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  • Question
  • The centre of gravity of an equilateral triangle with each side a, is __________ from any of the three sides.


  • Options
  • A. 3a/2
  • B. 23a
  • C. a/23
  • D. 32a

  • Correct Answer
  • a/23 


  • Engineering Mechanics problems


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    • 1. If two blocks of equal mass are attached to the two ends of a light string and one of the blocks is placed over a smooth horizontal plane while the other is hung freely after passing over a smooth pulley, then the two blocks will have some motion.

    • Options
    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss
    • 2. A redundant frame is also called __________ frame.

    • Options
    • A. perfect
    • B. imperfect
    • C. deficient
    • Discuss
    • 3. A body of weight W is required to move up on rough inclined plane whose angle of inclination with the horizontal is ?. The effort applied parallel to the plane is given by(where ? = tan? = Coefficient of friction between the plane and the body.)

    • Options
    • A. P = W tan?
    • B. P = W tan(? + ?)
    • C. P = W (sin? + ?cos?)
    • D. P = W (cos? + ?sin?)
    • Discuss
    • 4. A smooth cylinder lying on its convex surface remains in __________ equilibrium.

    • Options
    • A. stable
    • B. unstable
    • C. neutral
    • Discuss
    • 5. The bodies which rebound after impact are called

    • Options
    • A. inelastic bodies
    • B. elastic bodies
    • C. neither elastic nor inelastic bodies
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is an equation of linear motion?(where, u and v = Initial and final velocity of the body, a = Acceleration of the body, and s = Displacement of the body in time t seconds.)

    • Options
    • A. v = u + a.t
    • B. s = u.t + 1/2 a.t2
    • C. v2 = u2+2a.s
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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

    • Options
    • A. 15 N and 5 N
    • B. 20 N and 5 N
    • C. 15 N and 15 N
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The force required to move the body up the plane will be minimum if it makes an angle with the inclined plane __________ the angle of friction.

    • Options
    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. greater than
    • Discuss
    • 9. The force which acts along the radius of a circle and directed away from the centre of the circle is called centrifugal force.

    • Options
    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss
    • 10. The maximum frictional force, which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide over the surface of the other body, is known as

    • Options
    • A. static friction
    • B. dynamic friction
    • C. limiting friction
    • D. coefficient of friction
    • Discuss


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