alleryAn anticlockwise moment is conventionally taken as:
APositive
BNegative
CZero
DImaginary
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Positive
1. The principle of moments uses a sign convention to add turning effects.
2. Anticlockwise rotations are taken as positive.
3. Clockwise rotations are taken as negative.
4. This convention lets the algebraic sum of moments be zero at equilibrium.
_Source: Selina Concise Physics ICSE Class 10, Ch 1 'Force' (icsehelp.com chapter extract)_
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