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A fixed pulley of radius 20 cm and moment of inertia 0.32 kg·m² about its axle has a massless cord wrapped around its rim. A mass M of 2 kg is attached to the end of the cord. The pulley can rotate about its axis without any friction. The acceleration of the mass M is:- (Assume g = 10 m/s²)

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A light rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 5 kg and radius 70 cm. The rope is pulled by a force 52.5 N. Find the angular acceleration in rad s⁻².
13 April 2023 Evening Shift
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A thread is wrapped around a cylindrical spool of radius 1.5 cm whose axis is fixed. With constant linear acceleration, 6.28 cm of thread is pulled in 2 s from rest.

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What is the angular velocity of the spool at 1.5 sec ?
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If the thread was pulled with a constant speed so that it takes 2 sec to pull 6.28 cm of thread. The angular velocity of spool at 1.5 sec is:
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A bob moves in a horizontal circle on a string at angular speed ω with tension T. Keeping radius fixed, if its speed doubles to 2ω, the tension becomes:
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Two masses 400 g and 350 g are suspended from the ends of a light string passing over a heavy pulley of radius 2 cm. When released from rest the heavier mass is observed to fall 81 cm in 9 s. The rotational inertia of the pulley is _______ kg·m².
(g = 9.8 m/s²)
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JEE Mains 202624 January Morning Shift
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A winch is turned by a wrench to lift a block 1 m in 10 s. Student 1 says a longer wrench reduces the average applied force; Student 2 says it reduces the work done; Student 3 says it reduces the required power.

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Student 1 is:-
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Which of the following is true about student 2 and 3:
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If several wrenches all apply the same torque to a nut, which graph best expresses the relationship between the force the person must apply to the wrench, and the length of the wrench:-
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JEE Advanced
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A cord of negligible mass is wound around the rim of a wheel supported by spokes of negligible mass. The wheel has mass 10 kg and radius 10 cm and rotates freely without friction. Initially it is at rest. A steady pull of 20 N is applied to the cord. The angular velocity after the cord is unwound by 1 m is:

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A wheel of radius 0.20 m rotates freely about its centre. A string wrapped around its rim is pulled tangentially with a force of 10 N, producing an angular acceleration of 2 rad/s². Find the moment of inertia of the wheel in kg m².

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A smooth pulley P of mass M = 2 kg is lying on a smooth table. A light string passes round the pulley and has mass m = 1 kg and m' = 2kg attached to its ends, the two portions of the string being perpendicular to the edge of the table so that the masses hang vertically. Acceleration of pulley is-

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A pulley is hinged at the centre and a massless thread is wrapped around it. The thread is pulled with a constant force F starting from rest. If dv/dt = 0, then the angular acceleration of the ladder when α = 45° is:-

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