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RS # 04 (Rotation, Gravitation, S.H.M., Elasticity, Fluids, WEP, Momentum and Surface tension)
Revision Sheet - 04
PHYSICS
Rotation, Gravitation, S.H.M., Elasticity, Fluids,
WEP, Momentum and Surface tension
Time: 2 hrs.

Straight Objective Type Questions

1. The adjacent graph shows the extension    of a wire of length 2 m
suspended from the top of a roof at one end and with a load W
connected to the other end. If the cross-sectional area of the wire is
106 m 2 , calculate the Young’s modulus of the material of the wire.
(A) 2 1011N/m (B) 4 1011N/m
(C) 3 1012 N/m (D) 2 1013 N/m

2. A circular platform in the shape of a uniform disc of mass 3m and radius

r is mounted on a vertical frictionless axle. It is initially at rest. A man
of mass m stands on the edge of the platform and begins to walk along
the edge. The angle turned by the platform when the man completes one
round on it is
2 2 4 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 5 3 5

3. A spaceship approaches the moon (mass = M and radius = R) along a parabolic path which is
almost tangential to its surface. At the moment of maximum approach, the brake rocket is fired
to convert the spaceship into a satellite of the moon. The change in speed will be
 2 1 
(A)
GM
 2 1  (B)
GM
(C)
GM
(D)
GM
 
R R 2R R  2 1

4. The figure shows the variation of force acting on a particle of mass 400 g
executing simple harmonic motion. The frequency of oscillation of the
particle is
 5  1
(A) 4s 1 (B)  s
 2 
 1  1  1  1
(C)  s (D)  s
 8   2 

5. A body A is thrown vertically upwards with such a velocity that it reaches a maximum height of
h. Simultaneously another body B is dropped from height h. It strikes the ground and does not
rebound. The velocity of A relative to B v/s time graph is best represented by : (upward direction
is positive)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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6. Find the resultant amplitude of the following simple harmonic equations:

x1  5sin t
x2  5sin t  53 
x3  10 cos t
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20

7. Two very wide parallel glass plates are held vertically at a small separation d. When dipped in a
liquid, some liquid rises up in the gap between the plates. If S be the surface tension of liquid,  
is its contact angle with glass, p0 atmospheric pressure and p is the pressure just below the liquid
surface between the plates, then
4S 4 S cos 
(A) p  p0  (B) p  p0 
d cos  d
2 S cos  2S
(C) p  p0  (D) p  p0 
d d cos 

8. The equation of simple harmonic motion of a particle is a  4 2 x  0 where a is the

instantaneous linear acceleration at displacement x. The frequency of motion is
1
(A) 1 Hz (B) 4 Hz (C) Hz (D) 4 Hz
4

 
9. Two simple harmonic motions are represented by the equations y1  0.1sin 100 t   and
 3
y2  0.1cos 100 t  . The phase difference of the velocity of particle 1 with respect to the
velocity of particle 2 is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 6 3

10. In a collinear collision, a particle with an initial speed v0 strikes a stationary particle of the same
mass. If the final total kinetic energy is 50% greater than the original kinetic energy, the
magnitude of the relative velocity between the two particles, after collision, is
v v v
(A) 0 (B) 0 (C) 0 (D) 2 v0
2 2 4

11. A bead of mass m slides without friction around a loop of radius 20 cm (figure). The bead is
released from a height h  h0 . Such that it is just able to loop the loop. The value of h0 is

(A) 40 cm (B) 50 cm (C) 60 cm (D) 45 cm

12. A particle is moving in a circle of radius r under the action of a force F   r 2 which is directed
towards centre of the circle. Total mechanical energy (kinetic energy + potential energy) of the
particle is (take potential energy = 0 for r = 0)
1 4 5
(A)  r 3 (B)  r 3 (C)  r 3 (D)  r 3
2 3 6
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13. A large number (n) of identical beads, each of mass m and radius r are
strung on a thin smooth rigid horizontal rod of length L (L >> r) and are at
rest at random positions. The rod is mounted between two rigid supports
(see figure). If one of the beads is now given a speed v, the average force
experienced by each support after a long time is (assume all collisions are elastic)
mv 2 mv 2 mv 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) Zero
L  nr L  2nr 2  L  nr 

