Exam Question

CGSES – 2015 1-16

CGHB-AE-2015 17-31
a. 11.25 KN towards left
b. 15KN towards left
CGHB- JE- 2015 32-38 c. 15 KN towards right
d. 7 KN towards right
e. 0 KN
CGSES – 2016 39-58

4 If the strain energy of a deformed

elastic body is represented as a
1 The zero function of the displacement
force d1,d2,…. dn a partial derivative of
members in that function with respect to any
the truss choosen displacement gives the
shown are corresponding force. This statement
/ principle is called as
a. 1,9 a. Principle of strain energy
b. 2,8 b. Maxwell’s reciprocal theorem
c. 3,7 c. Conjugate beam method
d. 5,6 d. Betti’s law
e. No members have zero forces e. First theorem of castigliano’s

2 The adjacent 5 Which of the following does not

frame is apply to statically determinate
indeterminate to structures
the degree of a. Stresses are caused due to
temperature variations
a. 1 b. No stresses are caused due to lack of
b. 5 fit
c. 0 c. Bending moment at a section is
d. 3 independent of cross sectional area
e. 4 of the component
d. Force in a component is
3 For a pin jointed frame at points independent of the material
e. Conditions of the equilibrium are
A,B,C (point B is pin jointed )the
sufficient to fully analyze the
horizontal component of reaction at
A is structure

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6 A 2D structure in general is classified 10 The slope deflection equation at B
as a statically inderterminacy of elements BC in the following
structure if it cannot be analysed by frame is BC = 6m, AB=CD=8m
which of the following equations of
equilibrium
a. ΣFx = 0
b. ΣFy = 0
c. ΣM = 0
d. a,b
e. ab,c a. Mbc = 0.5 EI(2θc – θb)
b. Mbc = 0.5 EI(2θb – θc)
7 The moment distribution method is c. Mbc = 0.5 EI(2θb+ θc)
best suited for d. Mbc = 0.5 EI(θc – θb)
a. Pin jointed truss e. Mbc = 3.0 EI(2θc – θb)
b. Space truss 11 The no. of unknowns to be
c. Eccentric column determined in the stiffness method
d. Rigid frames is equal to
e. Trussed beams a. Ds
b. Dk
8 The ratio of the stiffness of a c. Dk + Ds
member to the total stiffness of all d. Dk –Ds
the members meeting at a joint is e. Dk or Ds
called as
a. Relative stiffness 12 A cable of span 100m and a dip of
b. Distribution factor for that member 5m is subjected to a temperature
c. End correction rise of 15°. The increase in dip (in
d. Stiffness for that member mm) due to rise in temperature is
e. None of the above a. 27.5
b. 57.5
c. 62.5
9 Two wheel loads 80 KN and 200 KN, d. 67.5
spaced 2m. apart moves on a girder e. 52.5
of span 16m. if any wheel load can
lead the other, the maximum 13 In column analogy method the area
positive and negative SF at a section of an analogous column for a fixed
4m. from the left end respectively beam of length L and flexural
will be (in KN) rigidity EI is
a. 120,-60 a. 0.25 EI / L
b. 120,-120 b. 0.75 EI / L
c. 200, -60 c. L / EI
d. 60, -200 d. 0.25 L/ EI
e. 200, -200 e. 0.75 L/EI

