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JEE Main Physics · Class 11

Mechanical Properties of Solids: JEE Main previous year questions

Mechanical Properties of Solids had 31 questions in the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, about 0.7 a shift, asked in 27 of 42 shifts. It ranks 21 of 29 Physics chapters by questions; 3% of its questions were hard.

Questions
31
in 27 of 42 shifts
A shift, on average
0.7
of 25 Physics questions
Since 2024
+0.2
0.6 a shift in 2017–23, 0.8 in 2024–26
Numerical answer
13
42% of its questions

Year by year

How often it came

Questions in the analysed shifts of each year. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so read the bars with the shift count.

Questions each year
06121’171’203’214’222’234’245’2511’26

2017: 1 shifts · 2020: 4 shifts · 2021: 4 shifts · 2022: 4 shifts · 2023: 4 shifts · 2024: 8 shifts · 2025: 8 shifts · 2026: 9 shifts

Difficulty by year
  • 20171
  • 20201
  • 20213
  • 20224
  • 20232
  • 20244
  • 20255
  • 202611
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

Inside the chapter

Topics and the ideas that repeat

1 topics and 11 distinct ideas; 7 ideas were asked more than once. Most questions are single correct and calculation.

Topics, by questions
Ideas asked most
7 repeat

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Mechanical Properties of Solids: the interactive lesson

Every question

All 31 Mechanical Properties of Solids questions

Newest first. Each opens with its options and the official answer.

2026 11 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q49A uniform wire of length ll of weight ww is suspended from the roof with a weight of WW at the other end. The stress in the wire at…MediumNumerical value
  2. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q27The increase in the pressure required to decrease the volume (ΔV\Delta V) of water is 6.3×107 N/m26.3\times10^{7}\ \mathrm{N/m^2}. The percentage…EasySingle correct
  3. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q34A string AA of length 0.3140.314 m and Young's modulus 2×1010 N/m22\times10^{10}\ \mathrm{N/m^2} is connected to another string BB of length and…MediumSingle correct
  4. 4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q31A metal string AA is suspended from a rigid support and its free end is attached to a block of mass MM. Second block having mass 2M2M is…MediumSingle correct
  5. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q31The Young's modulus of steel wire of radius rr and length LL is YY. If the radius rr and length LL of the wire are doubled then the…EasySingle correct
  6. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q43Two wires as shown in the figure below, made of steel and have breaking stress of 12×108 N/m212 \times 10^8\ \mathrm{N/m^2}. Area of cross-section…MediumSingle correctHas a figure
  7. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q46A cube has side length 5 cm and modulus of rigidity 105 N/m210^5\ \mathrm{N/m^2}. The displacement produced by a force of 10 N in the upper face…EasyNumerical value
  8. 5 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q46A copper wire of length 3 m is stretched by 3 mm by applying an external force. The volume of the wire is…EasyNumerical value
  9. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q30A lift of mass 1600 kg is supported by thick iron wire. If the maximum stress which the wire can withstand is 4×1084\times10^8 N/m2^2 and…MediumSingle correct
  10. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q34The two wires AA and BB of equal cross-section but of different materials are joined together. The ratio of Young's modulus of wire AA…EasySingle correct
  11. 6 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q33Figure represents the extension (Δl\Delta l) of a wire of length 1 meter, suspended from the ceiling of the room at one end with a load…EasySingle correctHas a figure

2025 5 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q46A steel wire of length 2 m and Young's modulus 2.0×1011 N m−22.0\times10^{11}\ \mathrm{N\,m^{-2}} is stretched by a force. If Poisson ratio and…MediumNumerical value
  2. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q48The length of a light string is 1.4 m when the tension on it is 5 N. If the tension increases to 7 N, the length of the string is 1.56 m.…EasyNumerical value
  3. 4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q32A cylindrical rod of length 1 m and radius 4 cm is mounted vertically. It is subjected to a shear force of 10510^5 N at the top.…MediumSingle correct
  4. 7 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q32Two wires A and B are made of same material having ratio of lengths LALB=13\frac{L_A}{L_B} = \frac{1}{3} and their diameters ratio…EasySingle correct
  5. 8 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q31A 3 m long wire of radius 3 mm shows an extension of 0.1 mm when loaded vertically by a mass of 50 kg in an experiment to determine…MediumSingle correct

2024 4 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q60A wire of cross sectional area AA, modulus of elasticity 2×1011 Nm−22\times10^{11}\ \mathrm{Nm^{-2}} and length 2 m is stretched between two…HardNumerical valueHas a figure
  2. 9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q53Two persons pull a wire towards themselves. Each person exerts a force of 200200 N on the wire. Young's modulus of the material of wire is…EasyNumerical value
  3. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q53The depth below the surface of sea to which a rubber ball be taken so as to decrease its volume by 0.02% is ________ mm. (Take density of…EasyNumerical value
  4. 31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q53Two blocks of mass 2 kg and 4 kg are connected by a metal wire going over a smooth pulley as shown in figure. The radius of wire is…MediumNumerical valueHas a figure

2023 2 questions

  1. 6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q58A steel rod has a radius of 20 mm and a length of 2.0 m. A force of 62.8 kN stretches it along its length. Young's modulus of steel is…EasyNumerical value
  2. 11 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q57The length of a wire becomes l1l_1 and l2l_2 when 100 N and 120 N tensions are applied respectively. If 10 l2=11 l110\,l_2 = 11\,l_1, the natural…MediumNumerical value

2022 4 questions

  1. 25 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q53A wire of length LL and radius rr is clamped rigidly at one end. When the other end of the wire is pulled by a force FF, its length…MediumNumerical value
  2. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q36The force required to stretch a wire of cross-section 1 cm21\ \mathrm{cm^2} to double its length will be : (Given Yong's modulus of the wire…EasySingle correct
  3. 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q31The bulk modulus of a liquid is 3×1010 Nm−23\times10^{10}\ \mathrm{Nm^{-2}}. The pressure required to reduce the volume of liquid by 2% is :EasySingle correct
  4. 29 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q36A wire of length L is hanging from a fixed support. The length changes to L1L_1 and L2L_2 when masses 1 kg and 2 kg are suspended…MediumSingle correct

2021 3 questions

  1. 3 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q10The following diagram shows the relation between stress and strain of two materials A and B. The ratio of Young's modulus of A and B is -EasySingle correctHas a figure
  2. 25 Jul 2021, Shift 1 · Q18Two wires of same length and radius are joined end to end and loaded. The Young's modulii of the materials of the two wires are Y1Y_1 and…MediumSingle correct
  3. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q28Two separate wires A and B are stretched by 2 mm and 4 mm respectively, when they are subjected to a force of 2 N. Assume that both the…MediumNumerical value

2020 1 questions

  1. 9 Jan 2020, Shift 2 · Q8Two steel wires having same length are suspended from a ceiling under the same load. If the ratio of their energy stored per unit volume…MediumSingle correct

2017 1 questions

  1. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q1A man grows into a giant such that his linear dimensions increase by a factor of 9. Assuming that his density remains same, the stress in…MediumSingle correct

Pattern: Asked most years.