Related Mcqs:

1. Castigliano’s first theorem is applicable_______________?

   A. for statically determinate structures only
   B. when the system behaves elastically
   C. only when principle of superposition is valid
   D. none of the above

2. If in a pin-jointed plane frame (m + r) > 2j, then the frame is________________?

   A. stable and statically determinate
   B. stable and statically indeterminate
   C. unstable
   D. none of the above
   where m is number of members, r is reaction components and j is number of joints

3. In moment distribution method, the sum of distribution factors of all the members meeting at any joint is always__________________?

   A. zero
   B. less than 1
   C. 1
   D. greater than 1

4. 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

5. 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

6. The width of the analogous column in the method of column analogy is _________________?

   A. 2/EI
   B. 1/EI
   C. 1/2 EI
   D. 1/4 EI

7. 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

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

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

9. The number of independent displacement components at each joint of a rigid-jointed space frame is_______________?

   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 6

10. The number of independent equations to be satisfied for static equilibrium of a plane structure is__________________?

    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 6