CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2015

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    Moment of inertia of a thin uniform rod rotating about the perpendicular axis passing through its centre is I. If the same rod is bent into a ring and its moment of inertia about its diameter is I, then the ratio \[\frac{I}{I}\] is

    A)  \[\frac{8}{3}{{\pi }^{2}}\]

    B)  \[\frac{5}{3}{{\pi }^{2}}\]

    C)  \[\frac{3}{2}{{\pi }^{2}}\]

    D)  \[\frac{2}{3}{{\pi }^{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    : Let M be the mass of the rod and L be its length. Then \[I=\frac{1}{12}M{{L}^{2}}\] When the same rod is bent into the ring of radius R, then \[2\pi R=L\] or \[R=\frac{L}{2\pi }\]            ?...(i) Its moment of inertia about its diameter is \[I=\frac{1}{2}M{{R}^{2}}=\frac{1}{2}M{{\left( \frac{L}{2\pi } \right)}^{2}}\]  (using (i)) \[=\frac{1}{8{{\pi }^{2}}}M{{L}^{2}}\] \[\therefore \] \[\frac{I}{I}=\frac{\frac{1}{12}M{{L}^{2}}}{\frac{1}{8{{\pi }^{2}}}M{{L}^{2}}}=\frac{8{{\pi }^{2}}}{12}=\frac{2}{3}{{\pi }^{2}}\]


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