14. A string is wrapped over the edge of a uniform disc and the free end is fixed with the ceiling.
The disc moves down, unwinding the string. The tension in the string is
mg 2 3
(A) mg (B) (C) mg (D) mg
3 3 4

15. A projectile is launched vertically upward from a planet of mass M and radius R; its initial speed
is twice the escape speed. The expression for its speed as a function of the distance r from the
center of the planet is
3GM  R 6GM  3R  6GM  R 6GM  R
(A) 1   (B) 1   (C) 1   (D) 1  
R  r R  r  R  3r  R  2r 

16. 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 sphere has the greatest and the ring has the least velocity of the centre of mass at the
bottom of the inclined plane.
(B) The ring has the greatest and the cylinder 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 cylinder has the greatest and the sphere has the least velocity of the centre of mass at
the bottom of the inclined plane.

17. Match List-I with List-II.

List-I List-II
8ML2
(a) MI of the rod (length L, mass M, about an axis  (i)
3
to the rod passing through the midpoint.
ML2
(b) MI of the rod (length L, mass 2M, about an axis  (ii)
3
to the rod passing through its midpoint)
ML2
(c) MI of the rod (length 2L, mass M, about an axis  (iii)
12
to the rod passing through its midpoint
2 ML2
(d) MI of the rod (length 2L, mass 2M, about an axis  (iv)
3
to the rod passing through one of its end)
Choose the CORRECT answer from the options given below:
(A) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) (B) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
(C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) (D) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
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18. A mass M kg is suspended by a weightless string. The horizontal force that is required to
displace it until the string makes an angle of 45° with the initial vertical direction is

(A) Mg 2  1  
(B) Mg 2 (C)
Mg
2
(D) Mg 2  1  
19. A ball is projected from the ground at some angle with
horizontal. Coefficient of restitution between the ball and the
ground is e. Let a, b, and c be the ratio of times of flight,
horizontal range and maximum height in two successive paths.
The value of a, b and c in terms of e are respectively
(A) e 1 , e 2 , e 1 (B) e 1 , e 1 , e 2 (C) e 2 , e 1 , e2 (D) e 1 , e 2 , e2

20. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius a under the action of an attractive potential
k
U   2 . Its total energy is
2r
3 k k k
(A) Zero (B)  (C)  2 (D)
2a 2
4a 2 a2

21. A block of mass m is suspended through a spring of spring constant k and is in equilibrium. A
sharp blow gives the block an initial downward velocity v. How far below the equilibrium
position, the block comes to an instantaneous rest?
mv 2 mv 2 2mv 2 2mv 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
2k k k k

22. Two blocks A and B of mass m and 2m are connected by a massless spring of force constant k.
They are placed on a smooth horizontal plane. Spring is stretched by an amount x and then
released. The relative velocity of the blocks when the spring comes to its natural length is

 3k   2k  2kx 2km
(A)   x (B)   x (C) (D)
 2 m   3m  m 2x

23. Two masses m1 and m2 are suspended together by a massless spring of force constant k. When
the masses are in equilibrium, m1 is removed without disturbing the system. The amplitude of
oscillation is

(A)
m2 g
(B)
m1 g
(C)
 m1  m2  g (D)
 m2  m1  g
k k k k

24. A body of mass m starts moving from rest along x-axis so that its velocity varies as   a s
where a is a constant and s is the distance covered by the body. The total work done by all the
forces acting on the body in the first t seconds after the start of the motion is
1 1
(A) 8ma 4t 2 (B) ma 4t 2 (C) 4ma 4t 2 (D) ma 4t 2
4 8
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25. Four massless springs whose force constants are 2k, 2k, k and 2k
respectively are attached to a mass M kept on a frictionless plane (as
shown in figure). If the mass M is displaced in the horizontal direction,
then the frequency of the system.
1 k 1 4k 1 k 1 7k
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4M 2 M 2 7M 2 M

