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Civil Engineering Mcqs

The graphical method of determining the forces in the members of a truss is based on________________?

  • (A)  method of joint
  • (B)  method of section
  • (C)  either method
  • (D)  none of the two methods
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The force polygon representing a set of forces in equilibrium is a_____________________?

  • (A)  triangle
  • (B)  open polygon
  • (C)  closed polygon
  • (D)  parallelogram
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The condilion for a lifting machine to be reversible is that its efficiency should be_________________?

  • (A)  less than 50%
  • (B)  more than 50%
  • (C)  more than 66.67%
  • (D)  equal to 100%
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A system of copianar forces acting on a rigid body can be reduced to________________?

  • (A)  one force only
  • (B)  one couple only
  • (C)  one force and one couple only
  • (D)  none of the above
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Force polygon method is applicable for_____________________?

  • (A)  any copianar force system
  • (B)  a system of parallel forces only
  • (C)  concurrent copianar force system
  • (D)  non-concurrent copianar force system
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The diagram showing the point of application and line of action of forces in their plane is called____________________?

  • (A)  vector diagram
  • (B)  space diagram
  • (C)  force diagram
  • (D)  funicular diagram
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The bending moment in an arch is proportional to___________________?

  • (A)  vertical ordinate of funicular polygon
  • (B)  vertical ordinate of the arch
  • (C)  intercept between the arch axis and the funicular polygon
  • (D)  none of these
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