Forces are called coplanar when all of them acting on body lie in
A. One point
B. One plane
C. Different planes
D. Perpendicular planes
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Which of the following is not the unit of distance?
A. Angstrom
B. Light year
C. Millimeter
D. Milestone
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Which of the following is not the unit of pressure?
A. Kg/cm
B. Atmosphere
C. Mm of wcl
D. Newton
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Forces are called concurrent when their lines of action meet in
A. One point
B. Two points
C. Plane
D. Perpendicular planes
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From a circular plate of diameter 6 cm is cut out a circle whose diameter is a radius of the plate. Find the e.g. of the remainder from the center of circular plate
A. 0.5 cm
B. 1.0 cm
C. 1.5 cm
D. 2.5 cm
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A framed structure is perfect if it contains members equal to (where n = number of joints in a frame)
A. 2n - 3
B. n - 1
C. 2n - 1
D. n - 2
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In the equation of virtual work, following force is neglected
A. Reaction of any smooth surface with which the body is in contact
B. Reaction of a rough surface of a body which rolls on it without slipping
C. Reaction at a point or an axis, fixed in space, around which a body is con-strained to turn
D. All of the above
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The M.I. of hollow circular section about a central axis perpendicular to section as compared to its M.I. about horizontal axis is
A. Same
B. Double
C. Half
D. Four times
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Two non-collinear parallel equal forces acting in opposite direction
A. Balance each other
B. Constitute a moment
C. Constitute a couple
D. Constitute a moment of couple
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Which of the following is the example of lever of first order?
A. Arm of man
B. Pair of scissors
C. Pair of clinical tongs
D. All of the above
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The center of gravity of a uniform lamina lies at
A. The center of heavy portion
B. The bottom surface
C. The mid point of its axis
D. All of the above
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The center of gravity of a triangle lies at the point of
A. Concurrence of the medians
B. Intersection of its altitudes
C. Intersection of bisector of angles
D. Intersection of diagonals
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A flywheel on a motor goes from rest to 1000 rpm in 6 sec. The number of revolutions made is nearly equal to
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A particle inside a hollow sphere of radius r, having coefficient of friction
3 1 can rest upto height of
A. 4 r
B. 8 r
C. 0.134 r
D. 8 3 r
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The center of percussion of the homogeneous rod of length L suspended at the top will be
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The necessary condition for forces to be in equilibrium is that these should be
A. Coplanar
B. Meet at one point
C. Both (A) and (B) above
D. All be equal
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The centre of percussion of a solid cylinder of radius r resting on a horizontal plane will be
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Dynamic friction as compared to static friction is
A. Same
B. More
C. Less
D. May be less of more depending on nature of surfaces and velocity
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Which of the following do not have identical dimensions?
A. Momentum and impulse
B. Torque and energy
C. Torque and work
D. Moment of a force and angular momentum
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The co-efficient of friction depends upon
A. Nature of surfaces
B. Area of contact
C. Shape of the surfaces
D. All of the above
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