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Elasticity

27 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
27 MCQs

01
PYQ 2021
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A uniform heavy rod of weight , cross-sectional area and length is hanging from a fixed support. Young modulus of the material of the rod is . Neglecting the lateral contraction, find the elongation of rod due to its own weight :
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02
PYQ 2021
easy
physics ID: jee-main
Two wires of same length and radius are joined end to end and loaded. The Young's moduli of the materials of the two wires are and . The combination behaves as a single wire then its Young's modulus is :
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03
PYQ 2021
medium
physics ID: jee-main
Two separate wires A and B are stretched by 2 mm and 4 mm respectively, when they are subjected to a force of 2 N. Assume that both the wires are made up of same material and the radius of wire B is 4 times that of the radius of wire A. The length of the wires A and B are in the ratio of a : b. Then a/b can be expressed as 1/x where x is __________.
04
PYQ 2021
medium
physics ID: jee-main
If Y, K and η are the values of Young's modulus, bulk modulus and modulus of rigidity of any material respectively. Choose the correct relation for these parameters.
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05
PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: jee-main
With rise in temperature, the Young's modulus of elasticity
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changes erratically
2

remains unchanged

3
increases
4

decreases

06
PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: jee-main
One end of a metal wire is fixed to a ceiling and a load of 2 kg hangs from the other end. A similar wire is attached to the bottom of the load and another load of 1 kg hangs from this lower wire. Then the ratio of longitudinal strain of the upper wire to that of the lower wire will be:
07
PYQ 2024
hard
physics ID: jee-main
A wire of cross-sectional area , modulus of elasticity , and length is stretched between two vertical rigid supports.
When a mass of is suspended at the middle, it sags lower from its original position making angle radian on the points of support.
The value of is ____ (consider ).
(Given: )
wire and mass
08
PYQ 2024
easy
physics ID: jee-main
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A) : The property of body, by virtue of which it tends to regain its original shape when the external force is removed, is Elasticity.
Reason (R) : The restoring force depends upon the bonded inter atomic and inter molecular force of solid.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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(A) is false but (R) is true
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(A) is true but (R) is false
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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation (A)
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Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
09
PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: jee-main
The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is thrice the excess pressure inside a second soap bubble. The ratio between the volume of the first and the second bubble is :
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1 : 9
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1 : 3
3
1 : 81
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1 : 27
10
PYQ 2025
medium
physics ID: jee-main

is a peptide which is hydrolyzed to 2 amino acids and . when reacted with HNO gives lactic acid. when heated gives a cyclic structure as below:

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Alanine and Lysine
2
Alanine and Glycine
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Glycine and Alanine
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Valine and Glycine
11
PYQ 2025
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A sample of a liquid is kept at 1 atm. It is compressed to 5 atm which leads to change of volume of 0.8 cm . If the bulk modulus of the liquid is 2 GPa, the initial volume of the liquid was ______ litre. (Take 1 atm = Pa)
12
PYQ 2025
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A cylindrical rod of length 1 m and radius 4 cm is mounted vertically. It is subjected to a shear force of N at the top. Considering infinitesimally small displacement in the upper edge, the angular displacement of the rod axis from its original position would be: (shear moduli N/m )
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13
PYQ 2025
medium
physics ID: jee-main

A steel wire of length 2 m and Young's modulus is stretched by a force. If Poisson's ratio and transverse strain for the wire are and respectively, then the elastic potential energy density of the wire is , in SI units .

14
PYQ 2025
medium
physics ID: jee-main

Two slabs with square cross section of different materials with equal sides and thickness and such that and . Considering lower edges of these slabs are fixed to the floor, we apply equal shearing force on the narrow faces. The angle of deformation is . If the shear moduli of material 1 is , then shear moduli of material 2 is , where value of x is _______ .

15
PYQ 2025
medium
physics ID: jee-main
The length of a light string is 1.4 m when the tension on it is 5 N. If the tension increases to 7 N, the length of the string is 1.56 m. The original length of the string is ______ m.
16
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
Figure represents the extension ( ) of a wire of length , suspended from the ceiling of the room at one end and with a load connected to the other end. If the cross-sectional area of the wire is then the Young’s modulus of the wire is _____ N/m .
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17
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A string A of length 0.314 m and Young's modulus N/m² is connected to another string B of length and Young's modulus both twice of those of A. This series combination of strings is then suspended from a rigid support and its free end is fixed to a load of mass 0.8 kg. The net change in length of the combination is ______ mm. (radius of both the strings is 0.2 mm and acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s²)
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3
2
2
3
1.9
4
1
18
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
The increase in the pressure required to decrease the volume ( ) of water is N/m². The percentage decrease in the volume is ______. (Bulk modulus of water = N/m².)
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2 %
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3 %
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6 %
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4 %
19
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A copper wire of length 3 m is stretched by 3 mm by applying an external force. The volume of the wire is . The elastic potential energy stored in the wire in stretched condition would be _____J. (Given Young's modulus of copper = )}
20
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A cube has side length and modulus of rigidity . The displacement produced by a force of in the upper face of the cube is ____ \text{mm}.
21
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
Two wires as shown in the figure below, made of steel and have breaking stress of . Area of cross-section of upper wire is and of lower wire is . The maximum mass that can be added to pan without breaking any wire is _________ kg. (take )}

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56
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38
3
96
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5.6
22
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A uniform wire of length of weight is suspended from the roof with a weight at the other end. The stress in the wire at distance from the top is} where is the cross sectional area of the wire. The value of is ____.}
23
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
The Young's modulus of steel wire of radius and length is . If the radius and length of the wire are doubled then the value of :
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increases by two times
2
reduces by half
3
remains unchanged
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becomes one fourth
24
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A metal string A is suspended from a rigid support and its free end is attached to a block of mass M. Second block having mass 2M is suspended at the bottom of the first block using a string B. The area of cross sections of strings A and B are same. The ratio of lengths of strings of A to B is 2 and the ratio of their Young's moduli ( ) is 0.5. The ratio of elongations in A to B is _______.
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1
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4
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8
4
6
25
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A spring of spring constant K = 15 N/m is cut into two parts of ratio of length 3 : 1. Find the spring constant of spring with smaller length (in N/m).
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60
2
40
3
30
4
70
26
PYQ 2026
hard
physics ID: jee-main
A spring of force constant is cut into two pieces. If the ratio of their lengths is , then the force constant of the smaller piece is ___ .
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2
3
4

27
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
If percentage increase in Young's modulus is , percentage increase in density of material is and longitudinal wave traveling in a metallic bar has wave velocity of , then find final velocity of the wave.
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2
355
3
401
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402