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  • The term 'force' may be defined as an agent which produces or tends to produce, destroys or tends to destroy motion.


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  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree

  • Correct Answer
  • Agree 

    • Engineering Mechanics problems

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    • 1. The range of a projectile is maximum, when the angle of projection is

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    • A. 30°
    • B. 45°
    • C. 60°
    • D. 90°
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    • 2. 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

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    • A. static friction
    • B. dynamic friction
    • C. limiting friction
    • D. coefficient of friction
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    • 3. The force which acts along the radius of a circle and directed away from the centre of the circle is called centrifugal force.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 4. 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.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. greater than
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    • 5. 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

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    • 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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    • 6. Static friction is always __________ dynamic friction.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. greater than
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    • 7. The friction experienced by a body, when in motion, is known as

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    • A. rolling friction
    • B. dynamic friction
    • C. limiting friction
    • D. static friction
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    • 8. According to principle of conservation of energy, the total momentum of a system of masses in any direction remains constant unless acted upon by an external force in that direction.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 9. In the shown figure, if the angle of inclination of the plane is increased, then acceleration of the system will

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    • A. increase
    • B. decrease
    • C. remain the same
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    • 10. The mechanical advantage of a lifting machine is the ratio of

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    • A. distance moved by effort to the distance moved by load
    • B. load lifted to the effort applied
    • C. output to the input
    • D. all of the above
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