A. a cube resting on one edge
B. a smooth cylinder lying on a curved surface
C. a smooth cylinder lying on a convex surface
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
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132. A ball moving on a smooth horizontal table hits a rough vertical wall, the coefficient of restitution between ball and wall being 1/3. The ball rebounds at the same angle. The fraction of its kinetic energy lost is___________________?
A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 1/9
D. 8/9
✅ The correct answer is option D.
133. The number of funicular polygons which can be drawn to pass through two specified points in the space diagram are__________________?
A. zero
B. 1
C. 2
D. infinity
✅ The correct answer is option D.
134. The proportions of lime and sand in the mortar normally used in brick construction are_______________?
A. 1:2
B. 1:4
C. 1:6
D. 1:8
✅ The correct answer is option A.
135. A simple pendulum of length 1 has an energy E when its amplitude is A. If its amplitude is increased to 2 A, the energy becomes____________________?
A. E
B. E/2
C. 2E
D. 4E
✅ The correct answer is option D.
136. After storage, the strength of cement________________?
A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains same
D. may increase or decrease
✅ The correct answer is option A.
137. A body is dropped from a height of 100 m and at the same time another body is projected vertically upward with a velocity of 10 m/sec. The two particles will____________________?
A. never meet
B. meet after 1 sec
C. meet after 5 sec
D. meet after 10 sec
✅ The correct answer is option D.
138. Number of vertical joints in a stretcher course is x times the number of joints in the header course, where x is equal to_________________?
A. 1/2
B. 1
C. 2
D. 1/4
✅ The correct answer is option A.
139. When a circular wheel rolls on a straight track, then the shape of body centrode and space centrode respectively are________________?
A. straight line and parabola
B. straight line and circle
C. circle and straight line
D. circle and parabola
✅ The correct answer is option C.
140. It is observed that in a certain sinusoidal oscillation, the amplitude is linearly dependent on the frequency f. If the maximum velocity during the oscillation is V, then V must be proportional to_________________?
A. f
B. 1/f
C. 1/f2
D. f2
✅ The correct answer is option D.