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- 1A solid sphere and a thin uniform circular ring have identical mass and radius . The ratio of their moments of inertia about their respective central diameters is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium
- 2The radius of gyration of a uniform solid sphere of radius about its central diameter is:NEET/MCQ/Medium
- 3A uniform solid cylinder of mass and radius rolls without slipping inside a concave parabolic track about the vertex. The time period for small amplitude oscillations is:Olympiad (NSEP)/MCQ/Hard/With diagram
- 4A spinning symmetrical top of mass with moment of inertia about its symmetry axis spins with high angular velocity . The center of mass is at distance from pivot. Which of the following statements are CORRECT?Olympiad (NSEP)/Multi-correct/Hard
- 5A solid sphere () of mass and a spherical shell () of mass , both having same radius, are placed on a rough surface. When a force of same magnitude is applied tangentially at the highest points of and , they start rolling without slipping with an acceleration of and , respectively. The ratio of and is __________.JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 6A solid sphere of radius cm and mass kg is rotating (rotation axis is passing through the centre of the sphere) with an angular velocity of rpm. It is brought to rest in s by applying a constant torque. The torque applied and the number of rotations it made before it comes to rest are _______ and _______ respectively.JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 7An object of uniform density rolls up the curved path with the initial velocity as shown in the figure. If the maximum height attained by an object is ( = acceleration due to gravity), the object is a _______.
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 8A solid sphere of mass and radius is divided into two unequal parts. The smaller part having mass is converted into a sphere of radius and the larger part is converted into a circular disc of thickness and radius . If is moment of inertia of a sphere having radius about an axis through its centre and is the moment of inertia of a disc about its diameter, the ratio of their moment of inertia _____.JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 9Moment of inertia about an axis for a rod of mass kg and length m is same as that of a solid sphere of mass of kg and radius about an axis parallel to axis with separation of m as shown in figure below. The value of is given as . The value of is _______.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 10A solid sphere of radius 10 cm is rotating about an axis which is at a distance 15 cm from its centre. The radius of gyration about this axis is . The value of isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 11A uniform solid cylinder of length and radius has moment of inertia about its axis equal to . A small co-centric cylinder of length and radius carved from this cylinder has moment of inertia about its axis equals to . The ratio is .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 12Suppose there is a uniform circular disc of mass and radius shown in figure. The shaded regions are cut out from the disc. The moment of inertia of the remainder about the axis of the disc is given by . The value of is .
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 13The moment of inertia of a square loop made of four uniform solid cylinders, each having radius and length about an axis passing through the mid points of opposite sides, is (Take the mass of the entire loop as ) :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 14Two masses and 2 m are connected by a light string going over a pulley (disc) of mass 30 m with radius . The pulley is mounted in a vertical plane and it is free to rotate about its axis. The 2 m mass is released from rest and its speed when it has descended through a height of 3.6 m is . (Assume string does not slip and )JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 15A circular disc has radius and thickness . Another circular disc made of the same material has radius and thickness . If the moment of inertia of both discs are same and then . The value of is .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 16A solid sphere of mass 5 kg and radius 10 cm is kept in contact with another solid sphere of mass 10 kg and radius 20 cm. The moment of inertia of this pair of spheres about the tangent passing through the point of contact is .JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 17The pulley shown in figure is made using a thin rim and two rods of length equal to diameter of the rim. The rim and each rod have a mass of . Two blocks of mass of and are attached to two ends of a light string passing over the pulley, which is hinged to rotate freely in vertical plane about its center. The magnitudes of the acceleration experienced by the blocks is (assume no slipping of string on pulley).
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 18Two identical thin rods of mass and length are connected as shown in figure. Moment of inertia of the combined rod system about an axis passing through point and perpendicular to the plane of the rods is . The value of is .
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 19A rod of linear mass density ' ' and length ' ' is bent to form a ring of radius 'R'. Moment of inertia of ring about any of its diameter is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 20M and R be the mass and radius of a disc. A small disc of radius is removed from the bigger disc as shown in figure. The moment of inertia of remaining part of bigger disc about an axis AB passing through the centre O and perpendicular to the plane of disc is . The value of is ________.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 21 and C are disc, solid sphere and spherical shell respectively with same radii and masses. These masses are placed as shown in figure.

The moment of inertia of the given system about is , where is the moment of inertia of the disc about its diameter. The value of x is _______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 22The moment of inertia of a circular ring of mass and diameter r about a tangential axis lying in the plane of the ring is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 23Moment of inertia of a rod of mass ' M ' and length 'L' about an axis passing through its center and normal to its length is ' '. Now the rod is cut into two equal parts and these parts are joined symmetrically to form a cross shape. Moment of inertia of cross about an axis passing through its center and normal to plane containing cross is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 24The moment of inertia of a solid disc rotating along its diameter is 2.5 times higher than the moment of inertia of a ring rotating in similar way. The moment of inertia of a solid sphere which has same radius as the disc and rotating in similar way, is times higher than the moment of inertia of the given ring. Here, _________
Consider all the bodies have equal masses.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies - 25Two iron solid discs of negligible thickness have radii and and moment of intertia and , respectively. For , the ratio of and would be , where ________ -JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 26A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same mass and of same radius are rolled on an inclined plane. Let the time taken to reach the bottom by the solid sphere and the hollow sphere be and , respectively, thenJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 27A uniform circular disc of radius ' R ' and mass ' M ' is rotating about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through its centre. A small circular part of radius is removed from the original disc as shown in the figure. Find the moment of inertia of the remaining part of the original disc about the axis as given above.
