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  • In a section, shear centre is a point through which, if the resultant load passes, the section will not be subjected to any


  • Options
  • A. Bending
  • B. Tension
  • C. Compression
  • D. Torsion

  • Correct Answer
  • Torsion 

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    • 1. Muskingum method for routing of flood

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    • A. is used for routing floods through reservoirs
    • B. is a method of routing that uses continuity the momentum equations
    • C. is a hydrologic method of routing floods through streams
    • D. is one in which only energy equation is used
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    • 2. Two primary air pollutants are

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    • A. sulphur oxide and ozone
    • B. nitrogen oxide and peroxyacetylnitrate
    • C. sulphur oxide and hydrocarbon
    • D. ozone and peroxyacetynitrate
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    • 3. A pile of 0.50 m diameter and of length 10 m is embedded in a deposit of clay. The un-drained strength parameters of the clay are cohesion = 60 kN/m2 and the angle in internal friction = 0. The skin friction capacity (kN) of the pile for an adhesion factor of 0.6, is

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    • A. 671
    • B. 565
    • C. 283
    • D. 106
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    • 4. The force in the member DE of the truss shown in the below figure is,

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    • A. 100.0 kN
    • B. zero
    • C. 35.5 kN
    • D. 25.0 kN
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    • 5. If duty (D) is 1428 hectares/cumec and base period (B) is 120 days for an irrigated crop, then delta (?) in meters is given by

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    • A. 102.8
    • B. 0.73
    • C. 1.38
    • D. 0.01
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    • 6. The total active thrust on a vertical wall 3m high retaining a horizontal sand backfill (unit weight ?t = 20 kN/m3, angle of shearing resistance ?' = 30°) when the water table is at the bottom of the wall, will be:

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    • A. 30 kN/m
    • B. 35 kN/m
    • C. 4 kN/m
    • D. 45 kN/m
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    • 7. A frame ABCD is supported by a roller at A and is on a hinge at C as shown below

      The reaction at the roller end A is given by

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    • A. P
    • B. 2P
    • C. P/2
    • D. Zero.
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    • 8. A cantilever beam is shown in the below figure. The moment to be applied at free end for zero vertical deflection at that point is

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    • A. 9 kN.m clock wise
    • B. 9 kN.m anti-clockwise
    • C. 12 kN.m clockwise
    • D. 12 kN.m anti-clockwise
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    • 9. Standard 5-day BOD of a waste water sample is nearly x% of the ultimate BOD, where x is

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    • A. 48
    • B. 58
    • C. 68
    • D. 78
      • Discuss
    • 10. A vertical rod PQ of length L is fixed at its top end P and has a flange fixed to the bottom end Q. A weight W is dropped vertically from a height h(< L) on to the flange. The axial stress in the rod can be reduced by

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    • A. increasing the length of the rod
    • B. decreasing the length of the rod
    • C. decreasing the area of cross-section of the rod
    • D. increasing the modulus of elasticity of the material
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