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Question 1: A ring of mass 0.3 kg and radius 0.1 m and a solid cylinder of mass 0.4 kg and the same radius are given the same kinetic energy and released simultaneously on a flat horizontal surface so that they begin to roll as soon as released towards a wall at the same distance from both. Rolling friction is negligible. Which reaches the wall first?
(a) The ring reaches first
(b) The cylinder reaches first
(c) Both reach the wall at the same time
(d) It cannot be determined without the radius
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Answer: (c) Both reach the wall at the same time

Explanation:
1. Total KE \( =\tfrac12mv^2(1+k) \). Ring: \( K=mv^2 \Rightarrow v^2=\dfrac K{0.3} \).
2. Cylinder: \( K=\tfrac34mv^2\Rightarrow v^2=\dfrac K{0.75\times0.4}=\dfrac K{0.3} \). The speeds are equal, so the times are equal.

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 2: Two identical uniform discs roll without slipping on two different surfaces AB and CD, starting from A and C with linear speeds \( v_1 \) and \( v_2 \) and always remaining in contact with the surfaces. Surface AB drops through a total height of 30 m from A to B, and CD drops through 27 m from C to D. They reach B and D with the same linear speed. If \( v_1=3 \) m/s, then \( v_2 \) is (g = 10 m/s²)
(a) 5 m/s
(b) 6 m/s
(c) 9 m/s
(d) 7 m/s
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Answer: (d) 7 m/s

Explanation:
1. Rolling disc: \( KE=\tfrac34mv^2 \). Energy: \( \tfrac34v_1^2+gh_1=\tfrac34v_2^2+gh_2 \) (same final speed).
2. \( \tfrac34(9)+300=\tfrac34v_2^2+270\Rightarrow v_2^2=49\Rightarrow v_2=7 m/s \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 3: A boy pushes a ring of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m with a vertical stick that touches the ring at the level of its centre, and rolls it without slipping with an acceleration of 0.3 m/s². The total force that the stick applies to the ring is 2 N (the resultant of a normal force and a friction force). The coefficient of friction between the ground and the ring is large enough for rolling to occur, and the coefficient of friction between the stick and the ring is \( \dfrac P{10} \). The value of P is
(a) 3.6
(b) 4.0
(c) 2.5
(d) 1.8
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Answer: (a) 3.6

Explanation:
1. Let \( N \) be the horizontal normal force from the stick and \( F_s \) its vertical friction, with \( N^2+F_s^2=4 \).
2. Linear: \( N-f_g=ma=0.6 \). Rotation about the centre (rolling, \( \alpha=a/R=0.6 \)): \( R(f_g-F_s)=mR^2\alpha\Rightarrow f_g-F_s=0.6 \), so \( F_s=N-1.2 \).
3. \( N^2+(N-1.2)^2=4\Rightarrow N\approx1.88 N \), \( F_s\approx0.68 N \). \( \mu=\dfrac{0.68}{1.88}=0.36 \), so \( P = 3.6 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 4: A solid cylinder of mass M rolls without slipping on an inclined plane of inclination \( \theta \). The linear acceleration of the cylinder is
(a) \( \dfrac12g\sin\theta \)
(b) \( \dfrac23g\sin\theta \)
(c) \( \dfrac57g\sin\theta \)
(d) \( g\sin\theta \)
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Answer: (b) \( \dfrac23g\sin\theta \)

Explanation:
1. \( Mg\sin\theta-f=Ma \), \( fR=\tfrac12MR^2\dfrac aR\Rightarrow f=\tfrac12Ma \).
2. \( a=\dfrac{g\sin\theta}{1+\tfrac12}=\dfrac23g\sin\theta \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 5: A man pushes a cylinder of mass \( m_1 \) with the help of a plank of mass \( m_2 \) lying on top of it. The horizontal component of the force applied by the man to the plank is F. There is no slipping at any contact, and the floor is horizontal. The acceleration of the plank is
(a) \( \dfrac{4F}{3m_1+8m_2} \)
(b) \( \dfrac{2F}{m_1+2m_2} \)
(c) \( \dfrac{8F}{3m_1+8m_2} \)
(d) \( \dfrac{F}{m_1+m_2} \)
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Answer: (c) \( \dfrac{8F}{3m_1+8m_2} \)

