Elastic behaviour of solids - class-XI
Comprehensive quiz covering elastic and plastic behavior of solids, including definitions of elasticity and plasticity, stress-strain concepts, material properties, yield point, brittle vs ductile substances, and deformation mechanisms for Class XI physics.
Questions
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
- When a material is under tensile stress, the restoring forces are caused by interatomic attraction while under compressional stress, the restoring force is due to interatomic repulsion
- The stretching of a coil is determined by its shear modulus
- Rubber is more elastic than steel
- Shearing stress plays an important role in the buckling of shafts
Out of the following whose elasticity is independent of temperature
- steel
- copper
- Invar steel
- glass
Which of the following is an example of plastic deformation?
- stretching a rubber band
- stretching salt water taffy
- none
- both
Which of the following are close to ideal plastics?
- Putty
- Mud
- Rubber band
- None of the above
Fill in the blank.
In a technical sense a substance with a ________ elasticity is one that requires a ______ force to produce a distortion-for example, a steel sphere.
- high, small
- high, large
- low, large
- low , small
As compared to concrete, steel has compressive strength:
- $25$ times less
- equal
- $25$ times more
- $5$ times more
The property of a material due to which shape is changed permanently is known as:
- Elasticity
- Plasticity
- Ductility
- None of the above
Elasticity is defined as the ability of a body to
- Resist linear motion in a hard surface
- Resist rolling motion in a hard surface
- Resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed.
- Resist electric current in a magnetic field
Substances that elongate considerably and undergo plastic deformation before they break are known as
- brittle substances
- breakable substances
- ductile substances
- all of these
Plastic deformation results from the following
- Slip
- Twinning
- Both slip and twinning
- creep
Substances that break just after elastic limit is reached are known as
- brittle substances
- breakable substances
- ductile substances
- elastic substances
A thin metal sheet is being bent by or pounded in to a new shape. The process of being elastic to plastic behaviour is known as
- Yield
- Creep
- Welding
- Tinkering
The plasticity behaviour of a material determines the
- elastic behavior of the material
- resistance of the material to electric fields
- viscous behavior of the material and is irrecoverable.
- resistance of the material to magnetic fields
Plastic deformation in a material begins at
- Q point
- Yield point
- Proportionality limit
- Elastic limit
At yield point, Hooke's law doesn't hold good
- True
- False
Which of the following is perfectly plastic?
- Plasticine
- Quartz fibre
- steel
- Rubber
An elastic metal rod will change its length when it
- falls vertically under its weight
- is pulled along its lengthy by a force acting at one end
- both
- none
When the elastic limit is exceeded, the body acquires permanent deformation called
- Met
- Set
- bet
- ket
Which one of the following substance possesses the highest elasticity?
- rubber
- glass
- steel
- copper
Pick up the correct statement:
- Cubic crystals exhibit isotropic nature with respect to therma expansion
- Anisotropic solids expand in one direction and contract in perpendicular direction
- Many of the crystals are anisotropic solids
- Rock salt crystal exhibits isotropic nature with respect to thermal expansion
The nearest approach to a perfect plastic body is
- diamond
- quartz fiber
- putty
- none of these
The materials, which do not show a fixed trend of deformation vs. applied force, are called:
- inelastic materials
- plastic materials
- elastic materials
- rigid materials