1000+ Strength of Materials Multiple Choice Questions and Answers - 1

Question: 1

The resistance offered by a loaded section of a bar per unit area, is called

(A) load

(B) intensity of stress

(C) strain

(D) stress

Question: 2

Influence lines are drawn for structures

(A) pin-jointed truss

(B) statistically determinate

(C) of any type

(D) none of these

Question: 3

Stress in members of statically determinate simple frames can be determined by

(A) graphical solution

(B) method of sections

(C) method of joints

(D) all the above

Question: 4

Hooke's law states that stress and strain are

(A) curvilinearly related

(B) directly proportional

(C) inversely proportional

(D) none of these

Question: 5

The stress at which extension of a material takes place more quickly as compared to the increase in load, is called

(A) elastic point

(B) yielding point

(C) breaking point

(D) plastic point