Explanation:
1. The top point of a rolling cylinder moves at twice the centre speed, so \( a_{plank}=2a_{cm} \).
2. Cylinder (friction \( f \) from plank on top, \( f_g \) from floor): \( m_1a=f+f_g \) and \( \tfrac12m_1a=f-f_g \), giving \( f=\tfrac34m_1a \).
3. Plank: \( F-f=m_2(2a)\Rightarrow a=\dfrac{4F}{3m_1+8m_2} \), so \( a_{plank}=\dfrac{8F}{3m_1+8m_2} \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 6: In the arrangement above (plank of mass \( m_2 \) on a cylinder of mass \( m_1 \), horizontal force F on the plank, no slipping), the magnitude of the frictional force between the plank and the cylinder is
(a) \( \dfrac{Fm_1}{3m_1+8m_2} \)
(b) \( \dfrac{Fm_1}{m_1+m_2} \)
(c) \( \dfrac{3Fm_2}{3m_1+8m_2} \)
(d) \( \dfrac{3Fm_1}{3m_1+8m_2} \)
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Answer: (d) \( \dfrac{3Fm_1}{3m_1+8m_2} \)

Explanation:
1. From the previous result \( a_{cm}=\dfrac{4F}{3m_1+8m_2} \) and \( f=\tfrac34m_1a_{cm} \).
2. \( f=\dfrac{3m_1F}{3m_1+8m_2} \). (The floor friction is \( \dfrac{Fm_1}{3m_1+8m_2} \).)

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 7: A small solid sphere rolls down without slipping from the top of a track in a vertical plane. The track has an elevated section and a horizontal part. The horizontal part is 1.0 m above the ground level and the top of the track is 2.6 m above the ground. The sphere leaves the end of the track moving horizontally. The horizontal distance on the ground from the point vertically below the end of the track where the sphere lands is close to (g = 10 m/s²)
(a) 2.14 m
(b) 1.0 m
(c) 3.2 m
(d) 4.0 m
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Answer: (a) 2.14 m

Explanation:
1. Rolling from a drop of \( 1.6 m \): \( mg(1.6)=\tfrac12mv^2\left(1+\tfrac25\right)\Rightarrow v^2=\dfrac{10(1.6)}{0.7}=22.86 \), \( v=4.78 m/s \).
2. Fall time from \( 1.0 m \): \( t=\sqrt{\dfrac{2(1.0)}{10}}=0.447 s \).
3. Range \( =vt=4.78\times0.447\approx2.14 m \). In flight no torque acts, so the sphere keeps rotating about its centre of mass at constant angular speed.

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 8: A uniform disc of mass m and radius R is projected horizontally with velocity \( v_0 \) on a rough horizontal floor so that it starts with purely sliding motion at t = 0. After \( t_0 \) seconds it acquires purely rolling motion. The velocity of the centre of mass at \( t_0 \) is
(a) \( \dfrac12v_0 \)
(b) \( \dfrac23v_0 \)
(c) \( \dfrac35v_0 \)
(d) \( \dfrac34v_0 \)
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Answer: (b) \( \dfrac23v_0 \)

Explanation:
1. Angular momentum about a point on the floor is conserved (friction acts at that point): \( mv_0R=mvR+\tfrac12mR^2\dfrac vR \).
2. \( v_0=\dfrac32v\Rightarrow v=\dfrac23v_0 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 9: For the disc projected with \( v_0 \) on a rough floor (coefficient of friction \( \mu \)), the time \( t_0 \) taken to start pure rolling is
(a) \( \dfrac{v_0}{\mu g} \)
(b) \( \dfrac{v_0}{2\mu g} \)
(c) \( \dfrac{v_0}{3\mu g} \)
(d) \( \dfrac{2v_0}{3\mu g} \)
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Answer: (c) \( \dfrac{v_0}{3\mu g} \)

