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1. Strain is defined as the ratio of
a. change in length to original length
b. change in volume to original volume
c. change in cross-sectional area to original cross-sectional
area
d. any one of the above
Ans. d. any one of the above

2. Which law state that within the elastic limits strain

produced is proportional to the stress produced?
a. Bernoulli’s law
b. Stress law
c. Hooke’s law
d. Poisson’s law
Ans. d. Hooke’s law

3. Young's modulus is defined as the ratio of

a. volumetric stress to volumetric strain
b. lateral stress to lateral strain
c. longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
d. shear stress to shear strain
Ans. c. longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain

4. Young’s modulus’s unit is

a. mm/mm
b. kg/cm
c. Kg
d. kg/cm2
Ans. d. kg/cm2
5. Deformation per unit length in the direction of
force is known as
a. Strain
b. Linear strain
c. Linear stress
d. Lateral strain
Ans. b. linear strain

6. If an equal and opposite force applied to a body

tends to elongate it, the stress so produced known
as
a. Tensile strength
b. Transverse strength
c. Working strength
d. Compressive strength
Ans. a. Tensile strength

7. Which of the following material have same elastic properties

in all directions?
a. Ideal materials
b. Uniform materials
c. Isotropic materials
d. Elastic materials
Ans. c. Isotropic materials

8. Modulus of rigidity is defined as the ratio of

a. longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain
b. volumetric stress and volumetric strain
c. shear stress and shear strain
d. lateral stress and lateral strain
Ans. c. shear stress and shear strain
9. Ultimate Tensile strength of mild steel compared to
ultimate compressive stress is
a. More
b. Same
c. Less
d. cannot be determined
Ans. a. more

10. The impact strength of a material is an index of its

a. Tensile strength
b. Toughness
c. Capability of being cold worked
d. Brittleness
Ans. b. Toughness
11. The intensity of stress which causes unit strain is called
a. Unit stress
b. Bulk modulus
c. Modulus of rigidity
d. Modulus of elasticity
Ans. d. Modulus of elasticity

12. True stress-strain curve for materials is plotted between

a. load/original cross-sectional area and change in
length/original length
b. load/instantaneous cross-sectional area original area and log.
c. load/instantaneous cross-sectional area and change in
length/original length
d. load/instantaneous area and instantaneous area/original area
Ans. b. load/instantaneous cross-sectional area original
area and log.
13. Which of these has no units
a. Strain
b. Bulk modulus
c. Surface tension
d. Kinematic viscosity
Ans. a. Strain

14. Which of these is most elastic?

a. Rubber
b. Plastic
c. Brass
d. Mild steel
Ans. d. Mild Steel

15. The value of Poisson's ratio for steel is between

a. 0.01 to 0.1
b. 0.23 to 0.27
c. 0.25 to 0.33
d. 0.4 to 0.6
Ans. c. 0.25 to 0.33

16. The materials which exhibit the same elastic properties

in all directions are known as
a. Homogeneous
b. Inelastic
c. Isotropic
d. Isentropic
Ans. c. Isotropic
17. The value of Poisson's ratio for cast iron is
a. 0.23 to 0.27
b. 0.1 to 0.2
c. 0.25 to 0.33
d. 0.4 to 0.6
Ans. a. 0.23 to 0.27

18. The property of a material by virtue of which it

can be drawn into smaller section is called as
a. Plasticity
b. Ductility
c. Elasticity
d. Malleability
Ans. b. Ductility

19. Poisson's ratio is defined as the ratio of

a. longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
b. longitudinal stress to lateral stress
c. lateral stress to lateral strain
d. lateral strain to the longitudinal strain
Ans. d. lateral strain to the longitudinal strain

20. The property of a material by virtue of which it can be a.

beaten or rolled into plates is called
a. Ductility
b. Plasticity
c. Elasticity
d. Malleability
Ans. d. Malleability
21. If a material expands freely due to heating it will develop
a. No stress
b. Compressive stress
c. Bending
d. Tensile strength
Ans. a. No stress

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

a. tensile strain decreases more rapidly
b. tensile strain increases in proportion to the stress
c. tensile strain decreases in proportion to the stress
d. tensile strain increases more rapidly
Ans. d. tensile strain increases more rapidly

