Department of Civil Engineering

Maximum Marks: 50
Sub: Elements of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Sub
Code: 10CIV23
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NOTE: Answer any two full questions from Part-A & one full
question from Part-B
Part-A
1

a Select the correct answer:

(i) Moment of Inertia is
A) Second Moment of Area
B) First Moment of Area
C) Third Moment of Area
D) None of these
(ii) The moment of inertia of a circle with D as its diameter about its
centroidal axis is
A) D2/32
B) D2/64
C) D4/32
D)
4
D /64
(iii) The moment of inertia of an area about an axis which is in a plane
perpendicular to the area is called
A) Radius of Gyration
B) Polar moment of inertia
C) Second Moment of Area
D) None of the Above
(iv) The moment of inertia of a triangle with base b & height h
about its base is
A) bh3/36
B) bh4/36
C) hb3/12
D)
3
bh /12
(01 x 4 = 04 Marks)
b State & prove perpendicular axis theorem
(04
Marks)
c Analyse the truss shown in figure by method of joints
(09 Marks)
2 a (i) The unit of moment of inertia is
A) m2
B) m
C) m4
D) m3
(ii) An axis over which one half of the plane figure is just the mirror of
the other half is called:
A) Bottom axis
B) Axis of symmetry
C) Unsymmetrical axis
D) All of these
(iii) Moment of Total area about its centroidal axis is
A) Twice the area
B) Three times the area
C) Zero
D) Area x (centroidal distance) 2
(iv) Moment of Inertia of a square of sides B about its centroidal axis
is
A) B4/8
B) B4/12
C) B4/36
D) B4/48
(01 x 4 = 04 Marks)
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b Derive the expression for the moment of inertia of a triangle of base

(b) and height (h) about its base
(05
Marks)
c
(09 Marks)
3 a (i) The centroid of a lamina
A) must be a point in the lamina
B) is a point which can be made to lie inside or outside the lamina
by changing the co-ordinate system
C) is a fixed point in space regardless of the orientation of lamina
D) is a unique point fixed with respect to the lamina
(ii) Moment of Inertia of a plane area about an axis parallel to
centroidal axis is equal to
A) Ixx/Ay2
B) Ixx x Ay2
C) Ixx - Ay2
D) Ixx + Ay2
(iii) Polar moment of Inertia of a plane area is
A) Ixx x Iyy
B) Ixx + Iyy
C) Ixx / Iyy
D) None of
these
(iv) The unit of radius of gyration is
A) mm
B) mm2
C) mm3
D) mm4
(01 x 4 = 04 Marks)
b List the assumptions made in the analysis of simple truss
(04
Marks)
c Find the moment of inertia of the shown in Fig 3(c) about its centroidal
axis. Also find polar moment of inertia
(09 Marks)
Part-B
4

a Select the correct answer:

(i) When a load acts at constant rate over given length of a beam is
called
A) Point load
B) UDL
C) UVL
D) None of
these
(ii) A horizontal simply supported beam AB of length 5m is acted upon
by a vertical point load of 10kN at a distance of 2m from A. The
reactions of A & B respectively are
A) 4kN and 6kN
B) 6kN and 4kN
C) 5kN and 5kN
D)
10kN and 0
(iii) The beam is neither permitted to move on any direction nor
allowed to rotate in case of
A) Hinged support
B) Fixed Support
C) Roller Support
D)
Simple Support
(iv) Beams with one end fixed and other end hinged or on roller are
called as
A) Cantilever Beams
B) Fixed Beams
C) Hinged Beams
D) Propped Cantilever Beams
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b Explain different types of supports & reactions

(01 x 4 = 04
Marks)
with neat sketches
(08

Marks)
c Find reactions for a cantilever beam shown in figure 4(b)
(05
Marks)
5 a Select the correct answer:
(i) At the fixed end of cantilever, the number of unknown reaction
components are
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
(ii) Statically determinate beams are
A) The beams which can be analysed completely using static
equations of equilibrium
B) The beams which cannot be analysed completely using static
equations of equilibrium
C) Fixed Beams D) None of the above
(iii) Reaction line at roller support with respect to plane of contact is
A) Oblique
B) Obtuse
C) Perpendicular
D) None
(iv) U.D.L. stands for
A) Uniform dead load
B) Uniformly distributed load
C) Uniform door load
D) All of the above
(01 x 4 = 04 Marks)
b Determine the reaction components for the loaded beam shown in
figure 5(b)
(09
Marks)
c In the figure 5(c), determine the distance x of the load P from the
support A, if the reaction RA is twice as great as reaction R B. Take P = 2
kN & Q = 1 kN
(04
Marks)

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