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When shear force at a point is zero, then bending moment is _________ at that point.

A. Zero

B. Minimum

C. Maximum

D. Infinity

Correct Answer :

C. Maximum


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The cycle in which heat is supplied at constant volume and rejected at constant pressure is known as

A. Dual combustion cycle

B. Diesel cycle

C. Atkinson cycle

D. Rankine cycle

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The ultimate analysis of coal consists of the determination of the percentage of

A. Carbon

B. Hydrogen and nitrogen

C. Sulphur and ash

D. All of these

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The ratio of lateral strain to the linear strain within elastic limit is known as

A. Young's modulus

B. Bulk modulus

C. Modulus of rigidity

D. Poisson's ratio

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A composite shaft consisting of two stepped portions having spring constants K₁ and K₂ is held between two rigid supports at the ends. Its equivalent spring constant is

A. K₁ K₂

B. (K₁ + K₂)/ 2

C. (K₁ + K₂)/ K₁ K₂

D. K₁ K₂/ (K₁ + K₂)

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Formula based on IS codes is based on

A. Straight line formula

B. Eulers formula

C. Rankines formula

D. Secant formula

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One kg of ethylene (C2H4) requires 2 kg of oxygen and produces 22/7 kg of carbon dioxide and __________ kg of water or steam.

A. 9/7

B. 11/7

C. 7/4

D. 1/4

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The deformation of a bar under its own weight is _________ the deformation, if the same body is subjected to a direct load equal to weight of the body.

A. Equal to

B. Half

C. Double

D. Quadruple

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For same compression ratio and for same heat added

A. Otto cycle is more efficient than Diesel cycle

B. Diesel cycle is more efficient than Otto cycle

C. Efficiency depends on other factors

D. Both Otto and Diesel cycles are equally efficient

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The property of a material by virtue of which a body returns to its original, shape after removal of the load is called

A. Plasticity

B. Elasticity

C. Ductility

D. Malleability

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The isothermal and adiabatic processes are regarded as

A. Reversible process

B. Irreversible process

C. Reversible or irreversible process

D. None of these

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A bar of copper and steel form a composite system, which is heated to a temperature of 40°C. The stress induced in the copper bar will be

A. Tensile

B. Compressive

C. Shear

D. Zero

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Strain energy is the

A. Energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limits

B. Energy stored in a body when strained up to the breaking of a specimen

C. Maximum strain energy which can be stored in a body

D. Proof resilience per unit volume of a material

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The maximum stress produced in a bar of tapering section is at

A. Smaller end

B. Larger end

C. Middle

D. Anywhere

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The smallest quantity of a substance, which can exist by itself in a chemically recognizable form is known as

A. Element

B. Compound

C. Atom

D. Molecule

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The efficiency and work ratio of a simple gas turbine cycle are

A. Very low

B. Low

C. High

D. Very high

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A cantilever beam is one which is

A. Fixed at both ends

B. Fixed at one end and free at the other end

C. Supported at its ends

D. Supported on more than two supports

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In order to prevent crushing of masonry at the base of the dam, the maximum stress should be __________ the permissible stress of the soil.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. More than

D. None of these

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The maximum shear stress, in the given figure, is equal to __________ of the Mohr's circle.

A. Radius

B. Diameter

C. Circumference

D. Area

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An open system is one in which

A. Heat and work crosses the boundary of the system, but the mass of the working substance does not crosses the boundary of the system

B. Mass of the working substance crosses the boundary of the system but the heat and work does not crosses the boundary of the system

C. Both the heat and work as well as mass of the working substance crosses the boundary of the system

D. Neither the heat and work nor the mass of the working substance crosses the boundary of the system

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When the gas is heated at constant pressure, the heat supplied

A. Increases the internal energy of the gas

B. Increases the temperature of the gas

C. Does some external work during expansion

D. Both (B) and (C)

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If the value of n = 0 in the equation pvn = C, then the process is called

A. Constant volume process

B. Adiabatic process

C. Constant pressure process

D. Isothermal process

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Shear modulus is the ratio of

A. Linear stress to linear strain

B. Linear stress to lateral strain

C. Volumetric strain to linear strain

D. Shear stress to shear strain

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Reversed Joule cycle is known as

A. Carnot cycle

B. Bell-Coleman cycle

C. Rankine cycle

D. Stirling cycle

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In the below figure, the stress corresponding to point D is

A. Yield point stress

B. Breaking stress

C. Ultimate stress

D. Elastic limit

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The specific heat at constant volume is

A. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant pressure

B. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant volume

C. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one degree

D. Any one of the above

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If both Stirling and Carnot cycles operate within the same temperature limits, then efficiency of Stirling cycle as compared to Carnot cycle

A. More

B. Less

C. Equal

D. Depends on other factors

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Which of the following cycles is not a reversible cycle?

A. Carnot

B. Ericsson

C. Stirling

D. None of the above

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In the torsion equation T/J = τ/r = Gθ/ L, the term J/R is called

A. Shear modulus

B. Section modulus

C. Polar modulus

D. None of these

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Workdone in a free expansion process is

A. Zero

B. Minimum

C. Maximum

D. Positive

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The entropy __________ in an irreversible cyclic process.

A. Remains constant

B. Decreases

C. Increases

D. None of these