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Category: Strength of Materials
A trolley wire weighs 1.2 kg per meter length. The ends of the wire are attached to two poles 20 meters apart. If the horizontal tension is 1500 kg find the dip in the middle of the span________________?
A. 2.5 cm
B. 3.0 cm
C. 4.0 cm
D. 5.0 cm
E. 2.0 cm
Coefficient of friction is the__________________?
A. angle between normal reaction and the resultant of normal reaction and the limiting friction
B. ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction
C. the friction force acting when the body is just about to move
D. the friction force acting when the body is in motion
E. tangent of angle of repose
Effect of a force on a body depends upon________________?
A. magnitude
B. direction
C. position or line of action
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
If two equal forces of magnitude P act at an angle 9°, their resultant will be________________?
A. P/2 cos 9/2
B. IP sin 9/2
C. 2P tan 9/2
D. IP cos 9/2
E. Psin 9/2
The weight of a body is due to____________________?
A. centripetal force of earth
B. gravitational pull exerted by the earth
C. forces experienced by body in atmos-phere
D. force of attraction experienced by par-ticles
E. gravitational force of attraction towards the centre of the earth
Which of the following is not the unit of distance ?
A. angstrom
B. light year
C. micron
D. millimeter
E. milestone
According to principle of moments_________________?
A. if a system of coplanar forces is in equilibrium, then their algebraic sum is zero
B. if a system of coplanar forces is in equilibrium, then the algebraic sum of their moments about any point in their plane is zero
C. the algebraic sum of the moments of any two forces about any point is equal to moment of theiwesultant about the same point
D. positive and negative couples can be balanced
E. none of the above
According to Lami’s theorem________________?
A. three forces acting at a point will be in equilibrium
B. three forces acting at a point can be represented by a triangle, each side being proportional to force
C. if three forces acting upon a particle are represented in magnitude and
direction by the sides of a triangle, taken in order, they will be in equilibrium
D. if three forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, each force is proportional to the sine of the angle between the other two
E. none of the above
Which of the following is not the unit of energy________________?
A. kg m
B. kcal
C. wattr
D. watt hours
E. kg m x (m/sec)2
The effort required to lift a load W on a screw jack with helix angle a and angle of friction <j) is equal to_________________?
A. Wtan(a + )
B. Wtan(a-)
C. Wcos(a + )
D. Wsin(a + )
E. W (sin a + cos )
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