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  • The maximum stress produced in a bar of tapering section is at


  • Options
  • A. smaller end
  • B. larger end
  • C. middle
  • D. anywhere

  • Correct Answer
  • smaller end 

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    • 1. The energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limit is known as

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    • A. resilience
    • B. proof resilience
    • C. strain energy
    • D. impact energy
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    • 2. A masonry dam may fail due to

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    • A. tension in the masonry of the dam and its base
    • B. overturning of the dam
    • C. crushing of masonry at the base of the dam
    • D. any one of the above
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    • 3. When shear force at a point is zero, then bending moment is __________ at that point.

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    • A. zero
    • B. minimum
    • C. maximum
    • D. infinity
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    • 4. In compression test, the fracture in cast iron specimen would occur along

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    • A. the axis of load
    • B. an oblique plane
    • C. at right angles to the axis of specimen
    • D. would not occur
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    • 5. When two main plates are kept in alignment butting each other and riveted with cover plate on both sides of the main plates with two rows of rivets in each main plate, the joint is known as __________ double cover butt joint.

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    • A. single riveted
    • B. double riveted
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    • 6. In the torsion equation the term J/R is called

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    • A. shear modulus
    • B. section modulus
    • C. polar modulus
    • D. none of these
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    • 7. For a beam, as shown in the below figure, the maximum deflection is .

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 8. In order to prevent crushing of masonry at the base of the dam, the maximum stress should be __________ the permissible stress of the soil.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. more than
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    • 9. Strain resetters are used to

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    • A. measure shear strain
    • B. measure linear strain
    • C. measure volumetric strain
    • D. relieve strain
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    • 10. A steel bar of 5 mm is heated from 15° C to 40° C and it is free to expand. The bar Will induce

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    • A. no stress
    • B. shear stress
    • C. tensile stress
    • D. compressive stress
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