A rod of uniform cross-sectional area 10 mm2, weighing 5 kg and length 2 m is suspended vertically from a fixed support. What is the elongation produced in the rod?

(Young's modulus for rod = 2 x 1011 N/m2)

  • 50 x 10-6 m

  • 10-4 m

  • 15 x 10-6 m

  • 25 x 10-6 m

Unit of tensile strain is:

  • meter

  • newton-metre

  • meter2

  • Unitless

Compressibility of a substance is equal to reciprocal of:

  • Bulk modulus

  • Young's modulus

  • Rigidity modulus

  • Poisson's ratio

For two different material wires of the same dimensions, Young's modulus is:

                                  

  • Higher for A

  • Higher for B

  • Same for both

  • Infinite for both

When a load of 1 kg is hung from the wire, then the extension of 2 mm is produced. Then work done by restoring force is:

  • 200 mJ

  • 400 mJ

  • 10 mJ

  • 20 mJ

The longitudinal strain is possible in:

  • Liquid

  • Solid

  • Gasses

  • All of these

Breaking stress of a steel wire of length L and radius r is F. If its radius is doubled and length is halved, its new breaking stress will be:

  • 2F

  • F

  • F/2

  • 4F

Compressed rubber ball has:

  • decreased potential energy.

  • increased potential energy.

  • decreased kinetic energy.

  • increased kinetic energy.

Stress vs strain graph for two different wires A and B are given. If YA and YB are Young's moduli of the materials, then:

                           

  •   YA = 3 YB

  •   3 YA = YB

  •   YA = 3 YB

  •   3 YA =  YB

Hooke's Law is obeyed within:

  • Elastic limit

  • Proportionality limit

  • Breaking point

  • Freezing point

The length of a wire is 2.01 m when 5 kg is hanging from it and 2.02 m when 10 kg is hanging, then the natural length of wire is:

  • 2 m

  • 1.95 m

  • 1.9 m

  • 2.005 m

Elongation in the wire of length L and Young's modulus of Y when blocks of weight W each are hung as shown below-

 

  •   WLAY

  •   2WLAY

  •   WL2AY

  •   14WLAY

A uniform rod suspended from the ceiling gets elongated by its own weight. Which one of the following graphs represents the variation of elongation with L length?

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The diagrams represent the potential energy U as a function of interatomic separation r. Which of the following diagrams corresponds to stable molecules found in nature?

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The maximum load that a wire can bear is W. If the wire is cut to half of its length, then the maximum load it can sustain is:

  •   W4

  •   W3

  •   W2

  •   W

Two wires X and Y of the same length are made of the same material. The figure represents the load F versus extension x graph for the two wires. Hence:

 

  • Modulus of elasticity of Y is greater than that of X.

  • Stiffness of Y is more than that of X.
  • The cross-sectional area of Y is less than that of X.
  • All of these

When a helical spring is stretched, then the kind of strain produced in it is:

  • Longitudinal

  • shear

  • Volumetric

  • Longitudinal and Shear 

If stress versus strain plot for a metal at two different temperatures T1 and T2 are shown below, then:

                            

  •   T1 > T2

  •   T1 < T2

  •   T1 = T2

  •   T1 = 1T2

A metallic rope of diameter 1 mm breaks at 10 N force. If the wire of the same material has a diameter of 2 mm, then the breaking force is:

  • 2.5 N
  • 5 N
  • 20 N
  • 40 N

In which of the following cases, an elastic metal rod will not undergo elongation?

  • The rod falls freely.

  • It is pulled with constant acceleration on a smooth surface.

  • It is pulled with constant velocity on a rough surface.

  • All of these

The ratio of Young's modulus of wire A to wire B:

                      

  •   3:1

  •   1:3

  •   3:1

  •   1:3

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of the reason (R).

 

A: Steel is more elastic than rubber.

R: Deformation in steel is less than rubber for equal forces.

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (1).

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (2).

  • If Assertion is a true statement but Reason is false, then mark (3).

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of the reason (R)

 

A: Hooke's law is applicable up to the elastic limit.

R: Up to the elastic limit stress is directly proportional to strain.

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (1).

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (2).

  • If Assertion is a true statement but Reason is false, then mark (3).

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of the reason (R)

 

A: Air is more elastic than iron.

R: Elasticity is directly proportional to Bulk modulus and the Bulk modulus of air is more than that of steel

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (1).

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (2).

  • If Assertion is a true statement but Reason is false, then mark (3).

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of the reason (R)

 

A: Almost for all metals, the modulus of elasticity decreases with a rise in temperature.

R: By increasing temperature, the intermolecular force decreases.

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (1).

  • If both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (2).

  • If Assertion is a true statement but Reason is false, then mark (3).

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).

The Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.4. If a force is applied to a wire of this material, there is a decrease in the cross-section area by 2%. In such a case the percentage increase in its length will be:

  • 3%

  • 2.5%

  • 1%

  • 0.5%

For a given material, Young's modulus is 2.4 times the modulus of rigidity. Its Poisson's ratio is-

  • 0.1

  • 0.15

  • 0.2

  • 0.4

A wire of length L, area of cross section A is hanging from a fixed support. The length of the wire changes to L1 when mass M is suspended from its free end. The expression for Young's modulus is:

  •  Mg(L1-L)AL

  •  MgLAL1

  •  MgLA(L1-L)

  •  MgL1AL

A steel wire of length 4.7 m and cross-sectional area 3.0 × 10-5 m2 is stretched by the same amount as a copper wire of length 3.5 m and cross-sectional area of 4.0 × 10-5 m2under a given load. The ratio of Young’s modulus of steel to that of copper is:

1 1.79 : 12 1: 1.793 1: 14 1.97 : 1

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The figure shows the strain-stress curve for a given material. What is Young’s modulus for this material?

 

 

1 7.5×1011 N m-22 7.5×1010 N m-23 7.5×109 N m-24 7.5×10-10 N m-2

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