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NEWTON'
SLAWSOFMOTI
ON

1.Whatcausesthemot
ionofabodywhi
chi
sini
ti
all
yin
thest
ateofrest
?
a)For
ce
b)Di
spl
acement
c)Speed
d)Vel
oci
ty
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Thefir
stl
awofmot ionstatesthatabody
remai
nsi nthestateofmotionorint
hest at
eofr estunti
l
andunlessanext er
nalfor
ceisappli
edoni t
.Hence, t
he
answerisforce.Thisi
salsoknownast helawofi ner
tia.
adv
ert
isement
2.Peopl
esitti
nginamovingbusexper
ienceaj
erkwhen
thebusstops.Thi
sisdueto___
__
a)I
ner
ti
aofmot
ion
b)I
ner
ti
aofr
est
c)I
ner
ti
aoft
urni
ng
d)I
ner
ti
aofaccel
erat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Whent hebusstops,t
hepeopl esitt
inginit
exper i
enceajerk.Thisisbecause,whil
et hebuswas
mov ing,thepeopleweremov ingwithit.Hence,t
heywer e
havi
ngani nert
iaofmot i
on.Whent hebusst ops,the
i
nertiaoft hebuschangesf r
om thatofmot iontothatof
rest
.Butt heinerti
aofthepeoplestil
lremainsthatof
motion.Hence, theyexperi
enceajerk.
3.Passenger
ssit
ti
nginast
ati
onarycarexper
ienceaj
erk
whenthecarsuddenl
yst
art
s.Thi
sisduet o_____
a)I
ner
ti
aofmot
ion
b)I
ner
ti
aofr
est
c)I
ner
ti
aoft
urni
ng
d)I
ner
ti
aofaccel
erat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Whent hecarstart
s,thepeoplesittinginit
experienceaj er
k.Thisisbecause,whil
et hecarwas
stat
ionary ,t
hepeoplewer estat
ionarywit
hi t
.Hence, t
hey
werehav ingani ner
tiaofrest
.Whent hecarst arts,t
he
i
nertiaoft hecarchangesf r
om thatofresttot hatof
motion.Butt heinert
iaofthepeoplesti
llremainst hatof
rest
.Hence, t
heyexperienceajerk.
4.I
nt hefoll
owingfi
gure,whatwi
llhappentot
heball
hangingfrom t
heroofofthecarift
hecarsuddenl
y
mov estowardslef
t(di
recti
onshownbyar r
ow)?
a)Bal
lmov
est
owar
dsr
ight
b)Bal
lmov
est
owar
dsl
eft
c)Bal
ldoesnotmov
e
d)Bal
lmov
esoutoft
hepaper
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Sincethesy st
em wasinit
ial
lyatrest
,the
i
nertiaoftheballisthatofrest
.Whent hecarsuddenly
mov estheinerti
aoft hecarchangesbutnotthatofthe
bal
l.Hencet heballmov estowardsri
ght.
adv
ert
isement

5.Astrai
ghtmovi
ngbustakesasharpri
ghtt
urn.What
wil
lhappentot
hepassengerssi
tt
ingi
nsi
dethebus?
a)Theywi
llt
il
tri
ght
war
ds
b)Theywi
llt
il
tlef
twar
ds
c)Theywi
llst
ayt
hewayt
heywer
e
d)Theywi
llst
artj
umpi
ng
Vi
ewAnswer

6.Whydowenotexper
ienceanyl
eani
ngwhenat
rai
n
takesat
urn?
a)Becauset
het
rai
nispower
ful
b)Becauseofl
arget
urni
ngr
adi
us
c)Becauset
het
rai
ndoesnott
urn
d)Becauset
hedr
iveri
ssmar
t
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7.I
ner
ti
ais_
___
_
a)Pr
oper
tyofmasst
oremai
nunchanged
b)Pr
oper
tyofmasst
ochangecont
inuousl
y
c)Pr
oper
tyofmasst
oaccel
erat
e
d)Tendencyofmasst
oaccel
erat
e
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:I
ner
ti
aist
hepr
oper
tyofmasst
oremai
n
unchanged.Inert
iai
sbecauseofwhichamasscont i
nues
toremaininitsori
ginalst
atei
nabsenceofanyext
ernal
for
ce.Inert
iaofabodycanbechangedonl ybyan
exter
nalforce.

1.Whati
stheforceappl
iedonabodywi
th5kgofmass
andanaccel
erat
ionof7m/ s2?
a)35N
b)5N
c)7N
d)0N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Accor
dingtothesecondlawofmoti
on,t
he
for
ceonabodyi sequalt
ot her
atechangeofi
ts
moment um.Onsi mpli
fyi
ngweget ,
F=ma.Therefor
e,
Force=5x7=35N.
2.Uni
toff
orcei
s__
___
a)Newt
on
b)Pascal
c)By
te
d)Gr
am
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Theunitoff
orcei
snewton.Thisunithas
beengivenafterthenameofthefamousscient
istSir
IsaacNewt onwhohadgiventhethr
eelawsofmot ion.
Thef or
ceonany bodycanbefoundwit
ht hehel
poft he
secondlawofmot i
on.
3.Theuni
t‘Newt
on’
isequi
val
entt
o__
___
_
a)Kg-
m/s2
b)Kg-
m/s
c)Kg/
m/s2
d)Kg2-
m/s2
Vi
ewAnswer
4.Ift
heforceact
ingonabodyis10N,andt
he
accel
erat
ionis4m/ s2,
whatcanbet
hemassoft
hebody
?
a)2.
5Kg
b)25Kg
c)0.
25Kg
d)5Kg
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:From t
hesecondl
awofmot i
onwegett hatF
=ma, whenthemassisnotchangi
ng.Put
ti
nginthe
val
ues,weget,For
ce=10=m x4.Whi chwil
lresul
tinm
=2.5Kg.

5.I
fthef
orceact
ingonabodyis50N,andt
hemassi
s5
kg,
whatcanbetheaccel
erat
ionoft
hebody
?
a)10m/
s2
b)80m/
s2
c)8m/
s2
d)0.
8m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:From t
hesecondl
awofmot i
onwegett hatF
=ma, whenthemassisnotchangi
ng.Putt
inginthe
val
ues,weget,For
ce=10=5xa.Whi chwil
lresul
tina=
10m/ s2.
6.Anexampl
eofv
ari
abl
emasssy
stem i
s__
___
a)Acarmov
ing
b)Ar
ockett
aki
ngof
f
c)Abi
cycl
emov
ing
d)Amanwal
king
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Incaseofarockett
akingoff,themassof
thefuelislar
geandcannotbeneglected.Ast herocket
star
tsmov ing,alar
geamountoffuelisgettingburntout
from thenozzle,
hencet
het ot
almassdecr eases.Hence
i
tisav
ari
abl
emasssy
stem.
7.Howdowecalcul
atef
orcei
nav
ari
abl
emassconst
ant
vel
oci
tysy
stem?
a)F=ma
b)F=mv
c)F=v
(dm/
dt)
d)F=m/
t
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat i
on:Thegener
alexpressi
onforforceisF=dp/
dt.
Onsol v
ingweget ,F=m(dv/dt)+v(dm/dt
).Sincet
he
syst
em isconstantvel
oci
ty,hencedv/dt=0.What
remainsisF=v (dm/dt
).

1.Thef
orcesi
nvol
vedi
nNewt
on’
sthi
rdl
awact_
___
a)Ont
hesameobj
ect
b)Ondi
ff
erentobj
ect
s
c)I
nsamedi
rect
ion
d)Onf
ivebodi
es
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat
ion:Thetwoforcesi
nv ol
vedinNewton’sthi
rd
l
awar ethecausef or
ceandther eact
ionf
orce.Thecause
for
ceact sonthecontactsur
faceorthecontactbodyby
theparentbody.Whereasthereacti
onfor
ceactsont he
parentbodybythecontactbody .
adv
ert
isement

2.Twobodi
esi
ncont
actexper
iencef
orcesi
n__
___
___
a)Samedi
rect
ion
b)Opposi
tedi
rect
ions
c)Per
pendi
cul
ardi
rect
ions
d)Fi
vedi
ff
erentdi
rect
ions
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Thetwobodi esincont
actwil
lfoll
ow
Newt on’
sthir
dlawofmot i
on.Thethi
rdlawstatesthat
foreveryacti
onthereisanequalandoppositereacti
on.
Thet wobodieswillexper
ienceeachother
’sreact
ion
forcesinopposi
tedi r
ecti
ons.
3.Abat
smanhitsaballwit
haf
orcea5N.Whatf
orce
doest
hebatexper
ience?
a)5N
b)10N
c)15N
d)20N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:From Newton’
sthir
dlawweknowt hatfor
everyforeveryacti
on,t
hereisanequalandopposi
te
reacti
on.From thi
swecansayt hatt
hebatexperi
encesa
forceof5N.
4.Adri
verhi
tsali
ghtpolewithaf
orcea100N.What
for
cedoesthecarexper
ience?
a)100N
b)10N
c)150N
d)200N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:From Newton’
sthirdl
awweknowt hatfor
everyforeveryacti
on,t
hereisanequalandopposite
reacti
on.From thi
swecansayt hatthecarexperi
encesa
forceof100Nbyt hel
ightpole.
adv
ert
isement

5.Atruckwit
hamassof2500Kgt ravel
li
ngwit
han
accel
erati
onof5m/ s2hi
tsascoot
er.Whatf
orcedoes
thetr
uckexperi
ence?
a)12500N
b)500N
c)10000N
d)2500N
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:From Newt on’secondl
awwegetf or
ceon
scoot
er=2500x5=12500N.Fr om Newton’sthir
dlaw
weknowt hatf
orev eryforeveryact
ion,
thereisanequal
andopposit
ereacti
on.Fr om thi
swecansayt hatthe
tr
uckexperi
encesaf orceof5N.
6.Amanandakidacci
dental
lyhi
teachother
.Whati
s
tr
ueaboutt
hef
orcesexper
iencedbythem?
a)Theyar
eequali
nmagni
tude
b)Theyar
edi
ff
erenti
nmagni
tude
c)Theyar
esamei
ndi
rect
ion
d)Theyar
eatanangl
eof1.
57r
ad
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ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Fr
om t
hethirdlawofmot ion,
weknowt hat
thecausef orceandthereactionforcesareequali
n
magni tudeandopposit
eindi rect
ion.Hence,fr
om thi
s
knowledge, wecansaythatt hemanandt hekidwil
l
experienceforcesi
noppositedi r
ectionsandinequal
magni
tude.
7.Amani sst
andi
ngsti
ll
.Theforcebyt
hemanonthe
ear
thisF1→.Thefor
cebyt heeart
honthemani
sF2→.
Whichoneofthef
oll
owingistr
ue?
a)F1→=F2→
b)F1→=−F2→
c)F1→=5(
F2→)
d)2(
F1→)
=F2→
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Accordi
ngtothethi
rdlawofmot i
on,ever
y
acti
onhasanequalandoppositereacti
on.Henceever
y
acti
onfor
ceisequalinmagnit
udet oit
sreacti
onbutin
opposi
tedir
ecti
on.HenceF1→=−F2→ i sthecorr
ect
answer
.
CONSERVATI
ONOFMOMENTUM
1.Twobodiesmov
ingwithconstantvel
oci
tiescol
li
de
wit
heachother
.Whichofthefol
lowingquanti
ti
esremai
n
conser
ved?
a)Moment
um
b)Speed
c)For
ce
d)Vel
oci
ty
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Twobodi escollideintheabsenceofany
externalfor
ce.Inthiscasethemoment um wil
lremain
constantbecauset hereisnof orce,hence,t
hereisno
changei nmoment um.Thev elocit
yandspeedoft he
bodiesmi ghtchangeaf t
ercol l
isi
on.
adv
ert
isement

2.Aballi
smov i
ngwithaconst
antveloci
ty.Af
tersome
ti
me,i
tcolli
deswit
hawal l
.Whichoneofthefoll
owing
remai
nsconservedexceptmomentum?
a)Ener
gy
b)Di
spl
acement
c)Power
d)For
ce
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Apartf
rom t
hemoment um,theener
gyalso
remainsconservedduri
ngcol
li
sion.Asamatteroff
act,
theenergyofasy st
em oft
enr
emai nsconser
ved.
3.Av ari
ablemassbodywi thanini
tialmassof5kgi s
movingwi thaveloci
tyof5m/ sini
ti
ally
, af
tersomet i
me
theveloci
tyincr
easesto10m/ s,whati sthenewmassi f
thebodyi smovingintheabsenceofanyext ernalf
orce?
a)2.
5Kg
b)5Kg
c)7.
5Kg
d)10Kg
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Thebodyi
smovingint
heabsenceofany
externalforcethust
hemomentum r
emainsconserv
ed.
m1v 1=m2v 2.v
1=5m/ s,
m1=5Kg, v
2=10m/ s.On
sol
v i
ng, weget ,m2=2.
5kg.Hence,
thecor
rectansweri
s
2.
5Kg.
4.Twobodi
esofmasses2Kgand7Kgar emovi
ngwit
h
vel
oci
ti
esof2m/ sand7m/srespect
ively
.Whatist
he
tot
almomentum oft
hesy
stem i
nKg-m/ s?
a)50
b)53
c)28
d)0
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Botht
hebodiesaremov i
ngwithconst
ant
vel
ocit
y,hencebothofthem havemoment um.The
moment um ofthesyst
em isthesum oft
hemoment aof
thebodies.Hencetot
almoment um =2x2+7x7=53
Kg-m/s.
adv
ert
isement

5.Whati
sthepl
uraloft
hewor
d‘moment
um’
?
a)Moment
a
b)Moment
ums
c)Moment
s
d)Moment
uma
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Thepluralf
ormoment um ismoment aand
notmoment ums.Moment a,bei
ngaplural
,isusuall
y
usedincaseswher eweneedt oaddr
essamor ethanone
moment um.Thi ssi
tuati
oncanpossiblyar
iseinsystems
havi
ngmor ethanonemov ingbody.
6.Twobodi
esareaccel
erati
ngtowar
dseachot
her
.Af
ter
someti
metheycol
li
de.Whichoneofthef
oll
owi
ng
stat
ement
sistr
ueaboutthesystem?
a)Thetotalmomentum r
emai
nsconser
vedaboutt
he
i
nstantofcoll
isi
on
b)Thetotalmoment
um r
emai
nsconser
veddur
ing
col
li
sion
c)Thet
otalmoment
um doesnotr
emai
nconser
ved
d)Thet
otalmoment
um r
emai
nsconser
ved
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Thet wobodi esareacceleratingandt hey
coll
ide.Si
ncetheyar eaccel er
ati
ngt hetotalmoment um
doesnotr emainconserv edduringthemot ion.Butatthe
i
nstantofcolli
sion,botht hebodieshaveaconst ant
vel
ocity.Hence,justbeforeandj ustaft
erthecol li
sion,
thetotalmoment um willremainconser ved.
7.Whenabodycol
li
deswi
thawal
lort
hegr
ound,
what
assumpt
iondowemake?
a)Themassoft
hebodyi
snotnegl
igi
ble
b)Thebodyi
sst
ati
onar
y
c)Themassoft
hebodyi
snegl
igi
bleascompar
edt
othe
massofthewal
lort
hegr
ound
d)Thebodyi
sper
fect
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat
ion:Whenabodycolli
deswi
thawallorthe
ground,weconsiderthatt
hemassofthebodyis
negli
gibl
eascompar edtothemassofthewallort
he
ground.Wealsomakethisassumpt
ionwhensomethi
ng
l
ikeaf eat
her
,whi
chhasav erysmallmasscol
li
deswi
tha
tr
uck,which,
comparat
ivel
y,hasahugemass.
adv
ert
isement

8.Av ari
ablemassbodywi thaniniti
almassof10kgi s
movingwi thaveloci
tyof7m/ sinit
ial
ly
, af
tersomet i
me
theveloci
tyincr
easesto14m/ s, whatisthenewmassi f
thebodyi smovingintheabsenceofanyext ernalf
orce?
a)2.
5Kg
b)5Kg
c)7.
5Kg
d)10Kg
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Thebodyi
smov i
ngintheabsenceofany
externalforcethust
hemoment um r
emainsconserved.
m1v 1=m2v 2.v
1=7m/ s,m1=10Kg, v2=14m/ s.On
sol
v i
ng, weget ,m2=5kg.Hence,t
hecorrectansweris5
Kg.
EQUI
LIBRI
UM OFPARTI
CLE

1.Thef
ir
stcondi
ti
onofequi
li
bri
um ofabodyi
s__
_
a)Sum ofal
lfor
ceonabodyshoul
dbezer
o
b)Sum ofal
lmoment
sonabodyshoul
dbezer
o
c)Sum oft
hei
nit
ialandf
inalf
orceshoul
dbezer
o
d)Rel
ati
vedi
ff
erenceoff
orcesshoul
dbezer
o
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Thef i
rstcondi
tionforabodytoexi
sti
n
equi
li
bri
um isthatthesum ofallfor
cesonthebodymust
bezero.Whichmeanst hattheresul
tantf
orceonabody
shoul
dbezer o.
adv
ert
isement

2.Thesecondcondi
ti
onofequi
li
bri
um ofabodyi
s__
_
a)Sum ofal
lfor
ceonabodyshoul
dbezer
o
b)Sum ofal
lmoment
sonabodyshoul
dbezer
o
c)Sum oft
hei
nit
ialandf
inalf
orceshoul
dbezer
o
d)Rel
ati
vedi
ff
erenceoff
orcesshoul
dbezer
o
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ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Thesecondcondit
ionforabodytoexi
sti
n
equi
li
bri
um ist
hatthesum ofal
lmoment sonthebody
mustbezero.Whichmeansthattheresul
tantmomenton
abodyshouldbezero.
3.Whatcanbesaidaboutabodywhi
chi
smov
ingwi
tha
const
antvel
oci
ty?
a)I
tisi
nst
ati
cequi
li
bri
um
b)I
tisi
ndy
nami
cequi
li
bri
um
c)I
tisi
nthest
ateofnon-
equi
li
bri
um
d)I
tsdi
stancei
sconser
ved
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ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:Whenabodyismovi
ngwi
thconstant
vel
oci
ty,
therei
snonetfor
ceormomentact
ingonit.
Hence,t
hebodyisinequil
ibr
ium.Butsincethebodyis
moving,
theequi
li
brium i
sknownasdy nami cequi
li
bri
um.
St
ati
cequil
ibr
ium occur
swhent hebodyi satrest
.
4.Twofor
cesar
eacti
ngonabody .Fort
hebodyt
o
remai
ninequi
li
bri
um,thef
orceshavetobe__
__
a)Equali
nmagni
tudeandopposi
tei
ndi
rect
ion
b)Equali
ndi
rect
ionandopposi
tei
nmagni
tude
c)I
nthesamedi
rect
ion
d)I
nper
pendi
cul
ardi
rect
ions
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat i
on:Onlywhent hefor cesareequalinmagnitude
andopposi t
eindirect
ion,thenetf orcewillbezeroonthe
body .Sincethereisnomoment ,weneednotcar eabout
thesecondcondi t
ionofequi l
ibrium.Thebodyi sin
equil
ibrium onlywhent henetf orceactingonitiszer
o
whichi ssatisf
iedonlyinthismanner .
adv
ert
isement

5.Twof
orcesactonabal
l.Oneoft
hef
orcesi
sposi
ti
ve
andact
stowar
dsr
ight
,theot
heroneact
stowar
dsl
eft
andi
s_____
_
a)Negat
ive
b)Posi
ti
ve
c)Neut
ral
d)Hav
ingamagni
tudeof5N
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Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Theforcehastobepositi
ve.Ther easonis
thattheforcesar
eact i
nginopposit
edirecti
ons.Whi ch
meanst hatthedir
ecti
onoft hef
orceshasbeenspeci f
ied
andt heyareboundtocanceleachotherout.So,if,t
he
secondf or
ceisnegative,
thenetdi
recti
onwi l
lbet owards
ri
ghtandt hebodywi l
lnotbeabletost
ayi nequil
ibri
um.
6.Twoforcesactonabody.Oneofthem i
s7î–13ĵ
.
Whati
st heval
ueoftheotherf
orce?
a)7î–13ĵ
b)-
7î+13ĵ
c)7î+13ĵ
d)-
7î–13ĵ
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Forthebodytoremaini
nequil
ibr
ium, t
he
totalf
orceonitshouldbezero.Asoneoft
hef orcesis
given,t
heotherforcecanbefoundoutbysubtracti
ngit
from zer
o.Hencet heansweris-
7î+13ĵ
.
7.Thr
eefor
cesactonabody.Twooft
hem are7î–13ĵ
N
and2î–11ĵ
.Whatisthev
alueoft
heotherf
orce?
a)-
9î+24ĵ
b)-
24î+9ĵ
c)24î+9ĵ
d)-
9î–24ĵ
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Forthebodytor
emaininequil
ibr
ium, t
he
tot
alforceonitshouldbezer
o.Astwoofthef orcesar
e
giv
en, t
heotherforcecanbefoundoutbysubtracti
ngthe
sum ofbot
hthegi
venf
orcesf
rom zer
o.Hencet
he
answeris-
9î+24ĵ
.
adv
ert
isement

8.I
fabodyreturnst
oit
sori
ginalst
ateofequi
li
bri
um
aft
ergi
vi
ngitasmalldi
spl
acement,theequi
li
bri
um i
s
knownas__
_ _
_ _
a)St
abl
eequi
li
bri
um
b)Unst
abl
eEqui
li
bri
um
c)Neut
ralEqui
li
bri
um
d)Si
mpl
eequi
li
bri
um
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Answer
:a
Explanat i
on:Thebodyi ssai
dt obei nthestateofstabl
e
equili
brium ifitret
urnst oi
tsorigi
nalequili
brium af
ter
givi
ngi taslightdisplacement.Inunstableequili
bri
um,
thebodydoesnotr et ur
ntoit
sor i
ginalequil
ibri
um and
mor eoveralsodoesnotachi eveanyot herequil
ibri
um.In
neutralequili
br i
um, thebodyattai
nsanewequi li
bri
um
everytimei tisdisplaced.
9.Asetoff
orcesareact
ingonabodyi
nequi
li
bri
um.
Whichoneofthef
ollowi
ngist
rue?
a)Thev
ect
orsum oft
hef
orcesi
szer
o
b)Thescal
arsum oft
hef
orcei
szer
o
c)Al
lthef
orcesar
ezer
o
d)Allt
heforcesar
eequalandopposi
tei
ndi
rect
iont
o
eachother
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat i
on:Whenabodyi sinequil
ibrium, t
hesum ofall
theforcesi szero.Thesum ofallthef orcesrelatestot
he
vect
orsum ofal lthef
orcesandnotanyot hersum.The
scal
arsum i salwaysposit
ivehencei tcannotbezer o.
Thefor cesneednotbezer of ort
hebodyt obei n
equi
librium, onl
ythevectorsum hast obezer o.The
samegoeswi ththemagnitudeanddi rectionoft he
for
ces.
WORK,
POWERANDENERGY

