The total strain energy stored in a body is termed as resilience proofresilience

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The total strain energy stored in a body is termed as
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A. resilience
B. proofresilience
C. impact energy
D. modulus of resilience

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resilience

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1. Two bars of different materials and same size are subjected to the same tensile force. If the bars have unit elongation in the ratio of 2:5, then the ratio of modulus of elasticity of the two materials will be
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A. 2:5
B. 5:2
C. 4:3
D. 3:4

5. A simply supported beam 'A' of length l, breadth b and depth d carries a central load W. Another beam 'B' of the same dimensions carries a central load equal to 2 W. The deflection of beam 'B' will be __________ as that of beam 'A'.
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A. one-fourth
B. one-half
C. double
D. four times

6. The given figure shows the Mohr's circle of stress for two unequal and like principal stresses (?_x and ?_y) acting at a body across two mutually perpendicular planes. The resultant stress is given by
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A. OC
B. OP
C. OQ
D. PQ

7. When a body is subjected to bi-axial stress i.e. direct stresses (?_x) and (?_y) in two mutually perpendicular planes accompanied by a simple shear stress (?_xy), then maximum shear stress is
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A.
B.
C.
D.

8. In order to avoid sliding of masonry dam, the force of friction between the dam and soil should be at least __________ the total water pressure per metre length.
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A. equal to
B. 1.5 times
C. double
D. 2.5 times

10. When a bar of length l and diameter d is rigidly fixed at the upper end and hanging freely, then the total elongation produced in the bar due to its own weight is (where w = Weight per unit volume of the bar)
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A.
B.
C.
D.

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