Explanation:
1. Friction \( \mu mg \) decelerates the centre: \( v=v_0-\mu gt \). Pure rolling begins at \( v=\tfrac23v_0 \).
2. \( \dfrac13v_0=\mu gt_0\Rightarrow t_0=\dfrac{v_0}{3\mu g} \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 10: A solid homogeneous cylinder of radius R is at rest on the horizontal edge of a block with its axis parallel to the edge and in the same vertical plane as the edge (the centre of the cylinder is directly above the edge). There is sufficient friction at the edge, so a very small displacement causes the cylinder to roll off without slipping. The angle \( \theta_c \) through which the cylinder rotates before it leaves contact with the edge is
(a) \( \cos^{-1}\dfrac37 \)
(b) \( \cos^{-1}\dfrac45 \)
(c) \( \cos^{-1}\dfrac23 \)
(d) \( \cos^{-1}\dfrac47 \)
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Answer: (d) \( \cos^{-1}\dfrac47 \)

Explanation:
1. The cylinder pivots about the edge: \( I_{edge}=\tfrac32mR^2 \). Energy: \( mgR(1-\cos\theta)=\tfrac12\cdot\tfrac32mR^2\omega^2\Rightarrow R\omega^2\cdot R=\tfrac43gR(1-\cos\theta) \).
2. Contact is lost when \( N=0 \): \( mg\cos\theta=\dfrac{mv^2}R=\tfrac43mg(1-\cos\theta) \).
3. \( \cos\theta=\dfrac43-\dfrac43\cos\theta\Rightarrow\cos\theta=\dfrac47 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 11: For the same cylinder rolling off the edge of a block without slipping (it leaves contact when \( \cos\theta_c=\dfrac47 \)), the speed of the centre of mass just before it leaves contact with the edge is
(a) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{4gR}7} \)
(b) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{2gR}7} \)
(c) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{3gR}7} \)
(d) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{5gR}7} \)
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Answer: (a) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{4gR}7} \)

Explanation:
1. \( v^2=\tfrac43gR(1-\cos\theta_c)=\tfrac43gR\cdot\dfrac37=\dfrac{4gR}7 \).
2. \( v=\sqrt{\dfrac{4gR}7} \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 12: The same cylinder leaves the edge with centre-of-mass speed \( v=\sqrt{4gR/7} \) and \( \cos\theta_c=4/7 \), spinning with \( \omega=v/R \) (which then stays constant in flight). When its centre of mass is in the same horizontal line as the edge, the ratio of its translational to rotational kinetic energy is
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 7
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Answer: (b) 6

Explanation:
1. At leaving: translational KE \( =\tfrac12mv^2=\tfrac27mgR \), rotational KE \( =\tfrac14mv^2=\tfrac17mgR \) (constant in flight).
2. The centre falls \( R\cos\theta_c=\tfrac47R \) to the edge level, so translational KE \( =\tfrac27mgR+\tfrac47mgR=\tfrac67mgR \).
3. Ratio \( =\dfrac{6/7}{1/7}=6 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 13: A block X of mass 0.5 kg is held by a long massless string on a frictionless inclined plane of inclination \( 30^\circ \) to the horizontal. The string is wound on a uniform solid cylindrical drum Y of mass 2 kg and radius 0.2 m, which turns on a fixed axle at the top of the incline. The drum is given an initial angular velocity such that the block X starts moving up the plane. The tension in the string during the motion is (g = 9.8 m/s²)
(a) 2.45 N
(b) 0.82 N
(c) 1.63 N
(d) 4.9 N
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Answer: (c) 1.63 N

Explanation:
1. Block (decelerating, magnitude \( a \)): \( mg\sin30^\circ-T=ma \). Drum: \( TR=\tfrac12MR^2\dfrac aR\Rightarrow T=\tfrac12Ma=a \).
2. \( 0.5(9.8)(0.5)=(0.5+1)a\Rightarrow a=1.633 m/s^{2} \), so \( T=1.63 N \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 14: For the same block X (0.5 kg) and drum Y (2 kg, radius 0.2 m) on the frictionless \( 30^\circ \) incline, at a certain instant the angular velocity of Y is 10 rad/s and X is moving up the plane. The distance travelled by X from that instant until it comes to rest is (g = 9.8 m/s²)
(a) 2.45 m
(b) 0.82 m
(c) 4.9 m
(d) 1.22 m
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Answer: (d) 1.22 m

