Which of the following substances has the highest elasticity?

A wire is stretched under a force. If the wire suddenly snaps the temperature of the wire

A beaker of radius 15 cm is filled with a liquid of surface tension 0.075 N/m. Force across an imaginary diameter on the surface of the liquid is...

A piece of wood is floating in water. When the temperature of water rises, the apparent weight of the wood will

27 drops of mercury coalesce to form a bigger drop. What is the relative increase in surface energy?

A body of density 1.2 $$\times$$ 103 kg/m3 is dropped from rest from a height 1 m into a liquid to density 2.4 $$\times$$ 103 kg/m3. Neglecting all di...

Two solid spheres S1 and S2 of same uniform density fall from rest under gravity in a viscous medium and after sometime, reach terminal velocities v1 ...

Under isothermal conditions, two soap bubbles of radii a and b coalesce to form a single bubble of radius c. If the external pressure is p, then surfa...

A steel and a brass wire, each of length 50 cm and cross-sectional area 0.005 cm2 hang from a ceiling and are 15 cm apart. Lower ends of the wires are...

Which of the following diagrams correctly shows the relation between the terminal velocity vT of a spherical body falling in a liquid and viscosity $$...

A compressive force is applied to a uniform rod of rectangular cross-section so that its length decreases by 1%. If the Poisson's ratio for the materi...

A small spherical body of radius r and density $$\rho $$ moves with the terminal velocity v in a fluid of coefficient of viscosity $$\eta $$ and densi...

The stress along the length of a rod (with rectangular cross-section) is 1% of the Young's modulus of its material. What is the approximate percentage...

What will be the approximate terminal velocity of a rain drop of diameter $${1.8 \times {{10}^{ - 3}}}$$ m, when density of rain water $$ \approx $$ $...

A uniform capillary tube of length l and inner radius r with its upper end sealed is submerged vertically into water. The outside pressure is p0 and s...

A liquid of bulk modulus k is compressed by applying an external pressure such that its density increases by 0.01%. The pressure applied on the liquid...

A solid rectangular sheet has two different coefficients of linear expansion $$\alpha$$1 and $$\alpha$$2 along its length and breadth respectively. Th...

A wire of length 5 m is stretched by 1 mm by a force of 1 N. What is the value of energy stored in the wire?

Two wires A and B of same length are made of same material. Load (F) vs. elongation (x) graph for these two wires is shown in the figure. Then whic...