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The Cartesian equation of trajectory is (where u = Velocity of projection, α = Angle of projection, and x, y = Co-ordinates of any point on the trajectory after t seconds.)

A. y = (gx²/2u² cos²α) + x. tanα

B. y = (gx²/2u² cos²α) - x. tanα

C. y = x. tanα - (gx²/2u² cos²α)

D. y = x. tanα + (gx²/2u² cos²α)

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C. y = x. tanα - (gx²/2u² cos²α)


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The maximum efficiency of a screw jack is

A. (1 - sinφ)/(1 + sinφ)

B. (1 + sinφ)/(1 - sinφ)

C. (1 - tanφ)/(1 + tanφ)

D. (1 + tanφ)/(1 - tanφ)

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In actual machines

A. Mechanical advantage is greater than velocity ratio

B. Mechanical advantage is equal to velocity ratio

C. Mechanical advantage is less than velocity ratio

D. Mechanical advantage is unity

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A block of mass 20 kg lying on a rough horizontal plane is connected by a light string passing over a smooth pulley to another mass 5 kg, which can move freely in the Vertical direction, as shown in the below figure. The tension in the string will __________ with the increase in coefficient of friction.

A. Increase

B. Decrease

C. Not be effected

D. None of these

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The equivalent length of a simple pendulum which gives the same frequency as compound pendulum is

A. h/(kG² + h²)

B. (kG² + h²)/h

C. h²/(kG² + h²)

D. (kG² + h²)/h²

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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.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. Greater than

D. None of these

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Which of the following is not the unit of pressure?

A. kg/cm

B. Bar

C. Atmosphere

D. Newton

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The product of either force of couple with the arm of the couple is called

A. Resultant couple

B. Moment of the forces

C. Resulting couple

D. Moment of the couple

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The velocity ratio of a differential pulley block with D and d as the diameters of larger and smaller pulley, is

A. D/(D - d)

B. D/(D + d)

C. 2D/(D - d)

D. 2D/(D + d)

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The centre 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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In order to double the period of simple pendulum, the length of the string should be

A. Halved

B. Doubled

C. Quadrupled

D. None of these

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Concurrent forces are those forces whose lines of action

A. Lie on the same line

B. Meet at one point

C. Meet on the same plane

D. None of these

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One watt is equal to

A. 0.1 joule/s

B. 1 joule/s

C. 10 joules/s

D. 100 joules/s

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The maximum height of a projectile on a horizontal plane, is

A. u² sin²α/2g

B. u² cos²α/2g

C. u² sin²α/g

D. u² cos²α/g

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Moment of inertia of a triangular section of base (b) and height (h) about an axis passing through its vertex and parallel to the base, is __________ than that passing through its C.G. and parallel to the base.

A. Nine times

B. Six times

C. Four times

D. Two times

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On a ladder resting on smooth ground and leaning against vertical wall, the force of friction will be

A. Towards the wall at its upper end

B. Away from the wall at its upper end

C. Upwards at its upper end

D. Downwards at its upper end

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Joule is the unit of

A. Force

B. Work

C. Power

D. Velocity

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A circular hole of 50 mm diameter is cut out from a circular disc of 100 mm diameter as shown in the below figure. The centre of gravity of the section will lie

A. In the shaded area

B. In the hole

C. At O

D. None of these

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The angle between two forces when the resultant is maximum and minimum respectively are:

A. 0° and 180°

B. 180° and 0°

C. 90° and 180°

D. 90° and 0°

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The process of finding out the resultant force is called __________ of forces.

A. Composition

B. Resolution

C. Decomposition

D. None of these

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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

A. The C.G. of a circle is at its centre

B. The C.G. of a triangle is at the intersection of its medians

C. The C.G. of a rectangle is at the intersection of its diagonals

D. The C.G. of a semicircle is at a distance of r/2 from the centre

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The term 'Centroid' is

A. The same as centre of gravity

B. The point of suspension

C. The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a certain axis

D. None of the above

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The angle of inclination of the plane at which the body begins to move down the plane, is called

A. Angle of friction

B. Angle of repose

C. Angle of projection

D. None of these

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The force induced in the string BC due to the load W as shown in the below figure is

A. W sinθ

B. W cosθ

C. W tanθ

D. W cotθ

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When a body of mass moment of inertia I (about a given axis) is rotated about that axis with an angular velocity to, then the kinetic energy of rotation is

A.

B. 2

C. 0.5 Iω

D. 0.5 Iω2

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Coplanar non-concurrent forces are those forces which __________ at one point, but their lines of action lie on the same plane.

A. Meet

B. Do not meet

C. Either A or B

D. None of these

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The periodic time (T) is given by (where, ω = Angular velocity of particle in rad/s.)

A. ω/2π

B. 2π/ω

C. 2π × ω

D. π/ω

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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple is zero

B. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple, about any point is the same

C. A couple cannot be balanced by a single force but can be balanced only by a couple of opposite sense

D. All of the above

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The periodic time of a particle with simple harmonic motion is __________ proportional to the angular velocity.

A. Directly

B. Inversely

C. Square root

D. None of these

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The angle which an inclined plane makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it is about to move down is known as angle of

A. Friction

B. Limiting friction

C. Repose

D. Kinematic friction

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Moment of inertia is the

A. Second moment of force

B. Second moment of area

C. Second moment of mass

D. All of these