1.Theener
gypossessedbyabodybyt
hev
irt
ueofi
ts
mot
ioni
scal
led_
___
__
a)Ki
net
icener
gy
b)Pot
ent
ialener
gy
c)Tot
alener
gy
d)Mot
ionener
gy
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Thekineti
cener gyofabodyemer gesdueto
i
tsmot ion.Morespecifi
cally,t
hevel
ocit
yofabody
decidestheamountofki neticener
gyithas.Usual
ly
,the
kineti
cenergyofabodywi t hmassm isgivenasK.E.=
(12)mv 2,
wherevist hevelocit
yofthebody.
adv
ert
isement

2.Theener
gypossessedbyabodybyt
hev
irt
ueofi
ts
posi
ti
oniscal
led__
____
a)Ki
net
icener
gy
b)Pot
ent
ialener
gy
c)Tot
alener
gy
d)Posi
ti
onener
gy
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Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Thepot ent
ialenergyofabodyemer gesdue
toitspositi
on.Mor especifi
cal
ly,t
hedisplacementofa
bodyf r
om thereferencepositi
ondecidest heamountof
potenti
alenergyithas.Usually,
thepotentialenergyofa
bodywi t
hmassm i sgivenasP. E.
=mgh, wher ehi sthe
heightofthebodyf rom thegroundplaneandgi st he
acceler
ationduet ogravity
.Absolutepotenti
alofabody
cannotbef ound.Onlyther el
ati
vevaluecanbef oundout.
3.Ener
gyi
s__
___
___
a)Wor
k
b)Theabi
li
tyt
ocr
eat
ewor
k
c)Quant
if
icat
ionofwor
k
d)For
cemul
ti
pli
edbydi
spl
acement
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Answer
:b
Explanation:Energyisdef i
nedast heabili
tyt
ocr eat
e
wor k.Whenaf orceisappliedonabodyt ocr
eate
displacement ,worktakespl ace.Workisquantif
iedbythe
forceappl i
edbyt hedisplacement .Whereastheenergyis
theabi l
it
yoft heforcetocr eatework.I
ngener al
,thetot
al
i
nputener gy=t ot
aloutputener gy+work.
4.Poweri
s__
___
_
a)Rat
eofdoi
ngwor
k
b)Abi
li
tyt
odowor
k
c)Rat
eofener
gycr
eat
ion
d)Equi
val
entt
owor
k
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Poweri
sdefi
nedastherat
eofdoingwork.
Theabi l
it
ytodoworkisener
gy.Ener
gycannei
therbe
creatednorbedestr
oyed,
hence,t
herat
eofenergy
creati
ondoesnotexist
.
5.Theuni
tofener
gyhasbeennamedaf
ter_
___
__
a)JamesPr
escot
tJoul
e
b)JohnPr
escot
tJoul
e
c)Jammi
eJoul
e
d)JessyJoul
e
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:TheSIunitofenergyisJoule.I
thasbeen
namedaf t
erthefamousscienti
stJamesPr escottJoule.
Hemadeasi gni
fi
cantcont
ribut
iontothewor dofscience
bydiscov
eringtherel
ati
onshipofenergywithmechani cal
work.
adv
ert
isement

6.I
nwhi
chcat
egor
ydopot
ent
ialandki
net
icener
gyf
all
?
a)Mechani
calener
gy
b)El
ect
ri
calener
gy
c)magnet
icener
gy
d)Usualener
gy
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanation:Mechanicalener gyiscomposedofpotential
andki net
icenergy.Potentialenergyisduetotheposi
tion
ofthebody .Ki
neti
cener gyisduet othemotionofthe
body .Bothwhencombi nedr epresentt
hetot
al
mechani calenergyofthebody .
7.HowmanyEr
gsar
ether
ein1Joul
e?
a)10
b)104
c)107
d)109
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ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Er gistheunitofenergyi
nCGSsystem.One
Joul
e=107er gs.Thiscanbef oundoutbyput
ti
nginthe
CGSunit
sint heexpr essi
onforenergy.
8.Whati
sthecor
rectexpr
essi
onf
orpower
?
a)P=dW/
dt
b)P=F*d
c)P=E
d)P=dE/
dt
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Powerisdefinedast herat
eofchangeof
work.Hence,P=dW/ dt
.Instantaneouspower=Forcex
i
nstantaneousspeed.Aver agepower=t ot
alwork/tot
al
ti
me.
9.Whati
sthecor
rectexpr
essi
onf
orWor
k?
a)W =F*ds
b)W =P/
t
c)W =E
d)W =E/
t
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Workoccurswhenaforceisappli
edona
bodysomedispl
acementoccursasar esul
t.Workis
quant
if
iedasfor
cemul t
ipl
iedbydi
splacement.Hence,
W
=F*s.I
nst
ant
aneouswor
kisgi
venasW =F*ds.
adv
ert
isement

10.Ener
gyi
nvol
vedi
ncr
eat
ingwor
k__
___
a)Get
susedup
b)Get
str
ansf
err
ed
c)Get
sexhaust
ed
d)Get
slost
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Ener gyinvolvedincreati
ngwor kgets
transf
erredorconv er
tedintosomeot herkindofenergy.
Energycannei therbecr eatednorbedestroyed.Hence,
theenergyi nvolvedwillgetconvert
edintosomeot her
form ofener gy.Usuall
yinmechani calwork,theener
gy
getsdissipatedasheatener gy.
WORK-
ENERGYTHEOREM
1.Accor
dingtot
hework-
energyt
heor
em,
tot
alchangei
n
ener
gyisequalt
othe_
_ _
____
a)Tot
alwor
kdone
b)Hal
foft
het
otalwor
kdone
c)Tot
alwor
kdoneaddedwi
thf
ri
cti
onall
osses
d)Squar
eoft
het
otalwor
kdone
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Accordi
ngt ot
hework-
energytheor
em, the
tot
alchangeintheenergyoft
hesystem i
sequaltothe
tot
alworkdone.Lossesduetofr
ict
ionarealsoapartof
thetot
alwork.Thetot
alworkdoneisthesum ofthewor k
donebyallt
hef or
ces.
adv
ert
isement

2.Theworkdonebyabodywhil
ecov
eri
ngaver
ti
cal
hei
ghtof5m i
s50kJ.Byhowmuchamounthasthe
energyoft
hebodychanged?
a)50kJ
b)-
50kJ
c)25kJ
d)10kJ
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Thewor kdonebyt hebodyis50kJ.Hence
bythewor k-
energytheorem, wecansayt hatthetotal
changeinener gyi sequaltothetotalworkdone.
Therefore,thetotalchangeinenergyis50kJ.Si nceonly
the‘amount ’hasbeenasked, thesign,whichdenotesthe
dir
ectionofener gytransfer
,doesnotmat ter.
3.Thet ot
alenergychangeofabodywhichcover
sa
vert
icalhei
ghtisconsti
tut
edcomplet
elybythepotent
ial
energychangeonlywhen_ __
___
a)I
tmov
essl
owl
y
b)I
tmov
esqui
ckl
y
c)I
tmov
esf
orsomet
ime,
thenr
est
s,t
henmov
esagai
n
d)I
tmov
eswi
thadecr
easi
ngv
eloci
ty
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Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Thet otalchangeinenergyisconstit
utedby
thechangesi npotent i
alandkineti
cenergi
es.Whent he
bodyismov ingslowl y,i
timpli
esthatthebodyismov i
ng
withsuchasmal lveloci
tythatthesquareofthev el
ocit
y
i
nt heexpressi onofki neti
cenergybecomesnegl igi
ble.
Hence, t
het otalchangei ntheenergyisconstit
utedby
thetotalchangei nt hepotenti
alenergy.
4.Thechangei
nthetotalenergyofabodymov i
ng
becauseofwor
kbeingdoneoni ti
sattr
ibut
edbythe
changeinki
net
icener
gyonl ywhen_ _
____
a)I
tmov
esext
remel
ysl
owl
y
b)I
tmov
eswi
thav
eryhi
ghv
eloci
ty
c)I
tmov
esonanequi
pot
ent
ialsur
face
d)I
tmov
eswi
thaposi
ti
veaccel
erat
ion
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Answer
:c
Expl
anation:Anequipotentialsur f
aceisdef
inedasa
surf
aceonwhi chthepotentialoft hebodyi
ssame
everywhere.Hencethepot entialofabodymov i
ngonan
equipot
entialsurf
acedoesnotchange.Ther efore,
the
tot
alchangei nenergyi
sat tri
but edbythechangeinthe
ki
net
icener
gyoft
hebody
.
5.Abodyhavi
ng7kgofmassmov eswit
hav el
oci
tyof
20m/scoversaver
ti
calhei
ghtof8.75m.Whatisthe
workdonebythemovi
ngforcei
nJoules?Takeg=10
m/s2.
a)0
b)10
c)15
d)20
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Bywor k-energytheor
em, t
het otalworkdone
onabodyi sequalt othechangei nthetotalener gy.K.E.
=(12) mv2andP. E.=mgh.Onecanf indoutt het ot
al
changeint heki
net i
candpot enti
alenergi
esatt heinit
ial
andt hefi
nalpoints,i
.e.atthestar
ti
ngandaf t ercov er
ing
adistanceof8.75m.Thet ot
alchangeinthet otalener gy
i
s0.Hencet hewor kdonei s0.
adv
ert
isement
6.Apr oject
il
ehasbothchangeinkinet
icandpot
ent
ial
energy.Stil
ltheworkdonecal
culat
edbetweenanyt
wo
pointsiszero.Thi
sisdueto____
_ _
___
a)Pr
esenceofnoext
ernalf
orce
b)Nodi
spl
acement
c)Thedispl
acementbei
ngi
nbot
hver
ti
calandhor
izont
al
di
rect
ions
d)I
nter
-conv
ersi
onofki
net
icandpot
ent
ialener
gies
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ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanation:Whenapr oj
ectil
emov es,thereisani nt
er-
conversionofki neticandpotenti
alenergies.Thisiswhat
causest hebodyt ocoveramaxi mum ver ti
caland
hori
zont aldistance.Onemi ghtar
gueov erthepresence
ofgrav i
tywhi chisanexternalfor
ce.Wel l,theworkdone
bygr avi
tyisnot hingbutthepotenti
alener gyofthebody
whichhasal readybeentakencar eofint heexpressi
on
fortotalenergy .
7.Abodyhav i
ng7kgofmassmov essl
owlyandcover
sa
ver
ti
calhei
ghtof14m.WhatistheworkdoneinJoul
es
andwhatforcecausest
hiswor
k?Takeg=10m/ s2.
a)980,
grav
ity
b)980,
for
ceact
ingopposi
tet
ogr
avi
ty
c)1000,
grav
ity
d)1000,
for
ceact
ingopposi
tet
ogr
avi
ty
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Bywork-energytheorem,t
het otalworkdone
onabodyi sequaltothechangei nthetotalener gy
.Since
thebodyismov ingsl
owl y
, thechangei
nki neticenergyis
negl
igibl
e.P.E.=mgh.Thechangei npotentialenergy
andhencei nthetot
alener gyis980J.Si
nceonl ygravi
ty
i
sactingont hebody,gravityi
swhatcausest hewor k.
8.Thetot
alenergyofasystem mov
ingundertheacti
on
ofaconservati
vefor
cechangesby50J.Whi chofthe
fol
lowi
ngstatementsarecorr
ectwi
thregar
dst ot
he
amountofwor kdone?
a)Amountofwor
kdone=50J
b)Amountofwor
kdone<50J
c)Amountofwor
kdone>50J
d)Amountofwor
kdone<=50J
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Bywork-
energytheorem,thetotalwor
kdone
onabodyi sequaltothechangeinthet ot
alenergy
.No
mat t
erwhatkindofforcei
sact i
ngont hesystem,t
he
theorem uphol
ds.Si
ncethetotalchangeintheenergyi
s
of50J, t
het ot
alworkdoneisequalto50J.
9.Abodyofmass2Kg, ini
ti
all
yatrest
,movesunderthe
i
nfluenceofanexternalfor
ceofmagni t
ude4Nonpl ane
ground.Whatisthewor kdonebyt hef
orceandthe
changeinkinet
icenergyinthefir
st10seconds?
a)400J,
400J
b)-
400J,
400J
c)400J,
-400J
d)-
400J,
-400J
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:Bywor
k-ener
gytheor
em, t
hetotalwor
kdone
onabodyisequalt
othechangeinthetot
alenergy
.K.
E.
=(12)mv 2.Theaccel er
ati
onoft hebodyis4/2=2m/ s2.
Thefinalvelocit
yafter10scanbef oundoutbythefi
rst
equati
onofmot ion.Thetotalchangeinthetot
alener
gy
i
sthet otalchangeinkineti
cener gyasthebodyis
mov i
ngonpl anegroundandi sequalto400J.Hencethe
workdonei s400J.
adv
ert
isement

10.Abodymov ingwit
haconstantvel
oci
tyonnormal
groundi
nit
ial
lyhasanenergyof1000J.I
fthef
inal
energyi
s800J, whati
stheworkdoneandwhichforce
causesthi
swork?
a)200J,
grav
ity
b)-
200J,
fri
cti
on
c)200J,
fri
cti
on
d)-
200J,
grav
ity
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Accor
dingtothework-ener
gytheor
em,the
tot
alchangei
nenergyisequalt
ot hetot
alworkdone.
Thechangei nenergyi
s- 200J.Hencetheworkdoneis-
200J.Sinceitismentionedthatthebodyismovingona
normalground,therei
sforceisfr
icti
on.Ther
efor
e,
fr
ict
ioniswhatcausest hiswork.
1.Wor
kdonei
nasy
stem i
s__
_
a)Themeasur
eofener
gychange
b)Themeasur
eofusef
ulwor
k
c)Themeasur
eofdi
spl
acement
d)Themeasur
eoff
orce
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Wor kdoneinanysy stem i
sameasur eof
theener
gychangei nthesystem withi
tssurroundi
ngs.
Workdoneandener gychangearei npracti
cethesame.
Whenaf orceisappl
iedonabodyandi tmov esanddoes
somewor k.Theamountofwor kdonedenot esenergy
changeofthesystem wit
hitssurroundings.
adv
ert
isement

2.Wor
kisa_
___
___
a)Scal
arquant
it
y
b)Vect
orquant
it
y
c)For
eignquant
it
y
d)Magni
tudel
essquant
it
y
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Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Workdonebyaf orceonabodyi sascalar
quantit
y.Thewor kdoneisobt
ainedbyhav i
ngadot
productoftheforcevect
orwiththedi
splacementvector
.
Thedotpr oductofanytwovectorsgi
vesascalarasthe
result
.
3.Afor
ceof40Nact sonbodyofmass5Kg.Whatisthe
amountofworkdoneift
hetot
aldi
splacementi
s2m and
i
sinthedi
rect
ionofthefor
ceappl
ied?
a)80J
b)-
80J
c)40J
d)16J
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanation:Thewor kdoneonabodyi sobtai
nedby
calculat
ingthedotpr oductoftheforceanddispl
acement
vector.Sincethedisplacementisi
nt hedir
ecti
onofthe
appliedforce,theworkdonei sposit
iveandisequalt
o80
J.
4.Workbei
ngascal
arquanti
tysometi
meshasnegat
ive
andposi
ti
vesi
gns.Whatdoesthesi
gnsuggest
?
a)Thedi
rect
ionofwor
k
b)Rel
ati
vedi
rect
ionsoff
orceanddi
spl
acement
c)Thedi
rect
ionoff
orce
d)Thedi
rect
ionofdi
spl
acement
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ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Wor kisascalarquantit
y;henceitcannot
haveadirection.Butworkisobt ai
nedbycalculati
ngthe
dotproductoff orceanddispl
acement .I
fbothareinthe
samedi r
ection,thedotproductispositi
ve.I
fbotharein
opposit
edi r
ections,t
hedotpr oductisnegat
ive.Hence,
thesi
gnofworksuggest
sther
elat
ivedi
rect
ionsoff
orce
anddispl
acement
.
5.Aforceof40Nactsonbodyofmass5Kgwhichi
s
i
niti
all
yatrest
.Whati
stheamountofwor
kdoneint
he
fi
rst10s?
a)16000J
b)-
16000J
c)400J
d)-
400J
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ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Thewor kdoneonabodyi sobtai
nedby
calculati
ngthedotpr oductoftheforceanddispl
acement
vector.From Newt on’
ssecondl aw,wegetthe
accelerati
onequalt o8m/ s2.From thesecondequati
on
ofmot i
onthedi spl
acementcov er
edcanbeobt ained
whichi sequalt o400m.Ont akingthedotproductofthe
for
ceanddi splacement,wegetwor kdoneequali
ngt o
16000J.
adv
ert
isement
6.Theworkdoneonabodyofmass5Kgi s70J.Whati
s
themagnit
udeofthefor
ceappl
iedi
fthet
otal
displ
acementi
tcover
edis7m.
a)10N
b)-
10N
c)20N
d)70N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Theamountofwor kdoneonabodyi s
obtainedbycal culati
ngt hedotpr oductoft hef or
ceand
thedisplacement .Duet olackofi nformation, weassume
thatthefor ceandt hedisplacementar eint hesame
dir
ect i
on.Si ncet hetotalwor kdonei sgiven, wecanfind
outtheappl i
edf orcebydi vidi
ngthet otalwor kdoneby
thetotaldispl acement .Bydoi ngsowegetf orceappl
ied
=10N.
7.Abodyofmass40Kgcoversadist
anceof50m in5s
star
ti
ngfr
om r
estundert
hei
nfl
uenceofaforce.Whati
s
t
hewor
kdonebyt
hef
orceont
hebody
?
a)8000J
b)-
8000J
c)20000J
d)800J
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Sincet hedist
anceandt i
met akenaregiv
en,
wecanf indoutt heaccelerat
ionofthebodybyt he
secondequat i
onofmot ionwhichis4m/ s2.From t
he
secondlawofmot i
on,theforcecanbefound.Force=
160N.Fr om thef or
ceandt hedispl
acement ,t
hework
canbef oundout .Wor k=8000J.
8.Ablockofmass10Kgaccel
erat
esfrom r
esttoa
vel
ocit
yof20m/ si
n5sundert
heinfl
uenceofanexter
nal
for
ce.Whatist
heworkdonebytheexter
nalf
orce?
a)2000J
b)-
2000J
c)20000J
d)-
20000J
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Theaccel er
ationcanbef oundoutbyusing
theinit
ialandfinalveloci
tiesandthet i
met aken.
Acceleration=4m/ s2.Forcecanbef oundoutbyt he
secondl aw.Byt hesecondequat ionofmot ionthe
dist
ancecov er
edin5scanbef oundwhi chisequalto50
m.Wor kcanbef oundoutbymul tipl
yi
ngt heforceand
thedistancecov ered.Wor k=2000J.
9.Afor
ceof10Ncr eat
esadisplacementof2m butt
he
workdoneonthebodythr
oughoutitsmoti
onisequal
to
70J.Whatpossi
blycanbethereasonorthi
s?
a)Ther
ear
emul
ti
plef
orcesact
ionont
hebody
b)Thebodyi
satr
est
c)Thef
orcei
snotuni
for
m
d)Thedi
spl
acementi
shar
moni
c
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Thepossibl
er easonfort
hisisthatmulti
ple
for
cesar eactingonthebodyatdi f
fer
entinstances
thr
oughouti t
smot i
on.Thewor kdoneonabodyi sa
measur eoftheenergyexchangedbetweent hebodyand
theenv i
ronmentandisusual l
ythetot
alworkdone.Wor k
doneduet ot
hegivenforceis20Jbutt hi
sneednotbe
thetotalworkdone.
adv
ert
isement

10.Workdonebyaf
orceonabodyi
sanexampl
eof
___
___
a)Mechani
calwor
k
b)El
ect
ri
calwor
k
c)Magnet
icwor
k
d)Ther
mody
nami
cwor
k
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:Theworkdonebyaforceonabodyiscal
led
asmechanicalwor
k.I
nmechanicalwork,
themechani
cal
ener
gyofthebodychanges.Mechani
calwork=W =F⃗
.
s⃗ ,
wher
eFi
sthef
orceandsi
sthedi
spl
acement
.
FRI
CTI
ON

1.St
ati
ccoeffi
cientoffr
ict
ioni
sgr
eat
ert
hant
heki
net
ic
coef
fi
cientoff
ri
ction.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Si
ncethevalueofstaticfr
icti
onalfor
cei
s
greatert
hanthekinet
icfr
icti
onalforce,div
idi
ngboth
valueswithconst
antnormalreactionforceyi
eldsa
greaterv
alueofthestat
iccoeffi
cientoffri
cti
on.
adv
ert
isement

2.Whatar
ethet
ypesofki
net
icf
ri
cti
on?
a)Sl
idi
ngf
ri
cti
on,
rol
li
ngf
ri
cti
onandadhesi
vef
ri
cti
on
b)Sl
idi
ngf
ri
cti
onandr
oll
ingf
ri
cti
on
c)Rol
li
ngf
ri
cti
onandadhesi
vef
ri
cti
on
d)Sl
idi
ngf
ri
cti
onandadhesi
vef
ri
cti
on
Vi
ewAnswer

3.Themaximum val
ueofst
ati
cfr
ict
ionwhent
hebodyi
s
atthev
ergeofst
arti
ngmoti
onisknownas___
__
a)St
ati
cfr
ict
ion
b)Li
mit
ingf
ri
cti
on
c)I
mpendi
ngmot
ion
d)Angl
eofr
epose
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Theval
ueofl i
miti
ngfricti
oncanbef oundby
equati
ngi tt
otheproductofthestaticfri
cti
onal
coeff
ici
entandnormalr eact
ionforceoft hebody.
4.Forabodyofmass“ m”onar oughi nclinedplanewi
th
aconstantbutar
bit
rarycoef
fi
cientoffrictionasshownin
thefi
gure,whati
stheangleofreposeift henet
downwar dfor
ceisdonatedas“F”.Let“g”bet he
acceler
ati
onduet
ogr
avi
tyand“
u”bet
hecoef
fi
cientof
fr
ict
ion.

