Stress AND Strain

Question.1. The deformation per unit length is called

(a) Strain
(b) Stress
(c) Elasticity
(d) None of these
Question.2. The ability of the material to deform without breaking
is called
(a) Elasticity
(b) Plasticity
(c) Creep
(d) None of these
Question.3.Which of the following material is more elastic?
(a) Rubber
(b) Glass
(c) Steel
(d) Wood
Question.4. The percentage elongation and the percentage
reduction in area depends upon
(a) Tensile strength of the material
(b) Ductility of the material
(c) Toughness of the material
(d) None of these
Question.5. The property of a material by which it can be beaten
or rolled into thin sheets, is called
(a) Elasticity
(b) Plasticity
(c) Ductility
(d) Malleability
Question.6. A bar of square cross section of side a is subjected
to a tensile load P on a plane inclined at
bar, the normal stress will be.

to the axis of the

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Question.7. A load of 1 kN acts on a bar having cross-sectional
area 0.8 cm2 and length 10 cm. The stress developed in the bar is

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Question.8. A steel bar 100 mm long is subjected to a tensile
stress

.If the change in length of the bar is

the value of

mm, what will be

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) 100
Question.9. The property of a material by which it can be drawn
to a smaller section by applying a tensile load is called
(a) Elasticity
(b) Plasticity
(c) Ductility
(d) Malleability
Question.10. If a material has identical properties in all
directions, it is called
(a) Elastic
(b) Plastic
(c) Isotropic
(d) Homogeneous
Question.11. The stress at which extension of a material takes
place more quickly as compared to increase in load, is called
(a) No elastic zone
(b) Plastic point
(c) Yield point
(d) Breaking point
Question.12. A brittle material has
(a) No elastic zone
(b) No plastic zone
(c) Large plastic zone
(d) None of these
Question.13. Every material obeys the Hookes law within
(a) Elastic limit
(b) Plastic limit
(c) Limit of proportionality
(d) None of these
Question.14. Units of strain
(a)
(b)

(c)
(d) No unit
Question.15. The increase in the length of a bar of length
area
by

, modulus of elasticity E due to a tensile load

is given

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
Question.16. The ratio of lateral strain to linear strain is called
(a) Modulus of Elasticity
(b) Modulus of Rigidity
(c) Bulk Modulus
(d) Poissons Ratio
Question.17. Dimensional formula for Youngs modulus of
elasticity is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Question.18. A perfectly elastic body
(a) Can move freely
(b) Has perfectly smooth surface
(c) Is not deformed by any external surface
(d) Recovers its original size and shape when the deforming force is
removed.
Question. 19. The value of Poisons ratio depends upon
(a) Nature of load, tensile or compressive
(b) Magnitude of load

(c) Material of the test specimen

(d) Dimensions of the test specimen
Question. 20. When a section is subjected to two equal and
opposite forces tangentially to the section, the stress produced is
known as
(a) Tensile stress
(b) Lateral stress
(c) Shear stress
(d) No stress
Question.21. Which of the following is a dimensionless quantity?
(a) Shear stress
(b) Poisons ratio
(c) Strain
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Question.22. Percentage elongation during tensile test is
indication of
(a) Ductility
(b) Malleability
(c) Creep
(d) Rigidity
Question.23. Brittleness is opposite to
(a) Toughness
(b) Plasticity
(c) Malleability
(d) None of these
Question.24. The statement : stress is proportional to strain, i.e.
the Hookes law holds good upto
(a) Elastic Limit
(b) Proportional Limit
(c) Plastic Limit
(d) Yield point
Question.25. The limit beyond which the material does not
behave elastically is known as
(a) Proportional limit
(b) Elastic limit
(c) Plastic limit
(d) Yield Point
Question.26. When mild steel is subjected to a tensile load, its
fracture will conform to
(a) Star shape
(b) Granular shape
(c) Cup and cone shape

(d) Fibrous shape

Question.27. When a wire is stretched to double in length, the
longitudinal strain produced in it is
(a) 0.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.5
(d) 2.0
Question.28. The length of a wire is increased by 1 mm on the
application of a certain load. In a wire of the same material but of
twice the length and half the radius, the same force will produce
an elongation of
(a) 0.5 mm
(b) 2 mm
(c) 4 mm
(d) 8 mm
Question.29. A cylindrical rod of length
and diameter
is
rigidly fixed at its upper end and hangs vertically. The elongation
produced in the rod due to its self weight W is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Question.30. The Youngs modulus E, the shear modulus G and

the Poissons ratio
(a)
(b)
(c)

for a material are related by the expression

(d)
Question.31. The elastic constant E, G and K are related by the
expression
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Question.32. The independent elastic constants for a
homogeneous and isotropic material are
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Question.33. When a bar is subjected to a change of temperature
and its longitudinal deformation is prevented, the stress induced
in the bar is
(a) Tensile
(b) Compressive
(c) Shear
(d) Temperature
Question.34. When a bar is subjected to increase in temperature
and its deformation is prevented, the stress induced in the bar is
(a) Tensile
(b) Compressive
(c) Shear
(d) None of the above
Question.35. In a composite body, consisting of two different
materials..will be same in both materials.
(a) Stress
(b) Strain
(c) Both stress and strain
(d) None of these
Answers
1. (a)

2.(b)

3. (c)

4. (b)

5. (d)

6. (b)

8. (d)

9. (c)

10. (c)

11. (c)

12. (b)

13. (c)

7. (a)
14. (d)

15.(b)

16. (d)

17. (a)

18. (d)

19. (c)

20. (c)

21. (d)

22. (a)

23. (b)

24. (b)

25. (b)

26. (c)

27. (b)

28. (d)

29. (b)

30. (a)

31. (d)

32. (a)

33. (d)

34. (b)

35. (b)