Physics · Horizontal Circular Motion
NEET (UG) 2024 — Question 21
A particle moving with uniform speed in a circular path maintains:
- Option A:
Constant velocity
- Option B:
Constant acceleration
- Option C:
Constant velocity but varying acceleration
- Option D:Correct
Varying velocity and varying acceleration
Answer: D
Step-by-step solution
In uniform circular motion, speed is constant but velocity changes due to continuous change in direction. Acceleration is centripetal, always directed toward the centre, so its direction also changes continuously. Thus both velocity and acceleration vary. Hence the correct option is D.
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- Exam
- NEET (UG) 2024
- Paper
- 2024 paper
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Horizontal Circular Motion
- Topic
- Introduction to Angular variables