Civil Engineering Questions And Answers :: Strength Of Materials: part4



Civil Engineering : Strength Of Materials QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part4 : 6 to 10

Following Civil Engineering Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in BSNL JTO, GATE 2024 and IES 2024 examinations :

6.If a three hinged parabolic arch carries a uniformly distributed load over the entire span, then any section of the arch is subjected to

normal thrust only
normal thrust and shear force
normal thrust and bending moment
normal thrust, shear force and bending moment

7.At a point in a steel member, the major principal stress is 2000 kg/cm2 and the minor principal stress is compressive. If the uni-axial tensile yield stress is 2500 kg/cm2, then the magnitude of the minor principal stress at which yielding will commence, according to the maximum shearing stress theory, is

1000 kg/cm2
2000 kg/cm2
2500 kg/cm2
500 kg/cm2

8.For the design of a cast iron member, the most appropriate theory of failure is

Mohr's theory
Rankine's theory
Maximum strain theory
Maximum shear energy theory

9.The basic perfect frame is a

triangle
rectangle
square
hexagon

10.A three hinged arch is carrying uniformly distributed load over the entire span. The arch is free from shear force and bending moment if its shape is

circular
parabolic
elliptical
none of the above

More Strength Of Materials QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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