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  • Three forces acting on a rigid body are represented in magnitude, direction and line of action by the three sides of a triangle taken in order. The forces are equivalent to a couple whose moment is equal to


  • Options
  • A. area of the triangle
  • B. twice the area of the triangle
  • C. half the area of the triangle
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • twice the area of the triangle 


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    • 1. The velocity ratio for the first system of pulleys is(where n is the number of pulleys.)

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    • A. n
    • B. n2
    • C. 2n
    • D. 2n - 1
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    • 2. The velocity ratio for the third system of pulleys is

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    • A. n
    • B. n2
    • C. 2n
    • D. 2n - 1
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    • 3. The moment of inertia of a sphere of mass m and radius r, about an axis tangential to it, is

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    • A. 2mr2/3
    • B. 2mr2/5
    • C. 7mr2/3
    • D. 7mr2/5
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    • 4. When a particle moves along a circular path, its acceleration has two components, one is normal component and the other is tangential component of acceleration.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 5. Two equal and opposite parallel forces whose lines of action are different form a couple.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 6. A machine which is capable of doing work in the reversed direction, after the effort is removed, is called a non-reversible machine.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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    • 7. A body of mass m moving with a constant velocity v strikes another body of same mass m moving with same velocity but in opposite direction. The common velocity of both the bodies after collision is

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    • A. v
    • B. 2v
    • C. 4v
    • D. 8v
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    • 8. Vectors method for the resultant force is also called polygon law of forces.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 9. If the number of pulleys in a system is equal to its velocity ratio, then it is a __________ system of pulleys

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    • A. first
    • B. second
    • C. third
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    • 10. Moment of inertia of a hollow rectangular section as shown in the below figure about Y-Y axis, is not the same as that about X-X axis.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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