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  • A body is said to move or vibrate with simple harmonic motion if its acceleration is directed towards the mean position.


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  • A. True
  • B. False

  • Correct Answer
  • True 


  • Engineering Mechanics problems


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    • 1. The slope on the road surface generally provided on the curves is known as

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    • A. angle of friction
    • B. angle of repose
    • C. angle of banking
    • D. none of these
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    • 2. The motion of a wheel of a car is

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    • A. purely translation
    • B. purely rotational
    • C. combined translation and rotational
    • D. none of these
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    • 3. A ladder is resting on a smooth ground and leaning against a rough vertical wall. The force of friction will act

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    • A. towards the wall at its upper and
    • B. away from the wall at its upper end
    • C. downward at its upper end
    • D. upward at its upper end
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    • 4. A spherical body is symmetrical about its perpendicular axis. According to Routh's rule, the moment of inertia of a body about an axis passing through its centre of gravity is(where, M = Mass of the body, and S = Sum of the squares of the two semi-axes.)

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    • A. MS/3
    • B. MS/4
    • C. MS/5
    • D. none of these
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    • 5. The ratio of static friction to dynamic friction is always

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    • A. equal to one
    • B. less than one
    • C. greater than one
    • D. none of these
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    • 6. The moment of inertia of a thin rod of mass m and length l,about an axis through its centre of gravity and perpendicular to its length is

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    • A. ml2/4
    • B. ml2/ 6
    • C. ml2/8
    • D. ml2/12
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    • 7. The cartesian equation of trajectory is(where u = Velocity of projection, ? = Angle of projection, and x, y = Co-ordinates of any point on the trajectory after t seconds.)

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 8. 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

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    • A. I?
    • B. I?2
    • C. 0.5I?
    • D. 0.5I?2
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    • 9. All the steel trusses of the bridges, have one of their end roller supported, and other end hinged. The main advantage of such a support is that the truss remains stable.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 10. The force applied on a body of mass 100 kg to produce an acceleration of 5 m/s2, is

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    • A. 20N
    • B. 100N
    • C. 500N
    • D. none of these
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