Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Subject: Strength of Materials-I

Semester: 3rd
Multiple Choice Questions
Unit No-1
Course Outcome:
CO1: Determine various stresses and Strains developed in structural members and machine
elements due to different simple and complex forces.

1. A steel bar of 5 mm is heated from 15° C to 40° C and it is free to expand. The bar Will
induce
(a) no stress
(b) shear stress
(c) tensile stress
(d) compressive stress

2. A body is subjected to a tensile stress of 1200 MPa on one plane and another tensile stress
of 600 MPa on a plane at right angles to the former. It is also subjected to a shear stress of
400 MPa on the same planes. The maximum normal stress will be

(a) 400 MPa

(b) 500 MPa
(c) 900 MPa
(d) 1400 MPa
3. A solid uniform metal bar of diameter D and length L is hanging vertically from its upper
end. The elongation of the bar due to self weight is:
(a) Proportional to L and inversely proportional to D2
(b) Proportional to L2 and inversely proportional to D2
(c) Proportional of L but independent of D
(d) Proportional of U but independent of D
4. The deformation of a bar under its own weight as compared to that when subjected to a
direct axial load equal to its own weight will be:
(a) The same
(b) One-fourth
(c) Half
(d) Double

5. If the value of Poisson's ratio is zero, then it means that

(a) The material is rigid.
(b) The material is perfectly plastic.
(c) There is no longitudinal strain in the material
(d) The longitudinal strain in the material is infinite.

6. If a piece of material neither expands nor contracts in volume when subjected to stress,
then the Poisson’s ratio must be
(a) Zero
(b) 0.25
(c) 0.33
(d) 0.5

7. If the area of cross-section of a wire is circular and if the radius of this circle decreases to
half its original value due to the stretch of the wire by a load, then the modulus of
elasticity of the wire be:
(a) One-fourth of its original value

(b) Halved

(c) Doubled

(d) Unaffected

8. What is the phenomenon of progressive extension of the material i.e., strain increasing
with the time at a constant load, called?
(a) Plasticity
(b) Yielding
(c) Creeping
(d) Breaking
9. The highest stress that a material can withstand for a specified length of time without
excessive deformation is called
(a) Fatigue strength
(b) Endurance strength
(c) Creep strength
(d) Creep rupture strength

10. For a linearly elastic, isotropic and homogeneous material, the number of elastic constants
required to relate stress and strain is:
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Six

11. The number of elastic constants for a completely anisotropic elastic material which
follows Hooke's law is:
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 21
(d) 25

12. The modulus of elasticity for a material is 200 GN/m2 and Poisson's ratio is 0.25. What is
the modulus of rigidity?
(a) 80 GN/m2
(b) 125 GN/m2
(c) 250 GN/m2
(d) 320 GN/m2
13. Eight bolts are to be selected for fixing the cover plate of a cylinder subjected to a
maximum load of 980·175 kN. If the design stress for the bolt material is 315 N/mm2,
what is the diameter of each bolt?
(a) 10 mm
(b) 22 mm
(c) 30 mm
(d) 36 mm
14. Which one of the following is correct? When a nut is tightened by placing a washer below
it, the bolt will be subjected to
(a) Compression only
(b) Tension
(c) Shear only
(d) Compression and shear

15. A 100 mm × 5 mm × 5 mm steel bar free to expand is heated from 15°C to 40°C. What
shall be developed?
(a) Tensile stress
(b) Compressive stress
(c) Shear stress
(d) No stress
16. A steel rod 10 mm in diameter and 1m long is heated from 20°C to 120°C, E = 200 GPa
and α = 12 × 10-6 per °C. If the rod is not free to expand, the thermal stress developed is:
(a) 120 MPa (tensile)
(b) 240 MPa (tensile)
(c) 120 MPa (compressive)
(d) 240 MPa (compressive)

17. In a tensile test, near the elastic limit zone

(a) Tensile stress increases at a faster rate
(b) Tensile stress decreases at a faster rate
(c) Tensile stress increases in linear proportion to the stress
(d) Tensile stress decreases in linear proportion to the stress

18. Which of the following materials generally exhibits a yield point?

(a) Cast iron
(b) Annealed and hot-rolled mild steel
(c) Soft brass
(d) Cold-rolled steel

19. A copper rod 400 mm long is pulled in tension to a length of 401.2 mm by applying a
tensile load of 330 MPa. If the deformation is entirely elastic, the Young‟s modulus of
copper is
(a) 110 GPa
 (b) 110 MPa
(c) 11 GPa
(d) 11 MPa

20. The percentage elongation of a material as obtained from static tension test depends upon
the
(a) Diameter of the test specimen
(b) Gauge length of the specimen
(c) Nature of end-grips of the testing machine
(d) Geometry of the test specimen

21. Which one of the following materials is highly elastic?

(a) Rubber
(b) Brass
(c) Steel
(d) Glass
22. A block of steel is loaded by a tangential force on its top surface while the bottom surface
is held rigidly. The deformation of the block is due to
(a) Shear only
(b) Bending only
(c) Shear and bending
(d) Torsion

23. A body is subjected to a pure tensile stress of 100 units. What is the maximum shear
produced in the body at some oblique plane due to the above?
(a) 100 units
(b) 75 units
(c) 50 units
(d) 0 unit

24. A solid circular shaft is subjected to a maximum shearing stress of 140 MPs. The
magnitude of the maximum normal stress developed in the shaft is:
(a) 140 MPa
(b) 80 MPa
(c) 70 MPa
(d) 60 MPa
25. In a bi-axial stress problem, the stresses in x and y directions are (σ x = 200 MPa and σ y
=100 MPa. The maximum principal stress in MPa, is:
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 150
(d) 200
26. A two dimensional fluid element rotates like a rigid body. At a point within the element,
the pressure is 1 unit. Radius of the Mohr's circle, characterizing the state of stress at that
point, is:
(a) 0.5 unit
(b) 0 unit
(c) 1 unit
(d) 2 units

27. In the case of bi-axial state of normal stresses, the normal stress on 45° plane is equal to
(a) The sum of the normal stresses
(b) Difference of the normal stresses
(c) Half the sum of the normal stresses
(d) Half the difference of the normal stresses

28. The state of plane stress in a plate of 100 mm thickness is given as σ xx = 100 N/mm2, σyy =
200 N/mm2, Young's modulus = 300 N/mm2, Poisson's ratio = 0.3. The stress developed
in the direction of thickness is:
(a) Zero
(b) 90 N/ mm2
(c) 100 N/mm2
(d) 200 N/mm2
29. If the principal stresses and maximum shearing stresses are of equal numerical value at a
point in a stressed body, the state of stress can be termed as
(a) Isotropic
(b) Uniaxial
(c) Pure shear
(d) Generalized plane state of stress
30. The principal stresses σ1, σ2 and σ3 at a point respectively are 80 MPa, 30 MPa and –40
MPa. The maximum shear stress is:
(a) 25 MPa
(b) 35 MPa
c) 55 MPa
(d) 60 MPa