5/20/23, 8:56 PM MCQ Interview Questions on Strength of Materials - Mechanical Engineering

MCQ Interview Questions on Strength of Materials

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1) The ratio between tensile stress and tensile strain or compressive stress and compressive strain is
termed as

a) Modulus of elasticity.
b) Bulk modulus of elasticity.
c) Modulus of rigidity.
d) None of these.

ANSWER: a) Modulus of elasticity.

2) When a square or rectangular block subjected to a shear load is in equilibrium, the shear stress in
one plane is always associated with a complementary shear stress in the other plane at
……………….degrees to it.

a) 90
b) 180
c) 60
d) 45

ANSWER: a) 90

3) Strain in a direction at right angles to the direction of applied force is known as

a) Volumetric strain
b) Shear strain
c) Lateral strain
d) None of these

ANSWER: c) Lateral strain

4) Young’s modulus will be …………..if the radius of a wire stretched by a load is doubled.

a) Become one-fourth
b) Doubled
c) Halved
d) Unaffected

ANSWER: d) Unaffected

5) The impact strength of a material is an index of its

a) Toughness
b) Hardness
c) Tensile strength
d) None of these

ANSWER: a) Toughness

6) The value of Poisson’s ratio depends upon

a) Magnitude of load
b) Material of test specimen
c) Cross-section and dimension of the specimen
d) None of these

ANSWER: b) Material of test specimen

7) Fracture will confirm to ……………shape, when mild steel is subjected to tensile loading.

a) Star

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b) Granular
c) Cup and cone
d) None of these

ANSWER: c) Cup and cone

8) The impact strength of a material is an index of its

a) Toughness
b) Hardness
c) Resistance to corrosion
d) None of these

ANSWER: a) Toughness

9) If a compression test is carried on a cast iron specimen the fracture will occur

a) Along an oblique plane

b) Unpredictable
c) Perpendicular to axis of load
d) Along the axis of load

ANSWER: a) Along an oblique plane

10) A ‘Notched bar test’ provides which of the following mechanical properties?

a) Hardness
b) Impact strength
c) Resilience
d) Endurance limit

ANSWER: b) Impact strength

11) A bar of cross-sectional area A is subjected to a tensile force P. The normal stress on an oblique
plane will be maximum when the inclination ‘Φ’ of the plane to the axis of the bar is

a) 90°
b) 45°
c) 5°
d) 25°

ANSWER: a) 90°

12) At the principle planes

a) All the stresses are maximum

b) No stress acts
c) The normal stress is maximum or minimum and the shear stress is zero
d) None of these

ANSWER: c) The normal stress is maximum or minimum and the shear stress is zero

13) Among the following which stresses on inclined surface can be determined by the use of Mohr’s
circle?

a) Normal stress
b) Maximum shear stress
c) Tangential stress
d) All of these

ANSWER: d) All of these

14) Shear stresses on mutually perpendicular planes are

a) Maximum
b) Minimum
c) Equal
d) None of these
ANSWER: c) Equal

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15) For an element under the effect of biaxial state of normal stresses, the normal stress on a 45° plane
is equal to ……………of normal stresses

a) Half the difference

b) Half the sum
c) Sum
d) Difference
ANSWER: b) Half the sum

16) A bar of square cross-section is subjected to an axial tensile load. A plane normal to the axis of
loading will have

a) Minimum normal stress and maximum shear stress

b) Maximum normal stress and zero shear stress
c) Minimum normal stress and zero shear stress
d) Maximum normal stress and maximum shear stress
ANSWER: b) Maximum normal stress and zero shear stress

17) When a material is subjected to a tensile load, then in order to avoid the shear failure of a material
along a plane inclined at 45° to the direction of the tensile stress, the material should have its shear
strength at least

a) Equal to its tensile strength

b) Equal to its compressive strength
c) Equal to principal stress
d) Equal to half the tensile strength
ANSWER: d) Equal to half the tensile strength

18) For a cantilever beam subjected to uniformly distributed load the shearing force varies following a

a) Parabolic law
b) Linear law
c) Either of these
d) None of these
ANSWER: b) Linear law

19) In a cantilever beam carrying a load whose intensity varies uniformly from zero at the free end to
‘w’ per unit length at the fixed end, the B.M changes following a

a) Parabolic law
b) Cubic law
c) Linear law
d) None of these
ANSWER: b) Cubic law

