Applied Mechanics and Graphic Statistics Most Important MCQs

1 - A disc of mass 4 kg, radius 0.5m and moment of inertia 3 kg-m2 rolls on a horizontal surface so that its center moves with speed 5 m/see. Kinetic energy of the disc is ___________________?






200 J

2 - A ball is dropped from a height of 16 m on a horizontal floor. If it rebounds to a height of 9 m after striking the floor, the coefficient of restitution between ball and floor is_____________________?






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3 - A ball moving on a smooth horizontal table hits a rough vertical wall, the coefficient of restitution between ball and wall being 1/3. The ball rebounds at the same angle. The fraction of its kinetic energy lost is___________________?






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4 - A block in the shape of a parallelopiped of sides lm x 2m x 3m lies on the surface. Which of the faces gives maximum stable block ?






2 m x 3 m

5 - A body is dropped from a height of 100 m and at the same time another body is projected vertically upward with a velocity of 10 m/sec. The two particles will____________________?






meet after 10 sec

6 - A cable loaded with 10 kN/m of span is stretched between supports in the same horizontal line 100 m apart. If the central dip is 10 m, then the maximum and minimum pull in the cable respectively are____________________?






1346.3 kN and 1250 kN

7 - A car goes round a curve of radius 100 m at 25 m/sec. The angle to the horizontal at which the road must be banked to prevent sideways friction on the car wheels is tan”1 x, where x is (Assume g = 10 m/sec2)_____________________?






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8 - A circular disc rotates at n rpm. The angular velocity of a circular ring of same mass and radius as the disc and to have the same angular momentum is___________________?






n/2 rpm

9 - A cube on a smooth horizontal surface___________________?






can be in any of these states

10 - A cylinder will slip on an inclined plane of inclination 0 if the coefficient of static friction between plane and cylinder is_____________________?






less than (1/3) tan 0

11 - A flywheel of moment of inertia 20 kg-m” is acted upon by a tangential force of 5 N at 2 m from its axis, for 3 seconds. The increase in angular velocity in radian persecond is__________________?






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12 - A funicular polygon cannot be made to pass through___________________?






more than three specified points

13 - A hoop of radius 3 m weighs 100 kg. It rolls along a horizontal floor so that at its centre of mass has a speed of 200 mm/sec, . The work required to stop the hoop is______________?






4 J

14 - A ladder of weight 'w' rests against a smooth vertical wall, and rests on rough horizontal ground, the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground being 1/4. The maximum angle of inclination of the ladder to the vertical, if a man of weight






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15 - A light rope is loaded with many equal weights at equal horizontal intervals. The points of suspension on the rope lie on a_____________________?






parabola

16 - A particle is dropped from a height of 3 m on a horizontal floor, which has a coefficient of restitution with the ball of 1/2. The height to which the ball will rebound after striking the floor is____________________?






0.75 m

17 - A particle is executing simple harmonic motion in a line 1.0 m long. If the time of one complete vibration is 1 sec, then the maximum velocity of the particle is___________________?






3.14 m/sec

18 - A particle moves in a straight line and its position is defined by the equation x = 6 t2 – t3 where t is expressed in seconds and x in meters. The maximum velocity during the motion is_________________?






12 m/sec

19 - A particle of mass 2 kg executes simple harmonic motion of frequency 6/71 Hz and amplitude 0.25 m. Its maximum kinetic energy is___________________?






9.0 J

20 - A projectile has maximum range of 40 m on a horizontal plane. If angle of projection is a and the time of flight is 1 second, then sin a must be about__________________?






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21 - A quantity whose dimensions are M2L2 T3 could be the product of_________________?






mass and power

22 - A rigid body is in a stable equilibrium if the application of any force__________________?






can raise the CG of the body but can not lower it

23 - A rod AB carries three loads of 30 N, 70 N and 100 N at distances of 20 mm, 90 mm and 150 mm respectively from A. Neglecting the weight of the rod, the point at which the rod will balance is_______________?






109.5 mm from A

24 - A shell of mass 100 kg travelling with a velocity of 10 m/sec breaks into two equal pieces during an explosion which provides an extra kinetic energy of 20000 Joules. If the pieces continue to move in the same direction as before, then the speed of the fa






30 m/sec

25 - A shell travelling with a horizontal velocity of 100 m/sec explodes and splits into two parts, one of mass 10 kg and the other of 15 kg. The 15 kg mass drops vertically downward with initial velocity of 100 m/sec and the 10 kg mass begins to travel at an






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26 - A simple pendulum of length / has an energy E, when its amplitude is A. If the length of pendulum is doubled, the energy will be___________________?






