A.P.P.S.C. ae A.E.E's PAPER-| CIVILAMECH.ENGINEERING- 1904 © e = a . A cantilever of length '' carries a uniformly dis- tributed load of 'w' per unit of span over the outer half. The maximum deflection is 1 awit 9, Siwlt * 128ET * 384EI llwlt Qwit 272E1 * 728EI The deflection, at the free end of a cantilever due to a load there, is 1 cm. The deflection at the free end, if this load is distributed such that it varies linearly from zero intensity at the free end to the maximum intensity at the fixed end, Liem 2. 0,2cm_ 3. 0.0m, 4. 0.375em, The maximum hogging moment in the case of a cantilever of span 'l' carrying a u.d. load of intensity 'w' per unit length and propped at the free end to the level of fixed end is wi? wi? L- 2-5 3, we Swi? 4 “128 A beam (El constant) of length 'l' rests on three supports, the central support being ‘x’ below the straight line joining the ends. The beam carries u.dJ. over the span. The value of ‘x' if the central support carries 1/8 of the total load is wt Twlt * Bx4SET * TS2ET Swit liwit 3x384E1 27281 Asimply supported beam of span 'I' is subject- ed to a clockwise moment of 'M' at the left- hand support. The moment of inertia of the left half of the beam is I and the right half of the beam is V2. The slope at the right-hand support is Mi Ml | 1 er 2 Ser | aM Me | 5. SET 4 aT 6. The left-hand support of fixed beam of span 4 m sinks by 2 cm and the right hand support. sinks by 4 em, The flexural rigidity of the beam is 2 x 10?kg cm. The moments developed at the fixed ends are 1. 1.5x 10° kg cm hogging at left end and sagging at right end 2. 1.5 x 108 kg om sagging at both ends 3. 1.5 x 10° kg m sagging at left end and hogging at right end 4. 1.5 x 105 kg em hogging at both ends Asimply supported beam of span 6 m carries two concentrated loads of 2T each at 1m dis- tance from each of the support. If the flexural rigidity of the beam is constant, the slope at the support is n 5 900 1, Bedegrees 2, 200 degrees 3. ql degrees 4 radians 900EI ‘The left-hand support of a fixed beam, of span 8 m and of uniform cross-section, yields and rotates by 1° clock-wise. The moment devel- oped at the right-hand support is (BI is given in kg em?) QE lL Tqag ke m - 28a 2. Faao00 ke: em 2E1 x 180 2E1 3. Aken 4. kg. m 2 In a propped cantilever the number of possi- ble points of contraflexure under any type of loading is 1. two 3. one 2. three 4. none At a point of contraflexure 1. the shear force is zero 2, the deflection is zero 3. the slope and deflection are zero 4, the bending moment and shear force are zero 5. none of aboveUL The effective length of the column shown in figure is 3, Straight line formula 4. Secant formula l 5. none of the above y 18, Polar moment of inertia is 1. The moment of inertia about an axis in the plane a of the cross-section 8.2 2. the product of inertia about two mutually perpen- 4 dicular axis in the plane of the cross-section ¥ 3. about the axis of the member 12, The effective length of the column shown in 4, none of the above figure below is ee fs 19, Torsional rigidity is Ll 2.0.71 ee 1. also known as flexural rigidity 3.0.51 4.0.81 | 2. the product of modulus of elasticity and moment : of inertia 13, The slenderness ratio is the ratio of 8. the torque which develops unit twist per unit length 1. length of column to radium of gyration 4. the product of shear modulus and moment of inertia 2. effective length of column to the least radius of | 99, A circular shaft is subjected to torsion, The gyration shear stress in the cross-section. 8. effective length of coluran to least moment of inertia L. varies parabolically with the maximum stress 4, length of the column to least radius of gyration occurring at the centre 44, The buckling load of a long column given by 2. uniform éver the cross-section Euler's formula does not depend on 3. varies linearly with the radius with the maximum 1. elastic property of the material ~~at the circumference and zero at the centre 2, strength of column material |. 4. none of the above 8. on the cross-sectional properties 21, The power, a shaft can transmit is independ- 4, the end conditions 30 ent of 15. In Rankine's formula for determining the 1, the material used for the shaft buckling load the constant a deed trot depend 2. the cross-sectional property on ¥ 3, the twist allowed per unit length 1. the crushing strength of the material 4, the length of the shaft 2. Young's modulus of the material 22. A channel section is used for beam with the 3. Bulk modulus of of the material web of channel horizontal and flanges verti- ht Fe cally upwards, The shear stress distribution is ee 1. uniform 2. parabolic 16. Members with the following cross-section are 3. 