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This section includes 20 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
It equal and opposite forces applied to a body tend to elongate it, the stress so produced is called |
| A. | internal resistance |
| B. | tensile stress |
| C. | transverse stress |
| D. | compressive stress |
| Answer» D. compressive stress | |
| 2. |
For any part of the beam, between two concentrated load Shear force diagram is a |
| A. | Horizontal straight line |
| B. | Vertical straight line |
| C. | Line inclined to x-axis |
| D. | Parabola |
| Answer» B. Vertical straight line | |
| 3. |
A sudden jump anywhere on the Bending moment diagram of a beam is caused by |
| A. | Couple acting at that point |
| B. | Couple acting at some other point |
| C. | Concentrated load at the point |
| D. | Uniformly distributed load or Uniformly varying load on the beam |
| Answer» B. Couple acting at some other point | |
| 4. |
Uniformly varying load between two sections in shear force diagram is represented by |
| A. | cubic curve |
| B. | inclined line |
| C. | horizontal line |
| D. | parabolic curve |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
What is the maximum bending moment acting on simply supported beam shown below? |
| A. | 2000 Nm |
| B. | 3000 Nm |
| C. | 4000 Nm |
| D. | 6000 Nm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
In bending moment diagram, if no load acts between two sections, then it is represented by |
| A. | horizontal line |
| B. | inclined line |
| C. | vertical line |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. vertical line | |
| 7. |
strain energy stored in a body due to suddenly applied load compared to when it is applied gradually is |
| A. | same |
| B. | twice |
| C. | four times |
| D. | eight times |
| Answer» D. eight times | |
| 8. |
Tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividing the maximum load during the test by the |
| A. | area at the time of fracture |
| B. | original cross-sectional area |
| C. | average of (a) and (b) |
| D. | minimum area after fracture |
| Answer» C. average of (a) and (b) | |
| 9. |
For any part of a beam subjected to uniformly distributed load, bending moment diagram is |
| A. | Horizontal straight line |
| B. | Vertical straight line |
| C. | Line inclined to x-axis |
| D. | Parabola |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
For any part of a beam subjected to uniformly distributed load, Shear force diagram is |
| A. | Horizontal straight line |
| B. | Vertical straight line |
| C. | Line inclined to x-axis |
| D. | Parabola |
| Answer» D. Parabola | |
| 11. |
A sudden increase or decrease in shear force diagram between any two points indicates that there is |
| A. | No loading between the two points |
| B. | Point loads between the two points |
| C. | U.D.L. between the two points |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. U.D.L. between the two points | |
| 12. |
In a simple supported beam having length = l and subjected to a concentrated load (W) at mid-point. |
| A. | Maximum Bending moment = Wl/4 at the mid-point |
| B. | Maximum Bending moment = Wl/4 at the end |
| C. | Maximum Bending moment = Wl/8 at the mid-point |
| D. | Maximum Bending moment = Wl/8 at the end |
| Answer» B. Maximum Bending moment = Wl/4 at the end | |
| 13. |
What is the maximum shear force, when a cantilever beam is loaded with udl throughout? |
| A. | w l |
| B. | w |
| C. | w/l |
| D. | w+l |
| Answer» B. w | |
| 14. |
Moment of Inertia is the integration of the square of the distance of the centroid and the del area along the whole area of the structure. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | all |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 15. |
Young s modulus of a material which gives 2 kN/mm2 stress at 0.01 strain is |
| A. | 20kN/mm2 |
| B. | 0.02kN/mm2 |
| C. | 200 kN/mm2 |
| D. | 2000kN/mm2 |
| Answer» D. 2000kN/mm2 | |
| 16. |
For any part of a beam between two concentrated load, Bending moment diagram is a |
| A. | Horizontal straight line |
| B. | Vertical straight line |
| C. | Line inclined to x-axis |
| D. | Parabola |
| Answer» D. Parabola | |
| 17. |
stress at which extension of material takes place more quickly as compared to increase in load is called |
| A. | elastic point of the material |
| B. | plastic point of the material |
| C. | breaking point of the material |
| D. | yielding point of the material |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The energy absorbed in a body, when it is strained within the elastic limits, is known as |
| A. | strain energy |
| B. | resilience |
| C. | proof resilience |
| D. | modulus of resilience |
| Answer» B. resilience | |
| 19. |
The ratio of the effective length of a column and minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area, is known |
| A. | buckling factor |
| B. | slenderness ratio |
| C. | crippling factor |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. crippling factor | |
| 20. |
Maximum deflection of a cantilever due to pure bending moment M at its free end, is |
| A. | ML2/3EI |
| B. | ML2/4EI |
| C. | ML2/6EI |
| D. | ML2/2EI |
| Answer» E. | |