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 28Three balls of masses and respectively are arranged at centre of the edges of an equilateral triangle of side . The moment of intertia of the system about an axis through the centroid and perpendicular to the plane of triangle, will be _______ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 29Ratio 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 as shown in figure is . The value of is :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 30Two identical spheres each of mass and radius are fixed at the ends of a light rod so that the separation between the centers is . Then, moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through its middle point is , where the value of isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 31Four particles, each of mass are placed at four corners of a square of side . The moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through one of its vertex is ______kg{m}^{2}.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 32A solid sphere and a solid cylinder of same mass and radius are rolling on a horizontal surface without slipping. The ratio of their radius of gyrations respectively is . The value of is _______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 33A solid sphere of mass radius is rotated about one of its diameter with angular speed of . If the moment of inertia of the sphere about its tangent is times its angular momentum about the diameter. Then the value of will beJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 34The moment of inertia of a semicircular ring about an axis, passing through the center and perpendicular to the plane of ring, is, where is the radius and is the mass of the semicircular ring. The value of will be _______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 35A ring and a solid sphere rotating about an axis passing through their centres have same radii of gyration. The axis of rotation is perpendicular to plane of ring. The ratio of radius of ring to that of sphere is . The value of is _____.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 36Two identical solid spheres each of mass and radii are fixed at the ends of a light rod. The separation between the centres of the spheres is The moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod passing through its middle point is______\times {10}^{–3}kg{m}^{2}.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 37Moment of inertia of a disc of mass and radius '' about any of its diameter is . The moment of inertia of this disc about an axis normal to the disc and passing through a point on its edge will be, . The value of is ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 38Two discs of same mass and different radii are made of different materials such that their thicknesses are and respectively. The densities of materials are in the ratio . The moment of inertia of these discs respectively about their diameters will be in the ratio of . The value of is ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 39If a solid sphere of mass and a disc of mass have the same radius, then the ratio of moment of inertia of the disc about a tangent in its plane to the moment of inertia of the sphere about its tangent will be . The value of is ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 40 is moment of inertia of a circular disc about an axis (CM) passing through its center and perpendicular to the plane of disc. is its moment of inertia about an axis AB perpendicular to plane and parallel to axis CM at a distance from center, where R is the radius of the disc. The ratio of and is . The value of is ______.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 41A uniform solid cylinder with radius and length has moment of inertia , about the axis of cylinder. A concentric solid cylinder of radius and length is carved out of the original cylinder. If is the moment of inertia of the carved out portion of the cylinder then __________.
(Both and are about the axis of the cylinder)JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies - 42Solid sphere is rotating about an axis . If the radius of the sphere is , then its radius of gyration about will be . The value of is _____.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 43Four identical discs each of mass '' and diameter '' are arranged in a small plane as shown in figure. If the moment of inertia of the system about is . Then, the value of will be _____ .
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 44The radius of gyration of a cylindrical rod about an axis of rotation perpendicular to its length and passing through the center will be _____ Given, the length of the rod is .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 45The moment of inertia of a uniform thin rod about a perpendicular axis passing through one end is . The same rod is bent into a ring and its moment of inertia about a diameter is . If is , then the value of will be ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 46Match List-I with List-II List-I List-II (A) Moment of inertia of solid sphere
of radius about any tangent. (I) (B) Moment of inertia of hollow sphere of radius
about any tangent. (II) (C) Moment of inertia of circular ring of radius
about its diameter. (III) (D) Moment of inertia of circular disc of radius
about any diameter. (IV) JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies - 47Moment of Inertia (M.I.) of four bodies having same mass and radius are as follows
M.I. of solid sphere about its diameter
M.I. of solid cylinder about its axis
M.I. of solid circular disc about its diameter
M.I. of thin circular ring about its diameter
If then the value of will be _____ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies - 48A system consists of two identical spheres each of mass and radius at the ends of a light rod. The distance between the centres of the two spheres is What will be the moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod passing through its midpoint?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 49Moment of inertia of a square plate of side about the axis passing through one of the corner and perpendicular to the plane of square plate is given by:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 50The solid cylinder of length and mass has a radius of Calculate the density of the material used if the moment of inertia of the cylinder about an axis parallel to as shown in figure is .
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 51Consider 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 () 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, distance from the end of the handle will be ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 52In the given figure, two wheels and are connected by a belt . The radius of is three times that of . In the case of the same rotational kinetic energy, the ratio of rotational inertias will be The value of will be ______.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 53The figure shows two solid discs with radius and respectively. If mass per unit area is the same for both, what is the ratio of of bigger disc around axis (Which is to the plane of the disc and passing through its centre) of of smaller disc around one of its diameters lying on its plane? Given is the mass of the larger disc.
( stands for a moment of inertia)
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 54List- List- of the rod (length Mass about an axis to the rod passing through the midpoint) of the rod (length Mass about an axis to the rod passing through one of its end) of the rod (length Mass about an axis to the rod passing through its midpoint) of the rod (Length Mass about an axis to the rod passing through one of its end) Choose the correct answer from the options given below:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 55A solid disc of radius and mass is rotating with an angular velocity of , 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 is _________JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 56Given 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 and radius about axes (passing through its plane) and Z-axis which is perpendicular to its plane were found to be and , 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:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies - 57Consider a uniform wire of mass and length . 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 :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 58A thin circular ring of mass and radius is rotating about its axis with an angular speed Two particles having mass each are now attached at diametrically opposite points. The angular speed of the ring will become:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 59Four equal masses, each are placed at the corners of a square of length as shown in the figure. The moment of inertia of the system about an axis passing through and parallel to would be :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 60A cord is wound round the circumference of wheel of radius , The axis of the wheel is horizontal and the moment of inertia about it is . A weight is attached to the cord at the end. The weight falls from rest. After falling through a distance the square of angular velocity of wheel will beJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 61Four identical solid spheres each of mass and radius are placed with their centres on the four corners of a square of side . 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/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 62A uniform thin bar of mass and length 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 ___________ JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 63Moment of inertia of four bodies, having same mass and radius, are reported as;
of thin circular ring about its diameter,
of circular disc about an axis perpendicular to disc and going through the centre,
of solid cylinder about its axis and
of solid sphere about its diameter.
Then:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies - 64The linear mass density of a thin rod of length varies from to as , where is the distance from . If is the mass of the rod then its moment of inertia about an axis passing through and perpendicular to the rod :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 65Shown in the figure is a hollow ice-cream cone (it is open at top). If its mass is , radius of its top is and height, , then its moment of inertia about its axis is
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 66
For a uniform rectangular sheet shown in the figure, the ratio of moments of inertia about the axes perpendicular to the sheet and passing through (the centre of mass) and ' (corner point) is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 67Consider two uniform discs of the same thickness and different radii and made of the same material. If the ratio of their moments of inertia and , respectively, about their axes is then the value of is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 68 is a plane lamina of the shape of an equilateral triangle. are mid-points of and is the centroid of the lamina. Moment of inertia of the lamina about an axis passing through and perpendicular to the plane is . If part is removed, the moment of inertia of the remaining part about the same axis is where is an integer. Value of is:
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 69An massless equilateral triangle EFG of side 'a' (As shown in figure) has three particles of mass situated at its vertices. The moment of inertia of the system about the line EX perpendicular to EG in the plane of EFG is where is an integer. The value of is ___________ .
