1. Two identical rods are joined at one of their ends by a pin.

Joint is smooth and rods are free to

rotate about the joint. Rods are released in vertical plane on a smooth surface as shown in the
figure. The displacement of the joint from its initial position to the final position is (i.e. when the
rods lie straight on the ground) :

L 17 5L
(A) (B) L (C) (D) none of these
4 4 2
Problem: A boy pushes a ring with a stick, making it roll without slipping. We need to find the coefficient
of friction between the stick and the ring.

Given:

- Mass of ring (m) = 2 kg

- Radius of ring (r) = 0.5 m
- Normal force (N) = 2 N
- Acceleration (a) = 0.3 m/s²
[JEE pyq 2011

2.* The figure shows a system consisting of (i) a ring of outer radius 3R rolling clockwise without
slipping on a horizontal surface with angular speed  and (ii) an inner disc of radius 2R rotating
anti-clockwise with angular speed /2. The ring and disc are separated frictionaless ball
bearings. The system is in the x-z plane. The point P on the inner disc is at distance R from the
origin O, where OP makes an angle of 30º with the horizontal. Then with respect to the
horizontal surface, [IIT-JEE-2012, Paper-2; 4/66]

(A) the point O has linear velocity 3R î .

11 3
(B) the point P has a linear velocity R î + R k̂
4 4
13 3
(C) the point P has linear velocity Rw î – R k̂
4 4
  3 1
(D) The point P has a linear velocity  3 −  Rw î + Rw k̂ .
 4 4
 
3.* Two thin circular discs of mass m and 4m, having radii of a and 2a, respectively , are rigidly
fixed by a massless, rigid rod of length l = 24a through their centers. This assembly is laid on
a firm and flat surface, and set rolling without slipping on the surface so that the angular speed
about the axis of the rod is . The angular momentum of the entire assembly about the point

'O' is L (see the figure). Which of the following statement (s) is (are) true ?

[JEE (Advanced) 2016 ; P-2, 4/62, –2]

4m

z m 
l
2a
l
O a


(A) The magnitude of the z-component of L is 55 ma2 .
(B) The magnitude of angular momentum of the assembly about its centre of mass is 17 ma2

.
2
(C)The magnitude of angular momentum of centre of mass of the assembly about the point O is
81ma2 

(D) The centre of mass of the assembly rotates about the z-axis with an angular speed of .
5
4 A frame of reference that is accelerated with respect to an inertial frame of reference is called a non-
inertial frame of reference. A coordinate system fixed on a circular disc rotating about a fixed
axis with a constant angular velocity  is an example of a non-inertial frame of reference. The
r
relationship between the force Frot experienced by a particle of mass m moving on the rotating
r
disc and the force Fin experienced by the particle in an inertial frame of reference is,
[RB-HT][106] [P-2]
r r
( )
r r r
Frot = Fin + 2m ( rot  ) + m   r   ,
r r

r r
Where rot is the velocity of the particle in the rotating frame of reference and r is the position
vector of the particle with respect to the centre of the disc.
Now consider a smooth slot along a diameter of a disc of radius R rotating counter-clockwise
with a constant angular speed  about its vertical axis through its center. We assign a
coordinate system with the origin at the center of the disc, the x-axis along the slot, the y-axis
r
( )
perpendicular to the slot and the z-axis along the rotation axis  = k̂ . A small block of mass
r
m is gently placed in the slot at r = (R / 2 ) ˆi at t = 0 and is constrained to move only along the
slot. [IP]
 

m
R/2

33. The distance r of the block at time t is : [IP] [T] [RB-

HT][106]
[JEE (Advanced) 2016 ; P-2, 3/62, –1]

