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Subject: Strength of materials

Chapter 8: columns

1. A member of structure which carries an axial compressive load

a) strut
b) column
c) beam
d) Tie
2. Long columns fail due to
a) Direct stress
b) Buckling stress
c) Lateral stress
d) Tensile stress
3. At load, the column is said to have developed an elastic instability.
a) Safe
b) Working
c) Factored
d) Crippling
4. Slenderness ratio is the ratio of effective length to the
a) unsupported length
b) highest lateral dimemsion
c) minimum radius of gyration
d) all the above
5. A column of length 'I' is fixed at its both ends. The equivalent length of the column is:
a) 2l
b) 0.5l
c) l
d) 4l

6. The ratio of compressive crticial load for a long column fixed at both ends and a column with one end fixed and
other end free is
a) 2:1
b) 4:1
c) 8:1
d) 16:1
7. If diamater of long column is reduced by 20%, the percetntage of reduction in euler buckling load is
a) 4
b) 36
c) 49
d) 59
8. incase of a cirulcar column the diameter of core is
9. -d/2
a) d
b) d/4
c) d/8

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Chapter 4: Bending stresses

1) Which of the following is not an assumption of simple bending theory?

a) The stress-strain relationship is linear and elastic
b) The shear force at each c/s is zero.
c) Normal stress are due to transverse and axial forces
d) Sections are symmetrical about the plane of bending
2) For Square c/s with diagonal horizontal section modulus is , where 'a' is
the side of the section.
a) a^3/12
b) a^3/6
c) a^3/8.5
d) a^3/10.4
3) Two beams of equal cross-sectional area are subjected to equal bending moment. If one
beam has square cross-section and the other has circular section, then
a) Maximum bending stress developed in both the beams is the same
b) The circular beam experiences more bending stress than the square one
c) The square beam experiences more bending stress than the circular one
d) As the material is same both the beams will experience same deformation
4) A beam with a rectangular section of 200 mm × 100mm, designed to be placed vertically is
placed horizontally by mistake. If the maximum stress is to be limited, the reduction in
load carrying capacity would be
a) 1/4
b) 1/3
c) 1/2
d) 1/6
5) On bending of a beam, which is the layer neither elongated nor shortened?
a) Axis of load
b) Neutral axis
c) Top layer
d) bottom layer
6) The maximum stresses occur at top most fibre of a cantilever beam.
a) Tensile
b) compressive
c) shear
d) all the above
7) The maximum bending stress induced in a steel wire of modulus of elasticity 200kN/sq.mm and
diameter 1mm, when wound on a diameter 1m is approximately equal to
a) 50MPa
b) 100MPa
 c) 150MPa
d) 200MPa
8) If the T-beam cross-section shown in the given figure has bending stress of 30 MPa in the
top fiber, then the stress in the bottom fiber would be (G is centroid)

a) 80MPa
b) 30 MPa
c) –80 MPa
d) -50 Mpa
9) The plane section plane before bending remains plane after bending. This assumption implies
a) strain profile is linear
b) stress profile is linear
c) both profiles are linear
d) shear deformation is neglected.
10) A portion of a beam between two sections is said to be in pure bending when there is
a) constant bending moment and zero shear force
b) constant shear force and zero bending moment
c) constant bending moment and constant shear force
d) none of the above
11) The ratio of width to depth of a strongest beam that can be cut out of a cylindrical log of wood is

a) 0.5
b) 0.707
c) 0.33
d) 1.414
12) A beam of uniform strength has
a) Same cross-section throughout the beam
b) Same bending moment throughout the beam
c) Same bending stress throughout the beam
d) Same shear stress throughout the beam
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Chapter 5: Shear stresses & Shear center

1) Along the depth of a beam

- Shear stress is constant
- shear stress is zero
- shear stress varies
- none of the above
2) Shear Stress at a point in beams depends on
- Area of cross section, Moment of inertia and width of section at that point
- first moment of area up to that point , section modulus and width of section at
that point
- Area of cross section, section modulus and width of section at that point
- first moment of area up to that point, Moment of inertia and width of section at
that point
3) At neutral axis shear stress is
- Always zero
- Always maximum
- Always minimum
- need not be maximum
4) Ratio of average shear stress to maximum shear stress for a circular section is
- 3/4
- 3/2
- 9/8
- 4/3
5) In a triangular section, ratio of maximum shear stress to shear stress at neutral axis is
- 1
- 9/8
- 8/9
- 8/3
6) In which of the following section shear stress shows a sudden change at a point along
the depth?
- Square with its diagonal horizontal
- I- section
- Circular section
- Triangular section
7) Shear force per unit width is called as
- shear stress
- shear center
- shear modulus
- shear flow
8) Which of the following is the correct shear stress distribution for the square beam with
diagonal in vertical position? (See the figure below for options)

