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प्रश्न
State one advantage of single movable pulley.
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उत्तर
A single movable pulley has the advantage of increasing its mechanical advantage by acting as a force multiplier.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
State if the following statement is true or false. Correct the statement if it is false.
A single movable pulley is a pulley that has its axis of rotation fixed.
Define the following term in reference to a gear system for Driven gear ?
What should be the gear ration of a car : equal to 1, less than 1 or greater than 1, while ascending a hill ?
Give reason for the following:
The efficiency of a pulley is always less than 100%
Give reason for the following:
In case of a block and tackle system, the mechanical advantage increases with the increase in the number of pulleys.
Fig shown a block and tackles system of pulleys used to lift a load.

(i) How many strands of tackle are supporting the load?
(ii) Draw arrows to represent tension in each stand.
(iii) What is the mechanical advantage of the system?
(iv) When load is pulled up by a distance 1 m how far does the effort end move?
In the case of a block and tackle arrangement, the mechanical advantage increases with the number of pulleys. Explain.
Draw the diagram of a single movable pulley and obtain its mechanical advantage, velocity ratio, and efficiency.
A boy lifts a load of 40 kgf through a vertical height of 2m in 5s by using a single fixed pulley when he applies an effort of 48 kgf. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage, and
(ii) the efficiency of the pulley. Why is the efficiency of the pulley is not 100%?
(iii) the energy gained by the load in 5s, and
(iv) the power developed by the boy in raising the load.
Name the type of single pulley that has an ideal mechanical advantage equal to 2. Draw a labelled diagram of the pulley mentioned by you.