23. In the tensile test, the phenomenon of slow extension of the

material, viz. stress increasing with the time at a constant
load is known as
a. Yielding
b. Breaking
c. Plasticity
d. Creeping
Ans. d. Creeping

24. The stress developed in a material at breaking point in

extension is known as
a. Fracture stress
b. Yield point stress
c. Ultimate tensile strength
d. Breaking stress
Ans. d. breaking stress
25. Rupture stress is defined as
a. Breaking stress
b. Maximum load/original cross sectional area
c. Load at breaking point/ A
d. Load at breaking point /neck area
Ans. d. Load at breaking point /neck area

26. The stress at which extension of the material takes

place more quickly as compared to the increase in load
is called
a. elastic point of the material
b. yielding point of the material
c. plastic point of the material
d. breaking point of the material
Ans. b. yielding point of the material
27. Flow stress corresponds to
a. Fluids in motion
b. Breaking point
c. plastic deformation of solids
d. Rupture stress
Ans. c. plastic deformation of solids

28. Resilience of a material is considered when it is

subjected to
a. frequent heat treatment
b. shock loading
c. Fatigue
d. creep
Ans. b. shock loading
29. The maximum strain energy that can be stored in a body is
known as
a. impact energy
b. Resilience
c. proof resilience
d. modulus of resilience
Ans. c. proof resilience

30. The total strain energy stored in a body is termed as

a. Resilience
b. proof resilience
c. modulus of resilience
d. Toughness
Ans. a. Resilience

31. Coaxing is the method of increasing

a. strength by reversible cycling
b. corrosion resistance by spraying
c. hardness by surface treatment
d. fatigue resistance by over-stressing the metal by successively
increasing loadings
Ans. d. fatigue resistance by over-stressing the metal by
successively increasing loadings

32. A beam is loaded as cantilever. If the load at the end is

increased, the failure will occur
a. in the middle
b. at the tip below the load
c. at the support
d. Anywhere
Ans. c. at the support
33. A non-yielding support implies that the
a. support is frictionless
b. support can take any amount of reaction
c. support holds member firmly
d. slope of the beam at the support is zero
Ans. d. slope of the beam at the support is zero

34. In riveted boiler joints, all stresses, shearing, bearing

and tensile are based on the
a. size of rivet
b. average of size of rivet and hole
c. size of the drilled or reamed hole
d. smaller of the two
Ans. b. size of the drilled or reamed hole

35. Rivets are made of which type of material

a. Tough
b. Resilient
c. Ductile
d. Malleable
Ans. c. Ductile

36. ____of a beam is a measure of its resistance to

deflection.
a. Bending
b. Maximum bending
c. Stiffness
d. Strength
Ans. c. Stiffness
41. In SI system unit of Torsion is
a. M
b. N m
c. N/m
d. N
Ans. b. N m

42. Whenever a twisting couple coincides with the axis of

the shaft then _____ is produced.
a. Mild torsion
b. Pure torsion
c. Nominal torsion
d. Exact torsion
Ans. b. Pure torsion

43. Cantilever scaffolding is also called as

a. needle scaffolding
b. mason’s scaffolding
c. suspended scaffolding
d. ladder scaffolding
Ans. a. needle scaffolding

44. Stucco can be categorised as type of

a. Varnishing
b. Plastering
c. Whitewashing
d. Distempering
Ans. b. Plastering
45. When two dissimilar shaft are connected together then it is
called as
a. Combined shaft
b. Differential shaft
c. Composite shaft
d. Integrated shaft
Ans. c. Composite shaft

46. Shaft subjected to pure twisting then the developed stress is

a. Axial
b. Shear
c. Normal
d. Bending
Ans. b. Shear

47. Torque which can produce unit twist per unit length is called
as
a. Torsional rigidity
b. Torsional rugosity
c. Torsional viscosity
d. Torsional mean radius
Ans. a. Torsional rigidity

48. Which of the following test are conducted to measure the

endurance limit of materials?
a. Creep test
b. Fatigue test
c. Hardness test
d. None of these
Ans. b. Fatigue test
49. Factor of safety is defined as the ratio of
a. Ultimate stress to permissible stress
b. Total stress to permissible stress
c. Ultimate stress to applied stress
d. Ultimate stress to modulus of elasticity
Ans. a. Ultimate stress to permissible stress

50. Moments at hinges is

a. Maximum
b. Zero
c. Minimum
d. Cannot be defined
Ans. b. Zero