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Can the length of a steel wire be doubled by hanging a load from its end?

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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-ELASTICITY -EXERCISE (Very short Answer Type Questions)
  1. Strain has no unit'- state whether the statement is true or false.

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  2. Write down the dimensions of stress.

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  3. Can the length of a steel wire be doubled by hanging a load from its e...

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  4. Under which kind of stress, does a body undergo a change in shape with...

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  5. Which property of a spring is represented by its force constant?

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  6. Between steel and copper-which one is usually used to make springs?

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  7. Write down the dimensions of force constant.

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  8. Can liquid and gaseous substances withstand shearing strain?

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  9. Which property of a metal is manifested when a compressional stress mo...

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  10. On what factory does the breaking stress of a wire depend?

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  11. State whether a body undergoes a change in volume due to shearing stre...

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  12. Young's modulus depends on temperature'- state whether it true or fals...

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  13. Write down the dimensions of elastic limit.

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  14. A wire is halved by cutting it. Would there by any change in the break...

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  15. All bodies areelastic is reality.[Fill in the blanks]

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  16. Strain is aquantity.[Fill in the blanks]

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  17. During change in length of a wire or change in volume of a body,stress...

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  18. During change in shape of a body,stress is developed.[Fill in the blan...

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  19. Compressibilities of solids and liquids are verybut that of a gaseous ...

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  20. Modulus of rigidity is a characteristic of [Fill in the blanks]

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