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  1. If the given forces P₁, P₂, P₃ and P₄ are such that the force polygon does not close, then the system will

  2. A.

     Be in equilibrium

    B.

     Always reduce to a resultant force

    C.

     Always reduce to a couple

    D.

     Both (A) and (C)


  3. 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 angle to the horizontal of tan”1 x, where x is

  4. A.

     3/4

    B.

     4/5

    C.

     5/3

    D.

     3/5


  5. 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 'w' is to walk to the top of it safely, is tan'1 x, where x is

  6. A.

     1/4

    B.

     1/3

    C.

     3

    D.

     4


  7. The length of a Second's pendulum, is

  8. A.

     99.0 cm

    B.

     99.4 cm

    C.

     100 cm

    D.

     101 cm


  9. For a simple pendulum, the period of one oscillation is

  10. A.

     2π √(l/2g)

    B.

     2π √(2g/l)

    C.

     2π √(l/g)

    D.

     2π √(g/2l)


  11. The locus of the instantaneous centre of a moving rigid body, is

  12. A.

     Straight line

    B.

     Involute

    C.

     Centroid

    D.

     Spiral


  13. The inherent property of a body which offers reluctance to change its state of rest or uniform motion, is

  14. A.

     Weight

    B.

     Mass

    C.

     Inertia

    D.

     Momentum


  15. Engineer's units of force, is

  16. A.

     Newton in absolute units

    B.

     Dyne in absolute units

    C.

     Newton and dyne in absolute units

    D.

     All the above


  17. If y is force and x is velocity, then dimensions of —=r are dx2

  18. A.

     M’^T’

    B.

     M’L-‘T0

    C.

     M’L-‘T1

    D.

     M2L’T3


  19. The moment of inertia of a hollow circular section whose external diameter is 8 cm and internal diameter is 6 cm, about centroidal axis, is

  20. A.

     437.5 cm⁴

    B.

     337.5 cm⁴

    C.

     237.5 cm⁴

    D.

     137.5 cm⁴