A rigid body is the one in which:

it can have only rotational motion

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it can have only translational motion

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the distance between all pairs of particles of the body do not change

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its centre of masss always lies inside the material of the body

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C the distance between all pairs of particles of the body do not change
A rigid body is one in which the distance between all pair of particles of the body do not change.

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A body is acted upon by two unequal forces in opposite directions, but not in same line, The effect is that :

(a) the body will have only the rotational motion

(b) the body will have only the translational motion

(d) the body will have rotational as well as translational motion.

\frac{1}{2} I ω^{2}

\frac{1}{2} I_{c m} ω^{2}

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