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  • Question

  • For a stable frame structure, number of members required, is


  • Options
  • A. three times the number of joints minus three
  • B. twice the number of joints minus three
  • C. twice the number of joints minus two
  • D. twice the number of joints minus one
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • twice the number of joints minus three 

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    • 1. A member is balanced at its end by two inclined members carrying equal forces. For equilibrium the angle between the inclined bars must be

    • Options
    • A. 3°
    • B. 45°
    • C. 60°
    • D. 90°
    • E. 120°
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    • 2. Pick up the correct assumption of the theory of simple bending

    • Options
    • A. The value of the Young's modulus is the same in tension as well as in compression
    • B. Transverse section of a beam remains plane before and after bending
    • C. The material of the beam is homogeneous and isotropic
    • D. The resultant pull or thrust on transverse section of a beam is zero
    • E. All the above.
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    • 3. The under mentioned type is simple strain

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    • A. tensile strain
    • B. compressive strain
    • C. shear strain
    • D. volumetric strain
    • E. all the above.
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    • 4. The property by which a body returns to its original shape after removal of the force, is called

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    • A. plasticity
    • B. elasticity
    • C. ductility
    • D. malleability.
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    • 5. In a continuous bending moment curve the point where it changes sign, is called

    • Options
    • A. point of inflexion
    • B. point of contraflexture
    • C. point of virtual hinge
    • D. all the above.
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    • 6. For keeping the stress wholly compressive the load may be applied on a circular column anywhere within a concentric circle of diameter

    • Options
    • A. d/2
    • B. d/3
    • C. d/4
    • D. d/8
    • E. d/10
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    • 7. A short masonry pillar is 60 cm x 60 cm in cross-section, the core of the pillar is a square whose side is

    • Options
    • A. 17.32 cm
    • B. 14.14 cm
    • C. 20.00 cm
    • D. 22.36 cm
    • E. 25.22 cm.
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    • 8. If Z and I are the section modulus and moment of inertia of the section, the shear force F and bending moment M at a section are related by

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 9. The bending moment at C of a portal frame shown in below figure is

    • Options
    • A. 8 t-m
    • B. 4 t-m
    • C. 28 t-m
    • D. 16 t-m
    • E. zero.
      • Discuss
    • 10. Columns of given length, cross-section and material have different values of buckling loads for different end conditions. The strongest column is one whose

    • Options
    • A. one end is fixed and other end is hinged
    • B. both ends are hinged or pin jointed
    • C. one end is fixed and the other end entirely free
    • D. both the ends are fixed
    • E. none of the these.
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