Strength of Materials Online Test – Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. If the length of a cantilever carrying an isolated load at its free end is doubled, the deflection of the free end will increase by

 
 
 
 

2. The stress necessary to initiate yielding, is considerably

 
 
 
 

3. The areas of cross-section of a square beam and a circular beam subjected to equal bending moments, are same

 
 
 
 

4. Ties are load carrying members of a frame, which are subjected to

 
 
 
 

5. For the same height, the bottom width for no tension

 
 
 
 

6. For a beam, if fundamental equations of statics are not sufficient to determine all the reactive forces at the supports, the structure is said to be

 
 
 
 

7. The value of Poisson’s ratio always remains

 
 
 
 

8. The moment diagram for a cantilever carrying linearly varying load from zero at its free end and to maximum at the fixed end will be a

 
 
 
 

9. For a beam having fixed ends, the unknown element of the reactions, is

 
 
 
 

10. The moment diagram for a cantilever which is subjected to a uniformly distributed load will be a

 
 
 
 

11. Strain energy of any member may be defined as work done on it

 
 
 
 

12. If the depth of a simply supported beam carrying an isolated load at its centre, is doubled, the deflection of the beam at the centre will be changed by a factor of

 
 
 
 

13. A column is said to be of medium size if its slenderness ratio is between

 
 
 
 

14. Hooke’s law states that stress and strain are

 
 
 
 

15. The phenomenon of slow growth of strain under a steady tensile stress, is called

 
 
 
 

16. When two plates butt together and are riveted with two cover plates with two rows of rivets, the joint is known as

 
 
 
 

17. The effect of arching a beam, is

 
 
 
 

18. The rise of a parabolic arch at quarter points, is equal to

 
 
 
 

19. A cast iron T section beam is subjected to pure bending. For maximum compressive stress to be three times the maximum tensile stress, centre of gravity of the section from flange side is

 
 
 
 

20. The bending moment is maximum on a section where shearing force

 
 
 
 

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