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प्रश्न
Define Lever
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उत्तर
Lever: A lever is a rigid, straight or bent bar which is capable of turning about a fixed axis.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which class of lever will always have MA > 1 and why?
The diagram below shows a lever in use:

- To which class of levers does it belong?
- Without changing the dimensions of the lever, if the load is shifted towards the fulcrum what happens to the mechanical advantage of the lever?
Name a machine to obtain gain in speed ?
State the principle of a lever?
A man uses a crowbar of length 1.5 m to raise a load of 75 kgf by putting a sharp edge below the bar at a distance 1 m from his hand.
- Draw a diagram of the arrangement showing the fulcrum (F), load (L) and effort (E) with their directions.
- State the kind of lever.
- Calculate:
- load arm,
- effort arm,
- mechanical advantage and
- the effort needed.
The following belong to which class of lever?
Pliers Tools
The following belong to which class of lever?
Rowing of a boat
The following belong to which class of lever?
Sugar tongs
The following belong to which class of lever?
Fore-arm
In the following diagram of a wheelbarrow, mark the fulcrum (F) and indicate the directions of load (L) and effort (E) with arrows.

What class of lever is it? Give one more example of the same class of lever.