4, none of these used as columns. The length and end conditions | 93, The’Maximum shear stress in a beam of rec- of all columns are same. The areas of all the tangular cross-section occurs at the point cross-sections are same. The maximum buckling shown in load is for the column with the cross-section a shown in figure. 7 : 10cm 20 em g g ¥ ig 2. |o a + ma weit | {4 1 lem A A A 5. none of the answers 3.8) e| * s»[2|8°™ | 24, The variation of shear along the Cs ale = vy line AB in the cross-section [7 [ ] em shown in figure (the member is ~~" tem em A ised as a beam) —— 17. Acolumn is subjected to an eccentric load. The 1. linearly varying from zero at A to maximum at B buckling load can be determined by using 1. Euler's formula 2, Rankine-Gordan formula 2, parabolically varying with maximum at C 3. triangularly varying with maximum at C 4, constant along AB26, 27. 28, 29, 30. 31. 32. . The intensity of bending stress in the cross- section at any point distant y from the neutral axis is proportional to (I is moment of inertia) vt aly y 3.y at by? . # A beam of uniform cross-section is subjected throughout its length to a uniform bending moment. It will bend to 1. catenary 2.a third degree parabola 8. acircular are 4, 4th degree parabola Bernoulli's assumption in theory of simple bending is 1.the material obeys Hooke's law 2.the value of Young's modulus is same for beam material in tension as well as in compression 3. the elastic limit is not exeeeded 4. the transverse section of the beam which is place before bending will remain plane even after bending. ‘The capacity of the beam to resist external transverse loads does not depend on 1. the cross-sectional properties of the material 2. the strength of the beam material 3. the span of the beam 4, elastic properties of the material ‘The bending stress calculated by using the formula Mzfz is absolutely accurate when the bending moment 1. variation is linear 2. variation is parabolic (2nd degree) 3, is constant 4. none of the above Ll 22 3.1&3 44 The maximum shearing stress in beams of cross-sections having one axis of symmetry occurs at 1 centre of gravity of the section 2, at about mid-depth of the section 3. at farthest point from the centre of gravity of the section 4, at a quarter depth from the top or bottom of the cross-section The ratio of the strength of 'n' loose beams (b xd) placed one over the other to the strength of one integral beam (b x nd) is Ln? Qn at o4 7 n 2 ‘The ratio of flexibility of 'n' loose beams (b x d) placed one over the other to the flexibility of one integral beam (nb xd) is L Ln? 2 3.10 4.n3 5, none of those 33. The ratio of the curvature of the 3 loose beams. (b x d) placed one over the other to an integral beam (b x nd) is 1 19 2 1 3.1.0 4.27 5. a7 34, Two beams are of same length and same weight. One beam is of solid circular section and the other is a hollow section. The internal diameter is half of the external diameter. The ratio of the strength of hollow section to that of solid section is 15 1.10 BB $8 ae 42 35. The maximum compressive stress at the top of a beam was 1600 kg/em? and the correspon- ding tensile stress at its bottom was 800 kg/cm. If the depth of the beam was 15cm the neutral axis from the top will be 15cm 2.10 cm 3.7.5em 4.12cm 36. A beam is said to be of uniform strength if Lthe bending moment is same throughout the beam 2. deflection curve is an arc of circle 3.maximum shear stress is same throughout the beam 4,the maximum bending stress is same at every sec- tion along its longitudinal axis. If the bending moment at a section of a beam is zero then 1. the shear force is zero at that section 2, the shear force changes sign at the section 3. the shear force is maximum at that section 4. nothing is known about the shear force 38, The principal axes of a cross-section are defined as 1, the axes about which polar moment of inertia is zero 2. the axes about which modulus of sections are zero 3. the axes about which the product of inertia is zero 4, the axes about which radial of gyration are zero 39. Wire of diameter 'd’ is wound round a cylin- der. The diameter of the cylinder is 'D'. The bending stress (maximum) induced in the wire is 37. Ed > D 4B40. The ritlid® fok Which a steel sttip Uf leitidept be ‘bedé “without the. maximum’ Stress exceeding 1400 kg/cm? is (E = 2 x 10° kg/em*) Which letter comes next? 1, 20000, gj 24 “dss 0000 °™ T ic oth F5900 41, At a point in’a’ strained material the normal stresses. on ‘two mutually perpendicular planes are both tensile and they are equal to 10 Trem, The stresses on a plane inclined at an angle of 80° to one of the planes ate 1. 