1. A 2 kg steel rod of length 0.

6 m is clamped on a table vertically at its lower end and is free to rotate in

vertical plane. The upper end is pushed so that the rod falls under gravity. Ignoring the friction due to
clamping at its lower end, the speed of the free end of rod when it passes through its lowest position is
_______ ms1 . (Take g  10 ms1 )

2. Moment of inertia (M.I.) of four bodies, having same mass and radius, are reported as;
I1  M.I. of thin circular ring about its diameter,
I 2  M.I. of circular disc about an axis perpendicular to disc and going through the centre,
I 3  M.I. of solid cylinder about its axis and
I 4  M.I. of solid sphere about its diameter
(A) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4 (B) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4
5
(C) I1  I 2  I 3  I4 (D) I1  I 3  I 2  I 4
2

3. A uniform thin bar of mass 6kg and length 2.4 meter is bent to make an equilateral hexagon. The
moment of inertia about an axis passing through the centre of mass and perpendicular to the plane of
hexagon is _______ × 10 1kg m 2

4. Four identical solid spheres each of mass ' m ' and radius ' a ' are placed with their centres on the four
corners of a square of side ' b '. The moment of inertia of the system about one side of square where
the axis of rotation is parallel to the plane of the square is :
4 4 8 8
(A) ma 2 (B) ma 2  2mb 2 (C) ma 2  mb 2 (D) ma 2  2mb 2
5 5 5 5

5. A sphere of radius ‘a’ and mass ‘m’ rolls along a horizontal plane
with constant speed v0 . It encounters an inclined plane at angle
 and climbs upward. Assuming that it rolls without slipping,
how far up the sphere will travel?
v02 v02
(A) (B)
5 g sin  2 g sin 

7v02 2 v0
2
(C) (D)
10 g sin  5 g sin 
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6. A triangular plate is shown. A force F  4iˆ  3 ˆj is applied at point
P. The torque at point P with respect to point ‘O’ and ‘Q’ are :
(A) 15  20 3 ,15  20 3

(B) 15  20 3 ,15  20 3

(C) 15  20 3 ,15  20 3

(D) 15  20 3 ,15  20 3

7. The following bodies,

(A) a ring (B) a disc
(C) a solid cylinder (D) a solid sphere
of same mass ‘m’ and radius ‘R’ are allowed to roll down without
slipping simultaneously from the top of the inclined plane. The
body which will reach first at the bottom of inclined plane
is_______.
[Mark the body as per their respective numbering given in the
question]

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8. Four equal masses, m each are placed at the corners of a
square of length (l ) as shown in the figure. The moment of
inertia of the system about an axis passing through A and
parallel to DB would be :
(A) 3 ml 2 (B) 3 ml 2

(C) 2 ml 2 (D) ml 2

9. Consider a 20 kg uniform circular disk of radius 0.2 m. It is pin

supported at its center and is at rest initially. The disk is acted
upon by a constant force F  20 N through a massless string
wrapped around its periphery as shown in the figure.
Suppose the disk makes n number of revolutions to attain an
1
angular speed of 50 rad s .
The value of n, to the nearest integer, is ________.
[Given : In one complete revolution, the disk rotates by 6.28 rad]

10. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is rotating about its axis with an angular speed  . Two
particles having mass m each are now attached at diametrically opposite points. The angular speed of
the ring will become:
M  2m M M  2m M
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
M  2m M m M M  2m

11. Consider a uniform wire of mass M and length L. It is bent into a semicircle. Its moment of inertia
about a line perpendicular to the plane of the wire passing through the centre is:

ML2 1 ML2 1 ML2 2 ML2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 4 2 5 2

12. A solid disc of radius ‘a’ and mass ‘m’ rolls down without slipping on an
inclined plane making an angle  with the horizontal. The acceleration of the
2
disc will be g sin  where b is ________ .
b
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)
(g = acceleration due to gravity   angle as shown in figure)
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13. A force F  4iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ is applied on a intersection point of x  2 plane and x-axis. The magnitude of
torque of this force about a point (2, 3, 4) is _________. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)

14. The solid cylinder of length 80 cm and mass M has a radius of 20 cm.
Calculate the density of the material used if the moment of inertia of the
cylinder about an axis CD parallel to AB as shown in figure is
2.7 kg m 2.

