JAMB Physics · Interaction of matter, space and time

Motion in a circle: JAMB Physics Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Motion in a circle

Our summary: Angular velocity and acceleration, and the forces that keep an object moving in a circle.

  • Motion in a circle ((i) angular velocity and angular acceleration; (ii) centripetal and centrifugal forces; (iii) applications.)

Objectives

  • establish expression for angular velocity, angular acceleration and centripetal force;
  • solve numerical problems involving motion in a circle;

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JAMB Physics questions on Motion in a circle

  1. JAMB 2024A body is whirled in a horizontal circle at the rate of 800 revolutions per minute. Determine the angular velocity
  2. JAMB 2023A man swung an object of mass 2 kg in a circular path with a rope 1.2 m long. If the object was swung at 120 rev/min, find the tension in the rope.
  3. JAMB 2021Particles of mass 10 ^ -2 kg is fixed to the tip of a fan blade which rotates with angular velocity of 100rad ^ -1 . If the radius of the blade is 0.2m, the…
  4. JAMB 2020The force required to make an object of mass m, travelling with velocity v, turn in a circle of radius r is
  5. JAMB 2019The length of the seconds hand of laboratory clock is 0.1m. Calculate the speed at the top of the seconds hand
  6. JAMB 2019A mass of 0.5kg is whirled in a vertical circle of radius 2m at a steady rate of 2 rev/s. Calculate the centripetal force
  7. JAMB 2019The momentum of a car moving at a constant speed in a circular track
  8. JAMB 2019If a body moves with a constant speed and at the same time undergoes an acceleration, its motion is said to be
  9. JAMB 2018An object moves in a circular path of radius 0.5m with a speed of 1ms ^ -1 . What is its angular velocity?
  10. JAMB 2017What is the speed of a body vibrating at 50 cyclic per second
  11. JAMB 2016A satellite revolving around the earth is kept on its orbit by?
  12. JAMB 2012An object moves in a circular path of radius 0.5m with a speed of 1 ms^ -1 What is its angular velocity?
  13. JAMB 2011An object of mass 2 kg moves with a velocity of 10 ms1 round at circle of radius 4 m. Calculate the centripetal force on the object

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