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  • A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps


  • Options
  • A. the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down
  • B. it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
  • C. it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down 

    Explanation

    The centripetal force having  been removed the body cannot execute the curved path. (B) is Correct.


  • Physics problems


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    • 1. In the case of bodies falling under gravity which of the following remains constant at a given place?

    • Options
    • A. Kinetic energy
    • B. Potential energy
    • C. acceleration
    • D. all the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be

    • Options
    • A. a parabola
    • B. a horizontal straight line
    • C. a vertical straight line
    • D. a circle
    • Discuss
    • 3. When one enters a dark room after being in bright light one is not able to see anything clearly for a while because

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    • A. the retina of the eye moves forward
    • B. the retina of the eye moves backward
    • C. the iris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately to be able to see things
    • D. the eye has no power of accommodation
    • Discuss
    • 4. Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different points. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.

    • Options
    • A. rough white
    • B. rough black
    • C. shining white
    • D. shining black
    • Discuss
    • 5. A capillary tube is partially dipped vertically in a vessel containing water. Due to capillarity water rises in the tube. The height of water rise in the tube can be increased by

    • Options
    • A. decreasing the radius of the capillary tube
    • B. increasing the radius of the capillary tube
    • C. increasing the height of water in the vessel
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. In case of uniform circular motion, the acceleration is

    • Options
    • A. Variable in magnitude but constant in direction
    • B. Constant in magnitude and directed radially inwards
    • C. Variable in magnitude but tangential to the circle
    • D. Zero
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is refractive index ?

    • Options
    • A. it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in the medium to the speed of light in vacuum.
    • B. it is defined as the product of speed of light in medium and in vacuum.
    • C. it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium .
    • D. None of above
    • Discuss
    • 8. A hunter on the ground wishes to shoot a bird on a tree at a distance with his rifle. He has to point the rifle

    • Options
    • A. at the lower alevation than the bird
    • B. at a higher alevation than the bird
    • C. In the same direction as the bird
    • D. vertically upwards
    • Discuss
    • 9. A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizotal circle. If the string snaps

    • Options
    • A. the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down
    • B. it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
    • C. it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The force that keeps a body in a circular motion called

    • Options
    • A. the centripetal force
    • B. the centrifugual force
    • C. the frictional force
    • D. all the above
    • Discuss


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