Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Subject: Strength of Materials-I

Semester: 3rd
Multiple Choice Questions
Unit No-6
Course Outcome:
CO6: Apply the appropriate method to determine slope and deflection of various beam
sections.
1. A simply supported laterally loaded beam was found to deflect more than a specified
value. Which of the following measures will reduce the deflection?
(a) Increase the area moment of inertia
(b) Increase the span of the beam
(c) Select a different material having lesser modulus of elasticity
(d) Magnitude of the load to be increased
2. A cantilever beam of rectangular cross-section is subjected to a load W at its free end.
If the depth of the beam is doubled and the load is halved, the deflection of the free
end as compared to original deflection will be:
(a) Half
(b) One-eighth
(c) One-sixteenth
(d) Double
3. A cantilever beam carries a load W uniformly distributed over its entire length. If the
same load is placed at the free end of the same cantilever, then the ratio of maximum
deflection in the first case to that in the second case will be:
(a) 3/8
(b) 8/3
(c) 5/8
(d) 8/5
4. A simply supported beam of rectangular section 4 cm by 6 cm carries a mid-span
concentrated load such that the 6 cm side lies parallel to line of action of loading;
 deflection under the load is δ. If the beam is now supported with the 4 cm side parallel
to line of action of loading, the deflection under the load will be:
(a) 0.44 δ
(b) 0.67 δ
(c) 1.5 δ
(d) 2.25 δ
5. A simply supported beam carrying a concentrated load W at mid-span deflects by δ1
under the load. If the same beam carries the load W such that it is distributed
uniformly over entire length and undergoes a deflection δ2 at the mid span. The ratio
δ1: δ2 is:
(a) 2: 1
(b) √2 : 1
(c) 1: 1
(d) 1: 2
6. Which one of the following is represented by the area of the S.F diagram from one
end upto a given location on the beam?
(a) B.M. at the location
(b) Load at the location
(c) Slope at the location
(d) Deflection at the location
7. By conjugate beam method, the slope at any section of an actual beam is equal to:
(a) EI times the S.F. of the conjugate beam
(b) EI times the B.M. of the conjugate beam
(c) S.F. of conjugate beam
(d) B.M. of the conjugate beam
8. In a cantilever beam, if the length is doubled while keeping the cross-section and the
concentrated load acting at the free end the same, the deflection at the free end will
increase by
(a) 2.66 times
(b) 3 times
(c) 6 times
(d) 8 times

9. The deflection due to couple M at the free end of a cantilever length L is

 ML
(a)
EI
2 ML
(b)
EI
M L2
(c)
2 EI
M2 L
(d)
2 EI
10. The shape of the bending moment diagram over the length of a beam, having no
external load, is always
(a) Linear
(b) Parabolic
(c) Cubic
(d) Circular
11. The ratio of the maximum deflections of a beam simply supported at its ends with an
isolated central load and that of with a uniformly distributed load over its entire
length, is
(a) 1
(b) 15/24
(c) 24/15
(d) 2/3

12. The shape of the bending moment diagram over the length of a beam, carrying a
uniformly distributed load is always
(a) Linear
(b) Parabolic
(c) Cubic
(d) Circular
13. If the width of a simply supported beam carrying an isolated load at its centre is
doubled, the deflection of the beam at the centre is changed by
(a) ½
(b) 1/8
(c) 2
(d) 8
14. The deflection of any rectangular beam simply supported, is
(a) directly proportional to its weight
 (b) inversely proportional to its width
(c) inversely proportional to the cube of its depth
(d) directly proportional to the cube of its length
15. A simply supported beam of span l is carrying point load W at the mid span. What is
the deflection at the centre of the beam?
W l2
(a)
48 EI
W l3
(b)
48 EI
5 W l3
(c)
384 EI
11W l 3
(d)
120 EI
16. A simply supported beam of span l is carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per
unit run over the whole span. The maximum deflection in this case is given by
W l4
(a)
48 EI
W l3
(b)
30 EI
5 W l4
(c)
384 EI
W l4
(d)
384 EI
17. The slope and deflection at a section in a loaded beam can be found out by which of
the following methods?
(a) Double integration method
(b) Moment area method
(c) Macaulay’s method
(d) Any of the above
18. The amount of deflection of a beam subjected to some type of loading depends upon
(a) Cross-section
(b) Bending moment
(c) Either (a) and (b)
(d) Both (a) and (b)
19. At a certain section at a distance 'x' from one of the supports of a simply supported
beam, the intensity of loading, bending moment and shear force arc W x, Mx and Vx
respectively. If the intensity of loading is varying continuously along the length of
the beam, then the invalid relation is:
Mx
(a) Slope Qx =
Vx
DMx
(b) Vx =
dx
d2 M x
(c) Wx =
d x2
dV x
(d) Wx =
dx
20. A simply supported beam of span 4 m carries a u.d.l of 30 kN/m throughout. If EI =
25000 kN-m2, the maximum deflection of the beam is
(a) 0.5 mm
(b) 1.5 mm
(c) 3.5 mm
(d) 4.0 mm