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Applied Mechanics | Set 4

1. The weight of an object will be maximum when it is placed at

Correct : D. Centre of earth

2. A grinding wheel rotates at 3000 rpm. When power supply is cut off the wheel stops in 5 sec. The number of revolutions made by the wheel before coming to rest would be

Correct : C. 250

3. A solid spherical ball rolls on a table. The momen' of inertia of the ball is given by 3/5 x mass x radius2. The ratio of translational and rotational kinetic energies for ball will be

Correct : C. 5?3

4. A particle inside a hollow sphere of internal radius r with coefficient of friction 1/?3 can rest upto height of

Correct : D. 0.134 r

5. A particle starts from rest and moves in a straight line whose equation of motion is given by S = 2t3 - t2 - 1. The acceleration of the particle after one sec will be

Correct : D. 10 m/sec2

6. An electric motor drives a windless which hauls up a crate A of weight W = 500 kg up an inclined plane through a height of 10 m in 2 minutes. The torque acting on the windless is 25 kgm and the drum of the windless makes 30 rpm. The efficiency of the inclined plane would be

Correct : D. 53.05%

7. A screw jack has 4 threads per inch. The mean radius of the thread is 2.338 inches. The mean diameter of the bearing surface under the cap is 3.25 inches. What is the turning moment required to raise the bload of 150 kg

Correct : B. 50.6 kg-inch

8. The length of Seconds Pendulum is

Correct : C. 994 mm

9. The law of conservation of mechanical energy is valid

Correct : C. Only if the total work done by the particle in moving around in a closed trajectory is zero

10. In above case the maximum height attained by the ball would be

Correct : B. 490 cm

11. The units of moment of inertia are

Correct : C. kg/m2