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Question 1: moderate

If the ratio of lengths, radii and Young’s modulii of steel and brass wires in the figures are a, b and c respectively. Then the corresponding ratio of increase in their lengths would be :

 

1. \[\frac{a}{b^{2}c}\]
2. \[\frac{3a}{2b^{2}c}\]
3. \[\frac{3c}{2ab^{2}}\]
4. \[\frac{2a^{2}c}{b}\]
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Question 2: moderate

The Young’s Modulus of a wire in numerically equal to the stress which will :

1. not change the length of the wire
2. double the length of the wire
3. increase the length by 50%
4. change the radius of the wire to half
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Question 3: moderate

An elevator cable’s maximum stress is \[11\times 10^{7}N/m^{2}\] Its maximum upward acceleration is \[1.2m/s^{2}\]. If the cable has to support the total weight of 2000kg of a loaded elevator, the area of cross-section of the cable should beย [Take g = \[9.8m/s^{2}\]]

1. \[3.22cm^{2}\]
2. \[2cm^{2}\]
3. \[0.32cm^{2}\]
4. \[5cm^{2}\]
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Question 4: moderate

Young modulus of elasticity of brass is 10^11 N/m2. The increase in its energy on pressing a rod of length 0.1 m and crossโ€“sectional area 1 cm2 made of brass with a force of 10 kg along its length, will be …………

1. \[4.85\times 10^{-5}J\]
2. \[5.4\times 10^{-8}J\]
3. \[4.8\times 10^{-6}J\]
4. \[3\times 10^{-5}J\]
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Question 5: moderate

The diameter of a brass rod is 4 mm and Young’s modulus of brass is \[9\times 10^{10}N/m^{2}\]. The force required to stretch by 0.1% of its length is :

1. \[360\pi N\]
2. 36N
3. \[144\pi\times 10^{3}N\]
4. \[36\pi\times 10^{5}N\]
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Question 6: moderate

The approximate depth of an ocean is 2700 m. The compressibility of water is \[45.4\times10^{-11}Pa^{-1}\] and density of water is \[10^{3}kg/m^{3}\]. What fractional compression of water will be obtained at the bottom of the ocean ?

1. \[1.0\times 10^{-2}\]
2. \[1.2\times 10^{-2}\]
3. \[1.4\times 10^{-2}\]
4. \[0.8\times 10^{-2}\]
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Question 7: moderate

Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. However wire 1 has cross-sectional area A and wire 2 has cross-sectional area 3A. If the length of wire 1 increases by \[\Delta x\] on applying force F, how much force is needed to stretch wire 2 by the same amount ?

1. 6F
2. 9F
3. F
4. 4F
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Question 8: moderate

Two wires are made of same material and have same volume. However wire -1 has cross-sectional area A and wire-2 has cross-sectional area 3A. If length of wire -1 increases by \[\Delta x\] on applying force F, how much force is needed to stretch wire-2 by same amount ?

1. F
2. 4F
3. 6F
4. 9F
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Question 9: moderate

If \[\rho\] is density of the material of a wire and \[\sigma\] is the breaking stress, the greatest length of the wire that can hang freely without breaking is :

1. \[\frac{2\sigma}{\rho g}\]
2. \[\frac{\rho}{\sigma g}\]
3. \[\frac{\rho g}{2\sigma}\]
4. \[\frac{\sigma}{\rho g}\]
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Question 10: moderate

Two wires of the same material & length but diameters in the ratio 1 : 2 are stretched by the same force. The potential energy per unit volume for the two wires when stretched will be in the ratio :

1. 16 : 1
2. 4 : 1
3. 2 : 1
4. 1 : 1
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