GATE CE 2017 Paper 1 — page 2

Questions 4–6 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

An elastic bar of length

, uniform cross sectional area

, coefficient of thermal expansion

, and Young’s modulus

is fixed at the two ends. The temperature of the bar is increased by

, resulting in an axial stress

. Keeping all other parameters unchanged, if the length of the bar is doubled, the axial stress would be

Your answerChoose one option.

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A simply supported beam is subjected to a uniformly distributed load. Which one of the following statements is true?

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Maximum or minimum shear force occurs where the curvature is zero.

Maximum or minimum bending moment occurs where the shear force is zero.

Maximum or minimum bending moment occurs where the curvature is zero.

Maximum bending moment and maximum shear force occur at the same section.

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According to IS 456 – 2000, which one of the following statements about the depth of neutral axis

for a balanced reinforced concrete section is correct?

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depends on the grade of concrete only.

depends on the grade of steel only.

depends on both the grade of concrete and grade of steel.

does not depend on the grade of concrete and grade of steel.

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