a)si
nθ
b)cosθ
c)t
anθ
d)cotθ
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Tof
indt
heangl
eofr
epose;
Netdownwar
dfor
ce=f
ri
cti
onalf
orce
F=f
mg(
sinθ)=uR
=ux(
mgcosθ)
u=t
anθ.
5.Forabodyofmass“ m”onar oughincli
nedpl anewit
h
aconstantbutar
bit
rarycoeff
ici
entoff
r i
cti
onasshowni n
thefi
gure,whati
stheacceler
ati
onont heincl
inedplaneif
thenetdownwardforceisdonatedas“F”.Let“g”bethe
acceler
ati
onduetogravit
yand“ u”bet
hecoef fi
cientof
fri
cti
on.

a)gxsi
nθ
b)gxcosθ
c)g(
sinθ–ucosθ)
d)g(
cosθ–usi
nθ)
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Tof
indt
heaccel
erat
ionont
hei
ncl
ined
pl
ane;
ma=mgsi
nθ–umgcosθ
a=g(
sinθ–ucosθ)
.
adv
ert
isement

6.___
__isknownasthemotionthatwoul
dtakepl
ace
undertheappl
iedf
orcei
ffr
icti
onwereabsent.
a)I
mpendi
ngmot
ion
b)Const
rai
nedmot
ion
c)Unconst
rai
nedmot
ion
d)Li
nearmot
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:I
mpendi ngmoti
onisknownast hemot i
on
thatwouldtakeplaceundert
heappliedforceiff
rict
ion
wereabsent.Themot i
onwhi
chcan’tproceedarbitr
ari
ly
i
nanymanneri scall
edconst
rai
nedmot ion.Motion
wit
houtanyr est
ri
cti
onisknownasanunconstr
ained
motion.Onedimensionalmot
ional
ongastr
aightli
neis
knownasl i
nearmotion.
7.Ifaboxislyi
ngonthefloorofawagonwi t
ha
coeff
ici
entoffri
cti
on0.2,
whatisthemaxi mum
acceler
ati
onofthewagonf orwhi
cht heboxwoul
d
remainstat
ionar
y?(Letg=9.81m/ s2)
a)1.
96m/
s2
b)2m/
s2
c)3.
92m/
s2
d)4m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:Lett
hemassoft
heboxbe“
m”
ma=uxmg
a=uxg
a=0.
2x9.
81
=1.
96m/
s2.
8.Li
mit
ingf
ri
cti
onofabodydependson_
___
_
a)Ar
eaofcont
actofsur
faces
b)
Thev
olumeoft
hesmal
lerbodyonl
argersur
face
c)Nat
ureofsur
faces
d)Theper
ipher
yoft
hecont
actsur
faces
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat i
on:Sinceli
mit
ingfri
cti
ondependsonlyofthe
coeff
icientoffri
cti
onofthesurf
aces,i
t,t
heref
ore,
dependsonl yofthenatur
eofthesurf
ace,i.
e.,
smoot hnessorroughness.
9.Considerablockofmass9.81kgonani ncli
ned
surfaceofthecoeff
ici
entoffr
icti
on0.
15andangl eof
i
ncl i
nati
on30degrees.Whatwi l
lbei
tsaccelerat
ionon
theincli
nedplanei
facceler
ati
onduetogravityis9.81
m/ s2?
a)3.
63m/
s2
b)4.
63m/
s2
c)9.
81m/
s2
d)10m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:a=g(
sinθ–ucosθ)
a=9.
81(
sin(
30)–0.
15cos(
30)
)
=9.
81x(
0.5–0.
13)
=3.
63m/
s2.
adv
ert
isement

10.Theval
ueofthef
rict
ionalf
orcef
orabodyi
sal
ways
const
antwheniti
sstati
canddoesnotvar
ywit
happl
ied
for
ce.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Fr
ict
ioni
saself
-adj
ust
ingf
orceand
dependsonthenormalr
eact
ionwhi
chvari
eswit
hthe
appli
edforce.However,t
hemaxi mum magni t
udeofthe
for
ceoff ri
cti
onisli
mitedtotheproductofthecoef
fi
cient
offr
icti
onandwei ghtoftheobjectunderst
ati
c
condit
ions.

MOMENTSOFFORCE

1.Det
ermi
nethesmall
estf
orceappl
iedat
Rwhichcr
eat
esthesamemomentaboutP
asby75N.

a)37.
5N
b)112.
5N
c)60N
d)0N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Asweknowt hatt hemoment
i
st hecrossproductoft hedi stanceand
theforcewewi l
ltrytoappl yt hesamehere.
Weseet hatt
heper pendiculardistancei
s
3m.Thuswegett hedi stance.Andhence
mul t
ipl
yitwit
hthef orce,themoment=
112.5Nm.Becauset heforcecomponent
perpendicul
artothedi st
anceneedst obe
taken.
2.Whatdoest
hemomentoft
hef
orce
measure?
a)Thet
endencyofr
otat
ionoft
hebody
al
onganyaxi
s
b)Themomentofi
ner
ti
aoft
hebodyabout
anyaxi
s
c)Thecoupl
emomentproducedbyt
he
si
nglef
orceact
ingont
hebody
d)Thetot
alwor
kisdoneont
hebodyby
thef
orce
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: Themomentoft heforce
measur esthet endencyoftherotat
ionof
thebodyal onganyaxi s,whetheri
tbethe
centroi
daxi softhebodyoranyoft he
outsideaxis.Thecoupl emomenti s
producedbyt woforces,notbyasingle
force.Thetotalwor kdoneisthedot
pr
oductoff
orceanddi
stancenott
he
cr
oss.
3.Ifacari
smov i
ngfor
ward,whatist
he
dir
ecti
onofthemomentofthemoment
causedbytherot
ati
onoft
het i
res?
a)Iti
sheadi
ngi
nwards,
i.
e.t
hedi
rect
ioni
s
towardsi
nsi
deoft
hecar
b)I
tisheadi
ngoutwar
ds,
i.
e.thedi
rect
ion
i
stowardsoutsi
deoft
hecar
c)Iti
sheadingfor
ward,i
.e.thedi
rect
ioni
s
towardst
hef or
warddir
ectionoft
he
mot i
onofthecar
d)Iti
sheadi
ngbackward,
i.
e.thedi
rect
ion
i
st owar
dsthebacksi
deofthemotionof
thecar
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanation:Wheny oucurly ourwri
stin
thedirectioninwhi chtheti
r esaremov i
ng
thenyouwi l
lfi
ndt hatthethumbi spointi
ng
outwar ds.Thatisout wardst hebodyoft he
car.Thisphenomenoni salsoobser vedin
rai
nyseasons.Whencar st
r avelonthe
roads,thewat erist hr
ownout si
defrom the
ti
res,duet omoment .
4.Thet
endencyofrot
ati
onofthebody
al
onganyaxisi
salsocal
led_
______
___
_
a)Momentofi
ner
ti
a
b)Momentofcoupl
e
c)Tor
que
d)For
ce
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:c
Explanati
on: Thetendencyofr otati
onof
thebodyal onganyaxi salsocall
edt he
tor
que.Itist hemomentoft heforceacti
ng
perpendiculartothedi r
ect
ionoft heaxi
sof
rot
ation.Iftheaxisandt heforceare
meet i
ngatanypoi ntthenther
eisno
momentappl iedbyt hefor
ce.
5.Themomentofthef or
ceistheproduct
ofthefor
ceandtheperpendi
culardi
stance
oftheaxi
sandthepointofact
ionofthe
for
ce.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Themomenti stheproductof
theforceappli
edt othebodyandt he
perpendicul
ardistanceofthepointof
acti
onoft hefor
cet otheaxisaboutwhi ch
thebodyi sbei
ngr otat
ed.Thatisthe
momenti st
hecr ossproductoftheforce
andt hedist
ancebet weentheaxisandt he
pointofacti
on.
adv
ert
isement

6.Det
ermi
net
hemomentaboutt
hepoi
ntT.
a)0Nm
b)350Nm
c)100Nm
d)200Nm
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Asweknowt hatt hemoment
i
st hecrossproductofthedi stanceand
theforcewewi l
ltr
ytoappl yt hesamehere.
Weseet hatt
heperpendiculardistancei
s
0m.Thuswegett hedistance.Andhence
mul t
ipl
yitwit
htheforce,0x50.
7.Themomentaxisi
sint
hedir
ecti
on
perpendi
cul
artot
hepl
aneoft
heforceand
thedist
ance.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Themomentaxisi
salways
perpendicul
artot
heplanesoft
heforce
andt hedist
anceoft
heaxisandthepoi
nt
ofacti
onoft heforceonthebody .Thi
s
meanst hatthemomenti sthecross
productoftheforceandthedistance
betweentheaxisandt hepointofacti
onof
theforce.
8.Fi
ndt
hemomental
ongT.

a)1200Nm
b)600Nm
c)0Nm
d)1400Nm
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Asweknowt hatthemoment
i
st hecrossproductoft
hedistanceand
theforcewewi l
ltr
ytoapplythesameher e.
Butherewehav eanumberoff orces
component sacti
ngontheTpoi nt.Soby
addingallthemomentscausedbyal lt
he
for
ceswi llgi
veustheval
ueas600Nm.
adv
ert
isement

9.Ifyouaregetti
ngtoknowaboutthe
dir
ectionofthemomentcausedbyt he
for
ceappl i
edont hebodybyusi
ngyour
wristandcurli
ngiti
nthedir
ecti
onofthe
r
otat
iont
henwhi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
snot
r
ight
?
a)Thethumbr
epr
esent
sthedi
rect
ionof
thefor
ce
b)Thet
humbrepr
esent
sthedi
rect
ionof
themoment
c)Thefinger
srepr
esentt
hedi
rect
ionof
thefor
ce
d)Thedi recti
oninwhi chyoucur lyour
wr i
stistowardst hedi
r ect
ionoft he
distancefrom pointofcont actofforcet
o
theaxisofr otat
ion.
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Thecur
ledhandr
epr
esent
sa
variousthing.Thedi rect
ionoft hemoment
axisisgi v
enbyt hethumb.Thedi rect
ionof
thef orceisgivenbyt hefingers.Aswe
placet hefingersont heforceandcurl
towar dsther ot
at i
onaldi
rectionofthe
bodyaboutt heaxi s.
10.Themomentaxi s,
forceandthe
perpendicul
ardist
anceinthemomentof
theforcecalcul
ati
onislyi
ngin__
_____
___
__
a)Twopl
anesper
pendi
cul
art
oeachot
her
b)Asingl
epl
anei
nthedi
rect
ionoft
he
for
ce
c)Asi
ngleplanei
nt hedi
rect
ionoft
he
per
pendi
culardi
stance
d)Asi
ngl
eli
nei
nthedi
rect
ionoft
hef
orce
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanat ion:Themomentaxi s,forceand
theper pendi cul
ardistancear elyinginthe
threedimensi onalCartesian.Itdoesn’tlye
ont hesi ngleplane.Italsodoesn’ tlyeina
singleline.Nori nthedi r
ectionoft heforce.
Thust heyal llyeinthepl aneswhi chare
perpendi culartoeachot her.
11.Ift
her otati
oniscl
ockwiseinthi
spage,
suppose,theninwhichdirecti
onwil
lthe
thumbpr ojecti
fyoucurlyourhandi
nt he
samedi r
ect i
onoftherotati
on?
a)Itwil
lpoi
ntt
othedi
rect
ion
perpendi
cul
art
othepl
aneofthepaperand
towardsyou
b)I
twil
lpointtot
hedi
rect
ion
per
pendicul
artot
hepl
aneofthepaperand
awayfr
om y ou
c)Itwil
lpoi
nttothedir
ecti
onparal
lelt
o
theplaneofthepaperandtowar
dsr i
ght
d)Itwil
lpoi
nttot
hedir
ecti
onparal
lelt
o
theplaneoft
hepaperandtowar
dsleft
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Ast hecur l
ingwillgi
vethe
dir
ectionperpendiculartothepaper.Butit
doesdependupont herotati
onsense.In
thi
sexampl e,thesensei sclockwise.Thus
thethumbgoesi ntothepaper .Thatisi
t
goesawayf rom thev iewer.Thusthe
answer .
12.Whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
str
ue?
a)Totalmomentofvari
ousf
orcesact
ing
onthebodyist
hev ect
orsum ofal
l
moment
s
b)Totalmomentofvar
iousfor
cesact
ing
onthebodyist
healgebrai
csum ofal
l
moment s
c)Tot
almomentofv
ari
ousf
orcesact
ing
onthebodyi
sal
wayszer
o
d)Totalmomentofvari
ousforcesact
ing
onthebodyisthevect
orsum ofall
moment swhichi
sperpendi
cul
artoeach
otherf
orces
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Themomenti sthevector
quanti
ty.Thust hev
alueoft hetot
al
momentcausedbyv ariousforcesacti
ng
onthebodyi sthevectorsum ofallt
he
vect
ors.Also,themoment sar enot
perpendiculart
oeachother,
unlessi
tis
specif
ied.Thusassumptionscantbetaken
forthedirecti
onofthemoment .
13.Det
ermi
net
hemomentaboutt
hepoi
nt
R.

a)0Nm
b)350Nm
c)100Nm
d)200Nm
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:Asweknowt hatt hemoment
i
st hecrossproductofthedi stanceand
theforcewewi l
ltr
ytoappl yt hesamehere.
Weseet hatt
heperpendiculardistancei
s
7m.Thuswegett hedistance.Andhence
mul t
ipl
yitwit
htheforce,7×50.
14.Fi
ndt
hemomental
ongQ.
a)1200Nm
b)600Nm
c)0Nm
d)1400Nm
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
Asweknowt
hatt
hemoment
i
st hecrossproductoft
hedistanceand
theforcewewi l
ltr
ytoapplythesameher e.
Butherewehav eanumberoff orces
component sacti
ngontheTpoi nt.Soby
addingallthemomentscausedbyal lt
he
for
ceswi llgi
veustheval
ueas1200Nm.
15.Det
erminet
hemomentoft
hef
orce
al
ongpointP.

a)110Nm
b)112.
5Nm
c)60Nm
d)0Nm
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Asweknowt hatt hemoment
i
st hecrossproductoft hedi stanceand
theforcewewi l
ltrytoappl yt hesameher e.
Weseet hattheper pendiculardistanceis
1.5(3cos60).Thuswegett hedi stance.
Andhencemul t
ipl
yi twit
ht hef orce,75×1.
5.
Becauset hefor
cecomponent
perpendicul
artothedi st
anceneedst obe
taken.
KI
NEMATI
CSOFMOTI
ON
1.Theuni
tofl
inearaccel
erat
ioni
s
a)kg-
m
b)m/
s
c)m/
s2
d)r
ad/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anati
on: Li
nearaccel
erat
ioni
sdefi
ned
astherateofchangeofli
nearvel
oci
tyofa
bodywithrespecttothet
ime.
i
.ea=v
/t
anduni
tofv
eloci
tyi
sm/
s
so,
uni
tofl
inearaccel
erat
ionbecomes
m/
s2.
adv
ert
isement

2.Theangul
arvel
oci
ty(
inr
ad/
s)ofabody
rot
ati
ngatNr.p.
m.is
a)πN/
60
b)2πN/
60
c)πN/
120
d)πN/
180
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Angularv
elocityi
sdefi
nedas
therateofchangeofangul ardi
spl
acement
withrespecttoti
me.Itisusuall
y
expressedbyaGr eeklett
erω( omega)
.
Mat
hemat
ical
ly
,angul
arv
eloci
ty,
ω=dθ/
dt
I
fabodyisrot
ati
ngattherat
eofNr .
p.m.
(
revol
uti
onsperminut
e),
thenit
sangular
v
eloci
ty,
ω=2πΝ/60r
ad/
s
3.Thelinearvel
oci
tyofabodyrotat
ingat
ωr ad/
sal ongacir
cul
arpathofradi
usris
gi
venby
a)ω.
r
b)ω/
r
c)ωs2.
r
d)ωs2/
r
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Ifthedispl
acementisalonga
cir
cularpath,thenthedir
ectionofl
inear
veloci
tyatanyi nst
antisalongthet
angent
atthatpoint.
t
her
efor
e,t
hel
inearv
eloci
tywi
llbe
ω.
r
4.Whenapart
icl
emov esal
ongast
rai
ght
pat
h,t
henthepart
icl
ehas
a)t
angent
ialaccel
erat
iononl
y
b)cent
ri
pet
alaccel
erat
iononl
y
c)bot
ht angent
ialandcent
ri
pet
al
accel
erati
on
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Theaccel erat
ionofaparti
cle
atanyi nstantmov ingalongacircul
arpath
i
nadi r
ectiontangent i
altothati
nstant,
is
knownast angentialcomponentof
accelerati
onort angent i
alaccel
erat
ion.
5.Whenapar t
icl
emov eswit
haunifor
m
vel
ocit
yalongacircul
arpat
h,thent
he
par
ticl
ehas
a)t
angent
ialaccel
erat
iononl
y
b)cent
ri
pet
alaccel
erat
iononl
y
c)bot
ht angent
ialandcent
ri
pet
al
accel
erati
on
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Theaccelerati
onofapar ti
cle
atanyi nstantmov i
ngalongaci rcul
arpath
i
nadi r
ect i
onnormalt othetangentatthat
i
nstantanddi r
ectedtowardst hecentr
eof
thecircularpathisknownasnor mal
componentoft heaccelerati
onornor mal
accelerati
on.Itisalsocall
edradialor
centri
petalaccelerati
on.
adv
ert
isement

6.Whenthemotionofabodyi
sconfi
ned
toonl
yoneplane,t
hemotioni
ssai
dtobe
a)pl
anemot
ion
b)r
ect
il
inearmot
ion
c)cur
vil
inearMot
ion
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on: Whenthemot i
onofabodyi s
conf
inedtoonlyonepl ane,
themot i
onis
sai
dtobepl anemot i
on.Theplanemot i
on
maybeeitherrect
il
inearorcurvi
li
near.
7._
____
___
____
__ _i
sthesi
mpl estt
ypeof
moti
onandisalongastr
aightli
nepath.
a)pl
anemot
ion
b)r
ect
il
inearmot
ion
c)cur
vil
inearMot
ion
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Rect
ili
nearMoti
onisthe
si
mpl esttypeofmot i
onandisal
onga
str
aightli
nepath.Suchamot i
onisalso
knownast ransl
atorymoti
on.
8._
____
___
___
___
___i
sthemot
ional
onga
cur
vedpat
h.
a)pl
anemot
ion
b)r
ect
il
inearmot
ion
c)cur
vil
inearMot
ion
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Cur
vil
inearMot i
onisthe
moti
onalongacurv edpath.Suchamot i
on,
whenconfi
nedtoonepl ane,iscal
ledpl
ane
cur
vil
inearmot
ion.
9.Displacementofabodyi
sa_
___
___
___
_
quantit
y .
a)scal
ar
b)v
ect
or
c)scal
arandv
ect
or
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Thedi splacementofabodyi s
av ect
orquantit
y ,
asi thasbot hmagnit
ude
anddi r
ecti
on.Lineardi spl
acementmay ,
theref
ore,berepresent edgraphi
cal
lybya
strai
ghtli
ne.
adv
ert
isement
10.At
raincov
ers60mil
esbetween2p.
m.
and4p.m.Howfastwasitgoi
ngat3p.
m.?
a)60mph
b)30mph
c)40mph
d)50mph
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Thespeedistr
avel
ed
di
stance(60mil
es)div
idedbytr
avel
ed
ti
me( 4pm –2pm =2hours)
:
60mi
les/2hour
s=30mph
VELOCI
TY
1.Ther
elat
ivev
eloci
tyofBwi
thr
espectt
o
Ainari
gidli
nkABis
a)par
all
elt
oAB
b)per
pendi
cul
art
oAB
c)al
ongAB
d)at450
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Ther el
ati
vevel
oci
tyofany
twopoi nt
sonar igidli
nki
salwaysnormal
tothelinejoi
ningthetwopoint
s.
adv
ert
isement
2.Themagni
tudeofl
inearveloci
tyofa
pointBonal
inkABrelat
ivetopointAi
s
a)ωxAB
b)ω(
AB)
2
c)ω2AB
d)(
ωxAB)
2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
None
3.Thedir
ecti
onofli
nearvel
oci
tyofany
pointonali
nkwit
hrespectt
oanother
pointont
hesamel i
nkis
a)par
all
elt
othel
inkj
oini
ngt
hepoi
nts
b)per
pendi
cul
art
othel
inkj
oini
ngt
he
poi
nts
c)at450t
othel
inkj
oini
ngt
hepoi
nts
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Ther el
ati
vevel
oci
tyofany
twopoi nt
sonar igidli
nki
salwaysnormal
tothelinejoi
ningthetwopoint
s.
4.Thet wolinksOAandOBar econnected
byapi njoi
ntatO.I ft
heli
nkOAt urnswith
angularvel
ocityω1r ad/
si ntheclockwise
dir
ectionandt heli
nkOBt urnswithangular
veloci
tyω2r ad/sintheanti-
clockwise
dir
ection,t
hent herubbi
ngv el
ocityatthe
pinjoi
ntOi s
a)ω1.
ω2.
r
b)(
ω1-
ω2)
r
c)(
ω1+ω2)
r
d)(
ω1-
ω2)
2r
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anati
on:
Considertwoli
nksOAandOB
connect
edbyapinjointatO
Letω1=Angul arvel
oci
tyoft
helinkOAor
theangularv
eloci
tyoft
hepointAwith
respectt
oO.
ω2=Angularvel
oci
tyoft
helinkOBorthe
angul
arvel
oci
tyoft
hepointBwithr
espect
toO,and
r=Radi
usoft
hepi
n.
Accor
dingt
othedef
ini
ti
on,
Rubbi
ngv
eloci
tyatt
hepi
njoi
ntO
=(ω1–ω2)r
,ift
hel
inksmov
eint
hesame
di
rect
ion
=(ω1+ω2)r ,i
fthel
inksmov
eint
he
opposi
tedi
rect
ion
adv
ert
isement

