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UNIT – I ELASTICITY
1. The driving shaft of an automobile is in the form of a tube rather than a solid rod of the
same mass because
a. couple per unit twist can be smaller for them b. couple per unit twist is larger
c. longitudinal strain is larger for tuber d. solid rods will be heated up easily
3. If the diameter of the suspension wire is doubled without changing the length in case
of a torsional pendulum, the time period
a. will increase b. will not be affected c. will decrease d. will double
5. The elevation at the centre (y) in the case of uniform bending and the Young’s
modulus “q” are related by
a. y α q b. y α 1/q c. y α q2 d. y α 1/q2
7. The depression at the centre of a given beam supported on two knife-edges and loaded
in the middle varies ___________ of the distance between the two knife-edges.
a. directly as square b. directly as cube c. inversely as square d. inversely as cube
9. The work done in twisting the wire is stored up in the wire as __________
a. potential energy b. KE c. Electrical energy d. mechanical energy
10. The total work done in twisting the wire through an angle θ is
1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 2
a. cθ 2 b. c θ c. c θ d. c θ
2 2 2 2
Answers:
1) b 2)c 3) c 4) d 5) b 6) c 7) b 8) c 9) a 10) a
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UNIT – II - SURFACE TENSION
1) When there are no external forces, the shape of a liquid drop is determined
by a) Surface tension of the liquid b) Density of the liquid
c) Viscosity of liquid d) Temperature of air only
2) The correct value of the excess of pressure inside a spherical liquid drop of
σ 2σ σ2 4σ
radius r and surface tension σ is a) b) c) d)
r r r r
3) The excess of pressure in a soap bubble of radius R and surface tension T is given by
2T 4T T 6T
a) P = b) P = c) P = d) P =
R R R R
4) Angle of contact for a liquid that does not wet the solid which is in contact with it, is
a) greater than 90° b) greater than 180° c) less than 90° d) zero
7) When two capillary tubes of different diameters are dipped vertically, the rise of the
liquid is
a) same in both the tubes b) more in tube of larger diameter
c) less in tube of smaller diameter d) more in the tube of smaller diameter
9) On breaking a capillary tube in which a liquid has risen to the maximum height, it will
be noticed that the
a) liquid will overflow in the form of a fountain b) liquid will not overflow
c) liquid will trickle down the edges d) liquid will reach a new height
Answers:
1) a 2) b 3) b 4) a 5) a 6) b 7) d 8) a 9) b 10) a
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Viscosity
3. When a fluid is in stream line flow, then the reason of viscous force acting between its
two layers is
a) transport of energy from one layer to another b) transport of linear momentum
from one layer to another c) same velocity of molecules d) the variable density
along the length of the tube
6. The ratio of radii of two spheres is 1:2. When they are dropped in a viscous liquid, the
ratio of their terminal speeds is
a) 1:1 b) 2:1 c) 1:2 d) 1:4
7. A small spherical liquid drop is moving in a viscous medium. The viscous force does
not depend on
a) nature of the medium b) density of the medium
c) the instantaneous speed of the spherical drop d) the radius of the spherical drop
9. The terminal velocity of small sized spherical body of radius r falling vertically in a
viscous liquid is given by the following
1 1
a. 2 b. c. r d. r2
r r
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12. For narrow tubes, the value of k is
a. 3000 b. 5600 c. 1000 d. 2000
Answers:
1) b 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) b 6) d 7) b 8) a 9) d 10) a 11) b 12) c
2. There is a close analogy between the process of diffusion of a solute and the
a. flow of heat through a solid b. flow of liquid through a capillary tube
c. rise of liquid in a capillary tube d. none of the above
6. For a given solution, the rate of diffusion is directly proportional to its ________
a. concentration b. density c. pressure d. temperature
9. The rate of diffusion of a gas in inversely proportional to the square root of its _______
a. pressure b. density c. temperature d. concentration
Answers:
1) b 2) a 3) c 4) d 5) b 6) a 7) a 8) b 9) d 10) a
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UNIT – IV - GRAVITATION
1. If the distance between two masses is doubled, the gravitational attraction between
them
a. is doubled b. become four times c. is reduced to half d. is reduced to a quarter
3. If a body describes a circular motion under inverse square field, the time taken to
complete one revolution T is related to the radius of r of the circular orbit as
a. T α r b. T α r2 c. T2 α r3 d. T α r4
5. If the mass of a planet is doubled and radius is halved, the acceleration due to gravity
becomes _________the original value
a. 8 times b. equal c. 4 times d. 2 times
6. If the radius of earth were to shrink by one percent, its mass remaining the same, the
acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface would
a. decrease b. remain unchanged c. increase d. none of the above
7. How many times faster than the present speed should the earth rotates about its axis in
order that an object placed at the equator may just fly off?
a. 111.3 times b. 17times c. 9.8 times d. 3×1010 times
8. If the earth stops rotating, the value of “g” at the equator will
a. increase b. remain same c. decrease d. none of the above
11. Any rigid body capable of oscillating freely about a horizontal axis passing through it
is a _________
a. Torsion pendulum b. Compound pendulum c. Rigid pendulum d. none
Answers:
1) d 2) c 3) c 4) b 5) a 6) c 7) b 8) a 9) a 10) a 11) b
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UNIT – V - SOUND
1. Sound of each syllable should soon decay so that the succeeding syllable may be heard
distinctly. This means that the auditorium must be free from
a) excessive reverberation b) Echos c) silence d) none of these
2. The acoustics of an auditorium can be improved by using the surfaces with high
absorption coefficient. This will reduce the reverberation time below the
a) optimum value b) acoustic value c) critical value d) none
3. The human ear is sensitive to sound waves in the frequency range from
a) 50 to 50,000Hz b) 80 to 80,000Hz c) 20 to 20,000Hz d) 100 to 10,000Hz
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