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STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Q. 1 Creep strain is
(A) caused due to dead load only (B) caused due to live load only
(C) caused due to cyclic load only (D) independent of load
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(A) I (B) II
(C) III (D) IV
Q. 8 The ratio of the theoretical critical buckling load for a column with fixed ends to
that of another column with the same dimensions and material, but with pinned
ends, is equal to
(A) 0.5 (B) 1.0
(C) 2.0 (D) 4.0
(C) 5 wl 4 (D) 5 wl
4
384 El 192 El
Q. 10 This sketch shows a column with a pin at the base and rollers at the top. It is
subjected to an axial force P and a moment M at mid-height. The reaction(s)
at R is/are.
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(A) Wl (B) Wl
2 4
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
Q. 13 For the cantilever bracket, PQRS , loaded as shown in the adjoining figure (
PQ = RS = L , and, QR = 2L ), which of the following statements is FALSE ?
(A) The portion RS has a constant twisting moment with a value of 2WL .
(B) The portion QR has a varying twisting moment with a maximum value of
WL.
(C) The portion PQ has a varying bending moment with a maximum value of
WL.
(D) The portion PQ has no twisting moment.
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Q. 14 Which of the following options represents the deflections d1 and d2 at points ‘1’
and ‘2’ ?
(A) d1 = 2 b 2P l and d2 = 4 b 2P l (B) d1 = 2 b P l and d2 = 4 b P l
5 k 5 k 5 k 5 k
Q. 15 If the load P equals 100 kN, which of the following options represents forces R1
and R2 in the springs at point ‘1’ and ‘2’ ?
(A) R1 = 20 kN and R2 = 40 kN (B) R1 = 50 kN and R2 = 50 kN
(C) R1 = 30 kN and R2 = 60 kN (D) R1 = 40 kN and R2 = 80 kN
Q. 16 Two people weighing W each are sitting on a park of length L floating on water
at L/4 from either end. Neglecting the wright of the plank, the bending moment
at the centre of the plank is
(A) WL (B) WL
8 16
(C) WL (D) zero
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Q. 17 The major and minor principal stresses at a point are 3 MPa and - 3 MPa
respectively. The maximum shear stress at the point is
(A) zero (B) 3 MPa
(C) 6 MPa (D) 9 MPa
Q. 18 The number of independent elastic constants for a linear elastic isotropic and
homogeneous material is
(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 2 (D)1
Q. 19 The effective length of a column of length L fixed against rotation and translation
at one end is
(A) 0.5 L (B) 0.7 L
(C) 1.414 L (D) 2 L
Q. 20 A solid circular shaft of diameter d and length L is fixed at one end and free at
the other end. A torque T is applied at the free end. The shear modulus of the
material is G . The angle of twist at the free end is
(A) 16TL (B) 32TL
pd 4 G pd 4 G
(C) 64TL (D) 1284TL
pd 4 G pd G
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Q. 22 A disc of radius r has a hole of radius r/2 cut-out as shown. The centroid of the
remaining disc (shaded portion) at a radial distance from the centre “O ” is
Q. 23 A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel having a radius of 0.5 m and wall
thickness of 25 mm is subjected to an internal pressure of 700 kPa. The hoop
stress developed is
(A) 14 MPa (B) 1.4 MPa
(C) 0.14 MPa (D) 0.014 MPa
Q. 24 The point within the cross sectional plane of a beam through which the resultant
of the external loading on the beam has to pass through to ensure pure bending
without twisting of the cross-section of the beam is called
(A) moment centre (B) centroid
(C) shear centre (D) elastic center
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Q. 26 A hollow circular shaft has an outer diameter of 100 mm and a wall thickness of
25 mm. The allowable shear stress in the shaft is 125 MPa. The maximum torque
the shaft can transmit is
(A) 46 kNm (B) 24.5 kNm
(C) 23 kNm (D) 11.5 kNm
Q. 27 Match List-I (Shear Force Diagrams) beams with List-II (Diagram of beams with
supports and loading) and select the correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists :
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Codes :
a b c d
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 2 4 3 1
Q. 30 A mild steel specimen is under uniaxial tensile stress. Young’s modulus and yield
