Q. To ascertain the maximum permissible eccentricity of loads on circular columns, the rule generally followed, is

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Q. If a steel rod of 20 mm diameter and 5 metres long elongates by 2.275 mm when subjected to an axial pull of 3000 kg, the stress developed, is

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Q. Shear force for a cantilever carrying a uniformly distributed load over its length, is

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Q. If the width of a simply supported beam carrying an isolated load at its centre is doubled, the deflection of the beam at the centre is changed by

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Q. For a stable frame structure, number of members required, is

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Q. When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress develops on

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Q. The under mentioned type is simple strain

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Q. The ratio of the effective length of a column and minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area, is known

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Q. Failure of riverted joints is due to

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Q. The maximum load to which a fillet joint of length L can be subjected to, is

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Q. Beams of uniform strength are preferred to those of uniform section because these are economical for

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Q. The moment diagram for a cantilever whose free end is subjected to a bending moment, will be a

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Q. Reactions at the supports of a structure can be determined by equating the algebraic sum of

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Q. The bending moment is maximum on a section where shearing force

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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Q. A short masonry pillar is 60 cm x 60 cm in cross-section, the core of the pillar is a square whose side is

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Q. A rectangular log of wood is floating in water with a load of 100 N at its centre. The maximum shear force in the wooden log is

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Q. The following assumption is not true in the theory of pure torsion :

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Q. Pick up the correct assumption of the theory of simple bending

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Q. The neutral axis of a beam cross-section must

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