Strength of Materials - Part 1 Online Exam Quiz

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The ratio of strengths of solid to hollow shafts, both having outside diameter D and hollow having inside diameter D /2, in torsion, is

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A : 1/4

B : 1/2

C : 1/16

D : 15/16

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The weakest section of a diamond riveting, is the section which passes through

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A : first row

B : second row

C : central raw

D : one rivet hole of end row.

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In a loaded beam, the point of con-traflexture occurs at a section where

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A : bending moment is minimum

B : bending moment is zero or changes sign

C : bending moment is maximum

D : shearing force is maximum

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A three-hinged arch is said to be :

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A : statically determinate structure

B : statically indeterminate structure

C : a bent beam

D : none of these.

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The shape of the bending moment diagram over the length of a beam, having no external load, is always

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A : linear

B : parabolic

C : cubical

D : circular.

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A beam of length L is pinned at both ends and is subjected to a concentrated bending couple of moment M at its centre. The maximum bending moment in the beam is

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A : M

B : M /2

C : M /3

D : ML /2

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If two forces acting at a joint are not along the straight line, then for the equilibrium of the joint

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A : one of the forces must be zero

B : each force must be zero

C : forces must be equal and of the same sign

D : forces must be equal in magnitude but opposite in sign.

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If the shear force along a section of a beam is zero, the bending moment at the section is

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A : zero

B : maximum

C : minimum

D : average of maximum-minimum

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In the cantilever truss as shown in below figure, the horizontal component of the reaction at A , is

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A : 30 tonnes

B : 60 tonnes

C : 90 tonnes

D : 120 tonnes

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The shape of the bending moment diagram over the length of a beam, carrying a uniformly distributed load is always

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A : linear

B : parabolic

C : cubical

D : circular.

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