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  1. Gradually applied static loads do not change with time their

  2. A.

     Magnitude

    B.

     Direction

    C.

     Point of application

    D.

     All the above


  3. The yield moment of a cross section is defined as the moment that will just produce the yield stress in

  4. A.

     The outer most fibre of the section

    B.

     The inner most fibre of the section

    C.

     The neutral fibre of the section

    D.

     The fibre everywhere


  5. Beams composed of more than one material, rigidly connected together so as to behave as one piece, are known as

  6. A.

     Compound beams

    B.

     Indeterminate beams

    C.

     Determinate beams

    D.

     Composite beams


  7. At yield point of a test piece, the material

  8. A.

     Obeys Hooke’s law

    B.

     Behaves in an elastic manner

    C.

     Regains its original shape on removal of the load

    D.

     Undergoes plastic deformation


  9. The load on a spring per unit deflection, is called

  10. A.

     Stiffness

    B.

     Proof resilience

    C.

     Proof stress

    D.

     Proof load


  11. A steel bar 20 mm in diameter simply-supported at its ends over a total span of 40 cm carries a load at its centre. If the maximum stress induced in the bar is limited to N/mm², the bending strain energy stored in the bar, is

  12. A.

     411 N mm

    B.

     511 N mm

    C.

     611 N mm

    D.

     711 N mm


  13. A load of 1960 N is raised at the end of a steel wire. The minimum diameter of the wire so that stress in the wire does not exceed 100 N/mm² is:

  14. A.

     4.0 mm

    B.

     4.5 mm

    C.

     5.0 mm

    D.

     5.5 mm


  15. For beams of uniform strength, if depth is constant,

  16. A.

     Width b M

    B.

     Width b M

    C.

     Width b 3 M

    D.

     Width b 1/M


  17. A composite beam is composed of two equal strips one of brass and other of steel. If the temperature is raised

  18. A.

     Steel experiences tensile force

    B.

     Brass experiences compressive force

    C.

     Composite beam gets subjected to a couple

    D.

     All the above


  19. A compound bar consists of two bars of equal length. Steel bar cross -section is 3500 mm²and that of brass bar is 3000 mm². These are subjected to a compressive load 100,000 N. If Eb = 0.2 MN/mm² and Eb = 0.1 MN/mm², the stresses developed are:

  20. A.

     b = 10 N/mm² s = 20 N/mm 2

    B.

     b = 8 N/mm² s = 16 N/mm²

    C.

     b = 6 N/mm² s = 12 N/mm²

    D.

     b = 5 N/mm² s = 10 N/mm²