(A) 7.5  101 kg/m 3 (B) 1.49  102 kg/m 3

(C) 7.5  10 2 kg/m 3 (D) 14.9 kg/m 3

15. Moment of inertia of a square plate of side l about the axis passing through one of the corner and
perpendicular to the plane of square plate is given by:

Ml 2 2 Ml 2
(A) (B) Ml 2 (C) Ml 2 (D)
6 3 12

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16. Angular momentum of a single particle moving with constant speed along circular path:
(A) remains same in magnitude and direction
(B) changes is magnitude but remains same in the direction
(C) is zero
(D) remains same in magnitude but changes in the direction

17. A system consists of two identical spheres each of mass 1.5 kg and radius 50 cm at the ends of a light
rod. The distance between the centres of the two spheres is 5 m. What will be the moment of inertia of
the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod passing through its midpoint ?

(A) 1.875  105 kgm 2 (B) 18.75 kgm 2

(C) 1.905  105 kgm 2 (D) 19.05 kgm 2

18. A body rolls down an inclined plane without slipping. The kinetic energy of rotation is 50% of its
translational kinetic energy. The body is:
(A) Solid sphere (B) Ring (C) Solid cylinder (D) Hollow cylinder

19. A solid disc of radius 20 cm and mass 10 kg is rotating with an angular velocity of 600 rpm, about an
axis normal to its circular plane and passing through its centre of mass. The retarding torque required
to bring the disc at rest in 10 s is __________   10 1 Nm .

20. Consider a situation in which a ring, a solid cylinder and a solid sphere roll down on the same inclined
plane without slipping. Assume that they start rolling from rest and having identical diameter.
The correct statement for this situation is:
(A) The cylinder has the greatest and the sphere has the least velocity of the centre of mass at the
bottom of the inclined plane
(B) The sphere has the greatest and the ring has the least velocity of the centre of mass at the
bottom of the inclined plane
(C) All of them will have same velocity
(D) The ring has the greatest and the cylinder has the least velocity of the centre of mass at the
bottom of the inclined plane

21. The centre of a wheel rolling on a plane surface moves with a speed v0 . A particle on the rim of the

wheel at the same level as the centre will be moving at a speed x v0 . Then the value of x is _______.

22. Two bodies, a ring and a solid cylinder of same material are rolling down without slipping an inclined
plane. The radii of the bodies are same. The ratio of velocity of the centre of mass at the bottom of the
x
inclined plane of the ring to that of the cylinder is . Then, the value of x is _________.
2

23. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R.
Assertion A: Moment of inertia of a circular disc of mass 'M' and radius 'R' about X, Y axes (passing
through its plane) and Z-axis which is perpendicular to its plane were found to be
I x , I y & I Z respectively. The respective radii of gyration about all the three axes will be

the same.
Reason R: A rigid body making rotational motion has fixed mass and shape. In the light of the
above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(C) A is correct but R is not correct
(D) A is not correct but R is correct

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24. The figure shows two solid discs with radius R and r
respectively. If mass per unit area is same for the both, what is
the ratio of MI of bigger disc around AB (which is  to the plane
of the disc and passing through its centre) to MI of smaller disc
around one of its diameters lying on its plane ? Given ' M ' is the
mass of the larger disc. (MI stands for moment of inertia)
(A) 2R 4 : r 4 (B) R2 : r 2

