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Strength of Materials MCQs

MCQ explainedA simply supported beam carries a distributed load of zero intensity over one support, increasing linearly to…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA beam ABC is supported at A and B (span L) and has an overhang BC with a couple M applied at the free end C.…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe shear centre of a thin half-circular (semicircular) section of radius r and constant thickness lies at a d…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA cantilever of span l has a load P at the free end. The bending moment at the free end is:Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA bar of square section (area a²) is placed with one diagonal vertical. The maximum shear stress develops at a…Structures · 2 min read
MCQ explainedA simply supported beam carries a couple somewhere in the span. It would produce: 1. a rectangular SF diagram;…Structures · 2 min read
MCQ explainedFor a beam with a rectangular cross-section, the shear stress at the neutral axis is always:Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedIn a cantilever beam with a UDL, the shear force varies following the:Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA cantilever AB, fixed at A and free at B, carries no transverse load (only a couple acts at the free end). Th…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA lever ABDC is supported on hinges at A and C (AB = BD = DC = 1 m). A vertical arm 1 m high is fixed at B, an…Structures · 2 min read
MCQ explainedThe centre of gravity of an equilateral triangle with each side a is at a distance of ______ from any of the t…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA simply supported beam of span 4C carries loads W at C, 2W at 2C and W at 3C from the left support. The maxim…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedFor a given stress, the ratio of the moment of resistance of a square beam placed with two sides horizontal to…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA shear force diagram is a right-angled triangle: zero at the free (right) end and rising linearly to wl at th…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe most efficient and economical section used as a beam is:Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedA beam carrying a UDL has two equal overhangs. For the maximum bending moment in the beam to be as small as po…Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedFor a given shear force across a symmetrical I-section, the intensity of shear stress is maximum at the:Structures · 1 min read
MCQ explainedThe maximum bending moment for a simply supported beam with a uniformly distributed load w per unit length is:Structures · 1 min read