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 70Moment of inertia of a cylinder of mass length and radius about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder is If such a cylinder is to be made for a given mass of a material, the ratio for it to have minimum possible is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
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Three solid spheres each of mass and diameter are stuck together such that the lines connecting the centres form an equilateral triangle of side of length . The ratio of moment of inertia of the system about an axis passing the centroid and about center of any of the spheres and perpendicular to the plane of the triangle is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 72Mass per unit area of a circular disc of radius a depends on the distance from its centre as . The moment of inertia of the disc about the axis, perpendicular to the plane and passing through its centre is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 73The radius of gyration of a uniform rod of length about an axis passing through a point away from the centre of the rod, and perpendicular to it, is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 74A circular disc of radius has a hole of radius at its centre(see figure). If the mass per unit area of the disc varies as then, the radius of gyration of the disc about its axis passing through the center is
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 75A solid sphere of mass and radius is divided into two unequal parts. The first part has a mass of and is converted into uniform disc of radius . The second part is converted into a uniform solid sphere. Let be the moment of inertia of the disc about its axis and be the moment of inertia of the new sphere about its axis. The ratio is given by:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 76A thin disc of mass and radius has mass per unit area where is the distance from its centre. Its moment inertia about an axis going through its centre of mass and perpendicular to its plane is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 77A thin circular plate of mass and radius has its density varying as with as constant and is the distance from its centre. The moment of Inertia of the circular plate about an axis perpendicular to the plate and passing through its edge is . The value of the coefficient is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 78The moment of inertial of a solid sphere, about an axis parallel to its diameter and at a distance of from it, is Which one of the graphs represents the variation of with correctly?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 79Let the moment of inertia of a hollow cylinder of length (inner radius and outer radius ), about its axis be . The radius of a thin cylinder of the same mass such that its moment of inertia about its axis is also is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 80A circular disc of mass and radius has two identical and of the same mass and radius R attached rigidly at its opposite ends (see figure). The moment of inertia of the system about the axis OO', passing through the centre of , as shown in the figure, will be
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 81An equilateral triangle is cut from a thin solid sheet of wood. (See figure) and are the mid-points of its sides as shown and is the centre of the triangle. The moment of inertia of the triangle about an axis passing through and perpendicular to the plane of the triangle is . If the smaller triangle is removed from , the moment of inertia of the remaining figure about the same axis is . Then
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 82Two identical spherical balls of mass and radius each are stuck on two ends of a rod of length and mass (see figure). The moment of inertia of the system about the axis passing perpendicularly through the centre of the rod is
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 83A thin circular disk is in the plane as shown in the figure. The ratio of its moment of inertia about and axes will be:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 84From a uniform circular disc of radius R and mass 9 M, a small disc of radius is removed as shown in the figure. The moment of inertia of the remaining disc about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disc and passing through centre of disc is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 85Seven identical circular planar disks, each of mass M and radius R are welded symmetrically as shown. The moment of inertia of the arrangement about the axis normal to the plane and passing through the point P is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 86A circular hole of radius is made in a thin uniform disc having mass and radius , as shown in figure. The moment of inertia of the remaining portion of the disc about an axis passing through the point and perpendicular to the plane of the disc is-
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 87Moment of inertia of an equilateral triangular lamina , about the axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is as shown in the figure. A cavity is cut out from the lamina, where are the mid points of the sides. Moment of inertia of the remaining part of lamina about the same axis is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 88The moment of inertia of a uniform cylinder of length and radius about its perpendicular bisector is What is the ratio such that the moment of inertia is minimum?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 89Consider a thin uniform square sheet made of a rigid material. If its side is , mass m and moment of inertia about one of its diagonals, then:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 90From a solid sphere of mass and radius , a cube of the maximum possible volume is cut. Moment of inertia of cube about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to one of its faces is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 91A thin bar of length has a mass per unit length , that increases linearly with distance from one end. If its total mass is and its mass per unit length at the lighter end is , then the distance of the centre of mass from the lighter end is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 92A circular hole of diameter is cut from a disc of mass and radius ; the circumference of the cut passes through the centre of the disc. The moment of inertia of the remaining portion of the disc about an axis perpendicular to the disc and passing through its centre isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 93Consider a uniform square plate of side ' ' and mass ' '. The moment of inertia of this plate about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through one of its corners isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 94For the given uniform square lamina , whose centre is ,
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies/With diagram - 95Four point masses, each of value , are placed at the corners of a square of side . The moment of inertia through and parallel to isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 96The moment of inertia of a uniform semicircular disc of mass and radius about a line perpendicular to the plane of the disc through the centre isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 97One solid sphere A and another hollow sphere B are of same mass and same outer radii. Their moment of inertia about their diameters are respectively and such thatJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 98A circular disc of radius is made from an iron plate of thickness , and another disc of radius is made from an iron plate of thickness . Then the relation between the moment of inertia and isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 99Moment of inertia of a circular wire of mass M and radius R about its diameter isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
- 100Two masses 400 g and 350 g are suspended from the ends of a light string passing over a heavy pulley of radius 2 cm. When released from rest the heavier mass is observed to fall 81 cm in 9 s. The rotational inertia of the pulley is . JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 101A cube having a side of 10 cm with unknown mass and 200 gm mass were hung at two ends of an uniform rigid rod of 27 cm long. The rod along with masses was placed on a wedge keeping the distance between wedge point and 200 gm weight as 25 cm. Initially the masses were not at balance. A beaker is placed beneath the unknown mass and water is added slowly to it. At given point the masses were in balance and half volume of the unknown mass was inside the water.
(Take the density of unknown mass is more than that of the water, the mass did not absorb water and water density is .) The unknown mass is ________ kg.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque - 102Which of the following are correct expression for torque acting on a body?
B.
C.
D.
E.
( position vector; linear momentum;
angular momentum; angular acceleration;
moment of inertia; force; time)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque - 103A force of 49 N acts tangentially at the highest point of a sphere (solid) of mass 20 kg , kept on a rough horizontal plane. If the sphere rolls without slipping, then the acceleration of the center of the sphere is
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 104

A wheel of radius 0.2 m rotates freely about its center when a string that is wrapped over its rim is pulled by force of 10 N as shown in figure. The established torque produces an angular acceleration of . Moment of inertia of the wheel is _____ .
