Benchmark Test ME-504 (MD- I) Dated: 10/08/2023

Name: ________________________ Roll No. ______________________ Marks

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1. Hooke’s law holds good up to

(a) yield point (b) elastic limit (c) plastic limit (d) breaking point (e) proportional limit
2. The modulus of elasticity for mild steel is approximately equal to
(a) 80 kN/mm2 (b) 100 kN/mm2 (c) 110 kN/mm2 (d) 210 kN/mm2
3. Failure of a material is called fatigue when it fails
(a) at elastic limit (b) below elastic limit(c) at yield point (d) below yield point
4. When a material is subjected to loading, the shear strength may approximately be taken
as _____________ % of ultimate tensile strength.
5. The theory used to predict the failure of ductile materials is ______________________________.

6. The angular velocity (in rad/s) of a body rotating at N r.p.m. is

(a) π N/60 (b) 2 π N/60 (c) π N/120 (d) π N/180

7. A 1 kg block is resting on a surface with coefficient of friction m = 0.1. A force of 0.8 N is

applied to the block as shown in the figure. The friction force is
(A) 0 (B) 0.8 N (C) 0.98 N (D) 1.2 N

8. If point A is in equilibrium under the action of the applied forces, the values of
tensions TAB and TAC are respectively
(A) 520 N and 300 N (B) 300 N and 520 N (C) 450 N and 150 N (D) 150 N and 450 N
9. A long thin walled cylindrical shell, closed at both the ends, is subjected to an internal
pressure. The ratio of the hoop stress (circumferential stress) to longitudinal stress
developed in the shell is (A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 2.0 (D) 4.0

10. The state of stress at a point under plane stress condition is Sxx = 40 MPa, Syy = 100
MPa and Sxy = 40 MPa, The radius of the Mohr’s circle representing the given state of
stress in MPa is (A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 100

11. For a circular shaft of diameter d subjected to torque T, the maximum value of the shear
stress is
(a) 64T/πd3 (b) 32T/πd3 (c)16T/πd3 (d)8T/ πd3

12. The total area under the stress-strain curve of mild steel specimen tested upto
failure under tension is a measure of
(A) ductility (B) ultimate strength (C) stiffness (D) toughness

13. A tourist covers half of his journey by train at 60 / km h, half of the remainder by bus at
30 / km h and the rest by cycle at 10 / km h. The average speed of the tourist in km/h
during the entire journey is (A) 36 (B) 30 (C) 24 (D) 18

14. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below?
Mitigate
(A) Diminish (B) Divulge (C) Dedicate (D) Denote

15. Given the sequence of terms, AD CG FK JP, the next term is

(A) OV (B) OW (C) PV (D) PW