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Stress - Strain - Level I Q5. A light rod of length 2m is suspended from the
ceiling horizontally by means of two vertical wires of
Q1. The breaking stress of a wire depends upon: equal length. A weight W is hung from the light rod as
1. material of the wire. shown in the figure. The rod is hung by means of a steel
2. length of the wire. wire of cross-sectional area A = 0. 1 cm and brass
1
2

3. radius of the wire. wire of cross-sectional area A = 0. 2 cm . To have

2
2

4. shape of the cross-section. equal stress in both wires, T /T =?

1 2

Q2. A force F is needed to break a copper wire having

radius R. The force needed to break a copper wire of
radius 2R will be:
1. F/2
2. 2F
3. 4F
4. F/4

Q3. A steel cable with a radius of 1.5 cm supports a 1. 1/3

chairlift at a ski area. If the maximum stress is not to 2. 1/4
exceed 108 N/m2, what is the maximum load that the 3. 4/3
cable can support? 4. 1/2
1. 7.06 x 104 N
Q6. To break a wire, a force of 10 N /m is required. If
6 2

2. 5.03 x 104 N
the density of the material is 3 × 10 kg/m , then the
3 3

3. 1.09 x 104 N length of the wire which will break by its own weight
4. 17 x 104 N will be:
1. 34 m
Q4. The breaking stress of a wire going over a smooth 2. 30 m
pulley in the following question is 2 × 10 N/m . What 3. 300 m
9 2

would be the minimum radius of the wire used if it is not 4. 3 m

to break?
Q7. A uniform wire of length 3m and mass 10 kg
is suspended vertically from one end and loaded at
another end by a block of mass 10 kg. The radius of the
cross-section of the wire is 0.1 m. The stress in the
middle of the wire is: (g = 10 ms )
−2

1. 1.4 x 10 N/m
4 2

2. 4.8 x 10 N/m
3 2

3. 96 x 10 N/m
4 2

4. 3.5 x 10 N/m
3 2

Q8. lf ρ is the density of the material of a wire and σ is

the breaking stress, the greatest length of the wire that
can hang freely without breaking is:
1. 0. 46 × 10
−6
m 1. 2

ρg

2. 0. 46 × 10
−4
m 2.
ρ

σg

3. 0. 46 × 10
8
m ρg
3.
4. 0. 46 × 10
−11
m
2σ

4. σ

ρg

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Q9. The breaking stress of a wire depends on: Q13. A rod of length 1.05 m having negligible mass is
1. Length of the wire supported at its ends by two wires of steel (wire A) and
2. Applied force aluminium (wire B) of equal lengths as shown in the
3. The material of the wire figure. The cross-sectional areas of wires A and B are
4. Area of the cross-section of the wire 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm , respectively. At what point
2 2

along the rod should a mass m be suspended in order to

Q10. One end of a uniform wire of length L and of produce equal stresses in both steel and aluminium
weight W is attached rigidly to a point in the roof and a wires?
weight W1 is suspended from its lower end. If A is the
area of cross-section of the wire , the stress in the wire at
a height 3L/4 from its lower end is :-
W+W1
1. A
4W+W1
2. 3A
3W+W1
3. 4A
3

W+W1

4.
4

Q11. A wire can sustain a weight of 10 kg before

breaking. If the wire is cut into two equal parts, then 1. 0.7 m from wire A
each part can sustain a weight of: 2. 0.07 m from wire A
1. 2.5 kg 3. 7.0 m from wire A
2. 5 kg 4. 0.007 m from wire A
3. 10 kg
4. 15 kg Q14. Anvils made of single crystals of diamond, with
the shape as shown in the figure, are used to investigate
Stress - Strain - Level II the behaviour of materials under very high pressures.
Flat faces at the narrow end of the anvil have a diameter
Q12. A cube of aluminium of sides 0.1 m is subjected to of 0.50 mm, and the wide ends are subjected to a
a shearing force of 100 N. The top face of the cube is compressional force of 50,000 N. What is the pressure at
displaced through 0.02 cm with respect to the bottom the tip of the anvil?
face. The shearing strain would be
1. 0.02
2. 0.1
3. 0.005
4. 0.002

11
1. 2. 5 × 10 Pa

2. 3.7×1011 Pa
3. 2.1×1011 Pa
4. 1.9×1011 Pa

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Q15. A 1000 kg lift is tied with metallic wires of Hooke's Law - Level II
maximum safe stress of 1.4 × 108 N m-2. If the
maximum acceleration of the lift is 1.2 m s-2, then the Q20. The length of elastic string, obeying Hooke's law
minimum diameter of the wire is: is l metres when the tension is 4N, and l metres when
1 2

1. 1 m the tension is 5N. The length in metres when the tension

2. 0.1 m is 0N will be-
3. 0.01 m 1. 5l − 4l
1 2

4. 0.001 m 2. 5l − 4l
2 1

3. 9l − 8l
1 2

Q16. The ratio of lengths of two rods A and B of the 4. 9l − 8l 2 1

same material is 1: 2 and the ratio of their radii is 2: 1.

