Chapter 7

Mechanical Properties of Solids

Only One Option Correct Type Questions

1. One end of a horizontal thick copper wire of length 2L and radius 2R is welded to an end of another horizontal
thin copper wire of length L and radius R. When the arrangement is stretched by applying forces at two ends,
the ratio of the elongation in the thin wire to that in the thick wire is [JEE (Adv)-2013 (Paper-1)]
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.50
(C) 2.00 (D) 4.00

One or More Option(s) Correct Type Questions

2. In plotting stress versus strain curves for two materials P and Q,a student by mistake puts strain on the
y-axis and stress on the x-axis as shown in the figure. Then the correct statement(s) is (are)
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Strain

P
Q

Stress

(A) P has more tensile strength than Q (B) P is more ductile than Q
(C) P is more brittle than Q (D) The Young's modulus of P is more than that of Q

Integer / Numerical Value Type Questions

3. Steel wire of length 'L' at 40°C is suspended from the ceiling and then a mass 'm' is hung from its free end.
The wire is cooled down from 40°C to 30°C to regain its original length 'L'. The coefficient of linear thermal
expansion of the steel is 10–5/°C, Young's modulus of steel is 1011 N/m2 and radius of the wire is 1 mm.
Assume that L >> diameter of the wire. Then the value of 'm; in kg is nearly. [IIT-JEE-2011 (Paper-1)]
4. A block of weight 100 N is suspended by copper and steel wires of same cross sectional area 0.5 cm 2 and,
length 3 m and 1 m, respectively. Their other ends are fixed on a ceiling as shown in figure. The angles
subtended by copper and steel wires with ceiling are 30° and 60°, respectively. If elongation in copper wire is
l
( lc ) and elongation in steel wire is ( l s ), then the ratio c is ____. [JEE (Adv)-2019 (Paper-1)]
ls
[Young’s modulus for copper and steel are 1 × 1011 N/m2 and 2 × 1011 N/m2, respectively.]

60° 30°
Steel wire Copper wire
1m 3 m

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5. A cubical solid aluminium (bulk modulus = V = 70 GPa) block has an edge length of 1 m on the surface
dV
of the earth. It is kept on the floor of a 5 km deep ocean. Taking the average density of water and the
acceleration due to gravity to be 103 kg m–3 and 10 ms–2, respectively, the change in the edge length of the
block in mm is _____. [JEE (Adv)-2020 (Paper-2)]

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