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प्रश्न
What is a first-order lever?
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उत्तर
When the fulcrum is between the effort and the load,
it is known as the Class I lever.
Example: scissors, pliers, seesaw.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give one example of a class I lever where mechanical advantage is more than one ?
Draw a diagram of a lever which is always used as a force multiplier. How is the effort arm related to the load arm in such a lever?
The lever for which the mechanical advantage is less than 1 has :
Class II levers are designed to have ______.
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%?
Which class of lever found in the human body is being used by a boy when he holds a load on the palm of his hand.
The following belong to which class of lever?
The Physical balance
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.
The diagram below shows a lever in use.

(i) To which class of lever does it belong?
(ii) If FA = 40 cm, AB = 60 cm, then find the mechanical advantage of the lever.
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?
