Test ID - 111113

Test No. 7 Grade- 11th

Time allowed: 60 Minutes Max Marks: 30

Topic- CENTRE OF MASS

Instructions:

 There are 30 questions in this paper.

 Question number 1 to 30 carry 1 Mark each

1. The centre of mass of a body

(A) lies always outside the body
(B) may lie within, outside on the surface of the body
(C) lies always inside the body
(D) lies always on the surface of the body
2. Centre of mass is a point
(A) which is geometric centre of a body.
(B) from which distance of a particles are same.
(C) where the whose mass of the body is supposed to concentrated.
(D) which is the origin of reference frame
3. Where will be the centre of mass on combining two masses m and M (M > m).
(A) towards m (B) towards M
(C) between m and M (D) any where
4. A ladder is leaned against a smooth wall and is allowed to slip on a frictionless floor. Which figure
represents trace of its centre of mass

(A) (B)

Time Time

(C) (D)

Time Time

5. A cricket bat is cut at the location of its centre of mass is shown. Then

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(A) the two pieces will have the same mass

(B) the bottom pieces will has larger mass
(C) the handle piece will has larger mass
(D) mass of handle piece is double the mass of bottom piece
6. The centre of mass of a system of two particles divides the distance between them
(A) in inverse ratio of square of masses of particle
(B) in direct ratio of square of masses of particles
(C) in inverse ratio of masses of particles
(D) in direct ratio of masses of particles
7. The distance between the carbon atom and the oxygen atom in a carbon monoxide molecule is 1.1Å.
Given, mass of carbon atom is 12 a.m.u, and mass of oxygen atom is 16 a.m.u., calculate the
position of the centre of mass of the carbon monoxide molecule
(A) 6.3 Å from the oxygen atom (B) 1 Å from the oxygen atom
(C) 0.63 Å from the carbon atom (D) 0.12 Å from the oxygen atom
8. Masses 8, 2, 4, 2 kg are placed at the corners A, B, C and D respectively of a square ABCD of diagonal
80cm. The distance of centre of mass from A will be
(A) 20 cm (B) 30 cm
(C) 40 cm (D) 60 cm
9. The centre of the system of the particles does not depend on
(A) relative distance between the particles (B) position of the particle
(C) forces on the particle (D) masses of the particle
10. Same as Q.No 9
11. 11. An object of mass 3M at rest splits into three equal fragments. Two fragments have velocities v i



and - v j . The velocity of third fragment will be
   
(A) v  j  i  (B) v  i  j 
   
  

v i j
   
(C) v  i  j  (D)
  2
12. If the force on a rocket which is moving with a velocity of 300 m/s is 210 N. Then the rate of combustion of
the fuel will be
(A) 10.7 kg / s (B) 0.07 kg / s
(C) 1.7 kg / s (D) 0.7 kg / s
13. A hallow sphere is held suspended. Sand is now poured into it in stages. The centre of gravity of the
sphere
(A) first falls and then rises to the original position
(B) first rises and them falls to the original position
(C) remain unchanged in the process
(D) rise continuously
14. A rod is of length 3m and its mass per unit length is directly proportional to the distance x from its one end.
The centre of gravity of the rod from that end will be at
(A) 1.5 m (B) 2.0 m
(C) 2.5 m (D) 3.0 m
15. A body of mass ‘a’ moving with a velocity ‘b’ strikes of a body of mass ‘c’ and gets embedded into it. The
velocity of the system after collision is

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ac ac
(A) (B)
ab ab
a a
(C) (D)
bc ab
16. M
A body of mass M at rest explodes into three masses two of which of mass each are thrown off in
4
perpendicular with velocity of 3 m/s and 4 m/s respectively. The third piece will be thrown off with a
velocity of
(A) 3.0 m/s (B) 2.5 m/s
(C) 2.0 m/s (D) 1.5 m/s
17. Three identical metal balls each of radius r are placed touching each other on a horizontal surface such that
an equilateral triangle is formed with centres of three balls joined. The centre of mass of the system
is located at
(A) horizontal surface (B) centre of one of the balls
(C) line joining the centres of any two balls (D) point of intersection of the meridian
18. A boy of mass m is standing on a block of mass M kept on a rough surface. When the boy walks from left
to right on the block, the centre of mass (boy + block) of system
(A) remains stationary
(B) shifts towards left
(C) shifts towards right
(D) shifts towards right if M > m and towards left if M < m
19. If a force 10 i  15 j  25k acts on a system and gives an acceleration 2 i  3 j  5k to the centre of mass of
the system, the system is
(A) 5 units (B) 38 units
(C) 5 38 units (D) given data is not correct
20. Two particles of mass 1kg and 3kg have position vector 2 i  3 j  4k and  2 i  3 j  4k respectively. The
centre of mass has a position vector
     
(A) i  3 j  2k (B)  i  3 j  2k
     
(C)  i  3 j  2k (D)  i  3 j  2k
21. A rod of mass m and length  is hinged at one end is released from the horizontal position as shown in
figure, find the velocity of centre of mass when the rod is in vertical position
3g
(A) (B) 2g
2

(C) g (D) none of these

22. Two forces are applied on the string and string move without slipping on pulley of mass m and radius R.
Considering pulley as solid cylinder. Find its angular acceleration

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6g 2g
(A) (B)
R R m
R
g
(C) (D) none of these mg
3R
2mg

23. Four particles each of mass m are placed at the four corners of a square of side ‘a’ as shown. The (x, y)
coordinates of centre of mass are
 a a 
(A)  ,
 2 2
 (B) a 2,a 2  y

a a
(C)  ,  (D) (a, a) 450
2 2
450
x

24. A thin uniform disc of shape half of the ellipse with major axis 2a and miner axis 2b, is shown. Find x –
coordinate of centre of mass
3a y
(A) a (B)
2

3b b b
(C) (D)
4 4 0
2a x

25. Conservation of angular momentum is applicable on the system only if

(A) net external force is zero (B) net external torque is zero
(C) net external force is non-zero (D) net external torque is non-zero

26. Two heavenly bodies of mass m and 2m moves towards each other under mutual force of attraction. Then
acceleration of centre of mass of the system having both bodies is
(A) greater than acceleration of heavier body but smaller than acceleration of lighter body
(B) greater than acceleration of lighter body but smaller than acceleration of heavier body
(C) greater than acceleration of both the bodies
(D) always zero
27. All the particles of a body are situated at a distance R from the origin. The distance of centre of mass of the
body from the origin is
(A) = R (B)  R
(C) > R (D)  R

28. Two blocks of mass 10kg and 30kg are placed along vertical line. The first block is raised through a height
of 7cm. By what distance should be second mass be moved to raised the centre of mass by 1cm?
(A) 2cm upward (B) 1cm upward
(C) 2cm downward (D) 1cm downward
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29. Two particles P and Q initially at rest, move towards each other under a mutual force of attraction. At the
instant when the speed of P is v and speed of Q is 2v, the speed of the centre of mass of the
system is
(A) 3 v (B) 1. 5 v
(C) v (D) zero

30. A uniform metal disc of radius R is taken and out of it a disc of diameter R is cut off from the end. The
centre of mass of the remaining part will be
R R
(A) from the centre (B) from the centre
4 3
R R
(C) from the centre (D) from the centre
5 6

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