Description : The total pressure force on a plane area is equal to the area multiplied by the intensity of pressure at the Centroid, if (A) The area is horizontal (B) The area is vertical (C) The area is inclined (D) All of the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : For a floating body to be in stable equilibrium, its metacentre should be (A) Below the center of gravity (B) Below the center of buoyancy (C) Above the center of buoyancy (D) Above the center of gravity
Description : A body floats in stable equilibrium (A) When its meatcentric height is zero (B) When the metacentre is above e.g. (C) When its e.g. is below its center of buoyancy (D) Metacentre has nothing to do with position of e.g. for determining stability
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The resultant of all normal pressures acts (A) At C.G. of body (B) At center of pressure (C) Vertically upwards (D) At metacentre
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and (A) Water surface (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of gravity (D) Center of buoyancy
Description : The center of pressure of a surface subjected to fluid pressure is the point (A) On the surface at which resultant pressure acts (B) On the surface at which gravitational force acts (C) At which all hydraulic forces meet (D) Similar to metacentre
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Metacentre (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Center of gravity
Description : Metacentric height is given as the distance between (A) The center of gravity of the body and the metacentre (B) The center of gravity of the body and the center of buoyancy (C) The center of gravity of the body and the center of pressure (D) Center of buoyancy and metacentre
Description : When a body floating in a liquid, is displaced slightly, it oscillates about (A) C.G. of body (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : Center of buoyancy is the (A) Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid (B) Center of pressure of displaced volume (C) Does not exist (D) None of the above
Description : 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
Last Answer : (C) The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a certain axis
Description : The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are (A) The metacentre should lie above the center of gravity (B) The center of buoyancy and the center of gravity must lie on the same vertical line (C) A righting couple should be formed (D) All the above are correct
Description : Metacentre is the point of intersection of (A) Vertical upward force through e.g. of body and center line of body (B) Buoyant force and the center line of body (C) Midpoint between e.g. and center of buoyancy (D) All of the above
Description : The line of action of the buoyant force acts through the (A) Centroid of the volume of fluid vertically above the body (B) Centre of the volume of floating body (C) Center of gravity of any submerged body (D) Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid
Description : Centre of pressure of a plane surface of arbitrary shape immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid (A) Lies above the centroid of the plane surface (B) Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid (C) Is different for different fluids (D) Is at the centroid of the plane surface
Last Answer : (B) Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid
Description : 06. A body floating in a liquid is said to be not in equilibrium if its metacentre lies below its centre of gravity. A) Agree B) Disagree
Last Answer : A
Description : A body floating in a liquid is said to be in neutral equilibrium, if its metacentre (A) Coincides with its centre of gravity (B) Lies above its centre of gravity C) Lies below its centre of gravity (D) Lies between the centre of buoyancy and centre of gravity
Description : Rankine's theory of active earth pressure assumes (A) Soil mass is homogeneous, dry and cohesionless (B) Ground surface is a plane which may be horizontal or inclined (C) Back of the wall is vertical and smooth (D) All the above
Description : The angle of internal friction of soil mass is the angle whose (A) Tangent is equal to the rate of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on ... on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane (D) None of these
Description : The centre of pressure is (A) Always below the centroid of the area (B) Always above the centroid of the area (C) A point on the line of action of the resultant force (D) At the centroid of the submerged area
Last Answer : (C) A point on the line of action of the resultant force
Description : The diagram below shows a simple machine in use. Study it, then answerquestion 6.The simple machine shown above is an example of a/an(B)(A) inclined plane.(D) wedge.(C)?
Last Answer : auscultation (listen
Description : Is there a formula to find the center (center of mass/centroid) of 3 dimensional objects?
