TYPES OF CURVES - Quiz

1) What is the term for the locus of a point lying on the circumference of the circle which rolls on a straight line?

Cycloid Hypocycloid Epicycloid Circle

2) Which is a practical application of cycloidal curve?

Gear tooth profile Water channel design Railway bridge arches Radar antenna

3) What is the curve if the generating circle rolls outside the directing circle?

Circle Epicycloid Parabola Hyperbola

4) What is the curve if the generating circle rolls inside the directing circle?

Circle Epicycloid Parabola Hypocycloid

5) Which data is required for constructing a spiral?

Larger radius Smallest radius Tangent Number of convolutions