The ratio of modulus of rigidity of A and B will be: Stress - Strain Curve - Level I
1. 4: 1
2. 16: 1 Q21. The stress versus strain graph is shown for two
3. 8: 1 wires. If Y1 and Y2 are Young modulus of wire A and B
4. 1: 1
respectively, then the correct option is

Hooke's Law - Level I

Q17. The length of an elastic string is 'a' metre when the
longitudinal tension is 4 N and 'b' metre when the
longitudinal tension is 5 N. The length of the string in
metre when the longitudinal tension is 9 N will be:
1. a - b
2. 5b - 4a
3. 2b - a
1 1. Y1 > Y2
4

4. 4a - 3b 2. Y2 > Y1
3. Y1 = Y2
Q18. Hooke's law is applicable for: 4. Cannot say
1. Elastic materials only
2. Plastic materials only Q22. The stress-strain curves are drawn for two different
3. Elastomers only materials X and Y. It is observed that the ultimate
4. All of these strength point and the fracture point are close to each
other for material X but are far apart for material Y. We
Q19. Two wires of copper having length in the ratio of can say that the materials X and Y are likely to be:
4: 1 and radii ratio of 1: 4 are stretched by the same (respectively)
force. The ratio of longitudinal strain in the two will be: 1. ductile and brittle.
1. 1: 16 2. brittle and ductile.
2. 16: 1 3. brittle and plastic.
3. 1: 64 4. plastic and ductile.
4. 64: 1

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Q23. The stress-strain graphs for materials A and B are Q26. On withdrawing the external applied force on
shown in the figure. Young’s modulus of material A is bodies within the elastic limit, the body:
(the graphs are drawn to the same scale): 1. regains its previous state very quickly.
2. regains its previous state after some time.
3. regains its previous state after a very long time.
4. does not regain its previous state.

1. equal to material B
2. less than material B
3. greater than material B
4. can't say

Q24. The stress versus strain graphs for wires of two

materials A and B are as shown in the figure. If
YA and Y are the Young's moduli of the materials,
B

then

1. Y B = 2YA

2. Y A
= YB

3. Y B = 3YA

4. Y A
= 3YB

Q25. If two different types of rubber are found to have

stress-strain curves as shown, then:

1. A is suitable for shock absorbers.

2. B is suitable for shock absorbers.
3. B is suitable for car tyres.
4. None of these

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Q27. The elongation (x) of a steel wire varies with the Q28. The stress-strain curve for two materials A and B
elongating force (F) according to the graph: (within are as shown in the figure. Select the correct statement-
elastic limit)

1. Material A is less brittle and less elastic as compared

to B
2. Material A is more ductile and less elastic
as compared to B
1. 3. Material A is less brittle and more elastic than B
4. Material B is more brittle and more elastic than A

Q29. Three wires A, B, C made of the same material and

radius have different lengths. The graphs in the figure
show the elongation-load variation. The longest wire is

2.

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. All

Stress - Strain Curve - Level II

Q30. The figure shows the graph between stress and
3. strain for a uniform wire at two different temperatures.
Then:

1. T > T
1 2

2. T > T
2 1

3. T = T
1 2

4. 4. None of these

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Q31. The figure shows the stress-strain curve for a given Q33. The strain-stress curves of three wires of different
material. The approximate yield strength for this materials are shown in the figure. P, Q and R are the
material is: elastic limits of the wires. The figure shows that

1. Elasticity of wire P is maximum

2. Elasticity of wire Q is maximum
3. Tensile strength of R is maximum
8 −2
4. None of the above is true
1. 3 × 10 N m

2. 2×108 N m-2
Young's modulus - Level I
3. 4×108 N m-2
4. 1.0×108 N m-2 Q34. Steel and copper wires of the same length and area
are stretched by the same weight one after the other.
Q32. Two wires X and Y of the same length are made of Young's modulus of steel and copper are
the same material. The figure represents the load F 2 × 10 N /m and 1. 2 × 10 N /m . The ratio of
11 2 11 2

versus extension Δx graph for the two wires. Hence: increase in length is:
1. 2

2. 3

3. 5

4.
5

Q35. A steel ring of radius r and cross-section area A is

fitted onto a wooden disc of radius R(R>r). If Young's
modulus is E, then the force with which the steel ring is
expanded is:
1. Modulus of elasticity of Y is greater than that of X.
1. AE R