10 Tietti® tensile and as shear strvss of 10 Tem 2. only shear stress of 10 T/em 8. only normal stress of 10 Trem 4, anormal stress of 5,8 Tem? and a shear stress 5 ‘Tem? 42, In a strained material the state of stress is a pure shear. stress and the stress is 5*. The principal stresses are 1. both are equal to of the same’nature and acts on planes’ inclined at 45° to the planes of shear stress» sc ofieis 5 ‘Tem? tensile and the other 5 T/em? com- pressive acting on planes inclined at 45° to the planes of shear stress re one is 5 Tem? tensile or:comppagsive and the other. is zero.on, planes} inclist@tl-at 45° to the planes of shearsstress,... . |) . both:are equal-to-542'T/em?iand ofsame nature acting on planes inclined at 45° to the planes of shear stress 48, In a strained material the normal stress on one plane is.10 T/em® tensile and the shear stress is 6 Tem’, On a plane perpendicular to this plane there is only shear stress. The cen- tre for Mobr's circle. 1. coincides with the origin 2. is ata distaricé representing 10 T/emi? on the pos- itive side of the axis representing tensile stress 8. is at a distance representing 5 Tein? on the posi- tive side of the axis representing tensile stress 4. at a distance representing 5,5 T/cm? on the posi- tive side of the axis representing tensile stress 44, ‘The prinéipal plane is defined as the plane on which 1. there is only shear stress 2. the normal stress is either maximum or mini- mum _ 3, only normal stress either maximum of minimum is acting 4. both normal-and shear stresses are either maxi- mum or minimum pp co » e'shéar force 'diageém ‘for ‘a’eantilever of i 2'ni with a couple of 10,T.cm acting at the free end isiairectangle.with span.of the, can- tilever a base.and the height represents 1.107 2,50-kg 3. zero. 4.52 48. A step in the bending moment: diagram: indi- cates that. «cin theye sa concentrated load acting onthe beomat that section 21 io saat 2. there is a change in the intensityof uniformly dis- tributed load on-either sideoftthe section | 3. there isa.couple actingatthat section... 4. no lead acts at, that:section |< eo pi, a 47. For any inaterial the value of Poisson's'fatio is always0 9 ah L.igréater'than one’ © 2 Between O.b!and'.0 3. between O and 0.5 4. between O'and 0.05 48. A stress of 1000 kg/em? tensile acts ona cube along x direction. If E + 2°%*10° kgém* and poisson's ratio ‘of 0126, thé 'stfess required prevent strain a long y direction ‘1, 4000 kg/em? tensile 2, 250'kg/emi? tensile )°3, 260 kglem? coinpressive 4. zero 49. Whatever may be the value lof Poisson's ratio, the ratio of Bulk modulus to Young's -_ willbe 1.3 2 between 33.33 to Sh 3. Land 3 rea Sand, 1 oy } 50.” A bar of 2m length is fixed atboth ends. 4f B= 2x10 kg/cm’, the coefficient of expansion is 15 x 10°C and the temperature rit the stress developed in the material is 1. 60 kg/cm? tensile 2. 60 kg/cm? compressive 8. no stress is developed 4. 60 kg/em? tensile at oné face'and 60 it com- pressive on opposite fate” *~ 61. The intensity of pressure‘is the same in all directions at a point in fluid . only when the’ fluid ‘is frietioiiless ‘dnd’ incom pressible only when the fluid has’zero viscosity and is at rest regardless of the motion of one flit layer rela- tive to an adjacent layer for none of the above reasons: 52. With barometer readinig’74 enti mercury, 6.05 * 'Kgffem® abs is equivalent to\" * 1. 13.6 em of mercury abs 2, 3.99 kgffem? suction 3. 6.00 atmosphere 4, 4.00kgHer? gauge 2 =53. "The magnitude of hydrostatic pressure on one Side of a circular surface, 1 m* area, with cen- troid’1m below free water surface 1.’ depétids on the orientation’ of the area 2._is the product of sp. weight and vertical distance from free suriace to the centre of pressure <8, 1000 kef. 4, none of the above ‘The centre of pressure ofa vertical circular surface of Im* area with centroid 10m below the free water surface, is 1. aboveiits'téntroid ~~ 2. at'the centroid 3. below its centroid, 4. none of these . The hydrostatic pressure, in kgf, exerted on one side. ofan annular area enclosed by con- centric circles of radii 2 and 1m and having its, centroid 4m below free water surface, is 1, 120007 2.110005 3. 100007 4. none of these .. A vertical gate 3 by 3m holds water upto its top, The moment in kgf-m, about the top edge of the gate is 1, 27000 2. 20250 3. 