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The motion of a wheel of a car is

A. Purely translation

B. Purely rotational

C. Combined translation and rotational

D. None of these

Correct Answer :

C. Combined translation and rotational


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Two blocks A and B of masses 150 kg and 50 kg respectively are connected by means of a string as shown in the below figure. The tension in all the three strings __________ be same.

A. Will

B. Will not

C. Either A or B

D. None of these

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The efficiency of a screw jack is maximum, when (where α = Helix angle, and φ = Angle of friction.)

A. α = 45° + φ/2

B. α = 45° - φ/2

C. α = 90° + φ

D. α = 90° - φ

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The frequency of oscillation of a compound pendulum is (where kG = Radius of gyration about the centroidal axis, and h = Distance between the point of suspension and C.G. of the body.)

A. 2π. √(gh/kG² + h²)

B. 2π. √(kG² + h²/gh)

C. 1/2π. √(gh/kG² + h²)

D. 1/2π. √(kG² + h²/gh)

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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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Which of the following is not a vector quantity?

A. Weight

B. Velocity

C. Acceleration

D. Force

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The algebraic sum of moments of the forces forming couple about any point in their plane is

A. Equal to the moment of the couple

B. Constant

C. Both of above are correct

D. Both of above are wrong

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The velocity ratio in case of an inclined plane inclined at angle θ to the horizontal and weight being pulled up the inclined plane by vertical effort is

A. sinθ

B. cosθ

C. tanθ

D. cosecθ

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The bellow figure shows the two equal forces at right angles acting at a point. The value of force R acting along their bisector and in opposite direction is

A. P/2

B. 2P

C. √2 × P

D. P/√2

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The moment of inertia of a solid cone of mass m and base radius r about its vertical axis is

A. 3mr2/5

B. 3mr2/10

C. 2mr2/5

D. 4mr2/5

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Which of the following is a vector quantity?

A. Energy

B. Mass

C. Momentum

D. Angle

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Coulomb friction is the friction between

A. Bodies having relative motion

B. Two dry surfaces

C. Two lubricated surfaces

D. Solids and liquids

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A redundant frame is also called __________ frame.

A. Perfect

B. Imperfect

C. Deficient

D. None of these

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Which of the following is not the unit of work, energy and heat?

A. kcal

B. kg-m

C. kW-hr

D. h.p

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The ratio of static friction to dynamic friction is always

A. Equal to one

B. Less than one

C. Greater than one

D. None of these

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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 unit of power in S.I. units is

A. Horsepower

B. Joule

C. Watt

D. kg-m

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Coefficient of friction is the

A. Angle between normal reaction and the resultant of normal reaction and the limiting friction

B. Ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction

C. The friction force acting when the body is just about to move

D. The friction force acting when the body is in motion

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Two like parallel forces are acting at a distance of 24 mm apart and their resultant is 20 N. It the line of action of the resultant is 6 mm from any given force, the two forces are

A. 15 N and 5 N

B. 20 N and 5 N

C. 15 N and 15 N

D. None of these

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In ideal machines, mechanical advantage is __________ velocity ratio.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. Greater than

D. None of these

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The potential energy of a vertically raised body is __________ the kinetic energy of a vertically falling body.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. Greater than

D. None of these

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Which of the following statement is incorrect?

A. A force acting in the opposite direction to the motion of the body is called force of friction

B. The ratio of the limiting friction to the normal reaction is called coefficient of friction

C. A machine whose efficiency is 100% is known as an ideal machine

D. The velocity ratio of a machine is the ratio of load lifted to the effort applied

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The centre of gravity of a uniform lamina lies at

A. The centre of heavy portion

B. The bottom surface

C. The midpoint of its axis

D. All of the above

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The velocity ratio of a differential wheel and axle with D as the diameter of effort wheel and d1 and d2 as the diameters of larger and smaller axles respectively, is

A. D/(d₁ + d₂)

B. D/(d₁ - d₂)

C. 2D/(d₁ + d₂)

D. 2D/(d₁ - d₂)

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A pair of smith's tongs is an example of the lever of

A. Zeroth order

B. First order

C. Second order

D. Third order

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If a body is acted upon by a number of coplanar non-concurrent forces, it may

A. Rotate about itself without moving

B. Move in any one direction rotating about itself

C. Be completely at rest

D. All of these

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A body of mass m moving with a constant velocity v strikes another body of same mass moving with same velocity but in opposite direction. The common velocity of both the bodies after collision is

A. v

B. 2v

C. 4v

D. 8v

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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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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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The range of projectile (R) on an upward inclined plane is

A. g. cos² β/2u². sin (α + β). cos α

B. 2u². sin (α + β). cos α/g. cos² β

C. g. cos² β/2u². sin (α - β). cos α

D. 2u². sin (α - β). cos α/g. cos² β

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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