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Modules Questions
1 59
2 20
3 20
4 28
5 20
6 13
Total 160

STRENGTH OF MATERIAL (SOM) – MCQ

MODULE NO 1

1. The axis about which moment of area is taken is known as ____________

a) Axis of area
b) Axis of moment
c) Axis of reference
d) Axis of rotation

2. Point, where the total volume of the body is assumed to be concentrated is

____________
a) Center of area
b) Centroid of volume
c) Centroid of mass
d) All of the mentioned

3. What is MOI?
a) ml2
b) mal
c) ar2
d) None of the mentioned

4. What is the formula of radius of gyration?

a) k2 = I/A
b) k2 = I2/A
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c) k = I /A
d) k2 = (I/A)1/2

5. What is the formula of theorem of perpendicular axis?

a) Izz = Ixx – Iyy
b) Izz = Ixx + Ah2
c) Izz – Ixx = Iyy
d) None of the mentioned

6. What is the formula of theorem of parallel axis?

a) IAD = IG + Ah
b) IAB = Ah2 + IG
c) IAB = IG – Ah2
d) IAB = IG + Ixx

7. What is the unit of radius of gyration?

a) m4
b) m
c) N
d) m2

8. What will be the the radius of gyration of a circular plate of diameter 10cm?
a) 1.5cm
b) 2.0cm
c) 2.5cm
d) 3cm

Solution : The moment of inertia of a circle, I = πD4/64 = 491.07 cm4

The area of circle = 78.57 cm

Radius of gyration = (I/A)1/2 = 2.5 cm]

9. What is the moment of inertia of 0cm a circular section?

a) πD4/64
b) πD3/32
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c) πD /64
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d) πD4/32

10. What is the moment of inertia of a rectangular section about an

horizontal axis through C.G?
a) bd3/6
b) bd2/12
c) b2d2/12
d) bd3/12

11. What is the moment of inertia of a rectangular section about an

horizontal axis passing through base?
a) bd3/12
b) bd3/6
c) bd3/3
d) bd2/3

12. What is the moment of inertia of a triangular section about the base?
2
a) bh /12
b) bh3/12
c) bh3/6
d) bh2/6

13. What is the moment of inertia of a triangular section about an axis

passing through C.G. and parallel to the base?
a) bh3/12
b) bh3/24
c) bh3/36
d) bh3/6

14. What will be the moment of inertia of a circle in cm4 of diameter is

10cm?
a) 340
b) 410
c) 460
d) 490

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15. What will be the moment of inertia of the given rectangle about an
horizontal axis passing through the base?

a) 1500 mm4
b) 1650 mm4
c) 1666 mm4
d) 1782 mm4

16. What will be the moment of inertia of the given rectangular section
about an horizontal axis through C.G.?

a) 350 mm4
b) 379mm4
c) 416mm4
d) 500mm4

17. What will be the moment of inertia of the given triangle about an axis
passing through C.G and parallel to base?

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a) 6.1 mm4
b) 7.1 mm4
c) 8.1 mm4
d) 7.56 mm4

18. What will be the difference between MOI of two triangle sections is in
1st, MOI is taken about its base and in 2nd MOI is taken about its centroid?
a) bh3/12
b) bh3/18
c) bh3/36
d) bh3/24

Solution : The moment of inertia of a triangular section about the base is

bh3/12

&about an axis passing through C.G. is bh3/36

so the difference = bh3/12 – bh3/36 = bh3/18.]

19. The moment of inertia of a plane area with respect to an axis

____________ to the plane is called a polar moment of inertia.
a) Parallel
b) Perpendicular
c) Equal
d) Opposite

20. What are the units of Polar modulus?

a) mm3
b) mm2
c) mm
d) mm4

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21. What is the polar modulus for solid shaft?
a) π/16 D2
b) π/12 D3
c) π/ 16 D3
d) π/16 D

22. Calculate the polar moment of inertia for a solid circular shaft of 30 mm
diameter.
a) 76m4
b) 79.5m4
c) 81m4
d) 84m4

23. What is parallel axis theorem and to whom it is applied?

a) Theorem used to add the two mutually perpendicular moment of
inertias for areas
b) Theorem used to add the two mutually perpendicular moment of inertias for
volumes
c) Theorem used to add the two mutually perpendicular moment of inertias for
linear distances
d) Theorem used to add the two mutually perpendicular moment of inertias for
vectors