18500 4, none of these The horizontal component of the total hydro- static pressure on a curved surface is equal to the ©" 1. weight of the liquid vertical above the curved surface 2. product of pressure at its centroid and the area 3. pressure on a vertical projection of the curved surface 4. scalar sum of all elemental components 58, A wooden cube 2, by 2\by 2m, sp. gr. 0.5, floats in water. The volume of the cube submerged under water, in m’ is 54, 57. 14 2,2 3.1 4-none of these 59. The line of action of the buoyant force acts through the 1, centroid of the volume of the floating body 2. centroid of displaced volume of fluid 3. centroid of the horizontal projection of the body. 4, centroid of the vertical projection of the body 60. A body floats in stable equilibrim 1. when its metacentric height is zero 2, only when its contre of gravity below its centre of buoyancy 3.when the metacenter is above its centre of gravity 4, none of these 61. When steady flow of a liquid takes place through a convergent section, the liquid is subjected to 1. local acceleration 2. convective acceleration only 3. both local and convective accelerations 4, no acceleration 65. 70. ‘Steady UNUOTM LOW Ol Water sakes place through a straight pipé of uniforinidiameter. ‘The water is subjected to 1. local acceleration only « 2. convective acceleration only... ~ 3. both local and convective accelerations 4, no acceleration ‘The assumptions dbout flow required in deriv- ing the Bernoulli's equation are, that it is Listeady, frictionless; incompressible, along a streamline 2, uniform, frictionless, along a streamline, density function of pressure 5. steady, uniform, incompressible, along a streamline 4, none of these ‘The work that a liquid is capable of doing by virtue of its sustained pressure, in kef-m/kgf, is equal to Lp Qa 3. v42g, 4.phy Bernoulli's theorem states, that for. steady ideal fluid flow...» othe velocity is constant along a sieeass 2. the velocity increases as the pressure increases. 3, the energy isiconstant along a streamline 4, none of the above . A right circular cylinder open at'the top is filled with a liquid) sp, gf: 0.80 and rotated about its vertical axis at such a speed that half the liquid spills out. The pressure at the cen- tre of the bottom6f the cylinder is. lezero 2, half its value when the cylinder was fill 3. indetérminable-insufficient date ‘4, lesser than’a similar case with water as liquid |. A free vortex 1. tums in opposite direction to,a forced vortex 2. has the velocity increasing with the radius 3, ocgurs when fluid rotates as a,solid 4, none of the above . The discharge of V-notch NaripERs = thead)e 3. (head? 2 (head) ? 4, (head)? ). If the error in reading the head over a rectan- gular notch is 1%, the resulting percentage error in computed discharge is La 2.25 3.15 4, none of these A rectangular channel, 6m, wide, has a full width weir across it. The number of end con- tractions are 1.2 3. zero 2.7 4, none of these13. 4. 1. 76. 11. 8. 79. . Which of the.following defines, a sharp crest+ ed weir? 1. a weir whose top width is zero 2. a weir whose top width is less than the head over it 3. a weir in which the water merely touches a line 4, none of these Assimple piton tube measures the 1, static pressure 2, velocity at the stagnation point 3. stagnation pressure head 4, none of these Fora given discharge through a venturi meter, the reading of the differential manome- ter, attached to it 1.will be the same regardless of the inclination of the meter 2. increases with increased indlination 3. will be minimum when the meter is horizontal 4, none of these Acurrent meter is used to measure 1. wind velocities at airports 2. velocity of liquid flow in open channels 3. pressure in liquids 4, none of these Reynold's number for pipe flow varies 1. as coef, of viscosity oy 2, as kinematic viscosity AG. 3. inversely as the product of veloeify And diameter 4. inversely as kinematic viscoiity In laminar flow 1. viscosity is not important 2, fluid particles move in irregular and haphazard paths 3. oe. viscosity depends on the How 4, none of the above is true’ In case of laminar flow through a round tube, the discharge varies 1 linearly as viscosity 2. as the square of the radius 3. inversely as the pressure drop 4. inversely as the viscosity Viscous flow takes place through a round tube of 1 cm? cross-sectional area with a maximum velocity of 2 cm/s. The discharge through the tube, in em'/s is 12 241 3.4 4, none of these Turbulent flow generally occurs for cases involving 1. very viscous fltids 2. very slow motions 3. capillary passages 4, none of the above Qe y 8c. ‘Thee dawn kesinlentflcin antes aries Lodirectly as the velocity. «\ 2. inversely as the’ square of the velocity 3: inversely as thé square of the diameter 4, approximately ad the square of the velocity Water flows inté'a tank by pipe flow. The loss of head at the exit of the pipe is equal to 1. half the velocity head at the exit 2 elo hed atthe gat 3, veto”? 