QUESTION BANK

CENTROID AND MOMENT OF INERTIA

PART A
1. Moment of total area about its centroidal axis is _______
a) Twice the area b) three times the area c) zero d) none of the above.
2. An axis over which one half of the plane figure is just mirror image of
the other half is ___________
a) Bottom most axis of the figure b) axis of symmetry c) unsymmetrical
axis
d) None of the above
3. Centroid of a triangle with base b and depth d is ____
a) b/3 and d/3 b) b/2 and d/2 c) b/4 and d/4 d) none of the above
4. Centroid of plane is the point at which ____________
a) Volume of body is concentrated b) surface area is assumed to be
concentrated c) weight of the body is assumed to be concentrated d) all
the above.
5. The centroid of a semicircle of radius R about its centroidal axis
parallel to its diametric axis is ___________
a) 3 R /4 π b) 3R/8 π c) 4R/ π d) 4R/3 π

6. Centroid of trapezium of height ‘h’ and parallel sides ‘a’ and ‘b’
measured from base ‘b’ is at a distance of ______________
 h b+ 2a h b−2 a h b+2 a
a) (
2 a+ b
) b) 2 ( a+b ) c) 3 ( a+b )
b−2 a
a+b
d) h )
¿
3

7. Centroid of quarter of circular lamina lies from diameter line at a

distance of __________
a) 2R/3π b) 3R/3π c) 4R/3π d) 5R/3π
8. The centroid of a triangular lamina of height ‘h’ is situated at a
distance ____________ from its apex
a) h/3 b) 2h/3 c) h/2 d) h/4
9. The centroid of a triangle of height ‘h’ is located at a distance
________________ from its base
a) h/2 b)2h/3 c)h/3 d)h
10. If the given plane figure is symmetrical about vertical Y axis, the
centroid lies on ________
a) X- axis b) Y-axis c) bottom d)top
11. Centroid of a sector of a circle lies at a distance of _________
a) 4r/3π b) 2r sinα /3α c) r sinα /2α d) None of
the above
12. If a plane lamina is suspended freely from any point on it, under
equilibrium conditions, the centroid lies _________ point of suspension.
a) Horizontally to left of b) horizontally to the right of c)
vertically above d) vertically below
13. Centroid conveys some clue about _________
a) the orientation of a surface. b) Centre of a body. c) Shape and
disposition of the area. D) Area of cross section
14. The centreof gravity of a plane lamina will not be its geometrical
centre if it is a __________
a) Square b) rectangle c) right angled triangle d) equilateral
triangle
15. The first moment of area of a semicircle area about its diameter d is
given by __________
a) d3 /12 b) d3/24 c)d3/6 d)d3/36
16. Centroid of a triangular area of base ‘b’ and height ‘h’ taken about
an axis coincident with the base is given by __________
a) bh3/12 b) b2h/6 c) bh2/6 d) h/3
17. The centroid of a lamina ______________
a) Must be a point on the lamina
b) Is a point which can be made to lie on or outside the lamina by
changing the co-ordinates system
c) Is a fixed point in space regardless of the orientation of the lamina
d) Is a unique point fixed with respect to the lamina.
18. Centre of gravity and centre of mass of a body coincide when
__________
a) All particles have same mass
b) Body has uniform density
c) Acceleration due to gravity is same for all particles of the body
d) None of the above
19. Centroid of a body coincides with its centre of mass when
___________
a) Acceleration due to gravity is same for all particles of the body
b) All particles have same mass
c) Body has uniform density
d) None of the above
20. yˉ is the distance of centroid from __________
a) X-axis b) Y- axis c) centroidal x axis d)
centroidal y axis

21. Xˉ is the distance of centroid from __________

a)X -axis b) Y- axis c)centroidal x axis d)
centroidal y axis
22. The centroid of an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’ is at a distance
__________from any of the three sides.
a √3 a √2 a a
a) 2
b) 3
c) 2 √3
d) 3 √2

23. The centroid of an isosceles triangle with base ‘b’ and side ‘a’ is
_________ from its base.

a) √ 4 a2−b2 b) √ 4 a6 +b
2 2
c) ) √ 4 a2−b2
6 8

d) √ 4 a8 +b
2 2
24. The x co-ordinate of centroid of the triangular plane lamina shown in
fig 2.1 is ________
l 2l l l
a) 3
b¿ c ¿
3 2√3
d¿
6

25. The y co-ordinate of centroid of the triangular plane lamina shown in

fig 2.1 is _____________

d¿√
l 2l l 3l
a) 3
b¿ c ¿
3 2√3 2

26. The co-ordinate of the centroid of the right angled triangle shown in
fig2.2 is _____________
b h 2b h b 2h
, ,
a) 3 3 ) b) ( 3
,
3
) c) 3 3 )
¿ ¿
2b 2h
,
d) 3 3 )
¿

