PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS:
Ch 8 : Mechanical Properties of Solids &
Ch 9 : Mechanical Properties of Fluids
One Mark Questions:
1. Among rubber and steel which one has more elasticity?
2. State Hooke’s law.
3. Name the SI unit of stress.
4. What is elastic limit?
5. State Stokes law.
6. The blood pressure in humans is greater is at the feet than at the brain. Why ?
7. State Pascal’s law.
8. Write the dimensional formula of pressure.
9. Write the dimensional formula of Strain.
10. Define viscosity.
11. How does viscosity of a liquid varies with temperature ? Or What happens to viscosity of a
liquid, when it is heated?
12. How does surface tension of a liquid varies with temperature ?
13. State Bernoulli's theorem.
14. Write the equation of continuity.
15. Define angle of contact.
Multiple Choice Questions;
1. The Compressibility is the reciprocal of:
(A) Young’s modulus (B) shear modulus (C) bulk modulus (D) Poisson’s ratio
2. SI unit of surface tension is:
(A) 𝑁 𝑚-2 B) 𝐽 𝑚−2 (C) 𝑁 𝑚−1 (D) 𝑘𝑔 𝑚−3
3. The dimension of stress is
(A) [𝑀 𝐿 𝑇] (B) [𝑀 𝐿 −1𝑇 −1 ] (C) [𝑀 𝐿 𝑇 −2 ] (D) [𝑀2𝐿 𝑇 2 ]
4. The angle of contact is greater than 90° in
(A) water and glass interface (B) mercury and glass interface
(C) milk and glass interface (D) castor oil and glass interface
5. The ratio of change in length to the original length is called
(A) Young’s modulus (B) shear modulus (C) longitudinal strain (D) Poisson’s ratio
6. Free liquid drops and bubbles are spherical (if effects of gravity is neglected) is due to
(A) Surface tension (B) Pressure (C) Viscosity (D) Torque
7. Young’s modulus inversely proportional to
(A) Lateral strain (B) Bulk modulus (C) longitudinal stress (D) longitudinal strain
8. The instrument used to measure Gauge pressure is
(A) Thermometer (B) Open tube manometer (C) multi meter (D) Barometer
9. Young’s modulus of elasticity of a perfectly rigid body is
(A) unity (B) zero (C) infinity (D) none of these
10. The upward lift of an aeroplane is due to a phenomenon described by
(A) Archimedes’ principle (B) Pascal’s law (C) buoyancy principle (D) Bernoulli’s principle
[Link] rises in plant fibers due to:
(A) Viscosity (B) Capillarity (C) Osmosis (D) Fluid pressure
[Link] ratio of hydraulic stress to the corresponding strain is known as
(A)Compressibility (B) Bulk modulus (C) Young's modulus (D)Rigidity modulus
[Link]'s modulus' is defined as the ratio of
(A) bulk stress and longitudinal strain (B) shearing stress and shearing strain
(C)tensile stress and longitudinal strain (D) hydraulic stress and hydraulic strain
14. 'Hydraulic lift' works on the basis of
(A) Pascal's Law (B) Bernoulli's Law (C) Stoke's Law (D) Toricelli's Law
Three Mark Questions:
1. Define the types of stress.
2. Define the types of strain.
3. State Hooke’s law. Draw stress – strain curve for a metal like copper.
4. Name the three types of moduli of elasticity.
5. Define: (i) Youngs modulus (ii) Shear modulus and (iii) Bulk modulus.
6. Define Poisson’s ratio. Write the expression for the same.
7. Derive an expression for pressure at a point inside a liquid.
[Link] the factors on which the pressure difference of cylindrical fluid element inside a fluid
depends?
9. Mention the applications of Pascal’s law.
10. Distinguish between stream line flow and turbulent flow.
11. State and explain Bernoulli’s theorem.
12. Write any three applications of Bernoulli’s principle.
13. Draw stress-strain curve. Show yield point and fracture point.
14. What is stress strain curve? Draw stress-strain curve and explain it
15. State and explain Hooke’s law. Define modulus of elasticity.
16. Define stress, strain and elastic limit.
17. State Bernouli’s principle. Mention any two applications
18. Compare streamline and turbulent flow of a liquid.
19. State and explain Bernouli’s theorem
20. State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem
21. Explain how Pascal’s law is applied in a hydraulic lift.
22. Explain the working of hydraulic breaks.
23. Explain the working of hydraulic lift.
24. Define Pascal’s law. Mention two applications of Pascal's law.
25. State Bernoull’s theorem. Write the mathamatical form and explain the terms.