FAQ’s from Strength of Materials

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1. A cable with a uniformly distributed load perhorizontal metre run will take the following shape

1. straight line

2. parabola

3. hyperbola

4. elliptical

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2. In ideal machines

1. mechanical advantage is greater than velocity ratio

2. mechanical advantage is equal to velocity ratio

3. mechanical advantage is less than velocity ratio

4. mechanical advantage is unity

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3. The angle which an inclined plane makes with thehorizontal when a body placed on it is about to movedown is known as angle of

1. friction

2. limiting friction

3. repose

4. kinematic friction

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4. A pair of smith’s tongs is an example of the lever of

1. zeioth order

2. first order

3. second order

4. third order

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5. Which of the following is the example of lever of firstorder

1. arm of man

2. pair of scissors

3. pair of clinical tongs

4. all of the above

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6. The M.I. of hollow circular section about a centralaxis perpendicular to section as compared to its M.I.about horizontal axis is

1. same

2. double

3. half

4. four times

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7. The C.G. of a right circular solid cone of height h liesat the following distance from the base

1. h/2

2. J/3

3. h/6

4. h/4

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8. A body moves, from rest with a constant accelerationof 5 m per sec. The distance covered in 5 sec is mostnearly

1. 38 m

2. 62.5 m

3. 96 m

4. 124 m

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9. A flywheel on a motor goes from rest to 1000 rpm in6 sec. The number of revolutions made is nearly equal to

1. 25

2. 50

3. 100

4. 250

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10. The C.G. of a solid hemisphere lies on the centralradius 3r

1. at distance — from the plane base 3r

2. at distance — from the plane base 3r

3. at distance — from the plane base 3r

4. at distance — from the plane base or

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11. A sample of metal weighs 219 gms in air, 180 gms inwater, 120 gms in an unknown fluid. Then which iscorrect statement about density of metal

1. density of metal can’t be determined

2. metal is twice as dense as water

3. metal will float in water

4. metal is twice as dense as unknown fluid

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12. Which of the following is the locus of a point thatmoves in such a manner that its distance from a fixedpoint is equal to its distance from a fixed line multipliedby a constant greater than one

1. ellipse

2. hyperbola

3. parabola

4. circle

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13. If n = number of members andy = number of joints,then for a perfect frame, n =

1. j-2

2. 2j-l

3. 2/-3

4. 3/-2

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14. If three forces acting in one plane upon a rigid body,keep it in equilibrium, then they must either

1. meet in a point

2. be all parallel

3. at least two of them must meet

4. all the above are correct

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15. A particle inside a hollow sphere of radius r, havingcoefficient of friction -rr can rest upto height of

1. r/2

2. r/A

3. r/%

4. 0.134 r

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16. The algebraic sum of moments of the forces formingcouple about any point in their plane is

1. equal to the moment of the couple

2. constant

3. both of above are correct

4. both of above are wrong

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17. The effort required to lift a load W on a screw jackwith helix angle a and angle of friction

1. Wtan(a + <)>)

2. Wtan(a-<)>)

3. Wcos(a + <t>)

4. Wsin(a + <(>)

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18. A semi-circular disc rests on a horizontal surface withits top flat surface horizontal and circular portiontouching down. The coefficient of friction between semi-cricular disc and horizontal surface is i. This disc is to bepulled by a horizontal force applied at one edge and italways remains horizontal. When the disc is about tostart moving, its top horizontal force will

1. remain horizontal

2. slant up towards direction of pull

3. slant down towards direction of pull

4. unpredictable

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19. A single force and a couple acting in the same planeupon a rigid body

1. balance each other

2. cannot balance each other

3. produce moment of a couple

4. are equivalent

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20. Kinetic friction is the

1. tangent of angle between normal reac-tion and the resultant ofnormal reac-tion and the limiting friction

2. ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction

3. the friction force acting when the body is just about to move

4. the friction force acting when the body is in motion

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21. Dynamic friction as compared to static friction is

1. same

2. more

3. less

4. may be less of more depending on nature of surfaces andvelocity

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22. A projectile is fired at an angle 9 to the vertical. Itshorizontal range will be maximum when 9 is

1. 0°

2. 30°

3. 45°

4. 60°

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23. In a belt drive, the pulley diameter is doubled, the belttension and pulley width remaining same. The changesrequired in key will be

1. increase key length

2. increase key depth

3. increase key width

4. double all the dimensions

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24. The value of shear stress which is induced in the shaftdue to the applied couple varies