2. Stiffness of Y is more than that of X. r

3. The cross-sectional area of Y is less than that of X. 2. AE(

R−r

r
)

4. All of these
3. E R−r
( )
A A

4. Er

AR

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Q36. If the ratio of lengths, radii and Young's modulus Q40. A metallic rope of diameter 1 mm breaks at 10
of steel and brass wires in the figure are a, b and c N force. If the wire of the same material has a diameter
respectively, then the corresponding ratio of increase in of 2 mm, then the breaking force is:
their lengths will be: 1. 2.5 N
2. 5 N
3. 20 N
4. 40 N

Q41. In the CGS system, Young's modulus of a steel

wire is 2×1012 dyne/cm2. To double the length of a wire
of unit cross-section area, the force required is:
1. 4×106 dynes
2. 2×1012 dynes
3. 2×1012 newtons
4. 2×108 dynes
2

1. 2a c
Q42. On applying stress of 20 × 10 N/m , the length
8 2

2. 3a of a perfectly elastic wire is doubled. It's Young’s

2b c
2
modulus will be:
3. 2ac

2 1. 40 × 10 N /m 8 2
b

4.
3c

2ab
2
2. 20 × 10 N /m 8 2

3. 10 × 10 N /m 8 2

Q37. Two wires are made of the same material and have 4. 5 × 10 N /m 8 2

the same volume. The first wire has a cross-sectional

area A and the second wire has a cross-sectional area Q43. The area of cross-section of a wire of length 1.1
3A. If the length of the first wire is increased by Δl on metre is 1 mm . It is loaded with mass of 1 kg. If
2

applying a force F, how much force is needed to stretch Young's modulus of copper is 1. 1 × 10 N /m , then
11 2

the second wire by the same amount? the increase in length will be (If g = 10m/s ) 2

1. 9F 1. 0.01 mm
2. 6F 2. 0.075 mm
3. 4F 3. 0.1 mm
4. F 4. 0.15 mm
Q38. The Young's modulus of steel is twice that of brass. Q44. Copper of fixed volume 'V' is drawn into a wire of
Two wires of the same length and of the same area of length 'l'. When this wire is subjected to a constant force
cross-section, one of steel and another of brass are 'F', the extension produced in the wire is 'Δl'. Which of
suspended from the same roof. If we want the lower the following graph is a straight line?
ends of the wires to be at the same level, then the weight
1. Δl vs 1

added to the steel and brass wires must be in the ratio of: l

1. 1:2 2. Δl vs l
2

3. Δl
1
2. 2:1 vs
l
2

3. 4:1 4. Δl vs l
4. 1:1

Q39. The Young's modulus of a wire is

numerically equal to the stress at a point when:
1. the strain produced in the wire is equal to unity.
2. the length of the wire gets doubled.
3. the length increases by 100%.
4. All of these

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Young's modulus - Level II Q47. Overall changes in volume and radius of a uniform
cylindrical steel wire are 0.2% and 0.002% respectively
Q45. A uniform cylinder rod of length L, cross-sectional when subjected to some suitable force. Longitudinal
area A and Young's modulus Y is acted upon by the tensile stress acting on the wire is:
forces, as shown in the figure. The elongation of the rod (Y = 2. 0 × 10 Nm )
11 −2

is: 1. 3. 2 × 10 Nm 11 −2

2. 3. 2 × 10 Nm 7 −2

3. 3. 6 × 10 Nm 9 −2

4. 3.9×10 Nm 8 −2

Q48. Four identical hollow cylindrical columns of mild

1. 3F L steel support a big structure of a mass of 50,000 kg. The
5AY
inner and outer radii of each column are 30 cm and 60
2. 2F L

5AY
cm respectively. Assuming the load distribution to be
3. 2F L
uniform, the compressional strain of each column is:
8AY
(Given, Young's modulus of steel, Y = 2 × 10 Pa) 11