26. A particle at the end of a spring executes SHM with a period t1 , while the corresponding period
for another spring is t2 . If the period of oscillation with the two springs in series is T, then
(A) T 1  t11  t21 (B) T 2  t12  t22 (C) T  t1  t2 (D) T 2  t12  t22

27. A rigid spherical body is spinning around an axis without any external torque. Due to
temperature its volume increases by 6%. The percentage change in its angular speed is
(A) – 2% (B) – 1% (C) – 3% (D) – 4%

28. A uniform cylinder has a radius R and length L. If the moment of inertia of this cylinder about an
axis passing through its centre and normal to its circular face is equal to the moment of inertia of
the same cylinder about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its length, then
R 3
(A) L  R (B) L  3 R (C) L  (D) L  R
3 2

29. 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 the 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.
Then:
5
(A) I1  I 3  I 2  I 4 (B) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4 (C) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4 (D) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4
2

30. Two wires, one made of copper and other of steel are joined end to end. (as shown in figure).
The area of cross-section of copper wire is twice that of steel wire. They are placed under
compressive force of magnitude F. The ratio of their lengths such that change in lengths of both
wires are same is ( YS  2 1011 N/m and YC  1.1 1011 N/m 2 )

(A) 2.1 (B) 1.1 (C) 1.2 (D) 2

R
31. The value of the acceleration due to gravity is g1 at a height h  ( R  radius of the earth) from
2
the surface of the earth. It is again equal to g1 at a depth d below the surface of the earth. The
d
ratio   equals
R
7 4 1 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 3 9

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32. A small block of mass m is kept on a bigger block of mass M which is attached to a vertical
spring of spring constant k as shown in the figure. The system oscillates vertically. The
maximum amplitude with which the two blocks may oscillate together is

mg Mg (M + m)g (M + m)g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
k k k 2k

33. A vessel contains oil (density 0.8 g / cc) over mercury (density 13.6 g / cc). A homogeneous
sphere floats with half of its volume immersed in mercury and the other half is immersed in oil.
The density of the material of the sphere in g / cc is
(A) 3.3 (B) 6.4 (C) 7.2 (D) 12.8

34. Equal volumes of two immiscible liquids of density 2 and 4  , respectively,

are filled in the vessel as shown in the figure. Two small holes are punched at
h
depth and 2h, respectively, from the surface of the lighter liquid. If v1 and
2
v
v2 are the velocities of efflux at these holes, then the ratio of 1 is
v2
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 2 2

35. The diameter at the top is 0.5 times that at the bottom. The
pressure at the bottom is 3000 Pa, and the pressure at the top
is 1500 Pa. If the density of the fluid is 600 kg / m3 , what is
the speed of the fluid at the bottom?
1 1 1 1
(A) m s 1 (B) m s 1 (C) m s 1 (D) m s 1
5 5 2 3

36. The velocity of the liquid coming out of a small hole of a large vessel
containing two different liquids of densities 2 and  as shown in figure is
(A) 6gh (B) 2 gh
(C) 2 2gh (D) gh

37. A liquid flows through a horizontal tube as shown in Fig. The

velocities of the liquid in the two sections, which have areas of cross-
section A1 and A2 , are v1 and v2 , respectively. The difference in the
levels of the liquid in the two vertical tubes is h. Then
(A) v22  v12  2 gh (B) v22  v12  2 gh
(C) v22  v12  gh (D) v22  v12  gh

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38. In the given figure the load versus extension curves of two wires A and B are
drawn. The dimensions of wire are same, but they are of different materials.
The Young's modulus is more for wire
(A) A (B) B
(C) equal for both (D) cannot be compared

