Applied Mechanics and Graphic Statics
A cable loaded with 0.5 tonne per horizontal metre span is stretched between supports in the same horizontal line 400 m apart. If central dip is 20 m, the minimum tension in the cable, will be

500 tonnes at the centre
200 tonnes at the centre
200 tonnes at the left support
200 tonnes at the right support

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Applied Mechanics and Graphic Statics
One end of an elastic string of natural length / and modulus X is kept fixed while to the other end is attached a particle of mass m which is hanging freely under gravity. The particle is pulled down vertically through a distance x, held at rest and then released. The motion is

a simple harmonic motion
None of these
a rectilinear motion with constant speed
a damped oscillatory motion

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