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Physics - Mechanical Properties of Solids

Practise 45 MHTCET previous year questions on Mechanical Properties of Solids, compiled from papers spanning 2007 to 2020. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty MHTCET tests.

Mechanical Properties of Solids has been asked in 9 of the 17 years of MHTCET papers analysed (2007–2026), with 45 questions in all. 40% of them were easy, 40% moderate and 20% tough. Most of its questions came from 2020, with 24 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 0 questions across 59 papers, about 0 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres (26 questions, 58%), Bulk Modulus (8 questions, 18%), and Work Done in Stretching a Wire (5 questions, 11%) have been asked the most. Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres has produced the most tough questions (6).

  1. 1The compressibility of water is . If one litre of water is subjected to a pressure of , then the decrease in its volume in millilitre will b20 Oct, 2020 (M)Bulk Modulus
  2. 2The ratio of length of two wires of same material is and the ratio of their radii is . If they are stretched by the same force, the ratio of20 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  3. 3A steel ring of radius 'r' is to be fitted over a wooden disc of radius 'R' . The force required to expand the ring so that it fits over the20 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  4. 4A wire of Young's modulus is stretched by a force so as to produce a strain of . The energy density of the wire is20 Oct, 2020 (E)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  5. 5A force 'F' of same magnitude is applied tangentially on upper and lower face of a cube, in opposite directions. Side of the cube is 'L'. Th19 Oct, 2020 (M)Shearing stress
  6. 6A thick brass wire of length ' ' and density ' ' is suspended from rigid support. Due to its own weight, is the increase in length. Young's 19 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  7. 7A metal rod has length, cross-sectional area and Young's modulus as ' and respectively. If the elongation in the rod produced is ' then work19 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  8. 8Two rods of same material and volume having circular cross-section are subjected to tension T. Within the elastic limit, same force is appli16 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  9. 9The density of a metal at normal pressure is When it is subjected to an excess pressure, the density becomes . If is the bulk modulus of the16 Oct, 2020 (M)Bulk Modulus
  10. 10Two wires and are stretched by the same load. The radius of wire is double the radius of wire . The stress on the wire as compared to the st16 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  11. 11Two wires of different materials have same length 'L' and same diameter 'd'. The second wire is connected at the end of the first wire and f16 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  12. 12A transverse wave is travelling with velocity ' through a metal wire of length ' ' and density ' '. The tensile stress in the wire is15 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  13. 13A rubber ball be taken in a deep sea so that its volume is decreased by . The bulk modulus of rubber is 'K' and density of sea water is ' '.15 Oct, 2020 (M)Bulk Modulus
  14. 14A wire of length 'L' and radius ' ' is loaded with a weight ' '. If ' ' and ' ' denote the Young's modulus and poisson's ratio of the materi15 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  15. 15A lift is tied with thick iron ropes having mass 'M'. The maximum acceleration of the lift is 'a' and maximum safe stress is 's' . The minim15 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  16. 16Two wires of same length and material are stretched by same force. If their masses are in the ratio , then the ratio of their elongations is14 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  17. 17The density and bulk modulus of a metal bar is ' ' and ' ' respectively. When pressure 'P' is applied from all sides to that metal bar, the 14 Oct, 2020 (M)Bulk Modulus
  18. 18Two wires and having same length and material are stretched by the same force. Their diameters are in the ratio . The ratio of energy densit14 Oct, 2020 (E)Shearing stress
  19. 19A copper wire of length ' and diameter ' is to be reshaped into another wire so as to have minimum resistance. For this we should14 Oct, 2020 (E)Elasticity
  20. 20A metal sphere of radius is charged with in air. Its bulk modulus is . The volume strain in the sphere is pemittivity of free space)14 Oct, 2020 (E)Bulk Modulus
  21. 21One end of thick horizontal copper wire of length '2L' and radius '2R' is welded to an end of another thin horizontal copper wire of length 13 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  22. 22A force of is required to break a wire of radius . The force required to break the wire of same material, but radius will be13 Oct, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  23. 23A constant force is applied to a metal wire of length 'L'. Volume of the wire is constant. The extension produced is proportional to12 Oct, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  24. 24An elastic material with Young's modulus 'Y' is subjected to a tensile stress ' '. The elastic energy stored per unit volume of the material12 Oct, 2020 (E)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  25. 25Two identical wires of substances ‘ P ’ and ‘ Q ’ are subjected to equal stretching force along the length. If the elongation of ‘ Q ’ is mo02 May, 2019 (M)Elasticity
