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A particle is dropped from the top of a tower 60 m high and another is projected upwards from the foot of the tower to meet the first particle at a height of 15.9 m. The velocity of projection of the second particle is
Options
A. 16 m/sec
B. 18 m/sec
C. 20 m/sec
D. 22 m/sec.
Correct Answer
20 m/sec
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1. The unit of impulse, is
Options
A. kg.m/sec
B. kg.m/sec
3
C. kg.m/sec
2
D. kg.m
2
/sec.
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Correct Answer: kg.m/sec
2. The centre of gravity of a quadrant of a circle lies along its central radius at a distance of
Options
A. 0.2
R
B. 0.3
R
C. 0.4
R
D. 0.5
R
E. 0.6
R
.
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Correct Answer: 0.6
R
.
3. The rotational velocity of a satellite is increased by 450 m per second if its launch is done from equator
Options
A. eastward
B. northward
C. westward
D. southward
E. upward.
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Correct Answer: eastward
4. The direction of projection should bisect the angle between the inclined plane and the vertical for a range of a projectile on inclined plane
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A. to be zero
B. to be maximum
C. to be minimum
D. none of the these.
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Correct Answer: to be maximum
5. M.I. of solid sphere, is
Options
A. 2/3
Mr
2
B. 2/5
Mr
2
C.
Mr
2
D. ?r
4
/2
E. 1/2
Mr
2
.
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Correct Answer:
Mr
2
6. The motion of a particle moving with S.H.M. from an extremity to the other, constitutes
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A. half an oscillation
B. one full oscillation
C. two oscillations
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: half an oscillation
7. The reaction at the support
D
of the continuous beam
ABCD
, hinged at two points shown in below figure is
Options
A. 1.6
t
?
B. 1.6
t
?
C. 0.5
t
?
D. 0.5
t
?
E. 8.5
t
?
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Correct Answer: 1.6
t
?
8. For a self-locking machine, the efficiency should be
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A. less than 60%
B. 50%
C. more than 50%
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: less than 60%
9. Centre of gravity of a thin hollow cone lies on the axis of symmmetry at a height of
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A. one-half of the total height above base
B. one-third of the total height above base
C. one-fourth of the total height above base
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: one-third of the total height above base
10. When a body falls freely under gravitational force, it possesses
Options
A. maximum weight
B. minimum weight
C. no weight
D. no effect on its weight.
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Correct Answer: no weight
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