JEE Advanced Rotational Motion questions with solutions
Moment of inertia, torque, angular momentum, rolling and rotational equilibrium. 33 questions from our 2016–2025 JEE Advanced pattern papers, from the Class 11 Physics syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.
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JEE Advanced 2025
- A uniform solid cylinder of mass 2 kg rolls without slipping on a rough horizontal floor with centre speed 4 m s^-1. A light spring of stiffness 300…
- A uniform rod of mass 3 kg and length 1.2 m hangs at rest from a smooth horizontal hinge at its upper end. A lump of putty of mass 1 kg moving…
- A uniform solid sphere of mass m and radius R rolls without slipping with speed v on a rough horizontal floor towards a vertical wall. The wall is…
- A uniform rod of mass 3.0 kg and length 1.2 m is hinged at one end and released from rest from the horizontal position. When the rod becomes vertical…
JEE Advanced 2024
- A uniform solid cylinder of mass m rolls without slipping on a rough horizontal table. A light spring of force constant k joins its axle to a fixed…
- A uniform rod of mass 1 kg and length 1 m hangs at rest from a smooth horizontal hinge at its upper end. A lump of putty of mass 2 kg moving…
- A uniform solid sphere of mass m and radius R is projected with speed v0 along a rough horizontal floor with no initial spin. The coefficient of…
- A uniform rod of mass M and length L=0.9 m hangs vertically at rest from a frictionless horizontal pivot at its upper end. A clay ball of mass m…
JEE Advanced 2023
JEE Advanced 2022
- A thin uniform spherical shell rolls without slipping on a horizontal floor with centre speed 4 m s^-1 and then, without any loss of speed or…
- A uniform solid sphere of mass m and radius R is released from rest on a rough incline with tan θ=0.7 and rolls down without slipping.
- Match each rigid body in List-I (each of mass m and radius R, rolling down a rough incline of angle θ without slipping) with the ratio of the…
JEE Advanced 2021
JEE Advanced 2020
- A uniform solid sphere rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface and then up a rough incline of angle 30^°. When it reaches the foot of the…
- A uniform thin rod of mass M and length L is hinged at one end so that it can rotate freely in a vertical plane. It is released from rest from the…
- A solid sphere of mass m and radius r is released from rest at a vertical height h=9.8 m on a rough incline and rolls down without slipping. At the…
JEE Advanced 2019
- A uniform solid cylinder rolls without slipping with centre speed 4 m s^-1 along a rough horizontal floor and then, without any loss of speed, passes…
- A uniform rod of mass 3 kg and length 1.2 m lies at rest on a smooth horizontal table. A putty ball of mass 1 kg moving at 8 m s^-1 perpendicular to…
- A uniform solid cylinder of mass m and radius R is released from rest on a rough plane inclined at angle θ to the horizontal, with sin θ=0.6. It…
JEE Advanced 2018
- A solid uniform sphere and a thin uniform hollow spherical shell have equal masses and equal radii. Both are released from rest, from the same…
- Paragraph 1: A uniform rod of mass M=6m and length L=1.2 m is hinged at one end O on a smooth horizontal axis. It is held horizontal and released…
- A uniform solid sphere of mass m and radius R is released from rest on a rough fixed incline of angle θ with sin θ=0.6 and rolls down without…
JEE Advanced 2017
- A uniform solid cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius R lies on a rough horizontal floor with its axis horizontal. A light horizontal spring of stiffness…
- A uniform solid sphere is projected with speed 7 m s^-1 along a rough horizontal floor with no initial spin. After it begins to roll without…
- A uniform solid cylinder of mass 2 kg rests on a long plank of mass 3 kg which lies on a smooth horizontal floor. A constant horizontal force of 22 N…
- A uniform rod of mass M and length L is hinged at one end to a smooth hinge and released from rest in the horizontal position.
- Paragraph 1: A yo-yo consists of a uniform solid disc of mass M and radius R=0.20 m, with a thin massless axle of radius r=0.10 m fixed along its…
JEE Advanced 2016
- A uniform solid sphere of radius r is released from rest at the top of a rough incline and rolls without slipping down it, descending a vertical…
- A thin uniform hoop of mass m and radius R rolls without slipping on a horizontal floor with centre speed v and meets a fixed vertical step of height…
- A uniform thin rod of mass m and length L is hinged at its lower end and released from rest from the vertical position. Considering the instant when…
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