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Engineering :: Applied Mechanics


41.  A rope of weight 0.5 kg/m hangs from a drum for a height of 6 m. The work done in winding up the rope will be
A. 3 kg-m B. 6 kg-m
C. 9 kg-m D. 12 kg-m
E. 18 kg-m    

42.  A body weighing 500 kg falls 8 cm and strikes a 500 kg/cm spring. The deformation of the spring will be
A. 8 cm B. ?8 cm
C. 2 cm D. 20.5 cm
E. 4 cm    

43.  A cannon of weight 10 tonnes fires a shell of 50 kg with a muzzle velocity of 900 m/sec at an angle of 30?. The time taken for the shell to emerge from the barrel is 0.004 sec. The velocity of the cannon would be
A. 1.95 m/sec B. 3.9 m/sec
C. 5.85 m/sec D. 7.8 m/sec
E. 8.95 m/sec    

44.  In above problem the resultant reaction between the cannon and the ground would be
A. 50 tonnes B. 145 tonnes
C. 286.5 tonnes D. 573 tonnes
E. 1146 tonnes    

45.  A jet of water of cross-sectional area 20 sq. cm impinges on a plate at an angle of 60? with a velocity of 10 m/sec. Neglecting the friction between the jet and plate (density of water 1000/9.81 kgm-1 sec2 per cubic meter), the force exerted by the jet on the plate would be in the range
A. 5 - 10 kg B. 10 - 15 kg
C. 15 - 20 kg D. 20 - 25 kg
E. 25 - 30 kg    

46.  A body of weight W is resting at a plane inclined at 30? to the horizontal. It is attached to a string making an angle of 60? with horizontal. If the angle of friction be 30? the tension in the string would be
A. Zero B. W
C. W/2 D. 2W
E. None of the above    

47.  The moving parts of a machine which weigh 1 tonne perform vertical simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 2.5 cm and a period of 0.5 sec. The base of the machine weighs 3 tonnes and rests on the ground. Maximum reactions on the ground would be
A. 2.4 tonnes B. 3.6 tonnes
C. 4.0 tonnes D. 4.4 tonnes
E. 4.8 tonnes    

48.  The locus of instantaneous centre of a moving rigid body
A. Involute B. Cycloid
C. Epicycloid D. Centrode
E. Straight line    

49.  A man weighing 60 kg jumps on a vehicle of weight 240 kg moving with a velocity of 36 km/hours. The velocity of the vehicle after the man has jumped would be
A. Less than 3.6 km/hour B. 3.6 km/hour
C. More than 3.6 km/hour D. 4.5 km/hour
E. None of the above    

50.  The statement that the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of a particle in the earth's gravitational field is constant is known as
A. Newton's law B. Law of gravitation
C. Law of nature D. Principle of conservation of momentum
E. Principle of conservation of mechanical energy    




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