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प्रश्न
Give scientific reason for the following:
While climbing a hill you will try to bend your body forward.
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उत्तर
We bend forward in order to keep ourselves in a stable equilibrium while climbing up a hill. By bending forward we increases the base of the support, so that the vertical line passing through our centre of gravity still falls within the base.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
State the condition when a body is in static equilibrium.
State two condition for a body acted upon by several forces to be in equilibrium.
A uniform meter scale is in equilibrium as shown in the diagram :

(i) Calculate the weight of the meter scale.
(ii) Which of the following options is correct to keep the ruler in equilibrium when 40 gf wt is shifted to 0 cm mark ?
F is shifted towards 0 cm
or
F is shifted towards 100 cm
State two conditions for a body acted upon by several forces to be in equilibrium.
State the principle of moments. A meter scale is pivoted at 30 cm mark and it is in equilibrium when a mass of 40 g is suspended from 10 cm mark. Calculate the mass of the ruler.

What do you mean by the state of equilibrium? What are the conditions for stable equilibrium?
Give an experiment to verify the principle of moments.
Explain the concept which is used in the continuous movement of the Thanjavur doll?
When a stone tied to a string is rotated in a horizontal plane, the tension in the string provides ______ force necessary for circular motion.
Give one example of static equilibrium.
