MODEL QUESTIONES

FOR ENGINEERING MECHANICS

1st YEAR ALL BRANCHES
 CHAPTER 6
DYNAMICS
A) 2 MARKS

1) What do you mean by kinematics?

2) What is kinetics
3) Define Newton’s 2nd law of motion.
4) State d-Alembert’s principle.
5) Define work and state its unit.
6) Define power and state its unit.
7) Differentiate between kinetic and potential energy
8) What is law of conservation of energy
9) Define coefficient of restitution
10) Define momentum of a body.

B) 5 MARKS

1) Define Newton’s law of motion

2) A body has 50 kg mass on the earth. find its weight (a) on the earth, where
g = 9.8 m/s2 ; (b) on the moon, where g = 1.7 m/s2 and (c) on the sun, where g = 270 m/s2.
3) A body of mass 7.5 kg is moving with a velocity of 1.2 m/s. If a force of 15 N
is applied on the body, determine its velocity after 2 s.
4) A car of mass 2.5 tonnes moves on a level road under the action of 1 kN
propelling force. Find the time taken by the car to increase its velocity from 36 km. p.h. to 54 km.p.h
5) An elevator of mass 500 kg is ascending with an acceleration of 3 m/s2.
During this ascent, its operator whose mass is 70 kg is standing on the scale placed on the floor.
What is the scale reading? What will be the total tension in the cables of the elevator during this
motion?
6) A machine gun of mass 25 kg fires a bullet of mass 30 gram with a velocity
of 250 m/s. Find the velocity with which the machine gun will recoil.
7) A spring is stretched by 50 mm by the application of a force. Find the work
done, if the force required to stretch 1 mm of the spring is 10 N.
8) A man of mass 60 kg dives vertically downwards into a swimming pool
from a tower of height 20 m. He was found to go down in water by 2 m and then started rising. Find
the average resistance of the water. Neglect the air resistance.
9) A ball of mass 1 kg moving with a velocity of 2 m/s impinges directly on a
ball of mass 2 kg at rest. The first ball, after impinging, comes to rest. Find the velocity of the second
ball after the impact and the coefficient of restitution.
10) From a point, on a smooth floor of a room, a toy ball is shot to hit a wall. The
ball then returns back to the point of projection. If the time taken by the ball in returning is twice the
time taken in reaching the wall, find the coefficient of restitution between the ball and the wall.

C) 10 MARKS

1) A ball is dropped from a height h0 = 1 m on a smooth floor. Knowing that the height of the first bounce is h1 = 81cm,
determine (a) coefficient of restitution, and (b) expected height h2 after the second bounce.
2) A sphere of mass 1 kg, moving at 3 m/s, overtakes another sphere of mass
5 kg moving in the same line at 60 cm/s. Find the loss of kinetic energy during impact, and show
that the direction of motion of the first sphere is reversed. Take coefficient of restitution as 0.75.
3) The masses of two balls are in the ratio of 2 : 1 and their velocities are in
the ratio of 1 : 2, but in the opposite direction before impact. If the coefficient of restitution be 5/6,
prove that after the impact, each ball will move back with 5/6th of its original velocity.
4) A car moves along a straight line whose equation of motion is given by s = 12t + 3t2 – 2t3, where (s) is in metres and (t)
is in seconds. Calculate (i) velocity and acceleration at start, and (ii) acceleration, when the velocity is zero
5) At a certain instant, a body of mass 10 kg, falling freely under the force of
gravity, was found to be falling at the rate of 20 m/s. What force will stop the body in (i) 2 seconds
and (ii) 2 metres?
6) A locomotive draws a train of mass 400 tonnes, including its own mass, on a level ground with a uniform acceleration,
until it acquires a velocity of 54 km.p.h in 5 minutes. If the frictional resistance is 40 Newton’s per tonne of mass and the
air resistance varies with the square of the velocity, find the power of the engine. Take air resistance as 500 Newton’s at
18 km.p.h.
 CHAPTER 5
SIMPLE MACHINES
A) 2 MARKS
1. Define simple machine
2. Define mechanical advantage
3. Define velocity ratio
4. Define efficiency of a machine
5. What is a self locking machine
6. What is the VR of a simple gear train and compound gear train.
7. What do you understand by the term ‘Reversibility’ of a machine ? Explain the difference between a reversible
machine and a self-locking machine
8. Give two examples of hoisting machines
9. What is a screw jack
10. State relation between MA, VR, Efficiency of a simple M/C.

