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2. The centre of gravity of a homogenous body is the point at which the whole
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Weight of the body is assumed to be concentrated
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3. The necessary condition of equilibrium of a body is
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All a, b and c
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4. Newton's Law of Motion is
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All the above
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5. For a body moving with simple harmonic motion, the number of cycles per second, is known as its
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Frequency
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6. A body is said to move with Simple Harmonic Motion if its acceleration, is
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Proportional to the distance from the point of reference and directed towards it
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7. A geo-stationary satellite is one which orbits the earth with a velocity of rotation of
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Earth
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8. To avoid bending action at the base of a pier
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Suspension and anchor cables are fixed to pier top
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9. Work may be defined as
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Force x distance
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10. The motion of a bicycle wheel is
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Rotary and translatory
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11. Two forces act an angle of 120°. If the greater force is 50 kg and their resultant is perpendicular to the smaller force, the smaller force is
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25 kg
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12. The velocity of a moving body, is
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A vector quantity
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13. The total time of collision and restitution of two bodies is called
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All the above
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14. When a body moves round a fixed axis, it has
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A circular motion
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15. The angle of projection for a range is equal to the distance through which the particle would have fallen in order to acquire a velocity equal to the velocity of projection, will be
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75°
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16. Centrifugal force acting on a body, moving along a circular path, will be
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Equal and opposite to centripetal force
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17. The angle of friction is
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The angle between the normal reaction and the resultant of normal reaction and limiting friction
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18. Centre of gravity of a thin hollow cone lies on the axis of symmetry at a height of
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One third of the total height above base
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19. A smooth cylinder lying on its convex surface remains
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In unstable equilibrium
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20. The force acting on a point on the surface of a rigid body may be considered to act
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On any point on the line of action of the force
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21. The graphical method of determining the forces in the members of a truss is based on
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Method of joint
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22. The diagram showing the point of application and line of action of forces in their plane is called
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Space diagram
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23. The force polygon representing a set of forces in equilibrium is a
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Closed polygon
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24. Force polygon method is applicable for
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Concurrent coplanar force system
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25. A system of coplanar forces is in equilibrium when
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Both force polygon” and funicular polygon close
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26. A system of coplanar forces acting on a rigid body can be reduced to
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One force and one couple only
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27. Free body diagram is an
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Isolated joint with all the forces, internal as well as external, acting on it
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28. In a lifting machine with efficiency 60%, an effort of 200 N is required to raise a load of 6 kN. The velocity ratio of the machine is
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50
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29. In a lifting machine a weight of 5 kN is lifted through 200 mm by an effort of 0.1 kN moving through 15 m. The mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of the machine are respectively
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50 and 75
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30. The condition for a lifting machine to be reversible is that its efficiency should be
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More than 50%
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31. A stone was thrown vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 50 m/sec. After 5 seconds another stone was thrown vertically upwards from the same place. If both the stones strike the ground at the same time, then the velocity with which the second stone was thrown should be (Assume g = 10 m/sec2)
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25 m/sec
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32. The angular speed of a car taking a circular turn of radius 100 m at 36 km/hr will be
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0.1 rad/sec
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33. Two objects moving with uniform speeds are 5 m apart after 1 second when they move towards each other and are 1 m apart when they move in the same direction.
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3 m/sec and 2 m/sec
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34. If a flywheel increases its speed from 10 rpm to 20 rpm in 10 seconds, then its angular acceleration is
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—rad/sec 30
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35. A shell of mass 100 kg travelling with a velocity of 10 m/sec breaks into two equal pieces during an explosion which provides an extra kinetic energy of 20000 Joules. If the pieces continue to move in the same direction as before, then the speed of the faster one must be
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30 m/sec
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36. A car goes round a curve of radius 100 m at 25 m/sec. The angle to the horizontal at which the road must be banked to prevent sideways friction on the car wheels is tan”1 x, where x is (Assume g = 10 m/sec2)
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5/8
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37. A shell travelling with a horizontal velocity of 100 m/sec explodes and splits into two parts, one of mass 10 kg and the other of 15 kg. The 15 kg mass drops vertically downward with initial velocity of 100 m/sec and the 10 kg mass begins to travel at an angle to the horizontal of tan”1 x, where x is
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3/5
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38. A body is dropped from a height of 100 m and at the same time another body is projected vertically upward with a velocity of 10 m/sec. The two particles will
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Meet after 10 sec
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39. When a body slides down an inclined surface, the acceleration of the body is given by
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GsinG
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40. Two balls of masses 3 kg and 6 kg are moving with velocities of 4 m/sec and 1 m/sec respectively, towards each other along the line of their centres. After impact the 3 kg ball comes to rest. This can happen only if the coefficient of restitution between the balls is
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1/5
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41. A ball is dropped from a height of 16 m on a horizontal floor. If it rebounds to a height of 9 m after striking the floor, the coefficient of restitution between ball and floor is
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3/4
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42. A particle is dropped from a height of 3 m on a horizontal floor, which has a coefficient of restitution with the ball of 1/2. The height to which the ball will rebound after striking the floor is
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0.75 m
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43. A ball moving on a smooth horizontal table hits a rough vertical wall, the coefficient of restitution between ball and wall being 1/3. The ball rebounds at the same angle. The fraction of its kinetic energy lost is
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8/9
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44. The maximum pull in a cable, carrying a uniformly distributed load and supported at two ends which are at the same level, is at
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Supports
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45. A light rope is loaded with many equal weights at equal horizontal intervals. The points of suspension on the rope lie on a
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Parabola
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46. Minimum pull in a suspended cable with supports at two ends is equal to
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Horizontal thrust
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47. A cable loaded with 10 kN/m of span is stretched between supports in the same horizontal line 100 m apart. If the central dip is 10 m, then the maximum and minimum pull in the cable respectively are
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1346.3 kN and 1250 kN
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48. Cartesian form of the equation of catenary is
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Y = c cosh x/c
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49. The shape of a suspended cable for a uniformly distributed load over it is
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Parabolic
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