Strength of Materials 3rd MOCK TEST Vega C I

VEGA COACHING INSTITUTE

KOHIMA :: NAGALAND
STRENGTH OF MATERIAL TEST
BATCH 10

NB:
1. Admission ongoing for the July Batch.
2. Course duration is 6 Months having 3 What is the radius of the Mohr’s circle for the
Hrs class daily from Mon – Sat. element under the given state of stresses?
3. 10 % OFF for the first 5 Students. a. 44.15 MPa b. 10 MPa
4. All the Teachers have Qualified NPSC c. 20 MPa d. 22.36 MPa

Each question carries 1 mark and each wrong/null 7. A simply supported beam of span 5 m and
answer shall be rewarded negative 1/3 marks. diameter 80 mm carries a concentrated central load
of 8 kN. Maximum bending stress produced is
1. In a material experiencing elastic deformation, a. 198.94 N/mm2 b. 202.82 N/mm2
stress is directly proportional to which of the c. 214.42 N/mm 2
d. 218.36 N/mm2
following?
a. Strain b. Shear modulus 8. In which scenario would shear strain be
c. Young's modulus d. Ultimate strength maximized?
a. A material subjected to bending stress
2. A simply supported beam of span 4 m loaded b. A material subjected to compressive stress
with a uniformly distributed load of 4 kN/m has a c. A material subjected to torsional stress
rectangular cross section 50 mm wide and 100 mm d. A material subjected to tensile stress
deep. If Young’s modulus is 2 × 105 N/mm2
maximum deflection of the beam is 9. Which stress-strain relationship is preferred for
a. 16 mm b. 12 mm accurately predicting the behavior of materials
c. 10 mm d. 8 mm under high strains?
a. Engineering stress and strain
3. Which of the following loading scenarios is most b. True stress and strain
likely to cause a column to experience its maximum c. Nominal stress and strain
level of stress? d. Hooke's Law
a. Axial compression b. Shear
c. Torsion d. Bending 10. A tensile load of 60 kN is applied on a bar of
cross–sectional area 360 mm2. If the strain energy
4. How does temperature affect compressive stress stored in the bar is 500 N-mm, what is the length of
in materials restrained at both ends? the bar? (E = 210 GPa)
a. Higher temperature increases compressive stress a. 21 mm b. 10.5 mm
b. Temperature does not affect compressive stress c. 42 mm d. 5.25 mm
c. Lower temperature increases compressive stress
d. Temperature decreases compressive stress 11. What is the maximum shear force due to the
loading as given in a cantilever beam?
5. Which geometric shape is more prone to
experiencing higher shear stress under applied
loads?
a. Rectangular b. Circular
c. Square d. Triangular
a. 5 N b. 7 N
6. c. 6.5 N d. 8 N

12. Circular beams of uniform strength can be made

by varying diameter in such a way that
a. y/σ is constant b. E/R is constant
c. M/R is constant d. M/Z is constant

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13. What is the primary cause of positive bending c. They have fewer supports than the number of
moment in a simply supported beam? reaction components
a. Internally shear forces d. They require external loads to maintain stability
b. Externally applied loads
c. Distributed axial loads 22. The value of Poisson's ratio always remains
d. Torsional moments a. Greater than one b. Less than one
c. Equal to one d. All of these
14. A beam of length 8 meters carries a point load
100 kN at its centre. The beam is fixed at both ends. 23. What does the polar moment of inertia mean
The fixing moment (kN-m) at the ends is when it comes to circular shafts?
a. 200 b. 100 a. It measures the resistance of the shaft to shear
c. 400 c. 800 b. It measures the resistance of the shaft to torsion
c. It measures the resistance of the shaft to bending
15. Which type of loading creates a triangular d. It measures the resistance of the shaft to axial
bending moment diagram? loading
a. Moment load
b. Uniformly distributed load 24. Which geometric shape would have the highest
c. Uniformly varying load Polar Moment of Inertia for torsional resistance?
d. Concentrated load a. Rectangle b. Circle
16. The maximum value of completely reversed c. Triangle d. Square
stress that a material can withstand for an infinite
number of cycle without any fatigue failure is 25. The property by which a body returns to its
known as original shape after removal of the force is called
a. tensile limit b. ultimate limit __________
c. endurance limit d. yield limit a. Plasticity b. Elasticity
c. Ductility d. Malleability
17. The radius of a sphere changes from 15 cm to
10 cm. The value of volumetric strain is 26. Where is the necking region?
a. 1.5 b. 1 a. The area between lower yield point and upper
c. 2 d. 0.5 yield point
b. The area between the plastic limit and elastic
18. Three bars with different diameter and different limit
length is attached in series from the fixed end. An c. The area between the ultimate point and initial
axial load ‘P’ is applied at free end. What is the point
magnitude of load carried by each bar individually? d. The area between the ultimate point and rupture
a. 3P b. P/3
c. P d. Insufficient data 27. A cantilever beam subjected to point load at its
free end, the maximum bending moment develops
19. A steel rod 20 m long is at a temperature of at the ________ of the beam.
20°C. If temperature is raised by 60°C, then the free a. Free end b. Fixed end
expansion of length in mm will be (Assume thermal c. Centre d. Point of inflection
stress coefficient, a = 12 × 10–6°C)
a. 9.6 b. 9.6 × 10–3 28. Calculate the maximum shear stress for square
c. 14.4 d. 14.4 × 10–3 beam of side is 320 mm. If the shear force is 94kN.
a. 1.37N/mm2 b. 2.36N/mm2
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20. A circular beam of 200 mm diameter is c. 5.21N/mm d. 4.32N/mm2
subjected to a shear force of 50 kN. The maximum
shear stress in MPa will be 29. The curvature of a beam is equal to _____
a. 3.91 b. 2.12 a. EI/M b. M/E
c. 1.59 d. 2.71 c. M/EI d. E/MI

21. Statically determinate structures typically 30. What is the approximate value of coefficient of
exhibit which characteristic? linear expansion for steel?
a. They are more prone to sudden failure a. 13 × 10-66 /°C b. 10 × 10-6 /°C
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b. They have redundant support or members c. 12 × 10 /°C d. 16 × 10-6 /°C

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c. Stress concentrated at a single point
31. Slope in the beam at any point is measured in d. Combination of normal and shear stresses acting
____________ simultaneously in different directions
a. Degrees b. Minutes
c. Radians d. Metric tonnes 41. What is the primary advantage of analyzing
stresses in a 2-D stress system (complex stresses)
32. Which stress type occurs when the force is compared to a 1-D stress system?
applied along a single axis? a. Irrelevant in strength of materials analysis
a. Uni-axial stress b. Bi-axial stress b. Enhanced accuracy in real-world applications
c. Isotropic stress d. Tri-axial stress c. Reduction in material strength
d. Simplicity in calculations
33. What is the formula of theorem of perpendicular
axis? 42. The Poissons ratio of a material is 0.3. what will
a. Izz = Ixx – Iyy b. Izz = Ixx + Ah2 be the ratio of Youngs modulus to bulk modulus?
c. Izz – Ixx = Iyy d. Any of the above a. 1.4 b. 1.2
c. 0.8 d. 0.6
34. In cantilever beams, the slope is
_____________ at fixed end. 43. which stress comes in column when there is an
a. Maximum b. Zero eccentric load applied?
c. Minimum d. Uniform a. Shear stress b. Bending stress
c. Torsional stress d. Thermal stres
35. Hogging is________
a. Negative bending moment 44. A solid circular shaft of diameter d is subjected
b. Positive shear force to a torque T. the maximum Shear stress induced in
c. Positive bending moment the shaft is ____________
d. Negative shear force a. Zero b. 16T/πd3
c. 32T/πd3 d. 64T/πd3
36. Where the center of gravity/Centroid of a circle
lies? 45. What is the rankines constant for cast iron?
a. At its centre a. 1/2000 b. 1/2400
b. Anywhere on its radius c. 1/1600 d. 1/1800
c. Anywhere on its circumference
d. Anywhere on its diameter 46. The yield locus of Maximum shear stress theory
is
37. What happens to the shear stress as the angle a. Rectangle b. Hexagon
between the plane and the applied stress direction c. Ellipse d. Rhombus
increases?
a. Shear stress remains constant 47. Which factor primarily determines the
b. Shear stress increases magnitude of resultant stress in an unsymmetrical
c. Shear stress decreases column with eccentric loading?
d. Shear stress becomes zero a. Length of the column
b. Material properties of the column
38. What are the units of torsional rigidity? c. Magnitude of eccentricity
a. Nmm2 b. N/mm d. Cross-sectional area of the column
c. N-mm d. N
48. Torque is __________ moment.
39. Continuous beams are _________ a. Twisting b. Shear
a. Statically determinate beams c. Bending d. Couple
b. Statically indeterminate beams
c. Statically gravity beams 49. What is the typical shape of the kernel of a
d. Framed beams hollow circular section?
a. Elliptical b. Rectangular
40. What is meant by the phrase 'complex stress'? c. Circular d. Parabolic
a. Stress experienced by simple geometric shapes
b. Stress occurring only in one direction

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50. In which scenario does Euler's formula fail to
provide accurate predictions?
a. Beams made of homogeneous materials
b. Beams subjected to uniform distributed load
c. Beams with slender cross-sections
d. Beams with imperfections and initial deflections