B) 5 MARKS
1. Derive the relation between MA, VR and Efficiency of a simple M/C
2. In a certain weight lifting machine, a weight of 1 kN is lifted by an effort
of 25 N. While the weight moves up by 100 mm, the point of application of effort moves by 8 m.
Find mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and efficiency of the machine.
3. Derive the reversibility of a machine and state the self locking principle.
4. In a lifting machine, whose velocity ratio is 50, an effort of 100 N is required
to lift a load of 4 kN. Is the machine reversible? If so, what effort should be applied, so that the
machine is at the point of reversing?
5. In a certain machine, an effort of 100 N is just able to lift a load of 840 N, Calculate efficiency and friction both
on effort and load side, if the velocity ratio of the machine is 10
6. Obtain an equation for the maximum mechanical advantage and maximum efficiency of a machine.
7. What is law of a machine? Derive an equation for the same.
8. A simple wheel and axle has wheel and axle of diameters of 300 mm and 30 mm
respectively. What is the efficiency of the machine, if it can lift a load of 900 N by an effort of 100 N
9. Distinguish clearly the difference between the working of a single purchase crab winch and a double purchase
crab winch
10. What is a screw jack? On what principle does it work derive a relation for the velocity ratio of a simple screw
jack and differential screw jack

C) 10 MARKS
1. A screw jack has a thread of 10 mm pitch. What effort applied at the end of
a handle 400 mm long will be required to lift a load of 2 kN, if the efficiency at this load is 45%.
2. A single purchase crab has 300 mm long handle, 120 mm diameter drum and diameter of
the lifting rope is 10 mm. Number of teeth on the pinion are 25 and that on the wheel 130.
Calculate the velocity ratio of the crab. If an effort of 20 N lifts a load of 300 N, what is the
mechanical advantage and efficiency of the crab?
3. In a worm and worm wheel, the number of teeth in the worm wheel is 25. The effort
handle is 300 mm long and the load drum is 150 mm diameter. Find the efficiency of the
machine, if an effort of 30 N can lift a load of 345 N and the worm is double threaded
4. A double purchase crab used in a laboratory has the following dimensions:
Diameter of load drum = 160 mm Length of handle = 360 mm No. of teeth on pinions = 20 and 30 No. of
teeth on spur wheels = 75 and 90.When tested, it was found that an effort of 90 N was required to lift a load of
1800 N and an effort of 135 N was required to lift a load of 3150 N. Determine : (a) Law of the machine, (b)
Probable effort to lift a load of 4500 N, (c) Efficiency of the machine in the above case, (d) Maximum
efficiency of the machine.
5. A single purchase crab winch, has the following details:
Length of lever = 700 mm Number of pinion teeth = 12 Number of spur gear teeth = 96 Diameter of load axle
= 200 mm. It is observed that an effort of 60 N can lift a load of 1800 N and an effort of 120 N can lift a load of
3960 N. What is the law of the machine? Also find efficiency of the machine in both the cases.
6. The law of a machine is given by the relation :
P = 0.04 W + 7.5 where (P) is the effort required to lift a load (W), both expressed in newtons. What is the
mechanical advantage and efficiency of the machine, when the load is 2 kN and velocity ratio is 40 ? What is
the maximum efficiency of the machine ? If (F) is the effort lost in friction, find the relation between F and W.
Also find the value of F, when W is 2 kN.
 CHAPTER 4
CENTROID AND MOMENT OF INERTIA
A) 2 MARKS
1. What do you mean by centroid?
2. Define CG of a body
3. Define reference axis
4. State parallel axis theorem
5. State perpendicular axis theorem
6. Define moment of a body.
7. Define moment of inertia
8. What will be the CG of a semicircular body having radius R
9. Define CG of a triangle
10. Distinguish between centre of gravity and centroid.
B) 5 MARKS
1. Find the centre of gravity of a 100 mm × 150 mm × 30 mm T-section.
section.

2. Find the centre of gravity of a channel section 100 mm × 50 mm × 15 mm

3. Find the centroid of an unequal angle section 100 mm × 80 mm × 20 mm

4. A solid body formed by joining the base of a right circular cone of height H to
the equal base of a right circular cylinder of height h.
h Calculate the distance of the centre of
mass of the solid from its plane face,
face when H = 120 mm and h = 30 mm mm.
 5. A semicircle of 90 mm radius is cut out from a trapezium. Find the position of the centre of
gravity of the body.