24. The parallel axis theorem gives the moment of inertia ______________
to the surface of considerance.
a) Linear
b) Non-Linear
c) Perpendicular
d) Parallel

25. Which of the following relation is stated by Hooke’s law?

a) Stress is directly proportional to strain
b) Stress is inversely proportional to strain
c) Stress is directly proportional to square of strain
d) Stress is inversely proportional to square of strain

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26. What is tensile strain?
a) The ratio of change in length to the original length
b) The ratio of original length to the change in length
c) The ratio of tensile force to the change in length
d) The ratio of change in length to the tensile force applied

27. Find the strain of a brass rod of length 250mm which is subjected to a
tensile load of 50kN when the extension of rod is equal to 0.3mm?
a) 0.025
b) 0.0012
c) 0.0046
d) 0.0014

Solution : [Strain = dL/L = 0.3/250 = 0.0012.]

28. The body will regain it is previous shape and size only when the
deformation caused by the external forces, is within a certain limit. What is that
limit?
a) Plastic limit
b) Elastic limit
c) Deformation limit
d) None of the mentioned

29. The materials which have the same elastic properties in all directions are
called __________
a) Isotropic
b) Brittle
c) Homogenous
d) Hard

30. The property by which a body returns to its original shape after removal
of the force is called _
a) Plasticity
b) Elasticity
c) Ductility
d) Malleability

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31. Which law is also called as the elasticity law?
a) Bernoulli’s law
b) Stress law
c) Hooke’s law
d) Poisson’s law

32. As the elastic limit reaches, tensile strain __________

a) Increases more rapidly
b) Decreases more rapidly
c) Increases in proportion to the stress
d) Decreases in proportion to the stress

33. What kind of elastic materials are derived from a strain energy density
function?
a) Cauchy elastic materials
b) Hypo elastic materials
c) Hyper elastic materials
d) None of the mentioned

34. During a tensile test on a ductile material ____________

a) Nominal stress at fracture is higher than the ultimate stress
b) True stress at fracture is higher than the ultimate stress
c) True stress a fracture is the same as the ultimate stress
d) None of the mentioned

35. When equal and opposite forces applied to a body, tend to elongate it,
the stress so produced, is called ____________
a) Shear stress
b) Compressive stress
c) Tensile stress
d) Transverse stress

36. In a tensile test, near the elastic limit zone ____________

a) Tensile stress increases in linear proportion to the stress
b) Tensile stress increases at a faster rate

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c) Tensile stress decreases at a faster rate
d) None of the mentioned

37. The stress in a rod is 70 N/mm2 and the modulus of elasticity is 2 x

105 N/mm2. what will be the strain in the rod?
a) 0.00052
b) 0.00035
c) 0.00030
d) 0.00047

Solution : E = σ/e
E = 2 * 105 N/mm2 σ = 70 N/mm2

e = 70/2*105 = 0.00035

38. For keeping the stress wholly compressive the load may be applied on a
circular column anywhere within a concentric circle of diameter
_____________
a) D/2
b) D/3
c) D/4
d) D/8

39. When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum

compressive stress develops on ____________
a) Bottom fibre
b) Top fibre
c) Neutral axis
d) Every cross-section

40. A steel bar of 40mm x 40mm square cross-section is subjected to an

axial compressive load of 200kN. If the length of the bar is 2m and E=200GPa,
the elongation of the bar well be ____________
a) 1.25mm
b) 2.70mm
c) 4.05mm

d) 4.50mm

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Solution : Elongation of the bar = Pl/AE = -200x10^3x 2000 / ( 1600 x 200 x
10^3) = -1.25
The minus sign here shows that the stress here is compressive.

