What is the direction of torque?
A. Perpendicular to the direction of applied force
B. Same as the direction of applied force
C. Opposite to the direction of applied force
D. Parallel to the radius
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The motion of a body around a circular path is an example of
A. Uniform velocity, variable acceleration
B. Uniform speed, uniform velocity
C. Uniform speed, variable velocity
D. Uniform speed, variable acceleration
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What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his (angular) speed ?
A. Bring his hands together
B. Raise his hands up
C. Spread his hands outwards
D. Sit down with raised hands
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A sphere rolls down on two inclined planes of different angles but same height, it does so
A. In the same time
B. With the same speed
C. In the same time with the same speed
D. In the same time with the same kinetic energy
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If a body moves with a constant speed in a circle
A. No work is done on it
B. No force acts on it
C. No acceleration is produced in it
D. Its velocity remains constant
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A disk and a sphere of same radius but different masses roll on two inclined planes of the same altitude and length. Which one of the two objects gets to the bottom of the plane first ?
A. Depends on their masses
B. Sphere
C. Disk
D. Both reach at the same time
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The washing machine works on the principle of
A. Dialysis
B. Diffusion
C. Reverse osmosis
D. Centrifugation
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When an unbalanced force acts on an object
A. Causes change in motion of the object
B. The speed & direction of the object will change
C. Causes the object to move
D. All of the above
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What type of force acts on a car moving around a curve?
A. Centrifugal force
B. Cohesive force
C. Centripetal force
D. Gravitational force
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Damp clothes are dried in spin dryers by the action of
A. Centripetal forces
B. Centrifugal forces
C. Central forces
D. Non central forces
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When all the forces and torques are balanced in a mechanical body it is said to be in
A. Equilibrium
B. Static
C. Buoyancy
D. None of the above
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Centrifugal force increases with
A. Temperature
B. Pressure
C. Acceleration
D. Humidity
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The minimum number of forces to keep a particle in equilibrium is
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When milk is churned, the cream separates from it due to:
A. Frictional force
B. Centrifugal force
C. Gravitational force
D. Viscous forces
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When the milk is churned vigorously the cream from it is separated out due to
A. Centripetal force
B. Gravitational force
C. Frictional force
D. Centrifugal force
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A man stands on the pan of a balance holding a fish in his right hand and bucket of water in his left hand. If he transfers the fish into the bucket, the total weight on the pan
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains the same
D. First increases and then decreases
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A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle. If the string snaps
A. The ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down
B. It will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
C. It will fall down at the same place where the string breaks
D. None of these
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A body moving in a circular path with a constant speed has a
A. Constant velocity
B. Constant acceleration
C. Constant kinetic energy
D. Constant displacement
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The point where total mass of a body is supposed to be concentrated is known as
A. Dead centre
B. Centre of mass
C. Centre of gravity
D. Centre of motion
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The angle in which a cricket ball should be hit to travel maximum horizontal distance is :
A. 60° with horizontal
B. 45° with horizontal
C. 30° with horizontal
D. 15° with horizontal
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