Question: P = / L² is the equation for Euler’s crippling load if_________________?

• 1. Both the ends are fixed
• 2. Both the ends are hinged
• 3. One end is fixed and other end is free
• 4. One end is fixed and other end is hinged

Question: The ratio of the stresses produced by a suddenly applied load and by a gradually applied load on a bar, is__________________?

• 1. 1/4
• 2. 1/2
• 3. 1
• 4. 2

Question: Slenderness ratio of a long column, is_________________?

• 1. Area of cross-section divided by radius of gyration
• 2. Area of cross-section divided by least radius of gyration
• 3. Radius of gyration divided by area of cross-section
• 4. Length of column divided by least radius of gyration

Question: The horizontal thrust on the ends of a two hinged semicircular arch of radius carrying_________________?

• 1. A uniforml 4/3
• 2. end, is
• 3. All the above
• 4. non of these

Question: A shaft subjected to a bending moment M and a torque T, experiences__________________?

• 1. Maximum bending stress = 32M d3
• 2. Maximum shear stress = 16 T d3
• 3. Both A and B
• 4. Neither A nor B

Question: For calculating the allowable stress of long columns known as_________________?

• 1. Straight line formula
• 2. Parabolic formula
• 3. Perry’s formula
• 4. Rankine’s formula

Question: P=4²EI/L² is the equation of Euler’s crippling load if________________?

• 1. Both the ends are fixed
• 2. Both the ends are hinged
• 3. One end is fixed and other end is free
• 4. One end is fixed and other end is hinged

Question: Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: The torsional resistance of a shaft is directly proportional to___________________?

• 1. Modulus of rigidity
• 2. Angle of twist
• 3. Reciprocal of the length of the shaft
• 4. Moment of inertia of the shaft section

Question: Pick up the correct statement from the following?

• 1. Mcg = M M2 + r2) where letters carry their usual meanings
• 2. Tcp = m2 + T2)where letters carry their usual meanings
• 3. The torque which when acting alone would produce maximum shear stress equal to the maximum shear stress caused by the combined bending and torsion, is called equivalent torque
• 4. All the above

Question: inertia of a rectangular section of width and depth about an axis passing The moment of through C.G. and parallel to its width is_______________?

• 1. BD²/6
• 2. BD3/6
• 3. BD3/12
• 4. B²D/6