TEST-09

UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION

1- The motion of an object around a fixed axis at a fixed 9- What is the angular speed of the drum in problem 7?
distance from it is called ……………….. a) 20 rad/s
a) circular motion b) 60 rad/s
b) linear motion c) 120 rad/s
c) uniform circular motion d) 150 rad/s
d) angular motion e) 180 rad/s
e) constant motion

2- The number of revolutions that an object makes per unit

time is called the ………………..
a) period
b) frequency
c) tangential velocity 10- If the diameter of the drum is 40 cm, what is the
d) angular speed tangential speed of a point on the drum in problem 7?
e) radian a) 12 m/s
b) 24 m/s
3- The angle swept out by the radius vector per unit time is c) 30 m/s
called the ……………….. d) 48 m/s
a) period e) 60 m/s
b) frequency
c) tangential velocity
d) angular speed
e) radian

4- The acceleration in a circular motion is called …………………

a) centripetal acceleration 11- A toy car of mass 2 kg is following a circular path with a
b) centrifugal acceleration constant speed of v=4 m/s. If the radius of the circular
c) gravitational acceleration path is 1 m, find the centripetal acceleration of the car.
d) uniform acceleration a) 4 m/s2
e) circular acceleration b) 9 m/s2
c) 16 m/s2
5- An object moving in a circle experiences an outward d) 25 m/s2
force called the ………………… e) 36 m/s2
a) centrifugal force
b) gravitational force
c) uniform force
d) circular force
e) centripetal force

6- The minimum speed that must be given to an object to

liberate it from the influence of the gravitational field of 12- What is the centripetal force acting on the toy car in
the Earth is called the ……………………… problem 11?
a) collision speed a) 18 N
b) minimum speed b) 32 N
c) running speed c) 72 N
d) escape speed d) 84 N
e) binding speed e) 96 N

7- The drum of a washing machine rotates 600 times in 1

minute. What is the frequency of the drum? (Take =3)
a) 0.05 Hz
b) 0.5 Hz
c) 10 Hz
d) 20 Hz
e) 30 Hz 13- A 3 kg block is attached at the v
end of a 0.5 m long rope is
moving in a circular path on a
smooth horizontal plane with an 0.5 m
angular speed of ω=2 rad/s as
shown in the figure. Calculate the m=3 kg
tension in the rope. (Take =3)
8- What is the period of the drum in problem 7? a) 9 N
a) 0.05 s b) 18 N
b) 0.5 s c) 24 N
c) 0.1 s d) 48 N
d) 10 s e) 54 N
e) 30 s

2 r 2 v2 v2 Prepared By: Eng. Khwaja Yousuf “SEDIQI”

v  2 rf ,    2 f , v   r , ac    2 .r , Fc  m  m. 2 .r
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UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION

14- An object of mass 1 kg rotating v=10 m/s

18- A car rounds a curved road of radius 30 m at a constant
m=1 kg
in a vertical plane with a speed of 10 m/s. What is the centripetal force acting on
constant speed of v=10 m/s at the driver if the mass of the driver is 90 kg?
the end of a rope is shown in a) 30 N
r=1 m
the figure. If the radius of the b) 60 N
circular motion is 1 m, calculate c) 90 N
the tension in the rope at the d) 300 N
highest point of the trajectory. e) 600 N
(Take g=10 N/kg)
a) 90 N
b) 110 N
c) 180 N
d) 210 N
e) 220 N

15- What is the tension in the rope at the lowest point of the 19- The objects K, L and M of masses m, 2m and 3m are
trajectory in problem 14? moving in circular paths of radii r, 2r and 3r at constant
a) 90 N tangential speeds of v. What is the relationship between
b) 110 N the centripetal accelerations acting on the objects?
c) 180 N a) aK=aL=aM
d) 210 N b) aK>aL>aM v v v
e) 220 N c) aM>aL>aK
d) aK=aL>aM r m 2r 2m 3r 3m
e) aK>aL=aM K L M

16- What must be the coefficient of static friction for a car to

drive a curved flat road with a radius of 20 m at a speed
of v=10 m/s? (Take g=10 N/kg)
a) 0.1
b) 0.2
c) 0.3
d) 0.5
e) 0.8
20- What is the relationship between the centripetal forces
acting on the objects in problem 19?
a) FK=FL=FM
b) FK>FL>FM
c) FM>FL>FK
d) FK=FL>FM
e) FK>FL=FM

17- A disc rotates around the y-axis as shown in the figure.

Which of the following properties of the disk is/are not
equal?
I. Tangential speeds of the points A, B and C
II. Angular velocities of the points A, B and C
III. Periods of the points A, B and C
a) I only
y
b) II only
c) I and II
d) II and III A B C
e) I, II and III 

2 r 2 v2 v2 Prepared By: Eng. Khwaja Yousuf “SEDIQI”

v  2 rf ,    2 f , v   r , ac    2 .r , Fc  m  m. 2 .r
T T r r