Strength of Materials problems
- 1. The stress necessary to initiate yielding, is considerably
Options- A. more than that necessary to continue it
- B. less than that necessary to continue it
- C. more than that necessary to stop it
- D. less than that necessary to stop it. Discuss
Correct Answer: more than that necessary to continue it
- 2. The maximum deflection of
Options- A. a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly increasing load from either end and having the apex at the mid span is
- B. a fixed ended beam carrying a distributed load over the span is
- C. a fixed ended beam carrying a concentrated load at the mid span is
- D. a cantilever beam subjected to a moment M at the free end is
- E. All the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 3. 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
Options- A. 8
- B. 1/8
- C. 1/3
- D. 2
- E. 3 Discuss
Correct Answer: 8
- 4. The equivalent length of a column fixed at one end and free at the other end, is
Options- A. 0.5 l
- B. 0.7 l
- C. l
- D. 2 l
- E. 1.5 l. Discuss
Correct Answer: 2 l
- 5. Hooke's law states that stress and strain are
Options- A. directly proportional
- B. inversely proportional
- C. curvilinearly related
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: directly proportional
- 6. 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
Options- A. 2
- B. 1/2
- C. 8
- D. 1/8
- E. 4 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1/8
- 7. A beam is said to be of uniform strength, if
Options- A. B.M. is same throughout the beam
- B. shear stress is same throughout the beam
- C. deflection is same throughout the beam
- D. bending stress is same at every section along its longitudinal axis. Discuss
Correct Answer: bending stress is same at every section along its longitudinal axis.
- 8. The equivalent length of a column fixed at both ends, is
Options- A. 0.5 l
- B. 0.7 l
- C. l
- D. 2 l
- E. 1.5 l. Discuss
Correct Answer: 0.5 l
- 9. The effect of arching a beam, is
Options- A. to reduce the bending moment throughout
- B. to increase the bending moment throughout
- C. nothing on the bending throughout
- D. ail the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: to reduce the bending moment throughout
- 10. 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
Options- A. triangle
- B. rectangle
- C. parabola
- D. cubic parabola. Discuss
Correct Answer: cubic parabola.
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