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1) A closed coil helical spring is subjected to a torque about its axis. The springs wire would
experience a -
a. Bending stress
b. Direct tensile stress uniform intensity at its cross section
c. Direct shear stress
d. Torsional shearing stress

2) the predominant effect of an axial tensile force on a helical spring is -

a. Compression
b. Twisting
c. Bending
d. Tension

3) Flat spiral springs are used in -

a) Cycles
b) Road Vehicles
c) Railway Wagons
d) Watches

4) If a solid shaft (diameter 20 cm, length 400 cm, N = 0.8 × 105 N/mm2) when
subjected to a twisting moment, produces maximum shear stress of 50 N/mm2,
the angle of twist in radians, is
A. 0.001
B. 0.002
C. 0.0025
D. 0.004

5) Pick up the correct statement from the following -

A. The bending moment which when acting along would produce the maximum
stress is equal to the major principal stress caused by combined bending and
Torsion is called equivalent bending moment.

B. The torque which when acting along would produced maximum shear stress
equal to the maximum shear stress caused by combined bending and Torsion is
called equivalent Torsion.

a. Only A
b. Only B
c. Both A and B
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d. None of these

6) A Shaft rotating N. R. M under a torque T, transmits a power of :

a. RπN / 30 Newton Meters/sec

b. TπN / 30 Newton meters/sec

c. TπN / 60 Newton meters/min

d. TπN / 60 Newton meters/sec

7) A hollow shaft is subjected to torsion. Which of the following diagrams shows the
shear stress variation in the shaft along its radius?

i. a
ii. b
iii. c
iv. d

8) A circular shaft fixed at A has diameter D for half of its length and diameter D/2
over the other half as shown in the figure. What is the rotation of C relative to B if
the rotation of B relative to A is 0.1 radian?

a)0.4 radian
b)0.8 radian
c)1.6 radian
d)3.2 radian

9) A circular shaft is subjected to a torque T which is half of the bending moment

applied, then the ratio of maximum bending stress and maximum shear stress is :
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a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 1.5

10) For the rectangular beam, the maximum shear stress is related to average shear
stress (Tav) :

a. Tav
b. 1.25 Tav
c. 1.50 Tav
d. 1.75 Tav

11) For a given shear force across a symmetrical 'I' section the intensity of shear
stress is maximum at the : -
a. At the junction of the flange and web, but on the web.
b. At the junction of the flange and the web, but the flange
c. Extreme fiber
d. Centroid of the section

12) The ratio of the length and diameter of a simply supported uniform circular beam
which experiences maximum bending stress equal to tensile stress due to the
same load at its mid span is : -
a. ⅛
b. ¼
c. ½
d. ⅓

13) The state of pure shear stress is produced by : -

a. Tension in one direction and equal compression in perpendicular direction.

b. Equal tension in two directions at rigid angle.
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c. Equal compression in two direction at right angle.

d. None of this.

14) The stiffness of a spring is : -

a. Load per coil of the spring.

b. Load required to produce unit deflection.
c. Load required to compress the spring up to shearing proportional limit.
d. The load required for Breaking the spring.

15) the shear stress distribution over a rectangular cross section of a beam follows:-

a. A straight line path

b. A circular path
c. A parabolic path
d. An elliptical path

16) a beam of square cross section (BXB) is used as a beam with one diagonal
horizontal. The location of maximum shear stress from the neutral axis will be a
distance of :-

a. Zero
b. B/4
c. B/(4√2)
d. B/8

17) consider the following statements:-

when a beam of square cross section is used with a diagonal in a vertical position,

1. The shear stress distribution across the section of the beam will be maximum
at the neutral axis.

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2. The shear stress distribution across the section of the beam will be zero both
at the top and bottom.
3. The maximum stress does not occur at the neutral axis

Which of the statements are correct?

a. 1,2 and 3
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 2

18) consider the following statements:-

1. the shear stress distribution across section of a circular shaft subjected to

twisting varies parabolically.
2. The shear stress at the centre of a circular shaft under twisting moment is
zero.
3. The shear stress at the extreme fibres of a circular shaft under twisting
moment is maximum.

Which of the statements are correct?

a. 1,2 and 3
b. 1 only
c. 2 only
d. 3 only

19) Shear span is defined as the zone where

a. Bending moment is zero

b. Shear force is zero
c. Shear force is constant
d. Bending moment is constant.

20) A symmetrical I section is subjected to shear force the shear stress induced
across the section is maximum at which location?
a. Extreme fibres
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b. At the bottom of flanges in flanges

c. At the bottom of flanges in web portion
d. At the neutral axis.

21) under Torsion brittle materials generally fail:-

a. Along a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis

b. In the direction of minimum tension
c. Along the surface forming a 45 angle with the longitudinal Axis
d. Not in any specific manner.

22) circular shaft is subjected to a twisting moment T and bending moment M. The
ratio of maximum bending stress to maximum shear stress is given by
a. 2M / T
b. M / T
c. 2T / M
d. M / 2T

23) A solid shaft of circular cross section is subjected to a torque t which produces a
maximum shear stress fs, in the shaft. The diameter of the shaft should be

a.

b.

c.
d.

