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MCQ Questions Civil Engineering Strength of Materials - Set - 2
Question 1:
A cast iron T section beam is subjected to pure bending. For maximum compressive stress to be three times the maximum tensile stress, centre of gravity of the section from flange side is
- h/2
- h/3
- h/4
- 2/3h
Correct Answer – (C)
Question 2 :
A column is said to be of medium size if its slenderness ratio is between
- 20 and 32
- 32 and 120
- 120 and 160
- 160 and 180
Correct Answer – (B)
Question 3 :
The stress necessary to initiate yielding, is considerably
- more than that necessary to stop it
- more than that necessary to continue it
- less than that necessary to continue it
- less than that necessary to stop it
Correct Answer – (B)
Question 4 :
For a beam, if fundamental equations of statics are not sufficient to determine all the reactive forces at the supports, the structure is said to be
- determinate
- statically determinate
- statically indeterminate
- none of these
Correct Answer – (C)
Question 5 :
The moment diagram for a cantilever which is subjected to a uniformly distributed load will be a
- parabola
- rectangle
- triangle
- cubic parabola
Correct Answer – (A)
MCQ Questions Civil Engineering Strength of Materials
Question 6:
If the length of a cantilever carrying an isolated load at its free end is doubled, the deflection of the free end will increase by
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 1/8
Correct Answer – (D)
Question 7:
If the depth of a simply supported beam carrying an isolated load at its centre, is doubled, the deflection of the beam at the centre will be changed by a factor of
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 1/8
Correct Answer – (D)
Question 8:
The effect of arching a beam, is
- to increase the bending moment throughout
- nothing on the bending throughout
- to reduce the bending moment throughout
- All
Correct Answer – (C)
Question 9:
The bending moment is maximum on a section where shearing force
- is maximum
- changes sign
- is equal
- is minimum
Correct Answer – (B)
Question 10:
Ties are load carrying members of a frame, which are subjected to
- transverse loads
- torsional loads
- axial compressive loads
- axial tension loads
Correct Answer – (D)
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