Question: A compound truss may be formed by connecting two simple rigid frames, by_________________?

• 1. Two bars
• 2. Three bars
• 3. Three parallel bars
• 4. Three bars intersecting at a point

Question: The ratio of crippling loads of a column having both the ends fixed to the column having both the ends hinged, is________________?

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. 4

Question: For determining the force in the member AB of the truss shown in the given figure by method of sections, the section is made to pass through AB, AD and ED and the moments are taken about___________________?

• 1. Joint C
• 2. Joint B
• 3. Joint D
• 4. Joint A

Question: The degree of indeterminacy of the frame in the given figure, is__________________?

• 1. 1
• 2. 2
• 3. 3
• 4. Zero

Question: 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____________

• 1. b = 10 N/mm2 s = 20 N/mm 2
• 2. b = 8 N/mm2 s = 16 N/mm2
• 3. b = 6 N/mm2 s = 12 N/mm2
• 4. b = 5 N/mm2 s = 10 N/mm2

Question: The ratio of circumferential stress to the longitudinal stress in the walls of a cylindrical shell, due to flowing liquid, is__________________?

• 1. ½
• 2. 1
• 3. 1½
• 4. 2

Question: The forces acting on the bar as shown in the given figure introduce________________?

• 1. Compressive stress
• 2. Tensile stress
• 3. Shear stress
• 4. None of these

Question: A simply supported beam carries varying load from zero at one end and w at the other end. If the length of the beam is a, the maximum bending moment will be_______________?

• 1. wa/27
• 2. wa²/27
• 3. w²a
• 4. wa²

Question: The yield moment of a cross section is defined as the moment that will just produce the yield stress in_________________?

• 1. The outer most fibre of the section
• 2. The inner most fibre of the section
• 3. The neutral fibre of the section
• 4. The fibre everywhere

Question: The forces in the members of simple trusses, may be analysed by________________?

• 1. Graphical method
• 2. Method of joints
• 3. Method of sections
• 4. All the above