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  • 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
    A cantilever beam is shown in the below figure. The moment to be applied at free end for zero vertic


  • Options
  • A. 9 kN.m clock wise
  • B. 9 kN.m anti-clockwise
  • C. 12 kN.m clockwise
  • D. 12 kN.m anti-clockwise

  • Correct Answer
  • 12 kN.m anti-clockwise 


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    • 1. 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

    • Options
    • A. P
    • B. 2P
    • C. P/2
    • D. Zero.
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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:

    • Options
    • A. 30 kN/m
    • B. 35 kN/m
    • C. 4 kN/m
    • D. 45 kN/m
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    • 3. In a section, shear centre is a point through which, if the resultant load passes, the section will not be subjected to any

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    • A. Bending
    • B. Tension
    • C. Compression
    • D. Torsion
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    • 4. 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
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which one of the following conditions, both elastic and plastic methods of analysis of indeterminate structures have to satisfy?

    • Options
    • A. yield condition
    • B. mechanism condition
    • C. equilibrium
    • D. compatibility of deformation
    • Discuss
    • 9. At highway stretches where the required overtaking sight distance cannot be provided, it is necessary to incorporate in such sections the following :

    • Options
    • A. at least twice the stopping sight distance
    • B. half of the required overtaking sight distance
    • C. one third of the required overtaking sight distance
    • D. three times the stopping sight distance.
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    • 10. The plastic modulus of a section is 4.8 x 10-4 m3. The shape factor is 1.2. The plastic moment capacity of the section is 120 kN.m. The yield stress of the material is

    • Options
    • A. 100 MPa
    • B. 240 MPa
    • C. 250 MPa
    • D. 300 MPa
    • Discuss


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