stress for mild steel are 2 # 105 MPa and 250 MPa respectively. The maximum
amount of strain energy per unit volume that can be stored in this specimen
without permanent set is
(A) 156 Nmm/mm3 (B) 15.6 Nmm/mm3
(C) 1.56 Nmm/mm3 (D) 0.156 Nmm/mm3
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(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 8
Q. 33 The maximum shear stress in a solid shaft of circular cross-section having diameter
d subjected to a subject to a torque T is t. If the torque is increased by four
times and the diameter of the shaft is increased by two times, the maximum shear
stress in the shaft will be
(A) 2t (B) t
(C) t/2 (D) t/4
Q. 34 A vertical rod PQ of length L is fixed at its top end P and has a flange fixed to
the bottom end Q . A weight W is dropped vertically from a height h (< L) on to
the flange. The axial stress in the rod can be reduced by
(A) increasing the length of the rod
(B) decreasing the length of the rod
(C) decreasing the area of cross-section of the rod
(D) increasing the modulus of elasticity of the material
Q. 35 The maximum tensile stress at the section X -X shown in the figure below is
(A) 8P (B) 6P
bd bd
(C) 4P (D) 2P
bd bd
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2 2
(A) ML (B) ML
8 EI 4 EI
2
(C) ML (D) Zero
4 EI
Q. 38 When the middle pontoon is brought back to its position as shown in the figure
above, the reaction at H will be
(A) 8.6 kN (B) 15.7 kN
(C) 19.2 kN (D) 24.2 kN
Q. 39 An axially loaded bar is subjected to a normal stress os 173 MPa. The stress in
the bar is
(A) 75 MPa (B) 86.5 MPa
(C) 100 MPa (D) 122.3 MPa
Q. 40 A steel column, pinned at both end, has a buckling load of 200 kN. If the column
is restrained against lateral movement at its mid-height, it buckling load will be
(A) 200 kN (B) 283 kN
(C) 400 kN (D) 800 kN
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Q. 41 For an isotropic material, the relationship between the Young’s modulus (E),
shear modulus (G) and Poisson’s ratio (m) is given by
(A) G = E (B) E = E
2 (1 + m) 2 (1 + m)
(C) G = E (D) G = E
(1 + 2m) 2 (1 - 2m)
Q. 42 A metal bar of length 100 mm is inserted between two rigid supports and its
temperature is increased by 10cC . If the coefficient of thermal expansion is
12 # 10- 6 per cC and the Young’s modulus is 2 # 105 MPa, the stress in the bar
is
(A) zero (B) 12 MPa
(C) 24 MPa (D) 2400 MPa
Q. 43 A rigid bar is suspended by three rods made of the same material as shown in the
figure. The area and length of the central rod are 3 A and L, respectively while
that of the two outer rods are 2A and 2L , respectively. If a downward force of
50 kN is applied to the rigid bar, the forces in the central and each of the outer
rods will be
(A) 16.67 kN each (B) 30 kN and 15 kN
(C) 30 kN and 10 kN (D) 21.4 kN and 14.3 kN
Q. 44 The maximum and minimum shear stresses in a hollow circular shaft of outer
diameter 20 mm and thickness 2 mm, subjected to a torque of 92.7 Nm will be
(A) 59 MPa and 47.2 MPa (B) 100 MPa and 80 MPa
(C) 118 MPa and 160 MPa (D) 200 MPa and 160 MPa
Q. 45 The shear stress at the neutral axis in a beam of triangular section with a base of
40 mm and height 20 mm, subjected to a shear force of 3 kN is
(A) 3 MPa (B) 6 MPa
(C) 10 MPa (D) 20 MPa
Q. 46 U1 and U2 are the strain energies stored in a prismatic bar due to axial tensile
forces P1 and P2 , respectively. The strain energy U stored in the same bar due to
combined action of P1 and P2 will be
(A) U = U1 + U2 (B) U = U1 U2
(C) U < U1 + U2 (D) U > U1 + U2
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30 0
Mohr’s circle for the state of stress defined by >
0 30H
Q. 47 MPa is a circle with
(A) centre at (0, 0) and radius 30 MPa (B) centre at (0, 0) and radius 60 MPa
(C) centre at (30, 0) and radius 30 MPa (D) centre at (30, 0) and zero radius
Where a is equal to
(A) 0.25 (B) 1.00
(C) 2.05 (D) 4.00
Q. 51 Consider the beam AB shown in the figure below. Part AC of the beam is rigid
while Part CB has the flexural rigidity EI . Identify the correct combination of
deflection at end B and bending moment at end A, respectively
3 3
(A) PL , 2PL (B) PL , PL
3EI 3EI
3 3
(C) 8PL , 2PL (D) 8PL , PL
3EI 3EI
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Q. 52 A simply supported beam AB has the bending moment diagram as shown in the
following figure.
