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Mechanical Engineering
SUBJECTWISE TEST
Subject: Engineering Mechanics
Time: 120 Minutes Maximum Marks: 40

Q. 1 – Q. 10 Carry ONE mark each

1. [NAT] 6. [MCQ]
A body of weight 240 N is kept on a horizontal rough For a particle moving in a straight line, the
surface. Coefficient of friction between the body and displacement – time graph is shown in the diagram.
the surface is 0.3. If a horizontal load of 46 N is applied The instantaneous velocity of the particle is negative at
on the body, then the friction force (in N) will be
______________. (Round off to two decimal places)

Displacement
2. [NAT] 2
A car starting from rest is uniformly accelerated at the 3
rate of 10 m/s2. The distance covered by the car in 4 4
1
seconds is _______ m.
Time
(Round off to two decimal places)
(a) 1 (b) 2
3. [MCQ] (c) 3 (d) 4
Two boxes of mass 5 kg and 10 kg are released from
rest from a frictionless inclined plane. When the boxes 7. [MCQ]
reach the bottom of the inclined plane, the ratio of their If the components of a particle’s velocity are 𝑉𝑥 = 32 𝑡
kinetic energies is m/s and 𝑉𝑦 = 8 m/s determine the equation of the path
(a) 1:2 (b) 1:4 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥). 𝑥 = 0 and 𝑦 = 0 when 𝑡 = 0.
(c) 1:1 (d) 1:8 x
(a) y = 4x (b) y =
2
4. [NAT] (c) y=2 x (d) y = x2
A wheel of 4 m diameter starts from rest and is
accelerated at the rate of 5 rad/s2. Find the velocity (in
m/s) of a point on its periphery after 8 seconds. 8. [MCQ]
(Round off to two decimal places) Body is dropped from a balloon which is going
upwards with a velocity 15ms-1 and is at a height of
5. [MCQ] 100 m. The final velocity when it reaches ground is
At the uppermost point of a projectile, the angle (Take g = 10 ms-2)
between the direction of velocity and acceleration is (a) 7√89 (b) 5√89
(a) 180° (b) 90°
(c) 6√89 (d) √2000
(c) 45° (d) 10°
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9. [MCQ] 10. [MCQ]

A known force R is to be replaced by two forces P & A truss ABCDE carries vertical load W each at joint B
Q parallel to it and at distances a & b from R. Force P and C. What is the magnitude of force in member BD?
will be equal to _______. A
R W

2m B
a b

P Q
C
E D W
(a) R/2 (b) R
1.5m 1.5m
Rb Ra
(c) (d) (a) 0.66 W
(a + b) (a + b)
(b) 0.75 W
(c) W
(d) None of these
Q. 11 – Q. 25 Carry TWO marks each

11. [NAT] 13. [MCQ]

Assuming all the pulleys to be massless and Number of zero force members in the truss for the
frictionless, the force P required to hold the block of
given loading as shown in the figure below are
500 N in equilibrium is ____ N. (Round off to two
decimal places) _____.

12. [NAT]
Two karts of weight 2 kg and 5 kg are connected by
a spring of stiffness 210 N/m. The spring is
compressed a by 500 mm and suddenly released with (a) 7 (b) 9
the system at rest. When the spring is unstretched, (c) 10 (d) 11
the absolute velocity of the 5 kg kart is _____ m/s.
Assume there is no friction. (Round off to two
decimal places)
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14. [NAT] 16. [MCQ]

Due to slipping, points A and B on the rim of the disk Two pulleys are arranged as shown in the figure. In
first case the mass m is lifted up by attaching a mass
of radius 2 m have the velocities as shown in the
2m to the other end of the rope. In second case, m is
figure. The magnitude of the velocity at the center C lifted up by pulling the other end of the rope with a
is_______ m /s. (Round off to two decimal places) constant downward force of 2mg. The ratio of
accelerations in two cases is

m m
2mg
15. [NAT] 2m
A uniform ladder of weight 100 N rests on the rough (a) 1:1 (b) 2:1
floor for which the coefficient of static friction is 0.4 (c) 1:3 (d) 1:4
and against the smooth wall at B. The magnitude of
minimum horizontal force P the man must exert on
17. [NAT]
the ladder in order to cause it to move is ____ N.
(Round off to two decimal places) The angular velocity of the disk is defined by
𝜔 = (5𝑡2 + 2) rad/s, where 𝑡 is in seconds. The
magnitude of the acceleration of point A on the disk
at t = 1 s is ____ m/s2. (Round off to two decimal
places)

18. [NAT]
A body falls from a height of 120 m. After 3 s of fall,
the gravity disappears. The time taken to reach the
ground in seconds is _________. (Take g =10 m/s2)
(Round off to two decimal places)
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19. [NAT] 21. [NAT]

Find the largest clockwise couple C (in N-m) that can A car travels up an inclined plane with the speed
be applied to cylinder A without causing motion. The shown in figure. The total distance the car travels
coefficient of static friction is 0.2 at all three contact until it stops is ____ m. (Round off to two decimal
surfaces. Assume g = 10 m/s2. (Round off to two places)
decimal places)

20. [NAT]
Assuming all the joints of the truss shown in figure 22. [NAT]
to be frictionless pin joints and neglecting the weight A block weighing 100 N is in contact with a level
of all the members, the magnitude of the force in the plane whose coefficient of static and kinetic friction
member CE is _____ kN. (Round off to two decimal are 0.5 and 0.3 respectively. The block is acted upon
places) by a horizontal force 𝑃 = 5𝑡2 N, where 𝑡 denotes the
time in seconds. The velocity of the block attained
after 3 seconds is _____m/s. Assume g = 10 m/s2.
(Round off to two decimal places)

23. [NAT]
The position of a particle moving along a straight line
is given by 𝑥 = 𝑡3 − 9𝑡2 + 15𝑡 + 18, where x is in
meters and t is in seconds. The acceleration of the
particle at t = 3 seconds is_____ m/s2. (Round off to
two decimal places)
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24. [NAT] 25. [MCQ]

A uniform slender rod of mass 10 kg is supported as A stone is dropped from the top of a building, which
shown in figure. Find the angular acceleration of rod is 125 m high above the ground. The velocity with
(in rad/s2) just after the cord is cut. (Assume g = 10 which it will hit the ground is ______ m/sec.
m/s2) (Round off to two decimal places) (Assume g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 10 (b) 50
(c) 60 (d) 80

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Answer Key

1. (46.00 to 46.00) 14. (2.30 to 2.70)

2. (80.00 to 80.00) 15. (4.80 to 5.20)
3. (a) 16. (c)
4. (80.00 to 80.00) 17 (39.70 to 40.30)
5. (b) 18. (5.30 to 5.70)
6. (c) 19. (44 to 46)
7. (c) 20. (12.20 to 12.90)
8. (b) 21. (150.00 to 150.00)
9. (c) 22. (0 to 0)
10. (d) 23. (0 to 0)
11. (62.20 to 62.80) 24. (16.30 to 17.00)
12. (1.50 to 2.00) 25. (b)
13. (c)

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