(Acceleration due to gravity )JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 105A square Lamina OABC of length 10 cm is pivoted at 'O'. Forces act at Lamina as shown in figure. If Lamina remains stationary, then the magnitude of F is :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 106The coordinates of a particle with respect to origin in a given reference frame is \((1,1,1)\) meters. If a force of \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{F}}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}\) acts on the particle, then the magnitude of torque (with respect to origin) in z-direction is ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque
- 107The torque due to the force about the origin, acting on a particle whose position vector is , would beJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 108A heavy iron bar, of weight is having its one end on the ground and the other on the shoulder of a person. The bar makes an angle with the horizontal. The weight experienced by the person is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 109A heavy iron bar of weight is having its one end on the ground and the other on the shoulder of a man. The rod makes an angle with the horizontal, the normal force applied by the man on bar is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 110A force of acts on the origin of the coordinate system. The torque about the point is , The ratio of is . The value of isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque
- 111An object of mass is hanging from one end of a uniform rod of mass and length pivoted at its end on a vertical wall as shown in figure. It is supported by a cable such that the system is in equilibrium. The tension in the cable is:
(Take )
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 112The torque of a force about the origin is . If the force acts on a particle whose position vector is , then the value of will beJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 113A uniform disc with mass and radius is mounted on a fixed horizontal axle as shown in figure. A block with mass 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 _____ .
(Take )
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 114A long ladder weighing leans on a frictionless wall. Its feet rest on the floor away from the wall as shown in the figure. If and are the reaction forces of the floor and the wall, then ratio of will be :
(Use .)
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 115If force acts on a particle having position vector then, the torque about the origin will be:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 116A metre scale is balanced on a knife edge at its centre. When two coins, each of mass are put one on the top of the other at the mark the scale is found to be balanced at mark. The mass of the metre scale is found to be . The value of is _____ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque
- 117A solid cylinder of mass is wrapped with an inextensible light string and, is placed on a rough inclined plane as shown in the figure. The frictional force acting between the cylinder and the inclined plane is:

[The coefficient of static friction, , is ]JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 118A triangular plate is shown. A force is applied at point The torque at point with respect to point and are:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 119A force is applied on an intersection point of plane and -axis. The magnitude of torque of this force about a point is ________.
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque - 120A force acts at a point . Then the magnitude of torque about the point will be The value of is..........JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Torque
- 121

A uniform rod of length ' is pivoted at one of its ends on a vertical shaft of negligible radius. When the shaft rotates at angular speed the rod makes an angle with it (see figure). To find equate the rate of change of angular momentum (direction going into the paper) about the centre of mass (CM) to the torque provided by the horizontal and vertical forces and about the CM. The value of is then such that:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 122Shown in the figure is rigid and uniform one meter long rod held in horizontal position by two strings tied to its ends and attached to the ceiling. The rod is off mass and has another weight of mass hung at a distance of from . The tension in the string at is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 123A stationary horizontal disc is free to rotate about its axis. When a torque is applied on it, its kinetic energy as a function of , where is the angle by which it has rotated, is given as . If its moment of inertia is then the angular acceleration of the disc is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 124The magnitude of torque on a particle of mass is 2.5 Nm about the origin. If the force acting on it is and the distance of the particle from the origin is the angle between the force and the position vector is (in radians):JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 125A slab is subjected to two forces and of same
magnitude as shown in the figure. Force is in XY-
plane while force acts along -axis at the point
. The moment of these forces about point will be:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 126To mop-clean a floor, a cleaning machine presses a circular mop of radius vertically down with a total force and rotates it with a constant angular speed about its axis. If the force is distributed uniformly over the mop and if coefficient of friction between the mop and the floor is the torque, applied by the machine on the mop is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 127An -shaped object, made of thin rods of uniform mass density, is suspended with a string as shown in figure. If and the angle made by with downward vertical is then:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 128Two masses and are connected at the two ends of a massless rigid rod of length The rod is suspended by a thin wire of torsional constant at the centre of mass of the rod-mass system (see figure). Because of torsional constant the restoring torque is for angular displacement If the rod is rotated by and released, the tension in it when it passes through its mean position will be:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 129A force of acts on a point at the end of an L-shaped object as shown in the figure. The angle that will produce the maximum moment of the force about point is given by:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 130A uniform rod is suspended from a point , at a variable distance from , as shown. To make the rod horizontal, a mass is suspended from its end . A set of value is recorded. The appropriate variables that give a straight line, when plotted, are:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 131A force of acts on a point at the end of an L-shaped object, as shown in the figure. The angle that will produce maximum moment of the force about point is given by:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 132A uniform is suspended from a point , at a variable distance from from , as shown. To make the rod horizontal, a mass is suspended from its end . A set of values is recorded. The appropriate variable that give a straight line, when plotted, are:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 133In a physical balance working on the principle of moments, when 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?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 134A roller is made by joining together two cones at their vertices O. It is kept on two rails AB and CD which are placed asymmetrically (see figure), with its axis perpendicular to CD and its centre O at the centre of line joining AB and CD (see figure). It is given a light push so that it starts rolling with its centre O moving parallel to CD in the direction shown. As it moves, the roller will tend to:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 135A uniform sphere of weight and radius is being held by a string as shown in the figure. The tension in the string will be :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque/With diagram - 136A pulley of radius is rotated about its axis by a force Newton (where is measured in seconds) applied tangentially. If the moment of inertia of the pulley about its axis of rotation made by the pulley before its direction of motion if reversed, is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 137A force of acts on , the origin of the coordinate system. The torque about the point JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 138Let be the force acting on a particle having position vector and be the torque of this force about the origin. ThenJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Torque
- 139A wheel initially at rest is subjected to a uniform angular acceleration about its axis. In the first it rotates through an angle and in the next it rotates through an angle . The ratio is _______.JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 140A particle is rotating in a circular path and at any instant its motion can be described as . The angular acceleration of the particle after seconds is _______ rad/s.JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 141A fly wheel having mass 3 kg and radius 5 m is free to rotate about a horizontal axis. A string having negligible mass is wound around the wheel and the loose end of the string is connected to 3 kg mass. The mass is kept at rest initially and released. Kinetic energy of the wheel when the mass descends by 3 m is JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 142Two circular discs of radius each 10 cm are joined at their centres by a rod of length 30 cm and mass 600 gm as shown in figure. If the mass of each disc is 600 gm and applied torque between two discs is dyne. cm, the angular acceleration of the discs about the given axis is .
