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Important Questions on Properties of Solids and Liquids

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The decrease in length of a metal bar of length L and cross-sectional area A when compressed with a load M along its length is ( Y= Young's modulus of the material of metal bar)
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A rubber cord of density d, Young's modulus Y and length L is suspended vertically. If the cord extends by a length 0.5L under its own weight, then L is
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In materials like aluminium and copper,  the correct order of magnitude of various elastic modulii is :
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A load of mass M kg is suspended from a steel wire of length 2 m and radius 1.0 mm in Searle's apparatus experiment. The increase in length produced in the wire is 4.0 mm. Now the load is fully immersed in a liquid of relative density 2. The relative density of the material of load is 8. The new value of increase in length of the steel wire is:
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The bulk modulus of a spherical object is B. If it is subjected to uniform pressure p, the fractional decrease in radius is
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A metal rod of length L and cross-sectional area A is heated through T °C. What is the force required to prevent the expansion of the rod lengthwise?
[Y = Young's modulus of the material of rod, α= coefficient of linear expansion]
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A thin 1 m long rod has a radius of 5 mm. A force of 50π×103 N is applied at one end to determine its Young's modulus. Assume that the force is exactly known. If the least count in the measurement of all lengths is 0.01 mm, which of the following statements is false?
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A steel wire of diameter 0.5 mm and Young's modulus 2×1011 N m-2 carries a load of mass M. The length of the wire with the load is 1.0 m. A vernier scale with 10 divisions is attached to the end of this wire. Next to the steel wire is a reference wire to which a main scale, of least count 1.0 mm, is attached. The 10 divisions of the vernier scale correspond to 9 divisions of the main scale. Initially, the zero of vernier scale coincides with the zero of main scale. If the load on the steel wire is increased by 1.2 kg, the vernier scale division which coincides with a main scale division is __________. Take g=10 m s-2 and π= 3.2.
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The Young's modulus of steel is twice that of brass. Two wires of same length and of same area of cross-section, one of steel and another of brass are suspended from the same roof. If we want the lower ends of the wires to be at the same level, then the weights added to the steel and brass wires must be in the ratio of:
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A solid sphere of radius r made of a soft material of bulk modulus K is surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area a floats on the surface of the liquid, covering entire cross-section of cylindrical container. When a mass m is placed on the surface of the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional decrement in the radius of the sphere drr , is:
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Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. The first wire has cross-sectional area A and the second wire has 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?
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A uniformly tapering conical wire is made from a material of Young's modulus Y and has a normal, unextended length L. The radii, at the upper and lower ends of this conical wire, have values R and 3R, respectively. The upper end of the wire is fixed to a rigid support and a mass M is suspended from its lower end. The equilibrium extended length, of this wire, would equal:
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A steel rail of length 5 m and area of cross section 40 cm2 is prevented from expanding along its length while the temperature rises by 10°C . If coefficient of linear expansion and Young's modulus of steel are 1.2×10-5  K-1 and 2×1011 N m-2 respectively, the force developed in the rail is approximately:
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A bottle has an opening of radius a and length b. A cork of length b and radius a+a where aa, is compressed to fit into the opening completely (see figure). If the bulk modulus of cork is B and the coefficient of friction between the bottle and cork is μ, then the force needed to push the cork into the bottle is

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Copper of fixed volume V is drawn into wire of length l. When this wire is subjected to a constant force F, the extension produced in the wire is l. Which of the following graph is a straight line?
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Young's moduli of two wires A and B are in the ratio  7:4 . Wire A is 2 m long and has radius R. Wire B is 1.5 m long and has radius 2 mm. If the two wires stretch by the same length for a given load, the value of R is close to:
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An external pressure P is applied on a cube at 0°C so that it is equally compressed from all sides. K is the bulk modulus of the material of the cube and α is its coefficient of linear expansion. Suppose we want to bring the cube to its original size by heating. The temperature should be raised by:
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A pendulum made of a uniform wire of cross sectional area A has time period T. When an additional mass M is added to its bob, the time period changes to TM . If the Young's modulus of the material of the wire is Y, then 1Y is equal to:
(g=gravitational acceleration)
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The length of elastic string obeying Hooke's law is l1 metres when the tension is 4 N and l2 metres when the tension is 5 N. The length in metres when the tension is 9 N is,