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  • The length of a column, having a uniform circular cross-section of 7.5 cm diameter and whose ends are hinged, is 5 m. If the value of E for the material is 2100 tonnes/cm2, the permissible maximum crippling load will be


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  • A. 1.288 tonnes
  • B. 12.88
  • C. 128.8 tonnes
  • D. 288.0
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • 12.88 

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    • 1. The length of a column which gives the same value of buckling load by Euler and Rankine-Gordon formula, is equal to

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D. none of these.
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    • 2. If a shaft is simultaneously subjected to a toque T and a bending moment M, the ratio of maximum bending stress and maximum shearing stress is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 3. The reaction at support A of the beam shown in below figure, is

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    • A. zero
    • B. 5 T
    • C. 10 T
    • D. 1 T
    • E. 4 T.
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    • 4. When equal and opposite forces applied to a body, tend to elongate it, the stress so produced, is called

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    • A. shear stress
    • B. compressive stress
    • C. tensile stress
    • D. transverse stress.
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    • 5. In rectangular columns (cross-section b x h), the core is a

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    • A. rectangle of lengths b/2 and h/2
    • B. square of length b/2
    • C. rhombus of length h/2
    • D. rhombus of diagonals b/3 and h/3
    • E. none of the these.
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    • 6. A bending moment may be defined as :

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    • A. Arithmetic sum of the moments of all the forces on either side of the section
    • B. Arithmetic sum of the forces on either side of the section
    • C. Algebraic sum of the moments of all the forces on either side of the section
    • D. None of these.
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    • 7. The type of butt joints in common use, is :

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    • A. single inverted V-butt joint
    • B. double V-butt joint
    • C. double U-butt joint
    • D. single V-butt joint.
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    • 8. The structure shown in below figure is stable, if

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    • A.
    • B. x = 2y
    • C. x = y
    • D. 2x = y.
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    • 9. An arch with three hinges, is a structure

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    • A. statically determinate
    • B. statically indeterminate
    • C. geometrically unstable
    • D. structurally sound but indeterminate
    • E. none of these.
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    • 10. If a three hinged parabolic arch carries a uniformly distributed load on its entire span, every section of the arch resists.

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    • A. compressive force
    • B. tensile force
    • C. shear force
    • D. bending moment.
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