A. parabola
B. catenary
C. cycloid
D. ellipse
Related Mcqs:
- A rope is wrapped twice around a rough pole with a coefficient of friction ‘A . It is subjected to a force Fj at one end and a gradually increasing force F2 is applied at the other end till the rope just starts slip-ping. At this instant the ratio of F2 to Fi is_____________________?
A. 1
B. e2*
C. e4*
D. e*72 - A cable loaded with 10 kN/m of span is stretched between supports in the same horizontal line 100 m apart. If the central dip is 10 m, then the maximum and minimum pull in the cable respectively are____________________?
A. 1346.3 kN and 1500 kN
B. 1436.2 kN and 1250 kN
C. 1346.3 kN and 1250 kN
D. 1436.2 kN and 1500 kN - If a projectile is fired with an initial velocity of 10 m/sec at an angle of 60° to the horizontal, its horizontal and vertical velocity at the highest point of trajectory are___________________?
A. 0 and 5 m/sec
B. 5 m/sec and 0
C. 5 V3 m/sec and 0
D. 5 and 5V3 m/sec - A shell travelling with a horizontal velocity of 100 m/sec explodes and splits into two parts, one of mass 10 kg and the other of 15 kg. The 15 kg mass drops vertically downward with initial velocity of 100 m/sec and the 10 kg mass begins to travel at an angle to the horizontal of tan”1 x, where x is______________________?
A. 3/4
B. 4/5
C. 5/3
D. 3/5 - The force polygon representing a set of forces in equilibrium is a_____________________?
A. triangle
B. open polygon
C. closed polygon
D. parallelogram - The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of a projectile are equal to___________________?
A. 45°
B. tan-1 (2)
C. tan-‘ (4)
D. tan”1 (1/4) - The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of a projectile are equal to_____________________?
A. 36°
B. 45°
C. 56°
D. 76° - A uniform pyramid and a uniform prism of same height lie with their base on the surface. Which is more stable ?
A. pyramid
B. prism
C. both equally stable
D. none of the above - If the kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator of amplitude A are both equal to half the total energy, then the displacement is equal to_________________?
A. A
B. A/2
C. A/V2
D. AV2 - The number of funicular polygons which can be drawn to pass through two specified points in the space diagram are__________________?
A. zero
B. 1
C. 2
D. infinity