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The ratio of the effective length of a column and minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area, is known
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A. buckling factor
B. slenderness ratio
C. crippling factor
D. none of these.

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slenderness ratio

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3. Reactions at the supports of a structure can be determined by equating the algebraic sum of
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A. horizontal forces to zero
B. vertical forces to zero
C. moment about any point to zero
D. all the above.

5. A shaft 9 m long is subjected to a torque 30 t-m at a point 3 m distant from either end. The reactive torque at the nearer end will be
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A. 5 tonnes metre
B. 10 tonnes metre
C. 15 tonnes metre
D. 20 tonnes metre
E. none of these.

6. Failure of riverted joints is due to
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A. Tearing of the plates between the rivet hole and the edge of the plate
B. Tearing of plates between rivets
C. Shearing of rivets
D. Crushing of rivets
E. All the above.

9. The maximum compressive stress at the top of a beam is 1600 kg/cm² and the corresponding tensile stress at its bottom is 400 kg/cm² . If the depth of the beam is 10 cm, the neutral axis from the top, is
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A. 2 cm
B. 4 cm
C. 6 cm
D. 8 cm
E. 10 cm.

10. The neutral axis of a beam cross-section must
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A. pass through the centroid of the section
B. be equidistant from the top of bottom films
C. be an axis of symmetry of the section
D. none of these.

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