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14 A 8m long live load of intensity c. BM at support of simple beam /
50KN/m moves on a s/s girder of Rise at centre
span length 10m. find the maximum d. Half of the BM at centre of s/s beam
BM in KN-m which can occur at a
section 4m. from left end 19 The degree of static indeterminacy
a. 276 of the following pin joined truss is
b. 576
c. 226 a. 0
d. 426 b. 1
e. 536 c. 3
15 A cable resists external load by d. 4
virtue of
a. Bending 20 The analysis of a continuous beam
b. Compression using ‘ theorem of three moment’ is
c. Tension classified as which method of
d. Torsion analysis
e. Compression and bending a. Force method
b. Displacement method
16 The flexibility coefficient for a c. No such classification exists
propped cantilever beam loaded d. None of the above
with a udl w/m run is given by
3
a. L / 3EI 21 The maximum positive SF at a
3
b. L / EI section, under a moving udl shorter
3
c. L / 6EI than span occurs when
3
d. L / 4EI a. The load just reaches the section
3
e. L / 2EI b. The tail just leaves the section
c. Load occupies centre of span
17 The ILD for horizontal thrust ‘N’ in a d. Section divides the span and the
two hinged arch is load in same ratio
a. Parabola
b. Triangle 22 the area of ILD for the reaction of a
c. Curve of 3 degree s/s beam of span ‘L’ is equal to
d. Curve of 2 degree a. L/8
b. L/6
18 Horizontal thrust in a 2 hinged arch c. L/4
parabolic carrying udl over whole d. L/2
span is equal to
a. BM at centre of simple beam / rise 23 A skeletal structure is having its
at centre static indeterminacy as 3 and
b. BM at centre of fixed beam / Rise at kinematic indeterminacy as 6, for
centre the ease point of view, which

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 method of analysis should be used a. Statically determinate beam
a. Strain energy method b. Statically indeterminate beam
b. Slope deflection method c. a,b both
c. Any of the above d. Neither a nor b
d. Unable to conclude because of
insufficient data 29 The no. of compatibility equations
to be considered in statically
24 The reactions in a statically indeterminate structure are equal
determinate structure can be to
obtained by a. No. of equilibrium equations
a. Equilibrium equations only b. No such relationship exists
b. Compatibility equations only c. Dk
c. a,b both d. Ds
d. None of the above
30 The principle of superposition holds
25 The moment required to rotate the good in elastic structural analysis
near end of a prismatic beam because of
through a unit angle, without a. The elastic property of material
translation, the far end being freely b. The linear stress strain relation
supported is given by c. The deformation, related to force
a. 3EI / L acting on the structures
b. 4 EI/L d. None of these
c. 6 EI/L
d. 8 EI/L 31 The minimization of potential
energy of structural analysis results
26 The stiffness of a prismatic beam of in
length ; and flexural rigidity EI is a. Equilibrium forces
a. EI / L b. Compatible strains
b. 2 EI / L c. Exact stress strain relation
c. 3 EI / L d. Compatible defrormations
d. 4 EI / L
32 The fixed beam is having span 4m. it
27 In the pin jointed truss shown is subjected to a udl of 6KN/m,
below, the force in member AB is throughout the span and a point
a. 100 KN(T) load of 8 KN at midspan. The fixed
b. 100 KN(C) end moment shall be
c. Zero a. -12 KNm
d. 200 KN(C) b. -20 KNm
c. -8 KNm
28 Muller Breslau principle is d. -16 KNm
applicable for

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33 Three moment method is applied 38 Diagram which shows variation of
for analysis of a BM at any section x of a beam, as
a. Simply supported beam unit load move across the beam
b. Continuous beam from its one end to another is called
c. Multi storeyed beam a. BM diagram
d. Truss b. SF diagram
c. ILD for BM at x
34 A simply supported beam has two d. Unit load diagram
end P and Q, the beam is deflected
in the direction of reaction at P the 39 Bar is a structural member which is
deflected shape of the beam shows generally subjected to
to some scale a. Axial pull
a. ILD for Rp b. Axial compression
b. ILD for RQ c. Eccentric Pull
c. ILD for BMp d. Both a. and b.
d. ILD for BMQ e. None of the above

35 Flexural stiffness of a member at 40 The force

any of its ends is in the
a. Rotation produced by applying unit member
moment DE of the
b. Moment required at the same end truss
to produce unit rotation at the end shown
c. Moment required at same end to below is
produce unit rotation at other end a. 100 KN
d. None of these b. 50 KN
c. 35.5 KN
36 In moment distribution method, d. 25 KN
moment is carried over e. None of the above
a. From rigid to fixed joint
b. From fixed to rigid joint 41 For a fixed beam with span ‘L'
c. Rigid to hinged joint having plastic moment capacity
d. Hinged to rigid joint ‘Mp’, the ultimate central
concentrated load will be
a.
/8
37 A pin jointed truss consists of 10 b. 4
⁄
joints and 20 members it is a c. 6
⁄
a. Perfect truss d. 8
/
b. Redundant truss e. None of these
c. Deficient truss
d. None of these

