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CHAPTER – 2 (2ND HALF) 1ST YEAR

TOPICS OF THE DAY
• Torque
• Equilibrium (conditions + states)
• Couple
Q. 1 If a body is at rest or rotating with uniform angular velocity. The torque will be
(a) Zero (b) Maximum
(c) Minimum (d) None of these
Q. 2 A force ‘F’ is applied at a distance ‘d’ from a pivot. The force acts at an angle ‘θ’ to
a line perpendicular to the beam. Which combination will cause the largest turning
effect about the pivot?
F d θ
(a) Large Large Large
(b) Large Large Small
(c) Small Small Large
(d) Small Large Small
Q. 3 A body applies a force of 5 N on the door. Whereas handle of door is 1 m away from the
pivot. If point application of force and point of rotation is same, torque acting on door is
(a) 5 Nm (b) 0.5 Nm
(c) Zero (d) 1 Nm
Q. 4 At which angle torque will be half of the maximum value of torque
(a) 0° (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 60°
Q. 5 If a force of 2N acting through a moment arm of 2 m produces a torque of
6 Nm, what is the angle between r and F .
(a) 0° (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 60°
Q. 6 When direction of both r and F are reversed then
(a) Torque does not change (b) Torque change
(c) Magnitude of torque changes (d) Direction of torque change
Q. 7 Torque acting on pendulum making angle  with horizontal line represented by
(a) mg L sin (b) mg L cos
(c) mg L tan (d) mg L
Q. 8 Torque acting on a body determines
(a) Momentum (b) Linear acceleration
(c) Angular acceleration (d) Impulse
Q. 9 Torque has maximum value if angle between r and F is
(a) 30° (b) 90°
(c) 45° (d) 60°
Q. 10 Dimension of torque is
(a) [ML2T–1] (b) [ML+2T–2]
–1 2
(c) [ML T ] (d) [ML–2T–2]
Q. 11 If Li =4 Js and Lf = 6 Js in 2sec then the torque will be?
(a) 0 N m (b) 1 N m
(c) 2 N m (d) 8 N m
Q. 12 Find the torque of F = −3i + j + 5k acting at a point r = 7iˆ + 3 ˆj + kˆ :
ˆ ˆ ˆ
(a) 14iˆ − 38 ˆj + 16kˆ (b) 4iˆ + 4 ˆj + 6kˆ
(c) −14iˆ + 38 ˆj − 16kˆ (d) −21iˆ + 3 ˆj + 5kˆ
Q. 13 If a body is at rest or moving with uniform velocity, then it is said to be in
(a) Momentum (b) Moment arm
(c) Torque (d) Equilibrium
Q. 14 The minimum number of unequal forces in a plane that can keep a particle in
equilibrium is
(a) Two (b) Three
(c) Four (d) Five
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Q. 15 Conventionally, clockwise torque is taken as
(a) Zero (b) Negative (c) Positive (d) None of these
Q. 16 For a body to be in complete equilibrium, which condition must be fulfilled?
(a) F = 0 (b)  = 0
(c) F  0 and  = 0 (d) F = 0 and  = 0
Q. 17 Three coplanar forces acting on a body keep it in equilibrium. They should therefore be
(a) Concurrent (b) Non concurrent
(c) Parallel (d) Non parallel
Q. 18 A bird of weight 5 N sits at the mid-point of a clothes line. The line is so distorted that
it makes 30o angles with the horizontal at each end as shown in
Fig. The tension in the clothesline is

(a) 5 N (b) 5 cos 30 N

(c) 5 sin 30 N (d) 5.98 N
Q. 19 What is the net torque acting on the wheel of radius 2m?

(a) 10 N m Anti clockwise (b) 20 N m, clockwise

(c) 10 N m, clockwise (d) 5 N m clockwise
Q. 20 A 20 g mass is suspended from a meter rod at 15 cm mark. The meter rod is balanced on
the 40 cm mark on a horizontal wedge. Find the weight of the meter rod.
(a) 50 N (b) 0.5 N
(c) 5 N (d) 0.05 N
Q. 21 A uniform beam of 1m is supported at the 50cm mark. Given that a weight of 2N
hangs at the 30cm mark, how far away from the pivot must another weight of 4N be
hung to balance the beam?

(a) 10cm (b) 15cm

(c) 20cm (d) 40cm
Q. 22 Three identical uniform rods are each acted upon by two or more forces, all
perpendicular to the rods and all equal in magnitude. Which of the rods could be in
static equilibrium if an additional force is applied at the center of mass of the rod?

(a) Only 2 (b) Only 1 (c) Only 3 (d) Only 1 and 2

Q. 23 For neutral equilibrium, when a body is disturbed then
(a) Its C.G rises (b) Its C.G falls
(c) Its C.G remains unchanged (d) Can’t be predicted
Q. 24 What is the net torque about an axis through pivot?

(a) 100 N m (b) 30 N m

(c) 200 N m (d) 15 N m
Q. 25 Find out the couple in the rod if length of rod is 10 cm.

(a) 200 Nm (b) 20 Nm (c) 0.2 Nm (d) 2 Nm

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