Home» Online Test » Civil Engineering » Mechanics of Materials & Structures Online Test » Paper 1 » Paper 2 » Paper 3 0% Sorry, time's up. To complete the online test, please restart it. Created by Vikash chaudhary This is a FREE online test. Beware of scammers who ask for money to attend this test. Get New Questions in Each Attempt Total Questions: 50 Time Allotted: 50 minutes Passing Score: 70% Randomization: Yes Certificate: Yes Do not refresh the page! 👍 All the best! 1 / 50 1. The maximum bending moment caused by a moving load on a fixed-end beam occurs a) at the support b) under the load c) at mid span d) none of the above 2 / 50 2. *Determinate beam can be analyzed with the help of a) two equations of statics b) three equations of statics c) four equations of statics d) five equations of statics 3 / 50 3. *The velocity of a moving body is: a) A vector quantity b) A scalar quantity c) A constant quantity d) None of the above 4 / 50 4. *The phenomenon of decreased resistance of material due to the reversal of stress is called a) creep b) fatigue c) elasticity d) plasticity 5 / 50 5. *BM in a cantilever beam having a span of 1.8m and a uniformly distributed load of 4kg/m a) 4.48 kg-m b) 5.48 kg-m c) 6.48 kg-m d) none of the above 6 / 50 6. For a column of given material, the Rankine's constant depends on a) length of the column. b) diameter of column c) moment of inertia of column d) none of the above 7 / 50 7. In an I section, almost all the shear force is taken by a) top flange b) web c) bottom flange d) none of the above 8 / 50 8. If a constant section is subjected to a uniform/ pure bending moment throughout, its length bends to a) circular arc b) parabolic arc c) catenary d) all of the above 9 / 50 9. *Hooke's law holds good up to: a) Yield point b) Plastic limit c) Elastic limit d) Breaking point 10 / 50 10. The safe value of stress below which the material will not fail when subjected to a reversal of stress is known as a) endurance limit b) fatigue stress c) tolerance limit d) elastic limit 11 / 50 11. The maximum deflection of a beam occurs at a) zero shear force location b) zero slope location c) zero bending moment location d) none of the above 12 / 50 12. If y is the deflection of the beam, then shear force is a) y b) dy/dx c) d²y/dx² d) d^3y/dx² 13 / 50 13. In a beam, the neutral plane a) may be at its centre b) passes through the c.g. of the area of c/s c) does not change during deformation d) none of the above 14 / 50 14. In the case of an H section, the maximum shear stress will occur at a) top fibers b) neutral axis c) bottom fibers d) at the junction of web and flanges 15 / 50 15. In a beam where shear force is maximum, the bending moment will be a) maximum b) zero c) minimum d) no relation 16 / 50 16. *The amount of shear force at the maximum bending moment a) all of the above b) minimum c) medium d) maximum 17 / 50 17. A cantilever beam of span 4m and carrying a point load of 10 kN located at 3m from the fixed end. Find the BM at the fixed and free end a) 30 kN-m, 0 b) 30 kN-m, 10 kN-m c) 10 kN-m, 30 kN-m d) none of the above 18 / 50 18. The slope of the curve of S.F. diagram at any section will be equal to a) the slope of loading at that section b) the ordinate of loading diagram at that section c) the area of loading diagram from end to that section d) the bending moment at that section 19 / 50 19. The maximum deflection of a simply supported beam subjected to a uniformly distributed load (w) over the span is a) WL^3 / 8EI b) WL^3 / 48EI c) 5WL^3 / 48EI d) 5WL^3 / 384EI 20 / 50 20. A perfectly elastic body is a) that body which recovers its original shape completely after the removal of force b) a body of such a material with a lot of extensibility c) a body made of rubber only d) a body whose cross-sectional dimensions are very small 21 / 50 21. The number of reaction components at a hinge on rollers support is a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 22 / 50 22. The c.g. of a semi-circular arc is a) r/π b) r/2π c) r/3π d) 2r/π 23 / 50 23. *The Young's Modulus of elasticity is defined as the ratio of stress & strain within the a) plastic limit b) all of the above c) yield limit d) elastic limit 24 / 50 24. The slenderness ratio of a vertical column of square cross-section of 10 cm side and 500 cm long is a) 117.2 b) 17.3 c) 173.2 d) 137.2 25 / 50 25. *The variation of the bending moment in the segment of a beam where the load is uniformly distributed is a) linear b) parabolic c) cubic d) rectangular 26 / 50 26. *"A simply supported beam of span L carries a uniformly distributed load W. The maximum bending moment, M is: a) WL/2 b) WL/4 c) WL/8 d) WL/16 27 / 50 27. What is strain energy? a) stress x strain b) volume x stress x strain c) energy that is spent