The moment of inertia of a planar disc about a diameter is 8kgm2. What is the moment of inertia about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the plane of disc?

Correct Answer: 16kgm2
The moment of inertia about any diametrical axis will be the same. So, we can consider two perpendicular diameters and use the perpendicular axis theorem to get the moment of inertia about the axis which is perpendicular to the plane. Thus, moment of inertia = 8+8 = 16kgm2.