E/2

27 - A simple pendulum of length 1 has an energy E when its amplitude is A. If its amplitude is increased to 2 A, the energy becomes____________________?






4E

28 - A solid cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls down an inclined plane without slipping. The acceleration of center of mass of rolling cylinder is________________?






(2/3) g sin 0

29 - A solid sphere of mass M and radius R rolls down a plane inclined at 0 with the horizontal. The acceleration of sphere is_______________?






(5/7) g sin0

30 - A sphere and a cylinder having the same mass and radii start from rest and roll down the same inclined plane. Which body gets to the bottom first ?






sphere with lesser rotational energy at bottom than cylinder

31 - A stone is thrown up a slope of inclination 60° to the horizontal. At what angle to the slope must the stone be thrown so as to land as far as possible from the point of projection ?






15°

32 - A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a vertical velocity of 49 m/sec. It returns to the ground in________________?






10 sec

33 - A stone was thrown vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 50 m/sec. After 5 seconds another stone was thrown vertically upwards from the same place. If both the stones strike the ground at the same time, then the velocity with which the sec






25 m/sec

34 - A symmetrical body is rotating about its axis of symmetry, its moment of inertia about the axis of rotation being 2 kg -m2 and its rate of rotation 2 revolutions/see. The angular momentum of the body in kg-m2/sec is_____________________?






8TC

35 - A system of copianar forces acting on a rigid body can be reduced to________________?






one force and one couple only

36 - A system of copianar forces is in equilibrium when___________________?






both force polygon” and funicular polygon close

37 - A uniform pyramid and a uniform prism of same height lie with their base on the surface. Which is more stable ?






pyramid

38 - An ordinate in a funicular polygon represents__________________?






bending moment

39 - At the instantaneous center, the velocity of the moving lamina at any instant is_________________?






zero

40 - Coefficient of friction depends on__________________?






nature of surfaces only

41 - For a given velocity of a projectile, the range is maximum when the angle of projection is___________________?






45°

42 - For a non-concurrent force system to be in equilibrium__________________?






both force polygon and funicular polygon must close

43 - Force polygon method is applicable for_____________________?






concurrent copianar force system

44 - Free body diagram is an____________________?






isolated joint with all the forces, internal as well as external, acting on it

45 - If a flywheel increases its speed from 10 rpm to 20 rpm in 10 seconds, then its angular acceleration is_____________________?






—rad/sec 30

46 - If A is the amplitude of particle executing simple harmonic motion, then the total energy E of the particle is___________________?






proportional to A2

47 - If a projectile is fired with an initial velocity of 10 m/sec at an angle of 60° to the horizontal, its horizontal and vertical velocity at the highest point of trajectory are___________________?






5 m/sec and 0

48 - If the angular distance, 0 = 2t3 – 3t2, the angular acceleration at t = 1 sec. is__________________?






6 rad/sec2

49 - If the direction of projection bisects the angle between the vertical and the inclined plane, then the range of projectile on the inclined plane is__________________?






maximum

50 - If the given forces P,, P2, P3 and P4 are such that the force polygon does not close, then the system will___________________?






always reduce to a resultant force

51 - If the kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator of amplitude A are both equal to half the total energy, then the displacement is equal to_________________?






A/V2

52 - If y is force and x is velocity, then dimensions of —=r are dx2__________________?






M'L-'T0

53 - Impulse can be obtained from a_________________?






force-time diagram

54 - In a lifting machine a weight of 5 kN is lifted through 200 mm by an effort of 0.1 kN moving through 15 m. The mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of the machine are respectively_____________________?






50 and 75

55 - In a lifting machine with efficiency 60%, an effort of 200 N is required to raise a load of 6 kN. The velocity ratio of the machine is_____________________?






50

56 - In a simple harmonic motion, the position of equilibrium is always_________________?






stable

57 - In SI units, the units of force and energy are respectively___________________?