5.Int
heabovequesti
on,i
fboththeli
nks
OAandOBt ur
nsinclockwisedi
rect
ion,
thent
herubbi
ngveloci
tyatthepinj
ointO
i
s
a)ω1.
ω2.
r
b)(
ω1-
ω2)
r
c)(
ω1+ω2)
r
d)(
ω1-
ω2)
2r
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:
Considertwoli
nksOAandOB
connect
edbyapinjointatO
Letω1=Angul arvel
oci
tyoft
helinkOAor
theangularv
eloci
tyoft
hepointAwith
respectt
oO.
ω2=Angularvel
oci
tyoft
helinkOBorthe
angul
arvel
oci
tyoft
hepointBwithr
espect
toO,and
r=Radi
usoft
hepi
n.
Accor
dingt
othedef
ini
ti
on,
Rubbi
ngv
eloci
tyatt
hepi
njoi
ntO
=(ω1–ω2)r
,ift
hel
inksmov
eint
hesame
di
rect
ion
=(
ω1+ω2)r
,ift
hel
inksmov
eint
he
opposi
tedi
rect
ion
6.ABCDi safourbarmechanism inwhi
ch
AB=310mm andCD=450mm.ABandCD
arebothperpendicul
artot
hefixedli
nkAD.
Ift
hevelocit
yofBatt hi
sconditi
onisv.
Thenthev el
ocit
yofCi s
a)v
v
)2/
3v
c)3/
2v
d)9/
4v
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
Vel
oci
tyatC=CD/
ABx
vel
oci
tyatB
=450/
310xv
=3/
2v
7.Athi
ncircul
ardiscisrol
li
ngwi tha
unif
ormli
nearspeed,alongast r
aightpat
h
onaplanesurface.Whichofthef ol
lowi
ng
stat
ementiscorrecti
nthisregard?
a)Allpoint
soft
hedi
schav
ethesame
vel
ocity.
b)Thecentreoft
hedi
schaszer
o
accel
erat
ion.
c)Thecentreoft
hedi
schascent
ri
fugal
accel
erat
ion.
d)Thepointonthedi
scmakingcont
act
witht
heplanesurf
acehaszero
accel
erat
ion.
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
None
adv
ert
isement

8.Thecomponentoft heaccel
ert
ion,
paral
leltothevel
ocit
yofthepart
icl
e,att
he
gi
veni nstanti
scal
led
a)r
adi
alcomponent
b)t
angent
ialcomponent
c)cor
iol
iscomponent
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Thecent
ri
pet
alorr
adi
al
component
,isper
pendi
cul
artothevel
oci
ty
oft
heparti
cleatt
hegiv
eninst
ant.
Thetangenti
alcomponent,
ispar
all
elt
o
thevel
ocit
yofthepart
icl
eatthegiv
en
i
nstant.
9.Thecomponentoftheaccel
erti
on,
perpendi
cul
artothevel
ocit
yofthepart
icl
e,
atthegiv
eninst
antiscal
led
a)r
adi
alcomponent
b)t
angent
ialcomponent
c)cor
iol
iscomponent
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
Thecent
ri
pet
alorr
adi
al
component
,isper
pendi
cul
artothevel
oci
ty
oft
heparti
cleatt
hegiv
eninst
ant.
Thetangenti
alcomponent,
ispar
all
elt
o
thevel
ocit
yofthepart
icl
eatthegiv
en
i
nstant.
10.Apoi ntBonarigi
dl i
nkABmov eswith
respecttoAwithangularvel
ocit
yωr ad/s.
Thet ot
alaccel
erat
ionofBwi t
hr espectto
Awi l
lbeequalto
a)vectorsum ofr
adi
alcomponentand
cor
ioli
scomponent
b)vect
orsum oft
angent
ialcomponent
andcori
oli
scomponent
c)vectorsum ofr
adialcomponentand
tangenti
alcomponent
d)vect
ordif
ferenceofr
adialcomponent
andtangent
ialcomponent
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
None

1.Theuni
tofl
inearaccel
erat
ioni
s
a)kg-
m
b)m/
s
c)m/
s2
d)r
ad/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
Linearaccel
erat
ion,
a=dv
/dt
uni
tofdv=m/
s
anddt=s
t
her
efor
e,dv
/dt=m/
s2
adv
ert
isement

2.Theangul
arvel
oci
ty(
inr
ad/
s)ofabody
rot
ati
ngatNr.p.
m.is
a)πN/
60
b)2πN/
60
c)πN/
120
d)πN/
180
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:Angularv
eloci
tymaybe
defi
nedastherateofchangeofangul
ar
displ
acementwithr
especttotime.I
tis
usuall
yexpr
essedbyaGr eeklett
erω
(omega).Mathemat
ical
ly
, angul
arvel
ocit
y,
ω=dθ/
dt
3.Thelinearvel
oci
tyofabodyrotat
ingat
ωr ad/
sal ongacir
cul
arpathofradi
usris
gi
venby
a)ω.
r
b)ω/
r
c)ω2.
r
d)ω2/
r
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
Linearv
eloci
ty=ω.
r
4.Whenapar
ti
clemov
esal
ongast
rai
ght
pat
h,t
hent
hepar
ti
clehas
a)t
angent
ialaccel
erat
iononl
y
b)cent
ri
pet
alaccel
erat
iononl
y
c)bot
ht angent
ialandcent
ri
pet
al
accel
erati
on
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat ion: Whenapar t
icl
emov esalong
astraightpat h,thentheradiusofcur vature
i
sinf i
nitelygr eat.Thismeanst hatv 2/
ris
zero.Inot herwor ds,ther
ewi l
lbeno
normalorr adialorcentri
petalacceler
ation.
Therefor e, t
hepar ti
clehasonl ytangenti
al
accelerat i
on.
adv
ert
isement

5.Whenapar t
icl
emov eswit
haunifor
m
vel
ocit
yalongacircul
arpat
h,thent
he
par
ticl
ehas
a)t
angent
ialaccel
erat
iononl
y
b)cent
ri
pet
alaccel
erat
iononl
y
c)bot
ht angent
ialandcent
ri
pet
al
accel
erati
on
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat
ion:Whenapar ti
clemoveswitha
unif
ormv eloci
ty,
thendv/dtwil
lbezero.I
n
otherwords,ther
ewillbenotangent
ial
accel
erat
ion;buttheparti
clewil
lhaveonly
normalorradialorcent
ri
petalaccel
erat
ion.
6.Whenthemotionofabodyi
sconfi
ned
toonl
yoneplane,t
hemotioni
ssai
dtobe
a)t
ransl
ator
ymot
ion
b)pl
anemot
ion
c)cul
vi
li
nearmot
ion
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Whenthemot i
onofabodyi s
confinedtoonlyoneplane,
themotionis
sai
dt obeplanemot i
on.Whent hemotion
ofabodyi salongastrai
ghtli
nepath,i
tis
cal
ledt r
ansl
atorymoti
on.Whent hemot i
on
ofabodyisal
ongacur
vedpat
h,i
tiscal
l
ed
cul
vi
li
nearmoti
on.
7.Whent hemoti
onofabodyisal
onga
str
aightl
inepat
h,i
tiscal
led
a)t
ransl
ator
ymot
ion
b)pl
anemot
ion
c)cul
vi
li
nearmot
ion
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Whenthemot i
onofabodyi s
confinedtoonlyoneplane,
themotionis
sai
dt obeplanemot i
on.Whent hemotion
ofabodyi salongastrai
ghtli
nepath,i
tis
cal
ledt r
ansl
atorymoti
on.Whent hemot i
on
ofabodyisal
ongacur
vedpat
h,i
tiscal
l
ed
cul
vi
li
nearmoti
on.
adv
ert
isement

8.Whenthemotionofabodyi
sal
onga
cur
vedpath,
iti
scall
ed
a)t
ransl
ator
ymot
ion
b)pl
anemot
ion
c)cul
vi
li
nearmot
ion
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Whent
hemot i
onofabodyis
conf
inedtoonl
yoneplane,
themot
ioni
s
sai
dtobeplanemoti
on.Whenthemoti
on
ofabodyi salongast
raightl
inepath,
iti
s
cal
ledtransl
atorymot
ion.Whent hemoti
on
ofabodyi sal
ongacur v
edpat h,
iti
scall
ed
cul
vil
inearmot i
on.

ACCELERATI
ON

1.Theaccel
erat
ionofaparticl
eatany
i
nstanthast
wocomponent s, r
adi
al
componentandtangent
ialcomponent.
Thesetwocomponentswi l
lbe
a)par
all
elt
oeachot
her
b)per
pendi
cul
art
oeachot
her
c)i
ncl
inedat450
d)opposi
tet
oeachot
her
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Explanat
ion:Boththecomponent
swi
llbe
perpendi
culartoeachother
.
adv
ert
isement

2.Thecent
reofgravi
tyofacouplerl
inki
n
afourbarmechani
sm wil
lexper
ience
a)noaccel
erat
ion
b)onl
yli
nearaccel
erat
ion
c)onl
yangul
araccel
erat
ion
d)bot
hli
nearandangul
araccel
erat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:
None
3.Whenapoi ntmovesalongast
rai
ghtl
ine,
i
tsaccel
erat
ionwillhav
e
a)r
adi
alcomponentonl
y
b)t
angent
ialcomponentonl
y
c)cor
iol
iscomponentonl
y
d)r
adi
alandt
angent
ialcomponent
sbot
h
Vi
ewAnswer

4.Whenapoi ntattheendofali
nkmov
es
withconstantangul
arvel
oci
ty,
its
accel
erati
onwi l
lhave
a)r
adi
alcomponentonl
y
b)t
angent
ialcomponentonl
y
c)cor
iol
iscomponentonl
y
d)r
adi
alandt
angent
ialcomponent
sbot
h
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Thecentri
petalorradi
al
component ,
isperpendicul
artothevel
oci
ty
oftheparti
cleatt
hegi veninst
ant.
Thetangenti
alcomponent,
ispar
all
elt
o
thevel
ocit
yofthepart
icl
eatthegiv
en
i
nstant.
5.I
nashapermechani sm,t
hecori
oli
s
componentofaccel
erati
ondoesnotexi
sts.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:
Inashapermechani sm,t
he
cori
oli
scomponentofaccel
erat
ionexi
sts.
adv
ert
isement

6.Thet angenti
alcomponentof
accel
erationofthesli
derwit
hr espectto
thecoincidentpoi
ntontheli
nki scall
ed
cori
oli
scomponentofaccel erati
on.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
Whenapointononel
inki
s
sl
idi
ngal
onganot
herr
otati
ngli
nk,
suchas
i
nquickretur
nmot i
onmechani
sm,then
t
hecoriol
iscomponentoft
heaccel
erat
ion
mustbecalculat
ed.
7.Thecor
iol
iscomponentofaccel
erat
ion
acts
a)al
ongt
hesl
idi
ngsur
face
b)per
pendi
cul
art
othesl
idi
ngsur
face
c)at450t
othesl
idi
ngsur
face
d)par
all
elt
othesl
idi
ngsur
face
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
None
8.Thecori
oli
scomponentofaccel
erat
ion
i
stakenint
oaccountf
or
a)sl
idercr
ankmechani
sm
b)f
ourbarchai
nmechani
sm
c)qui
ckr
etur
nmot
ionmechani
sm
d)al
loft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:Whenapoi ntononeli
nki s
sli
dingalonganotherr
otati
ngli
nk,suchas
i
nqui ckretur
nmot i
onmechanism, then
thecoriol
iscomponentoftheaccelerat
ion
mustbecal culat
ed.
9.Thecori
oli
scomponentofaccel
erat
ion
dependsupon
a)v
eloci
tyofsl
ider
b)angul
arv
eloci
tyoft
hel
ink
c)al
loft
hement
ioned
d)noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
None
adv
ert
isement

10.Abodyinmotionwil
lbesubject
edto
cori
oli
saccel
erat
ionwhenthatbodyis
a)i
npl
aner
otat
ionwi
thv
ari
abl
evel
oci
ty
b)i
npl
anet
ransl
ati
onwi
thv
ari
abl
evel
oci
ty
c)i
npl
anemot i
onwhi
chisaresul
tantof
pl
anet
ransl
ati
onandr
otat
ion
d)restr
ainedt
orot
atewhi
lesl
idi
ngov
er
anotherbody
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Whenapoi ntononeli
nki s
sli
dingalonganotherr
otati
ngli
nk,suchas
i
nqui ckretur
nmot i
onmechanism, then
thecoriol
iscomponentoftheaccelerat
ion
mustbecal culat
ed.
11.Asli
dermovesatav elocit
yvonal
ink
rev
olv
ingatωrad/s.Thecor i
oli
s
componentofacceler
ati
oni s
a)ωv
b)2ωv
c)ω2v
d)2ωv
2
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
None
12.Thecor
iol
iscomponentofaccel
erat
ion
l
eadsthesl
idi
ngv el
oci
tyby
a)450
b)900
c)1350
d)1800
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:Thedir
ectionofcori
oli
s
componentofacceler
ationi
sobtainedby
rot
ati
ngv,at90°,
abouti t
sori
gininthe
samedir
ectionasthatofω.
13.Thesenseofcoriol
iscomponent2ωv
i
ssameast hatoft
herelat
ivev
eloci
ty
vect
orvrotatedat
a)450inthedir
ect
ionofr
otat
ionoft
he
l
inkcontai
ningt
hepath
b)450int
hedir
ecti
onopposit
etothe
rot
ati
onofthel
inkcont
aini
ngthepat
h
c)900inthedir
ecti
onofr
otat
ionoft
he
l
inkcontai
ningthepat
h
d)1800i
nthedi
rect
ionopposi
tet
othe
rot
ati
onoft
heli
nkcontai
ningt
hepat
h
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Thedir
ecti
onofcor
iol
is
componentofaccel
erat
ioni
sobtai
nedby
rot
ati
ngv,at90°,
aboutitsor
igi
nint
he
samedir
ectionasthatofω.
SCALARANDVECTOR

1.Thequant
it
ywhichhastheonl
y
magnit
udeiscal
led__
___
_____
__
a)Ascal
arquant
it
y
b)Av
ect
orquant
it
y
c)Achemi
calquant
it
y
d)Amagni
tudequant
it
y
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Aquant
itywhi
chhasonl
y
magnit
udeandnodirect
ioni
scal
ledscal
ar
quant
it
y.Exampl
e:mass
adv
ert
isement

2.For
cei
sav
ect
orquant
it
y.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Forcehasbothmagnit
ude
anddir
ecti
on.Aquantit
ythathasboth
magnit
udeanddi r
ecti
oniscall
edavector
quant
it
y.Theref
ore,f
orceisavect
or
quant
it
y.
3.Apol
arv
ect
ori
sonewhi
ch?
a)Gi
vest
heposi
ti
onofanobj
ect
b)Tel
lshowmuchandi
nwhi
chdi
rect
ion
anobj
ecthaschangedi
tsposi
ti
on
c)Repr
esent
srot
ati
onal
eff
ect
d)Hasast
art
ingpoi
ntofappl
icat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Thev ectorwhichhasa
start
ingpointorapoi ntofappl
icat
ioni
s
call
edapol arvector.Veloci
tymaybe
regardedasapol arv ect
or.
4.Whichoft
hefol
lowi
ngactsi
n
accor
dancewit
hri
ghthandscr
ewr
ule?
a)Pol
arv
ect
or
b)Axi
alv
ect
or
c)Di
spl
acementv
ect
or
d)Posi
ti
onv
ect
or
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat i
on:Thev ectorswhichrepresent
rot
ationaleffectandactal ongtheaxisof
rot
ationi naccordancewi thri
ghthand
screwr ulearecall
edaxi alvect
or.Axial
vectorwi l
lhaveitsdirecti
onalongitsaxis
ofrotationdependi ngonitsanti
clockwise
orclockwi serot
ationaleffect
.
adv
ert
isement

5.Whati
sthemagni
tudeofauni
tvect
or?
a)I
thasnomagni
tude
b)Zer
o
c)Const
antbutnotzer
o
d)Uni
ty
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Themagni t
udeofaunit
vectorisuni
ty.I
tjustgiv
esthedi
rect
ionof
av ect
or.Aunitvectorhasnouni
tsor
dimensions.
6.Whi
chofthef
oll
owi
nghaszer
o
magni
tude?
a)Fi
xedv
ect
or
b)Zer
ovect
or
c)Modul
usofav
ect
or
d)Uni
tvect
or
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Azeroornullvectori
sa
vect
orthathaszer omagni t
udeandan
arbi
trar
ydirecti
on.Thevelocit
yvectorofa
stat
ionaryobjecti
sazerov ector
.
7.Fly
ingabir
disanexampl
eof
____
_____
___
a)Col
li
nearv
ect
or
b)Mul
ti
pli
cat
ionofv
ect
or
c)Addi
ti
onofv
ect
or
d)Composi
ti
onofv
ect
or
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:
Whenabi r
dfl
ies,
itpushes
theai
rwit
hforcei
nthedownward
direct
ionwi t
hitswi ngs.Inaccor dancewith
Newt on’slawofmot ion,t
heai rexerts
equalandopposi ter eacti
on.Accor dingto
thepar al
lel
ogram law, theresult
antoft he
reacti
onact sont hebi r
dsint heupwar d
direct
ionandhel pst hebirdtof l
yupwar ds.
adv
ert
isement

8.Twof orceswhosemagni t
udesarein
rat
ioof3:5givearesult
antof35N.Ifthe
angleofincli
nat
ioni
s60° ,
calcul
atethe
magnitudeofeachforce.
a)15Nand35N
b)15Nand25N
c)10Nand15N
d)20Nand5N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
P=3xandQ=5xR=35Nθ=
120°
R=P2+R2+2PQcosθ−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−√
35=7xorx=35/
7=5
P=15NQ=25N.
9.Wal
kingoffamani
sanexampl
eof
___
___
_____
_
a)Resol
uti
onoff
orces
b)Addi
ti
onofv
ect
ors
c)Subt
ract
ionofv
ect
ors
d)Mul
ti
pli
cat
ionofv
ect
ors
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Whi lewalking,aperson
pressesthegr oundwi thhisfeetsl
ight
ly
slantedinthebackwar ddi r
ecti
on.The
groundexer t
suponhi m anequaland
oppositereaction.It
shor i
zontal
componentenabl estheper sontomove
forwardwhi l
ethev erti
calcomponent
balancesthiswei ght.
MOTI
ONI
NAPLANE
1.Formotioni
nt woorthreedi
mensions,
whatistheanglebetweenvel
ocit
yand
accel
erati
onvector
s?
a)0°
b)180°
c)Bet
ween0°and180°
d)90°
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanation:Formot i
oni nonedi mension,
thev el
ocityandaccel erati
onarealway s
alongt hesamel ineeitherinthesame
directi
onorinopposi tedi r
ect
ion.For
mot ionintwoort hreedi mensions,the
anglebet weenv eloci
tyandaccel erati
on
vectorsmayhav eanyv al
uebet ween0°and
180° .
adv
ert
isement

2.Acy cli
stmov esal
ongacircul
arpat
hof
radi
us70m.I fhecompletesoneroundin
11s,calcul
atethetot
all
engthofapath.
a)40m
b)440m
c)0m
d)11m
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Radi
usoft
heci
rcul
arpat
h,r=
70m
Ti
met
akest
ocompl
eteoner
ound,
t=11s
Total
lengthoft
hepat
h,s=2πr=
2×22/7×70=440m.
3.Anobj
ectt
hrownfr
om anaer
opl
anei
san
exampl
efor_
_____
___
___
a)Pr
oject
il
emot
ion
b)Resol
uti
onoff
orces
c)Composi
ti
onofv
ect
ors
d)Addi
ti
onofv
ect
ors
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:
Apr oj
ectil
ei sanamegi vento
anybodywhichoncet hrowni ntospacewi th
somei ni
ti
alvel
ocit
y,mov est hereaft
er
undertheinf
luenceofgr avityalonewi thout
beingpropel
ledbyanengi neorf uel.The
pathfoll
owedbyapr oject i
leiscal l
edits
tr
ajector
y.
4.Aballisdroppeddownwardfrom ther
oof
ofabuildingandsimult
aneousl
yanother
bal
listhrowni nahori
zont
aldir
ect
ion,when
wil
lthebal l
sreacht
heground?
a)Samet
imeandsamepl
ace
b)Thefi
rstbal
lwi
l
lreachl
atert
hant
he
secondball
c)Thesecondbal
lwi
l
lreachl
atert
hant
he
secondbal
l
d)Samet
imebutdi
ff
erentpl
aces
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Boththeballswil
lreacht he
groundatt hesamet i
mebutatdi fferent
pl
aces.Thev er
ti
calmot i
onisnotaf f
ected
bythehor i
zontalmotion.Thi
siscal l
edthe
pri
ncipleofphysical
independence.
5.Abodyi
sproj
ect
edhor
izont
allyf
rom t
he
topofacl
i
ffwit
havel
oci
tyof9.8m/s.What
t
imeelapsesbef
orehor
izont
alandv
erti
cal
v
eloci
ti
esbecomeequal?Takeg=9.8m/s2
a)9.
8s
b)0s
c)10s
d)1s
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anati
on:
Hor
izont
alvel
oci
tyatany
i
nstant
,vx=u=9.8m/s
Ver
ti
cal
vel
oci
tyatanyi
nst
ant
,vy=0+gt=
9.
8t
9.
8=9.
8t
t=1s.
adv
ert
isement

6.Mot
ionoft
het
ipofsecondhandoft
he
cl
ocki
sanexampl
efor_____
___
___
a)Uni
for
m ci
rcul
armot
ion
b)Pr
oject
il
emot
ion
c)Mot
ioni
napl
anewi
thuni
for
mvel
oci
ty
d)Motioninapl
anewi
thconst
ant
accel
erat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat i
on:I
faparti
clemov esalonga
ci
rcularpathwit
haconst antspeedthenit
s
motionissaidtobeauni for
m cir
cular
motion.Hence,themotionofthetipofthe
secondhandofaclocki
sanexampl
efor
unif
orm ci
rcul
armoti
on.
7.M0L0T(
-1)i
sanexampl
efor_
___
___
___
_
a)Angul
ardi
spl
acement
b)Angul
arv
eloci
ty
c)Fr
equency
d)Ti
meper
iod
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Ther at
eofchangeofangular
di
spl
acementi scall
edangularv
eloci
ty.I
tis
measuredinradianpersecondandit
s
di
mensionalformulaisM0L0T( -
1).
8.Aci
rcul
armot
ioni
sanaccel
erat
ed
moti
on.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: I
nauni form cir
cularmotion,
thedirecti
onoft hev el
oci
tyv ectorwhich
actsalongt hetangenttot hepat h,
remains
constant.Socircularmotioni san
accelerat
edmot i
on.
9.Inproj
ecti
lemoti
on,magnituderemains
constantbutthedi
rect
ionconti
nuousl
y
changes.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anation:I
nproject
il
emot i
on,both
magnitudeanddirecti
onofaccel er
ati
on
remainconstant,
whileinauni f
orm ci
rcul
ar
motionthemagni t
uderemai nsconstantbut
thedir
ectionconti
nuouslychanges.
adv
ert
isement

