Properties of Matter
314 Questions
2010
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2010
A ball is made of a material of density $\rho $ where ${\rho _{oil}}\, < \rho < {\rho _{water}}$ with ${\rho _{oil}}$ and ${\rho _{water}}$ representing the densities of oil and water, respectively. The oil and water are immiscible. If the above ball is in equilibrium in a mixture of this oil and water, which of the following pictures represents its equilibrium position?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2009
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2009
Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. However wire $1$ has cross-sectional area $A$ and wire $2$ has cross-sectional area $3A.$ If the length of wire $1$ increases by $\Delta x$ on applying force $F,$ how much force is needed to stretch wire $2$ by the same amount?
A.
$4F$
B.
$6F$
C.
$9F$
D.
$F$
2008
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2008
A spherical solid ball of volume $V$ is made of a material of density ${\rho _1}$. It is falling through a liquid of density ${\rho _2}\left( {{\rho _2} < {\rho _1}} \right)$. Assume that the liquid applies a viscous force on the ball that is proportional to the square of its speed $v,$ i.e., ${F_{viscous}} = - k{v^2}\left( {k > 0} \right).$ The terminal speed of the ball is
A.
$\sqrt {{{Vg\left( {{\rho _1} - {\rho _2}} \right)} \over k}} $
B.
${{{Vg{\rho _1}} \over k}}$
C.
$\sqrt {{{Vg{\rho _1}} \over k}} $
D.
${{Vg\left( {{\rho _1} - {\rho _2}} \right)} \over k}$
2008
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2008
A jar is filled with two non-mixing liquids $1$ and $2$ having densities ${\rho _1}$ and ${\rho _2}$ respectively. A solid ball, made of a material of density ${\rho _3}$, is dropped in the jar. It comes to equilibrium in the position shown in the figure. Which of the following is true for ${\rho _1}$ , ${\rho _1}$ and ${\rho _3}$ ?
A.
${\rho _3} < {\rho _1} < \rho {}_2$
B.
${\rho _1} > {\rho _3} > \rho {}_2$
C.
${\rho _1} < {\rho _2} < \rho {}_3$
D.
${\rho _1} < {\rho _3} < \rho {}_2$
2008
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2008
A capillary tube (A) is dipped in water. Another identical tube (B) is dipped in a soap-water solution. Which of the following shows the relative nature of the liquid columns in the two tubes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2006
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2006
A wire elongates by $l$ $mm$ when a LOAD $W$ is hanged from it. If the wire goes over a pulley and two weights $W$ each are hung at the two ends, the elongation of the wire will be (in $mm$)
A.
$l$
B.
$2l$
C.
zero
D.
$l/2$
2006
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2006
If the terminal speed of a sphere of gold (density $ = 19.5\,\,kg/{m^3}$) is $0.2$ $m/s$ in a viscous liquid (density $ = 1.5\,\,kg/{m^3}$, find the terminal speed of a sphere of silver (density $ = 10.5\,\,kg/{m^3}$) of the same size in the same liquid
A.
$0.4$ $m/s$
B.
$0.133$ $m/s$
C.
$0.1$ $m/s$
D.
$0.2$ $m/s$
2005
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2005
A $20$ $cm$ long capillary tube is dipped in water. The water rises up to $8$ $cm.$ If the entire arrangement is put in a freely falling elevator the length of water column in the capillary tube will be
A.
$10$ $cm$
B.
$8$ $cm$
C.
$20$ $cm$
D.
$4$ $cm$
2005
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2005
If $S$ is stress and $Y$ is young's modulus of material of a wire, the energy stored in the wire per unit volume is
A.
${{{S^2}} \over {2Y}}$
B.
$2{S^2}Y$
C.
${S \over {2Y}}$
D.
${{2Y} \over {{S^2}}}$
2004
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2004
A wire fixed at the upper end stretches by length $l$ by applying a force $F.$ The work done in stretching is
A.
$2Fl$
B.
$Fl$
C.
${F \over {2l}}$
D.
${{Fl} \over 2}$
2004
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2004
If two soap bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube
A.
air flows from the smaller bubble to the bigger
B.
air flows from bigger bubble to the smaller bubble till the sizes are interchanged
C.
air flows from the bigger bubble to the smaller bubble till the sizes become equal
D.
there is no flow of air.
2004
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2004
Spherical balls of radius $R$ are falling in a viscous fluid of viscosity $\eta $ with a velocity $v.$ The retarding viscous force acting on the spherical ball is
A.
inversely proportional to both radius $R$ and velocity $v$
B.
directly proportional to both radius $R$ and velocity $v$
C.
directly proportional to $R$ but inversely proportional to $v$
D.
inversely proportional to $R,$ but directly proportional to velocity $v$
2003
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2003
According to Newton's law of cooling, the rate of cooling of a body is proportional to ${\left( {\Delta \theta } \right)^n},$ where ${\Delta \theta }$ is the difference of the temperature of the body and the surrounding, and $n$ is equal to :
A.
two
B.
three
C.
four
D.
one
2002
JEE Mains
MCQ
AIEEE 2002
A cylinder of height $20$ $m$ is completely filled with water. The velocity of efflux of water (in $m{s^{ - 1}}$) through a small hole on the side wall of the cylinder near its bottom is
A.
$10$
B.
$20$
C.
$25.5$
D.
$5$