Explanation:
1. Speed of \( X =\omega R=10\times0.2=2 m/s \); deceleration \( a=1.633 m/s^{2} \) (from the tension calculation).
2. \( s=\dfrac{v^2}{2a}=\dfrac4{3.267}=1.22 m \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 15: A carpet of mass M made of inextensible material is rolled along its length in the form of a cylinder of radius R and is kept on a rough floor. The carpet starts unrolling without sliding on the floor when a negligibly small push is given to it. The horizontal velocity of the axis of the cylindrical part of the carpet when its radius reduces to R/2 is
(a) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{14gR}{3}} \)
(b) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{7gR}{3}} \)
(c) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{14gR}{9}} \)
(d) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{28gR}{3}} \)
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Answer: (a) \( \sqrt{\dfrac{14gR}{3}} \)

Explanation:
1. Mass in the rolled part is proportional to its cross-sectional area: at radius \( R/2 \) it is \( \dfrac M4 \), and the unrolled \( \dfrac{3M}4 \) lies on the floor at rest.
2. PE lost \( =MgR-\dfrac M4g\dfrac R2=\dfrac78MgR \). The rolled part has KE \( =\tfrac34\cdot\dfrac M4v^2=\dfrac{3Mv^2}{16} \) (rolling, \( I=\tfrac12mr^2 \)).
3. \( \dfrac{3v^2}{16}=\dfrac{7gR}8\Rightarrow v^2=\dfrac{14gR}3 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rolling without slipping use \( v = \omega R \) and take torques about the centre of mass or about the contact point.
2. Compare the kinetic energy split between translation and rotation using the factor \( 1 + I/(mR^2) \).

Question 16: Two coaxial discs, having moments of inertia \( I_1 \) and \( I_1/2 \), are rotating with respective angular velocities \( \omega_1 \) and \( \omega_1/2 \) about their common axis. They are brought into contact with each other and thereafter rotate with a common angular velocity. If \( E_f \) and \( E_i \) are the final and initial total energies, then \( (E_f-E_i) \) is
(a) \( -\dfrac{I_1\omega_1^2}{12} \)
(b) \( -\dfrac{I_1\omega_1^2}{24} \)
(c) \( \dfrac38I_1\omega_1^2 \)
(d) \( \dfrac{I_1\omega_1^2}{6} \)
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Answer: (b) \( -\dfrac{I_1\omega_1^2}{24} \)

Explanation:
1. \( \omega=\dfrac{I_1\omega_1+\tfrac{I_1}2\cdot\tfrac{\omega_1}2}{\tfrac32I_1}=\dfrac56\omega_1 \).
2. \( E_i=\tfrac12I_1\omega_1^2+\tfrac12\cdot\tfrac{I_1}2\cdot\tfrac{\omega_1^2}4=\tfrac9{16}I_1\omega_1^2 \); \( E_f=\tfrac12\cdot\tfrac32I_1\cdot\tfrac{25}{36}\omega_1^2=\tfrac{25}{48}I_1\omega_1^2 \).
3. \( E_f-E_i=\left(\tfrac{25}{48}-\tfrac{27}{48}\right)I_1\omega_1^2=-\tfrac{I_1\omega_1^2}{24} \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 17: A body consists of two identical balls, each of mass M, connected by a light rigid rod of length L. An impulse \( J=Mv \) is imparted to the body at one of its ends, perpendicular to the rod. Its angular velocity is
(a) \( \dfrac{2v}L \)
(b) \( \dfrac v{3L} \)
(c) \( \dfrac vL \)
(d) \( \dfrac v{4L} \)
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Answer: (c) \( \dfrac vL \)

Explanation:
1. About the centre of mass (rod midpoint): \( J\dfrac L2=I\omega \) with \( I=2M\left(\dfrac L2\right)^2=\dfrac{ML^2}2 \).
2. \( \omega=\dfrac{Mv\,L/2}{ML^2/2}=\dfrac vL \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 18: A smooth sphere A is moving on a frictionless horizontal plane with angular velocity \( \omega \) and centre-of-mass velocity v. It collides elastically and head-on with an identical sphere B at rest. Neglect friction everywhere. After the collision their angular speeds are \( \omega_A \) and \( \omega_B \) respectively. Then
(a) \( \omega_A<\omega_B \)
(b) \( \omega_A=\omega_B \)
(c) \( \omega_B=\omega \)
(d) \( \omega_A=\omega \)
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Answer: (d) \( \omega_A=\omega \)

Explanation:
1. There is no friction, so no torque acts on either sphere during the collision and angular velocities do not change.
2. Hence \( A \) keeps its spin \( \omega \) (it stops translating) and \( B \), which was not spinning, stays at zero spin.

