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Critical Speed & Looping

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Q1MHT CET 2026 · 19 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Critical Speed & Looping

A body of mass 'm' attached at the end of a string is just completing the loop in a vertical circle. The apparent weight of the body at the lowest point in its path is

(gg = gravitational acceleration)

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Q2MHT CET 2026 · 15 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Critical Speed & Looping

A bucket containing water is revolved in vertical circle of radius r. To prevent the water from falling down, the period of revolution required is (gg = gravitational acceleration)

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Answer: (b)

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Q3JEE Main 2026 · 6 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Critical Speed & Looping

A smooth inclined plane ends in a vertical circular loop, as shown in the figure. A small body is released from height hh as shown. If the body exerts a force of three times its weight on the plane at the highest point of circle then the height h=αRh = \alpha R. The value of α\alpha is ______

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Answer: (b)

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Q4JEE Main 2026 · 24 JAN · SHIFT 2Difficult

Critical Speed & Looping

In case of vertical circular motion of a particle by a thread of length rr if the tension in the thread is zero at an angle 30∘30^\circ shown in figure, the velocity at the bottom point (A)(A) of the circular path is (g = gravitational acceleration)

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Answer: (a)

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Q5MHT CET 2025 · 25 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Critical Speed & Looping

A point mass ' mm ' attached at one end of a massless, inextensible string of length ' ll ' performs a vertical circular motion and the string rotates in vertical plane, as shown in the diagram. The increase in the centripetal acceleration of the point mass when it moves from point A to point C is [ g=g = acceleration due to gravity.]

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Q6JEE Main 2025 · 29 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium

Critical Speed & Looping

A body of mass ‘m’ connected to a massless and unstretchable string goes in vertical circle of radius ‘R’ under gravity g. The other end of the string is fixed at the center of circle. If velocity at top of circular path is ngRn\sqrt{gR}, where, n ≥ 1, then ratio of kinetic energy of the body at bottom to that at top of the circle is:

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Q7JEE Main 2025 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium

Critical Speed & Looping

A bob of mass mm is suspended at a point OO by a light string of length ll and left to perform vertical motion (circular) as shown in figure. Initially, by applying horizontal velocity v0v_0 at the point ' A ', the string becomes slack when, the bob reaches at the point ' DD '. The ratio of the kinetic energy of the bob at the points B and C is _________.

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Answer: (c)

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Q8MHT CET 2023 · 12 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Critical Speed & Looping

A body of mass 'mm' attached at the end of a string is just completing the loop in a vertical circle. The apparent weight of the body at the lowest point in its path is ( gg = gravitational acceleration)

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Q9MHT CET 2022 · 11 AUG · SHIFT 2Easy

Critical Speed & Looping

A bucket containing water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius rr. To prevent the water from falling down, the minimum frequency of revolution required is

(g=g = acceleration due to gravity)

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Q10JEE Main 2022 · 26 JUN · SHIFT 1Medium

Critical Speed & Looping

A ball is released from rest from point P of a smooth semi-spherical vessel as shown in figure. The ratio of the centripetal force and normal reaction on the ball at point Q is A while angular position of point Q is α\alpha with respect to point P. Which of the following graphs represent the correct relation between A and α\alpha when ball goes from Q to R?

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Answer: (c)

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Q11JEE Main 2022 · 27 JUN · SHIFT 1Difficult

Critical Speed & Looping

A pendulum of length 2 m consists of a wooden bob of mass 50 g. A bullet of mass 75 g is fired towards the stationary bob with a speed v. The bullet emerges out of the bob with a speed v3\frac{v}{3} and the bob just completes the vertical circle. The value of v is ___________ ms______1. (if g = 10 m/s2).

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Answer: 10

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Q12MHT CET 2021 · 24 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Critical Speed & Looping

A body attached to one end of a string performs motion along a vertical circle. Its centripetal acceleration, when the string is horizontal, will be [g=g = acceleration due to gravity]

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Q13JEE Main 2014 · 19 APR · SHIFT 1Difficult

Critical Speed & Looping

A particle is released on a vertical smooth semicircular track from point X so that OX makes angle θ\theta from the vertical (see figure). The normal reaction of the track on the particle vanishes at point Y where OY makes angle ϕ\phi with the horizontal. Then:

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Answer: (c)

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