Strength of Materials

1- Every material obeys hooks law with in its ?

(a) Elastic Limit (b) plastic Limit

(c) Proportional Limit (d) Yield point

2-Which of the following is a proper sequence ?

(a) Elastic limit, proportional limit, yielding failure (b) Proportional limit, elastic limit, yielding failure

(c) Elastic limit, yielding failure, proportional limit (d) None of these

3- The ratio of normal stress to volumetric strain ?

(a) Bulk modulus (b) Modulus of rigidity

(c) Young modulus (d) Poisson's ratio

4- The ratio of bulk modulus to Young's modulus for a possion's ratio of 0.25 will be ?

(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3

(c) 1 (d) 3/2

5-The Poisson's ratio of steel varies from ?

(a) 0.23 to 0.27 (b) 0.25 to 0.33

(C) 0.31 to 0.34 (d) 0.32 to 0.42

6- The ratio of change in volume to the original volume ?

(a) Linear strain. (b) Lateral strain

(c) Volumetric strain (d) Poisson's ratio

7- The relation between Young's modulus (E),shear modulus (C) and bulk modulus (K) is given by ?

(a) E= 3K.C/ 3K+C. (b) E= 6K.C / 3K+C

(c) E= 9K.C/ 3K+C (d) E= 12K.C/ 3K+C

8- The Young's modulus of a material is 125 GPa and Poisson's ratio 0.25, the modulus of rigidity of
the material is ?

(a) 30GPa. (b) 50GPa

(c) 80GPa. (d) 100 GPa

9- Limit of proportionality depends upon ?

(a) Area of cross-section (b) type of loading

(c) type of material (d) all of the above

10- If all the dimensions of a prismatic bar are doubled, then the maximum stress produced in it under
its own weight will ?

(a) decrease (b) increase to two times

(c) increase to four times (d) remain unchanged

11- In a particular material, if the modulus of rigidity is equal to the Bulk modulus, then the Poisson's
ratio will be ?

(a) 1/8 (b) 1/4

(c) 1/2 (d) 1

12-A prismatic bar of volume V is subjected to a tensile force in longitudinal direction. If Poisson's
ratio of the material is (μ) and longitudinal strain is 'e' then the final volume of the bar becomes ?

(a) (1+e)(1-μe)2V (b) (1+e)(1-μ)2 V

(c) (1-e)2 (1-μe) V (d) (1-μe)3 V

13- Limiting values of possion's ratio are ?

(a) -1 and 0.5 (b) -1 and -0.5

(c) 0 and 0.5 (d) All of the above

14- The ability of a material to absorb Energy till the elastic limit is known as ?

(a) toughness (b) hardness

(c) resilience (d) plasticity

15- The phenomenon of decreased resistance of a material to reversal of stress is called ?

(a) fatigue (b) creep

(c) toughness. (d) hardness

16-The materials having same elastic properties in all directions are called

(a) ideal materials (b) uniform materials

(c) isotropic materials (d) elastic materials

17-Modulus of rigidity is defined as the ratio of

(a) longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain (b) volumetric stress and volumetric strain

(c) lateral stress and lateral strain (d) shear stress and shear strain

18- The property of a material which allows it to be drawn into a smaller section by application of
tension is called

(a) plasticity (b) ductility

(c) elasticity (d) malleability

19- The unit of Young's modulus is

(a) kg/m (b) kg/m.s2

(c) kg/cm2 (d) kg cm 2

20- Strain is defined as the ratio of

(a) change in volume to original volume (b) change in length to original length

(c) change in cross-sectional area to original cross-sectional area (d) any one of the above

21- The elongation of a conical bar under its own weight is ........... that of prismatic bar of the same
length ?

(a) equal. (b) half

(c) one third (d) two third

22-Two bars of different materials and same size are subjected to the same tensile force. If the bars
have unit elongation in the ratio of 2:5 then the ratio of modulus of elasticity of the two materials will
be ?

(a) 2:5. (b) 4:5

(c) 5:2. (d) 3:5

23- Shear modulus is the ratio of ?

(a) Linear stress to linear strain (b) shear stress to shear strain

(c) Volumetric strain to linear strain (d) None of these

24-The extension of a circular bar tapering uniformly from diameter d1 at one end to diameter d2 at
the other end, and subjected to an axial pull of P is given by ?

(a) ∆l= 4PE/πLd 2 (b) ∆l= 4PL/ πEd1d2

(c) 4PLE/πd1d2. (d) none of these

25- The ratio of shear modulus to the modulus of elasticity for a Poisson's ratio of 0.4 will be ?

(a) 5/7 (b) 7/5

(c) 5/14 (d) 14/5