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 19: A cubic block of side a moving with velocity v on a horizontal smooth plane hits a small ridge at O, which is level with the plane. The block pivots about the ridge (the edge in contact with O). The angular speed of the block just after it hits O is
(a) \( \dfrac{3v}{4a} \)
(b) \( \dfrac{3v}{2a} \)
(c) \( \dfrac{\sqrt3\,v}{\sqrt2\,a} \)
(d) \( 0 \)
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Answer: (a) \( \dfrac{3v}{4a} \)

Explanation:
1. Angular momentum about \( O \) is conserved: before \( =Mv\dfrac a2 \) (the centre is at height \( a/2 \)).
2. After, \( I_O=\dfrac{Ma^2}6+M\left(\dfrac a{\sqrt2}\right)^2=\dfrac23Ma^2 \).
3. \( \omega=\dfrac{Mva/2}{\tfrac23Ma^2}=\dfrac{3v}{4a} \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 20: A ring of mass 2 kg is rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane at 1 m/s towards the left. A small ball of mass 0.1 kg, moving towards the right with velocity 20 m/s, hits the ring on its left side at the level of its centre (0.75 m above the ground, so R = 0.75 m) and goes vertically up with velocity 10 m/s. Immediately after the collision, which are correct? (a) The ring has pure rotation about its stationary centre of mass. (b) The ring comes to a complete stop. (c) The friction between the ring and the ground is to the left. (d) There is no friction between the ring and the ground.
(a) (a) and (d) only
(b) (a) and (c) only
(c) (b) and (c) only
(d) (b) and (d) only
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Answer: (b) (a) and (c) only

Explanation:
1. Horizontal momentum before: \( 2(-1)+0.1(20)=0 \). The ball leaves with zero horizontal momentum, so the ring's centre of mass has zero velocity afterwards.
2. The ball's impulse still spins the ring (angular momentum about the ground point is conserved), so the ring rotates about its stationary centre: \( (a) \) true, \( (b) \) false.
3. The ring's contact point then slides over the ground, so kinetic friction acts and opposes this sliding, i.e. it acts to the left: \( (c) \) true, \( (d) \) false.

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 21: A uniform bar of length 6a and mass 8m lies on a smooth horizontal table. Two point masses m and 2m, moving in the same horizontal plane from opposite sides of the bar with speeds 2v and v respectively and perpendicular to it, strike the bar and stick to it. The mass 2m strikes at distance a from the centre on one side and the mass m strikes at distance 2a from the centre on the other side, so that both impulses turn the bar in the same sense. Denoting the angular velocity (about the centre of mass), total energy and centre-of-mass velocity after collision by \( \omega \), E and \( v_c \), which are correct? (a) \( v_c=0 \). (b) \( \omega=\dfrac{3v}{5a} \). (c) \( \omega=\dfrac v{5a} \). (d) \( E=\dfrac35mv^2 \).
(a) (a) and (b) only
(b) (b) and (d) only
(c) (a), (c) and (d) only
(d) (a), (b) and (c) only
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Answer: (c) (a), (c) and (d) only

Explanation:
1. Momentum: \( 2m(v)-m(2v)=0 \) so \( v_c=0 \): \( (a) \) true.
2. Angular momentum about \( C \): \( 2mva+m(2v)(2a)=6mva \). \( I=\dfrac{8m(6a)^2}{12}+2ma^2+m(2a)^2=30ma^2 \).
3. \( \omega=\dfrac{6mva}{30ma^2}=\dfrac v{5a} \): \( (c) \) true, \( (b) \) false. \( E=\tfrac12(30ma^2)\dfrac{v^2}{25a^2}=\dfrac35mv^2 \): \( (d) \) true.

