MOS 9.

Factor of safety is
a. Tensile stress / Permissible stress
1. Stress is b. Compressive stress / Ultimate stress
a. External force c. Ultimate stress / Permissible stress
b. Internal resistive force d. Ultimate stress / Shear stress
c. Axial force 10. Poisson’s ratio is
d. Radial force a. Lateral strain / Longitudinal strain
2. Following are the basic types of stress b. Shear strain / Lateral strain
except c. Longitudinal strain / Lateral strain
a. Tensile stress d. Lateral strain / Volumetric strain
b. Compressive stress 11. A rod, 120cm long and of diameter 3.0 cm
c. Shear stress is subjected to an axial pull of 18 kN. The
d. Volumetric stress stress in N/mm2 is.
3. Which of the following is not a basic type a. 22.57
of strain? b. 23.47
a. Compressive strain c. 24.57
b. Shear strain d. 25.47
c. Area strain 12. The deformation per unit length is called
d. Volume strain a. Strain
4. Tensile Strain is b. Stress
a. Increase in length / original length c. Elasticity
b. Decrease in length / original length d. None of these
c. Change in volume / original volume 13. The ability of the material to deform
d. All of the above without breaking is called
5. Compressive Strain is a. Elasticity
a. Increase in length / original length b. Plasticity
b. Decrease in length / original length c. Creep
c. Change in volume / original volume d. None of these
d. All of the above 14. Which of the following material is more
6. Volumetric Strain is elastic?
a. Increase in length / original length a. Rubber
b. Decrease in length / original length b. Glass
c. Change in volume / original volume c. Steel
d. All of the above d. Wood
7. Hooke’s law is applicable within 15. The percentage elongation and the
a. Elastic limit percentage reduction in area depends upon
b. Plastic limit a. Tensile strength of the material
c. Fracture point b. Ductility of the material
d. Ultimate strength c. Toughness of the material
8. Modulus of rigidity is d. None of these
a. Tensile stress / Tensile strain (a)Shear 16. The property of a material by which it can
b. stress / Shear strain be beaten or rolled into thin sheets, is called
c. Tensile stress / Shear strain a. Elasticity
d. Shear stress / Tensile strain
 b. Plasticity 24. With the increase of carbon content in steel,
c. Ductility maximum stress
d. Malleability a. Increases
17. The property of a material by which it can b. Decreases
be drawn to a smaller section by applying a c. Remains the same
tensile load is called d. None
a. Elasticity 25. The bending moment at the fixed end of a
b. Plasticity cantilever beam is
c. Ductility a. Maximum
d. Malleability b. Minimum
18. A brittle material has c. Wl/2
a. No elastic zone d. Wl
b. No plastic zone
26. For a simply supported beam, loaded with
c. Large plastic zone
point load, the B.M.D. will be
d. None of these a. A triangle
19. Every material obeys the Hooke’s law b. A parabolic curve
within c. A cubic curve
a. Elastic limit d. None of these
b. Plastic limit 27. At the point of contra flexure
c. Limit of proportionality a. B.M is minimum
b. B.M is maximum
d. None of these
c. B.M is either zero or changes sign
20. The ratio of lateral strain to linear strain is d. None of these
called 28. At the supports of a simply supported beam,
a. Modulus of Elasticity bending moment will be
b. Modulus of Rigidity a. (a) Maximum
c. Bulk Modulus b. (b) Minimum
d. Poisson’s Ratio c. (c) Zero
d. (d) None
21. Which of the following is a dimensionless
29. At the supports of a simply supported beam,
quantity? shear forces will be
a. Shear stress a. Maximum
b. Poison’s ratio b. Minimum
c. Strain c. Zero
d. Both (b) and (c) d. None
30. In case of a cantilever beam, bending
22. Brittleness is opposite to
moment at the free end will be
a. Toughness (a) Maximum
b. Plasticity (b) Minimum
c. Malleability (c) Zero
d. None of these (d) None
23. Breaking stress is
a. greater than the ultimate stress
b. Less than the ultimate stress
c. equal to the ultimate stress
d. None