StreakPeaked· Practice

ExamsNEETPhysics

A cane filled with water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius $4\,\text{m}$, and the water just does not fall down. The time period of revolution will be

  1. 1 s
  2. 10 s
  3. 8 s
  4. 4 s

Correct answer: 4 s

Solution

If the water just does not fall at the top, the required centripetal acceleration equals $g$, so $v^2/r=g$. Thus $v=\sqrt{gr}=\sqrt{10\times4}=\sqrt{40}$. The time period is $T=2\pi r/v\approx 2\pi\cdot4/\sqrt{40}\approx 4\,\text{s}$.

Related NEET Physics questions

⚔️ Practice NEET Physics free + battle 1v1 →