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1) Forces are called coplanar when all of them acting on body lie in ….
(A) one point (B) one plane (C) different planes (D) Different points.
2) What is the magnitude of the resultant force of the two forces which are perpendicular to each
other? The two forces are 20 units and 30 units respectively.
(A) 36 (B) 42 (C) 25 (D) None of these
3) If A = (6, −1, 3), for what value of y is the vector B = (4, y, −2) perpendicular to A?
(A) 20 (B) 18 (C) 16 (D) None of these
4) If V is any vector with Ai + Bj + Ck, then what is the y-axis component of the vector?
(A) A units (B) B units
(C) C units (D) The square root of A, B and C
5) For a vector F, Fcosβ is equal to zero. What does this refer to?
(A) Y-axis component is zero (B) X-axis component is zero
(C) β = 180° (D) None of these
6) The dot product of two vectors having a magnitude equal to unity and making an angle of 45°
is ….
(A) -0.707 (B) 0.707 (C) -1.414 (D) None of these
7) The unit of the moment of a force about point is ….
A) Newton (B) Watt (C) Newton- meter (D) None of these
8) The moment of a force about any point is a
A) Scalar B) tensor C) vector D) None of these
9) The determination of the vector’s projection in a specified direction is an application of…
A) Cross Product B) Dot Product C) Triple Product D) None of these
10) Forces are called concurrent when their lines of action meet in …..
(A) One point (B) Two points (C) Plane (D) None of these.
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- In the shown figure for 𝒂 = 𝟎. 𝟓 𝒎; 𝒃 = 𝟏. 𝟓 𝒎; 𝒄 = 𝟑. 𝟓 𝒎; 𝒅 = 𝟏. 𝟓 𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆 = 𝟐. 𝟓 𝒎,
two forces 𝑭𝟏 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝑵 along 𝑨𝑩 and 𝑭𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝑵 along 𝑨𝑪. If 𝒛 −coordinate of the point 𝑩 is
𝟏 𝒎 choose the correct answer: