THENI KAMMAVAR SANGAM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

KODUVILARPATTI, THENI – 625 534

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SECONDARY QUIZ
Total no of Questions: 30 Date: 24/12/19 Time: 3-4 Pm
Student name: Year/sem/sec:

1.  When a body of mass moment of inertia I (about a given axis) is rotated about that axis with an
angular velocity to, then the kinetic energy of rotation is
A. Iω

B. Iω2

C. 0.5Iω

D. 0.5Iω2

2.  The force applied on a body of mass 100 kg to produce an acceleration of 5 m/s2, is
A. 20N

B. 100N

C. 500N

D. none of these

3.  The motion of the body from one extremity to the other is known as a beat.
A. Agree

B. Disagree

4.  The centre of gravity of a rectangle lies at a point where its two diagonals meet each other.
A. Agree

B. Disagree

5.  A framed structure is perfect, if the number of members are __________ (2j - 3), where j is the
number of joints.
A. equal to

B. less than

C. greater than

D. either (b) or (c)

6.  Moment of inertia of a hollow rectangular section as shown in the below figure about X-X axis,
is

A.

B.

C.

D.

7.  Two equal and opposite parallel forces whose lines of action are different, can be replaced by
a single force parallel to the given forces.
A. Correct

B. Incorrect

8.  All the steel trusses of the bridges, have one of their end roller supported, and other end
hinged. The main advantage of such a support is that the truss remains stable.
A. True

B. False

9.  The time of flight of a projectile on downward inclined plane depends upon
A. angle of projection

B. angle of inclination of the plane

C. both (a) and (b)

D. none of these
10.  The force induced in the string BC due to the load W as shown in the below figure is

A. W sin θ

B. W cos θ

C. W tan θ

D. W cot θ

11.  Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple is zero.

B. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple, about any point is the same.

A couple cannot be balanced by a single force but can be balanced only by a couple of
C.
opposite sense.

D. all of the above

12.  The velocity ratio of a differential wheel and axle with D as the diameter of effort wheel
and d1,and d2 as the diameters of larger and smaller axles respectively, is

A.

B.

C.

D.