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

(D) 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

(D) 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

(D) 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

(D) 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

(D) 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

(D) 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

(D) 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

(D) newton

Submitted By: Ali Uppal