Strength Of Materials QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Civil Engineering : Strength Of Materials QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part4 : 16 to 20

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

16.A steel rod of cross sectional area equal to 1000 mm2 is 5 m long. If a pull of 100 kN is suddenly applied to it, then the maximum stress intensity will be

50 N/mm2

100 N/mm2

200 N/mm2

400 N/mm2

17.Proof resilience is the maximum energy stored at

limit of proportionality

elastic limit

plastic limit

none of the above

18.A short column of external diameter of 250 mm and internal diameter of 150 mm carries an eccentric load of 1000 kN. The greatest eccentricity which the load can have without producing tension anywhere is

20 mm

31.25 mm

37.5 mm

42.5 mm

19.If the depth of a beam of rectangular section is reduced to half, strain energy stored in the beam becomes

1/4 time

1/8 time

4 times

8 times

20.A linear arch has

normal thrust only

shear force only