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Engineering Mechanics (EM) important questionsMost repeated in SPPU papers

These 16 questions appeared in more than one SPPU Engineering Mechanics paper we have: 14 papers, from May 2022 to Mar 2026. The most-asked come first. Each one links to the papers it was asked in.

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Repeated questions

Endsem questions (10)

  1. 2×asked

    An outdoor track is 126 m in diameter. A runner increases her speed at a constant rate from 4.2 m/s to 7.2 m/s over a distance of 28.5 m. determine the total acceleration of the runner 2s after she begins to increase her speed.

    May 2025 ·May 2022

  2. 2×asked

    Explain deficient, determinate and indeterminate truss.

    May 2025 ·Nov 2024

  3. 2×asked

    State and explain in brief resultant and equilibrant force.

    May 2025 ·Mar 2025

  4. 2×asked

    A ball of mass 1kg dropped from 5m height on a horizontal floor rebounds back to 3m height. Determine the coefficient of restitution between the floor and ball. Also Determine its renounced height after falling from 3m again. 5

    Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  5. 2×asked

    A racing car travels around the horizontal circular track of radius 100m. If the car starts from rest and accelerates with tangential acceleration of 7 m/s 2 for some time. Determine the time and velocity when the total acceleration of the racing car reaches to 8 m/s 2 .

    Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  6. 2×asked

    Ball ‘A’ of 5 kg moving with 10 m/s rightwards, strikes with ball ‘B’ of 1 kg which is at rest. If after the impact the velocity of the ball ‘B’ is 10 m/s rightwards. Determine, the velocity of the ball ‘A’ after impact and coefficient of restitution ‘e’. ♦♦♦

    Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  7. 2×asked

    Explain how uniformly distributed load (UDL) and uniformly varying load (UVL) is converted in to a point load with sketch. 2

    Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  8. 2×asked

    Explain Simple, Roller, Hinge and Fixed support with number of reactions developed at each joint with sketch.

    Nov 2024 ·May 2023

  9. 2×asked

    A 20 Mg railroad car moving with 0.5 m/s speed to the right collides with a 35 Mg car which is at rest. If the coefficient of restitution between the two cars is e = 0.65 determine the speed of the cars after the collision.

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023

  10. 2×asked

    A car comes to rest from an initial speed of 80 km/h in a distance of 30 m. With the same constant acceleration, determine the distance ‘s’ for which the car comes to rest from an initial speed of 110 km/h.

    May 2024 ·Nov 2023

Insem questions (6)

  1. 3×asked

    State angle of repose, angle of friction, coefficient of friction and cone of friction with suitable sketch.

    Mar 2026 ·Mar 2025 ·Sep 2024

  2. 2×asked

    State and explain parallel and perpendicular axis theorem.

    Mar 2026 ·Mar 2025

  3. 2×asked

    State and explain resolution and composition of force with suitable sketch.

    Mar 2026 ·Sep 2024

  4. 2×asked

    Define centroid and center of gravity.

    Oct 2025 ·Sep 2024

  5. 2×asked

    Explain law of parallelogram of forces with suitable example.

    Oct 2025 ·Mar 2024

  6. 2×asked

    Two forces of magnitude 295 and 395 kN are acting at an angle of 60º, find the magnitude and direction of resultant force.

    Mar 2025 ·Mar 2024

Questions count as repeated when their wording matches closely across papers. Numericals that depend on a figure are left out, since the figure changes from paper to paper.