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 143A uniform rod of mass and length suspended by means of two identical inextensible light strings as shown in figure. Tension in one string immediately after the other string is cut, is . acceleration due to gravity)
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 144A thin solid disk of 1 kg is rotating along its diameter axis at the speed of 1800 rpm. By applying an external torque of for 40 s, the speed increases to 2100 rpm. The diameter of the disk is ________ m.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 145A cord of negligible mass is wound around the rim of a wheel supported by spokes with negligible mass. The mass of wheel is 10 kg and radius is 10 cm and it can freely rotate without any friction. Initially the wheel is at rest. If a steady pull of 20 N is applied on the cord, the angular velocity of the wheel, after the cord is unwound by 1 m , would be :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 146A uniform solid cylinder of mass ' ' and radius ' ' rolls along an inclined rough plane of inclination . If it starts to roll from rest from the top of the plane then the linear acceleration of the cylinder's axis will beJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 147A circular disk of radius R meter and mass M kg is rotating around the axis perpendicular to the disk. An external torque is applied to the disk such that , where is the angular position of the rotating disc as a function of time .
How much power is delivered by the applied torque, when ?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics - 148A circular disc reaches from top to bottom of an inclined plane of length . When it slips down the plane, if takes . When it rolls down the plane then it takes , where is _________JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 149A string is wrapped around the rim of a wheel of moment of inertia and radius . The wheel is free to rotate about its axis. Initially the wheel is at rest. The string is now pulled by a force of . The angular velocity of the wheel after is , where is _______JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 150

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/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 151A hollow sphere is rolling on a plane surface about its axis of symmetry. The ratio of rotational kinetic energy to its total kinetic energy is . The value of is _____ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 152A ball of mass is attached to a string of length . The ball is rotated on a horizontal circular path about its vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can bear is . The maximum possible value of angular velocity of the ball in is,:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 153A light rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass and radius . The rope is pulled with a force of . The angular acceleration of the cylinder will be _____ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 154For rolling spherical shell, the ratio of rotational kinetic energy and total kinetic energy is . The value of is _____.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 155A circular plate is rotating in horizontal plane, about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the plate, with an angular velocity . A person sits at the centre having two dumbbells in his hands. When he stretched out his hands, the moment of inertia of the system becomes triple. If be the initial Kinetic energy of the system, then final Kinetic energy will be . The value of isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 156A thin uniform rod of length , cross sectional area and density is rotated about an axis passing through the centre and perpendicular to its length with angular velocity . If value of in terms of its rotational kinetic energy is , then the value of is ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 157A solid cylinder length is suspended symmetrically through two massless strings, as shown in the figure. The distance from the initial rest position, the cylinder should be unbinding the strings to achieve a speed of , is _____.
(take )
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 158A pulley of radius is rotated about its axis by a force applied tangentially (while is measured in seconds). If moment of inertia of the pulley about its axis of rotation is , the number of rotations made by the pulley before its direction of motion is reversed, will be . The value of is _____ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 159A disc of mass and radius is free of rotate about a horizontal axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the plane of disc. A body of same mass as that of disc is fixed at the highest point of the disc. Now the system is released, when the body comes to the lowest position, its angular speed will be where _____ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 160A fly wheel is accelerated uniformly from rest and rotates through in the first second. The angle rotated by the fly wheel in the next second, will be :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 161A huge circular arc of length subtends an angle at the centre of the circle. How long it would take for a body to complete revolution if its speed is per second?
Given :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics - 162The centre of a wheel rolling on a plane surface moves with a speed A particle on the rim of the wheel at the same level as the centre will be moving at a speed Then the value of is JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 163A body rotating with an angular speed of is uniformly accelerated to in The number of rotations made in the process isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 164A body rolls down an inclined plane without slipping. The kinetic energy of rotation is of its translational kinetic energy. The body is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 165The angular speed of truck wheel is increased from to in seconds. The number of revolutions by the truck engine during this time is ______.
(Assuming the acceleration to be uniform).JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics - 166Consider a uniform circular disk of radius . It is pin supported at its center and is at rest initially. The disk is acted upon by a constant force through a massless string wrapped around its periphery as shown in the figure.

Suppose the disk makes number of revolutions to attain an angular speed of . The value of , to the nearest integer, is _______ .
[Given : In one complete revolution, the disk rotates by ]JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 167A person of mass is standing on the rim of a circular platform of mass rotating about its axis at revolutions per minute (rpm). The person now starts moving towards the centre of the platform. What will be the rotational speed (in ) of the platform when the person reaches its centre....JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 168Two uniform circular discs are rotating independently in the same direction around their common axis passing through their centres. The moment of inertia and angular velocity of the first disc are and respectively while those for the second one are and respectively. At some instant they get stuck together and start rotating as a single system about their common axis with some angular speed. The kinetic energy of the combined system is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 169A cylindrical vessel containing a liquid is rotated about its axis so that the liquid rises at its sides as shown in the figure. The radius of vessel is and the angular speed of rotation is . The difference in the height, of liquid at the Centre of vessel and at the sides of the vessel will be :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 170A uniformly thick wheel with moment of inertia and radius is free to rotate about its centre of mass (see fig). A massless string is wrapped over its rim and two blocks of masses and are attached to the ends of the string. The system Is released from rest. The angular speed of the wheel when descends by a distance is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 171One end of a straight uniform long bar is pivoted on horizontal table. It is released from rest when it makes an angle from the horizontal (see figure). Its angular speed when it hits the table is given as , where is an integer. The value of is ____________
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 172A uniform sphere of mass rolls without slipping on a plane horizontal surface with its centre moving at a speed of . Its kinetic energy is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 173A smooth wire of length is bent into a circle and kept in a vertical plane. A bead can slide smoothly on the wire. When the circle is rotating with angular speed about the vertical diameter as shown in figure, the bead is at rest with respect to the circular ring at position as shown. Then the value of is equal to:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 174A uniform rod of length is being rotated in a horizontal plane with a constant angular speed about an axis passing through one of its ends. If the tension generated in the rod due to rotation is at a distance from the axis, then which of the following graphs depicts it most closely?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 175A metal coin of mass and radius is fixed to a thin stick of negligible mass as shown in the figure. The system is initially at rest. The constant torque, that will make the system rotate about at rotations per second in , is close to:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 176Moment of inertia of a body about a given axis is Initially the body is at rest. In order to produce a rotational kinetic energy of the angular acceleration of must be applied about the axis for a duration of:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 177A long cylindrical vessel is half filled with a liquid. When the vessel is rotated about its own vertical axis, the liquid rises up near the wall. If the radius of vessel is and its rotational speed is rotations per second, then the difference in the heights between the center and the sides, in will be:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 178A rigid massless rod of length has two masses attached at each end as shown in the figure. The rod is pivoted at point on the horizontal axis. When released from the initial horizontal position, its instantaneous angular acceleration will be
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 179A rod of length is pivoted at one end. It is raised such that it makes an angle of from the horizontal as shown and released from rest. Its angular speed when it passes through the horizontal (in ) will be
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 180A thin rod , free to rotate in the vertical plane about the fixed end , is held horizontal. When the end is released the speed of this end, when the rod makes an angle with the horizontal, will be proportional to: (see figure)
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 181A uniform disc of radius and mass is free to rotate only about its axis. A string is wrapped over its rim and a body of mass is tied to the free end of the string as shown in the figure. The body is released from rest. Then the acceleration of the body is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 182A slender uniform rod of mass and length is pivoted at one end so that it can rotate in a vertical plane (see figure). There is negligible friction at the pivot. The free end is held vertically above the pivot and then released. The angular acceleration of the rod when it makes an angle with the vertical is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 183A mass is supported by a massless string wound around a uniform hollow cylinder of mass m and radius R. If the string does not slip on the cylinder, with what acceleration will the mass fall on release?