(C) 2R 2 : r 2 (D) 2r 4 : R 4

25.
List-I List-II
MI of the rod (length L. Mass M, about an axis  to the rod
(a) (i) 8 ML2 / 3
passing through the midpoint)
MI of the rod (length L. Mass 2M, about an axis  to the rod
(b) (ii) ML2 / 3
passing through one of its end)
MI of the rod (length 2L. Mass M, about an axis  to the rod
(c) (iii) ML2 /12
passing through its midpoint)
MI of the rod (length 2L. Mass 2M, about an axis  to the rod
(d) (iv) 2 ML2 / 3
passing through one of its end)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) (B) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
(C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) (D) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

26. A circular disc reaches from top to bottom of an inclined plane of length ‘L’. When it slips down the
t2 3
plane, it takes time ‘ t1 ’. When it rolls down the plane, it takes time t 2 . The value of is . The
t1 x
value of x will be _______.

27. A metre scale is balanced on a knife edge at its centre. When two coins, each of mass 10 g are put one
on the top of the other at the 10.0 cm mark the scale is found to be balanced at 40.0 cm mark. The
mass of the metre scale is found to be x  10 2 kg . The value of x is _______________.

28. Moment of Inertia (M.I.) of four bodies having same mass ' M ' and radius '2 R ' are as follows :
I1  M.I. of solid sphere about its diameter
I 2  M.I. of solid cylinder about its axis

I 3  M.I. of solid circular disc about its diameter

I 4  M.I. of thin circular ring about its diameter

If 2  I 2  I 3   I 4  x  I1 then the value of x will be __________.

29. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius R is rotating with a constant angular velocity 2 rads1 in a
horizontal plane about an axis vertical to its plane and passing through the center of the ring. If two
objects each of mass m be attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of ring, the ring will then
rotate with an angular velocity (in rads1 ) .
M ( M  2m ) 2M 2( M  2m )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(M  m ) 2M ( M  2m ) M

30. A solid spherical ball is rolling on a frictionless horizontal plane surface about its axis of symmetry.
The ratio of rotational kinetic energy of the ball to its total kinetic energy is:
2 2 1 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 7 5 10

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31. Match List-I with List-II
List-I List-II
5
A Moment of inertia of solid sphere of radius R about any tangent. I MR 2
3
7
B Moment of inertia of hollow sphere of radius (R) about any tangent. II MR 2
5
1
C Moment of inertia of circular ring of radius (R) about it diameter III MR 2
4
1
D Moment of inertia of circular disc of radius (R) about any diameter IV MR 2
2
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III (B) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
(C) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV (D) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
 
32. The position vector of 1 kg object is r  3iˆ  ˆj m and its velocity v  (3 ˆj  kˆ ) ms1 . The magnitude of
 
its angular momentum is x Nm where x is ________.

33. A spherical shell of 1 kg mass and radius R is rolling with

angular speed  on horizontal plane (as shown in figure). The
magnitude of angular momentum of the shell about the origin O
a 2
is R  . The value of a will be:
3
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) 4

34. The moment of inertia of a uniform thin rod about a perpendicular axis passing through one end is I1.

The same rod is bent into a ring and its moment of inertia about a diameter is I 2 . If I1/I 2 is x 2 /3,
then the value of x will be ________.

35. A uniform disc with mass M  4 kg and radius R  10 cm is mounted on a fixed

horizontal axle as shown in figure. A block with mass m  2 kg hangs from a
massless cord that is wrapped around the rim of the disc. During the fall of the
block, the cord does not slip and there is no friction at the axle. The tension in
the cord is _______ N. (Take g  10 ms 2 )

36. A solid cylinder and a solid sphere, having same mass M and radius R, roll down the same inclined
plane from top without slipping. They start from rest. The ratio of velocity of the solid cylinder to that of
the solid sphere, with which they reach the ground, will be :
5 4 3 14
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 5 5 15

37. The radius of gyration of a cylindrical rod about an axis of rotation perpendicular to its length and
passing through the center will be __________m. (Given, the length of the rod is 10 3 m) .

38. Four identical discs each of mass ' M ' and diameter ' a ' are arranged in a small
plane as shown in figure. If the moment of inertia of the system about OO ' is
x
Ma 2 . Then, the value of x will be ____.
4

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