MCQ 11 Size of a right angled fillet weld is given by

(A) 0.707 x throat thickness (B) 0.414 x throat thickness (C) 2.0 x throat thickness (D) Throat thickness

MCQ 3 Size of fillet weld with unequal legs is equal to

(A) Smaller leg length (B) Longer leg length (C) Throat thickness (D) Average of smaller and longer leg lengths

MCQ 12 The sum of normal stresses is

(A) Constant (B) Variable (C) Dependent on planes (D) None of the above

MCQ 5 Shear stress on principle planes is

(A) Zero (B) Maximum (C) Minimum (D) None of the above

MCQ 7 Maximum bending moment in a beam occurs where

(A) Deflection is zero (B) Shear force is maximum (C) Shear force is minimum (D) Shear force changes sign

MCQ 2 A simply supported beam of span l carries over its full span load varying linearly from zero at either end to w/unit length at midspan. The maximum bending moment occurs at

(A) Quarter points and is equal to wl²/8 (B) Quarter points and is equal to wl²/12 (C) Midspan and is equal to wl²/8 (D) Midspan and is equal to wl²/12

MCQ 4 Rate of change of bending moment is equal to

(A) Shear force (B) Deflection (C) Slope (D) Rate of loading

MCQ 10 The diagram showing the variation of axial load along the span is called

(A) Shear force diagram (B) Bending moment diagram (C) Thrust diagram (D) Influence line diagram

MCQ 13 The variation of the bending moment in the portion of a beam carrying linearly varying load is

(A) Linear (B) Parabolic (C) Cubic (D) Constant

MCQ 1 The maximum bending moment due to a moving load on a fixed ended beam occurs

(A) At a support (B) Always at the midspan (C) Under the load only (D) None of the above

MCQ 15 A cantilever beam AB of length l carries a concentrated load W at its midspan C. If the free end B is supported on a rigid prop, then there is a point of contraflexure

(A) between A and C (B) between C and B (C) one between A and C and other between C and B (D) nowhere in the beam

MCQ 6 A bean of uniform strength has at every cross- section same

(A) Bending moment (B) Bending stress (C) Deflection (D) Stiffness

MCQ 9 A cantilever beam carries a uniformly distributed load from fixed end to the centre of the beam in the first case and a uniformly distributed load of same intensity from centre of the beam to the free end in the second case. The ratio of deflection in the two cases is

(A) 1/2 (B) 3/11 (C) 5/24 (D) 7/41

MCQ 14 Bucking load for a given column depends upon

(A) Length of columns only (B) Least lateral dimension only (C) Both length and least lateral dimension (D) None of the above

MCQ 8 A long column has maximum crippling load when its

(A) Both ends are hinged (B) Both ends are fixed (C) One end is fixed and other end is hinged (D) One end is fixed and other end is free