for straining a body d) energy stored in a body because of being strained 28 / 50 28. *Strut is a a) horizontal member b) vertical member c) inclined member d) compression member 29 / 50 29. Effective length of column fixed at one end and hinged at the other end is a) 1/2 b) 1/√2 c) 1l d) 1.25l 30 / 50 30. *A diagram that shows the variation of axial force a) BMD b) SFD c) thrust diagram d) stress diagram 31 / 50 31. The method of increasing fatigue resistance by overstressing the metal by successively increasing the loading is known as a) compounding b) coaxing c) relaxing d) enduring 32 / 50 32. A long vertical member subjected to an axial compressive load is called a) column b) strut c) tie d) tanchion 33 / 50 33. The maximum deflection in a cantilever beam carrying a concentrated load 'w' at the free end is (Where L is span of bean, W is total load and EI is flexural rigidity) a) WL^3 / 8EI b) WL^2 / 5EI c) WL^3 / 3EI d) 3WL^3 / 2EI 34 / 50 34. *In a simply supported beam subjected to a point load at the center, the maximum bending moment occurs at a) left end b) right end c) center d) none of the above 35 / 50 35. *The centre of gravity of a triangle is at the point where three a) medians of the triangle meet b) perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle meet c) bisectors of the angle of the triangle meet d) none of these 36 / 50 36. The crippling load for column of length 1, with one end fixed and the other end free is a) P = π^2EI/4l^2 b) P= π^2EI/l^2 c) P= 4π^2EI/l^2 d) P= π^2EI/l 37 / 50 37. The slope of the curve of B.M. diagram at any section will be equal to a) the slope of loading at that section b) the slope of shear force diagram at that section c) the ordinate of shear force diagram at that section d) the area of shear force diagram starting from any one end 38 / 50 38. The shear center may be defined as a) the point through which the resultant of the shear stress pass b) the point about which the moment of shear flow is zero c) the center of gravity of the section d) none of the above 39 / 50 39. If all the dimensions of a bar are increased in the proportion n:1, the proportion with which the maximum stress produced in the prismatic bar by its own weight will increase in the ratio a) 1:n b) n:1 c) 1:1/n d) 1/n:1 40 / 50 40. *The critical bending moment caused in a fixed end beam loaded with a uniformly distributed load (W = wL) throughout is a) M = WL/4 b) M = WL/8 c) M = WL/12 d) M = WL/16 41 / 50 41. *Compression members always tend to buckle in the direction of the a) parallel to the axis of the load b) perpendicular to the axis of the load c) least radius of gyration d) least cross-section 42 / 50 42. If the elasticity of the material is zero then the material is said to be a) rigid b) perfect c) plastic d) all of the above 43 / 50 43. The ratio of the effective length of a column and the minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area is known as a) buckling factor b) slenderness ratio c) crippling factor d) none of the above 44 / 50 44. Shape of the bending moment diagram for a simply supported beam having a point load at the center is a) parabolic b) square c) rectangular d) triangular 45 / 50 45. The moment of inertia of a square section is given by a) I = b^4/12 b) I = b^3/12 c) I = b^4 d) I = b^4/3 46 / 50 46. The difference between BM values at any two sections will be equal to a) the area of SF diagram between those two sections b) the area of loading diagram between the two sections c) the area of loading diagram d) the area of bending moment between the two sections 47 / 50 47. The expression EI(d^4y/dx^4) at any section for a beam is equal to a) load intensity at the section b) shear force at the section c) BM at the section d) slope of the section 48 / 50 48. The bending moment acting on the plane of an element will cause the following type of stress on the plane a) normal stress b) tension stress c) axial stress d) transverse shear stress 49 / 50 49. The shear center in the case of a T-beam section is a) at the C.G. of the section b) at the neutral axis of the section c) on the C.G. horizontal plane and away from C.G. within the leg projections d) none of the above 50 / 50 50. *The law "Stress is proportional to strain within certain limits" is formulated by a) Thomas Youngs b) Poisson c) Mohr d) Robert Hook Please provide accurate information so we can send your Achievement Certificate by mail. NameEmailPhone Number Your score is Share your achievement! LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart Test Please provide your feedback. Thank you for your valuable feedback. Send feedback Buy Mechanics of Materials & Structures MCQ PDF for Offline Study Share the above MCQs: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