1. from maximum at the center to zero at the circumference

2. from zero at the center to maximum at the circumference

3. from maximum at the center to mini-mum at the cricumference

4. from minimum at the centro to maxi-mum at the circumference

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25. A boiler shell 200 cm diameter and plate thickness 1.5cm is subjected to internal pressure of 1.5 MN/m , thenthe hoop stress will be

1. 30 MN/m2

2. 50 MN/m2

3. 100 MN/m2

4. 200 MN/m2

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26. Rivets are made of following type of material

1. tough

2. hard

3. resilient

4. ductile

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27. Diamond riveted joint can be adopted in the case offollowing type of joint

1. butt joint

2. lap joint

3. double riveted lap joints

4. all types of joints

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28. When two plates are butt together and riveted withcover plates with two rows of rivets, the joi;it is known as

1. lap point

2. butt joint

3. single riveted single cover butt joint

4. double riveted double cover butt joint

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29. A riveted joint in which every rivet of a row isopposite to other rivet of the outer row, is known as

1. chain riveted joint

2. diamond riveted joint

3. criss-cross riveted joint

4. zig-zag riveted joint

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30. If the rivets in adjacent rows are staggered and theoutermost row has only one rivet, the arrangement of therivets is called

1. chain riveting

2. zig zag riveting

3. diamond riveting

4. criss-cross riveting

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31. A beam is loaded as cantilever. If the load at the end isincreased, the failure will occur

1. in the middle

2. at the tip below the load

3. at the support

4. anywhere

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32. The maximum strain energy that can be stored in abody is known as

1. impact energy

2. resilience

3. proof resilience

4. modulus of resilience

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33. Flow stress corresponds to

1. fluids in motion

2. breaking point

3. plastic deformation of solids

4. rupture stress

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34. Rupture stress is

1. breaking stress

2. maximum load/original cross-sectional area

3. load at breaking point/A

4. load at breaking point/neck area

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35. In the tensile test, the phenomenon of slow extensionof the material, i. e. stress increasing with the time at aconstant load is called

1. creeping

2. yielding

3. breaking

4. plasticity

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36. The change in the unit volume of a material undertension with increase in its Poisson’s ratio will ,

1. increase

2. decrease

3. remain same

4. increase initially and then decrease

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37. The percentage reduction in area of a cast ironspecimen during tensile test would be of the order of

1. more than 50%

2. 25—50%

3. 10—25%

4. negligible.

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38. In a tensile test, near the elastic limit zone, the

1. tensile strain increases more quickly

2. tensile strain decreases more quickly

3. tensile strain increases in proportion to the stress

4. tensile strain decreases in proportion to the stress

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39. The property of a material which allows it to be drawninto a smaller section is called

1. plasticity

2. ductility

3. elasticity

4. malleability

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40. Poisson’s ratio is defined as the ratio of

1. longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain

2. longitudinal stress and lateral stress

3. lateral stress and longitudinal stress

4. lateral stress and lateral strain

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41. Which of the following materials is most elastic

1. rubber

2. plastic

3. brass

4. glass.

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42. The value of Poisson’s ratio for steel is between

1. 0.01 to 0.1

2. 0.23 to 0.27

3. 0.25 to 0.33

4. 0.4 to 0.6

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43. The total elongation produced in a bar of uniformsection hanging vertically downwards due to its ownweight is equal to that produced by a weight

1. of same magnitude as that of bar and applied at the lower end

2. half the weight of bar applied at lower end

3. half of the square of weight of bar applied at lower end

4. one-fourth of weight of bar applied at lower end

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44. Which of the following has no unit

1. kinematic viscosity

2. surface tension

3. bulk modulus

4. strain

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45. For steel, the ultimate strength in shear as comparedto in tension is nearly

1. same

2. half

3. one-third

4. two-third

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46. Tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividingthe maximum load during the test by the

1. area at the time of fracture

2. original cross-sectional area

3. average of a and b

4. minimum area after fracture

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47. A thin mild steel wire is loaded by adding loads in equalincrements till it breaks. The extensions noted withincreasing loads will behave as under

1. uniform throughout

2. increase uniformly

3. first increase and then decrease

4. increase uniformly first and then increase rapidly

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48. Modulus of rigidity is defined as the ratio of

1. longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain

2. volumetric stress and volumetric strain

3. lateral stress and lateral strain

4. shear stress and shear strain

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49. The materials having same elastic properties in alldirections are called

1. ideal materials

2. uniform materials

3. isotropic materials

4. paractical materials

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50. Young’s modulus is defined as the ratio of

1. volumetric stress and volumetric strain

2. lateral stress and lateral strain

3. longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain

4. shear stress to shear strain

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