A. cannot be in stable equilibrium
B. cannot be in neutral equilibrium
C. cannot be in unstable equilibrium
D. can be in any of these states
Related Mcqs:
- A ball moving on a smooth horizontal table hits a rough vertical wall, the coefficient of restitution between ball and wall being 1/3. The ball rebounds at the same angle. The fraction of its kinetic energy lost is___________________?
A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 1/9
D. 8/9 - A ladder of weight ‘w’ rests against a smooth vertical wall, and rests on rough horizontal ground, the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground being 1/4. The maximum angle of inclination of the ladder to the vertical, if a man of weight ‘w’ is to walk to the top of it safely, is tan’1 x, where x is___________________?
A. 1/4
B. 1/3
C. 3
D. 4 - 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 - A stone is thrown up a slope of inclination 60° to the horizontal. At what angle to the slope must the stone be thrown so as to land as far as possible from the point of projection ?
A. 15°
B. 30°
C. 45°
D. 75° - A car goes round a curve of radius 100 m at 25 m/sec. The angle to the horizontal at which the road must be banked to prevent sideways friction on the car wheels is tan”1 x, where x is (Assume g = 10 m/sec2)_____________________?
A. 3/8
B. 1/2
C. 9/5
D. 5/8 - 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 body is lying on a plane whose inclination with the horizontal is less than the angle of friction, then___________________?
1) a force is required to move the body upwards
2) a force is required to move the body downward
3) the body will not be in equilibrium
The correct answer is?A. only (1)
B. only (2)
C. both (1) and (2)
D. both (1) and (3) - 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) - A disc of mass 4 kg, radius 0.5m and moment of inertia 3 kg-m2 rolls on a horizontal surface so that its center moves with speed 5 m/see. Kinetic energy of the disc is ___________________?
A. 50 J
B. 150 J
C. 200 J
D. 400 J