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Because of friction acting at the joints, while speeding up it prevents the downward movement of sleeve.

(a) True

(b) False

I got this question in a dream while sleeping

This is a very interesting question from Coefficient of Insensitiveness topic in chapter Governors of Machine Dynamics

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The correct option is (b) False

The best I can explain: In actual conditions there is always friction acting at joints and operating mechanisms of the governor, because of this while speeding up friction prevents the upward movement of sleeve.

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