UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

A cantilever beam AB, fixed at A and carrying a load W at the free end B, is found to deflect by δ at the mid-point of AB. The deflection of B due to a load W/2 at the mid-point will be

A

B δ

C δ/2

D δ/4

ANS:D - δ/4

According to Maxwell's equation, Option C is correct.