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Q61. When the Lagrangian function 'L' does not contain the time explicitly, the Hamiltonian equation given an equation of -
A Moment
B Force
C Energy
D None of these
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Correct answer: Energy
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q62. The number of generalized coordinates required to describe the motion of a rigid body with one of its point fixed is -
A 8
B 6
C 1
D 3
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Correct answer: 3
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q63. The solution of Brachistochrone problem is -
A a catenary
B a cardioids
C a parabola
D an inverted cycloid
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Correct answer: an inverted cycloid
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q64. If the Hamiltonian 'H' is independent of 't' explicitly, then -
A and
B Image/formula option B (see source)
C Both
D None of these
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Correct answer: Both
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q65. If the minimum of the surface area of revolution of a curve y = y(x) is () 2 1 x 2 x 2 y 1 y' dx π + ∫ then the curve is -
A a line
B an ellipse
C a circle
D a catenary
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Correct answer: a catenary
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Q66. The Lagrangian of a system is 2 • 13 L = mx 2 + i i • 2 4mxy+ 3my – mg(x + 2y) Which one of the following is conserved?
A 11x y + i
B 11x y − i
C x 11y + i
D x 11y − i
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Correct answer: 11x y + i
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q67. When the position of a body is determined by the values of a number of independent variables, it has the same number of degrees of freedom and these independent variables are said to be -
A independent coordinates
B generalized coordinates
C Both (a) and (b)
D None of these
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Correct answer: generalized coordinates
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Q68. When the geometrical relations of a dynamical system are such that a displacement represented by arbitrary infinitesimal changes in all its independent coordinates is a possible displacement, the system is said to be -
A and
B Image/formula option B (see source)
C Both
D None of these
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Correct answer: and
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q69. The mechanical system in which 't' the time, does not enter explicitly in rv = rv (q1, q2...,t) is called –
A Holonomic system
B Rheonomic system
C Scleronomic system
D Nome of these
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Correct answer: Scleronomic system
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q70. Consider a system with generalized coordinates q1, q2........ qn and Lagrangian function L. If pr = ∂ i r L q and H = ∑ i n r r r=1 p q -L be the Hamiltonian function, then Hamilton's canonical equations of motion are -
A qr = r r r H H,p p q ∂ ∂ = ∂ ∂ i i
B qr = r r r H H,p p q ∂ ∂ = ∂ ∂ i
C r r H H q p, p q ∂ ∂ = − ∂ ∂ i i
D r r H H q p, p q ∂ ∂ = − = ∂ ∂ i i
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Correct answer: r r H H q p, p q ∂ ∂ = − ∂ ∂ i i
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Q71. Let q1, q2.........., qn denote generalized coordinates of a material system. If 'T' is the kinetic energy and 'V' is the potential energy of the system and L = T – V is the Lagrangian function, then the Lagrange's equation of motion are -
A r r d L L 0,(r 1,2,...,n) dt q q ∂ ∂ + = ∂ ∂ i
B r d L L 0,(r 1,2,...,n) dt q q ∂ ∂ − = ∂ i
C r r d L L 0,(r 1,2,...,n) dt q q ∂ ∂ − = ∂ ∂ i
D r d L L 0,(r 1,2,...,n) dt q q ∂ ∂ + = ∂ i
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Correct answer: r d L L 0,(r 1,2,...,n) dt q q ∂ ∂ − = ∂ i
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q72. A circular cylinder of radius 'a' is moving in an infinite mass of liquid at rest at infinity with velocity U in the direction of the x - axis. The complex potential of this motion is -
A Uz + 2 Ua z
B 2 Ua z
C Uz – 2 Ua z
D None of these
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Correct answer: Uz + 2 Ua z
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Q73. The families of curves given by constant velocity potential and constant stream function intersect each other -
A at an acute angle
B at an obtuse angle
C orthogonally
D None of these
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Correct answer: orthogonally
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q74. The image of a source with regard to a circle is-
A an equal sink at the inverse point and an equal source at the centre of the circle
B an equal source at the inverse point and an equal sink at the centre of the circle
C an equal source at the inverse point and an equal source at the centre of the circle.
D None of these
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Correct answer: an equal source at the inverse point and an equal sink at the centre of the circle
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Q75. If the velocity vector q is given by ˆ ˆ q = xi - yj, then the stream lines are -
A ellipses
B circles
C parabolas
D rectangular hyperbolas
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Correct answer: rectangular hyperbolas
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Q76. The velocity in a three dimensional flow field for an incompressible fluids is ˆ ˆ ˆ q = 2xi - yj- zk. Then the equation of the stream lines passing through the point (1, 1, 1) are -
A xy2 = 1 and xz2 = 1
B xy = 1 and yz = 1
C x2 y = 1 and x2 z = 1
D 2 x y 1 and 1 y z =
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Correct answer: xy2 = 1 and xz2 = 1
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q77. The flow for the given velocity ˆ ˆ 2 2 -iy + jx q= x + y is –
A irrotational anywhere
B irrotational at the origin only
C rotational at the origin
D irrotational except at the origin
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Correct answer: irrotational anywhere
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Q78. In an irrotational motion, the maximum value of the speed must occur on the -
A middle point
B any point
C boundary
D None of these
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Correct answer: boundary
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q79. The streamlines of the velocity potential () φ 2 2 2 1 = a x + y – 2z 2 are -
A xy = A and zy = B
B x y = A and y2 z = B
C x = Ay2 and zy2 = B
D None of these
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Correct answer: x y = A and y2 z = B
English UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2021(II)
Q80. The equation of continuity in lagrangian form, where J = ∂ (x,y,z),ρ (a,b,c) is the density of the fluid at time t and ρ0 is the density of the fluid at t = 0, is -
A ρ0 J = ρ
B ρJ = ρ0
C ρ = ρ0
D None of these
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Correct answer: ρJ = ρ0