4. 8F L

3AY 1. 3.03×10-7
2. 2.8×10-6
Q46. Two wires of diameter 0.25 cm, one made of steel -7
and the other made of brass are loaded, as shown in the 3. 7.22×10
-6
figure. The unloaded length of the steel wire is 1.5 m 4. 4.34×10
and that of the brass wire is 1.0 m. The elongation of the
steel wire will be: Shear and bulk modulus - Level I
(Given that Young's modulus of the steel,
P a and Young's modulus of brass,
11
YS = 2 × 10
Q49. The bulk modulus of water is 2 × 10 N/m . The 9 2

P a)
11
YB
= 1 × 10
increase in pressure required to decrease the volume of
water sample by 0.1% is:-
1. 4 × 10 N /m
6 2

2. 2 × 10 N /m
6 2

3. 2 × 10 N /m
8 2

4. 8 × 10 N /m
6 2

Q50. The bulk modulus of rubber is 9. 8 × 10 N /m . 8 2

To what depth a rubber ball be taken in a lake so that its

volume is decreased by 0.1%?
1. 25 m
2. 100 m
1. 1. 5 × 10
−4
m
3. 200 m
4. 500 m
2. 0.5×10-4 m
3. 3.5×10-4 m Q51. A vessel of 1 × 10 m volume contains oil.
−3 3

4. 2.5×10-4 m When a pressure of 1. 2 × 10 N /m is applied on it,

5 2

then volume decreases by 0. 3 × 10 m . The bulk −6 3

modulus of oil is:

1. 1 × 10 N /m
6 2

2. 2 × 10 N /m
7 2

3. 4 × 10 N /m
8 2

4. 6 × 10 N /m
10 2

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Q52. A ball falling into a lake of depth 200 m shows a Q58. The bulk modulus of a spherical object is B. If it is
0.1% decrease in its volume at the bottom. What is the subjected to uniform pressure P, the fractional decrease
bulk modulus of the material of the ball? in radius will be:
1. 19. 6 × 10 N /m8 2
1. P

2. 19. 6 × 10 N /m−10 2

2. B

3. 19. 6 × 10 N /m10 2 3P

3.
3P

4. 19. 6 × 10 N /m−8 2 B

4. P

3B

Q53. The volume contraction of a solid copper cube, 10

cm on an edge, when Q59. A square lead slab of side 50 cm and thickness 10
subjected to a hydraulic pressure of 7.0×10 Pa is:
6
cm is subject to a shearing force (on its narrow face) of
(Bulk modulus of copper is 140 × 10 Pa.) 9. 0 × 10 N. The lower edge is riveted to the floor as
9 4

1. 3. 1 × 10 m
−2 3 shown in the figure below. How much will the upper
edge be displaced?
2. 9.1×10-3 cm3 9 −2
(Shear modulus of lead = 5. 6 × 10 N m )
3. 5.0×10-2 cm3
4. 7.9×10-2 cm3

Q54. The modulus of rigidity of the ideal liquid is:

1. Infinity
2. Zero
3. Unity
4. Some finite small non-zero constant value

Q55. The edge of an aluminium cube is 10 cm long. One 1. 0.16 mm

face of the cube is firmly fixed to a vertical wall. A mass 2. 1.8 mm
of 100 kg is then attached to the opposite face of the 3. 18 mm
cube. The shear modulus of aluminium is 25 GPa. What 4. 16 mm
is the vertical deflection of this face?
1. 4. 86 × 10
−6
m Shear and bulk modulus - Level II
2. 3.92×10-7 m
3. 3.01×10-6 m Q60. The density of metal at normal pressure is ρ. lts
density when it is subjected to an excess pressure P is ρ'.
4. 6.36×10-7 m ρ'
lf B is the bulk modulus of the metal, the ratio ρ
is:
Q56. The compressibility of water is 4 × 10 per unit 1.
−5 1

atmospheric pressure. The decrease in volume of 100 1−

B

cubic centimeter of water under a pressure of 100 2. 1 + B

atmosphere will be - 3. 1

1. 0.4 cc 1−
B

2. 4 × 10 cc −5

4. 2 + P

3. 0.025 cc B

4. 0.004 cc
Q61. What is the density of water at a depth where
Q57. A uniform cube is subjected to volume pressure is 80.0 atm, given that its density
compression. If each side is decreased by 1%, then bulk at the surface is 1.03×10 kg m ?
3 −3

3 −3
strain is: 1. 0. 021 × 10 kg m

1. 0.01 2. 4.022×105 kg m-3

2. 0.06 3. 3.034×104 kg m-3
3. 0.02
4. 1.034×103 kg m-3
4. 0.03

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Q62. Choose the correct statement. Poisson's Ratio - Level II

