Question

The tendency of rotation of the body along with axis is also called ___________ As used for the construction of the Mohr circle.

(a) Moment of inertia

(b) Moment of couple

(c) Torque

(d) Force

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This is a very interesting question from Mohr’s Circle for Moments of Inertia topic in section Moments of Inertia of Engineering Mechanics

Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) Torque

The best I can explain: The tendency of rotation of the body along with axis also called the torque. It is the moment of the force acting perpendicular to the direction of the axis of rotation. If the axis and the force are meeting at any point then there is no moment applied by the force.