3 3
(A) bd (B) bd
48 12
3 3
(C) 7bd (D) bd
48 3
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Q. 57 The reaction at C is
(A) 9Pa (upwards) (B) 9Pa (downwards)
16L 16L
(C) Pa (upwards)
9 (D) 9Pa (downwards)
8L 8L
Q. 58 The rotation at B is
(A) 5PLa (clockwise) (B) 5PLa (anticlockwise)
16EI 16EI
(C) 59PLa (clockwise) (D) 59PLa (anticlockwise)
16EI 16EI
Q. 59 The symmetry of stress tensor at a point in the body under equilibrium is obtained
from
(A) conserved of mass
(B) force equilibrium equations
(C) moment equilibrium equations
(D) conservation of energy
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Q. 60 The components of strain tensor at a point in the plane strain case can be
obtained by measuring longitudinal strain in following directions
(A) along any two arbitrary directions
(B) along any three arbitrary directions
(C) along two mutually orthogonal directions
(D) along any arbitrary direction
The shear force at sections aal and bbl respectively are of the magnitude
(A) 100 kN, 150 kN (B) zero, 100 kN
(C) zero, 50 kN (D) 100 kN, 100 kN
Q. 63 A circular shaft shown in the figure is subjected to torsion T at two point A and
B. The torsional rigidity of portions CA and BD is GJ1 and that of portion AB
is GJ2 . The rotations of shaft at points A and B are q1 and q2 . The rotation q1 is
(A) TL (B) TL
GJ1 + GJ2 GJ1
(C) TL (D) TL
GJ2 GJ1 - GJ2
Q. 64 For linear elastic systems, the type of displacement function for the strain energy
is
(A) linear (B) quadratic
(C) cubic (D) quartic
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Q. 65 In a two dimensional stress analysis, the state of stress at a point is shown below.
If s = 120 MPa and t = 70 MPa , sx and sy , are respectively,
(A) 26.7 MPa and 172.5 MPa (B) 54 MPa and 128 MPa
(C) 67.5 MPa and 213.3 MPa (D) 16 MPa and 138 MPa
Q. 66 For the linear elastic beam shown in the figure, the flexural rigidity, EI is
781250 kNm2 . When w = 10 kN/m , the vertical reaction RA at A is 50 kN. The
value of RA for w = 100 kN/m is
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Q. 69 The magnitude of the shear force immediate to the left and immediate to the
right of section B are respectively
(A) 0 and 20 kN
(B) 10 kN and 10 kN
(C) 20 kN and 0
(D) 9.84 kN and 10.16 kN
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2
(A) RLh
EI
2
(B) RL h
EI
2
(C) RLh
3EI
2
(D) RL h
3EI
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2
(A) aTh upward
8L
2
(B) aTL upward
8h
2
(C) aTh downward
8L
2
(D) aTL downward
8h
Q. 76 List I shows different loads acting on a beam and List II shows different bending
moment distributions. Match the load with the corresponding bending moment
diagram.
Codes :
A B C D
(A) 4 2 1 3
(B) 5 4 1 3
(C) 2 5 3 1
(D) 2 4 1 3
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Q. 77 A long structural column (length = L ) with both ends hinged is acted upon by
an axial compressive load, P . The differential equation governing the bending of
column is given by :
d2 y
EI 2 =- Py
dx
Where y is the structural lateral deflection and EI is the flexural rigidity. The
first critical load on column responsible for its buckling is given by
2 2
(A) p EI 2 (B) 2 p2 EI
L L
2 2
(C) 2p EI (D) 4p EI
L2 L2
(A) 5 wL (B) 3 wL
8 8
(C) 1 wL (D) 3 wL
2 4
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Q. 81 The bending moment (in kNm units) at the mid span location X in the beam
with overhangs shown below is equal to
z
(A) 0 (B) –10
(C) –15 (D) –20
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ANSWER KEY
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(A) (A) 71.12 (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) (B) (C)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
(D) (A) (B) (B) (D) (D) (B) (C) (D) (B)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
(A) (C) (A) (C) (A) (C) (A) (A) (A) (D)
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
(B) (C) (C) (A) (A) (C) (B) (C) (B) (D)
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
(A) (C) (C) (B) (C) (D) (D) (A) (D) (C)
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
(A) (A) (C) (B) (C) (B) (C) (A) (C) (B)
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
(B) (C) (B) (B) (C) (B) (D) (B) (A) (B)
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
(C) (D) (C) (A) (D) (D) (A) (A) (A) (B)
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(C)
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