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 22: A rod AB of mass M and length L lies on a horizontal frictionless surface. A particle of mass m travelling along the surface hits the end A of the rod with velocity \( v_0 \) in a direction perpendicular to AB. The collision is elastic and after it the particle comes to rest. The ratio m/M is
(a) \( \dfrac{1}{2} \)
(b) \( \dfrac{1}{3} \)
(c) \( \dfrac{1}{6} \)
(d) \( \dfrac{1}{4} \)
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Answer: (d) \( \dfrac{1}{4} \)

Explanation:
1. Linear: \( mv_0=MV \). Angular about the centre: \( mv_0\dfrac L2=\dfrac{ML^2}{12}\omega\Rightarrow\omega=\dfrac{6mv_0}{ML} \).
2. Energy: \( mv_0^2=MV^2+\dfrac{ML^2}{12}\omega^2=\dfrac{m^2v_0^2}M+\dfrac{3m^2v_0^2}M=\dfrac{4m^2v_0^2}M \).
3. \( \dfrac mM=\dfrac14 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 23: For the rod AB (mass M, length L) struck elastically at end A by a particle of mass \( m=M/4 \) that comes to rest, a point P on the rod is at rest immediately after the collision. The distance AP is
(a) \( \dfrac{2L}3 \)
(b) \( \dfrac L3 \)
(c) \( \dfrac{L}{2} \)
(d) \( \dfrac{5L}6 \)
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Answer: (a) \( \dfrac{2L}3 \)

Explanation:
1. \( V=\dfrac{mv_0}M=\dfrac{v_0}4 \) and \( \omega=\dfrac{6mv_0}{ML}=\dfrac{3v_0}{2L} \).
2. A point at distance \( x \) from the centre on the side opposite to \( A \) is at rest when \( V=\omega x\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{v_0/4}{3v_0/2L}=\dfrac L6 \).
3. \( AP=\dfrac L2+\dfrac L6=\dfrac{2L}3 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 24: For the same rod (AB, mass M, length L, struck at A by a particle that then stops, \( V=v_0/4 \), \( \omega=3v_0/2L \)), the linear speed of the point P that is at rest just after the collision, a time \( \dfrac{\pi L}{3v_0} \) after the collision, is
(a) \( \dfrac{v_0}{4} \)
(b) \( \dfrac{v_0}{2\sqrt2} \)
(c) \( \dfrac{v_0}{2} \)
(d) \( \dfrac{v_0}{\sqrt2} \)
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Answer: (b) \( \dfrac{v_0}{2\sqrt2} \)

Explanation:
1. The angle turned is \( \omega t=\dfrac{3v_0}{2L}\cdot\dfrac{\pi L}{3v_0}=\dfrac\pi2 \).
2. \( P \) moves with the centre of mass at \( V=\dfrac{v_0}4 \), plus a rotational speed \( \omega\cdot\dfrac L6=\dfrac{v_0}4 \) about it. After \( \pi/2 \) these two velocities are perpendicular.
3. \( v_P=\dfrac{v_0}4\sqrt2=\dfrac{v_0}{2\sqrt2} \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 25: Two uniform rods A and B, each of length 0.6 m, with masses 0.01 kg and 0.02 kg respectively, are rigidly joined end to end and pivoted at the free end of the lighter rod, P, so that the combination hangs vertically and can swing in a vertical plane (A above, B below). A small object of mass 0.05 kg moving horizontally hits the lower end of B and sticks to it. The velocity of the object so that the system could just be raised to the horizontal position is (g = 9.8 m/s²)
(a) 3.2 m/s
(b) 9.4 m/s
(c) 6.3 m/s
(d) 12.6 m/s
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Answer: (c) 6.3 m/s

Explanation:
1. \( I_P=\tfrac13(0.01)(0.6)^2+\left[\tfrac1{12}(0.02)(0.6)^2+0.02(0.9)^2\right]+0.05(1.2)^2=0.0012+0.0168+0.072=0.09 \) kg \( m^{2} \).
2. Angular momentum: \( 0.05v(1.2)=0.09\omega\Rightarrow\omega=\dfrac{2v}3 \). KE \( =\tfrac12(0.09)\dfrac{4v^2}9=0.02v^2 \).
3. PE gain \( =g(0.01\times0.3+0.02\times0.9+0.05\times1.2)=0.081g \). \( v^2=\dfrac{0.081(9.8)}{0.02}=39.7\Rightarrow v\approx6.3 m/s \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 26: A thin uniform bar of mass 0.16 kg and length \( \sqrt3 \) m lies on a frictionless horizontal surface and is free to move. Two particles, each of mass 0.08 kg, moving on the surface towards the bar perpendicular to its length with speeds 10 m/s and 6 m/s (in the same direction), strike it at points A and B, each 0.5 m from the centre of the bar on opposite sides, at the same instant, and stick to it. The loss of kinetic energy of the system in the process is
(a) 5.44 J
(b) 2.56 J
(c) 1.36 J
(d) 2.72 J
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Answer: (d) 2.72 J

