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1. The friction experienced by a body, when in motion, is known as
rolling friction
dynamic friction
limiting friction
static friction
2. Two balls of equal mass and of perfectly elastic material are lying on the floor. One of the ball with velocity v is made to struck the second ball. Both the balls after impact will move with a velocity
v
v/2
v/4
v/8
3. The velocity ratio in case of an inclined plane inclined at angle θ to the horizontal and weight being pulled up the inclined plane by vertical effort is
sin θ
cos θ
tan θ
cosec θ
4. A body of weight W is required to move up on rough inclined plane whose angle of inclination with the horizontal is α. The effort applied parallel to the plane is given by(where μ = tanφ = Coefficient of friction between the plane and the body.)
P = W tanα
P = W tan(α + φ)
P = W (sinα + μcosα)
P = W (cosα + μsinα)
5. If the resultant of two equal forces has the same magnitude as either of the forces, then the angle between the two forces is
30°
60°
90°
120°
6. A smooth cylinder lying on its convex surface remains in __________ equilibrium.
stable
unstable
neutral
None of these
7. Moment of inertia of a circular section about an axis perpendicular to the section is
πd3/16
πd3/32
πd4/32
πd4/64
8. The unit of angular acceleration is
N-m
m/s
m/s2
rad/s2
9. Moment of inertia of a triangular section of base (b) and height (h) about an axis passing through its C.G. and parallel to the base, is
bh3/4
bh3/8
bh3/12
bh3/36
10. Which of the following is an equation of linear motion?(where, u and v = Initial and final velocity of the body, a = Acceleration of the body, and s = Displacement of the body in time t seconds.)
v = u + a.t
s = u.t + 1/2 a.t2
v2 = u2+2a.s
all of these
11. The range of a projectile is maximum, when the angle of projection is
30°
45°
60°
90°
12. The mechanical advantage of a lifting machine is the ratio of
distance moved by effort to the distance moved by load
load lifted to the effort applied
output to the input
all of the above
13. Static friction is always __________ dynamic friction.
equal to
less than
greater than
None of these
14. A body will begin to move down an inclined plane if the angle of inclination of the plane is __________ the angle of friction.
equal to
less than
greater than
None of these
15. The bodies which rebound after impact are called
inelastic bodies
elastic bodies
neither elastic nor inelastic bodies
none of these
16. The maximum frictional force, which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide over the surface of the other body, is known as
static friction
dynamic friction
limiting friction
coefficient of friction
17. The algebraic sum of the resolved parts of a number of forces in a given direction is equal to the resolved part of their resultant in the same direction. This is known as
principle of independence of forces
principle of resolution of forces
principle of transmissibility of forces
none of these
18. The angle between two forces when the resultant is maximum and minimum respectively are
0° and 180°
180° and 0°
90° and 180°
90° and 0°
19. A redundant frame is also called __________ frame.
perfect
imperfect
deficient
none of these
20. When a rigid body is suspended vertically, and it oscillates with a small amplitude under the action of the force of gravity, the body is known as
simple pendulum
compound pendulum
torsional pendulum
second's pendulum
21. During elastic impact, the relative velocity of the two bodies after impact is __________ the relative velocity of the two bodies before impact.
equal to
equal and opposite to
less than
. greater than
22. Work done is said to be zero, when
some force acts on a body, but displacement is zero
no force acts on a body but some displacement takes place
either (a) or (b)
none of the above
23. One watt is equal to
0.1 joule/s
1 joule/s
10 joules/s
100 joules/s
24. two like parallel forces are acting at a distance of 24 mm apart and their resultant is 20 N. It the line of action of the resultant is 6 mm from any given force, the two forces are
15 N and 5 N
20 N and 5 N
15 N and 15 N
none of these
25. If two bodies having masses m1 and m2 (m1>m2) have equal kinetic energies, the momentum of body having mass m1 is __________ the momentum of body having mass m2.
equal to
less than
greater than
none of these
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