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Practise 65 TS EAMCET previous year questions on Mechanical Properties of Solids, compiled from papers spanning 2001 to 2025. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty TS EAMCET tests.

Mechanical Properties of Solids has been asked in 23 of the 24 years of TS EAMCET papers analysed (2001–2024), with 65 questions in all. 52% of them were easy, 42% moderate and 6% tough. Most of its questions came from 2020, with 9 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 15 questions across 17 papers, about 0.9 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres (42 questions, 65%), Bulk Modulus (14 questions, 22%), and Work Done in Stretching a Wire (5 questions, 8%) have been asked the most. Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres has also led over the last five years, with 19 questions. Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres has produced the most tough questions (2).

  1. 1The work to be done to produce a strain of in a steel wire of mass 2.96 kg and density is (Young's modulus of steel )04 May, 2025 (M)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  2. 2A steel rod with a circular cross-section of diameter 1 cm and another steel rod with a square cross-section of side 1 cm have equal mass. I04 May, 2025 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  3. 3A metal rod of area of cross-section is stretched along its length by applying a force of . If the Young's modulus of the material of the ro03 May, 2025 (M)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  4. 4The Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of a material are respectively Y and . The force required to decrease the area of cross-section of a03 May, 2025 (E)Bulk Modulus
  5. 5If a brass sphere of radius 36 cm is submerged in a lake at a depth where the pressure is , then the change in the radius of the sphere is B02 May, 2025 (M)Bulk Modulus
  6. 6Two wires A and B made of same material and areas of cross-section in the ratio are stretched by same force. If the masses of the wires and 02 May, 2025 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  7. 7A block of mass 2 kg is tied to one end of a. 2 m long metal wire of area of cross-section and rotated in a vertical circle such that the te11 May, 2024 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  8. 8A block of mass 2 kg is tied to one end of a 2 m long metal wire of area of cross-section and rotated in a vertical circle such that the ten10 May, 2024 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  9. 9A wire of cross-sectional area is elongated by when the tension in it is 1000 N . The Young's modulus of the material of the wire is (Assume10 May, 2024 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  10. 10A steel wire of length 3 m and a copper wire of length 2.2 m are connected end to end. When the combination is stretched by a force, the net09 May, 2024 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  11. 11If the length of a string is ' ' when the tension in it is 6 N and its length is ' ' when the tension in it is 8 N , then the original lengt09 May, 2024 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  12. 12The dimensions of four wires of the same material are given below. The increases in length is maximum in the wire of14 May, 2023 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  13. 13The ratio of the areas of cross sections of three wires in 1:2:3 and the ratio of the Young's modulii of their materials is . If the three w14 May, 2023 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  14. 14The lengths of four wires A, B, C and D made of same material are and respectively. The radii of the wires A, B, C and D are and respectivel13 May, 2023 (M)Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  15. 15A wire of length is stretched by . The strain on the wire is12 May, 2023 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  16. 16One end of a steel rod of radius and length is clamped on a horizontal table. The other end of the rod is pulled with a force of magnitude .20 Jul, 2022 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  17. 17What is the work done in stretching a uniform metal wire of length from 2 m to 2.004 m with an area of cross section [Young's modulus of the20 Jul, 2022 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  18. 18An object of mass is attached to the end of a metal wire of unstretched length . The object is then whirled in a vertical circle with an ang19 Jul, 2022 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  19. 19Two wires of same length having radius of and respectively are loaded with same weights. Extension of the second wire is double than that of19 Jul, 2022 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  20. 20Match the following Column-I Column-II (A) Shear modulus (I) Resistance to change in volume (B) Shearing stress (II) Proportionality constan18 Jul, 2022 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  21. 21A swimming pool has a depth of 22 m and area 700 m 2 . Calculate fractional change v v of water at the bottom of the swimming pool. Given th18 Jul, 2022 (E)Bulk Modulus
  22. 22The volume of a material reduces by when the pressure is increased from to 2 atm. What is it's bulk modulus?06 Aug, 2021 (M)Bulk Modulus
  23. 23The graph below represents a typical stress-strain curve for a metal. Identify the point on the graph that is the ultimate tensile strength 06 Aug, 2021 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  24. 24The displacement of a particle in simple harmonic motion (SHM) is given by y = 3 sin 100 t + 4 . What will be the displacement of the partic05 Aug, 2021 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  25. 25A point mass m is located at a distance r from a uniform thin rod of mass M and length L as shown in the figure. The magnitude of gravitatio05 Aug, 2021 (E)Bulk Modulus
