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On one side of a neutral axis of a beam, there is a tensile stress and on the other side of the beam there is a compressive stress.
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A. Agree
B. Disagree

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Agree

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2. In a beam subjected to pure bending, the intensity of stress in any fibre is __________ the distance of the fibre from the neutral axis.
Options
A. equal to
B. less than
C. more than
D. directly proportional to

4. The product of the tangential force acting on the shaft and its distance from the axis of the shaft (i.e. radius of shaft) is known as
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A. bending moment
B. twisting moment
C. torsional rigidity
D. flexural rigidity

6. Two shafts 'A' and 'B' have the same material. The shaft 'A' is solid of diameter 100 mm. The shaft 'B' is hollow with outer diameter 100 mm and inner diameter 50 mm. The torque transmitted by shaft 'B' is __________ as that of shaft 'A'.
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A. 1/6
B. 1/8
C. 1/4
D. 15/16

7. At the neutral axis of a beam
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A. the layers are subjected to maximum bending stress
B. the layers are subjected to minimum bending stress
C. the layers are subjected to compression
D. the layers do not undergo any strain

9. The bending moment diagram for a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length, will be
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A. a horizontal line
B. a vertical line
C. an inclined line
D. a parabolic curve

10. Which of the following statement is wrong?
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A. The deformation of the bar per unit length in the direction of the force is called linear strain.
B. The Poisson's ratio is the ratio of lateral strain to the linear strain.
C. The ratio of change in volume to the original volume is called volumetric strain.
D. The bulk modulus is the ratio of linear stress to the linear strain.

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