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NEET UG 2023 · Physics · Question 10

NEET 2023 Physics, question 10

Question 10 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Physics question from Mechanical Properties of Solids. Its idea, Stress and Strain Definitions, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q10 · Physics

Let a wire be suspended from the ceiling (rigid support) and stretched by a weight WW attached at its free end. The longitudinal stress at any point of cross-sectional area AA of the wire is :

  1. 1Zero
  2. 22W/A2W/A
  3. 3W/AW/AOfficial answer
  4. 4W/2AW/2A

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Stress and Strain Definitions

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

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Mechanical Properties of Solids in ten years of NEET

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