41. he stress which acts in a direction perpendicular to the area is called

____________
a) Shear stress
b) Normal stress
c) Thermal stress
d) None of the mentioned

42. Which of these are types of normal stresses?

a) Tensile and compressive stresses
b) Tensile and thermal stresses
c) Shear and bending
d) Compressive and plane stresses

43. What is the formula for shear stress?

a) Shear resistance/shear area
b) Force/unit area
c) Bending strain/area
d) Shear stress/length

44. The stress induced in a body, when subjected to two equal and opposite
forces which are acting tangentially across the resisting section resulting the
shearing of the body across its section is called ____________
a) Bending stress
b) Compressive stress
c) Shear strain
d) Shear stress

45. A material has a Poisson’s ratio of 0.5. If uniform pressure of 300GPa is

applied to that material, What will be the volumetric strain of it?
a) 0.50
b) 0.20
c) 0.25
d) Zero

Solution: volumetric strain = (1-2μ)σ/E

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value of μ is 0.5 so 1 – 2 * 0.5 becomes zero.]

46. The circle obtained from two dimensional stress system is known as
________
a) Principal stress circle
b) Mohr circle
c) Shearing stress circle
d) None of the mentioned

47. How many elastic constants of a linear, elastic, isotropic material will
be?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 1
d) 4

48. How many elastic constants of a non-homogeneous, non-isotropic

material will be?
a) 9
b) 15
c) 20
d) 21

49. How can be the Poisson’s ratio be expressed in terms of bulk modulus
(K) and modulus of rigidity (G)?
a) (3K – 4G) / (6K + 4G)
b) (3K + 4G) /( 6K – 4G)
c) (3K – 2G) / (6K + 2G)
d) (3K + 2G) / (6K – 2G)

50. Calculate the modulus of resilience for a 2m long bar which extends
2mm under limiting axial stress of 200 N/mm2?
a) 0.01
b) 0.20
c) 0.10
d) 0.02

Solution : Modulus of resilience = f2/2E

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= 200×2/2×2000 = 0.10

51. In an experiment, the bulk modulus of elasticity of a material is twice its

modulus of rigidity. The Poisson ratio of the material is ___________
a) 1/7
b) 2/7
c) 3/7
d) 4/7

Solution : μ= (3K – 2G) / (6K + 2G), K = 2G

Then, μ = (6G – 2G) / (12G + 2G) = 4/14 = 2/7.]

52. What will be the value of the Poisson’s ratio if the Young’s modulus E is
equal to the bulk modulus K?
a) 1/2
b) 1/4
c) 1/3
d) 3/4

Solution : K = E / 3(1 – 2μ) Since K = E So (1-2μ) = 1/3

Therefore, μ = 1/3].

53. What is the expression for modulus of rigidity in terms of modulus of

elasticity and the Poissons ratio?
a) G = 3E / 2(1 + μ)
b) G = 5E / (1 + μ)
c) G = E / 2(1 + μ)
d) G = E/ (1 + 2μ)

54. What is the relationship between Young’s modulus E, modulus of

rigidity C, and bulk modulus K?
a) E = 9KC / (3K + C)
b) E = 9KC / (9K + C)
c) E = 3KC / (3K + C)
d) E = 3KC / (9K + C)

55. What is the limiting values of Poisson’s ratio?

a) -1 and 0.5

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b) -1 and -0.5
c) -1 and -0.5
d) 0 and 0.5

56. What is the relationship between modulus of elasticity and modulus of

rigidity?
a) C = E / 2(1 + μ)
b) C = E / (1 + μ)
c) C = 2E / (1 + μ)
d) C = 2E / 2(1 + μ)

57. The relationship between Young’s modulus E, bulk modulus K if the

value of Poisson’s ratio is unity will be __________
a) E = -3K
b) K = -3E
c) E = 0
d) K = 0

58. Young’s modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio of a material are 1.25 x
102 MPa and 0.34 respectively. The modulus of rigidity of the material is
__________
a) 0.9469 MPa
b) 0.8375 MPa
c) 0.4664 MPa
d) 0.4025 MPa

Solution : [E = 2G(1 + μ)
1.25 x 102 = 2G(1 + 0.34) G = 0.4664 x 102 MPa

59. The length, Young’s modulus and coefficient of thermal expansion of bar
P are twice that of bar Q. what will be the ration of stress developed in bar P to
that in bar Q if the temperature of both bars is increased by the same amount?
a) 2
b) 8
c) 4
d) 16

Solution : Temperature Stress = EαδT

Stress in bar P / Stress in bar Q = (EP / EQ) x (αP / αQ) = 2×2 = 4.]

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