A 5 metre long wire is fixed to the ceiling. A weight of 10 kg is hung at the lower end and is 1 metre above the floor. The wire was elongated by 1 mm. The energy stored in the wire due to stretching is:

  • Zero                                 

  • 0.05 joule

  • 100 joule                          

  • 500 joule

If the force constant of a wire is K, the work done in increasing the length of the wire by l is

  •  Kl/2                                   

  •  Kl

  •  Kl2/2                                 

  •  Kl2

When strain is produced in a body within elastic limit, its internal energy

  • Remains constant                  
  • Decreases
  • Increases                               
  • None of the above

The ratio of Young's modulus of the material of two wires is 2 : 3. If the same stress is applied on both, then the ratio of elastic energy per unit volume will be-

  • 3 : 2                                   

  • 2 : 3

  • 3 : 4                                   

  • 4 : 3

The stress versus strain graphs for wires of two materials A and B are as shown in the figure. If YA and YB are the Young ‘s modulii of the materials, then

 

  •  YB=2YA

  •  YA=YB

  •  YB=3YA

  •  YA=3YB

If a spring extends by x on loading, then the energy stored by the spring is (if T is tension in the spring and k is spring constant)

  •  T22x                                     

  •  T22k

  •  2xT2                                     

  •  2T2k

A stretched rubber has:

  • increased kinetic energy.

  • increased potential energy.

  • decreased kinetic energy.

  • decreased potential energy.

When load of 5kg is hung on a wire then extension of 3m takes place, then work done will be

  • 75 joule                            

  • 60 joule

  • 50 joule                             

  • 100 joule

Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. The first wire has a cross-sectional area A and the second wire has a cross-sectional area 3A. If the length of the first wire is increased by l on applying a force F, how much force is needed to stretch the second wire by the same amount?

  • 9F

  • 6F

  • 4F

  • F

Copper of fixed volume 'V' is drawn into a wire of length 'l'. When this wire is subjected to a constant force 'F', the extension produced in the wire is 'Δl'. Which of the following graph is a straight line?

  •  l vs 1l

  •  l vs l2

  •  l vs 1l2

  •  l vs l

The following four wires are made of the same material. Which of these will have the largest extension when the same tension is applied?
  • length = 100 cm, diameter = 1 mm
  • length = 200 cm, diameter = 2 mm
  • length = 300 cm, diameter = 3 mm
  • length = 50 cm, diameter = 0.5 mm

When a block of mass M is suspended by a long wire of length L, the length of the wire becomes (L+l). The elastic potential energy stored in the extended wire is:

  •  12MgL

  • Mgl

  • MgL

  •  12Mgl

A cylindrical wire of radius 1 mm, length 1m, Young's modulus =2×1011 N/m2, poisson's ratio μ=π/10 is stretched by a force of 100 N. Its radius will become?

  •   0.99998 mm

  •   0.99999 mm

  •   0.99997 mm

  •   0.99995 mm

Which of the following relation is true?

  •   3Y = k1 - σ  

  •   K = 9ηYY + η  

  •   σ = 6K + ηY  

  •   σ = 0.5 Y - ηη

Practically range of Possion’s ratio σ is

  • 0.5 to 1

  • –1 to 0.5

  • 0 to 0.5

  • –0.5 to 0

The Poisson ratio cannot have value

  • 0.7

  • 0.2

  • 0.1

  • 0.5

The stress-strain curves are drawn for two different materials X and Y. It is observed that the ultimate strength point and the fracture point are close to each other for material X but are far apart for material Y. We can say that the materials X and Y are likely to be: (respectively)

  • ductile and brittle.

  • brittle and ductile.

  • brittle and plastic.

  • plastic and ductile.

If Young modulus (Y) equal to bulk modulus (B). Then the Poisson ratio is :

  •  13

  •  23

  •  12

  •  14

Bridges are declared unsafe after a long time of their use due to:

  • Elastic after effect

  • Elastic fatigue

  • Plasticity

  • Both (1) & (2)

The Young's modulus of a wire is numerically equal to the stress at a point when:

  • the strain produced in the wire is equal to unity.

  • the length of the wire gets doubled.

  • the length increases by 100%.

  • All of these

A steel wire is fixed at its one end on the roof. At other ends of the wire, 1 kg mass is hanged so that the energy stored in the wire is E. The energy stored in the same wire if we hang 2 kg mass instead of 1 kg is:

  • 2E

  • 4E

  • 8E

  • E

The bulk modulus of a rubber ball is 9×108 N/m2. To what depth below the surface of the sea, should the ball be taken so as to decrease its volume by 0.1%?

  • 1 m

  • 10 m

  • 90 m

  • 1 km

What is the value of Poisson's ratio for an incompressible material?

  • Zero

  • 0.2

  • 0.5

  • Infinite

If the Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.5, then its bulk modulus is equal to:

  • Zero

  • Young's modulus

  • Infinite

  • Three times Young's modulus

A uniform wire of cross-sectional area A is stretched by a certain force so that its length is elongated by x. What should be the cross-sectional area of the wire, so that elongation becomes x2 on applying the same force?

  • A

  • 2A

  • 4A

  • 8A

A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of 100 N. If the elastic energy stored in the wire is 0.1 J. The elongation in the wire is:

  • 1 mm

  • 2 mm

  • 3 mm

  • 4 mm

Breaking stress of a wire of length L and radius r is B. If another wire made of the same material has length 2L and radius 2r, its breaking stress will be:

  • 2B

  •  B4

  • B

  • 4B

If E is the energy stored per unit volume in a wire having Young's modulus of the material Y, then stress applied is:

  •   2EY

  •   2EY

  •   12EY

  •   32EY

Two wires of the same material have lengths in the ratio of 1: 2. If they are stretched by applying equal forces, the increase in lengths is the same. The ratio of their respective radii is:

  • 1: 1

  • 1: 2

  • 1: 2

  • 2: 1

The value of Poisson's ratio cannot be:

  • 0.05

  • 0.32

  • 0.63

  • 0.49

0:0:1


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