  26. 26A body of mass 1 kg is executing simple harmonic motion (SHM). Its displacement y (in cm ) at time t given by y = 6 sin 100 t + 4 cm . Its m04 Aug, 2021 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  27. 27A steel wire and a copper wire are joined end to end having equal cross-sections. The elongation of two wires is found to be equal under ten04 Aug, 2021 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  28. 28If the bulk modulus of water is , then the required pressure to reduce the given volume of water by is14 Sep, 2020 (M)Bulk Modulus
  29. 29Two metal wires and have length and respectively. The radius of cross-sectional circular area of wire and are and , respectively. These wire14 Sep, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  30. 30A steel rod has a radius of and a length of . A force stretches it along its length. If the Young's modulus of the rod is , then the change 11 Sep, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  31. 31Young's modulus is proportionality constant that relates the force per unit area applied perpendicularly at the surface of an object to11 Sep, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  32. 32A slab of side and thickness is subjected to a shearing force of on its narrow edge. If the lower edge is riveted to the floor and upper edg10 Sep, 2020 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  33. 33The length of a metal wire is found to be and when the tension of and are applied to it respectively. The natural length of the wire is10 Sep, 2020 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  34. 34A simple harmonic oscillator of frequency 1 Hz has a phase of 1 radian. By how much should the origin be shifted in time so as to make the p09 Sep, 2020 (M)Bulk Modulus
  35. 35A planet is revolving around the sun in which of the following is correct statement?09 Sep, 2020 (M)Shearing stress
  36. 36The average depth of an oil well is . If the bulk modulus of oil is and the density of oil is . The fractional compression at the bottom of 09 Sep, 2020 (E)Bulk Modulus
  37. 37A copper wire and an aluminium wire have lengths in the ratio , diameters in the ratio and forces applied in the ratio . Find the ratio of i06 May, 2019 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  38. 38A horizontal aluminium rod of diameter projected from a wall. An object of mass is suspended from the end of the rod. The shearing modulus o04 May, 2019 (M)Bulk Modulus
  39. 39A uniform rod of length is rotated in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis through one of its ends. The angular speed of rotation is . F04 May, 2019 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  40. 40How much pressure (in atm) is needed to compress a sample of water by ? (Assume, Bulk modulus of water )03 May, 2019 (M)Bulk Modulus
  41. 41If a satellite has to orbit the earth in a circular path every 6 hrs , at what distance from the surface of the earth should the satellite b03 May, 2019 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  42. 42Young's modulus experiment is performed on a steel wire of length and diameter. The mass required to be added in the experiment to produce e05 May, 2018 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  43. 43The pressure to be applied to the ends of a steel cylinder to keep its length constant upon raising its temperature by is (thermal expansion05 May, 2018 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  44. 44String A B of unstretched length L is stretched by applying a force F at the mid-point C such that the segments A C and B C make an angle wi04 May, 2018 (M)Elasticity
  45. 45A steel rod has radius 50 mm and length 2 m . It is stretched along its length with a force of 400 kN . This causes an elongation of 0 . 5 m04 May, 2018 (M)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  46. 46In a tensile test on a metal bar of diameter and length , the relation between the load and elongation within the proportional limit is foun04 May, 2018 (E)Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  47. 47The Young's modulus of a material is and its elastic limit is . For a wire of length of this material, the maximum elongation achievable is2017Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  48. 48When a force is applied on a metallic wire, the length of the wire is . If a force is applied on the same wire, the length of the wire is . 2015Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres
  49. 49Two wires of the same material and length but diameters in the ratio are stretched by the same force. The elastic potential energy per unit 2014Work Done in Stretching a Wire
  50. 50A tension of is applied to a copper wire of cross sectional area , Young's modulus of copper is and Poisson's ratio is 0.32 . The decrease i2013Bulk Modulus

Frequently Asked Questions

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

This chapter includes 65 questions compiled from TS EAMCET papers spanning 2001 to 2025.

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

These are TS EAMCET 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 TS EAMCET Physics?

Mechanical Properties of Solids has appeared in 24 of the 25 years of TS EAMCET papers covered here, with 65 questions across 60 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

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

Of the 65 questions analysed for this chapter, 52% are easy, 42% moderate and 6% tough. 2020 had the most, with 9 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 - 42 questions (65%)
  • Bulk Modulus - 14 questions (22%)
  • Work Done in Stretching a Wire - 5 questions (8%)
  • Young’s Modulus and Breaking Stres has produced the most tough questions (2).
6.Is Mechanical Properties of Solids's weightage in TS EAMCET going up or down?

Across all 60 papers analysed, Mechanical Properties of Solids has averaged about 1.1 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has fallen, at about 0.9 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.