(A)
R
2
cos 2t (B)
4
(
R 2t
e + e−2t ) (C)
R
2
cos t (D*)
4
(
R t
e + e−t )
33. Lke; t ij xqVds dh nwjh r dk eku gS %
(A)
R
2
cos 2t (B)
4
(
R 2t
e + e−2t ) (C)
R
2
cos t (D*)
4
(
R t
e + e−t )
Ans. (D)
Sol. mr2 = ma
a = r2
vdv
= r2
dr
v r

 vdv =   rdr
2

0 R/2

R2
v =  r2 −
4
r t
dr
 R2

=  dt .....(1)
R/2
r −
2 0
4
R
Assume ekuk : r = sec 
2
R
dr = sec  tan  d
2
R
sec  tan d t  2r 
 2

= dt ; t = n +
R
4r 2 − R 2
R
 ;

r=
4

R t
e + e − t 
R2  
tan2  0
4
34. The net reaction of the disc on the block is : [IP] [T] [RB-
HT][106]
 [JEE (Advanced) 2016 ; P-2, 3/62, –1]
(A) m Rsin t ˆj – mgkˆ
2
(B) −m2R cos t ˆj – mgkˆ

(C*)
1
2
( )
m2R et − e−t ˆj + mgkˆ (D)
1
2
( )
m2R e2t − e−2t ˆj + mgkˆ

34. xqVds ij fMLd dh usV izfrfØ;k (net reaction) gS %

(A) m2Rsin t ˆj – mgkˆ (B) −m2R cos t ˆj – mgkˆ

(C*)
1
2
( )
m2R et − e−t ˆj + mgkˆ
1
(
(D) m2R e2t − e−2t ˆj + mgkˆ
2
)
5. Consider regular polygons with number of sides n = 3, 4, 5 ................ as shown in the figure.
The centre of mass of all the polygons is at height h from the ground. They roll on a horizontal
surface about the leading vertex without slipping and sliding as depicted. The maximum
increase in height of the locus of the center of mass for each polygon is . Then  depends on
n and h as
[JEE (Advanced) 2017 ; P-2, 3/61, –1]

h h h

 2    
(A)  = hsin   (B)  = h tan2  
 n   2n 
 
 
 1
(C)  = hsin2   (D  = h  − 1
n   
 cos  n  
   
7. A rotating disc (figure) moves in the positive direction of the x axis. Find the equation y (x)
describing the position of the instantaneous axis of rotation, if at the initial moment the axis C of
the disc was located at the point O after which it moved

(a) With a constant velocity v, while the disc started rotating counter clockwise with a
constant angular acceleration  (the initial angular velocity is equal to zero);
(b) With a constant acceleration a (and the zero initial velocity), while the disc rotates
counterclockwise with a constant angular velocity .
8. A 160 mm diameter pipe of mass 6 kg rests on a 1.5 kg plate . The pipe and plate are initially
at rest when a force P of magnitude 25 N is applied for 0.75 s . Knowing that s = 0.25 & k
= 0.20 between the plate and both the pipe and the floor, determine ;

(a) whether the pipe slides with respect to the plate.

(b) the resulting velocities of the pipe and of the plate.
9. A uniform plate of mass 'm' is suspended in each of the ways shown. For each case determine
immediately after the connection at B has been released ;
 (a) The angular acceleration of the plate.
(b) The acceleration of its center of mass
.
10 Consider a bicyle in vertical position accelerating forward without slipping on a straight horizontal road. The
combined mass of the bicycle and the rider is M and the magnitude of the accelerating torque applied on the
rear wheel by the pedal and gear system is . The radius and the moment of inertia of each wheel is R and I
(with respect to axis) respectively. The accelaration due to gravity is g.
(a) Draw the free diagram of the system (bicycle and rider ).

(b) Obtains the accelaration a in terms of the above mentioned quantities.

a=
(c) For simplicity assume that the centre of mass of the system is at height R from the gruond and equidistant
at 2 R from the center of each of the wheels. Let  be the coefficient of friction (both static and dynamic)
between the wheels and the ground. Consider M >> l/R 2 and no slipping. Obtain the conditions for the
maximum acceleration am of the bike.
am =
(d) For  = 1.0 calculate am.