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1st Year Physics Chapter 3 TestCircular and Rotational Motion

30 marks · 40 minutes · 21 questions. Covers: CHAP 3: Circular and Rotational Motion.

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1st Year Physics Chapter 3 Test

1st Year · Physics · Punjab (PTB)

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Q1. Multiple choice questions (Attempt all · 10 × 1 = 10)

  1. Which quantity of the following is dimensionless?

    1. Angular velocity

    2. Angular acceleration

    3. Centripetal force

    4. Angular displacement

  2. Centripetal force performs:

    1. Maximum work

    2. Minimum work

    3. Negative work

    4. No work

  3. In rotational motion, the torque is equal to rate of change of:

    1. Angular velocity

    2. Linear momentum

    3. Angular Momentum

    4. Angular acceleration

  4. If a car moves with a uniform speed of 2ms-1 in a circle of radius 0.4 m, its angular speed is:

    1. 4 rad s-1

    2. 5 rad s-1

    3. 2 rad s-1

    4. 0.4 rad s-1

  5. If moment of inertia of a body becomes double, then angular momentum becomes:

    1. One half

    2. Double

    3. Three times

    4. Four times

  6. 60o is equal to:

  7. All points on rigid body rotating about a fixed axis do not have the same:

    1. Speed

    2. Angular speed

    3. Angular acceleration

    4. Angular displacement

  8. A body travelling in a circle at a constant speed:

    1. Has constant velocity

    2. Has an inward radial acceleration

    3. Is not accelerated

    4. Ha an outward radial acceleration

  9. The direction of angular velocity is determined by:

    1. Left hand rule

    2. Head to tail rule

    3. Right hand rule

    4. General rule

  10. If the radius of earth is increased to four times of the present, critical velocity vo becomes:

    1. 2vo

    2. None of these

Q2. Short questions (Attempt any 6 of 8 · 6 × 2 = 12)

  1. Banked tracks are needed for turns on higway. why?

  2. What is weightlessness?

  3. Mass is a measure of inertia in linear motion. What is its analogue in rotational motion? Describe briefly.

  4. What is the significant of moment of inertia?

  5. What causes angular acceleration in a rotating object?

  6. What causes a change in angular momentum?

  7. What is angular velocity of a satellite?

  8. What is an artificial satellite?

Q3. Long questions (Attempt any 2 of 3 · 2 × 4 = 8)

  1. What are artificial satellites? Calculate the minimum time period necessary to put a satellite into the orbit near the surface of the Earth.

  2. Write a note of artificial gravity. Derive an expression for frequency with which the spaceship rotate to provide artificial gravity.

  3. What is the moment of inertia of a 200 kg sphere whose diameter is 60 cm?