What is a Machine ? / āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
What is a Machine ? / āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
A machine is a device that helps us : āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§°āĻŖ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§:
- Do work easily : āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞā§
- Save time and energy : āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻŦāϞā§
What are Simple Machines ? / āϏāĻšāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
Simple machines are devices without engines that make work easier. : āϏāĻšāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āϝāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύ āύāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Remember / āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ: Simple machines have NO engine but reduce effort.
Types of Simple Machines / āϏāĻšāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
1. Lever (āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°)
A rigid rod that rotates around a fixed point called fulcrum. : āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āϝāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ (Fulcrum)ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤
Types of Lever:
- 1st Class (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§): Fulcrum in middle. Example: Seesaw
- 2nd Class (āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§): Load in middle, Example: Wheelbarrow
- 3rd Class (āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§): Effort in middle, Example: Tweezers
2. Pulley (āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋ)
A wheel with a groove used for lifting loads. : āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āϝāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĨāύāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āϞāĻŋ āϧ⧰āĻžāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Types: Fixed pulley (āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋ)
3. Inclined Plane (āĻĸāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ )
A sloping surface used to move objects easily. : āĻĸāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻšāĻā§ āϏ⧰āĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Example: Ramp
4. Wheel and Axle (āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϧā§ā§°āĻž)
A wheel attached to a rod (axle). : āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āϧā§ā§°āĻžā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Example: Bicycle wheel
Screw (āϏā§āĻā§ā§°ā§)
An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder. : āϏā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĸāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āϝāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āύāϞāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Example: Bolt
Quick Summary / āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āύ⧰āĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž
Machine makes work easier : āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§°ā§
Lever, Pulley, Inclined Plane, Wheel & Axle, Screw : āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°, āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋ, āĻĸāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ , āĻāĻāĻž-āϧā§ā§°āĻž, āϏā§āĻā§ā§°ā§
No engine needed : āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§
MCQs Exam Level
Q1. What is a simple machine ? / āϏāĻšāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Engine device B) Complex machine C) Makes work easier D) Produces energy
Ans: C
Explanation: Simple machines help reduce effort. : āϏāĻšāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q2. Lever rotates about ? / āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻ’āϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§ ?
A) Load B) Effort C) Fulcrum D) Axis
Ans: C
Explanation: Fulcrum is fixed point. : Fulcrum āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. First class lever has ? / ā§§āĻŽ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§ā§° āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) Load middle B) Effort middle C) Fulcrum middle D) None
Ans: C
Explanation: Fulcrum is between load & effort. : Fulcrum āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Second class lever example / ⧍āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§ā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
A) Seesaw B) Tweezers C) Wheelbarrow D) Scissors
Ans: C
Q5. Third class lever example / ā§ŠāϝāĻŧ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§ā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
A) Seesaw B) Wheelbarrow C) Tweezers D) Crowbar
Ans: C
Q6. Pulley is used to / āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ
A) Push B) Lift load C) Cut D) Measure
Ans: B
Q7. Fixed pulley changes / āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§?
A) Force B) Direction C) Energy D) Work
Ans: B
Explanation: It changes direction only. : āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q8. Inclined plane helps to / āĻĸāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Increase effort B) Reduce effort C) Stop motion D) Increase weight
Ans: B
Q9. Wheel and axle works on / āĻāĻāĻž-āϧā§ā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§
A) Rolling B) Lifting C) Cutting D) Heating
Ans: A
Q10. Screw is / āϏā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Wheel B) Lever C) Inclined plane D) Pulley
Ans: C
Q11. Mechanical Advantage (MA) = ? / MA = ?
A) Load/Effort B) Effort/Load C) Work/Time D) Force × distance
Ans: A
Q12. If MA > 1, machine / MA > 1 āĻšāϞā§
A) Increases effort B) Reduces effort C) No effect D) Stops work
Ans: B
Q13. Efficiency always / āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
A) >100% B) <100% C) =100% D) 0
Ans: B
Q14. Unit of efficiency / āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻ
A) Joule B) Watt C) Percentage D) Newton
Ans: C
Q15. Ideal machine has efficiency / āĻāĻĻā§°ā§āĻļ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž
A) 0% B) 50% C) 100% D) 200%
Ans: C
Numericals (Mechanical Advantage)
Q16. Load = 100 N, Effort = 50 N, MA = ?
MA = Load/Effort = 100/50 = 2
Explanation: MA > 1 → effort reduced. : MA > 1 → āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻŽ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q17. Load = 200 N, Effort = 100 N, MA = ?
MA = 2
Explanation: Machine doubles force. āĻŦāϞ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q18. Load = 300 N, Effort = 150 N, MA = ?
MA = 2
Explanation: Same ratio → same MA. : āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĨ¤
Q19. Load = 50 N, Effort = 100 N, MA = ?
MA = 0.5
Explanation: MA < 1 → machine not useful. : MA < 1 → āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q20. Load = 400 N, Effort = 100 N, MA = ?
MA = 4
Explanation: Higher MA → more efficiency. : āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ MA → āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĨ¤
Assertion–Reason
Q21. A: Lever reduces effort, R: It provides mechanical advantage
Ans: Both true
Explanation: Lever increases force. āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāϞ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q22. A: Fixed pulley reduces effort, R: It changes direction
Ans: A false, R true
Explanation: Only direction changes, not effort. : āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q23. A: Inclined plane reduces effort, R: It increases distance
Ans: Both true
Explanation: Less force, more distance. : āĻāĻŽ āĻŦāϞ, āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦāĨ¤
Q24. A: Efficiency can be 100%, R: No energy loss
Ans: Both true
Explanation: Ideal machine has no loss. : āĻāĻĻā§°ā§āĻļ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Q25. A: MA can be less than 1 , R: Effort can be more than load
Ans: Both true
Explanation: Sometimes machine not useful. : āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Final Exam Trick
MA = Load/Effort : MA = āĻāĻžā§°/āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ
MA > 1 → useful machine : MA > 1 → āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžā§°ā§
Efficiency < 100% : āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ < 100%