Explanation:
1. Momentum: \( 0.08(16)=(0.16+0.16)V\Rightarrow V=4 m/s \). Angular momentum about the centre: \( 0.08(10)(0.5)-0.08(6)(0.5)=0.16 \).
2. \( I=\dfrac{0.16(3)}{12}+2(0.08)(0.25)=0.08 \), so \( \omega=2 \) rad/s.
3. \( KE_i=\tfrac12(0.08)(100+36)=5.44 J \); \( KE_f=\tfrac12(0.32)(16)+\tfrac12(0.08)(4)=2.72 J \). Loss \( =2.72 J \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Angular momentum is conserved only about axes for which the net external torque is zero.
2. Write \( L = I\cdot \omega \) before and after the change and equate them, then compute the energy separately.

Question 27: A uniform rod of length l 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 T(x) at a distance x from the axis, which description of T(x) is correct?
(a) T(x) is maximum at x = 0, falls parabolically with zero slope at x = 0 and becomes zero at x = l
(b) T(x) is constant along the whole rod
(c) T(x) decreases linearly from x = 0 to zero at x = l
(d) T(x) increases from zero at x = 0 to a maximum at x = l
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Answer: (a) T(x) is maximum at x = 0, falls parabolically with zero slope at x = 0 and becomes zero at x = l

Explanation:
1. The element beyond \( x \) has mass \( \lambda(l-x) \) with centre at \( \dfrac{l+x}2 \). \( T(x)=\lambda\omega^2\dfrac{(l-x)(l+x)}2=\dfrac{\lambda\omega^2}2(l^2-x^2) \).
2. This is an inverted parabola: maximum \( \dfrac{\lambda\omega^2l^2}2 \) at \( x = 0 \) with zero slope there, and zero at \( x = l \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Write the moment of inertia of each part about its own axis first, then shift it with the parallel-axis theorem.
2. Check the limiting cases (for example a sign or a factor of 2) to confirm the final expression.

Question 28: A straight rod of length L extends from x = a to x = L + a. The mass per unit length of the rod is \( A+Bx^2 \). The gravitational force it exerts on a point mass m at x = 0 is
(a) \( Gm\left[A\left(\dfrac1{a+L}-\dfrac1a\right)-BL\right] \)
(b) \( Gm\left[A\left(\dfrac1a-\dfrac1{a+L}\right)+BL\right] \)
(c) \( Gm\left[A\left(\dfrac1{a+L}-\dfrac1a\right)+BL\right] \)
(d) \( Gm\left[A\left(\dfrac1a-\dfrac1{a+L}\right)-BL\right] \)
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Answer: (b) \( Gm\left[A\left(\dfrac1a-\dfrac1{a+L}\right)+BL\right] \)

Explanation:
1. \( dF=\dfrac{Gm\,(A+Bx^2)dx}{x^2} \).
2. \( F=Gm\left[A\left(\dfrac1a-\dfrac1{a+L}\right)+BL\right] \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Write the moment of inertia of each part about its own axis first, then shift it with the parallel-axis theorem.
2. Check the limiting cases (for example a sign or a factor of 2) to confirm the final expression.

Question 29: The magnitude of the torque on a particle of mass 1 kg is 2.5 N m about the origin. If the force acting on it is 1 N and the distance of the particle from the origin is 5 m, then the angle between the force and the position vector is (in radian)
(a) \( \dfrac\pi8 \)
(b) \( \dfrac\pi4 \)
(c) \( \dfrac\pi6 \)
(d) \( \dfrac\pi3 \)
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Answer: (c) \( \dfrac\pi6 \)

Explanation:
1. \( \tau=rF\sin\theta\Rightarrow2.5=5(1)\sin\theta \).
2. \( \sin\theta=\tfrac12\Rightarrow\theta=\dfrac\pi6 \).

Teacher's Note:
1. Write the moment of inertia of each part about its own axis first, then shift it with the parallel-axis theorem.
2. Check the limiting cases (for example a sign or a factor of 2) to confirm the final expression.

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