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Newton's law of Collision of elastic bodies states that when two moving bodies collide each other, their velocity of separation

A. Is directly proportional to their velocity of approach

B. Is inversely proportional to their velocity of approach

C. Bears a constant ratio to their velocity of approach

D. Is equal to the sum of their velocities of approach

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C. Bears a constant ratio to their velocity of approach


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The maximum frictional force which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide over the surface of a another body, is known

A. Sliding friction

B. Rolling friction

C. Limiting friction

D. None of these

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A stone is whirled in a vertical circle, the tension in the string, is maximum

A. When the string is horizontal

B. When the stone is at the highest position

C. When the stone is at the lowest position

D. At all the positions

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A Second's pendulum gains 2 minutes a day. To make it to keep correct time its length

A. Must be decreased

B. Must be increased

C. Is not changed but weight of the bob is increased

D. Is not changed but weight of the bob is decreased

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The angle of friction is:

A. The ratio of the friction and the normal reaction

B. The force of friction when the body is in motion

C. The angle between the normal reaction and the resultant of normal reaction and limiting friction

D. The force of friction at which the body is just about to move

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A 50 kg boy climbs up a 8 m rope in gymnasium in 10 sec. The average power developed by the boy is approximately

A. 400 watts

B. 500 watts

C. 4000 watts

D. None of these

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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

A. 20 kg

B. 25 kg

C. 30 kg

D. 35 kg

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The practical units of work, is

A. Erg

B. Joule

C. Newton

D. Dyne

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In a simple harmonic motion, the position of equilibrium is always

A. Stable

B. Unstable

C. Neutral

D. None of the above

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The horizontal reaction at the support A of the structure shown in below figure, is

A. Zero

B. 2 t

C. 3 t

D. 1 t

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If two forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, they must be equal in magnitude and their line of action must be along

A. The same line in the same sense

B. The same line in opposite sense

C. The perpendicular to both the lines

D. None of these

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The angles between two forces to make their resultant a minimum and a maximum respectively are

A. 0° and 90°

B. 180° and 90°

C. 90° and 180°

D. 180° and 0°

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0.For maximum range of a projectile, the angle of projection should be

A. 30°

B. 45°

C. 60°

D. None of these

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The C.G. of a right circular cone lies on its axis of symmetry at a height of

A. h/2

B. h/3

C. h/4

D. h/5

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One Newton is equivalent to

A. 105 dyne

B. 106 dyne

C. 107 dyne

D. 108 dyne

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The graphical method of determining the forces in the members of a truss is based on

A. Method of joint

B. Method of section

C. Either method

D. None of the two methods

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Total no of instantaneous centres of a machine having n links, is

A. n/2

B. n

C. (n - 1)

D. n (n - 1)/2

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A bullet weighing 200 g is fired horizontally with a velocity of 25 m/sec from a gun carried on a carriage which together with the gun weighs 100 kg. The velocity of recoil of the gun, will be

A. 0.01 m/sec

B. 0.05 m/sec

C. 1.00 m/sec

D. 1.5 m/see

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Force polygon method is applicable for

A. Any coplanar force system

B. A system of parallel forces only

C. Concurrent coplanar force system

D. Non-concurrent coplanar force system

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If two forces P and Q (P > Q) act on the same straight line but in opposite direction, their resultant, is

A. P + Q

B. P/Q

C. Q/P

D. P - Q

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The force polygon representing a set of forces in equilibrium is a

A. Triangle

B. Open polygon

C. Closed polygon

D. Parallelogram

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The motion of a particle moving with S.H.M. from an extremity to the other, constitutes

A. Half an oscillation

B. One full oscillation

C. Two oscillations

D. None of these

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The centre of gravity of the trapezium as shown in below figure from the side is at a distance of

A. (h/3) × [(b + 2a)/(b + a)]

B. (h/3) × [(2b + a)/(b + a)]

C. (h/2) × [(b + 2a)/(b + a)]

D. (h/2) × [(2b + a)/(b + a)]

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A projectile has maximum range of 40 m on a horizontal plane. If angle of projection is a and the time of flight is 1 second, then sin a must be about (Assume g = 10 m/sec²)

A. 1/4

B. 1/3

C. 1/2

D. 1/5

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A particle moving with a simple harmonic motion, attains its maximum velocity when it passes

A. The extreme point of the oscillation

B. Through the mean position

C. Through a point at half amplitude

D. None of these

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The gravitational force makes a satellite go round the earth in a circular orbit, if it is projected with an initial velocity of

A. 8.04 km/sec at a height of 285 km

B. 11.11 km/sec at a height of 37,400 km

C. 11.26 km/sec, the satellite escapes the pull of the earth

D. All the above

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Coefficient of friction depends on

A. Nature of surfaces only

B. Area of contact only

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. None of the above

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A satellite goes on moving along its orbit round the earth due to

A. Gravitational force

B. Centrifugal force

C. Centripetal force

D. None of these

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A particle moves along a straight line such that distance x traversed in t seconds is given by x = t2(t + 1), the acceleration of the particle, will be

A. 3t3 - 2t

B. 3t2 + 2t

C. 6t - 2

D. 6t + 2

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Minimum pull in a suspended cable with supports at two ends is equal to

A. Horizontal thrust

B. Support reactions

C. Resultant of horizontal thrust and support reaction

D. Half the weight of the cable

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A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a vertical velocity of 49 m/sec. It returns to the ground in

A. 5 sec

B. 8 sec

C. 10 sec

D. 20 sec