VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

First Practical Examination AMP 151 Engineering Mechanics Laboratory (L4-batch) 21th
September 2017

Name : ..... Enrol. No.: ID:..

Evaluation: Total Marks: 50

Subjective (15): Practical Record (05): Viva (20):

Max. Marks: 15 Time:20 min

1. The forces which do not meet at one point and their lines of action do not lie on the same plane
are known as
A) Coplanar concurrent forces B) Coplanar non-concurrent forces
C) Non-coplanar concurrent forces D) Non-concurrent non-coplanar forces

2. Two forces of 6N and 8 N which are acting at right angles to each other, will have a resultant of
magnitude

(A) 5N (B) 8N (C) 10N (D) 12N

3. The resultant of two equal forces P making an included angle , is given by

(A) 2P sin/2 (B) 2P cos/2 (C) 2P tan/2 (D) 2P cot/2

4. Lami's theorem states that

(A) Three forces acting at a point will be in equilibrium
(B) Three forces acting at a point can be represented by a triangle, each side being proportional
to force
(C) If three forces acting upon a particle are represented in magnitude and direction by the sides
of a triangle, taken in order, they will be in equilibrium
(D) If three forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, each force is proportional to the sine of
the angle between the other two

5. The ratio of static friction to dynamic friction is always

(A) Equal to one
(B) Less than one
(C) Greater than one
(D)None of these

6. The three forces of 100 N, 200 N and 300 N have their lines of action parallel to each other but
act in the opposite directions. These forces are known as
(A)Coplanar concurrent forces (B) Coplanar non-concurrent forces
(C) Like parallel forces (D) Unlike parallel forces

7. Which of the following is not a vector quantity

(A) Weight (B) Velocity (C) Acceleration (D) Force

8. Coefficient of friction depends upon

(A) area of contact only (B)nature of surface only
(B) both (a) and (b) (D) none of these

9. The resultant of two forces P and Q acting at an angle is

 (A) (P + Q + 2PQ sin) (B) (P + Q + 2PQ cos)

(C)(P + Q - 2PQ cos) (D) (P + Q - 2PQ tan)

10. The following is not a law of static friction.

(A) The force of friction always acts in a direction opposite to that in which the body tends to
move
(B) The force of friction is dependent upon the area of contact
(C)The force of friction depends upon the roughness of the surface
(D) The magnitude of the limiting friction bears a constant ratio to the normal reaction between
two surfaces.

11. On the ladder resting on the ground and leaning against a smooth vertical wall, the force of
friction will be
(A) Downwards at its upper end
(B) Upwards at its upper end
(C) Perpendicular to the wall at its upper end
(D) Zero at its upper end

12. State law of parallelogram of forces?

13. Define statically determinate beam and indeterminate beam.

14. The ratio of the reactions RA and RB of a simply supported beam shown in below figure is

(A) 0.5 (B) 0.4 (C) 0.67 (D) 1

16. Define the principle of transmissibility.

17. Problem Determine the x and y components of the forces shown below in fig. P-001

18. Find the reaction of beam shown below