Physics - Mechanical Properties of Solids
Practise 17 NEET previous year questions on Mechanical Properties of Solids, compiled from papers spanning 2013 to 2026. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty NEET tests.
Mechanical Properties of Solids has been asked in 11 of the 39 years of NEET papers analysed (1988–2026), with 17 questions in all. 41% of them were easy, 41% moderate and 18% tough. Most of its questions came from 2015, with 3 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 3 questions across 13 papers, about 0.2 per paper.
The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres (11 questions, 65%), Bulk Modulus (2 questions, 12%), and Shearing stress (2 questions, 12%) have been asked the most. Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres has also led over the last five years, with 4 questions. Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres has produced the most tough questions (2).
- 1Match List I with List II : List I List II A. Young's Modulus I. B. Compressibility II. C. Bulk Modulus III. D. Poisson's Ratio IV. Choose t2026 (Cancelled)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 2The maximum elongation of a steel wire of 1 m length if the elastic limit of steel and its Young's modulus, respectively, are and , is:2024Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 3A metallic bar of Young's modulus, and coefficient of linear thermal expansion , length 1 m and area of cross-section is heated from to with2024Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 4Let a wire be suspended from the ceiling (rigid support) and stretched by a weight W attached at its free end. The longitudinal stress at an2023 (All India)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 5The amount of elastic potential energy per unit volume (in SI unit) of a steel wire of length to stretch it by is (if Young's modulus of the2023 (Manipur)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 6Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The stretching of 2022 (Phase 1)Shearing stress
- 7A wire of length L , area of cross section A is hanging from a fixed support. The length of the wire changes to L 1 when mass M is suspended2020 (Phase 1)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 8When a block of mass M is suspended by a long wire of length L , the length of the wire becomes L + l . The elastic potential energy stored 2019 (All India)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
- 9The stress-strain curves are drawn for two different materials and . It is observed that the ultimate strength point and the fracture point 2019 (Odisha)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 10Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. The first wire has cross-sectional area A and the second wire has cross-se2018Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 11The bulk modulus of a spherical object is B . If it is subjected to uniform pressure p , the fractional decrease in radius is2017Bulk Modulus
- 12The approximate depth of an ocean is 2700 m . The compressibility of water is 45.4 10 - 11 P a - 1 and density of water is 10 3 kg/m 3 . Wha2015 (Phase 1)Bulk Modulus
- 13The value of coefficient of volume expansion of glycerin is 5 10 - 4 K - 1 . The fractional change in the density of glycerin for a rise of 2015 (Phase 2)Shearing stress
- 14The Young s modulus of steel is twice that of brass. Two wires of same length and of same area of cross-section, one of steel and another of2015 (Phase 2)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 15Copper of fixed volume V is drawn into wire of length l . When this wire is subjected to a constant force F , the extension produced in the 2014Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 16The following four wires are made of the same material. Which of these will have the largest extension when the same tension is applied?2013 (All India)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
- 17In the ratio of diameters, lengths and Young's modulus of steel and copper wires shown in the figure are and respectively, then the correspo2013 (Karnataka)Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How many questions are available for Mechanical Properties of Solids?
This chapter includes 17 questions compiled from NEET papers spanning 2013 to 2026.
2.Are these questions only from NEET, or from other exams too?
These are NEET questions specifically for the Mechanical Properties of Solids chapter. Questions from other exams like AIIMS or JIPMER are organised separately under their respective exam sections.
3.Is Mechanical Properties of Solids an important chapter for NEET Physics?
Mechanical Properties of Solids has appeared in 11 of the 25 years of NEET papers covered here, with 17 questions across 15 papers - about one per paper it appears in.
4.What is the difficulty level of Mechanical Properties of Solids questions in NEET?
Of the 17 questions analysed for this chapter, 41% are easy, 41% moderate and 18% tough. 2015 had the most, with 3 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 - 11 questions (65%)
- Bulk Modulus - 2 questions (12%)
- Shearing stress - 2 questions (12%)
- Young's Modulus and Breaking Stres has produced the most tough questions (2).
6.Is Mechanical Properties of Solids's weightage in NEET going up or down?
Across all 15 papers analysed, Mechanical Properties of Solids has averaged about 1.1 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has fallen, at about 0.2 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.