Question

A solid sphere, disc and solid cylinder all of the same mass and made of the same material are allowed to roll down (from rest) on the inclined plane, then

A. solid sphere reaches the bottom first  
B. solid sphere reaches the bottom last
C. disc will reach the bottom first
D. all reach the bottom at the same time
Answer :   solid sphere reaches the bottom first
Solution :
Let us consider that solid sphere, disc and solid cylinder are rolling on an inclined plane. $$M, I$$  and $$R$$ be mass, moment of inertia and radius of the rolling section in each case.
(i) Solid sphere The moment of inertia of a solid sphere about its diameter is given by $$I = \frac{2}{5}M{R^2}$$
$${\text{or}}\,\,K = \frac{I}{{M{R^2}}} = \frac{2}{5}$$
As from the concept, acceleration
$$\eqalign{ & a = \frac{{g\sin \theta }}{{1 + K}} \cr & {\text{So,}}\,\,a = \frac{{g\sin \theta }}{{1 + \frac{2}{5}}} = \frac{5}{7}g\sin \theta \cr} $$
(ii) Disc The moment of inertia of disc about an axis perpendicular to the plane of disc and passing through its centre is given by $$I = \frac{1}{2}M{R^2}$$
$${\text{or}}\,\,\frac{I}{{M{R^2}}} = \frac{1}{2}$$
$$\therefore a = \frac{{g\sin \theta }}{{1 + \frac{1}{2}}} = \frac{2}{3}g\sin \theta $$
(iii) Solid cylinder The moment of inertia of a cylinder about the axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is given by $$I = \frac{1}{2}M{R^2}$$
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{or}}\,\,\frac{I}{{M{R^2}}} = \frac{1}{2} \cr & \therefore a = \frac{{g\sin \theta }}{{1 + \frac{1}{2}}} = \frac{2}{3}g\sin \theta \cr} $$
So, acceleration of solid sphere is more. It implies that solid sphere reaches the bottom first.

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A thin circular ring of mass $$M$$ and radius $$r$$ is rotating about its axis with a constant angular velocity $$\omega ,$$  Two objects, each of mass $$m,$$  are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. The wheel now rotates with an angular velocity-

A. $$\frac{{\omega M}}{{\left( {M + m} \right)}}$$
B. $$\frac{{\omega \left( {M - 2m} \right)}}{{\left( {M + 2m} \right)}}$$
C. $$\frac{{\omega M}}{{\left( {M + 2m} \right)}}$$
D. $$\frac{{\omega \left( {M + 2m} \right)}}{M}$$
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Two point masses of $$0.3 \,kg$$  and $$0.7 \,kg$$  are fixed at the ends of a rod of length $$1.4 \,m$$  and of negligible mass. The rod is set rotating about an axis perpendicular to its length with a uniform angular speed. The point on the rod through which the axis should pass in order that the work required for rotation of the rod is minimum, is located at a distance of-

A. $$0.42 \,m$$  from mass of $$0.3 \,kg$$
B. $$0.70 \,m$$  from mass of $$0.7 \,kg$$
C. $$0.98 \,m$$  from mass of $$0.3 \,kg$$
D. $$0.98 \,m$$  from mass of $$0.7 \,kg$$
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A smooth sphere $$A$$  is moving on a frictionless horizontal plane with angular speed $$\omega $$  and centre of mass velocity $$\upsilon .$$  It collides elastically and head on with an identical sphere $$B$$  at rest. Neglect friction everywhere. After the collision, their angular speeds are $${\omega _A}$$  and $${\omega _B}$$  respectively. Then-

A. $${\omega _A} < {\omega _B}$$
B. $${\omega _A} = {\omega _B}$$
C. $${\omega _A} = \omega $$
D. $${\omega _B} = \omega $$
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A disc of mass $$M$$  and radius $$R$$  is rolling with angular speed $$\omega $$  on a horizontal plane as shown in Figure. The magnitude of angular momentum of the disc about the origin $$O$$  is
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A. $$\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)M{R^2}\omega $$
B. $$M{R^2}\omega $$
C. $$\left( {\frac{3}{2}} \right)M{R^2}\omega $$
D. $$2M{R^2}\omega $$

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