1. The impact strength of an material is an index of its a. Toughness b. Tensile strength c. Capability of being cold worked d. Hardness e.

Fatigue strength 2. If a material expands freely due to heating, it will develop a. Thermal stress b. Tensile stress c. Bending d. Compressive stress e. No stress 3. Ductility of material can be defined as a. Ability to undergo large permanent deformation in compression b. Ability to recover its original form c. Ability to undergo large permanent deformation in tension d. All of the above e. None of the above 4. Stress is expressed as: (P = Load & A = Area): (a) P/A (b) A/P (c) A.P. (d) AAP 5. The strain at a point is a (a) Scalar (b) Vector (c) Tensor (d) None of these. 6. A brittle material has: (a) Large plastic zone (b) No plastic zone (c) No elastic zone (d) Very little elastic zone.

7: A body having similar properties throughout its volume is said to be : (a) Isentropic (b) Anisotropic (c) Isotropic (d) Homogeneous. 8: ln an elastic material stress is: (a) Directly proportional to strain (b) Not proportional to strain (c) Unrelated to strain (d) Sometimes proportional to strain. 9: The maximum shear strain occurs on: (a) 90 with principal planes (b) 45 with principal planes (c) Principal planes (d) Independent of the principal planes. 10: Tensile stress is: (a) Stress caused by varying load. (b) Stress due to any force (c) Stress due to change in length under a load. (d) Stress measured by the ratio of the increase or decrease in length of the unloaded piece under Tensile force. 11: A material which recovers fully after unloading but not instantaneously is known as (a) Plastic (b) Elastic (c) An elastic (d) Inelastic 12: Rocks indicates their deformation under loads is related with: (a) Modulus of elasticity (b) Hooks law (c) Youngs modulus (d) All the above.
13. Figure-out the odd point in the following (a) Proportinal limit (b) Elastic limit (c) Yeild point (d) Fracture point

14. Value of Poissons ratio for ionic solids in the range of (a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.4

15. In terms of Poisson's ratio () the ratio of Young's Modulus (E) to Shear Modulus (G) of elastic materials is: 16 The relationship between Young's modulus (E), Bulk modulus (K) and Poisson's ratio () is given by: (a) E = 3 K (1 2 ) (b) K = 3 E (1 2 ) (c) E = 3 K (1 ) (d) K = 3 E (1 )

17. A test specimen is stressed slightly beyond the yield point and then unloaded. Its yield strength will: a) Decrease (b) Increase (c) Remains same (d) Becomes equal to ultimate tensile strength 18. If the value of Poisson's ratio is zero, then it means that (a) The material is rigid. (b) The material is perfectly plastic. (c) There is no longitudinal strain in the material (d) The longitudinal strain in the material is infinite 19. For a linearly elastic, isotropic and homogeneous material, the number of elastic constants required to relate stress and strain is: a)Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Six

20. If a material had a modulus of elasticity of 2.1 106 kgf/cm2 and a modulus of rigidity of 0.8 106 kgf/cm2 then the approximate value of the Poisson's ratio of the material would be: a)0.26 (b) 0.31 (c) 0.47 (d) 0.5

21. Match List I (Materials) with List II (Stress-Strain curves) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

Codes: (a) (c) A 3 2 B 1 4 C 4 3 D 1 1 (b) (d) A 3 4 B 2 1 C 4 3 D 2 2