10.Cal
culat
etheangul
arspeedoffl
ywheel
making420revol
uti
onsperminut
e.
a)42300r
ad/
sec
b)1200r
ad/
sec
c)10/
4200r
ad/
sec
d)44r
ad/
sec
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:
v=420/
60r
evol
uti
on/second
ω=2πv=2×22/
7×420/
60=44r
ad/
sec.
11.Findt hemagni
tudeofthecentr
ipet
al
accelerati
onofaparti
cleontheti
pofaf an
blade,0.30metrei
ndiameter,r
otat
ionat
1200r ev/minut
e
a)40m/
s2
b)4737.
6m/
s2
c)245m/
s2
d)20m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
v=1200/
60=20r
ps
ω=2πv=2×π×20=40πr
ad/
sec
Magni
tudeofaccel
erat
ion=rω2=
0.
30×(
40π)2=4737.6m/ s2.
12.Pr
essur
eisav
ect
or.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Pressurei
salwaystakent obe
normaltothepl aneoftheareaonwhi chit
i
sacting.Ast hi
sdirect
ionisuni
que,itdoes
notneedanyspeci fi
cati
on.Sothepressure
i
snotav ector.
13.Whati
sthemi
nimum numberof
coplanarv
ect
orsofdif
fer
entmagni
tudes
whichcangiv
ezeroresul
tant
?
a)One
b)Two
c)Thr
ee
d)Four
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:I
fthreevect
orscanbe
represent
edbyt hethr
eesidesofatriangl
e
takeninthesameor der,
thenthei
rresult
ant
i
sazer ovect
or.
adv
ert
isement

14.Twoper
sonsar
epul
l
ingt
heendsofa
str
inginsuchawayt hatt hest r
ingis
str
etchedhor izontal
l
y .Whenawei ghtof
10kgi ssuspendedi nt hemi ddleoft he
str
ingt hestr
ingdoesnotr emainhor izont
al.
Cant hepersonsmakei thorizontalagainby
pull
ingi twi
thagr eaterforce?
a)Yes
b)No
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Thepersonscannotmakei t
hori
zont
alagainbypull
ingitwithagreater
for
cebecausetheverti
calweightcannotbe
bal
ancedbythehorizontal
force,however,
l
argethetwoforcesmaybe.
I
MPULSEANDMOMENTUM
1.Whenacr
icketbathit
sacri
cketbal
l,
i
mpulsei
sappli
edont he__
___
____
a)Bat
b)Bal
l
c)Batandbal
l
d)Noi
mpul
sei
sappl
ied
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on: Ti
mepassesasf or
ceis
appliedonanobj ect.Thebatappl i
esthe
for
ceont heballforashor tperi
odofti
me.
Bythi sway ,
wecansayi naccordanceto
theNewt on’sthir
dlawf orcescomei n
pair
s.So, theballal
soappl iesafor
ceon
t
hebat
,ther
efor
eithasani
mpul
seappl
i
ed
t
oit
.
adv
ert
isement

2.Moment
um i
sa_
___
__quant
it
y
a)Scal
ar
b)Vect
or
c)I
nfi
nit
e
d)Zer
o
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Momentum isavect
or
quantit
yasithasbothsizeanddir
ecti
on.
Sizeofthemoment um i
sequaltothe
massoft heobjecti
ntot
hesizeofthe
obj
ect
sveloci
ty.Thedi
rect
ionofobject
s
vel
oci
tyi
sthesameast hedirect
ionofthe
momentum.
3.Theequat
ionf
ori
mpul
sei
s__
___
__
a)F∆t
=m∆v
b)F∆t
=mu
c)F∆t
=mT
d)F∆t
=mRT
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Impulseisequalt
ot henet
for
cetimest helengthofti
meov erwhich
thefor
cei sappli
edont hebodyoft hef
lui
d.
Ontherighthandsi de,wehavethechange
i
nmoment um.Thus, opti
on‘a’
ist hemost
sui
tabl
eone.
4.Whati
stheSIuni
tofi
mpul
se?
a)N/
m
b)N/
m2
c)N.
s
d)Kg.
m
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:TheSIuni
tofimpulseis
Newt onsecond.I
tisgi
venbyt heli
near
moment um duetothevectorchange.Thi
s
producesanimpulseinthesamedi r
ecti
on
withrespecttoagiv
entime.
5.Whati
stheSIuni
tofmoment
um?
a)kgm/
s
b)kgm/
s2
c)kgm/
s3
d)kg.
m2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:TheSIunitofmoment um i
s
gi
v enbyt heproductoftheunit
sofmass
andv el
oci t
y.InSIuni
ts,(massisinkg)and
(veloci
tyisinm/ s)
.Asweknowt hat
moment um ismasst i
mesv el
ocit
y.The
unittur
nsoutt obekgm/ s.
adv
ert
isement

6.Changei
nmomentum ofanobj
ecti
s
equalt
othe__
___
__
a)I
nter
nalEner
gy
b)Ent
ropy
c)I
mpul
se
d)Ent
hal
py
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on: Themassi sdi stri
butedov er
twov el
ocit
ies.Accordingt ot heNewt on’s
secondlaw, thechangei nmoment um is
equaltothei mpulsesopr oduced.Si nce,
moment um i saquanti
t ythatdescr ibesan
object’
sresistancetostoppi ng.Iti
s
equatedwi t
hi tsi
mpulse.
7.Whati
stheuni
tofspeci
fi
cimpul
se?
a)m/
s
b)m2/
s
c)m3/
s
d)m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Speci
ficimpulseisequalto
theexhaustveloci
tyofthef l
uid.Si
nce,t
he
unitofexhaustvel
ocityism/ s,t
heunitof
specifi
cimpulseisalsothesame.I ti
s
usedt omeasuretheef f
icacyofrocket
propell
ants.
8.Whati
sthef
ormul
atof
indspeci
fi
c
i
mpulse?
a)Jsp=m/
v
b)Jsp=J/
m
c)Jsp=T/
m
d)Jsp=J/
q
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat
ion:Speci
ficimpul seisdefi
nedas
i
mpul seperweight.Itcanal sobedefined
asthrustperweightofaf l
owr at
e.Iti
s
equaltotheexhaustv el
ocitydivi
dedby
acceler
ati
onduet ogr avi
ty.(SIUnit
:m/ s)
9.Angul
armoment
um i
sa_
___
___quant
it
y
a)Scal
ar
b)Vect
or
c)I
nfi
nit
e
d)Fi
nit
e
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Explanati
on: Angularmoment um isa
vectorquant i
tyasi thasbothsizeand
dir
ection.Sizeoft hemoment um isequal
tothemassoft heobj ecti
ntothesizeof
theobject’
sv elocity.Thedirect
ionof
objectsvelocit
yi sthesameast he
dir
ectionoft hemoment um.
adv
ert
isement

10.Angularmoment
um i
spr
opor
ti
onalt
o
___
_____
__
a)I
ner
ti
aandangul
arspeed
b)Massandangul
arspeed
c)Angul
arspeedandv
olume
d)Rat
eofchangeofangul
arspeed
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:
Momentofi nert
iaisnotonl y
dependentont heamountofmat ter
.Italso
dependsupont heposit
ionofaxisof
rotat
ionandt heshapeoft hemat ter.
(Formula:L=Iω).Thus,i
ner t
iaandangul ar
speedpl ayanimportantrolein
determiningtheangularmoment um.
FORCE
1.For
cei
sapol
arv
ect
or.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Forcei
sapol arv
ector
becausei
thasapoi ntofappl
icat
ion.I
tisa
pushorapullthatt
endstochanget he
stat
eofrestorofunif
orm motionofa
body.
adv
ert
isement

2.Abodyi smovingal ongast r

aightpat
h.
Whatwillhappent othebodyi nthe
absenceofanext ernalfi
eld?
a)I
twi
llst
op
b)I
twillmovewi
tht
hesamespeedi
na
di
ff
erentpat
h
c)I
twi
llmov
ewi
tht
hesamespeedal
ong
t
hesamest
rai
ghtpat
h
d)Itwi
llmov
ewit
har
educedspeedal
ong
thesamepath
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanation:Gal
il
eostatedthatona
horizontalpl
aneanobjectshoul dmove
wit
haconst antvel
ocit
yi nastrai
ghtli
ne
path.Ther ef
oreabodymov i
ngal onga
str
ai ghtpathwil
lconti
nuetomov einthe
samedi r
ecti
onwi t
hthesamespeedev en
i
nt heabsenceofext ernalf
orces.
3.Apersonisstandinginabus.Whent
he
busst
artsmov i
ngf orwardsuddenl
y
___
___
_____
a)Theper
sonmov
esf
orwar
d
b)Theper
sonr
emai
nsst
ati
onar
y
c)Theper
soni
sunaf
fect
ed
d)Theper
sonmov
esbackwar
d
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Aper sonstandingi nabus
mov esbackwardwhent hebusmov es
forward.Whent hebusmov esf orward,the
l
owerpar tofhisbodybegi nst omov e
alongwi t
hthebuswhi l
et heupperpar tof
hisbodycontinuest or
emai natr estduet o
i
ner t
ia.Thati
swhyaper sonf all
s
backwar dwhent hebusst art
s.
4.Whenamovi
ngbussuddenl
yst
ops,
a
per
sonsi
tt
ing_
___
___
____
a)St
andsup
b)Fal
lsf
orwar
d
c)Fal
lsbackwar
d
d)I
sunaf
fect
ed
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Asthebusstops,thelower
partoftheperson’sbodycomest orest
alongwiththebuswhi l
etheupperpartof
hisbodycontinuestoremaini
nmot i
ondue
toinert
iaandtherefor
ethepersonfall
s
forward.
5.I
fabodyhasmor
emass,
ithadmor
e
i
nert
ia.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Massoft hebodyisthe
measureofit
sinert
ia.Ifabodyhasmore
mass,i
tismor edi
ffi
culttochangeit
s
stat
eofrestorofunif
or m moti
on.
adv
ert
isement

6.Whichoft
hef ol
lowi
ngi
sal
soknownas
thel
awofinert
ia?
a)Newt
on’
ssecondl
awofmot
ion
b)Newt
on’
sthi
rdl
awofmot
ion
c)Ar
ist
otel
ianl
awofmot
ion
d)Newt
on’
sfi
rstl
awofmot
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanation:AccordingtoNewt on’
sfirst
l
awofmot ion,ev
erybodycont i
nuesi nits
stateofr estorunif
or m motionunlessan
externalforceactsuponi t.Thisinabil
ityof
abodyt ochangei t
sst ateofrestorof
uniform mot i
onalongast r
aightpathis
call
edi nerti
aofabody .Hencet hefir
stlaw
ofmot ionisalsocalledal awofi nert
ia.
7.Whenweshakethebranchofatr
ee,i
ts
fr
uit
sanddr
yleavesfal
ldown.Thi
sisan
exampl
eof___
_____
___
a)I
ner
ti
aofmot
ion
b)I
ner
ti
aofr
est
c)I
ner
ti
aofdi
rect
ion
d)Newt
on’
sthi
rdl
awofmot
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:
Onshaki ng,t
hebr anchcomes
i
ntomot i
onwhi l
et hedryf
ruit
sandl eaves
tendtor emainatrest,i
nert
iaatr est
,and
sogetsepar ated.Thusthefall
ingofleaves
andf r
uitswhent hebranchisshakeni san
exampl eofinerti
aofrest.
8.Aballt
hrownupwardinamov i
ngt
rain
doesnotcomebackintothet
hrower
’s
hand.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Explanation:Thebal lacquiresthe
hori
zont alvelocityofthetrainand
maintainsi tduringit
supwar dand
downwar dmot ion.Inthisper i
odt hebal
l
coversthesamehor izontaldistanceasthe
tr
ain,soi tcomesbacki ntot hethrower’
s
hands.
9.Adogi
schasi
ngahareandthehare
runsi
nazi
gzagpat
h.Whathappens?
a)Thedi
gbecomesconf
used
b)Thedogcat
chest
hehar
eeasi
ly
c)Itbecomesdi
ff
icul
tfort
hedogt
ocat
ch
thehare
d)Thehar
edi
es
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Whentheharerunsina
zi
gzagpath,i
tbecomesdiff
icul
tforthe
dogtocatchthehar
e.Thisisbecausethe
doghasmor emassandhencehasmor e
i
nert
iaofdir
ecti
onthanthatofthehare.
adv
ert
isement

10.Thedr
iverofacarsuddenl
yseesa
broadwal
linfr
ontofhim.Whatheshoul
d
do?
a)Br
akeshar
ply
b)Tur
nshar
ply
c)Keepgoi
ng
d)Jumpoutoft
hecar
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:SupposeFBi st
hef
orce
requir
edinapplyi
ngbr akest
ost
opthe
truckindist
anced,then
FB×d=1/
2mv
2
SupposeFTi
sthefor
cerequi
redi
ntaki
ng
aturnofr
adi
usdthen,
FT=2FB
Clear
ly,
itisbet
tert
oappl
ybr
akest
hant
o
takeacircul
art
urn.
GRAVI
TY

1.I
nwhi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngway
sthe
accel
erat
edmot i
onofabodywi
l
loccur
underanext
ernalfor
ce?
a)Duet
ochangei
ndi
rect
ion
b)Duet
othei
nabi
l
ityt
ochangei
tsdi
rect
ion
c)Duet
othei
nabi
l
ityt
ochangei
tsspeed
d)Duet
oit
sabi
l
ityt
oremai
natr
est
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Whent heforceacts
perpendi
culartothedirecti
onofmot i
on,i
t
producescircul
armotion.Thusaccelerat
ed
mot i
onisalwaysduet oexternalf
orceand
i
tcanoccurduet ochangei nthedi
rect
ion.
adv
ert
isement
2.Int
ernalf
orceshav
enor
olet
opl
ayi
n
accel
erati
on.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:Thecauseofeveryaccelerat
ed
motioni
sanext ernal
for
ce.I
nter
nalforces
havenorol
et oplay.
3.Abul l
etofmass0. 04kgmov ingwitha
speedof90m/ senter
sawoodenbl ockand
i
sst oppedafteradistanceof60cm.What
i
st heaverageresist
iveforceexer
tedbythe
blockont hebull
et?
a)15N
b)54N
c)22.
50N
d)270N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:
m =0.
04kg,
u=90m/
s
v=0,
s=60cm =0.
60m
v
2-u2=2as
a=-
6750m/
s2
Ther
efor
e,r
etar
dat
ionf
orce=0.
04×6750=
270N.
4.Ascooter
istmovingwi thaspeedof
36km/hseesachi l
dst andingi
nthemiddl
e
ofther
oad.Heappl i
est hebrakesand
bri
ngsthescootert
or estin5sjusti
ntime
t
osav ethechil
d.Cal
cul
atetheaver
age
r
etardi
ngforceonthevehi
cle,
ifmassoft
he
v
ehicleandthedri
veri
s300kg.
a)270N
b)600N
c)150N
d)125N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
u=36km/
h=10m/
s,v=0,
t=
5s
a=(
v-u)
/t=(
0-10)
/5=-
2m/
s2
Ret
ardat
ion=2m/
s2
Av
erager
etar
dingf
orce=300×2=600N.
5.Whichofthef
oll
owi
ngi
sanexampl
efor
i
mpulsivef
orce?
a)Aper
soni
namov
ingbus
b)Ahor
sesuddenl
yst
oppi
ng
c)For
ceexer
tedbyabathi
tt
ingabal
l
d)Shar
peni
ngofkni
fe
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Alargeforceacti
ngf orashor
t
ti
metoproduceaf i
nit
echargein
momentum iscall
edani mpulsivefor
ce.
Thusaforceexertedbyabal l
hitt
ingabat
i
sanexampl eforani mpul
siveforce.
adv
ert
isement
6.Apersonisfal
li
ngfrom acert
ainhei
ght
.
Whichofthefoll
owingisl
ikel
ytohappen?
a)Ifhefal
l
soncementf
loor
,heget
smor
e
i
njuri
es
b)I
fhefall
sonaheapofsand,
her
ecei
ves
l
essinj
uri
es
c)Heget
sthesamei
njur
iesi
nbot
hthe
cases
d)Hei
sunaf
fect
ed
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:I
nbothcases,t
hei mpul
seis
thesame.Ont hecementedfloor,
the
personistoppedabr
uptly
.Sot hecement
ed
fl
oorexertsalar
geforceofreacti
on
causinghim sev
erei nj
uri
es.Whenhef all
s
onaheapofsand, thesandy i
eldsunderhis
weight.Thi
sdecreasest hefor
ceexertedby
thefl
ooront heperson.
7.Abat smanhi tsbackabal lst
rai
ghtinthe
di
recti
onoft hebowlerwithoutchangingi
ts
i
nit
ialspeedof12m/ s.Ift
hemassoft he
bal
l i
s0. 15kg,deter
minethei mpulse
i
mpar tedt otheball
.(Assumel i
nearmot i
on
ofthebal l
)
a)-
45Ns
b)-
3.6Ns
c)3.
78Ns
d)60Ns
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
m =0.
15Kg,
u=12m/
s,v=-
12m/s
I
mpul
se=m(
v-u)=0.
15(
-12-
12)=-
3.6Ns
Thenegati
vesigni
ndicatesthatt
he
di
recti
onoftheimpulseisfr
om the
batsmantothebowler.
8.Whilelaunchingar ocketofmass2×104
kg,aforceof5×105Ni sappliedf
or20s.
Calcul
atethev eloci
tyattai
nedbythe
rocket
satt heendof20s.
a)3.
6m/
s
b)300m/
s
c)120m/
s
d)500m/
s
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:
m =2×104kgF=5×105Nt=
20su=0v=?
I
mpul
seoff
orce=F×t=m(
v-u)
5×105×20=2×104(
v-0)
v=500m/
s.
9.Swimmingi
sanexampl
eofwhi
choft
he
fol
lowi
ng?
a)Newt
on’
sfi
rstl
awofmot
ion
b)Newt
on’
ssecondl
awofmot
ion
c)Newt
on’
sthi
rdl
awofmot
ion
d)Lawofi
ner
ti
a
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:c
Expl
anati
on:Whileswi
mming,aman
pusheswaterbackwar
dandintur
nheis
pushedfor
ward.Thusfort
hebackward
acti
onther
eisanequalandopposi
te
for
wardreacti
on.
adv
ert
isement

10.Si
ngl
efor
cecanexi
st.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Thefor
ceal
waysexi
stsin
pai
rs.Thetwofor
cesactsi
mul
taneousl
y.
Anyoneofthem maybecal
l
edt heacti
on
andtheotherwi
llbecal
l
edreacti
on.
EFFECTOFGRAVI
TY

1.Abodyofmass0. 25kgmovi
ngwitha
veloci
ty12m/sisstoppedbyappl
yi
nga
forceof0.6N.Cal
culatet
heti
metakento
stopthebody.
a)24s
b)5s
c)3s
d)7s
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
m =.
25kg,
u=12m/
s,v=0,
F
=-
0.6N
a=F/
m =0.
6/0.
25=-
24m/
s2
t=(
v-u)
/a=(
0-12)
/(-
24)=5s.
adv
ert
isement

2.Act
ionandreact
iont
akepl
aceont
he
samebodies.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat
ion:I
ftheacti
onandreacti
on
wereont hesamebody ,t
heresul
tantf
orce
wouldbezeroandt herecoul
dneverbe
acceler
atedmot i
on.Ther
efor
e,acti
onand
r
eact
ional
way
sactondi
ff
erentbodi
es.
3.Whichoft
hefol
lowi
ngi
sthepr
oper
tyof
Newton’
sthi
rdl
aw?
a)Abodymov i
ngwithaunif
orm speedina
str
aightl
inecannotchanget
hedirecti
onof
motionbyitsel
f
b)I
tisappl
icabl
eonl
ytoapoi
ntpar
ti
cle
c)I
tisal
ocalr
elat
ion
d)Theact
ionandr
eact
ioncannotcancel
eachot
her
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanat
ion:
Theforcesofactionand
reacti
oncannotcanceleachother
.Thisi
s
becauseofacti
onandr eacti
on,al
though
equalandopposi
te,al
waysactondi
ff
er ent
bodiesandsocannotbal
anceeachother.
4.Bookkeptonat
abl
eisanexampl
efor
___
____
____
a)I
ner
ti
a
b)Fi
rstl
awofmot
ion
c)Thi
rdl
awofmot
ion
d)Secondl
awofmot
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:Thebookexertsadownwar d
forceonthetableequaltoi
tsownwei ght
.
AccordingtoNewton’sthi
rdlaw,t
hetable
alsoexertsanequalandupwar df
orceon
thebook.Ast hebookisundertheact
ion
oftwoequalandopposi
tef
orces,
it
remai
nsinequil
ibr
ium.
5.Whi
chofthefol
lowi
ngi
scal
ledar
eal
l
awofmotion?
a)Secondl
aw
b)Fi
rstl
aw
c)Thi
rdl
aw
d)Lawofi
ner
ti
a
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Fi
rstlawiscontainedi
nt he
secondlaw:Intheabsenceofext ernal
for
ceabodyatr estwil
lremainatrestand
abodyi nmot i
onwi l
lconti
nuet omov e.
Thir
dl awiscontainedinthesecondlaw: I
n
theabsenceofext
ernalforce,t
herateof
changeofmoment um mustbezer o.This
i
st het
hirdlawofmot i
on.Asbot hf
irstand
secondlawareconfi
nedi nthesecondlaw,
i
tthereallawofmotion.
adv
ert
isement