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42 The slope of the elastic curve at the a. The bar AC will be subject to a
free end of a cantilever beam of compressive force
span ‘L’ and with flexural rigidity b. The bar BC will be subjected to a
‘EI’, subjected to uniformly tensile force
distributed load of intensity ‘W’ is c. The bar BD will be subjected to a
a. 
⁄8 tensile force
b.  ⁄6 d. No reaction will develop at support
c.  ⁄3 A
d.  ⁄2 e. No reaction will develop at support
D
43 A frame ABCD is supported by a
roller at ‘A’ and is on a hinge at ‘C’ 45 A curved member
as shown. The reaction at the roller with a straight
end ‘A’ is given by vertical leg is
carrying a vertical
load at Z, as
shown in the fig.
the stress
resultants in the
X-Y segment are
a. BM, SF and Axial force
b. BM and Axial force
c. BM and SF only
a. Zero d. Axial force only
b. P/2 e. None of the above
c. P
d. 2P 46 Castigliano’s theorem fall under the
e. None of the above category of
a. Displacement method
b. Force method
44 Identify the false statement from c. Equilibrium method
the following, pertaining to the d. Stiffness method
effects due to a temperature rise e. None of the above
‘δT’ in the bar BD alone in the
plane truss shown in fig. 47 A three hinged parabolic arch ABC
has a span of 20m and a central rise
of 4m. the arch has hinges at the
ends and at the centre. A train of
two point loads of 20 KN and 10 KN,
5m apart, crosses this arch from left
to right, with 20 KN load leading.
The maximum thrust induced at the
supports is

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a. 25.00 KN a. 64 8 b. 64 8
b. 28.15 KN −
3  3 
c. 31.25 KN 8 64 8 64
d. 32.81 KN  3  3
e. None of the above c. 64 8 d. 64 8
−
3  3 
8 64 4 64
48 Carry over factor CAB for the beam −
 3  3
shown below is
e. None of these

51 In a linear structural element

a. Stiffness is directly proportional to
a. ¼ flexibility
b. ½ b. Stiffness is inversely proportional to
c. ¾ flexibility
d. 1 c. Stiffness is equal to flexibility
e. None of the above d. Stiffness and flexibility are not
related
e. None of these
49 The strain energy stored by a simply
supported beam with a
concentrated load at its mid point 52 Muller Breslau principle in
as shown in the fig. will be structural analysis is used for
a. Drawing influence line diagram for
any force function
b. Writing virtual work equation
c. Super imposition of load effects
a. 5   d. Drawing BM and SF diagrams
384 e. None of these
b. 5  
192
c. ² 
192 53 Fixed end of a fixed beam of span L
d. ²  settles by an amount δ. The ratio of
96
e. None of these the slope and deflection at the
centre of the beam will be
a. 3L / 2
50 The flexibility matrix of the beam b. 3 / 2L
shown below is given by c. 3L / 4
d. 2 / 3L
e. 5  
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54 The carry over factor for a prismatic 58 A simply supported beam with an
beam element is overhang is traversed by a unit
a. 1 concentrated moment from the left
b. 1/2 to the right as shown below. the
c. 1/3 influence line for reaction at B is
d. 1/4 given by
e. None of the above

55 The moment of inertial of

analogous column of a fixed beam a.
of length L and constant EI is equal
to b.
3
a. L / 3EI
3
b. L / 4EI c.
3
c. L / 12EI
3
d. L / 48EI d. Zero everywhere
e. None of the above e. None of the above

56 A uniform propped cantilever has

span L and flexural rigidity EI. The
stiffness coefficient corresponding
to rotation of propped end is
a. EI / L
b. 2EI / L
c. 3EI / L
d. 4EI / L
e. None of the above

57 The area of the influence line

diagram for the fixed end moment
of a fixed beam of span L is
2
a. L /8
2
b. L / 12
2
c. L / 16
2
d. L / 24
e. None of the above

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
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b d a e a e d b c c b d c e c
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
c c a a a b d a a a a c d b
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
a a b a b b b c a e d b a c d
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b c d d e b a b b c d b c
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76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

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