Related Mcqs:

1. When a uniformly distributed load, longer than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the maximum bending moment at mid section of span occurs when the uniformly distributed load occupies_______________?

   A. less than the left half span
   B. whole of left half span
   C. more than the left half span
   D. whole span

2. When a uniformly distributed load, shorter than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the conditions for maximum bending moment at a section is that___________________?

   A. the head of the load reaches the section
   B. the tail of the load reaches the section
   C. the load position should be such that the section divides it equally on both sides
   D. the load position should be such that the section divides the load in the same ratio as it divides the

3. When a series of wheel loads crosses a simply supported girder, the maximum bending moment under any given wheel load occurs when________________?

   A. the centre of gravity of the load system is midway between the centre of span and wheel load under consi-deration
   B. the centre of span is midway between the centre of gravity of the load system and the wheel load under consideration
   C. the wheel load under consideration is midway between the centre of span and the centre of gravity of the load system
   D. none of the above

4. A load ‘W is moving from left to right support on a simply supported beam of span T. The maximum bending moment at 0.4 1 from the left support is___________________?

   A. 0.16 Wl
   B. 0.20 Wl
   C. 0.24 Wl
   D. 0.25 Wl

5. For a single point load W moving on a symmetrical three hinged parabolic arch of span L, the maximum sagging moment occurs at a distance x from ends. The value of x is__________________?

   A. 0.211 L
   B. 0.25 L
   C. 0.234 L
   D. 0.5 L

6. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder_________________?

   A. always occurs at centre of span
   B. always occurs under a wheel load
   C. never occurs under a wheel load
   D. none of the above

7. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam_________________?

   A. slope
   B. curvature
   C. deflection
   D. bending moment

8. When a load crosses a through type Pratt truss in the direction left to right, the nature of force in any diagonal member in the left half of the span would_______________?

   A. change from compression to tension
   B. change from tension to compression
   C. always be compression
   D. always be tension

9. A simply supported beam deflects by 5 mm when it is subjected to a concentrated load of 10 kN at its centre. What will be deflection in a 1/10 model of the beam if the model is subjected to a 1 kN load at its centre ?

   A. 5 mm
   B. 0.5 mm
   C. 0.05 mm
   D. 0.005mm

10. Effects of shear force and axial force on plastic moment capacity of a structure are respectively to_________________?

    A. increase and decrease
    B. increase and increase
    C. decrease and increase
    D. decrease and decrease