SECTION-4

#### Strength of Material MCQ

(a)  wl
(b)  wl2/2
(c)  wl/2
(d)  zero.

Ans:(d)  zero.

(a)  wl
(b)  wl2/2
(c)  wl/2
(d)  zero.

Ans:(a)  wl

(a)  wl
(b)  wl2/2
(c)  wl/2
(d)  zero.

Ans:(b)  wl2/2

(a)  wl
(b)  wl2/2
(c)  wl/2
(d)  zero.

Ans:(d)  zero.

##### Q15. A cantilever of length (l) carries a uniformly distributed load w kgf per unit length for the whole length, point of contra-flexure is at

(a) the free end
(b) the fixed end
(c) the middle of the beam
(d) nowhere.

Ans:(d) nowhere.

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) l
(d) 1.5.

Ans:(b) 3

##### Q17. Ties are the structure numbers which carry

(a) axial compressive loads
(b) axial tensile loads
(d) none of the above.

Ans:(b) axial tensile loads

##### Q18. In a tensile test of a specimen, the ratio of maximum load to the original cross-sectional area of the test piece is called

(a) yield stress
(b) ultimate stress
(c) safe stress
(d) breaking stress.

Ans:(b) ultimate stress

##### Q19. A short column of rectangular section carries a vertical point load W axially. The stress on the section of the column will be

(a) uniform
(b) zero at one end and maximum at the other end
(c) zero at the axis and maximum on the outer ends
(d) tensile on one end and compressive on the other.

Ans:(a) uniform

##### Q20. A short column of rectangular section carries a vertical point load W axially, the short column carries a vertical point load eccentrically, then the stress on the section will be

(a) uniform
(b) zero at the axis and maximum on the outer ends
(c) zero at one end and maximum at the other end
(d) non-uniform and will depend upon the amount of eccentricity.

Ans:(d) non-uniform and will depend upon the amount of eccentricity.

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