1. Breaking stress does not depend on the area of cross-
section. Q67. A uniform wire is held at one end and stretched
2. B > B
solid > B
gas , where B is the bulk modulus.
liquid
by applying force at the other end. If the product of the
3. Breaking load does not depend on the area of cross- length of wire and area of cross-section of the wire
section. remains unchanged, then Poisson's ratio of material of
4. Young's modulus always decreases on decreasing the the wire will be:
temperature. 1. 0
2. 0.50
Q63. When a spiral spring is stretched by suspending a 3. -0.5
load on it, the strain produced is called: 4. Infinity
1. Shearing
2. Longitudinal
3. Volume
Potential energy of wire - Level I
4. shearing and longitudinal
Q68. The work done in stretching an elastic wire per
unit volume is:
Poisson's Ratio - Level I 1. Stress × Strain
2. × Stress ×Strain
1

Q64. The increase in the length of a wire on stretching 2

is 0.04%. If Poisson's ratio for the material of wire is 3. 2 × strain × stress

0.5, then the diameter of the wire will: 4. Stress/Strain
1. decrease by 0.02%.
2. decrease by 0.01%. Q69. An elastic material of Young's modulus Y is
3. decrease by 0.04%. subjected to a stress S. The elastic energy stored per unit
4. increase by 0.03%. volume of the material is:
1. SY

Q65. The Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.4. If a force is 2. S

2

applied to a wire of this material, there is a decrease in 2Y

3.
S

the cross-section area by 2%. In such a case the 2Y

percentage increase in its length will be: 4. 2S

1. 3%
Y

2. 2.5% Q70. If E is the energy stored per unit volume in a

3. 1% wire having Y as Young's modulus of the material, then
4. 0.5% stress applied is:
1. √2 EY
Q66. A material has Poisson's ratio of 0.5. If a uniform
rod made of it suffers a longitudinal strain of 2 × 10 , 2. 2 EY
−3 √

what is the percentage increase in volume? 3. √EY 1

1. 2% 4.
3
√EY
2
2. 4%
3. 0% Q71. The Young's modulus of a wire is Y. If the energy
4. 5% per unit volume is E, then the strain will be:
1. √ 2E

2. √2EY
3. EY
4. E

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Q72. A wire of length L and cross-sectional area A is Q77. A wire of negligible mass and length 2m is
made of a material of Young's modulus Y. It is stretched stretched by hanging a 20 kg load to its lower end
by an amount x. The work done is - keeping its upper end fixed. If work done in stretching
1. Y xA
the wire is 50 J, then the strain produced in the wire will
2L
2 be:
2. Yx A

L 1. 0.5
2. 0.1
2

3.
Yx A

2L
2 3. 0.4
4. 2Y x A

4. 0.25
L

Q73. A 5 metre long wire is fixed to the ceiling. A Q78. When strain is produced in a body within elastic
weight of 10 kg is hung at the lower end and is 1 metre limit, its internal energy
above the floor. The wire was elongated by 1 mm. The 1. Remains constant
energy stored in the wire due to stretching is: 2. Decreases
1. Zero 3. Increases
2. 0.05 joule 4. None of the above
3. 100 joule
4. 500 joule

Q74. 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-
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3. 9 × 10 J 7

4. 4. 5 × 10 J 11
1. (1) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (4)
6. (1) 7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (3) 10. (4)
Potential energy of wire - Level II 11. (3) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (1) 15. (3)
16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (1)
Q76. If the force constant of a wire is K, the work done
21. (1) 22. (2) 23. (3) 24. (4) 25. (2)
in increasing the length of the wire by l is
1. Kl/2 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (3) 29. (3) 30. (1)
2. Kl 31. (1) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (2) 35. (2)
3. Kl /2
2
36. (2) 37. (1) 38. (2) 39. (4) 40. (4)
4. Kl 2
41. (2) 42. (2) 43. (3) 44. (2) 45. (4)
46. (1) 47. (4) 48. (3) 49. (2) 50. (2)
51. (3) 52. (1) 53. (3) 54. (2) 55. (2)
56. (1) 57. (4) 58. (4) 59. (1) 60. (1)
61. (4) 62. (1) 63. (4) 64. (1) 65. (2)
66. (3) 67. (2) 68. (2) 69. (2) 70. (1)
71. (1) 72. (3) 73. (2) 74. (1) 75. (2)
76. (3) 77. (4) 78. (3)

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