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6.1 Kinematics of Uniform Circular
Motion
1. A pendulum is swung in such a way that it
performs uniform circular motion as shown in the
diagram below.
Which one of the following statements about the
motion is correct?
A. The momentum of the bob is conserved
because there is no net force acting on it.
B. The bob is in equilibrium because the tension
in the string balances its weight.
C. The kinetic energy of the bob is constant
because no work is done on it.
D. The acceleration is constant because the
tension is constant.
2. A straight length of tape winds on to a roll
rotating about a fixed axis with constant angular
velocity, the radius of the roll increasing at a
steady rate. Which one the following graphs
below correctly shows how the speed v at which
the tape moves towards the roll varies with time?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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3. Two particles P and Q, of different masses, are
each moving in uniform circular motion on a
frictionless horizontal surface.
The table below shows the respective masses,
speed and radii of the paths of particles P and Q.
P Q
Mass/kg 2.0 1.0
Speed/ms-1 1.0 2.0
Radius/m 0.5 1.0
Which of the following statements correctly
describes the work done by the respective
tensions in the strings for both cases?
A. No work is done by the tensions in both
cases.
B. Work is done by tension in both cases and
they are same in magnitude.
C. More work is done for the particle Q because
its mass has traveled a longer distance for the
same centripetal force.
D. More work is done for the particle
4. A car travelling at a constant speed turns at an
intersection. The car follows a horizontal circular
path with radius of 25 m to point P. At point P,
the car hits an area of ice and loses all frictional
forces on its tires. Which path does the car follow
on the ice?
5. Which one of the following statements is correct
for a particle moving in a horizontal circle with
constant angular velocity?
A. The linear momentum is constant but the
kinetic energy varies.
B. The kinetic energy is constant but the linear
momentum varies.
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C. Both kinetic energy and linear momentum C.  mr 3 2

are constant.
D. Neither the linear momentum nor the kinetic
energy is constant.
6. A body of mass m moves in a horizontal circle of
radius r at constant speed v.
D. 12 mr 2 2
10. A record on a turntable is rotating at a constant
number of revolutions per second. Which graph
best represents the relation between the speed v
of a point on the record and its distance r from
the centre of rotation?
A.

B.
Which pair of values correctly gives the work
done by the centripetal force and the change in
linear momentum of the body, when it moves
from X to Y?
Change in linear
Work done
momentum
C.
A. 2 mv2 2 mv
B.  mv 2
2 mv
C. 0 0
D. 0 2 mv

7. On a tape recorder, tape leaves a spool at a

D.
constant speed v and at a variable distance r from
the centre.

11. A satellite move at constant speed in a circular

The angular velocity of the spool orbit about the Earth. Which statement about the
A. Is proportional to 1/r2. momentum and kinetic energy of the satellite is
B. Is proportional to 1/r. correct?
C. Does not depend on r. Momentum Kinetic energy
D. Is proportional to r. A. constant changing
B. constant constant
8. The minute hand of a large clock is 3.0 m long. C. changing changing
What is its mean angular speed? D. changing constant
A. 1.4  10 4 rads-1
B. 1.7  10 3 rads-1 12. A body moves in a circle with increasing angular
C. 5.2  10 3 rads-1 velocity. At time t, the angles  swept out by the
D. 1.0  10 1 rads-1 body and its angular velocities  are the follows.
t/s  /rad  /rad s-1
9. A communications satellite of mass m moves at 2 14 11
constant angular speed  in a circular orbit of 4 44 19
radius r about the Earth’s centre of mass. What is 6 90 27
the work done on the satellite in one revolution? 8 152 35
A. Zero The angular acceleration of the body
A. Gradually decreases and is 4.5 rad s-2 when t
B. 2 mr 2 2

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B. Is constant at 4 rad s-2.
C. Is constant at 8 rad s-2 1. A clock has a second hand which is 5.0 cm long, a
D. Increases at a constant rate and is 15 rad s-2 minute hand which is 5.0 cm long and an hour
when t = 6 s. hand which is 4.0 cm long. Find the angular
velocity of each of the hands and the linear speed
13. A disc is rotating about an axis through its centre of the tip of each hand. Assume that there is no
and perpendicular to its plane. A point P on the jerkiness in their movement.
disc is twice as far from the axis as a point Q. at a
given instant, what is the ratio of the linear 2. A washing machine spins its tub at a rate of 1200
velocity of P to that of Q? revolutions per minute. If the diameter of the tub
A. 4 is 35, find
B. 2 a. The angular velocity of the tub.
C. 0.5 b. The linear speed of the rim of the tub.
D. 0,25
3. Given that there are 8.64  10 4 s in a day, 365
days in a year and that the period of the Moon
about the Earth is 27.3 days,
a. What is the angular velocity of the Earth in its
orbit around the Sun?
b. What is the angular velocity of the Earth
about its axis?
c. What is the angular velocity of the Moon in
its orbit around the Earth?

4. A body of mass m moves in a horizontal circle of

radius r at constant speed v.

a. What is the work done by the centripetal

force?
b. What is the change in linear momentum of
the body, when it moves from X to Y?

5. A model car moves round a circular track of

radius 0.3 m at 2 revolutions per second.
a. What is its angular speed?
b. What is the period?
c. What is the speed of the car?
d. Find the angular speed of the car if it moves
with a uniform speed of 2 ms-1 in a circle of
radius 0.4 m.

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