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GATE Engineering Mechanics: Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion (Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q51 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A cylindrical disc of mass m = 1 kg and radius r = 0.15 m was spinning at = 5 rad/s when it was placed on a flat horizontal surface and released…
  2. GATE 2023 ME Q38 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The figure shows a wheel rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane with angular velocity 1. A rigid bar PQ is pinned to the wheel at P while the…
  3. GATE 2025 ME Q26 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A rigid circular disc of radius r (in m) is rolling without slipping on a flat surface as shown in the figure below. The angular velocity of the disc…
  4. GATE 2026 ME Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A horizontal disk has a radial frictionless slot in which a small block is confined to slide. The disk turns anticlockwise about its centre with a…
  5. GATE 2026 ME Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A rigid slender bar, AB, is sliding against two mutually perpendicular frictionless walls, as shown in the figure below. The velocity of A in the…