Newton and joule

58 - In which of the following trusses, the method of substitution is required for determining the forces in all the members of the truss by graphic statics ?






fink truss

59 - Instantaneous center is at infinity when the angular velocity is _________________?






zero

60 - It is observed that in a certain sinusoidal oscillation, the amplitude is linearly dependent on the frequency f. If the maximum velocity during the oscillation is V, then V must be proportional to_________________?






f2

61 - Joule is the unit of__________________?






work

62 - Minimum potential energy of a system will be in the position of________________?






stable equilibrium

63 - One end of an elastic string of natural length / and modulus X is kept fixed while to the other end is attached a particle of mass m which is hanging freely under gravity. The particle is pulled down vertically through a distance x, held at rest and then






a simple harmonic motion

64 - One Joule is equivalent to________________?






1 Newton – metre

65 - One Newton is equivalent to_________________?






105 dyne

66 - Rate of change of angular momentum is equal to_______________?






torque

67 - The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of a projectile are equal to___________________?






tan-' (4)

68 - The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of a projectile are equal to_____________________?






76°

69 - The angular speed of a car taking a circular turn of radius 100 m at 36 km/hr will be___________________?






0.1 rad/sec

70 - The angular speed of a car while taking a circular turn of radius 100m at 36 km/hour, is_______________?






0.1 radian/sec

71 - The bending moment in an arch is proportional to___________________?






intercept between the arch axis and the funicular polygon

72 - The condilion for a lifting machine to be reversible is that its efficiency should be_________________?






more than 50%

73 - The condition of equilibrium for any system of forces in a plane is____________________?






both (A) and (B)

74 - The diagram showing the point of application and line of action of forces in their plane is called____________________?






space diagram

75 - The dimensions of centrifugal force are__________________?






M'L'T2

76 - The following is in unstable equilibrium__________________?






a solid cube resting on one edge

77 - The force polygon representing a set of forces in equilibrium is a_____________________?






closed polygon

78 - The graphical method of determining the forces in the members of a truss is based on________________?






method of joint

79 - The maximum displacement of a particle executing S.H.M. corresponds to__________________?






zero kinetic energy and maximum potential energy

80 - The maximum pull in a cable, carrying a uniformly distributed load and supported at two ends which are at the same level, is at_____________________?






supports

81 - The maximum value of the horizontal range for a projectile projected with a velocity of 98 m/sec is__________________?






980 m

82 - The member forces in a statically in determinate truss____________________?






cannot be obtained by graphic statics

83 - The number of funicular polygons which can be drawn to pass through two specified points in the space diagram are__________________?






infinity

84 - The pole distance is measured in___________________?






force scale

85 - The potential energy of a particle falling through a straight shaft drilled through the earth (assumed homogenous and spherical) is proportional to____________________?






r2

86 - The ratio of kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator, at a displacement equal to half its amplitude is given by__________________?






0.12569444444

87 - The ratio of the speed of a rolling cylinder to the speed of sliding cylinder is_______________?






less than 1

88 - The shape of a suspended cable for a uniformly distributed load over it is__________________?






parabolic

89 - The total kinetic energy of a hoop of mass 2 kg and radius 4 m sliding with linear velocity 8 m/sec and angular velocity 5 radian/sec is_________________?






464 J

90 - The unit of rotational inertia of a body in C.G.S system is________________?






gm-cm2

91 - Time period and length of a seconds pendulum respectively are_________________?






2 sec and 99.4 cm

92 - Two balls of masses 3 kg and 6 kg are moving with velocities of 4 m/sec and 1 m/sec respectively, towards each other along the line of their centers. After impact the 3 kg ball comes to rest. This can happen only if the coefficient of restitution between






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93 - Two circular discs of same weight and thickness are made from metals having different densities. Which disc will have the larger rotational inertia about its central axis ?






disc with smaller density

94 - Two objects moving with uniform speeds are 5 m apart after 1 second when they move towards each other and are 1 m apart when they move in the same direction. The speeds of the objects are____________________?






3 m/sec and 2 m/sec

95 - When a body slides down an inclined surface, the acceleration of the body is given by__________________?






gsinG

96 - When a circular wheel rolls on a straight track, then the shape of body centrode and space centrode respectively are________________?






circle and straight line

97 - When two forces, each equal to P, act at 90° to each other, then the resultant will be_____________?






PV2

98 - Which of the following is a scalar quantity ?






energy

99 - Which of the following represents the state of neutral equilibrium ?






none of the above

100 - Williot-Mohr diagram is used to determine deflection in__________________?






trusses only

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