6.Foramanst andi
nginsi
dealif
e,when
wil
lhisappar
entweightbeequaltor
eal
weigh?
a)Whentheli
feismovi
ngupwar
dswi
tha
uni
for
m accel
erati
on
b)Whenthel
if
tismov
ingdownwar
dswi
th
auni
for
mv el
ocit
y
c)Atr
estormov
ingwi
thuni
for
mvel
oci
ty
d)Fal
li
ngf
reel
y
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on: Whentheli
feisi
nr estor
mov ingwithauniformveloci
ty,t
he
accelerat
ion=0.Netf or
ceont hemani s
zero.Thereforeappar
entweightwillbe
equaltorealweightoftheman.
7.Conser
vati
onofl
inearmoment
um i
sa
combinat
ionof_
___
_ __
___
_
a)Newt
on’
ssecondl
awandt
hir
dlaw
b)Newt
on’
ssecondl
awandf
ir
stl
aw
c)Newt
on’
sfi
rstl
awandt
hir
dlaw
d)Newt
on’
ssecondl
awandi
mpul
sef
orce
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanation:Thesecondandt hi
rdlawof
motionl eadstooneoft hemostimpor tant
andf undament alpri
nciplesofphysics
cal
ledl awofconser vati
onofmoment um.
Whennoext ernalforceactsonabody ,the
tot
allinearmoment um isconserved.
8.Whil
efi
ri
ngabul
let
,thegunshoul
dbe
___
___
____
_
a)Hel
dawayf
rom t
heshoul
der
b)Hel
dti
ghtt
otheshoul
der
c)Hel
dst
rai
ght
d)Hel
dwi
thonehandst
ret
ched
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Whilef i
ri
ngabul let,thegun
shouldbehel dtightt otheshoul der.The
recoil
ingcanhur ttheshoul der.Ifthegun
i
shel dt i
ghtl
yagai nsttheshoul der,then
thebodyandt hegunt ogetherwi l
l
constitut
eonesy stem.Tot almass
becomesl ar
gerandt herecoilvelocity
becomessmal l.
9.Whenamanj umpsoutofaboatt
ot he
shore,
theboatsl
ight
lymov
esawayfrom
theshore.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
Ini
ti
all
y,t
het
otalmoment
um
oftheboatandt hemani szero.Ast
he
manj umpsf rom t
heboattotheshore,he
gai
nsamoment um i
ntheforwarddi
recti
on.
Toconser vemoment um,theboatal
so
gai
nsanequalmoment um intheopposit
e
di
rection.Sotheboatsli
ghtl
ymov es
backwar ds.
adv
ert
isement

10.Amanwei ghi
ng60kgr unsalongthe
rai
lswithav eloci
tyof18km/ handj umps
i
ntoacarofmass1qui ntalstandingon
therai
ls.Calculat
ethev el
ocit
ywi thwhich
thecarwillstartt
ravel
li
ngalongt herai
ls.
a)15m/
s
b)3.
3m/
s
c)1.
88m/
s
d)5m/
s
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
m1=60kg,
u1=18km/
h=
5m/s
m2=1qui
ntal=100kg,
u2=0,
v=?
Byconser
vat
ionofl
inearmoment
um,
(m1+m2)v=m1u1+m2u2
v=(
60×5)
/160=1.
88m/
s.
11.Fuelisconsumesatt herat
eof
100kg/sinar ocket
.Theexhaustgasesare
eject
edatspeedof4. 5×104m/s.Whatis
thethrustexperi
encedbytherocket
?
a)3.
19×106N
b)4.
5N
c)3.
19N
d)4.
5×106N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanat
ion:
dm/
dt=100kg/
s,u=
4.5×104m/s
Thr
ust,F=u*
(dm/
st)=4.
5×104×100=
4.
5×106N.
FRI
CTI
ONANDFORCES
1.Thecoef
fi
cientofkineti
cfr
icti
onisless
thant
hecoeff
icientofstat
icf
rict
ion.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Thev al
ueofki neti
cener gyi
s
dir
ectlyproport
ionaltothenor malreacti
on
betweent hetwosur f
aces.Thust he
coeffi
cientofki
neticfri
cti
oni slessthan
thecoef f
ici
entofstati
cfri
ction.
adv
ert
isement

2.Thecoef
fici
entofst
ati
cfr
ict
ioni
s
___
____
____
a)Lessthant
hecoef
fi
cientofki
net
ic
fr
ict
ion
b)Great
ert
hant
hecoef
fi
cientofl
imi
ti
ng
fr
ict
ion
c)Equalt
othecoef
fi
cientofki
net
ic
f
ri
cti
on
d)Equalt
othet
angentoft
heangl
eof
fr
ict
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on: Theanglewhicht heresul
tant
ofthelimit
ingf r
ict
ionandthenor mal
reacti
onwhi chmakest henor malreacti
on
i
scal l
edtheangl eoffri
cti
on.Butt he
tangentoftheangl eoffr
icti
oni sequalto
thecoeffi
cientofstati
cfri
ction.
3.Whichoft
hef
oll
owi
ngki
net
icf
ri
cti
oni
s
smal
ler?
a)Li
mit
ingf
ri
cti
on
b)St
ati
cfr
ict
ion
c)Rol
li
ngf
ri
cti
on
d)Sl
idi
ngf
ri
cti
on
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanation:Theforcewhichcomesi nt
o
playwhenabodyr oll
soverthesur f
aceof
anot herbodyiscalledrol
li
ngf r
icti
on.For
thesamemagni t
udeofanor malr eacti
on,
roll
ingfrict
ionisalwaysgreaterthanthe
sli
dingf r
icti
on.
4.Acubi calbl
ockrestsonani ncl
ined
planeofμ=1/ √3,determinetheangleof
i
nclinat
ionwhent heblockjustsli
desdown
theincl
inedplane?
a)40°
b)50°
c)30°
d)20°
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:Whenthebl
ockjustsl
ides
downt heincl
inedpl
ane,
theangleof
i
nclinat
ionisequalt
otheangl
eof
response.
t
anα=μ=1/
√3
α=30°
.
5.Amassof4kgr est
sonahorizontal
pl
ane.Theplaneisgr
adual
lyi
ncli
nedunti
l
atanangleθ=15°wit
hthehori
zontal,
the
massjustbeginst
osli
de.Whatisthe
coeffi
cientofstat
icf
ri
cti
onbet
weent
he
blockandt hesurf
ace?
a)0.
814
b)0.
27
c)1.
5
d)3.
5
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat
ion:
θ=15°i
stheangl
eof
response.
Coef
fi
cientoff
ri
cti
on,
μ=t
anθ=t
an15°=
0.
27.
adv
ert
isement
6.Ascooterweighs120kgf .Brakesare
appli
edsothatwheel sstoproll
ingand
star
tski
dding.Fi
ndt heforceoff r
ict
ioni
f
thecoef
fi
cientoffr
ictionis0.4.
a)60kgf
b)48kgf
c)25kgf
d)32kgf
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Wei
ghtoft
hescoot
er=120kg
f
μ=0.
4
f=μ×wei
ghtoft
hescoot
er=0.
4×120=
48kgf
.
7.Howi
sfr
ict
ionduet
oai
rreduced?
a)St
reaml
ini
ng
b)Lubr
icat
ion
c)Byusi
ngbal
lbear
ings
d)Bypol
ishi
ng
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Fri
cti
onduetoairi
s
consi
derabl
yreducedbyst
reamli
ningthe
shapepfthebodymov i
ngthr
oughair.For
example,j
etshaveastr
eamli
neshape.
8.Fr
ict
ioncanbei
ncr
easedby_
___
___
___
_
a)Usi
ngai
rcushi
on
b)Lubr
icant
s
c)Usi
ngsand
d)Usi
ngbal
lbear
ings
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat
ion:
Byt hrowingsandtheforceof
fri
cti
onbetweent hewheelsandthetrack
becomeseasier.Onr ainyday
s,wethrow
sandont hesli
pperyground.Thi
s
i
ncreasesthefri
ctionbetweenourfeetand
thegroundandr educesthechanceof
sli
pping.
9.Whenmovi
ngal
ongacur
vedpat
h,he
___
___
___
__
a)Leansi
nwar
ds
b)Leansout
war
ds
c)I
sst
il
l
d)Leanssi
deway
s
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: Whenacy cli
stgoesar ounda
curvedpat h,acentripetalforcei
sr equired.
Thef or
cebet weent het y
resandt her oad
i
ssmal ltopr ovi
det henecessar y
centri
petalforce.Thati swhyacy cli
st
goingaroundacur vel eansinwards
becauset hehor i
zont alcomponentoft he
normalreact i
onpr ovidest henecessar y
centri
petalforce.
adv
ert
isement
10.At r
ainhastonegoti
ateacurveof
radi
us400m.Byhowmuchshoul dthe
putt
errailberai
sedwit
hrespecttoinner
rai
lforspeedof48km/ h?Thedistance
betweent her
ail
sis1m.
a)0.
20m
b)0.
0454m
c)0.
45m
d)0.
020m
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
h=(
v2l
)/r
g
h=402/
32=0.
0454m.

1.Abodyi
nli
nearmot
ioncannev
erbei
n
equi
li
bri
um.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Abodyi nl
inearmotioncanbe
i
nequi l
ibr
ium provi
dedthatthevectorsum
oftwof orcesacti
ngupont hebodyiszero.
adv
ert
isement

2.Amanjumpi
ngoutofamov
ingt
rai
n
___
___
___
__
a)Landsont
hegr
ound
b)Fal
lswi
thhi
sheadf
orwar
d
c)Wi
llst
artr
oll
ingont
hegr
ound
d)Fal
lswi
tht
hisheadbackwar
d
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Asthemanj umpsoutofa
mov ingtrain,
hisfeetsuddenlycomet o
restont ouchingthegroundwhi l
ethe
upperpar tofhisbodycont i
nuestomov e
forward.Thati swhyhef all
swithhi
shead
forward.Inordertosav ehimself
,he
shouldr unsomedi stanceintheforwar
d
directi
on.
3.Astone,whenthrownonaglasswindow,
smashesthewindowpanetopieces,
buta
bul
letfr
om thegunpassest
hroughmaking
acleanhol
e.Why ?
a)Duet
othel
argesi
zeoft
hest
one
b)Dependsont
hemat
eri
aloft
hewi
ndow
c)Becauseoft
hef
orce
d)Becauseoft
hesmal
lspeedoft
hest
one
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl anat
ion:Becauseofthesmallspeed,
thest oneremainsincontactwit
hthe
wi ndowpanef oralongerper
iod.I
t
transfersit
smot iontothepaneandbreaks
i
ti ntopieces.Butthepart
icl
esof
wi ndowpaneneart heholeareunabl
eto
shar ethefastmot i
onofthebull
etandso
remai nundistur
bed.
4.Anast
ronauti
ssuddenl
ythr
ownoutof
hissmallspaceshipaccel
erat
ingin
i
nterst
ell
arspaceataconst antrat
eof
100/s2.Whatistheaccelerat
ionofthe
astr
onauttheinstantaft
erheisoutside
thespaceship?Assumingthereareno
nearbystar
s.
a)200m/
s2
b)100m/
s2
c)Zer
o
d)400m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anati
on:Themomentheget soutof
theshi
p,ther
eisnoexter
nalforceonhim.
Bythelawofmotion,
theaccelerat
ionof
t
heast
ronauti
szer
o.
5.Asoda-waterbot
tl
eisfall
ingf
reel
y.The
bubblesoft
hegasr i
sei
nt hewaterofthe
bott
le.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Thewat eri
nthefreelyfal
li
ng
bott
lei
sinthestateofweightl
essness.
Consequentl
y,t
hepressureinwaterdoes
noti
ncreasewithdepth.Noupthrustacts
onthebubblesandtheydonotr i
se.
adv
ert
isement
6.Abir
dissit
tingont
hefl
oorofawire
cageandthecageisi
nthehandofaboy.
Thebir
dstart
sf l
yi
ngi
nthecage.Theboy
wil
l__
____
_____
a)Al
soexper
iencet
hef
lyi
ngf
eel
b)Wi
llnotf
eelany
thi
ngdi
ff
erent
c)Feelthewei
ghtoft
hecagehasbecome
l
ighter
d)Feelnochangei
nwei
ghtoft
hecage
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:Theai ri
nsidet
hewirecageis
i
nf r
eecontactwiththeatmospher
icair
.
Whenthebirdstartsfl
yi
nginsi
dethecage,
thewei
ghtoft hebirdi
snomor e
experi
encedandthecagewi
llappear
l
ightert
hanbefor
e.
7.Whenamanj umpsdownf oraheightof
sever
alstor
eysintoast
ret
chedtar
paulin,
herecei
vesnoinjury
.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat i
on:Whent hemanj umps, t
he
tar
paul ingetsdepr essedattheplaceof
i
mpact .Thisincreasest heti
meofi mpact.
Asar esult
,thetarpaulinexert
sav ery
smal lforceont heman, andhereceivesno
i
njury.
8.Thefueli
nthev
ehi
clecanbesav
edby
___
____
____
a)Notusi
ngv
ehi
cleof
ten
b)Mi
xingwat
erwi
thf
uel
c)Cl
eani
ngt
hev
ehi
cle
d)Pr
oper
lyi
nfl
ati
ngt
het
yres
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanat
ion:Whent hetyresareproperl
y
i
nflated,
thear eaofcont actbetweenthe
tyr
eandt hegr oundi sreduced.Thi
s
reducesroll
ingf r
icti
on.Consequently,
the
automobilecov ersgreaterdist
anceforthe
samequant ityoff uelconsumed.
9.Whi
choft
hebr
akesar
eef
fect
iveona
bi
cycl
e?
a)Smal
lones
b)Bi
ggerones
c)Bot
hsmal
landbi
g
d)Nei
thersmal
lnorbi
g
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat i
on: Acti
onofbrakesi sbasedon
fri
ction.Butt hefri
cti
onisindependentof
thear eaofsur facesincontactsolongas
thenor malr eacti
onremainst hesame,
Hence, l
argersizebrakesandnor malsi
ze
brakeswi l
lbeequallyeff
ectiveift
he
mat erialofbrakesremainsunchanged.
adv
ert
isement
10.Iti
sdiff
icul
ttoputacycl
eintomoti
on
thantomaintai
nthemotionbecauseof
____
_ _
___
__
a)Li
mit
ingf
ri
cti
on
b)Ki
net
icf
ri
cti
on
c)Rol
li
ngf
ri
cti
on
d)St
ati
cfr
ict
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on: Toputacy cleintomotion,
oneneedst oov ercomel imit
ingfri
cti
on
whil
emai ntaini
ngi t
smot i
on,oneneedst o
over
comeki neti
cf r
icti
on.Limiti
ngfri
cti
on
i
sgreaterthanki neticfr
icti
on.Soitis
di
ff
icul
ttoputacycl
eint
omot
iont
hant
o
maint
aini
tsmoti
on.

1.Thereissomewaterinabeakerpl aced
onthepanofaspr i
ngbalance.Ifwedi p
ourfi
ngerinthi
swaterwithouttouching
thebott
om ofthebeaker_____
______
a)Ther
eadi
ngwi
l
lbet
hesame
b)Ther
eadi
ngwi
lli
ncr
ease
c)Ther
eadi
ngdr
opst
ozer
o
d)Thebeakerf
all
sdown
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:Thewaterexer
tsupthr
uston
thef
ingerandthef
ingerwil
lexer
tanequal
for
ceofreact
iononthewateri
nthe
downwarddir
ecti
on.Thust
hereadi
ngwi
l
l
i
ncrease.
adv
ert
isement

2.Whenaper sonwalksonaroughsurface,
thefr
ict
ionalf
orceexer
tedbythesurf
ace
onthepersonisopposit
etothedi
rect
ion
ofhi
smot ion.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Whenaper sonwal
ks,he
pushest
hegroundbackwardwi
thhisfoot
.
Thet endencyofthefootwhenitisinthe
contactoftheearthi
st omovebackwar d.
Hencet heforceoffr
icti
onact
si nthe
for
war ddirect
ion.
3.Fr
ict
ioni
sanon-
conser
vat
ivef
orce.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:Whent hedir
ect i
onofmot i
on
ofabodyr everses,t
hedirecti
onoff r
ict
ion
i
salsorev er
sed.Wor khast obedone
agai
nstbot hduringfor
war dandreturn
j
ourney.Sof r
icti
onisnon-conservati
ve
for
ce.
4.Ast oneti
edatt heendofast
ri
ngi
s
whir
ledi nacir
cle.Whenthest
ri
ngbr
eaks,
thestone__________
_
a)Fal
lsdownv
ert
ical
ly
b)Fl
iesupwar
ds
c)Takesanon-
uni
for
m pat
handf
all
sto
ground
d)Fl
iesawayt
angent
ial
ly
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanation:Theinstantaneousv el
oci
tyof
thestonemov ingroundt hecir
cleisal
ong
thetangentt othecircularpat
h.Whent he
str
ingbr eaks,thecent r
ipet
alforce
vanishes.Duet othei nert
iaofmot i
on,t
he
st
onef
li
esawayt
angent
ial
ly
.
adv
ert
isement

5.ABucketcont
aini
ngwateri
sgoingina
ver
ti
calci
rcl
e.Thewater_
____
___
__ _
a)Fal
lsdr
opbydr
op
b)Fal
lsal
latonce
c)Doesnotf
all
d)Onl
yupperhal
foft
hewat
eri
slost
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl anati
on:Fori
tsrevolut
ioninavert
ical
cycle, wateri
nthebucketneedscentri
petal
force.Thewei ghtofthewat erduet
o
whi chwat ercanfal
lisusedupi npr
ovidi
ng
t
henecessar
ycentr
ipet
alf
orceandt
he
wat
erdoesnotfal
l.
6.I
tiseasiertocat
chat enni
sbal
lthana
cri
cketballev
enwhenbot haremoving
wit
ht hesamev el
ocit
y.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation: Duetothesmal lmassof
tennisball,themoment um ofthet able
tennisismuchsmal l
erthanthatoft he
cri
cketbal lofsamev el
ocity
.Lessf orceis
requir
edt ost opthetabletennisballthan
thecricketbal l
.Henceitiseasytocat ch
thetablet ennisballt
hant hecri
cketbal l
.
7.Thespeedofdr
ivi
ngacarsaf
ely
dependson___
___
_____
a)Capaci
tyoft
hecar
b)Fueli
nthet
ank
c)I
nfl
ati
onoft
yre
d)Headl
ightr
ange
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanation:Thedr iv
erhast ost opthecar
beforeitreachest heobstacl e.The
ret
ardingf or
ceact ingont hecari s
constant.If,
onappl y
ingbrakes, the
ret
ardationint hecarisa, thent ostopt
he
carwithindistances, thespeedvoft he
carsshoul dbel esserthan√2as.Thust he
speedofthecardependsont
her
angeof
theheadl
ight
.
adv
ert
isement

8.Whati
sthemagnitudeofthenetfor
ce
act
ingaki
teski
lf
ull
yheldstati
onar
yinthe
ai
r?
a)Zer
o
b)I
nfi
nit
y
c)Const
ant
d)Cannotbepr
edi
cted
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Astheki
teisheldstati
onar
y,
thenetf
orceact
ingonitiszero.Thefor
ce
exer
tedbyt
heaironthekit
eisbal
ancedby
thet
ensi
onproducedint
hestri
ng.
9.Thedr i
verofat hreewheel erwitha
speedof36km/ hseesachi ldi nthemiddle
oftheroadandbr i
ngshi svehicletorestin
4sjustinti
met osav ethechild.Whatis
theaverageretardingforceont hev ehi
cle?
Themassoft hethr ee-
wheeleri s400kg
andthemassoft hedr iveri
s65kg.
a)116.
25N
b)2122N
c)1162.
5N
d)212.
2N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
u=36km/
h=10m/
s,v=0,
t=4s,
m =400+65kg=465kg
v
=u+at
;a=-
2.5m/
s2
Magnitudeoft
her
etar
dingf
orceont
he
vehi
cleis
F=ma=465×2.
5=1162.
5N.
I
NTERNALFORCES
1.The_____
___
____f
orcesareusedare
usedinthemethodofsect
ionsfort
he
cal
culat
ionoft
heinter
nalf
orces.
a)I
nter
nalr
otat
ional
b)Coupl
erot
ati
onal
c)Tr
ansl
ati
onal
d)Ext
ernal
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:d
Expl
anat i
on:Thecalculati
onsoft he
methodofsect i
onsinv ol
vet hemakingof
thefreediagr
amsandt henuseext ernal
for
cest odeter
minet heinternalfor
ces.
Designsoast owithstandt heloadswhi ch
aregoingtobeaddedt othebeams.Thus
theloadswhicharebei ngaddedext ernall
y
arebeingusedinthef reebodydi agr
ams.
adv
ert
isement

2.Ev
erypoi ntontheforcev
ectorwhichi
s
thei
nternalforceishavi
ngthesame
magnitudeandt hesamedirect
ionasthe
whol
ef orcev ect
orhave.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on: Thev ectorismadebyj oining
thefinalandt hestarti
ngpointofthe
i
nternalforce.Ifweconsi deranyarbitrary
pointthent helengthwoul dbecalculated
w.r.
tthest art
ingpoi nt,
whichmightgi ve
dif
ferentmagni tudebutsamedi recti
on.
Thust heansweri sf al
se.
3.Forgett
ingt
henor
malf
orceont
he
support
s,wedowhat?
a)Makethever
ti
calsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
b)Makethehor
izont
alsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
c)Makethemomentsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
d)Maketherot
ati
onalsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat i
on:Themakingoft hev er
tical
for
cesum zer omakesthenor malforceto
bedet ermined.Thismeanst hatthe
equil
ibrium equati
onswhenappl i
edatt he
suppor tgiveustheanswer.Hencet he
determi nati
onofthenormalf orceisdone
easil
ybyequat i
ngthevert
icalforcesum
equaltozer o.
4.Forgett
ingthehor
izont
alcomponentof
thesupportr
eacti
onswhatdowedo?
a)Makethever
ti
calsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
b)Makethehor
izont
alsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
c)Makethemomentsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
d)Maketherot
ati
onalsum oft
hef
orces
equalt
ozero
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Themaki ngofthehor izont
al
for
cesum zer omakest hehor i
zontalforce
tobedet er
mi ned.Thi
smeanst hatthe
equil
ibri
um equat i
onswhenappl iedatthe
supportgiveust heanswer.Hencet he
determinati
onoft hehori
zontalforceis
doneeasi
lybyequat
ingt
hehor
izont
al
for
cesum equalt
ozero.
5.Twi
sti
ngmomenti
sal
socal
ledas
___
___
____
a)Momentofl
ine
b)Momentofsect
ion
c)Momentofpl
ane
d)Tor
sionalmoment
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on: Thetwist
ingmomentis
appliedatthepointwherethecoupl
e
momenti sbei ngappli
edorismadebythe
externalf
orces.Thismakestheformat
ion
ofthet wi
stingmomental ongt
hebeam or
t
hetorsi
onalmoment.Thust
hename
t
wist
ingorthet
orsi
onalmoment.
adv
ert
isement