20) For a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of ‘w’ per unit length over the
whole span, the maximum bending moment is

a) wl/3
b) wl2/3
c) wl2/24
d) wl2/6

ANSWER: d) wl2/6

21) In a loaded beam the point of contrafexure refers to the section where the

a) Bending moment changes sign

b) Bending moment is maximum
c) Shear force is zero
d) Shear force is maximum

ANSWER: a) Bending moment changes sign

22) The maximum compressive stress develops on …………..when a rectangular beam is loaded
transversely

a) Bottom fibre
b) Top fibre

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c) Neutral axis
d) Middle fibre

ANSWER: b) Top fibre

23) In the case of an I-section beam maximum shear stress is at

a) Middle of the web

b) The junction of top flange and web
c) Either of these
d) None of these

ANSWER: a) Middle of the web

24) A support is said to be non-yielding if

a) It can take any amount of reaction

b) It is frictionless
c) The beam has zero slope at the support
d) It holds the beam firmly

ANSWER: c) The beam has zero slope at the support

25) Hoop stress set up in a thin cylinder subjected to internal fluid pressure is …………..the
longitudinal stress

a) Four times
b) Twice
c) Thrice
d) None of these

ANSWER: b) Twice

26) Spherical vessels are preferred over cylindrical shapes due to

a) Easier to fabricate
b) Light in weight for the same storing capacity
c) Subjected to low value of hoop stress
d) Greater capacity

ANSWER: c) Subjected to low value of hoop stress

27) In a thick cylinder, the radial stress at the inner surface is

a) Independent of the magnitude of the fluid pressure

b) More than the magnitude of the fluid pressure
c) Less than the magnitude of the fluid pressure
d) Equal to the magnitude of the fluid pressure

ANSWER: d) Equal to the magnitude of the fluid pressure

28) For a thick cylinder, the variation of circumferential stress across the thickness is

a) Linear
b) Uniform
c) Parabolic
d) None of these

ANSWER: c) Parabolic

29) The relation between the diameter of a rivet (d) and plate thickness (t) is given by,

a) d = 2√t
b) d = 3√t
c) d = 4√t
d) d = 6√t

ANSWER: d) d = 6√t

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30) The efficiency of the riveted joint is ……….. than that of the welded joint

a) More
b) Less
c) Either of these
d) None of these

ANSWER: b) Less

31) In shafts with keyways the allowable stresses are usually ……………..of the given value.

a) 75%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 95%
ANSWER: a) 75%

32) For the same material, length and given torque a solid shaft weights ………… a hollow shaft 

a) Less than
b) More than
c) Equal to
d) None of these

ANSWER: b) More than

33) If a torque is applied on a shaft the value of shear stress induced is

a) Zero at the centre and maximum at circumference

b) Zero at the circumference and maximum at centre
c) Uniform throughout
d) None of these
ANSWER: a) Zero at the centre and maximum at circumference

34) Which among the following term is used if the slenderness ratio of a column is more than 120?

a) Medium column
b) Long column
c) Short column
d) None of these
ANSWER: b) Long column

35) For a column with one end fixed and the other hinged, the ratio of equivalent length to actual
length is

a) 1
b) 1/2
c) √2
d) 1/√2

ANSWER: d) 1/√2

36) What is the ratio between buckling load and safe load known as?

a) Buckling factor
b) Slenderness ratio
c) Factor of safety
d) None of these

ANSWER: c) Factor of safety

37) For ductile material ………………. is suitable.

a) Distortion energy theory

b) Maximum shear stress theory
c) Maximum principal strain theory
d) Maximum principal stress theory

ANSWER: b) Maximum shear stress theory

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38) Maximum principal stress theory was postulated by

a) Mohr
b) Rankine
c) Tresca
d) St. Venant

ANSWER: b) Rankine

39) In a ring under tension, where does the maximum stress occur?

a) At 45° with the line of action of load.

b) Along the line of action of load.
c) Perpendicular to the line of action of load.
d) None of these.

ANSWER: b) Along the line of action of load.

40) The resultant deflection under symmetrical bending of a beam is

a) Perpendicular to the neutral axis

b) Perpendicular to the axis of symmetry
c) Parallel to the neutral axis
d) Parallel to the axis of symmetry

ANSWER: a) Perpendicular to the neutral axis

41) If the load passes through the shear centre of the section of the beam, then there will be

a) Only bending in the beam

b) Only twisting in the beam
c) Bending accompanied by twisting
d) No bending in the beam

ANSWER: a) Only bending in the beam

42) Proof resilience of materials indicate their capacity to bear

a) Static compressive loads

b) Static tensile loads
c) Shocks
d) None of these

ANSWER: c) Shocks

43) For which of the following reasons are cylinders compounded?

a) To increase the strength of the cylinder

b) To increase the pressure bearing capacity of a single cylinder
c) To make the circumferential stress distribution uniform
d) All of the above

ANSWER: c) To make the circumferential stress distribution uniform

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