GATE 21 ME Study Plan 
 
Basic Information
Subjects Covered Engineering Mechanics
Resources Used Vidyalankar Study Material and Video Lectures
Total GATE Weightage of Subjects Included 3
Prescribed Start and End Dates of Plan 10/04/2020 to 13/04/2020

Once students have completed studying the subjects listed and solving the assignments, a review cum
doubt solving session will be conducted & Date will be informed later. Please note that in this session,
the faculty’s focus will only be on solving questions from the assignment below, other important
questions and clearing students' doubts.

Details of how you can login to the session will be sent later.

Day Wise Study Plan

Notes
Videos to
Date Day Subject Chapters to Study Module
Watch
No.
1) Free Body Diagrams
Engineering
10th Apr Fri & Equilibrium
Mechanics Please read
2) Trusses & Frames Please watch
the Topics
Engineering 3) Virtual Works the videos as
11th Apr Sat and solve the
Mechanics  per the
Assignments
4) Kinematics & sequence
1 as per the
Engineering Dynamics of Particles, mentioned in
12th Apr Sun given
Mechanics  Rigid Bodies in Plane the 'Chapters
sequence.
Motion to Study'
5) Impulse, Momentum, column.
Engineering
13th Apr Mon Collisions and Energy
Mechanics 
Formulations

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Engineering Mechanics Assignment

1. A solid disc of radius r rolls without slipping on a horizontal floor with angular velocity  and
angular acceleration . The magnitude of the acceleration of the point of contact on the disc is
(A) zero (B) r (C) (r) 2  r2 (D) r2

2. A 10 kg rectangular steel block is placed over a smooth cast iron surface. The coefficient of friction
between steel and cast iron is 0.4. Acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2. If a force of 20 N is applied
to the block parallel to the surface, the the frictional resistance (in N) offered by the surface to the
block is
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 20 (D) 40

3. A 100 kg flywheel having a radius of gyration of 1m is rotating at 1000 rpm. Angular momentum
(approximate) of the flywheel about its axis of rotation in kgm2/s is

4. A body is lying on a plane with its angle of inclination  more than the angle of friction. By the
application of a force P parallel to the plane it is prevented from slipping down. If  = tan , m is
mass of the body, then what is minimum value of P?
(A) mg sin  (B) mg sin  -  cos 
(C) mg sin  +  cos  (D)  mg cos 

5. Two unlike parallel forces of 10 kN and 5 kN are 45 cm apart. If the direction of 5 kN force is
reversed, then the resultant shifts through what distance
(A) 90 cm (B) 60 cm (C) 45 cm (D) 30 cm

6. Three connected railways coaches A, B and C of masses mA, mB and mC, respectively are being
pulled by a locomotive with force F over a horizontal track. The coaches may be assumed to move on
frictionless wheels with negligible air resistance. The tension in the connector between coaches A and
B is

(A) F
(B) FmA / (mA + mB + mC)
(C) FmB / (mA + mB + mC)
(D) F(mB + mC) / (mA + mB + mC)

7. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 10 m/s from a height of 40 m from the ground.
If the air resistance is neglected and g = 9.8 m/s2, the time taken by the ball to reach the ground is
(A) 2.01 s (B) 2.52 s (C) 2.86 s (D) 4.05 s

8. A horizontal rod AB carries three loads of 3.0 kg, 7.0 kg and 10 kg at distance of 2.0 cm, 9 cm and
15 cm respectively from A, where A is hinged. Neglecting the weight of the rod which is the point at
which the rod will balanced?
(A) 10.95 cm from A (B) 11.95 cm from A
(C) 12.55 cm from A (D) 13.25 cm from A

9. A projectile is fired with a velocity V = 3 2 m/s from a point at height H = 0.8 m at an angle of 45
with respect to the horizontal direction as shown in the Figure. Find the horizontal distance S in
meters travelled by the projectile when it hits the ground. Take acceleration due to gravity as 10 m/s2
____________.

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10. An ejector mechanism consists of a helical compression spring having a spring constant of
K = 981  103 N/m. It is pre-compressed by 100 mm from its free state. If it is used to eject a mass of
100 kg held on it, the mass will move up through a distance of

(A) 100 mm (B) 5000 mm (C) 581 mm (D) 1000 mm

11. A bullet of mass m having a horizontal velocity of 500 m/s hits a stationary block of mass 6.15 kg.
The block breaks into two parts viz. Q(mass of 3 kg) and R(mass of 3.15 kg), with the bullet
embedded in R. The parts Q and R travel in the direction of initial velocity of the bullet. if the
velocity of Q is 3 m/s and the velocity of R is 5 m/s, the mass of the bullet m is
(A) 5 kg (B) 0.5 kg (C) 0.05 kg (D) 0.005 kg

12. A swimmer of mass m is at rest in canoe of mass 3 m which is also at rest, with one end 2 metres
from the dock. The swimmer stands up and walks to the opposite end of the canoe and sits at rest in
that end. Assume water is frictionless. The distance of the swimmer from the dock is now

(A) 1 m (B) 2 m (C) 3 m (D) 3.5 m

13. A 5 kg block is thrown at an angle of 60 onto a stationary 25 kg cart that can roll freely on
frictionless wheels along the horizontal floor. Assuming the block does not bounce and comes to rest
on the cart after sliding 1.5 metres, the horizontal velocity of the cart and block is then

14. What is the moment (approximate) of the force acting on a railway sign post shown in the figure.

(A) 1135 Nm (B) 1205 Nm (C) 915 Nm (D) 1300 Nm

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15. A block of mass 5 kg moves up on a smooth inclined plane with a velocity of 10 m/s in the direction
shown. A bullet of mass 60 g travelling at 500 m/s strikes the block centrally and gets embedded in it.
The velocity of the block and embedded bullet in m/s immediately after the impact is

16. If a body of weight 100 N is hauled along a rough horizontal plane by a pull of 50 N acting at an
angle of 30 with the horizontal, the coefficient of friction is

17. A thin uniform hoop string of radius R is rolling without slipping such that mass center moves at a
speed of V, if the hoop weight W, what is the corresponding kinetic energy of the hoop relative to the
ground?
WV 2 WV 2 WV 2 2WV 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4g 2g g g

18. The displacement of a particle undergoing rectilinear motion along the x-axis is given by
x = 2t3 – 21t2 + 60t + 6(m)
Acceleration of the particles where its velocity is zero.
(A) 36 m/s3 (B)  18 m/s2 (C) 9 m/s2 (D) -9m/s2

19. A wooden sphere of mass 1 kg is suspended on a string which is 1 meter long. A bullet of mass
50 grams is shot at the sphere with a velocity V0 and becomes embedded in it. Because of the impact,
the sphere is raised a height of 0.2 m above the horizontal. What is V0 of the bullet?
Assume g = 10 m/sec2

(A) 26 m/sec (B) 35 m/sec (C) 42 msec (D) 45 m/sec

20. The time variation of the position of a particle in rectilinear motion is given by x = 2t2 + t2 + 2t. if v is
the velocity and a the acceleration of the particle in consistent units, the motion started with
(A) V = 0, a = 0 (B) V = 0, a = 2 (C) V = 2, a = 0 (D) V = 2, a = 2

21. A grinding wheel rotates at 3000 rpm. When power supply is cut off, the wheel stops completely in
10 seconds. What is the number of revolutions made by the wheel before coming to rest
(A) 3000 (B) 1000 (C) 500 (D) 250

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