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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