24) If the diameter of a shaft subjected to torque alone, is doubled, then the horse
power P can be increased to:-

a. 16P
b. 8P

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c. 4P
d. 2P

25) Two shafts, one of solid section and the other of hollow section, of same
material and weight having same length are subjected to equal torsional force.
What is the torsional stiffness of hollow shaft?

a. Equal to that of the solid shaft

b. Less than that of the solid shaft
c. More than that of the solid shaft
d. Exactly half of that of the solid shaft

26) The failure surface of a standard cast iron torsion specimen, subjected to a
torque is along

a. The surface helicoidal at 45 degree to the axis of the specimen

b. the curved surface at the grips
c. the plane surface perpendicular to the axis of the specimen
d. the curved surface perpendicular to the axis of the specimen

27) A circular shaft of diameter 'D' is made of a material for which Young's Modulus
of Elasticity is 'E' and Poisson's Ratio is 'v'. The ratio of flexural rigidity to
torsional rigidity for the shaft is:-

a. 4 ( 1+v )
b. 1.5 (1-2v )
c. ( 1+v )
d. 0.25 (1+v )

28) If three close-coiled and two open-coiled helical springs, each having the
stiffness 'k' are connected in series than the overall stiffness is :-

a. 5K
b. K/5

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c. K/√5
d. 6K/5

29) A close-coiled helical spring with n coils, mean radius R and diameter 'd' is
subjected to an axial load W. What is the compression in spring?

a.

b.

c.

d.

30) In a thin long closed cylindrical container, the fluid pressure induces

a. Only hoop stress

b. only longitudinal stress
c. longitudinal stress equal to twice the hoop stress
d. longitudinal stress is equal to half the hoop stress.

31) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a. Lame's constants : Thick cylinder

b. Macaulay's method : Deflection of Beam
c. Euler's Method : Theory of columns
d. Eddy's Theorem : Torsion of Shaft

32) consider the following statements in respect of a thick cylinder subjected to

internal pressure :-

1. the stress on an element on the outer wall is unidirectional

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2. the stress on an element on the inner wall are principal stress

3. The constants of the Lame's equation are positive.

Which of the statements are correct?

a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1,2 and 3

33) A thin cylindrical shell of internal diameter D and thickness ′t′ is subjected to
internal pressure 'p'. The change in diameter is given by :-

34) The Variation of the hoop stress across the thichness of a thick cylinder is :-

a. Linear
b. Uniform
c. Parabolic
d. Hyperbolic

35) For the analysis of thick cylinders, the theory applicable is

a. Lame's theory
b. Rankine's theory
c. Poisson's theory
d. Courbon's theory

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36) a simply supported beam of span l and flexural rigidity EI carries a unit load at its
midspan. The Strain energy at this condition in the beam due to bending is :-

37) Strain energy in Torsion of a shaft per unit volume is given y ( Q is maximum
shear stress is modulus of elasticity and G is modulus of rigidity).

38) A simply supported beam of span 'L' is subjected to a concentrated load 'W' at
mid-span. The strain energy due to bending in the beam would be:-

39) resilience is

a. maximum strain energy

b. recoverable Strain energy
c. total potential energy
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d. share stress energy ( Beyond hooke's law )

40) The maximum energy stored at elastic limit of a material is called

a. Resilience
b. proof resilience
c. modulus of resilience
d. bulk resilience

41) two shaft of solid circular cross section are identical except for their diameters d 1
and d2, they are subjected to the same Torque T. The ratio of the Strain energies
stored U1/U2 will be :-

42) a point load applied at shear Centre induces

a. Zero shear force

b. Zero bending
c. Pure twisting
d. pure bending

43) A wooden beam of width B and the depth D is strengthened by two steel plate of
thickness 't' and depth 'D' on the both sides of the beam. The allowable stress in
wood is 'σ' and the modular ratio of steel wood is 'm' . The allowable bending
moment is

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44) if the depth of a beam carrying an isolated load at the centre is doubled, the
deflection of the beam at mid span will change by a factor of:-

a. ⅙
b. ¼
c. ½
d. 8

45) a cantilever of constant depth carries a uniformly distributed load on the whole
span. To make the maximum stress at all sections the same the breath of the
section at a distance x from the free end should be proportional to :-
a. x
b. √x
c. x2
d. x3

46) In the case of square beam subjected to couple acting about X-X axis, it is
advisable to cut off the adges and keep the section as shown in the given figure
because it increases :-

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a. Stress in the beam

b. stresses and reduces the weight of the beam
c. the moment of inertia of the beam
d. the section modulus

47) out of two beams of same material and same cross sectional area one is of
circular cross section and other is of square cross-section if these are subjected
to bending moment of same magnitude then
a. Both section would be equally strong
b. both section would be equally economical
c. square section would be more economical than circular section
d. square section would be less economical than circular section.

48) A cantilever beam of T cross section carries uniformly distributed load where
does the maximum magnitude of the bending stress occurs

a. At the top of cross section

b. at the junction of flange and web
c. at the mid depth point
d. at the bottom of the section.

49) The bending stress in a T beam section is maximum

1. at top fibre
2. at centroidal fibre
3. at bottom fibre.

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
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c. 3 only
d. At the level which is dependent on the loading condition.

50) A ratio of moment carrying capacity of a circular beam of diameter D and square
beam of size D is

a. π/4
b. 3π/8
c. π/3
d. 3π/16

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