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Top Previous Year Questions - Rotational Motion

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If the radius of earth is reduced to three-fourth of its present value without change in its mass then value of duration of the day of earth will be ______ hours 30 minutes.

JEE Main 2024 (06 Apr Shift 1)

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Moment of inertia of a cylinder of mass m, length L and radius R about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder is I=MR24+L212. If such a cylinder is to be made for a given mass of a material, the ratio LR for it to have minimum possible I is:

JEE Main 2020 (03 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 23
  • B: 32
  • C: 32
  • D: 23
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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)

JEE Main 2022 (28 Jun Shift 2)

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Three balls of masses $2 \mathrm{~kg}, 4 \mathrm{~kg}$ and $6 \mathrm{~kg}$ respectively are arranged at centre of the edges of an equilateral triangle of side $2 \mathrm{~m}$. The moment of intertia of the system about an axis through the centroid and perpendicular to the plane of triangle, will be _______ $\mathrm{kg} \mathrm{m}^2$.

JEE Main 2024 (06 Apr Shift 2)

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A sphere of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m is rolling with an initial speed of 1 m s-1 goes up an inclined plane which makes an angle of 30° with the horizontal plane, without slipping. How low will the sphere take to return to the starting point A?

JEE Main 2021 (17 Mar Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 0.60 s
  • B: 0.52 s
  • C: 0.56 s
  • D: 0.80 s
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One end of a straight uniform 1m long bar is pivoted on horizontal table. It is released from rest when it makes an angle 30o from the horizontal (see figure). Its angular speed when it hits the table is given as n rad s-1 , where n is an integer. The value of n is ____________

JEE Main 2020 (09 Jan Shift 1)

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A force F=(i^+2j^+3k^) N acts at a point (4i^+3j^-k^) m. Then the magnitude of torque about the point (i^+2j^+k^) m will be x N-m.The value of x is..........

JEE Main 2020 (05 Sep Shift 1)

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A cylinder is rolling down on an inclined plane of inclination 60°. Its acceleration during rolling down will be x3 m s-2, where x= _______(use g=10 m s-2).

JEE Main 2024 (29 Jan Shift 1)

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Consider a badminton racket with length scales as shown in the figure.

If the mass of the linear and circular portions of the badminton racket are same (M) and the mass of the threads are negligible, the moment of inertia of the racket about an axis perpendicular to the handle and in the plane of the ring at, r2 distance from the end A of the handle will be ______Mr2.

JEE Main 2021 (26 Aug Shift 1)

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Shown in the figure is a hollow ice-cream cone (it is open at top). If its mass is M, radius of its top is R and height, H, then its moment of inertia about its axis is

JEE Main 2020 (06 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: MR22
  • B: MR2+H24
  • C: MH23
  • D: MR23
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Four point masses, each of mass m, are fixed at the corners of a square of side I. The square is rotating with angular frequency ω, about an axis passing through one of the corners of the square and parallel to tis diagonal, as shown in the figure. The angular momentum of the square about the axis is

  

JEE Main 2020 (06 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: m2ω
  • B: 4m2ω
  • C: 3m2ω
  • D: 2m2ω
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Ratio of radius of gyration of a hollow sphere to that of a solid cylinder of equal mass, for moment of Inertia about their diameter axis $\mathrm{AB}$ as shown in figure is $\sqrt{8 / x}$. The value of $x$ is :

JEE Main 2024 (05 Apr Shift 1)

Options

  • A: $51$
  • B: $34$
  • C: $17$
  • D: $67$
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Four particles, each of mass 1 kg are placed at four corners of a square of side 2 m. The moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through one of its vertex is ______ kg m2.

JEE Main 2024 (27 Jan Shift 1)

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Two discs have moments of intertia I1 and I2 about their respective axes perpendicular to the plane and passing through the centre. They are rotating with angular speeds, ω1 and ω2 respectively and are brought into contact face to face with their axes of rotation coaxial. The loss in kinetic energy of the system in the process is given by:

JEE Main 2021 (27 Aug Shift 2)

Options

  • A: I1I2I1+I2ω1-ω22
  • B: ω1-ω222I1+I2
  • C: I1I22I1+I2ω1-ω22
  • D: I1-I22ω1ω22I1+I2
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A solid cylinder is released from rest from the top of an inclined plane of inclination 30° and length 60 cm. If the cylinder rolls without slipping, its speed upon reaching the bottom of the inclined plane is ______ m s-1. (Given g=10 m s-2)

 

JEE Main 2023 (01 Feb Shift 1)

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A circular disc reaches from top to bottom of an inclined plane of length $l$. When it slips down the plane, if takes $t \mathrm{~s}$. When it rolls down the plane then it takes $\left(\frac{\alpha}{2}\right)^{1 / 2} t \mathrm{~s}$, where $\alpha$ is _________

JEE Main 2024 (09 Apr Shift 2)

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Consider a disc of mass 5 kg, radius 2 m, rotating with angular velocity of 10 rad s-1 about an axis perpendicular to the plane of rotation. An identical disc is kept gently over the rotating disc along the same axis. The energy dissipated so that both the discs continue to rotate together without slipping is _________J.

JEE Main 2024 (30 Jan Shift 1)

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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 :

JEE Main 2021 (26 Feb Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 85ma2+mb2
  • B: 45ma2+2mb2
  • C: 85ma2+2mb2
  • D: 45ma2
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Moment of Inertia (M.I.) of four bodies having same mass M and radius 2R are as follows
I1= M.I. of solid sphere about its diameter
I2= M.I. of solid cylinder about its axis
I3= M.I. of solid circular disc about its diameter
I4= M.I. of thin circular ring about its diameter
If 2I2+I3+I4=xI1 then the value of x will be _____ .

JEE Main 2022 (25 Jun Shift 2)

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A uniformly thick wheel with moment of inertia I and radius R is free to rotate about its centre of mass (see fig). A massless string is wrapped over its rim and two blocks of masses m1 and m2m1>m2 are attached to the ends of the string. The system Is released from rest. The angular speed of the wheel when m1 descends by a distance h is:

JEE Main 2020 (09 Jan Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 2m1-m2ghm1+m2R2+I12
  • B: 2m1+m2ghm1+m2R2+I12
  • C: m1-m2m1+m2R2+112gh
  • D: m1+m2m1+m2R2+I12gh
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An object of mass 8 kg is hanging from one end of a uniform rod CD of mass 2 kg and length 1 m pivoted at its end C on a vertical wall as shown in figure. It is supported by a cable AB such that the system is in equilibrium. The tension in the cable is:

(Take g=10 m s-2)

 

JEE Main 2023 (25 Jan Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 240 N
  • B: 90 N
  • C: 300 N
  • D: 30 N
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A block is simply released from the top of an inclined plane as shown in the figure above. The maximum compression in the spring when the block hits the spring is :

JEE Main 2024 (08 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: $\sqrt{6} \mathrm{~m}$
  • B: $\sqrt{5} \mathrm{~m}$
  • C: $1 \mathrm{~m}$
  • D: $2 \mathrm{~m}$
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