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 184A body of mass ' ' is tied to one end of a spring and whirled round in a horizontal plane with a constant angular velocity. The elongation in the spring is . If the angular velocity is doubled, the elongation in the spring is . The original length of the spring is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 185A tennis ball (treated as hollow spherical shell) starting from rolls down a hill. At point the ball becomes air borne leaving at an angle of with the horizontal. The ball strikes the ground at . What is the value of the distance ?
(Moment of inertia of a spherical shell of mass and radius about its diameter )
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 186A solid sphere having mass and radius rolls down an inclined plane. Then its kinetic energy isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 187For a particle in uniform circular motion the acceleration at a point on the circle of radius is (here is measured from the -axis)JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 188A point moves in counter-clockwise direction on a circular path as shown in the figure. The movement of ' ' is such that it sweeps out a length , where is in metres and is in seconds. The radius of the path is . The acceleration of ' ' when is nearly
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics/With diagram - 189A thin uniform rod of length and mass is swinging freely about a horizontal axis passing through its end. Its maximum angular speed is . Its centre of mass rises to a maximum height ofJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics
- 190A solid sphere, a hallow sphere and a ring are released from top of an inclined plane (frictionless)
so that they slide down the plane. Then maximum acceleration down the plane is for (no rolling)JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rotational kinematics - 191When the position vector changes sign as , which one of the following vector will not flip under sign change ?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 192A thin uniform rod of mass and length is pivoted at a height as shown in the figure. The rod is allowed to fall from a vertical position and lie horizontally on the table. The angular velocity of this rod when it hits the table top, is . ( gravitational acceleration)
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 193Two small balls with masses and 2 m are attached to both ends of a rigid rod of length and negligible mass. If angular momentum of this system is about an axis () passing through its centre of mass and perpendicular to the rod then angular velocity of the system about is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 194Two cars and each of mass are moving on parallel tracks separated by a distance of 10 m, in same direction with speeds and . The magnitude of angular momentum of with respect to is J.s.JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 195A solid sphere with uniform density and radius R is rotating initially with constant angular velocity about its diameter. After some time during the rotation its starts loosing mass at a uniform rate, with no change in its shape. The angular velocity of the sphere when its radius become is . The value of is ________JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 196If and represent the angular momentum and linear momentum respectively of a particle of mass ' m ' having position vector . The direction of force isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 197

Three equal masses are kept at vertices (A, B, C) of an equilateral triangle of side a in free space. At , they are given an initial velocity and . Here, and are unit vectors along the edges of the triangle. If the three masses interact gravitationally, then the magnitude of the net angular momentum of the system at the point of collision is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 198An object of mass ' m ' is projected from origin in a vertical plane at an angle with the x axis with an initial velocity . The magnitude and direction of the angular momentum of the object with respect to origin, when it reaches at the maximum height, will be [ g is acceleration due to gravity]JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 199The position vectors of two 1 kg particles, (A) and (B), are given by
and , respectively; , where t is time, n and p are constants. At and velocities and of the particles are orthogonal to each other. At , the magnitude of angular momentum of particle (A) with respect to the position of particle (B) is . The value of L is _______ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse - 200A thin circular disc of mass and radius is rotating in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane with angular velocity . If another disc of same dimensions but of mass is placed gently on the first disc co-axially, then the new angular velocity of the system is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 201If 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/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 202A body of mass is projected with a speed making an angle of with the ground. The angular momentum of the body about the point of projection, at the highest point is expressed as . The value of is_______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 203Consider a disc of mass , radius , rotating with angular velocity of 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 _________.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 204A body of mass moving with a uniform speed in plane along the line . The angular momentum of the particle about the origin will be _______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 205A solid sphere is rolling on a horizontal plane without slipping. If the ratio of angular momentum about axis of rotation of the sphere to the total energy of moving sphere is then, the value of its angular speed will be_________rad{s}^{-1}.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 206A spherical shell of mass and radius is rolling with angular speed on horizontal plane (as shown in figure). The magnitude of angular momentum of the shell about the origin is . The value of will be
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 207The position vector of object is and its velocity . The magnitude of its angular momentum is , where isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 208A thin circular ring of mass and radius is rotating with a constant angular velocity 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 be attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of ring, the ring will then rotate with an angular velocity (in ).JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 209Angular momentum of a single particle moving with constant speed along circular path :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 210Two discs have moments of intertia and about their respective axes perpendicular to the plane and passing through the centre. They are rotating with angular speeds, and 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/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 211A particle of mass is moving in time on a trajectory given by,
where and are dimensional constants.
The angular momentum of the particle becomes the same as it was for at time _____ seconds.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse - 212A mass hangs on a massless rod of length which rotates at a constant angular frequency. The mass moves with steady speed in a circular path of constant radius. Assume that the system is in steady circular motion with constant angular velocity The angular momentum of about point is which lies in the positive direction and the angular momentum of about is The correct statement for this system is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 213A ball of mass moving with a velocity along -axis, hits another ball of mass which is at rest. After the collision, the first ball comes to rest and the second one disintegrates into two equal pieces. One of the pieces starts moving along -axis at a speed of . The second piece starts moving at a speed of at an angle (degree) with respect to the -axis. The configuration of pieces after the collision is shown in the figure. The value of to the nearest integer is _________.