9) A symmetrical I-Section of a beam subjected to transverse shear force, the maximum shear
stress is developed
- At the centre of the web
- At the top edge of the top flange
- At the bottom edge of the top flange
- None of the above
10) A rectangular beam of 200mm depth and 150mm width is subjected to you shear force of 10
kN. Calculate the value of maximum shear stress
- 0.5N/sq.mm
- 0.75N/sq.mm
- 0.33N/sq.mm
- 1N/sq.mm
11) Shear center is the
- Point through which application of load causes twisting
- Point through which application of load does not causes twisting
- Point through which application of load does not causes bending
- Point through which application of load causes axial stress
12) If a cross sections is symmetrical about both X-axis and Y-axis, shear center
- lies outside of section
- lies on X-axis
- is same as centroid
- lies on Y-axis
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Chapter 6: Deflection of beams

1) Which of the following method is not used to determine deflection of beams?

a) Double integration method
b) Euler's method
c) Mecaulay's method
d) None of the above
2) A simply supported beam of span 'L' is subject to point load 'W' at its center. What is the
slope at the center of the beam
a) (WL^2)/16EI
b) (WL^2)/2EI
c) (WL^2)/6EI
d) 0
3) A cantilever beam of rectangular cross-section is subjected to a load W at its free end. If the
depth of the beam is doubled and the load is halved, the deflection of the free end as
compared to original deflection will be:
a) Half
b) One-eighth
c) One-sixteenth
d) One-fourth
4) A cantilever beam carries a load W uniformly distributed over its entire length. If the same load
is placed at the free end of the same cantilever, then the ratio of maximum deflection in the
first case to that in the second case will be:
a) 3/8
b) 8/3
c) 5/8
d) 8/5
5) Cantilever beam of length 'L' is subjected to a concentrated load P at a distance of L/3 from
the free end. What is the deflection of the free end of the beam?
a) (2PL^3)/81EI
b) (PL^3)/3EI
c) (14PL^3)/81EI
d) (PL^3)/81EI
6) If the actual support condition is simply supported at the end, then corresponding
supporting condition for conjugate beam is
a) Fixed end
b) Free end
c) Internal hinge
d) Simply supported
7) Bending moment of conjugate beam gives the of the actual beam
 a) shear force
b) Slope
c) Deflection
d) bending moment
8) Deflection of a beam of certain length 'L' can be decreased by
a) Increasing only elastic modulus
b) Increasing only section dimensions
c) Both the above
d) None of the above
9) A cantilever beam of length L is subjected to a moment M at the free end. The magnitude of
the maximum deflection is
a) (ML^2)/2EI
b) (ML^2)/3EI
c) (ML^2)/EI
d) (ML^2)/4EI
10) In case of pure bending shape of elastic curve is
a) rectangular
b) parabolic
c) arc of a circle
d) part of ellipse
11) Macaulay’s method is more convenient for beams carrying
a) Single point load
b) UDL
c) Multi point loads
d) All the above
12) Which of the above is an elastic curve equation for shear force?
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Chapter 7: Torsion

1) Ratio of Torque applied to, maximum shear stress generated is called as

a) torsional stress
b) polar moment of inertia
c) polar section modulus
d) angle of twist
2) For the diagram shown below

a) Angular twist is different in both shafts, but torque is same

b) Angular twist is same in both shafts and torque is also same
c) Angular twist is same in both shafts, but torque is different
d) Angular twist is different in both shafts and torque is also different
3) Torque on a shaft produces
a) only shear stress
b) only bending stress
c) both shear and bending stress
d) none of the above
4) A solid circular shaft of 60 mm diameter transmits a torque of 1600 N.m. The value of
maximum shear stress developed is:
a) 37.72MPa
b) 37.72Pa
c) 3720MPa
d) 3.72MPa
5) Maximum shear stress developed on the surface of a solid circular shaft under pure torsion
is 480 MPa. If the shaft diameter is doubled then the maximum shear stress developed
corresponding to the same torque will be:
a) 240MPa
b) 120MPa
c) 60MPa
d) 30MPa
6) The diameter of shaft A is twice the diameter of shaft B and both are made of the
same material. Assuming both the shafts to rotate at the same speed, the maximum
power transmitted by B is:
 a) The same as that of A
b) half of A
c) one fourth of A
d) one eighth of A
7) The magnitude of stress induced in a shaft due to applied torque varies
a) From maximum at the centre to zero at the circumference
b) From zero at the centre to maximum at the circumference
c) From maximum at the centre to minimum but not zero at the circumference
d) From minimum but not zero at the centre, to maximum at the circumference
8) Angle of twist of a shaft of diameter 'D' is inversely proportional to
a) D
b) D^2
c) D^3
d) D^4
9) A shaft is subjected to a bending moment M = 400 N.m and torque T = 300 N.m The equivalent
bending moment is:
a) 900kN-m
b) 500kN-m
c) 450kN-m
d) 300kN-m
10) A hollow shaft of length L is fixed at its both ends. It is subjected to torque T at a distance of
L/3 from one end. What is the reaction torque at the other end of the shaft?
a) T/3
b) 2T/3
c) T
d) 2T
11) The outside diameter of a hollow shaft is twice its inside diameter. The ratio of its torque
carrying capacity to that of a solid shaft of the same material and the same outside diameter
is:
a) 1/16
b) 1/4
c) 15/16
d) 3/4
12) Bending moment M and torque is applied on a solid circular shaft. If the maximum bending
stress equals to maximum shear stress developed, then M is equal to
a) T/2
b) T
c) 2T
d) 4T