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Civil Engineering Mcqs

The product of either force of couple with the arm of the couple is called________________?

  • (A)  resultant couple
  • (B)  moment of the forces
  • (C)  resulting couple
  • (D)  moment of the couple
  • (E)  none of the above
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The center of gravity of a uniform lamina lies at_______________?

  • (A)  the center of heavy portion
  • (B)  the bottom surface
  • (C)  the mid point of its axis
  • (D)  all of the above
  • (E)  none of the above
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Center of percussion is______________?

  • (A)  the point of C.G.
  • (B)  the point of metacentre
  • (C)  the point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a certain axis
  • (D)  point of suspension
  • (E)  the point in a body about which it can rotate horizontally and oscillate under the influence of gravity
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The units of moment of inertia of an area are_______________?

  • (A)  kg m2
  • (B)  m4
  • (C)  kg/m2
  • (D)  m3
  • (E)  kg/m4
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The center of gravity of a triangle lies at the point of__________________?

  • (A)  concurrence of the medians
  • (B)  intersection of its altitudes
  • (C)  intersection of bisector of angles
  • (D)  intersection of diagonals
  • (E)  all of the above
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The possible loading in various members of framed structures are_______________?

  • (A)  compression or tension
  • (B)  buckling or shear
  • (C)  shear or tension
  • (D)  all of the above
  • (E)  bending
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Maximum principal stress theory for the failure of a material at elastic point, is known________________?

  • (A)  Guest’s or Trecas’ theory
  • (B)  St. Venant’s theory
  • (C)  Rankine’s theory
  • (D)  Von Mises’ theory
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The unit of work or energy in S.I. units is________________?

  • (A)  newton
  • (B)  pascal
  • (C)  kilogram meter
  • (D)  watt
  • (E)  joule
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Which of the following is not the unit of pressure ?

  • (A)  kg/cm
  • (B)  ata
  • (C)  atmosphere
  • (D)  mm of wcl
  • (E)  newton
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