Grade 11 Home Test
Grade 11 Home Test
Grade 11 Home Test
1. The average depth of sea is about 1000 m. Calculate the fractional compression ΔV/V
of water at the bottom of the ocean given that the bulk modulus of water is 2 X 109
Nm-2 (density of water 1000 kg m-3 g=10 ms-2)
2. One end of a nylon rope of length 5 m and diameter 8 mm is fixed to a stem of a tree.
A monkey weighing 100N jumps to catch the free end and stays there. What will be
the change in the diameter of the rope? (Given Young’s modulus of nylon 5×1011Nm−2
and Poisson’s ratio of nylon = 0.2)
3. When the load on a wire is increased from 2 kg wt to 4 kg wt, the elongation increases
from 0.5 mm to 1 mm. how much work is done during the extension of the wire?
QUESTION -2
1 mark questions 5X1=5
1. Longitudinal strain is possible in the case of
(a) Gases (b) Liquid (c) Only solids(d) Only gases & liquids
2. If the load is increased beyond the -------- point, the strain increases rapidly for even a
small change in the stress.
(a) Elastic point (b) yield point (c) plastic point (d) fracture point
3. Shearing stress changes ____________ of the body
(a) Length (b) Breadth (c) Shape (d) Volume
4. Which of the following has no dimensions?
(a) Strain (b) angular velocity (c) momentum (d) angular momentum
5. The property of a body by virtue of which it tends to regain its original size and shape
when the applied force is removed is called
(a) Elasticity (b) plasticity (c) rigidity (d) compressibility
1. The length of a suspended wire increases by 10-2 of its original length when a stress of 103
Nm-2 is applied on it. Calculate the young’s modulus of the material of the wire.
2. A structural steel rod has a radius of 5 mm and a length of 1m. A 100 KN force F stretches
it along its length. Calculate the stress on the rod
3. A steel wire of 4 m is stretched through 2 mm. The cross sectional area of the wire is 2
mm2. If the young’s modulus of steel wire is 2 X 1011 Nm-2 find the energy density of the
wire.
3 mark questions: 3X3=9
1. One end of a nylon rope of length 4.5m and diameter 6mm is fixed to a stem of a tree.
A monkey weighing 100N jumps to catch the free end and stays there. What will be
the change in the diameter of the rope? (Given Young’s modulus of nylon
4.8×1011Nm−2 and Poisson’s ratio of nylon = 0.2)
2. When the load on a wire is increased from 4 kg wt to 8 kg wt, the elongation increases
from 0.5 mm to 1 mm. how much work is done during the extension of the wire?
3. The average depth of Indian ocean is about 3000 m. Calculate the fractional
compression ΔV/V of water at the bottom of the ocean given that the bulk modulus of
water is 2 X 109 Nm-2 (density of water 1000 kg m-3 g=10 ms-2)
QUESTION -4
1 mark questions 5X1=5
1. Which of the following materials is most elastic?
(a) Steel (b) Rubber (c) Copper (d) Glass
2. According to Hooke’s law of elasticity, if stress is increased, then the ratio of stress to
Strain
(a) becomes zero (b) remains constant (c) decreases (d) increases
3. The restoring force per unit area is known as
(a) strain (b) elasticity (c) stress (d) plasticity
4. The ratio of the change in dimension at right angles to the applied force to the initial
dimension is known as
(a) Young’s' modulus (b) Poisson's ratio (c) Lateral strain (d) Shearing strain
5. What is the term used for the fractional change in volume per unit increase in pressure?
(a) Volume coefficient (b)Pressure gradient (c) Compressibility (d) Bulk modulus