39. The bulk modulus of a spherical object is B. If it is subjected to uniform pressure p, the fractional
decrease in radius is
p B 3p p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
B 3p B 3B

40. A homogeneous bar of length L and mass M is at a distance h

from a point mass m. The total gravitational force exerted on m
by the bar is
GmM GMm
(A) (B)
 L
2
h  L  h
h 
 2
GMm GMmL
(C) (D)
 
h  L  h
2 2
h L h

Numerical Answer Type Questions

41. Moment of inertia of an equilateral triangular lamina ABC, about the axis
passing through its centre O and perpendicular to its plane is I 0 as shown in the
figure. A cavity DEF is cut out from the lamina, where D, E, F are the mid
points of the sides. Moment of inertia of the remaining part of lamina about the
same axis is a/b times I 0 where a and b are lowest possible integers. The value
of a + b is ___________.

42. As a 2.0 kg block travels around a 5 m radius circle it has an angular speed of 12 rad / s. The
circle is parallel to the xy plane and is centered on the z axis, 12 m from the origin. The
magnitude of its angular momentum around the origin in kg m 2 / s, is _____.

43. A rod of uniform cross-sectional area A  104 m 2 and length L = 2 m has a weight W = 15 N. It
is suspended vertically from a fixed support. If the material of the rod is homogeneous and its
modulus of elasticity is Y  1011 N/m 2 , then the total elongation produced in the rod due to its
L
own weight is  m. The value of L is ______.
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44. A body of mass (2M) splits into four masses {m, M – m, m, M – m}, which are
M
rearranged to form a square as shown in the figure. The ratio of for which,
m
the gravitational potential energy of the system becomes maximum is x : 1.
The value of x is _____.

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45. A uniform rod AB of mass m and length 2a is falling freely without rotation under gravity with
AB horizontal. Suddenly the end A is fixed when the speed of the rod is v. The percentage
decrease in kinetic energy of the rod is _____.

46. A bullet of mass 20 g travelling horizontally with a speed of 500 m / s passes through a wooden
block of mass 9.0 kg initially at rest on a level surface. The bullet emerges with a speed of 100 m / s
and the block slides 20 cm on the surface before coming to rest. The friction coefficient between
a
the block and the surface (figure) in reduced rational form is . The value of a + b is _____.
b

47. A body is in simple harmonic motion with time period T = 0.5 s and amplitude A = 1 cm in m/s.
The average velocity (in cm) in the interval in which it moves from equilibrium position to half
of its amplitude _______ .

48. A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 660 nm is incident on a totally reflecting
plane mirror. The angle of incidence is 53° and the number of photons striking the mirror per
second is 1.0  1019. The force exerted by the light beam on the mirror is n  109 N. The value of
n is _____ [Take h  6.6  1034 Js ]

49. Two blocks are connected by a massless cord that passes over a
frictionless pulley and a frictionless peg as in figure. One end of the
cord is attached to a mass m1  3kg that is a distance R  1.20 m
from the peg. The other end of the cord is connected to a block of
mass m2  4.50 kg resting on a table. When the 3.00 kg mass is
released at an angle  with the vertical it just begin to lift the 6.00 kg
a
block off the table. The value of cos in reduced rational form is .
b
The value of a  b is _____.

50. Consider two solid spheres P and Q each of density 8 gm cm 3 and diameters 1 cm and 0.5 cm,
respectively. Sphere P is dropped into a liquid of density 0.8 gm cm 3 and viscosity  = 3
poiseulles. Sphere Q is dropped into a liquid of density 1.6 gm cm 3 and viscosity  = 2
poiseulles. The ratio of the terminal velocities of P and Q is in reduced roteonal form is a / b.
The value of a + b is ________ .
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Answers
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1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (D)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (A)
21. (B) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (B)
31. (D) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (B) 36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (B) 39. (D) 40. (B)
41. (31) 42. (1560) 43. (5) 44. (2) 45. (25) 46. (97) 47. (12) 48. (12) 49. (7) 50. (3)
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