4, none of the above Ee If two reservoirs whose water levels differ by 2 mare connected by 2 C.L. pipes laid in sense. whose lengtis ind diameters are 100 m. 40 em and 200° nid 20 Cen FeSE, 1 the gs ornead i i thes y igo ‘ofwater 2. the'loss of head cannot be determined 3. there is no flow from one reservoir tothe other 4. none of the abovesis trues jj. yp 83, Two reservoirs are connected by a siphon. The flow through the pipe will cease, when @ pressure at he'summit is absolute zero the summit at hiher elevation than the upper reservoir level 3. the pressure at the a falls below thevapour pressure of the uid 4, none of the above The viscosity of gases 1. decreases with temperature 2. increases with temperature 8s iidependentoftemparatre 4, is none of the above 8 85. Specific heat under. constant, pressure C, and under constant volume,C, are related by" a aes CG 1 Kea C. 86. The uti inlodiuids of elasticity ot compressi- ble fluid-for Isothermal process is equal to Lp kp Bk 4, none of these 87. Select the expression that does tot give the speed of sound wave 1. VKRT 2. ig 3. fz 4 ff Where T is temperature abs. p mass den- sity and R gas constant 88. Mach number is given by 1. acoustic speed/ stream speed 2, streain speed/acoustic speed, 3, product of gas constant and temperature 4, none of these89. Ardcket exerts a constant horizontal thrust of 20 kgf on a missile for 6 sec. If the missile hav- ing a mass of 1'kg. starts from rest its speed at | the end of the period (neglecting the effect of acceleration due to gravity and reduction in the weight of rocket), in mis is 1.10 {32,100 3.980 4, none of these 90. Ajet of water impinges on a flat fixed plate at an inclination. The force exerted by the jet is maximum, when the inclination of the jet with the plate is 1. 90° 2, 45° 3. 180° “4, none of these 91. A jet of water impinges. tangentially at the inlet of a moying curved vane with an absolute velocity of 10 mis and leaves the vane at the outlét with an absolute velocity of 2 m/s. The efficiency of the work done is 1. indeterminable for want of sufficient data 2.96% ! naa ¥: 3. 20% 4, noné of these 92. The specific speed of a turbine is defined as the speed of a geométrically similar similar turbine 1. of unit size with unit dischatge under tinit head 2. of such a size that it develops unit power for unit discharge 3. of such a size tht if develops unit power under unit head 4, that is none of thé'above 93. An impulse turbine 1. always operates submerged 2, makes use of draft tiibe 3, is most suited for low head installations 4, operates by initial complete conversion to kinetic head 94. Which of the following combinations results in the maximum efficiency of a pelton wheel? tear ht 18.4 19.4 20.8 211 by : vie 3383) 342° 852 364 482 494), 502 512 ‘63° 612 624 633 644 654 651 674 Tt4 ately 64 ‘912 928 984 941 953 964 “97. 1. vane velocity = + x jet velocity and jet deflection = 180° 2, vane velocity = jet velocity and jet deflection = 90° 3. vane velocity = 2 x jet velocity and jet deflection = 180° 4. none of the above 95. Areaction turbine discharges 50 ms of water under a head of 7.5 mi‘with an over-all effi- ciency of 80%. The h, developed is 1.5000 2. 300,000 3. 4000 4. none of these Acentrifugal pump 1. continuously extracts energy from the water 2. lifts water by reciprocating 3. continuously gives energy to water 4, does none of the above 97. In a centrifugal pump, water enters the impeller 1. axially 2. radially 3. tangentially 4, in none of ways the above 98. Centrifugal pumps when arranged in series increase the discharge only 2, increase both the discharge’and head 3. increase the head only 4, increase the head but decrease the discharge 99. Which of the following defines the manomet- ric head of a centrifugal pump? 1. total height to which the liquid is lifted 2, static head minus losses in the pump 3. difference of energy heads between the outlet of pump casing and the inlet of the pump.casing 4, none of the above 100.-A centrifugal pump lifts water from sump to an overhead: tank through a height of 40m. ‘The head lost due to friction in suction and delivery pipes is 4m. The work done by the pump (efficiency 100%) in kef-m.kgf of water is 1 44 2.40 3. 36 4. none of these 40.3 55.1 69.3 70.3 84.2 85.1 99.3 1003