the forces on the mass are:

 

  •  

  •  

  •  

  •  

If a cyclist moving with a speed of 4.9 m/s on a level road can take a sharp circular turn of radius 4 m, then coefficient of friction between the cycle tyres and road is 

  • 0.71

  • 0.41

  • 0.51

  • 0.61

A motor cycle driver doubles its velocity when he is having a turn. The force exerted outwardly will be

  • Double

  • Half

  • 4 times

  • 14 times

A mass is supported on a frictionless horizontal surface. It is attached to a string and rotates about a fixed centre at an angular velocity ω0. If the length of the string and angular velocity are doubled, the tension in the string which was initially T0 is now 

  • T0

  • T0/2

  • 4 T0

  • 8 T0

Three identical particles are joined together by a thread as shown in figure. All the three particles are moving in horizontal circles centred at O. If the velocity of the outermost particle is v0, then the ratio of tensions in the three sections of the string is 

  • 3 : 5 : 7

  • 3 : 4 : 5

  • 7 : 11 : 6

  • 3 : 5 : 6

A block of mass m at the end of a string is whirled round in a vertical circle of radius R. The critical speed of the block at the top of its swing below which the string would slacken before the block reaches the top is 

  • Rg

  • (Rg)2

  • R/g

  • Rg

A bucket tied at the end of a 1.6 m long string is whirled in a vertical circle with constant speed. What should be the minimum speed so that the water from the bucket does not spill, when the bucket is at the highest position (Take g = 10 m/s2

  • 4 m/sec

  • 6.25 m/sec

  • 16 m/sec

  • None of the above

A 1 kg stone at the end of 1 m long string is whirled in a vertical circle at constant speed of 4 m/sec. The tension in the string is 6 N, when the stone is at (g = 10 m/sec2

  • Top of the circle

  • Bottom of the circle

  • Half way down

  • None of the above

The tension in the string revolving in a vertical circle with a mass m at the end which is at the lowest position 

  • mv2r

  • mv2rmg

  • mv2r+mg

  • mg

A coin, placed on a rotating turn-table slips, when it is placed at a distance of 9 cm from the centre. If the angular velocity of the turn-table is trippled, it will just slip, if its distance from the centre is 

  • 27 cm

  • 9 cm

  • 3 cm

  • 1 cm

A body of mass 0.4 kg is whirled in a vertical circle making 2 rev/sec. If the radius of the circle is 2 m, then tension in the string when the body is at the top of the circle, is 

  • (1) 456 N

  • (2) 89.86 N

  • (3) 109.86 N

  • (4) 122.4 N

A bucket full of water is revolved in vertical circle of radius 2m. What should be the maximum time-period of revolution so that the water doesn't fall off the bucket ?

  • 1 sec

  • 2 sec

  • 3 sec

  • 4 sec

A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both the ends. The tube is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity ω. The force exerted by the liquid at the other end is 

  • MLω22

  • MLω2

  • MLω24

  • ML2ω22

A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m/sec. A plumb bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light rigid rod of length 1.00 m.The angle formed by the rod with respect to the vertical is:

  • Zero

  • 30°

  • 45°

  • 60°

A particle is moving with a constant speed along a straight-line path. A force is not required to:

  • increase its speed.

  • decrease the momentum.

  • change the direction.

  • keep it moving with uniform velocity.

A mass of 1 kg is suspended by a string A. Another string C is connected to its lower end (see figure). If a sudden jerk is given to C, then

  • The portion AB of the string will break

  • The portion BC of the string will break

  • None of the strings will break

  • The mass will start rotating

In the  Question, if the string C is stretched slowly, then

                                       

  • The portion AB of the string will break

  • The portion BC of the string will break

  • None of the strings will break

  • None of the above

Newton's second law gives the measure of:

  • Acceleration

  • Force

  • Momentum

  • Angular momentum

A coin is dropped in a lift. It takes time t1 to reach the floor when lift is stationary. It takes time t2 when the lift is moving up with constant acceleration. Then:

  • t1 > t2

  • t2 > t1

  • t1 = t2

  • t1 >> t2

If the tension in the cable of 1000 kg elevator is 1000 kg weight, the elevator:

  • is accelerating upwards.

  • is accelerating downwards.

  • may be at rest or accelerating.

  • may be at rest or in uniform motion.

An object with a mass 10 kg moves at a constant velocity of 10 m/sec. A constant force then acts for 4 second on the object and gives it a speed of 2 m/sec in opposite direction. The acceleration produced in it, is 

  • 3 m/sec2

  • –3 m/sec2

  • 0.3 m/sec2

  • –0.3 m/sec2

A machine gun is mounted on a 2000 kg car on a horizontal frictionless surface. At some instant the gun fires bullets of mass 10 gm with a velocity of 500 m/sec with respect to the car. The number of bullets fired per second is ten. The average thrust on the system is 

  • 550 N

  • 50 N

  • 250 N

  • 250 dyne

In the above diagram, the acceleration of the car will be:

  • 0.25 m/sec2

  • 2.5 m/sec2

  • 5.0 m/sec2

  • 0.025 m/sec2

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