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 214The maximum and minimum distances of a comet from the Sun are and respectively. If the speed of the comet at the nearest point is , the speed at the farthest point isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 215A sphere of radius and mass rolls along a horizontal plane with constant speed . It encounters an inclined plane at angle and climbs upward. Assuming that it rolls without slipping, how far up the sphere will travel?
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 216Four point masses, each of mass , are fixed at the corners of a square of side I. The square is rotating with angular frequency 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/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 217A wheel is rotating freely with an angular speed on a shaft. The moment of inertia of the wheel is and the moment of inertia of the shaft is negligible. Another wheel of moment of inertia initially at rest is suddenly coupled to the same shaft. The resultant fractional loss in the kinetic energy of the system is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 218A circular disc of mass and radius is rotating about its axis with angular speed . If another stationary disc having radius and same mass is dropped co-axially on to the rotating disc. Gradually both discs attain constant angular speed . The energy lost in the process is \text{p%} of the initial energy. Value of is ______JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 219A block of mass slides with velocity on a frictionless horizontal surface and collides with a uniform vertical rod and sticks to it as shown. The rod is pivoted about and swings as a result of the collision making angle before momentarily coming to rest. if the rod has mass and length the value of is approximately
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 220A person of mass is sitting on a swing of length and swinging with and an angular amplitude If the person stands up when the swing passes through its lowest point, the work done by him, assuming that his centre of mass moves by a distance is close to:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 221The time dependence of the position of a particle of mass is given by . Its angular momentum, with respect to the origin, at time is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 222Two coaxial discs, having moments of inertia and , are rotating with respective angular velocities and , about their common axis. They are brought in contact with each other and thereafter they rotate with a common angular velocity. If and are the final and initial total energies, then is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 223A thin smooth rod of length and mass is rotating freely with angular speed about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through center. Two beads of mass and negligible size are at the center of the rod initially. The beads of mass and negligible size are at the center of the rod initially. The beads are free to slide along the rod. The angular speed of the system, when the beads reach the opposite ends of the rod, will be:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 224A rectangular solid box of length is held horizontally, with one of its sides on the edge of a platform of height . When released, it slips off the table in a very short time , remaining essentially horizontal. The angle by which it would rotate when it hits the ground will be (in radians) close to:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 225A thin uniform bar of length and mass lies on a smooth horizontal table. Two point masses and moving in the same horizontal plane from opposite sides of the bar with speeds and respectively. The masses stick to the bar after collision at a distance and respectively from the centre of the bar. If the bar starts rotating about its center of mass as a result of collision, the angular speed of the bar will be:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 226A cubical block of side is moving with velocity on a smooth horizontal surface. The surface has a bump at a point as shown in the figure. The angular velocity (in rad/s) of the block immediately after it hits the bump, is :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 227A particle of mass m is moving along the side of a square of side 'a', with a uniform speed in the x-y plane as shown in the figure:

Which of the following statements is false for the angular momentum about the origin?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 228A particle of mass is on a smooth horizontal table and moves in a circular path of radius . The height of the table from the ground is . If the angular speed of the particle is , the magnitude of its angular momentum about a point on the ground right under the center of the circle is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 229A ball of mass is thrown up at an angle of to the horizontal at a speed of . The angular momentum of the ball at the highest point of the trajectory with respect to the point from which the ball is thrown is nearly JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 230A particle is moving in a circular path of radius a, with a constant velocity as shown in the figure. The centre of circle is marked by ' '. The angular momentum from the origin can be written as:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 231A bob of mass m attached to an inextensible string of length is suspended from a vertical support. The bob rotates in a horizontal circle with an angular speed rad/s about the vertical. About the point of suspension :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 232A particle of mass is moving such that at time , its position, in meter, is given by . The angular momentum of the particle at about the origin in is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 233A hoop of radius and mass rotating with an angular velocity is placed on a rough horizontal surface. The initial velocity of the centre of the hoop is zero. What will be the velocity of the centre of the hoop when it ceases to slip?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 234A stone of mass , tied to the end of a string, is whirled around in a circle on a horizontal frictionless table. The length of the string is reduced gradually keeping the angular momentum of the stone about the centre of the circle constant. Then, the tension in the string is given by , where is a constant, is the instantaneous radius of the circle. The value of is equal toJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 235This question has Statement 1 and Statement 2. Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements.
Statement 1: When moment of inertia of a body rotating about an axis with angular speed increases, its angular momentum is unchanged but the kinetic energy increases if there is no torque applied on it.
Statement 2: , kinetic energy of rotation JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse - 236A thin horizontal circular disc is rotating about a vertical axis passing through its centre. An insect is at rest at a point near the rim of the disc. The insect now moves along a diameter of the disc to reach its other end. During the journey of the insect, the angular speed of the disc:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 237Angular momentum of the particle rotating with a central force is constant due toJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 238A thin circular ring of mass and radius is rotating about its axis with a constant angular velocity . Two objects each of mass are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. The ring now rotates with an angular velocity JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 239A solid sphere is rotating in free space. If the radius of the sphere is increased keeping mass same which one of the following will not be affected?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 240A particle performing uniform circular motion has angular frequency is doubled \& its kinetic energy halved, then the new angular momentum isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 241A particle of mass moves along line with velocity as shown. What is the angular momentum of the particle about
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse/With diagram - 242Initial angular velocity of a circular disc of mass is . Then two small spheres of mass are attached gently to diametrically opposite points on the edge of the disc. What is the final angular velocity of the disc?JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Angular momentum and Angular impulse
- 243A solid cylinder having radius and length is slipping on a rough horizontal plane. At time the cylinder has a translational velocity m/s, perpendicular to its axis and a rotational velocity about the centre. The time taken by the cylinder to start rolling is ________ seconds. (coefficient of kinetic friction and m/s)JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 244A circular ring and a solid sphere having same radius roll down on an inclined plane from rest without slipping. The ratio of their velocities when reached at the bottom of the plane is where _____JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 245A solid sphere is rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane. The ratio of the linear kinetic energy of the centre of mass of the sphere and rotational kinetic energy is :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 246A solid sphere of mass ' ' and radius ' ' is allowed to roll without slipping from the highest point of an inclined plane of length ' ' and makes an angle with the horizontal. The speed of the particle at the bottom of the plane is . If the angle of inclination is increased to while keeping constant. Then the new speed of the sphere at the bottom of the plane is . The ratio isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 247A solid sphere and a hollow cylinder roll up without slipping on same inclined plane with same initial speed . The sphere and the cylinder reaches upto maximum heights and , respectively, above the initial level. The ratio is . The value of is______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 248A disc of radius and mass is rolling horizontally without slipping with speed . It then moves up an inclined smooth surface as shown in figure. The maximum height that the disc can go up the incline is:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 249A cylinder is rolling down on an inclined plane of inclination . Its acceleration during rolling down will be , where _______(use ).JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 250A ring and a solid sphere roll down the same inclined plane without slipping. They start from rest. The radii of both bodies are identical and the ratio of their kinetic energies is , where is ______.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 251A solid cylinder is released from rest from the top of an inclined plane of inclination and length . If the cylinder rolls without slipping, its speed upon reaching the bottom of the inclined plane is ______ . (Given )
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 252A solid sphere of mass rolls without slipping on a plane surface. Its kinetic energy is . The speed of the centre of mass of the sphere is ______ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 253A uniform disc of mass and radius is projected with velocity at on a rough horizontal surface. It starts off with a purely sliding motion at . After it acquires a purely rolling motion (see figure). The total kinetic energy of the disc after will be ______ .
