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  • The critical neutral axis of a reinforced cement concrete beam is based on the principle that the neutral axis is situated at the centre of gravity of a given section.


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  • A. True
  • B. False

  • Correct Answer
  • True 


  • Strength of Materials problems


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    • 1. When a material is loaded within elastic limit, the material will regain its shape and size when the load is removed.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 2. The distance between the centres of rivets in adjacent rows of zig-zag riveted joint, is called back pitch.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 3. The capacity of a strained body for doing work on the removal of the straining force, is called

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    • A. strain energy
    • B. resilience
    • C. proof resilience
    • D. impact energy
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    • 4. The shear force at a certain point on a beam changes sign from +ve value to -ve value or vice versa. The bending moment at that point will be zero.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 5. The shear force at the centre of a simply supported beam with a gradually varying load from zero at both ends to w per metre at the centre, is

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    • A. zero
    • B. wl/4
    • C. wl/2
    • D. wl2/2
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    • 6. The limit of eccentricity for no tensile conditions for a column of circular section of diameter (d) is

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    • A. d/4
    • B. d/8
    • C. d/12
    • D. d/16
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    • 7. The Rankine's formula holds good for

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    • A. short columns
    • B. long columns
    • C. both short and long columns
    • D. weak columns
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    • 8. The bending stress in abeam is __________ bending moment.

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    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. more than
    • D. directly proportional to
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    • 9. Shear modulus is the ratio of

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    • A. linear stress to linear strain
    • B. linear stress to lateral strain
    • C. volumetric strain to linear strain
    • D. shear stress to shear strain
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    • 10. The bending moment of a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length is __________ at the free end.

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    • A. zero
    • B. wl/4
    • C. wl/2
    • D. wl
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