Byju’s Practice Workshop

Topic covered:
 Circular Kinematics

1. A wheel starts from the rest and attains an angular velocity of 20 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 after being
uniformly accelerated for 10 𝑠. The total angle in radians through which it has turned in
10 𝑠 is
a. 20 b. 40
c. 80 d. 100

2. A wheel starting from rest, rotates with a uniform angular acceleration of 2 𝑟𝑎𝑑⁄𝑠 2 . The
number of rotation it performs in the tenth second is
a. 3 b. 6
c. 9 d. 12

3. A wheel is rotating at 900 rpm about its axis. When power is cut off, it comes to rest in 60
𝑠. The angular retardation is (𝑟𝑎𝑑⁄𝑠 2 )
π π
a. 2 b.
4
π π
c. d.
6 8
π
4. The x and y coordinates of a particle are x = A sin(ωt) and y = A sin (ωt + 2 ). The
motion of the particle is (x and y are in the directions shown in the figure)

a. circular clockwise b. circular anti-clockwise

c. elliptical d. rectilinear

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5. When a ceiling fan is switched off, its angular velocity reduces to 50% while it makes 36
rotations. How many more rotation will it make before coming to rest? (Assume uniform
angular retardation)
a. 12 b. 18
c. 24 d. 54

6. A wheel having a radius of 10 𝑐𝑚 is coupled by a belt to another wheel of radius 30 𝑐𝑚.

If the 1st wheel increases its angular speed from rest at a uniform rate of 1.57 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 2 ,
the time for the second wheel to reach a rotational speed of 100 𝑟𝑒𝑣/𝑚𝑖𝑛 is (Assume that
the belt does not slip)
a. 20 𝑠 b. 0 𝑠
c. 1.5 𝑠 d. 15 𝑠

7. If two particles are moving on same circle with different angular velocities 𝜔1 and 𝜔2 ,
and different time periods T1 and T2 , then the time taken by the particle 2 to complete
one revolution with respect to particle 1 is
T1 T2 T1 +T2
a. T = b. T =
T2 −T1 2
T1 T2 d. T = T2 − T1
c. T =
T2 +T1

8. The ratio of angular speeds of minute hand and hour hand of a watch is
a. 1 : 12 b. 6 : 1
c. 12 : 1 d. 1 : 6

9. A particle moves in a circle of radius 2 𝑐𝑚 at a speed given by 𝑣 = 4𝑡, where 𝑣 is in

𝑐𝑚/𝑠 and 𝑡 is in seconds. Then
a. tangential acceleration at 𝑡 = 1 𝑠 is 4 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2
b. total acceleration at 𝑡 = 1 𝑠 is 4√2 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2
c. total acceleration at 𝑡 = 1 𝑠 is 4 √5 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2
d. tangential acceleration at 𝑡 = 1 𝑠 is 5 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2

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10. Two particles A and B start at the origin O and travel in opposite directions along the
circular path at constant speeds VA = 0.7 𝑚/𝑠 and VB = 1.5 𝑚/𝑠 respectively. Determine
the time when they collide and the magnitude of the acceleration of B just before the
collision happens.

a. Time when they collide is 14.3 𝑠.

b. Time when they collide is 13.4 𝑠.
c. Acceleration of B is 0.45 𝑚/𝑠 2 .
d. Acceleration of A is 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2 .

11. A stone tied to an inextensible string of length 𝑙 = 1 𝑚 is kept horizontal. If it is released,

find the angular speed (𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠) of the stone when the string makes an angle θ = 30° with
horizontal.
a. 3.16 b. 3
c. 2.28 d. 4.16

For Q.12 – Q.13, please refer to the following paragraph

A particle moves with deceleration along the circle of radius 𝑅 so that at any moment of time
its tangential and centripetal accelerations are equal in moduli. At the initial moment 𝑡 = 0,
the speed of the particle equals 𝑣0 . Then

12. The speed of the particle as a function of the distance covered 𝑠 will be
𝑠 𝑠
−
a. 𝑣 = 𝑣0 𝑒 𝑅 b. 𝑣 = 𝑣0 𝑒 𝑅
c. 𝑣 = 𝑣0 𝑒 −𝑅/𝑠 d. 𝑣 = 𝑣0 𝑒 𝑅/𝑠
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13. The total acceleration of the particle is
√2𝑣 2 √2𝑣
a. 𝑎 = b. 𝑎 =
𝑅 𝑅
√2𝑅 2𝑅
c. 𝑎 = d. 𝑎 =
𝑣 𝑣

14. Two bodies A & B rotate about an axis such that angle θA (in radians) covered by first
body is proportional to square of time, & θB (in radians) covered by second body varies
linearly. At 𝑡 = 0, θA = θB = 0. If A completes its first revolution in √π 𝑠 & B needs 4π
𝑠 to complete half revolution, then angular velocities ωA & ωB at t = 5 𝑠 are in the ratio
a. 4 : 1 b. 20 : 1
c. 80 : 1 d. 20 : 4

15. Tangential acceleration of a particle moving in a circle of radius 1 𝑚 varies with time 𝑡 as
shown in the figure (initial velocity of particle is zero). Time after which total acceleration
of particle makes an angle of 30° with radial acceleration is

a. 4 𝑠 b. 4/3 𝑠
c. 22/3 𝑠 d. √2 𝑠

16. A particle moves outward along a spiral. Its trajectory is given by 𝑟 = 𝐴θ, where 𝐴 is a
1 𝛼𝑡 2
constant [𝐴 = (π) 𝑚/𝑟𝑎𝑑]. θ increases with time according to θ = , where α is a
2
1
constant. Show that the radial acceleration is zero when θ = 𝑟𝑎𝑑.
√2

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ANSWER KEY

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(d) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (c) (c) (a, c)
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(a, c) (a) (a) (a) (c) (c)
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