Solids - NEET Physics Questions
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: easy

Young’s modulus of the material of a wire of length ‘L’ and radius ‘r’ in ‘Y’ \[N/m^{2}\]. If the length in reduced to L/2 and radius to r/2, the Young modulus will be :

1. Y
2. 2Y
3. Y/4
4. Y/2
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Question 3: 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 4: difficult

The interatomic distance for a metal is

\[3.6\times 10^{-10}m\].

If the interatomic force constant is

\[3.6\times 10^{-9}\]

N/Å then the young’s modulus in

\[N/m^{2}\]

will be :

1. \[1.2\times 10^{11}\]
2. \[4.2\times 10^{11}\]
3. \[10.8\times 10^{8}\]
4. \[2.4\times 10^{10}\]
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Question 5: easy

The load versus elongation graph for four wires of the same material is shown in the figure. The thickest wire is represented by the line :

1. OD
2. OC
3. OB
4. OA
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Question 6: easy

The stress versus strain graphs for wires of two materials A and B are as shown in the figure. If \[Y_{A}andY_{B}\] are the Young’s modulus of the materials then :

1. \[Y_{B}=2Y_{A}\]
2. \[Y_{A}=Y_{B}\]
3. \[Y_{B}=3Y_{A}\]
4. \[Y_{A}=3Y_{B}\]
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Question 7: 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 be [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 8: 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 cross–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 9: 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 10: 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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