Last Answer : Yes
Description : The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body due to its tendency to uplift the submerged body is called (A) Up-thrust (B) Reaction (C) Buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : When a body, floating in a liquid, is given a small angular displacement, it starts oscillating about a point known as (A) Centre of pressure (B) Centre of gravity (C) Centre of buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Description : The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Description : For a body floating in a liquid the normal pressure exerted by the liquid acts at A) Bottom surface of the body (B) C.G. of the body (C) Metacentre (D) All points on the surface of the body
Description : Which of the following is not an application of Green’s theorem? a) Solving two dimensional flow integrals b) Area surveying c) Volume of plane figures d) Centroid of plane figures
Last Answer : c) Volume of plane figures
Description : The locus of the end point of the resultant of the normal and tangential components of the stress on an inclined plane, is (A) Circle (B) Parabola (C) Ellipse (D) Straight line
Last Answer : (C) Ellipse
Description : Contours of different elevations may cross each other only in the case of (A) An overhanging cliff (B) A vertical cliff (C) A saddle (D) An inclined plane
Last Answer : (A) An overhanging cliff
Description : If the plane table is not horizontal in a direction at right angles to the alidade, the line of sight is parallel to the fiducial edge only for (A) Horizontal sights (B) Inclined sights upward (C) Inclined sight downward (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Horizontal sights
Description : Straight, parallel and widely spaced contours represent (A) A steep surface (B) A flat surface (C) An inclined plane surface (D) Curved surface
Last Answer : (C) An inclined plane surface
Description : Least force required to draw a body up the inclined plane is W sin (plane inclination + friction angle) applied in the direction (A) Along the plane (B) Horizontally (C) Vertically (D) At an angle equal to the angle of friction to the inclined plane
Last Answer : (D) At an angle equal to the angle of friction to the inclined plane
Description : The angle which an inclined plane makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it is about to move down is known as angle of (A) Friction (B) Limiting friction (C) Repose (D) Kinematic friction
Last Answer : (C) Repose
Description : Terzaghi's analysis assumes: (A) Soil is homogeneous and isotropic (B) Elastic zone has straight boundaries inclined at = to the horizontal and plastic zones fully developed (C) Failure zones do not extend above the horizontal plane through the base of the footing (D) All the above
Description : A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m² when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of ... N/mm² and 0° (C) 0.2 N/mm² and 0° (D) 0.05 N/mm² and 45°
Description : The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is (A) Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium (B) Vertical if the ... state of plastic equilibrium (C) Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane (D) None of the above
Description : A plane inclined at an angle to the horizontal at which the soil is expected to stay in the absence of any lateral support, is known as (A) Natural slope line (B) Repose line (C) The line (D) All the above
Description : The angle of repose of a soil is the maximum angle which the outer face of the soil mass makes (A) With the horizontal (B) With the vertical (C) With the perpendicular to the inclined plane of the soil (D) None of these
Description : An open tank containing liquid is moving with an acceleration on an inclined plane. The inclination of the free surface of the liquid will be __________ to the acceleration of the tank. (A) Equal to (B) Directly proportional (C) Inversely proportional (D) None of these
Description : An open vessel of water is accelerated up an inclined plane. The free water surface will (A) Be horizontal (B) Make an angle in direction of inclination of inclined plane (C) Make an angle in opposite direction to inclination of inclined plane (D) Any one of above is possible
Description : For an unstable equilibrium of a floating body (where, M = metacentre.) (A) M is above G (B) M is below G (C) M & G coincide (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) M is below G
Description : The curve of metacentre for a floating body __________ the curve of buoyancy. (A) Is always below (B) Is the evolute of (C) Intersects at right angle (D) Is tangential to
Last Answer : (B) Is the evolute of
Description : A floating/submerged body is always stable, if its centre of gravity (A) Lies above its centre of buoyancy (B) And centre of buoyancy coincide (C) Lies below its centre of buoyancy (D) Lies above its metacentre
Last Answer : (C) Lies below its centre of buoyancy
Description : 04. A body floating in a liquid is said to be in a stable equilibrium, if its metacentre coincides with its centre of gravity. A) True B) False
Last Answer : B
Description : The meatcentric height is the distance between the (A) Centre of gravity of the floating body and the centre of buoyancy (B) Centre of gravity of the floating body and the metacentre (C) Metacentre and centre of buoyancy (D) Original centre of buoyancy and new centre of buoyancy
Description : Center of pressure compared to e.g. is (A) Above it (B) Below it (C) At same point (D) Above or below depending on area of body
Description : A square column carries a load P at the centroid of one of the quarters of the square. If a is the side of the main square, the combined bending stress will be (A) p/a² (B) 2p/a² (C) 3p/a² (D) 4p/a²
Last Answer : (C) 3p/a²
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) For channels, the shear centre does not coincide its centroid (B) The point of intersection of the bending axis with the cross section ... shear centre coincides with the centroid of the cross section of the beam (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : The neutral axis of a beam cross-section must (A) Pass through the centroid of the section (B) Be equidistant from the top of bottom films (C) Be an axis of symmetry of the section (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Pass through the centroid of the section