To determine the force in BD of the truss shown in the given figure a section is passed through BD, CD and CE, and the moments are taken about________________?

A. A joint
B. B joint
C. C joint
D. D joint

A short column (30 cm × 20 cm) carries a load P 1 at 4 cm on one side and another load P2at 8 cm on the other side along a principal section parallel to longer dimension. If the extreme intensity on either side is same, the ratio of P1 to P2 will be_________________?

A. 2/3
B. 3/2
C. 8/5
D. 5/8

For beams breadth is constant__________________?

A. Depth d m
B. Depth d 3
C. Depth d
D. Depth d 1/m

For calculating the permissible stress 0 y /[(1 + a(l/r)²] is the empirical formula, known as__________________?

A. Straight line formula
B. Parabolic formula
C. Perry’s formula
D. Rankine’s formula

The maximum B.M. due to an isolated load in a three hinged parabolic arch, (span l and rise h) having one of its hinges at the crown, occurs on either side of the crown at a distance_______________?

A. L/4
B. H/4
C. L
D. L

The force in AC of the truss shown in the given figure, is_________________?

A. 5t tension
B. 4t tension
C. 4t compression
D. 5t compression

The maximum bending moment for a simply supported beam with a uniformly distributed load w/unit length, is_________________?

A. Wi/2
B. Wi²/4
C. Wi²/8
D. Wi²/12

At any point of a beam, the section modulus may be obtained by dividing the moment of inertia of the section by_________________?

A. Depth of the section
B. Depth of the neutral axis
C. Maximum tensile stress at the section
D. Maximum compressive stress at the section

The ratio of maximum and average shear stresses on a rectangular section, is________________?

A. 1
B. 1.25
C. 1.5
D. 2.5

If a concrete column 200 × 200 mm in cross-section is reinforced with four steel bars of 1200 mm2 total cross-sectional area. Calculate the safe load for the column if permissible stress in concrete is 5 N/mm2 and Es is 15 Ec________________?

A. 264 mn
B. 274 mn
C. 284 mn
D. 294 mn