(given, coefficient of friction is and ).
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 254A solid cylinder and a solid sphere, having same mass and radius , 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 beJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 255Consider 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 isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 256Two 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 inclined plane of the ring to that of the cylinder is Then, the value of isJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 257A circular disc reaches from top to bottom of an inclined plane of length When it slips down the plane, it takes time . When it rolls down the plane, it takes time . The value of is . The value of will beJEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 258A sphere of mass and radius is rolling with an initial speed of goes up an inclined plane which makes an angle of with the horizontal plane, without slipping. How low will the sphere take to return to the starting point ?
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 259The following bodies,
a ring
a disc
a solid cylinder
a solid sphere,
of same mass and radius 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 the inclined plane is
[Mark the body as per their respective numbering given in the question]
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 260A solid disc of radius and mass rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane making an angle with the horizontal. The acceleration of the disc will be , where is _______. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)
( acceleration due to gravity)
( angle as shown in figure)
JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 261

As shown in the figure, a bob of mass is tied to a massless string whose other end portion is wound on a fly wheel (disc) of radius and mass When released from rest the bob starts falling vertically. When it has covered a distance of the angular speed of the wheel will be:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 262The following bodies are made to roll up (without slipping) the same inclined plane from a horizontal plane: (i) a ring of radius (ii) a solid cylinder of radius and (iii) a solid sphere of radius If, in each case, the speed of the center of mass at the bottom of the incline is same, the ratio of the maximum heights they climb is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 263A solid sphere and solid cylinder of identical radii approach an incline with the same linear velocity (see figure). Both roll without slipping all throughout. The two climb maximum heights and on the inline. The ratio is given by:
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 264a string is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass and radius . If the string is now pulled with a horizontal force of , and the cylinder is rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface (see figure), then the angular acceleration of the cylinder will be (Neglect the mass and thickness of the string)
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 265A homogeneous solid cylindrical roller of radius and mass is pulled on a cricket pitch by a horizontal force. Assuming rolling without slipping, angular acceleration of the cylinder is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 266A uniform solid cylindrical roller of mass is being pulled on a horizontal surface with force parallel to the surface and applied at its centre. If the acceleration of the cylinder is and it is rolling without slipping then the value of is:JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 267Consider a cylinder of mass M resting on a rough horizontal rug that is pulled out from under it with acceleration 'a' perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. What is Ffriction at point P ? It is assumed that the cylinder does not slip.
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 268A cylinder of mass Mc and sphere of mass Ms are placed at points A and B of two inclines, respectively. (See figure). If they roll on the incline without slipping such that their accelerations are the same, then the ratio is :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping/With diagram - 269A thick-walled hollow sphere has outside radius . It rolls down an incline without slipping and its speed at the bottom is . Now the incline is waxed, so that it is practically frictionless and the sphere is observed to slide down (without any rolling). Its speed at the bottom is observed to be . The radius of gyration of the hollow sphere about an axis through its centre isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 270A mass hangs with the help of a string wrapped around a pulley on a frictionless bearing. The pulley has mass and radius . Assuming pulley to be a perfect uniform circular disc, the acceleration of the mass , if the string does not slip on the pulley, isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 271A round uniform body of radius , mass and moment of inertia '', rolls down (without slipping) an inclined plane making an angle with the horizontal. Then its acceleration isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Rolling without Slipping
- 272A wheel is rolling on a plane surface. The speed of a particle on the highest point of the rim is . The speed of the particle on the rim of the wheel at the same level as the centre of wheel, will be :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Combination of translation and rotation
- 273A solid sphere of mass is making pure rolling on a horizontal surface with kinetic energy . The velocity of centre of mass of the sphere will be ______ .JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Combination of translation and rotation
- 274A 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 isJEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Combination of translation and rotation
- 275Electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave propagating through a non-magnetic medium is given by The dielectric constant of the medium is equal to:
(Take JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Combination of translation and rotation - 276A solid sphere is rolling on a surface as shown in figure, with a translational velocity . If it is to climb the inclined surface continuing to roll without slipping, then minimum velocity for this to happen is
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Combination of translation and rotation/With diagram - 277A 'T' shaped object with dimensions shown in the figure, is lying on a smooth floor. A force is applied at the point parallel to , such that the object has only the translational motion without rotation. Find the location of with respect to
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Combination of translation and rotation/With diagram - 278A uniform bar of length 12 cm and mass lies on a smooth horizontal table. Two point masses and are moving in opposite directions with same speed of and in the same plane as the bar, as shown in figure. These masses strike the bar simultaneously and get stuck to it. After collision the entire system is rotating with angular frequency . The ratio of and is :
JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Collisions in rotation/With diagram - 279Two discs of moment of inertia and about their central axes & normal to their planes, rotating with angular speeds 10rad{s}^{-1}&4rad{s}^{-1} respectively are brought into contact face to face with their axe of rotation coincident. The loss in kinetic energy of the system in the process is _________.JEE Main/Numerical/Medium/Collisions in rotation
- 280A ring of mass and radius is rotating about its axis with angular velocity . Two identical bodies each of mass are now gently attached at the two ends of a diameter of the ring. Because of this, the kinetic energy loss will be :JEE Main/MCQ/Medium/Collisions in rotation
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