6.Theloadi
nggener
all
yactupont
he
___
____
_ _
__oft
hebody.
a)Cent
roi
d
b)Sy
mmet
ri
calcent
re
c)Rot
ati
onalcent
re
d)Chi
ralcent
re
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Theloadsgener
all
yare
appl
iedonthecentroi
dofthebody.The
momentoft hebodyisal
socalcul
ated
alongt hecentroi
daxis,
thustheforces
whichar eactingext
ernall
yarealways
actingupont hecentr
oidofthebody .
Grav i
tytooisactedupont hecent
roidof
thebody .
7.Theareaofdoesmaket hedif
ferencein
thei
nternalforces,t
hati
siftheareais
l
argetheinternalfor
ceacti
ngisalsolarge
andviceversa.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Thisisbecausetheinter
nal
for
cesarei ndependentofthearea.They
areappl
iedi r
respect
iveoftheareagivento
thebeams.Theyar edependentont he
exter
nalforces.Themoretheexternal
for
ces,themor earethei
nternalf
orce.
Thatisthemor eistheamountofthe
i
nternalfor
ces.
8.Themagnitudeofeachloadi
ngwi
llbe
___
_ _
___
___atvari
ouspointsal
ongt
heaxis
ofthememberoft hebeam.
a)Same
b)Di
ff
erent
c)Sl
ight
lydi
ff
erent
d)Sl
ight
lysame
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Themagni
tudeofeach
l
oadi ngwi l
lbediff
erentonthedifferent
pointsoft hebeams.Themet hodof
sectionisusedt odet er
minethesef or
ces.
Thesef orcesareusedsoast omaket he
beams.Thati sthedesi gni
ngoft hebeams,
themor ear etheforcesthanthestronger
mat eri
alisusedfort hemakingoft he
beams.
9.Tor
sionalmomentisappl
iedatt
he
___
___
_____par
tofthebeam.
a)Thecent
roi
d
b)Thel
eftend
c)Ther
ightend
d)Theaxi
sbey
ondt
hebodyoft
hebeam
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on: Thet or
sionalmomentassai d
i
smadet obedr awnatt hecent r
eoft he
beam.Asi tisgeneratedbyt hev ar
ious
externalforces,thusthecent r
oidisthe
mai npointoft heactionofthev ari
ous
for
ces.Thust hef or
ceswhi charemadet o
bef al
lenont hebodyi shav
ingi t
sef f
ect
overthecent roidofthebeam.
10.Normalforcei
sequalt
o
___
____
_____
_ _
_
a)Thenethor
izont
alf
orce
b)Thenetv
ert
icalf
orcewi
thanegat
ive
si
gn
c)Thenethor
izont
alf
orcewi
thanegat
ive
si
gn
d)Thenetv
ert
icalf
orce
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Thenor malf orceis
determinedbyequat i
ngt hev ert
icalfor
ces
equaltozer o.Thismakest hev ert
ical
for
cest ogoont heot hersideoft he
equation.Supposet heL. H.S.ishav i
ngthe
sum oft hev er
ti
calforcest hent heR.H.S.
i
shav ingt heterm normalf orce.Thatisthe
normalf orceisbeingequat edt othe
negativeoft hesum ofv erti
calforces.
adv
ert
isement

11.Ifthenormalf
orcecr
eat
esatensi
on
thentheforcei
ssaidtobe_
___
_____
___
a)Posi
ti
ve
b)Negat
ive
c)Rot
ati
onal
d)Col
li
near
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl anation:Ifthenormalf orcesar egiving
tensi ontot hebodyoft hebeam t henthe
forcesar esai dt obeposi t
ive.Thatisift he
normalf orceismaki ngt hetensiont o
dev elopint hebeam t henitisconsi dered
tobeposi t
ive.Thisisthebasi csign
conv ectiont hatisbeingusedt omaket he
calcul at
ionseasy .
12.Iftheshearfor
cecreat
esaclockwi
se
rot
ationthentheforcei
ssaidt
obe
___
__ ___
____
a)Posi
ti
ve
b)Negat
ive
c)Rot
ati
onal
d)Col
li
near
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat i
on:Iftheshearf orcesaregi v
ing
clockwiser otati
ontot hebodyoft hebeam
thent heforcesar esaidtobeposi tive.
Thati siftheshearfor ceismaki ngthe
beam t odev elopintheforcest hattendto
rotateitclockwisetheni tisconsideredto
beposi ti
ve.Thi si
sthebasi csign
conv ecti
ont hatisbeingusedt omaket he
calculati
onseasy .
13.Ifthebendi
ngofthebeam i
sconcave
upwar dst
henthebendi
ngmoment
developediscal
led_
____
____
_moment .
a)Posi
ti
ve
b)Negat
ive
c)Rot
ati
onal
d)Col
li
near
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Ift
hebendi ngmomenti s
givi
ngconcav ebendingupwar dtothe
bodyoft hebeam thenthemomentar e
saidtobeposi t
ive.Thatisi
fthebending
momenti smakingthebeam t odevel
opin
theforcesthattendtobendt hebeam
concaveupwar dtheni
tisconsi
deredtobe
posit
ive.Thisi
sthebasicsi
gnconv ect
ion
thati
sbei ngusedtomakethecalculat
ions
easy.
14.Inthediagram giv
enbel ow,
coordinat
esofDi s(1,-2,2),C(-2,0,0)and
Bar easshown.Thedar kregionisthe
cablesholdi
ngt heweightof600Nator igi
n.
FindthetensionintheADsect i
on.

a)900N
b)693N
c)646N
d)0N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat i
on:Ast
hesystem isin
equil
ibr
ium soweneedtobal ancethe
for
ces.Sowhenapplythecondi ti
onofnet
for
cet obezeroi
nthezdi r
ection,weget
(2/
3)FAD=600N.Thi sgiv
esusf or
cealong
ADbe900N.
15.Fi
ndt
het
ensi
oni
nthecabl
eAC.
a)23.
6N
b)55N
c)89N
d)-
29N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: Fi
rstrepr
esentt
heforcesin
thei
rv ectorfor
m.Thenequat et
henetsum
ofthef orcesinthex,yandzdir
ectionsto
bezer o.Youwi l
lgetFB=FCand2( .848)=
40N.Thi sgivestheansweras23.6N.
FORCEMEASUREMENTS
1.Whi
chofthef
oll
owi
ngdev
icecanbe
usedf
orf
orcemeasur
ement
?
a)Beams
b)Bel
lows
c)Capsul
e
d)Bour
dont
ube
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:Beamsareusedforfor
ce
measuri
ngappli
cat
ions,
allot
herdevices
l
ist
edareusedformeasuri
ngpressure.
adv
ert
isement

2.Loadcel
lsar
eusedf
ormeasur
ing
____
____
___
____
a)Lar
gewei
ght
sonl
y
b)Smal
lwei
ght
sonl
y
c)Wei
ght
smov
ingi
nhi
ghspeed
d)Sl
owl
ymov
ingwei
ght
s
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:Loadcel
lsareusedfor
measuri
ngweightsofslowlymovi
ng
bodi
essothatthei
rweightwil
lbe
uni
forml
ydistr
ibut
edoverloadcel
lsur
face.
3.Whi
choft
hefol
lowi
ngcanbemeasur
ed
usi
ngaRi
ng-
typel
oadcel
l?
a)Lar
gewei
ght
b)Smal
lwei
ght
c)Bot
hlar
geandsmal
lwei
ght
s
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:
Ri ngtypel
oadcellconsist
sof
aringl i
keanar rangementtowhichforcei
s
applied.Theyar eusedforappli
cati
onsin
whichmeasur ementofsmal lf
orcesare
required.
4.Whi
chofthefol
lowi
ngar
rangement
sar
e
usedi
nloadcel
ls?
a)Tensi
lest
rai
ngauges
b)Compr
essi
vest
rai
ngauges
c)Bothtensi
leandcompr
essi
vest
rai
n
gauges
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anati
on: Forceappli
edtoal oadcel
lis
measuredusi ngdeter
miningtensil
eand
compressiv
ecomponent sofstrai
n.Str
ain
gaugesareat tachedt
othesur f
aceofthe
l
oadcell.
5.Whichofthefol
lowi
ngrepresent
s
cor
rectrel
ati
onshi
pforst
raininri
ng-t
ype
l
oadcell?
a)(
1.08FR)
/(Ebt
2)
b)(
FR)
/(Ebt
2)
c)(
1.08R)
/(Ebt
2)
d)(
1.08F)
/(Ebt
2)
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on: (
1.08FR) / (
Ebt 2)r epresent
s
strai
nmeasur edusi ngr i
ng-typel oadcell
,
i
nwhi chFrepresentsf orceappl ied, R
representsradiusofr i
ng, Erepr esents
Young’ smodulusofmat erial
, br epresents
axialwidt
handtr epresentst hicknessof
ri
ng.
adv
ert
isement

6.Whichofthef
oll
owingconv
ersi
oni
s
cor
rectforl
oadcel
l?
a)For
cet
ost
rai
n
b)For
cet
odi
spl
acement
c)For
cet
ovol
tage
d)Bothfor
cetost
rai
nandf
orcet
o
di
splacement
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Commonl yloadcel
lmeasure
appliedfor
ceusi ngstrai
ngauges,buti
n
somecases, forceismeasur edby
detecti
ngdisplacement ,t
hatisafor
ceto
di
splacementconv er
sion.
7.Diaphr
agm el
ementcanal
sobeusedf
or
for
cemeasurement.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Diaphr
agm elementsactli
ke
fl
atspri
ngsincaseofforcemeasurement
andcanbeusedf ormeasuringbot
hf or
ce
andpressur
e.
8.Whichoft
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atementi
str
ue
forf
orce?
a)For
cei
sascal
arquant
it
y
b)For
cei
sav
ect
orquant
it
y
c)For
cei
sadi
mensi
onl
essquant
it
y
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Forcecanbedescr
ibedasa
vect
orquant
it
y,i
nwhichmeasurementof
magni
tudeanddi
rect
ionofappl
icat
ioni
s
i
mport
ant.
9.Whichoft
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atementi
str
ue
fordi
aphr
agms?
a)Usedf
ormeasur
ingsmal
lfor
ces
b)Usedf
ormeasur
ingl
argef
orces
c)Usedf
ormeasur
ingdy
nami
cfor
ces
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Diaphragm element
s,bei
nga
smallf
orcecapacit
yi susedformeasuri
ng
smallf
orcesonly.
adv
ert
isement
10.Loadcel
lsar
epr
imar
ytr
ansducer
s.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Primarytransducersare
whichconv ert
smeasur andi nt
o
mechani calquantit
ies.Loadcel lconv
ert
s
measur andi ntostr
ainordi spl
acement
whichar emechani calquant i
ti
esandhence
l
oadcel lsar epri
mar ytransducers.
FORCESENSORS

1.Whi
chist
hemostcommonl
oadcel
l
usedi
nthef
orcesensor
s?
a)Hy
draul
icl
oadcel
ls
b)St
rai
n-Gaugebasedl
oadcel
ls
c)Pneumat
icl
oadcel
ls
d)Capaci
ti
vel
oadcel
ls
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Str
ain-
Gaugebasedl oadcell
s
arethemostcommonl oadcel lusedinthe
for
cesensors.Itisatransducert hatis
usedforsensingtheforce, i
tconv ert
sthe
appl
iedforceintoel
ectricalsignalswhich
i
susedf orsensingtheamountofl oadthat
i
sapplied.
adv
ert
isement
2.Whati
sthest
andardcapaci
tyoft
ensi
on
l
oadcell
stomeasur
eload?
a)25,
000t
o100,
000l
bs
b)25,
00t
o10,
000l
bs
c)25,
000t
o100,
000Kg
d)25,
00t
o10,
000Kg
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Thest andardcapaci
tyof
tensioncell
st omeasur el
oadrangesfr
om
25,000to100, 000lbs.Tensi
oncell
s
calculat
etheappl i
edforcebasedupont he
tensionappli
edonbeamsorcabl es.
Thought hi
sr angecanbeexceededi nthe
custom ones.
3.Whi
chfor
cesensori
snotast
rai
ngauge
ty
pefor
cesensor
?
a)Loadpi
ns
b)Shearbeams
c)Tensi
onl
inks
d)ALCannul
arl
oadcel
l
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanat
ion:ALCannul arl
oadcellsensor
i
snotast raingaugetypeforcesensor.Iti
s
acapaciti
veloadcelloracapacit
ivebased
l
oadsensor .Otheral
ltheremaini
ngar e
str
essgauget ypeforcesensorswhichar e
usedt omeasuretensionorsheerforces.
4.Whi
cht
ransducerdoesnotr
equi
reany
ext
ernalpowersuppl
yforwor
king?
a)St
rai
ngauget
ransducer
b)Pi
ezoel
ect
ri
cCr
yst
als
c)Hy
draul
ict
ransducer
d)Pneumat
ict
ransducer
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanat i
on:Pi
ezoel ectr
icCryst alsdoes
notr equir
eanyext ernalpowersuppl yfor
wor king.Theygener ateav ol
tagewhenan
externalforceisappl i
edoni twhi chis
dir
ect lypropor
tionaltotheext ernalappli
ed
for
ce.Thesesensor sneedspeci al
i
ndicat orsformeasur ingthatv oltage
change.
5.RFI(Radiofr
equencyi
nter
ference)
,
moistureandtemperat
urecannotint
erf
ere
wit
hthesi gnal
ssentbythel
oadcel l
s.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl anation:RFI(Radiofrequency
i
nt erference),moistureandt emperature
cani nterferewiththesignalssentbyt he
l
oadcel ls.RFIactsasel ectr
icalnoiseto
thef orcet r
ansducer ’
ssignal.Moisturecan
wicki tselfthecablesandcancr eatea
differencei ncapacitancebet weenthe
signall i
nes.Temper atureaffectsthe
resistanceoft hecabl esandt huscan
cr
eat
eani
nter
fer
encei
ntheor
igi
nalsi
gnal
.
adv
ert
isement

6.Hi
ghercapaci
ti
veloadcell
scanensur
e
Windl
oadingandshockloading.
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat i
on:Highercapacit
iveloadcells
canensur eWindloadingandshock
l
oadi ng.Wi ndandshockwav escanaf fect
theact ualmeasur ementofweightorf orce
calculated.Usinghighercapacit
iveload
cell
swi lleli
minatetheverysmal lchanges
causedbyt
heseexter
nalf
act
orsandonl
y
giv
ethecor
rectonesi
ntheoutput
.
7.RFIi
selectr
icalnoi
set
oloadcel
ls.What
doesRFIstandfor?
a)Radi
oFr
equencyI
nter
face
b)Radi
oFr
equencyI
nter
fer
ence
c)Rel
ayFr
equencyI
nter
fer
ence
d)Rel
ayFr
equencyI
nter
face
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anation:RFIstandf orRadioFrequency
I
nter
ference.Radi ofrequencyinter
ference
i
salsocal l
edasEl ectromagnet i
c
i
nter
fer
ence( EMI).Iti
selectr
icalnoiseto
thel
oadcel lsignalsentfrom thesensor.
8.Whatcausest
hepr
obl
em of60-
her
tz
hum?
a)I
n-appr
opr
iat
evol
tagesuppl
y
b)Absenceofdi
git
alt
oanal
ogconv
ert
er
c)I
n-appr
opr
iat
ecur
rentsuppl
y
d)Absenceofanal
ogt
odi
git
alconv
ert
er
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anati
on: Absenceofanalogtodigit
al
conver
tercancausest heproblem of60-
hert
zhum.Thecont r
oll
ersisadvisedto
haveadigitaltoanal
ogconv er
terwhich
canbesy nchroni
sedwi t
hthe60Hz
fr
equencysi gnal
sinthepowersuppl yl
ines.
9.Whati
sthephenomenon(
pri
nci
ple)on
whi
chmagnet
oel
ast
icf
orcesensor
swor
k?
a)Vi
ll
arief
fect
b)Hal
lef
fect
c)Lenzl
aw
d)Mut
ualI
nduct
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Magnet oelast i
cf orcesensor s
workon“ Vil
larieff
ect”al soknownast he
magnet oelast i
ceffect.Itwasnamedaf t
er
anItali
anphy sici
stwhodi scov eredi
t.This
eff
ectst atest hatwhenaf er r
omagnet ic
materialissubj ectedtost resst henthere
i
schangei nt hemagnet icflux.Thiseffect
i
sknownast he“Vill
arieffect”.
adv
ert
isement

10.Whi
chi
sanexampl
eoff
orcesensor
?
a)MSP430G2ET
b)CMCP793V-
500
c)SLB700A/
06VA
d)L298N
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat
ion:SLB700A/ 06VAisanexampl e
offorcesensor.Itisastrai
ntransducer
thatconvert
sthest rai
ntoelectr
ical
signal
s.MSP430G2ETi sadev elopment
boardmanuf acturedbythe“TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS” ,CMCP793V- 500i sa
vel
oci
tysensorandL298Ni
samot
or
dri
ver
.
11.Whatisthevalueofforcemeasuredby
aforcesensorly
ingonapl anegroundifa
bl
ockofmass3kgi skeptoni tanda
normalupwardtensil
eforceof5Newt onis
appli
edontheblock?(Takeaccelerat
ion
duetogravi
ty=10m/s2)
a)15Newt
on
b)25Newt
on
c)30Newt
on
d)24Newt
on
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat
ion:
Giv
en:
Massofbl
ock=3kg
Nor
malupwar
dfor
ce=5Newt
on
Netf
orceduet
obl ock=Forceduet
omass
ofbl
ock-
Normalupwar dforce
Forceduetomassof
block=mass*
accel
erati
on(her
e
acceler
ati
onduetogravi
ty)
For
ceduet
omassofbl
ock=3*
10=>30N
Netf
orceduet
obl
ock=30N-
5N=>25N
12.Whatisthevalueofforcemeasuredby
aforcesensorly
ingonapl anegroundifa
bl
ockofmass2kgi skeptoni tanda
normalupwardtensil
eforceof4Newt onis
appli
edontheblock?(Takeaccelerat
ion
duetogravi
ty=10m/s2)
a)15Newt
on
b)20Newt
on
c)16Newt
on
d)24Newt
on
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
Giv
en:
Massofbl
ock=2kg
Nor
malupwar
dfor
ce=4Newt
on
Netf
orceduet
obl ock=Forceduet
omass
ofbl
ock-
Normalupwar dforce
Forceduetomassof
block=mass*
accel
erati
on(her
e
acceler
ati
onduetogravi
ty)
For
ceduet
omassofbl
ock=2*
10=>20N
Netf
orceduet
obl
ock=20N-
4N=>16N
13.Whati sthevalueofforce,
measur edby
af orcesensorpl
acedont hewall;i
far i
gid
blockofmass3kgi ssmashedagai nstthe
wal lwit
hanaccelerat
ionof5m/ s2?(Take
accel er
ati
onduetogravity
=10m/ s2)
a)15Newt
on
b)20Newt
on
c)16Newt
on
d)0Newt
on
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anat
ion:
Giv
en:
Massofbl
ock=3kg
Accel
erat
ionofbl
ock=5m/
s2
Forceexper
iencedby
sensor=mass*accel
erat
ion
For
ceexper
iencedbysensor
=3*
5=>15N
adv
ert
isement

14.Whatshouldbetheaccel
erati
onofa
ri
gidbodyofmass5kg; i
faforcesensor
measuresanormalcoll
isi
onimpactforce
of15N?(Ignor
eacceler
ati
onduet ogravi
ty)
a)5m/
s2
b)13m/
s2
c)6m/
s2
d)3m/
s2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:
Giv
en:
Massofbl
ock=5kg
For
cemeasur
edbyt
hef
orcesensor
=15N
Forceexperi
encedbysensor
=massof
body*accel
erat
ionofbody
Acceler
ati
onofbody
=For
ceexper
iencedby
sensor/
mass
Accel
erat
ionofbody
=15N/
5kg=>3m/
s2
I
NSTRUMENTATI
ONTRANSDUCERS

1.Whichofthefol
lowi
ngisnota
char
acter
ist
icofanidealt
ransducer
?
a)Hi
ghdy
nami
crange
b)Lowl
inear
it
y
c)Hi
ghr
epeat
abi
l
ity
d)Lownoi
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Anidealt
ransducershoul
d
showhi ghli
near
ity.Al
inearsyst
em should
produceexactoutputaccordi
ngtoinput.
adv
ert
isement

2.Atr
ansducerconver
ti
ngground
movementorveloci
tyt
ov ol
tagei
sknown
as___
____
______
___
a)Geophone
b)Pi
ckup
c)Hy
drophone
d)Sonart
ransponder
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Geophonei sadeviceusedto
convertgroundmov ementt ovolt
age,
whichisusedi nRemot egroundsensors
(RGS)andal soasar epl
acementf or
broadbandseismomet ers.
3.Whichofthef
oll
owi
ngr
epr
esentact
ive
tr
ansducer
?
a)St
rai
ngauge
b)Ther
mist
or
c)LVDT
d)Ther
mocoupl
e
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:d
Explanati
on:
Activetr
ansducersareself
-
generati
ngtype,
theydon’trequir
eexter
nal
powert oworkwhilepassi
vet r
ansducer
s
requir
eexter
nalpowert owork.
4.Whichtr
ansducerisknownas‘
sel
f-
gener
ati
ngtransducer’
?
a)Act
ivet
ransducer
b)Passi
vet
ransducer
c)Secondar
ytr
ansducer
d)Anal
ogt
ransducer
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Thenameself
-generat
ing
tr
ansduceri
sduetoit
spropertyofworki
ng
wi
thoutt
heuseofext
ernalpower
.
5.Whatist
herelati
onbetweenscale
fact
orandsensi
tiv
ityofatr
ansducer?
a)Scal
efact
ori
sdoubl
eofsensi
ti
vi
ty
b)Scal
efact
ori
sinv
erseofsensi
ti
vi
ty
c)Sensi
ti
vi
tyi
sinv
erseofscal
efact
or
d)Sensi
ti
vi
tyi
sequalt
oscal
efact
or
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Sensit
ivi
tyisanimportant
propertyoft
ransducer.Ever
yt r
ansducer
shouldbesuf f
ici
entl
ysensiti
vetoprovide
someout putthatcanbedet ect
ed.
adv
ert
isement
6.Whichofthef
oll
owi
ngi
sananal
og
tr
ansducer
?
a)Encoder
s
b)St
rai
ngauge
c)Di
git
alt
achomet
ers
d)Li
mitswi
tches
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Analogtransducer sconvert
physicalquantit
yt oanalogsi gnalswhil
e
di
gitaltransducersconv ertphysical
quantit
yt odigi
talsignals.Strai
ngaugei s
anexampl eofanAnal ogt ransducer.
7.Whati
sthepr
inci
pleofoper
ati
onof
LVDT?
a)Mut
uali
nduct
ance
b)Sel
f-
induct
ance
c)Per
manence
d)Rel
uct
ance
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anation:
Linearvari
ablediffer
ent
ial
tr
ansformer(LVDT)isat y
peof
tr
ansformerusedformeasur ing
di
splacement,andithasthesame
pri
ncipl
eofoperati
onoft ransformer
.
8.Whi
chofthef ol
lowingcanbemeasur
ed
usi
ngPiezo-
electr
ictr
ansducer
?
a)Vel
oci
ty
b)Di
spl
acement
c)For
ce
d)Sound
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanation:Pi
ezo-electri
ccrystal
s
producesanel ectr
icsi gnalwhenpr essure
applied.Examplesar equar t
z,Rochellesalt
.
Thati s,
itconvert
sf orceintoelect
ri
c
si
gnal s.
9.Capaci
ti
vet
ransduceri
susedf
or?
a)St
ati
cmeasur
ement
b)Dy
nami
cmeasur
ement
c)Tr
ansi
entmeasur
ement
d)Bot
hst
ati
canddy
nami
c
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Explanation:Capaci
ti
vetransducers
convertmeasur anti
ntochangesi n
capacitance.Changeincapacitanceis
causedbychangei ndiel
ectr
icorchangei
n
dist
ancebet weenplates.
adv
ert
isement

