If several forces are acting on a body then the resultant of these forces will have the same effect as produced by all the forces

The property of the body by virtue of which it resist any change in its state of rest or of uniform motion is called

If the given forces P1,P2,P3 and P4 which are co-planar and concurrent are such that the force polygon does not close, then the force system will

If the arm of the couple is doubled the magnitude of the moment of the couple will be

The unit of force in the international system is

A collision is said to be perfectly inelastic if the co-efficient of restitution, 'e' is

Consider the following statements relating to the stability of a floating as well as submerged bodies 1. A submerged body is stable when the centre of gravity is below centre of buoyancy 2. A floating body is stable when the centre of gravity is above the centre of buoyancy 3. The floating body is stable when the centre of gravity is below the meta centre 4. A submerged body is in stable equilibrium when the centre of gravity coincides with the centre of buoyancy, of these statements

The assumption that all rivets share equally a non-eccentric load is valid at a load

Which one of the following statement is correct

Parallelogram law of forces states that if two forces acting simultaneously at a point be resultant can be represented in magnitude and direction by the adjacent sides of a parallelogram, their resultant can be represented in magnitude and direction by

Two springs of stiffness Ka, and Kb , are placed one inside the other so as to compress by the same amount under an applied axial load. The combined stiffness of the two springs will be E

A simply supported beam of span ,l and flexural rigidity El, carries a unit load at centre. The strain energy in the beam due to bending is

Two bars one of material A and other of material B of same length are tightly secured between two unyielding walls. Co-efficient of thermal expansion of bar A is more than bar B.When temperature increases the stresses induced are

In terms of bulk modulus K and modulus of rigidity C the Poisson's ratio can be expressed as

The flexural rigidity El of a hinged end is

Cable in a suspension bridge supports load mainly by

Which of the following arch is a determinate structure

Hook's law is valid for mild steel till

Effective stress in the soil is the stress carried by the

Primary consolidation is due to

Which one of the following gives the correct decreasing order of the densities of all sample

'The efficiency of a pile in a group is defined by

The law used in permeability test is

The liquid limit of a soil indicates its

Toughness index is a measure of

The volumetric expansion of soil due to shear in a drained shear test is called

In a compaction test on soil, when the compacting effort increases the optimum moisture content

Groynes are used for

Rainfall is measured as

When an artificial canal crosses a natural stream above its HFL, the cross drainage work constructed is called

Rivers which changes course of flow over a period of time is called

The excess soil out of cutting for a canal,stacked on the sides is called

An imaginary line within the body of the earthen dam which divides the fully saturated and partially saturated zones is called

The total extend of area from where water drains to a reservoir is called

The total quantity of water requirement for a crop expressed in depth is called

Bituminous Macadam is an example for

PCU is the unit for

A curve introduced between curves of finite and infinite radius is called

An example for grade separated intersection

In the run way of an airport which of the statement is true with respect to the predominant wind direction

The ratio between the volume of void to the volume of solid is called

The solid crust of the earth is termed as

The point of origin of earthquake under the earth's surface is called

A rock mass that is capable of holding ground water by virtue of its properties and yields water when tapped, at reasonably good volume is termed as

Granite is an example for

If the Froude number of flow in an open channel is more than 1 then the flow is said to be

The stream function for a two dimensional flow is given by phi =2 xy. Then the velocity at (2,2) is

Cavitation and pitting can be prevented by creating which one of the following conditions

At break point chlorination the residual chlorine

Hardness of water is due to