5/20/23, 9:09 PM MCQ ~ Strength of Materials (1) - Mechanical Engineering

MCQ ~ Strength of Materials (1)

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1. A hollow shaft of same cross-section area as solid shaft transmits

Same torque
Less torque
More torque
Unpredictable
2. In a cantilever beam, maximum deflection occurs at where
 Bending moment is zero
Bending moment is maximum
Shear force is zero
Slope is zero
3. In a rectangular beam, when width, depth and length are doubled, the bending stress will be
Shall remain unchanged
Shall be doubled
 Shall become ¼ th
Shall be halved
4. In an I –section beam, the bending moment is resisted mainly by
Flanges only
 Web only
Both by flanges and web
None of the above
5. Strain energy is the
 Energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limits
Energy stored in a body when strained up to the breaking of a specimen
Maximum strain energy which can be stored in a body
Proof resilience per unit volume of a material
6. The neutral axis of the cross-section a beam is that axis at which the bending stress is
 Zero
Minimum
maximum
Infinity
7. Euler’s formula holds good only for
Short columns
 Long columns
Both short & long columns
Weak columns
8. A steel bar of 5 mm is heated from 15° C to 40° C and it is free to expand. The bar Will induce
 No Stress
Shear Stress
Tensile Stress
Compressive Stress
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5/20/23, 9:09 PM MCQ ~ Strength of Materials (1) - Mechanical Engineering

9. The stress induced in a body, when suddenly loaded, is __________ the stress induced when the
same load is applied gradually.
Equal to
One-half
 Twice
Four times
10. A body is subjected to a tensile stress of 1200 MPa on one plane and another tensile stress of
600 MPa on a plane at right angles to the former. It is also subjected to a shear stress of 400 MPa
on the same planes. The maximum normal stress will be ? (See Solution)
400 MPa
500 MPa
900 MPa
1400 MPa

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