Q.1
Strain is a dimensionless quantity.
  • True
  • False
Q.2
Which stress is induced in a member, when expansion or contraction due to temperature variation is prevented?
  • Compressive stress
  • Tensile stress
  • Thermal stress
  • None of the above
Q.3
Two parallel, equal and opposite forces acting tangentially to the surface of the body is called as
  • Complementary stress
  • Compressive stress
  • Shear stress
  • Tensile stress
Q.4
The bending stress in a beam is __________ bending moment
  • equal to
  • less than
  • more than
  • directly proportional to
Q.5
When a material is loaded within elastic limit, the material will regain its shape and size when the load is removed.
  • Agree
  • Disagree
Q.6
A wall that bears the weight of the house above said wall, resting upon it by conducting its weight to a foundation structure
  • Bearing wall
  • Exterior wall
  • Interior wall
  • Parapet wall
Q.7
There are two hinged semicircular arches A, B and C of radii 5 m, 7.5 m andm respectively and each carries a concentrated load W at their crowns. The horizontal thrust at their supports will be in the ratio of
  • 1 : 1½ : 2
  • 2 : 1½ : 1
  • 1 : 1 : 2
  • None of these
Q.8
The ratio of crippling loads of a column having both the ends fixed to the column having both the ends hinged, is
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Q.9
H V are the algebraic sums of the forces resolved horizontally and vertically respectively, M is the algebraic sum of the moments of forces about any point, for the equilibrium of the body acted upon
  • H = 0
  • V = 0
  • M = 0
  • All the above
Q.10
For a strongest rectangular beam cut from a circular log, the ratio of the width and depth, is
  • 0.303
  • 0.404
  • 0.505
  • 0.707
Q.11
The maximum deflection of a simply supported beam of span L, carrying an isolated load at the centre of the span; flexural rigidity being EI, is
  • WL3/3EL
  • WL3/8EL
  • WL3/24EL
  • WL3/48EL
Q.12
The assumption in the theory of bending of beams is:
  • Material is homogeneous
  • Material is isotropic
  • Young’s modulus is same in tension as well as in compression
  • All the above
Q.13
The ratio of the deflections of the free end of a cantilever due to an isolated load at 1/3rd and 2/3rd of the span, is
  • 1/7
  • 2/7
  • 3/7
  • 2/5
Q.14
The use of ___________ in flat slabs increase the shear strength of slab and reduce the moment in the slab by reducing the clear or effective span
  • Column heads
  • Drop panels
Q.15
In plastic analysis, the shape factor for a circular section, is
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
  • 1.7
  • 1.75
Q.16
P = 4π² EI/L² is the equation of Euler's crippling load if
  • Both the ends are fixed
  • Both the ends are hinged
  • One end is fixed and other end is free
  • One end is fixed and other end is hinged
Q.17
The ratio of maximum shear stress to average shear stress of a circular beam, is
  • 2/3
  • 3/2
  • 3/4
  • 4/3
Q.18
The locus of reaction of a two hinged semi-circular arch, is
  • Straight line
  • Parabola
  • Circle
  • Hyperbola
Q.19
Maximum principal stress theory for the failure of a material at elastic point, is known
  • Guest's or Trecas' theory
  • St. Venant's theory
  • Rankine's theory
  • Von Mises' theory
Q.20
Total strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is known
  • Guest’s or Trecas’ theory
  • St. Venant’s theory
  • Rankine’s theory
  • Haig’s theory
Q.21
A steel rod 1 metre long having square cross section is pulled under a tensile load of 8 tonnes. The extension in the rod was 1 mm only. If Esteel = 2 ×kg/cm², the side of the rod, is
  • 1 cm
  • 1.5 cm
  • 2 cm
  • 2.5 cm
Q.22
The equivalent length is of a column of length having both the ends fixed, is
  • 2 L
  • L
  • L/2
  • L
Q.23
A simply supported uniform rectangular bar breadth b, depth d and length L carries an isolated load W at its mid-span. The same bar experiences an extension e under same tensile load. The ratio of the maximum deflection to the elongation, is
  • L/d
  • L/2d
  • (L/2d)²
  • (L/3d)²
Q.24
A simply supported beam which carries a uniformly distributed load has two equal overhangs. To have maximum B.M. produced in the beam least possible, the ratio of the length of the overhang to the total length of the beam, is
  • 0.207
  • 0.307
  • 0.407
  • 0.508
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