ROTATIONAL MECHANICS SHEET-1(TOPIC: MOMENT OF INERTIA)
M.I. for System of particles
1 Four masses are fixed on a massless rod as shown in figure. The moment of
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inertia kg-m about the axis P is about
2 2
(A) 2 kg m (B) 1kg m
2 2
(C) 0.5 kg m (D) 0.3 kg m
2 A point mass mA is connected to a point mass mB by a massless rod of length l as shown
in the figure. It is observed that the ratio of moment of inertia of the system about the
two axes BB and AA, which is parallel to each other and perpendicular to the rod is
= 3. The distance of the center of mass of the system from the mass A is
a) b) c) d)
3 Three particles, each of mass m, are situated at the vertices of an equilateral triangle
PQR of side a as shown in figure. Calculate the moment of inertia of the system about
an axis passing through the centroid and perpendicular to plane of the triangle PQR.
4 Five particles of mass = 2 kg are attached to the rim of a circular disc of radius 0.1 m and negligible mass. Moment of
inertia of the system about the axis passing through the centre of the disc and perpendicular to its plane is
2 2 2 2
(a) 1 kg m (b) 0.1 kg m (c) 2 kg m (d) 0.2 kg m
5 The moment of inertia of HCl molecule about an axis passing through its centre of mass and perpendicular to the line
joining the H and Cl ions will be, if the interatomic distance is 1 Å
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(a) 0.61 10 kg. m2 (b) 1.61 10 kg. m2 (c) 0.061 10 kg. m2 (d) 0
6 Three point masses m1 , m2 , m3 are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of length 'a' . The moment of
inertia of the system about an axis along the altitude of the triangle passing through m1 is
a2 a2
(a) (m2 m3 ) (b) (m1 m2 m3 )a 2 (c) (m1 m2 ) (d) (m2 m3 )a 2
4 2
7 Particles of masses 1 g, 2 g, 3 g, ..., 100 g are kept at the marks 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, ..., 100 cm respectively on a metre
scale. Find the moment of inertia of the system of particles about a perpendicular bisector of the metre scale.
8 Three particles, each of mass 200 g, are kept at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm. Find the moment of
inertia of the system about an axis
(a) joining two of the particles and
(b) passing through one of the particles and perpendicular to the plane of the particles.
9 Three particles of masses 1g, 2g and 3g are kept at points (2cm, 0), (0,6 cm), (4cm, 3cm). Find moment of inertia of all
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three particles (in gm- cm ) about, (a) x-axis (b) y-axis (c) z-axis
10 A mass of 1 kg is placed at (1 m, 2 m, 0). Another mass of 2 kg is placed at (3 m, 4 m, 0). Find moment of inertia of both
the masses about z-axis.
11 The moment of inertia of a body does not depend on
(a) mass of the body (b) the distribution of the mass in the body
(c) the axis of rotation of the body (d) None of the above
12 Two particles of masses 1 kg and 2 kg are placed at a distance of 3m. Moment of inertia of the particles about an axis
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passing through their centre of mass and perpendicular to the line joining them is (in kg-m ).
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 12
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KEY:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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B D B B A 0.43kg m 99,52,151 55 kg-m
11. 12. 13.
D A AB