10.Whichofthefol
lowi
ngi
susedi
nphot
o
conducti
vecel
l?
a)Sel
eni
um
b)Quar
tz
c)Rochel
lesal
t
d)Li
thi
um sul
phat
e
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Photoconductiveact
ioni
sthe
propertyofr
eductionofresist
ancewhen
exposedt ol
ight
.Selenium shows
photoconducti
veaction.
HOOKE'
SLAW
1.Thelawwhichstat
esthatwit
hinel
asti
c
l
imitsstr
ainpr
oducedispropor
ti
onalt
o
thestr
essproduci
ngiti
sknownas
____
______
___
a)Ber
noul
li
’
slaw
b)Hooke’
slaw
c)St
ressl
aw
d)Poi
sson’
slaw
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Hooke’sl
awst atest
hatstrai
n
i
sdirectl
yproporti
onaltostrai
nproduced
bythestresswhenamat er
ialisl
oaded
wit
hintheelasti
cli
mi t
.
adv
ert
isement

2.Foranisotr
opic,
homogeneousand
el
asticmateri
alobeyi
ngHooke’
slaw,the
numberofindependentel
ast
icconst
ants
i
s_ __
_ _
____
___
a)2
b)3
c)9
d)1
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anati
on:
Thereare3constant
s
Young’
smodulus,Shearmodul
usandBul
k
modulus.
3.Whati
sthef
act
orofsaf
ety
?
a)Ther
ati
oofst
resst
ost
rai
n
b)Ther
aioofper
missi
blest
resst
othe
ul
ti
matestr
ess
c)Therati
oofult
imat
est
resst
othe
permi
ssibl
estr
ess
d)Ther
ati
oofl
ongi
tudi
nalst
rai
ntost
ress
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat
ion:Fact
orofsafet
yisther
ati
oof
ul
timatestresstotheper
missi
blest
ress.
4.Whati
sHooke’
slawf
ort
he1-
Dsy
stem?
a)Therel
ati
onbetweennor
malst
ressand
thecor
respondi
ngstr
ain
b)Therel
ati
onbetweenshearst
ressand
thecor
respondi
ngstr
ain
c)Therel
ati
onbetweenl
ater
alst
rai
nand
thecor
respondi
ngstr
ess
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion:Fort
he1-Dsyst
em, t
hestress
wil
lbeonl yi
nonedir
ecti
on.Later
alst
ress
i
sf oranareawhil
enormalstr
essisofa
l
engt
h.
adv
ert
isement

5.Limi
tofpropor
ti
onal
it
ydependsupon
____
___
____
_
a)Ar
eaofcr
oss-
sect
ion
b)Ty
peofl
oadi
ng
c)Ty
peofmat
eri
al
d)Al
loft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Theproport
ionali
tyli
mi ti
s
proporti
onaltothear
eaofcr oss-secti
on.
Themat eri
altypeandloadingtypewi l
l
havenoi nfl
uenceonthepropor t
ionali
ty
l
imi
t.
6.Thestressatwhi chextensionofa
materi
altakesplacemor equi ckl
yas
comparedt otheincreaseinloadiscal
led
___
______
_ _
_
a)El
ast
icpoi
nt
b)Pl
ast
icpoi
nt
c)Br
eaki
ngpoi
nt
d)Yi
eldi
ngpoi
nt
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanati
on:Ont hestressst
rai
ncurv
e,on
theelasti
cpointthestressofamateri
al
takesplacemor equickly.
7.Whi
choft
hesei
sanon-
hoookean
mat
eri
al?
a)St
eel
b)Rubber
c)Al
umi
nium
d)Copper
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Rubberisgeneral
lyregar
ded
asa“ non-hookean”materi
albecauseit
s
elasti
cit
yisstressdependentandsensit
ive
totemper at
ureandloadingrate.
adv
ert
isement

8.Whereint
hestr
ess-
str
aincur
ve,
the
hooke’
slawisv
ali
d?
a)St
rai
nhar
deni
ngr
egi
on
b)Necki
ngr
egi
on
c)El
ast
icr
ange
d)Val
idev
ery
wher
e
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:Thehooke’slawi t
sel
fstates
thatiti
svalidonlyuptotheelasti
crange
ofthemat eri
alI.
e.onl
ytot hatl
imitwhere
themat er
ialisbehavi
ngelasti
c.
9.Highestval
ueofstressf
orwhi
ch
Hooke’slawisappl
icablef
oragi
ven
materiali
scal
led__
_ ___
___
___
a)St
ressl
imi
t
b)St
rai
nli
mit
c)Pr
opor
ti
onall
i
mit
d)Si
gni
fi
cantl
imi
t
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on:Thehooke’
slawisval
idonly
whent hestressi
spropor
ti
onalt
othe
str
ain,thati
sonlyint
hepropor
ti
onali
ty
l
imit.
VI
SCOSI
TY

1.Accordi
ngt
oNewt on’
slawofvi
scosi
ty,
themaximum vel
oci
tyoffl
owisat
____
____
_ _
a)Topoft
het
ube
b)Bot
tom oft
het
ube
c)Mi
ddl
eoft
het
ube
d)I
tissameatal
lthepl
aces
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat
ion: Accordi
ngt oNewt on’sl
awof
vi
scosity
,t hemaxi mum v eloci
tyoffl
owis
atthemiddl eoft hetube.I tstat
esthatf
or
gi
venshearst ressacti
ngonaf lui
d
el
ement ,ther ateatwhi cht hefl
uid
deformsisi nversel
ypr opor ti
onaltot
he
vi
scosity
.
adv
ert
isement

2.Thefact
oronwhi
chv
iscosi
tydependsi
s
___
____
___
a)Ar
eaofcont
actoft
woadj
acentl
ayer
s
b)Vel
ocit
ydif
fer
encebet
weent
wo
adj
acentl
ayer
s
c)Thedi
stancebet
weent
woadj
acent
l
ayers
d)Al
loft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanation:Thefact or
sonwhi ch
viscosit
ydependsar e-Areaofcont actof
twoadj acentlay
er s,vel
ocit
ydiffer
ence
betweent woadj acentlayersandthe
distancebetweent woadjacentlayers.
3.Theviscosi
tyofafl
uidi
sinver
sel
y
propor
ti
onaltothe__
_____
___
a)Ar
eaofcont
actoft
woadj
acentl
ayer
s
b)Di
stancebet
weent
woadj
acentl
ayer
s
c)Vel
ocit
ydif
fer
encebet
weent
wo
adj
acentl
ayer
s
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanati
on:Thev i
scosit
yofafluidi
s
i
nver sel
ypropor
tionalt
ot hedi
stance
betweent woadjacentlayer
s.
4.TheNewton’
slawofvi
scosi
tyi
snot
appl
icabl
eto__
____
___
_
a)Tur
bul
entf
low
b)Lami
narf
low
c)St
reaml
inef
low
d)Al
loft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: TheNewt on’slawofv iscosi
ty
i
snotappl icabletoturbulentfl
ow.
AccordingtoNewt on’
slawofv i
scosity,f
or
agivenshearst ressactingonaf l
uid
el
ement ,ther at
eatwhi chthef l
uid
deformsisi nversel
ypropor t
ionaltothe
vi
scosity.
5.Whati
sthedi
mensi
onofv
iscosi
ty?
a)MLT2
b)M1L-
1T
c)ML-
1T-
1
d)ML-
2T1
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anati
on:Thedimensi
onofvi
scosi
tyi
s
ML-1T-
1.It
’suni
tism2/sorst
okes.
adv
ert
isement

6.Theabsol
uteki
nemat
icv
iscosi
tyi
sthe
rat
ioof__
____
____
a)Densi
tyt
oabsol
utev
iscosi
ty
b)Absol
utev
iscosi
tyt
odensi
ty
c)Ki
net
icener
gyt
oabsol
utev
iscosi
ty
d)Absol
utev
iscosi
tyt
oki
net
icener
gy
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Expl
anation:Theabsoluteki
nemat
ic
vi
scosit
yi stherat
ioofabsol
utevi
scosi
ty
todensi
tyf oranyfl
uid.
7.Onincreasingt
hetemper
atur
e,t
he
vi
scosit
yoft hefl
uid_
___
___
___
a)Decr
eases
b)I
ncr
eases
c)Remai
nsconst
ant
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Onincreasi
ngthe
temper
ature,
theviscosi
tyoft
hefl
uid
decr
eases.Thisi
sbecauseofthe
decr
easei
nint
er-
mol
ecul
arf
orces.
8.Howdoesvi
scosit
ygetsaf
fect
edon
i
ncreasi
ngt
hepressure?
a)Vi
scosi
tyi
ncr
eases
b)Vi
scosi
tydecr
eases
c)Viscosit
ydoesnotgetaf
fect
edbyt
he
pressure
d)Noneoft
hement
ioned
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Athighpressures,
the
viscosi
tyincr
easesconsiderabl
y.Zer
o
viscosi
tyisobservedonlyatveryl
ow
temperaturesinsuper
flui
ds.
9.Sel
ectt
hei
ncor
rectst
atementf
rom t
he
f
oll
owi
ngopt
ion.
a)Vi
scosi
tyhelpsi
nthesel
ect
ionofgood
l
ubri
cat
ingoil
b)Li
ghtoi
lshav
elowdensi
ti
esandeasy
fl
owabi
li
ty
c)Heavyoi
lsar
eusedonpar
tsmov
ing
wit
hhighspeed
d)Li
ghtoil
sdonoti
mposemuchdr
agon
hi
gh-speedpar
ts
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanat
ion:Heavyoil
sareusedonpar ts
mov ingwithsl
owspeedunderheav yloads.
Alltheotheropti
onsarecorr
ect.Vi
scosit
y
helpsintheselect
ionofgoodlubri
cat
ing
oi
l,l
ightoil
shavelowdensi
ti
esandeasy
fl
owabili
tyanddonotimposemuchdrag
onhigh-speedpar
ts.
adv
ert
isement

10.1poi
se=_
___
___
___
_
a)10Nsm-
2
b)100Nsm-
2
c)1/
100Nsm-
2
d)1/
10Nsm-
2
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Expl
anat
ion:1poi
se=1dy
nescm-
2=
1/10Nsm- 2.
VI
SCOSI
TY-
FLUI
DFLOW THEORY

1.Vi
scousfor
ceisoft
hesamechar
act
er
as___
____f
orcesi
nsoli
ds.
a)shear
b)i
mpact
c)gr
avi
tat
ional
d)el
ect
romagnet
ic
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: Vi
scousfor
cei st
heforce
betweenobj ectandthefl
uidmov i
ng,i
na
dir
ectiontoopposet hefl
uidfl
owpastthe
object.I
tissimil
artotheshearstr
ess
for
ceduponasol idandtheyari
sefrom
f
orceswhi
chexi
stbet
weent
hemol
ecul
es.
adv
ert
isement

2.Therat
iobet
weenshearst
ressand
shearr
ateinafl
uidi
scal
led___
____
___
a)bul
kmodul
us
b)v
iscosi
ty
c)speci
fi
cdensi
ty
d)y
oung’
smodul
us
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Explanation:Therat
iobetweenshear
stressandshearr at
einaf l
uidi
scall
ed
viscosit
y.Bulkmoduluscanbedef i
nedas
ther el
ati
v echangei
nvolumeoft heobj
ect
producedbyt ensilestr
essact i
ng
homogenousl yov erit
ssur f
ace.Specific
densit
yi stherati
oofdensi tyofthe
substancet odensityofagi venrefer
ence
material.Young’
smodul usisdefinedas
therati
ooft ensi
lest r
esstot ensil
estrai
n
ofagi venmat er
ial.
3.Vi
scosi
tyi
sbasedon_
___
___
__
a)l
awofconser
vat
ionofmassonl
y
b)l
awofconser
vat
ionofener
gyonl
y
c)Newt
on’
slaw
d)t
hir
dlawoft
her
mody
nami
csonl
y
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Expl
anat
ion:
Viscosi
tyi
sbasedon
Newton’
slawofviscosi
ty,whi
chst ates
thatt
heshearst
ressbetweenadjacent
fl
uidl
ayersi
sproport
ionaltot
hev eloci
ty
gradi
ent
sbetweenthetwol ay
ers.
4.Arethesestat
ementsaboutt
he
pseudoplast
icfl
uidst
rue?
Stat
ement1:Thevi
scosi
tyoft
hesefl
uids
decreasesast
heshearr
atedecr
eases.
Stat
ement2:Tomatopur
eei
sanexampl
e
ofpseudopl
ast
icf
lui
d.
a)Tr
ue,
Fal
se
b)Tr
ue,
True
c)Fal
se,
True
d)Fal
se,
Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:c
Explanat ion:Thev i
scosi t
yoft hesef lui
ds
decr easesast heshearr ateincreases.
Blood, tomat opureear et heexampl esof
thepseudopl ast
icfluids.Anot herexampl e
i
st hat ,suspensionoft hecor nst ar
chi n
wat erwi th1:1concent r ation.Thent his
cornst archbehav esl i
kewat erwhenno
forcei sapplied.Sti
llitissol i
difi
edasf orce
i
sappl i
ed.
5.Shearthi
nni
ngi
sal
socal
ledas
___
______
_
a)t
hixot
ropy
b)pseudopl
ast
ic
c)non-
newt
onf
lui
d
d)r
elat
iveshearst
ress
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:a
Explanation:Sheart hinningisalsocalled
asthixotr
opy .Iti
sanon- Newt onianfl
uid,
wher ethereisadecr easeinv iscosi
ty
underl owshearst rainandt hereisnoflow
atallunti
lay i
eldstressi sreachedafter
whicht heflowoccur sexcludingt i
me-
dependentef f
ects.Ket chupi sanexampl e
ofsheart hinning.
adv
ert
isement

6.Thevi
scosi
tyofgases_
___
___
___
__as
temper
atur
eincr
eases.
a)i
ncr
eases
b)decr
eases
c)r
emai
nssame
d)f
luct
uat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Asthetemper aturer i
ses,t
he
vi
scosityofgasesal soi ncreases.Thi sis
duet oincreaseinthef r
equencyoft he
i
ntermol ecularcol
li
sions.Ther elati
onshi
p
betweenv i
scosit
yandt emper atureis
vel
ocityisdirectl
ypropor ti
onalt othe
squarer ootofthetemper at ure.
7.Thevi
scosi
tyofl
iqui
d__
___
___
___
_as
temper
atur
eincr
eases.
a)i
ncr
eases
b)decr
eases
c)r
emai
nssame
d)f
luct
uat
ion
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:b
Expl
anat i
on:Theviscosit
yofli
qui
d
decreasesast emperatur
eincr
eases.As
temperatureri
ses,ther
eisanincreasei
n
theaveragespeedoft hemolecul
esi nt
he
l
iqui
dandt hecontactti
meinbetweenthe
moleculesisalsodecreased.
8.Whatar
eexampl
esoft
her
heopexy
fl
uids?
a)Gy
psum past
es,
pri
nteri
nks
b)Gy
psum past
es,
ket
chup
c)Pr
int
eri
nks,
ket
chup
d)Onl
yket
chup
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:Rheopexyi sanexcept i
onal
propertythatisseeni nsomeoft henon-
Newt onianfluids.Int
hesef luidsincrease
i
nt hev i
scositydependsont het i
me.When
afluidhasal ongershearf or ce,t
he
vi
scosityi salsohigher.Someoft he
exampl esareGy psum pastes, pr
interi
nks
andlubr i
cants.
9.Laminarf
lowandtur
bul
entf
low
dependson_ _
___
___
__
a)Rey
nol
dsnumber
b)Pr
andt
lnumber
c)Nussel
tnumber
d)Ar
chi
medesnumber
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: TheRey nol
dnumber( R)isa
dimensionlessquant i
tythati
susedto
determinewhet hertheflui
disfol
lowing
l
ami narfl
ow( R<2300),t
ransi
ti
onflow
(23004000) .
adv
ert
isement

10.Whatt
ypeoff
lui
disal
cohol
?
a)Thi
xot
ropy
b)Rheopexyf
lui
ds
c)Non-Newt
oni
anf
lui
d
d)Newt
oni
anf
lui
d
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:d
Explanation:Newt onianf l
uiddependson
theNewt on’slawofv iscosity.Thelaw
statesthatshearst ressbet weent he
neighboringflui
dl ayersisdi r
ectly
proporti
onaltov elocitygradientsbetween
thet wolayer
s.Al cohol ,
wat er,ai
raresome
oftheexampl esofNewt onianf l
uid.
VI
SCOUSFLOW
1.I
sthinvi
scousregi
onfor
msov
ert
he
ai
rf
oilatl
owangleofatt
ack?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation: Atl
owangl eofattack,athin
vi
scousr egionformsov ertheairf
oil
,and
growsf rom t heleadingedgetothetrail
i
ng.
Ont heuppersur face,whereadverse
pressuregr adientsexistst
heboundar y
l
ay ergrowsmor er apidl
y.
adv
ert
isement

2.I
souterfl
owov eranairf
oilhasl
ess
camberthantheori
ginalai
rfoi
l?
a)Fal
se
b)Tr
ue
Vi
ewAnswer
Answer
:b
Explanation:Theout erfl
owseesan
equivalentairfoilt
hathasl esscambert han
theor i
ginalairfoi
l,duetot he
dispropor t
ionategr owthoft heboundary
l
ay eront het wosideandt hathasanopen
trai
li
ngedge.Suchanai r
foilproducel
ess
l
iftthant heor i
ginalairf
oil
.
3.Isl
if
tisgener
atedduetol
argepressur
e
gradi
entsontheuppersi
deoftheair
foi
l?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl anati
on:Athi gherangles,verylar
ge
adv ersepressur egr adient
st hatdevelop
ont heuppersi deast heair
foilat
tempt sto
gener atemor el if
tcausest heboundar y
l
ay ert oseparat e,leadingtoamaj or
disruptionoft hef lowov ertheairf
oiland
thewi ngst al
ls.
4.I
slif
tlosswi
thi
ncr
easei
nangl
eof
att
ack?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Expl
anati
on:Thelossinlif
twhichdoesthe
i
ncreaseint
heangl eofattack,i
nmost
i
nstancesst
alloccursgraduall
y,wi
tha
slowupwardmot i
onofthesepar
ati
onof
theboundar
ylayerfr
om thet
rai
li
ngedget
o
theleadi
ngedge.
5.I
shighadv
ersepressur
egradi
entt
hat
occur
satasharpl
eadingedge?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on:Insomeai r
foil
swi t
hsmal l
l
eadingedger adiust hestal
lisrather
abrupt.Theflowi swel lbehavedatan
angleofattack, say5. 5degrees,butstal
ls
withflowsepar ationattheleadingedgeat
5.6degreesbecauseoft hehighadv er
se
pressuregradientt hatoccursatsuch
shar
pleadi
ngedge.
adv
ert
isement

6.Isboundar
ylayer,
thephenomenonof
stal
landthelocat
ionofsepar
ati
onpoi
nt
pl
ay sacri
ti
calrol
e?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanati
on: Thegrowthoft heboundar y
l
ayert hephenomenonofst allandthe
l
ocat i
onoft heseparati
onpoi ntthusplaya
cri
ti
calrole.Thiscourseattempt sto
developtheor i
esandmet hodsbywhi ch
t
hesequanti
ti
escanbecomputed,
given
t
hepressur
edist
ri
but
ionovert
heairf
oil
.
7.I
sdragcoeff
ici
entoftheai
rf
oili
s
aff
ect
edbyv i
scouseff
ect?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanat
ion: Someshapeshav elessdrag
thanothers.Thedr agcoefficientisseento
thefir
stdropwi thli
ft,t
henr i
se.These
phenomenacannotbeexpl ainedont he
basisofinviscidpotenti
alfl
owt heory
whichwillcauset heviscousef fect.
8.I
sint
erf
acebet
weent
hesol
idandf
lui
d,
shearst
ressesdev
elopast
hesoli
d
att
emptstoslowdownthefl
uidf
lowi
ng?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation: Theinter
facebetweent he
soli
dandf luid,shearstr
essesdevelopas
thesol i
dat tempt ’
stoslowdownt hef l
uid
fl
owi ngov erit.Thisshearstr
essgivesrise
toaski nfrictiondrag.I
tispropor
tionalto
thepr oductofaquant i
tycal
ledvi
scosity.
9.I
svi
scosi
tyef
fect
sthepi
tchi
ng
moments?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:c
Explanati
on: Viscosityalsoaf fectsthe
pitchi
ngmoment sofanai rfoi
l.The
pitchi
ngmomentcoef fi
cientofanai rfoil
aboutchor dpoi nt,potentialfl
owt heory
statesthatthiscoef fi
cientaboutt hi
spoi nt
i
szer o.Inreali
ty ,
anosedownpi tchi
ng
momentdev el
opsatahi ghangl eofat t
ack
ast heli
ftdistr
ibutedov ert henosepar tof
theairf
oildecreaseduet ov i
scousef fects.
adv
ert
isement

10.I
savi
scouseff
ectpl
ayamaj
orr
olei
n
fl
owsofi
nter
sect
?
a)Tr
ue
b)Fal
se
Vi
ewAnswer

Answer
:a
Explanation:
Vi scouseffectplayamaj or
rol
ei notherfl
ows, ofintersectsuchas
fl
owt hr
oughcompr essors,turbi
nesand
dif
fusersandi nnon-aer ospace
applicati
onsaswel l
.Inallthese
applicati
ons,theraisedbyt hedesigner
andt heengineerar eoft
ent hesame.

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