This document contains 30 multiple choice questions and answers related to strength of materials. The questions cover topics like moment of inertia, shear stress, bending moment, deflection, buckling, torsion, power transmission, impact strength, ductility, malleability and more. An expert in strength of materials would be able to work through these questions and identify the correct responses based on their technical knowledge of these concepts.
This document contains 30 multiple choice questions and answers related to strength of materials. The questions cover topics like moment of inertia, shear stress, bending moment, deflection, buckling, torsion, power transmission, impact strength, ductility, malleability and more. An expert in strength of materials would be able to work through these questions and identify the correct responses based on their technical knowledge of these concepts.
This document contains 30 multiple choice questions and answers related to strength of materials. The questions cover topics like moment of inertia, shear stress, bending moment, deflection, buckling, torsion, power transmission, impact strength, ductility, malleability and more. An expert in strength of materials would be able to work through these questions and identify the correct responses based on their technical knowledge of these concepts.
This document contains 30 multiple choice questions and answers related to strength of materials. The questions cover topics like moment of inertia, shear stress, bending moment, deflection, buckling, torsion, power transmission, impact strength, ductility, malleability and more. An expert in strength of materials would be able to work through these questions and identify the correct responses based on their technical knowledge of these concepts.
& Answer 1) The moment of inertia of a triangular section of base 3 unit and height 2 unit, about an axis passing through its base is ___. a. 6 b. 9 c. 8 d. 2 Answer
2) Moment of inertia of a square of side 1 unit about an axis
through its center of gravity is ____. a. 1 b. 1/12 Answer c. 1/3 d. 1/4
3) The axis about which moment of area is taken is known as
____________. a) Axis of area b) Axis of moment c) Axis of reference Answer d) Axis of rotation
4) The increase in the length of a bar of length 1 m, area 300
mm2, modulus of elasticity 2×10^5 N/mm2 due to a tensile load of 120 KN is _____. a. 1 mm b. 2 mm Answer c. 3 mm d. 4 mm
5) Shear stress causes____.
a. deformation b. elongation c. contraction d. None of above Answer
6) Which of the following has the same unit?
a. modulus of elasticity, pressure, stress Answer b. elasticity, strain, stress c. pressure, strain, stress d. modulus of elasticity, strain, modulus of rigidity
7) In a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed
load W/m over the left half span, the point of contraflexure will occur in (a) Left half span of the beam (b) Right half span of the beam. (c) Quarter points of the beam (d) Does not exist Answer
8) A sudden increase or decrease in shear force diagram
between any two points indicates that there is (a) No loading between the two points (b) Point loads between the two points Answer (c) U.D.L. between the two points (d) None of these
9) When the bending moment is a parabolic curve between two
points, it indicates that there is (a) No loading between the two points (b) Point loads between the two points (c) U.D.L. between the two points Answer (d) Uniformly varying load between the two points 10) A beam is said to be of uniform strength, if ____________ a) B.M. is same throughout the beam b) Shear stress is the same through the beam c) Deflection is the same throughout the beam d) Bending stress is the same at every section along its longitudinal axis Answer
11) In a cantilever subjected to a concentrated load (W) at the
free end and having length =l, Maximum bending moment is a. Wl at the free end b. Wl at the fixed end Answer c. Wl/2 at the fixed end d. Wl at the free end
12) In a simply supported beam subjected to uniformly
distributed load (w) over the entire length (l), total load=W, maximum Bending moment is a. Wl/8 or wl2/8 at the mid-point Answer b. Wl/8 or wl2/8 at the end c. Wl/4 or wl2/4 d. Wl/2
13) A simply supported beam carries a uniformly distributed
load of 20 kN/m over the length of 5 m. If flexural rigidity is 30000 kN.m2, what is the maximum deflection in the beam? a. 5.4 mm Answer b. 1.08 mm c. 6.2 mm d. 8.6 mm
14) In the cantilever beam, slope and deflection at free end is
_____ a. zero b. maximum c. minimum Answer d. none of the above
15) Deflection of a simply supported beam when subjected to
central point load is given as ________ a. (Wl /16 EI) b. (Wl2 /16 EI) c. (Wl3 /48 EI) Answer d. (5Wl4 / 384EI)
16) The load at which a vertical compression member just
buckle is known as (a) Critical load (b) Crippling load (c) Buckling load (d) Any one of these Answer
17) A column that fails due to direct stress is called
(a) Short column Answer (b) Long column (c) Medium column (d) Slender column
18) A column whose slenderness ratio is greater than 120 is
known as (a) Short column (b) Long column Answer (c) Medium column (d) Composite column
19) If load is acting on the longitudinal axis of the column, it is
called _____________. (A) Horizontal load (B) Axial load Answer (C) Eccentric load (D) Vertical load 20) If the load is acting away from the longitudinal axis of the column, it is called _____________. (A) Horizontal load (B) Axial load (C) Eccentric load Answer (D) Vertical load
21) The horizontal distance between the longitudinal axis of
column and the line of action of load is called ______________. (A) Eccentricity Answer (B) Axial distance (C) Vertical distance (D) None of these
22) The plane, on which only direct stress is acting is called
______________. (A) Principal stress (B) Horizontal Plane (C) Principal Plane Answer (D) Vertical Plane
23) On the Principal plane, shear stress is ___________.
(A) Zero Answer (B) Maximum (C) Minimum (D) Infinity
24) Principal plane may be
(A) Vertical (B) Horizontal (C) Inclined (D) Vertical, horizontal or inclined Answer 25) shaft is said to be in pure torsion if a. Turning moment is applied at one end and the other end is free b. Turning force is applied at one end and the other end is free c. Two opposite turning moments are applied to the shaft Answer d. Combination of torsional load and bending load is applied to the shaft
26) In power transmission equation, P=2ΠNT/60×1000
a. P is in kw and T is maximum torque b. P is in NM/sec and T is maximum torque c. P is in NM/sec and T is mean torque d. P is in kw and T is mean torque Answer
27) If diameter of a shaft is doubled the power transmitted
capacity will be a. Either twice or half b. Four times c. Eight times Answer d. Same
28) The impact strength of a material is an index of its
(a) toughness Answer (b) tensile strength (c) capability of being cold worked (d) hardness
29) The property of a material which allows it to be drawn into
a smaller section is called (a) plasticity (b) ductility Answer (c) elasticity (d) malleability 30) The property of a material by virtue of which it can be beaten or rolled into plates is called (a) malleability Answer (b) ductility (c) plasticity (d) elasticity