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  1. A body is subjected to a direct tensile stress of 300 MPa in one plane accompanied by a simple shear stress of 200 MPa. The minimum normal stress will be

  2. A.
    -100 MPa
    B.
    250 MPa
    C.
    300 MPa
    D.
    400 MPa

  3. The polar modulus for a hollow shaft of outer diameter (D) and inner diameter (d) is


  4. The ratio of linear stress to the linear strain is called

  5. A.
    modulus of rigidity
    B.
    modulus of elasticity
    C.
    bulk modulus
    D.
    Poisson's ratio

  6. The bending equation is


  7. A riveted joint may fail by

  8. A.
    tearing of the plate at an edge
    B.
    tearing of the plate across a row of rivets
    C.
    shearing of rivets
    D.
    any one of these

  9. A shear stress across a plane, is always accompanied by a balancing shear stress across the plane and normal to it.

  10. A.
    True
    B.
    False

  11. The maximum bending moment for the beam shown in the below figure, is


  12. When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (σx) in one plane accompanied by a simple shear stress (τxy), the maximum shear stress is


  13. The bending moment diagram for a simply supported beam loaded in its centre is

  14. A.
    a right angled triangle
    B.
    an issoscles triangle
    C.
    an equilateral triangle
    D.
    a rectangle

  15. A load which acts at a point on a beam is not called uniformly distributed load.

  16. A.
    Agree
    B.
    Disagree