27. The co-ordinate of the centroid of the right angled triangle shown in
fig2.3 is _____________
b h 2b h b 2h
, ,
a) 3 3 ) b) ( 3
,
3
) c) 3 3 )
¿ ¿
2b 2h
,
d) 3 3 )
¿

28. The first moment of the area about the X – axis is ___________
a) ∫ x dA B) ∫ y dA c) ∫ x 2 dA d)
∫ y 2 dA
29. The first moment of the area about the Y– axis is ___________
a) ∫ x dA B) ∫ y dA c) ∫ x 2 dA d)
∫ y 2 dA
30. If the given plane figure is symmetrical about y axis only, then the
centroid lies on _____
a) The intersection of x axis and y axis b) x axis c) y axis d)
none of these
31. For a steel ball of radius R ____________
a) The centroid and centre of gravity are different
b) The centroid and centre of gravity are same
c) The centroid is half the centre of gravity
d) None of these
32. A body can have ________ centre of gravity
a) Only five b) only one c) infinite d) zero

fig 2.1 fig2.2 fig 2.3

The second moment of a plane area about any axis as compared to its
second moment about the neutral axis _____________
a) Is always more b) is always less c) is equal d) not equal
33. Moment of inertia of a square of side ‘a’ about an axis through its
centre of gravity is ______
a4 a4 a4 a4
a) 4
b) 8
c) 12
d) 36
34. The cross sectional area of a hollow cylinder has an internal diameter
of 50mm and a thickness of 5mm. The moment of inertia of the cross
section about its centroidal axis is ___
a) 3.294× 105 mm4 b) 1.424× 105 mm4 c) 1.647× 105
mm d) 2.848× 10
4 5 4
mm

35. Moment of inertia of a circular area of radius R about a tangent

perpendicular to its plane is ____________
4 4 4
πR 3π R πR
a) 4
b) 4
c) 2
d)
3 π R4
2

PART B

1. Derive an expression for the centroid of a quarter circle of radius

R.
2. Locate the centroid for the area shown in the figure.
 3. Locate the centroid
for the shaded area
shown in the figure.

4. Locate the centroid for the given figure.

5. Derive the expression for the centroid of a triangle of base b and
height h.
6. Determine the moment of inertia of the shaded area about the base
AB and about the centroidal xx axis.

6. Determine the moment of inertia of a parabola y= k x 2 about the

horizontal axis passing through the base and also find radius of
gyration about the same axis.
7. Determine the moment of inertia about the horizontal centroidal
axis. And also find radius of gyration about the same axis

7. Derive an expression for the moment of inertia of a semicircle of

radius R about the base and about the centroidal x-x axis
8. A semi circle of diameter ‘d’, was removed from a quarter circle of
radius ‘r’. The radius of quarter circle was equal to the diameter of
semicircle. The reference axes X &Y is located at the adjacent
sides of the quarter circle. The orientation of the semi circle is such
that the vertical axis (y-axis) passes through the diameter of the
semi circle. Find the centroidal distance from the reference axis.

9. The centroid of a rectangle is to be shifted from O to O 1. This is

accomplished by removing the shaded portion which is
symmetrical about XX axis. Determine the area of the hatched
portion (Fig: 1)

Fig: 1
10. Locate the centroid of the given area (all dimensions are in
mm) The radius of qarter circles on either sides is 30 mm. (Fig: 2)
Y axis

Radius = 30 mm X axis

Fig: 2
11. a) State and prove Parallel axis theorem (4 marks)
 a) Derive the expression for polar moment of inertia about the
centroidal axis of a quarter circle of radius R. (6 marks)
12. Find the moment of inertia of the shaded area shown in fig 5.
About the horizontal and vertical centroidal axes. All dimensions
are in mm.

13. Derive an expression for the centroid of a quarter circle of

radius R.

14. Locate the centroid for the area shown in the figure.

15. Locate the centroid for the shaded area shown in the figure.
 9. Determine the moment of inertia of the shaded area about the
base AB and about the centroidal xx axis. Ref Fig 4

10. Determine the moment of inertia of a parabola y= k x 2

about the horizontal axis passing through the base and also find
radius of gyration about the same axis.
11. Derive an expression for the moment of inertia of a
semicircle of radius R
about the base and about the
centroidal x-x axis

12. Determine the moment

of inertia of a parabola y=
k x2 about the horizontal
axis passing through the base and also find radius of gyration
about the same axis.
13. Derive an expression for the moment of inertia of a semicircle of
radius R about the base and about the centroidal x-x axis
14. Find the radius of gyration of the shaded area given in fig.4
about an axis normal to the symmetrical axis. All the dimensions
are in mm.
15. Derive an expression for the moment of inertia of a
semicircle of radius R about the base and the value of polar
moment of inertia about its Centroid.