Explore topic-wise MCQs in Civil Engineering.

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701.

If a steel rod of 20 mm diameter and 5 metres long elongates by 2.275 mm when subjected to an axial pull of 3000 kg, the stress developed, is

A. 9.5541 kg/cm2
B. 95.541 kg/cm2
C. 955.41 kg/cm2
D. 9554.1 kg/cm2.
Answer» D. 9554.1 kg/cm2.
702.

The property of a material by which it can be beaten or rolled into thin plates, is called

A. malleability
B. ductility
C. plasticity
D. elasticity.
Answer» B. ductility
703.

The slenderness ratio of a vertical column of a square cross-section of 2.5 cm sides and 300 cm length, is

A. 200
B. 240
C. 360
D. 416
Answer» E.
704.

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

A. 8
B. 43678
C. 43525
D. 2
Answer» B. 43678
705.

The maximum bending moment due to a moving load on a simply supported beam, occurs

A. at the mid span
B. at the supports
C. under the load
D. anywhere on the beam
Answer» D. anywhere on the beam
706.

The moment diagram for a cantilever carrying a concentrated load at its free end, will be

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. parabola
D. cubic parabola.
Answer» B. rectangle
707.

For a simply supported beam of length L, the bending moment M is described as M = a (x - x3/L2), 0 ‚â§ x < L; where a is a constant. The shear force will be zero at

A. the supports
B. x = L/2
C. x = L/3
D. x = L/3
Answer» D. x = L/3
708.

The tensile force required to cause an elongation of 0.045 mm in a steel rod of 1000 mm length and 12 mm diameter, is (where E = 2 x 106 kg/cm2)

A. 166 kg
B. 102 kg
C. 204 kg
D. 74 kg
Answer» C. 204 kg
709.

If the width b and depth d of a beam simply supported with a central load are interchanged, the deflection at the centre of the beam will be changed in the ratio of

A. b/d
B. d/b
C. (d/b)2
D. (b/d)2
Answer» E.
710.

If the shear force along a section of a beam is zero, the bending moment at the section is

A. zero
B. maximum
C. minimum
D. average of maximum-minimum
Answer» C. minimum
711.

A cantilever carries is uniformly distributed load W over its whole length and a force W acts at its free end upward. The net deflection of the free end will be

A. zero
B. upward
C. downward
D. none of these.
Answer» C. downward
712.

The number of points of contraflexure in a simple supported beam carrying uniformly distributed load, is

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 0
Answer» E.
713.

If a rectangular beam measuring 10 x 18 x 400 cm carries a unformly distributed load such that the bending stress developed is 100 kg/cm2. The intensity of the load per metre length, is

A. 240 kg
B. 250 kg
C. 260 kg
D. 270 kg
Answer» C. 260 kg
714.

In the cantilever truss as shown in below figure, the horizontal component of the reaction at A, is

A. 30 tonnes
B. 60 tonnes
C. 90 tonnes
D. 120 tonnes
Answer» B. 60 tonnes
715.

The radius of gyration of a rectangular section is not proportional to

A. square root of the moment of inertia
B. square root of the inverse of the area
C. square root of the moment of inertia divided by area of the section
D. none of these.
Answer» E.
716.

In a loaded beam, the point of con-traflexture occurs at a section where

A. bending moment is minimum
B. bending moment is zero or changes sign
C. bending moment is maximum
D. shearing force is maximum
Answer» C. bending moment is maximum
717.

The minimum number of rivets for the connection of a gusset plate, is

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» C. 3
718.

The ratio of strengths of solid to hollow shafts, both having outside diameter D and hollow having inside diameter D/2, in torsion, is

A. 43556
B. 43497
C. 42370
D. 15/16
Answer» E.
719.

When loads are applied proportionately to a frame structure containing its members in one plane, the structure is called

A. grid frame
B. plane frame
C. space frame
D. truss frame.
Answer» D. truss frame.