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**111. A single force and a couple acting in the same plane upon a rigid body_____________________?**
A. balance each other
B. cannot balance each other
C. produce moment of a couple
D. are equivalent
E. **none of the above**
**112. The maximum frictional force which comes into play when a body just begins to slide over another surface is called__________________?**
A. **limiting friction**
B. sliding friction
C. rolling friction
D. kinematic friction
E. dynamic friction
**113. The effort required to lift a load W on a screw jack with helix angle α and angle of friction φ is equal to _________________?**
A. Wtan(α + φ)
B. **Wtan(α – φ)**
C. Wcos(α + φ)
D. Wsin(α + φ)
E. W (sin α + cos φ)
**114. Coulomb friction is the friction between _________________?**
A. bodies having relative motion
B. **two dry surfaces**
C. two lubricated surfaces
D. solids and liquids
E. electrically charged particles
**115. A projectile is fired at an angle θ to the vertical. Its horizontal range will be maximum when θ is_______________?**
A. 0°
B. 30°
C. **45°**
D. 60°
E. 90°
**116. A particle moves along a straight line such that distance (x) traversed in t seconds is given by x = t² (t – 4), the acceleration of the particle will be given by the equation __________________?**
A. 3t² – t
B. 3t² + 2t
C. **6t – 8**
D. 6t – 4
E. 6t² – 8t
**117. If rain is falling in the opposite direction of the movement of a pedestrian, he has to hold his umbrella___________________?**
A. more inclined when moving
B. **less inclined when moving**
C. more inclined when standing
D. less inclined when standing
E. none of the above
**118. A body of weight W on inclined plane of a being pulled up by a horizontal force P will be on the point of motion up the plane when P is equal to________________?**
A. W
B. W sin (α + φ)
C. **Wtan(α + φ)**
D. Wtan(α – φ)
E. Wtanα
**119. Coefficient of friction is the_________________?**
A. angle between normal reaction and the resultant of normal reaction and the limiting friction
B. **ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction**
C. the friction force acting when the body is just about to move
D. the friction force acting when the body is in motion
E. tangent of angle of repose
**120. 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
E. none of the above