6. Find the moment of inertia of a rectangular section 30 mm wide and 40 mm

deep about X-XX axis and Y-Y
Y axis
7. Find the moment of inertia of a hollow rectangular section about its centre
of gravity if the external dimensions are breadth 60 mm, mm dept
depth 80 mm and internal
dimensions are breadth 30 mm and depth 40 mm respectively
8. An isosceles
celes triangular section ABC has base width 80 mm and height 60 mm.
Determine the moment of inertia of the section about the centre of gravity of the section and
the base BC
9. A hollow semicircular section has its outer and inner diameter of 200 mm
and 120 mmm respectively. What is its moment of inertia about the base AB ?

C) 10 MARKS
1. Derive parallel axis theorem.
2. Derive perpendicular axis theorem
3. Compute the moment of inertia of the above area about axis K
K-K

4. Find the moment of inertia of a T-section

T with flange as 150 mm × 50 mm and web as 150
mm × 50 mm about X--X and Y-Y Y axes through the centre of gravity of the section
section.
 5. An I-section
section is made up of three rectangles as shown. Find the moment of inertia of the
section about the horizontal axis passing through the centre of gravity of the section.

6. A uniform lamina shown consists of a rectangle,

rectangle a circle and a triangle
triangle. Determine the centre
of gravity of the lamina. All dimensions are in mm.

7. A semicircular area is removed from a trapezium as shown (dimensions

dimensions in mm
mm)Determine the
centroid of the remaining area
 CHAPTER 3
FRICTION
A) 2MARKS
1. What do you understand by the term friction?
2. How will you distinguish between static friction and dynamic friction?
3. State the laws of friction
4. Define coefficient of friction and limiting friction
5. Explain the term angle of friction.
6. When there is contact between 2 bodies the friction depends upon?
7. What is the direction of friction w.r.t force?
force
8. What is a wedge?
9. What do you mean by equilibrium of a body?
10. Explain the term angle of repose.
B) 5 marks
1. A body of weight 300 N is lying on a rough horizontal plane having a coefficient of friction
as 0.3. Find the magnitude of the force, which can move the body, while acting at an angle of
25° with the horizontal.
al.
2. A body, resting on a rough horizontal plane, required a pull of 180 N inclined at 3030° to the
plane just to move it. It was found that a push of 220 N inclined at 30
30° to the plane just
moved the body. Determine the weight of the body and the coefficient of friction.
3. An inclined
ined plane as shown.
shown Is used to unload slowly a body weighing 400 N from a truck 1.2
m high into the ground. The coefficient of friction between the underside of the body and the
plank is 0.3. State whether it is necessary to push the body down the plane or hold it back
from sliding down. What minimum force is required parallel to the plane for this purpose?

4. The upper half of an inclined having inclination θ with the horizontal is smooth, while the
lower half in rough as shown in Fig 8.19. If a body of weight W slides down from rest at the
top, again comes to rest at the bottom of the plane,
plane then determine the value of coefficient of
friction for the lower half of the plane.
5. A uniform ladder of length 3.25 m and weighing 250 N is placed placed against a smooth vertical
wall with its lower end 1.25 m from the wall. The coefficient of friction between the ladder
and floor is 0.3. What is the frictional force acting on the ladder at the point of contact
between the ladder and the floor? Show that the ladder will remain in equilibrium in this
position.
C) 10 MARKS
1. An effort of 200 N is required just to move a certain body up an inclined plane of angle 15°
the force acting parallel to the plane. If the angle of inclination of the plane is made 20° the
effort required, again applied parallel to the plane, is found to be 230 N. Find the weight of
the body and the coefficient of friction.
friction
2. A load of 1.5 kN, resting on an inclined rough plane, can be moved up the plane by a force of
2 kN applied horizontally or by a force 1.25 kN applied parallel to the plane. Find the
inclination of the plane and the coefficient of friction.
3. Two blocks A and B, connected by a horizontal rod and frictionless hinges are supported on
two rough planes. The coefficients of friction
friction are 0.3 between block A and the horizontal
surface, and 0.4 between block B and the inclined surface. If the block B weighs 100 NN, what
is the smallest weight of block A that will hold the system in equilibrium
equilibrium?

4. A ladder 5 meters long rests on a horizontal

horizontal ground and leans against a smooth vertical wall
at an angle 70° with the horizontal. The weight of the ladder is 900 N and acts at its middle.
The ladder is at the point of sliding, when a man weighing 750N stands on a rung 1.5 metre
from the bottomom of the ladder. Calculate the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the
floor.
5. A uniform ladder 3 m long weighs 200 N. N It is placed against a wall making an angle of 60
60°
with the floor as shown. The coefficient of friction between the wall and the ladder is 0.25
and that between the floor and ladder is 0.35. The ladder, in addition to its own weight, has to
support a man of 1000 N at its
top at B. Calculate:
(i) The horizontal force P to be applied to ladder at the floor level to prevent slippin
slipping .
(ii) If the force P is not applied, what should be the minimum inclination of the ladder with
the horizontal, so that there is no slipping of it with the man at its top.

6. A block weighing 1500 N, N overlying a 10° wedge on a horizontal floor and leaning against a
vertical wall, is to be raised by applying a horizontal force to the wedge
wedge. Assuming the
coefficient of friction between all the surface in contact to be 0.3,
0.3 determine the minimum
horizontal force required to raise the block
 CHAPTER 1 & 2
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGG. MECHANICS AND EQULLIBRIUM
A) 2MARKS
1. What is engineering mechanics?
2. What is a rigid body?
3. Differentiate between statics and dynamics
4. What is lami’s theorem
5. State parallelogram law of forces
6. What are concurrent forces?
7. What do you meann by collinear force?
8. Define moment of a force
9. What is a couple?
10. What is free body diagram?
B) 5 MARKs
1. Two forces of 100 N and 150 N are acting simultaneously at a point. What is the resultant of
these two forces, if the angle between them is 45°?
45°
2. Two forces act at an angle of 120°. The bigger force is of 40 N and the resultant is perpendicular
to the smaller one. Find the smaller force.
3. Find the magnitude of the two forces,
forces such that if they act at right angles
angles, their resultant is 10 N .
But if they Act at 60°,
4. A triangle ABC has its side AB = 40 mm along positive x-axis axis and side BC = 30 mm along
positive y-axis.
axis. Three forces of 40 N,
N 50 N and 30 N act along the sides AB AB, BC and CA
respectively. Determine magnitude of the resultant of such a system of forces.
5. A square ABCD has forces acting along its sides as shown in Fig. 4.13. Find the values of P and
Q, if the system reduces to a couple. Also find magnitude of the couple
couple, if the side of the square
is 1 m.
6. Three forces, acting on a rigid body,
body are represented in magnitude, direction and line of action by
the three sides of a triangle taken in order.
order Prove that the forces are equivalent to a couple whose
moment is equal to twice the area of the triangle
7. An electric light fixture weighting 15 N hangs from a point C, by two strings AC and BC. The
string AC is inclined at 60° to the horizontal and BC at 45° to the horizontal. Using LamiLami’s
theorem, or otherwise, determine the forces in the strings AC and BC

C) 10 marks
1. A string ABCD, attached to fixed points A and
and D has two equal weights of 1000 N attached to it
at B and C. The weights rest with the portions AB and CD inclined at angles, Find the tensions in
the portions AB, BC and CD of the string,
string if the inclination of the portion BC with the vertical is
120°.

2. A smooth circular cylinder of radius 1.5 meter is lying in a triangular groove

groove, one side of which
makes 15° angle and the other 40° angle with the horizontal. Find the reactions at the surfaces of
contact, if there is no friction and the cylinder weights 100 N.
3. The following forces act at a point :
(i) 20 N inclined at 30° towards North of East.
(ii) 25 N towards North.
(iii) 30 N towards North West and
(iv) 35 N inclined at 40° towards South of West.
Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
4. A push of 180 N and pull of 350 N act simultaneously at a point. Find the resultant of the forces,
if the angle between them be 135°
5. Find the angle between two equal forces P, when their resultant is equal to (i) P and (ii) P/2.
6. The following forces act at a point :
(i) 20 N inclined at 30° towards North of East,
(ii) 25 N towards North,
(iii) 30 N towards North West, and
(iv) 35 N inclined at 40° towards South of West.
Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.