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प्रश्न
Give three examples for leavers of 1st order.
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उत्तर
Levers of 1st order:
(i) Railway signal
(ii) Handle of water pump
(iii) Motor car foot brake
(iv) Nail cutter
संबंधित प्रश्न
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?
Give one example of a class I lever where mechanical advantage is more than one ?
A lever of length 9 cm has its load arm 5 cm long and the effort arm is 9 cm long.
- To which class does it belong?
- Draw a diagram of the lever showing the position of fulcrum F and directions of both the load L and effort E.
- What is the mechanical advantage and velocity ratio if the efficiency is 100%?
- What will be the mechanical advantage and velocity ratio if the efficiency becomes 50%?
The following belong to which class of lever?
An oar of a boat
The following belong to which class of lever?
Human-arm
The following belong to which class of lever?
Sugar tongs
What is a lever?
State the types (or kinds) of lever, and give two examples of each kind.
The length of a nut-cracker is 12 cm. A nut, when kept at a distance of 4 cm from its fulcrum, requires an effort of 100 gf to crack it. What force will be required to crack the nut without using the nut-cracker?
A crowbar of length 100 cm is used to lift a load of 5 kgf. It has its fulcrum at a distance of 20 cm from the load. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage of a crowbar and,
(ii) the effort applied at the other end.