  26. 26Work done in stretching a wire through 1 m m is 2 J . What amount of work will be done for elongating another wire of same material, with ha02 May, 2019 (M)Shearing stress
  27. 27For homogenous isotropic material, which one of the following cannot be the value of Poisson’s ratio?2019 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  28. 28A wire length L and radius r is rigidly fixed at one end. On stretching the other end of the wire with a force F, the increase in length is 2019 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  29. 29A wire of length ‘L’ and area of cross section ‘A’ is made of material of Young’s modulus ‘Y’. It is stretched by an amount ‘x’. The work do2019 (E)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  30. 30A lift is tied with thick iron ropes having mass ‘M’. The maximum acceleration of the lift is ‘a’ m / s 2 and maximum safe stress is ‘S’ N /2019 (E)Shearing stress
  31. 31The decrease in length of a metal bar of length ' L ' and crosssectional area ' A ' when compressed with a load ' F ' along its length is ( 2018Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  32. 32A metal rod of length L and cross-sectional area A is heated through T ° C . What is the force required to prevent the expansion of the rod 2017Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  33. 33Two wires having the same length and material are stretched by the same force. Their diameters are in the ratio 1 : 3 . The ratio of strain 2016Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  34. 34Let a steel bar of length l , breadth b and depth d be loaded at the center by a load W . Then the sag of bending of beam is (Y = Young's mo2016Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  35. 35Young's modulus of the material of a wire is . If it is under a stress , the energy stored per unit volume is given by2011Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  36. 36The load versus elongation graph for four wires of the same materials shown in the figure. The thinnest wire is represented by the line2011Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  37. 37Two wires and are of the same materials. Their lengths are in the ratio and diameters are in the ratio When stretched by force and respectiv2011Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  38. 38The increase in pressure required to decrease the volume of a liquid by in is (Bulk modulus of the liquid is )2010Bulk Modulus
  39. 39Which of the following relation is true?2010Bulk Modulus
  40. 40Four wires of the same material are stretched by the same load. Which one of them will elongate most if their dimensions are as follows2010Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  41. 41The length of an elastic string is metre when the longitudinal tension is and metre when the longitudinal tension is . The length of the str2009Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  42. 42A long aluminium wire ) of diameter supports a mass. In order to have the same elongation in the copper wire of the same length under the sa2009Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  43. 43For a given material, the Young's modulus is times that of rigidity modulus. Its poisson's ratio is2009Bulk Modulus
  44. 44In SHM restoring force is , where is force constant, is displacement and is amplitude of motion, then total energy depends upon2007Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  45. 45A couple produces2007Work Done in Stretching a Wire

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Mechanical Properties of Solids?

This chapter includes 45 questions compiled from MHTCET papers spanning 2007 to 2020.

2.Are these questions only from MHTCET, or from other exams too?

These are MHTCET questions specifically for the Mechanical Properties of Solids chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Mechanical Properties of Solids an important chapter for MHTCET Physics?

Mechanical Properties of Solids has appeared in 9 of the 17 years of MHTCET papers covered here, with 45 questions across 24 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Mechanical Properties of Solids questions in MHTCET?

Of the 45 questions analysed for this chapter, 40% are easy, 40% moderate and 20% tough. 2020 had the most, with 24 questions.

5.Which topics in Mechanical Properties of Solids should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Mechanical Properties of Solids:

  • Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres - 26 questions (58%)
  • Bulk Modulus - 8 questions (18%)
  • Work Done in Stretching a Wire - 5 questions (11%)
  • Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres has produced the most tough questions (6).
6.Is Mechanical Properties of Solids's weightage in MHTCET going up or down?

Across all 24 papers analysed, Mechanical Properties of Solids has averaged about 1.9 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has fallen, at about 0.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.