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प्रश्न
The following belong to which class of lever?
A fire tongs
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उत्तर
Third-class of lever
संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
Fig 3.17 below shows a lever in use.

(a) To which class of lever does it belong?
(b) If FA = 80 cm, AB = 20 cm, find its mechanical advantage.
(c) Calculate the value of E.
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?
Nutcracker
The following are an example of levers. State the class of lever to which each one belongs giving the relative positions of Load (L), Effort (E), Fulcrum (F):
(i) Scissors (ii) Sugar tongs (iii) Nutcracker (iv) Pliers.
Draw a labelled sketch of a second class lever. Give one example of such a lever.
In the diagram shown alongside a claw hammer, 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 this class of lever.

When we want to use a machine as a force multiplier, which class of lever should we preferably use? Give a simple diagram of such a lever.
State the types (or kinds) of lever, and give two examples of each kind.
