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  • Two shafts 'A' and 'B' are made of same material. The shaft 'A' is solid and has diameter D. The shaft 'B' is hollow with outer diameter D and inner diameter D/2. The strength of hollow shaft in torsion is __________ as that of solid shaft.


  • Options
  • A. 1/16
  • B. 1/8
  • C. 1/4
  • D. 15/16

  • Correct Answer
  • 15/16 


  • Strength of Materials problems


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    • 1. In the below figure, the stress corresponding to point D is

    • Options
    • A. yield point stress
    • B. breaking stress
    • C. ultimate stress
    • D. elastic limit
    • Discuss
    • 2. A beam of uniform strength has

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    • A. same cross-section throughout the beam
    • B. same bending stress at every section
    • C. same bending moment at every section
    • D. same shear stress at every section
    • Discuss
    • 3. When a cantilever beam is loaded at its free end, the maximum compressive stress shall develop at

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    • A. bottom fibre
    • B. top fibre
    • C. neutral axis
    • D. centre of gravity
    • Discuss
    • 4. A body is subjected to two normal stresses 20 kN/m2 (tensile) and 10 kN/m2 (compressive) acting perpendicular to each other. The maximum shear stress is

    • Options
    • A. 5 kN/m2
    • B. 10 kN/m2
    • C. 15 kN/m2
    • D. 20 kN/m2
    • Discuss
    • 5. A welded joint as compared to a riveted joint has __________ strength.

    • Options
    • A. same
    • B. less
    • C. more
    • Discuss
    • 6. The extremeties of any diameter on Mohr's circle represent

    • Options
    • A. principal stresses
    • B. normal stresses on planes at 45°
    • C. shear stresses on planes at 45°
    • D. normal and shear stresses on a plane
    • Discuss
    • 7. The ductility of a material __________ with the increase in percentage reduction in area of a specimen under tensile test.

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    • A. increases
    • B. decreases
    • C. remains same
    • Discuss
    • 8. Principle plane is a plane on which the shear stress is

    • Options
    • A. zero
    • B. minimum
    • C. maximum
    • Discuss
    • 9. The ratio of change in volume to the original volume is called

    • Options
    • A. linear strain
    • B. lateral strain
    • C. volumetric strain
    • D. Poisson's ratio
    • Discuss
    • 10. The shear force diagram for a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length, consists of

    • Options
    • A. one right angled triangle
    • B. two right angled triangles
    • C. one equilateral triangle
    • D. two equilateral triangles
    • Discuss


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