If x longitudinal strain is produced in a wire of Young's modulus Y, then energy stored in the material of the wire per unit volume is

1. Yx2

2. 2Yx2

3. 12Y2x

4. 12Yx2

 61%
Level 2: 60%+
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

A weight of 200 kg is suspended by vertical wire of length 600.5 cm. The area of cross-section of wire is 1 mm2 by 0.5 cm. The Young's modulus of the material of wire will be

1. 2.35×1012N/m2

2. 1.35×1010N/m2

3. 13.5×1011N/m2

4. 23.5×109N/m2

 55%
Level 3: 35%-60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

A 5 metre long wire is fixed to the ceiling. A weight of 10 kg is hung at the lower end and is 1 metre above the floor. The wire is elongated by 1 mm. The energy stored in the wire due to stretching is

1. Zero

2. 0.05 joule

3. 100 joule

4. 500 joule

 64%
Level 2: 60%+
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

Two soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 equal to 4 cm and 5 cm are touching each other over a common surface S1S2 (shown in figure). Radius of common surface will be

1. 4 cm

2. 20 cm

3. 5 cm

4. 4.5 cm

 72%
Level 2: 60%+
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

Two capillaries made of same material but of different radii are dipped in a liquid. The rise of liquid in one capillary is 2.2 cm and that in the other is 6.6 cm. The ratio of their radii is

1. 9 : 1

2. 1 : 9

3. 3 : 1

4. 1 : 3

 56%
Level 3: 35%-60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

In a surface tension experiment with a capillary tube water rises upto 0.1 m. If the same experiment is repeated on an artificial satellite, which is revolving around the earth, water will rise in the capillary tube upto a height of

1. 0.1 m

2. 0.2 m

3. 0.98 m

4. Full length of the capillary tube

 62%
Level 2: 60%+
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

A soap bubble of radius r is blown up to form a bubble of radius 2r under isothermal conditions. If T is the surface tension of soap solution, the energy spent in the blowing is

1. 3πTr2

2. 6πTr2

3. 12πTr2

4. 24πTr2

Level 3: 35%-60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

At which of the following temperatures, the values of surface tension of water is minimum

1. 4°C

2. 25°C

3. 50°C

4. 75°C

Level 3: 35%-60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

The volume of an air bubble becomes three times as it rises from the bottom of a lake to its surface. Assuming atmospheric pressure to be 75 cm of Hg and the density of water to be 1/10 of the density of mercure, the depth of the lake is

1. 5 m

2. 10 m

3. 15 m

4. 20 m

Level 3: 35%-60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

A hemispherical bowl just floats without sinking in a liquid of density 1.2×103kg/m3. If outer diameter and the density of the bowl are 1 m and 2×104kg/m3 respecitvely, then the inner diameter of the bowl will be

1. 1.94 m

2. 1.97 m

3. 0.98 m

4. 1.99 m

Level 3: 35%-60%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints