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System of Particles and Rotational Motion

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Top 10 JEE Mains PYQs to practise first

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  1. Question 1

    This type asked 7 times: 2021 Paper 12, 2021 Paper 13, 25 Jul 2022, 27 Jan 2024, 4 Apr 2024, 24 Jan 2025, 4 Apr 2025. This one: 4 Apr 2025 See all 7 of this type

    21
    A circular ring and a solid sphere having same radius roll down on an inclined plane from rest without slipping. The ratio of their velocities when reached at the bottom of the plane is x5\sqrt{\frac{x}{5}} where x=x =
  2. Question 2

    This type asked 6 times: 26 Jul 2022, 24 Jan 2023, 6 Apr 2023, 15 Apr 2023, 5 Apr 2024, 28 Jan 2026 S1. This one: 28 Jan 2026 S1 See all 6 of this type

    23
    A solid sphere of radius 10 cm is rotating about an axis which is at a distance 15 cm from its center. The radius of gyration about this axis is n cm\sqrt{n}\text{ }cm. The value of nn is
  3. Question 3

    This type asked 6 times: 26 Jun 2022, 29 Jan 2023, 31 Jan 2023, 12 Apr 2023, 5 Apr 2024, 24 Jan 2025. This one: 24 Jan 2025 See all 6 of this type

    79
    A solid sphere is rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane. The ratio of the linear kinetic energy of the centre of mass of the sphere and rotational kinetic energy is :

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  4. Question 4

    This type asked 5 times: 28 Jun 2022, 25 Jan 2023, 1 Feb 2023, 2 Apr 2025, 22 Jan 2026 S1. This one: 22 Jan 2026 S1 See all 5 of this type

    1
    A solid sphere of mass 5 kg and radius 10 cm is kept in contact with another solid sphere of mass 10 kg and radius 20 cm . The moment of inertia of this pair of spheres about the tangent passing through the point of contact is ____\_\_\_\_ kg.m2kg.m^{2}.

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  5. Question 5

    This type asked 5 times: 25 Jun 2022, 29 Jul 2022, 10 Apr 2023, 22 Jan 2025, 29 Jan 2025. This one: 29 Jan 2025 See all 5 of this type

    21
    The coordinates of a particle with respect to origin in a given reference frame is (1,1,1)(1,1,1) meters. If a force of F→=i^−j^+k^\overrightarrow{F}=\widehat{i}-\widehat{j}+\widehat{k} acts on the particle, then the magnitude of torque (with respect to origin) in zz-direction is _____\_\_\_\_\_
  6. Question 6

    This type asked 5 times: 1 Feb 2023, 29 Jan 2024, 9 Apr 2024, 23 Jan 2025, 24 Jan 2025. This one: 24 Jan 2025 See all 5 of this type

    11
    A uniform solid cylinder of mass ' m ' and radius ' r ' rolls along an inclined rough plane of inclination 45∘45^{\circ}. If it starts to roll from rest from the top of the plane then the linear acceleration of the cylinder axis will be :-

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  7. Question 7

    This type asked 4 times: 2021 Paper 4, 8 Apr 2023, 1 Feb 2024, 5 Apr 2026 S2. This one: 5 Apr 2026 S2 See all 4 of this type

    6
    An object of uniform density rolls up the curved path with the initial velocity v0v_{0} as shown in the figure. If the maximum height attained by an object is 7v0210 g\frac{7v_{0}^{2}}{10\text{ }g} (g=g = acceleration due to gravity), the object is a ____\_\_\_\_ .

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  8. Question 8

    This type asked 4 times: 29 Jan 2023, 30 Jan 2024, 31 Jan 2024, 24 Jan 2025. This one: 24 Jan 2025 See all 4 of this type

    8
    An object of mass ' mm ' is projected from origin in a vertical xy plane at an angle 45∘45^{\circ} with the x -axis with an initial velocity v0v_{0}. The magnitude and direction of the angular momentum of the object with respect to origin, when it reaches at the maximum height, will be [ g is acceleration due to gravity]

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  9. Question 9

    Asked 3 times: 2021 Paper 23*, 6 Apr 2023*, 31 Jan 2024 (* = numbers or wording changed that year) See all 3 times it was asked

    118
    Two identical spheres each of mass 2 kg2\text{ }kg and radius 50 cm50\text{ }cm are fixed at the ends of a light rod so that the separation between the centers is 50 cm50\text{ }cm. Then, moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through its middle point is x20 kg m2\frac{x}{20}\text{ }kg{\text{ }m}^{2}, where the value of xx is_____
  10. Question 10

    This type asked 3 times: 28 Jun 2022, 23 Jan 2025, 2 Apr 2026 S1. This one: 2 Apr 2026 S1 See all 3 of this type

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    A particle is rotating in a circular path and at any instant its motion can be described as θ=5t440−t33\theta=\frac{5t^{4}}{40}-\frac{t^{3}}{3}. The angular acceleration of the particle after 10 seconds is ____\_\_\_\_ rad/s2rad/s^{2}.

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