The maximum elongation of a steel wire of 1 m length if the elastic limit of steel and its Young's modulus, respectively, are 8×10^8 N m^-2 and 2×10^11 N m^-2, is :

NEET UG 2024 · Physics · Question 31

NEET 2024 Physics, question 31

Question 31 of the NEET 2024 paper (code T2) is a Physics question from Mechanical Properties of Solids. Its idea, Hooke's Law and Elastic Limit, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q31 · Physics

8\times10^8

1 40 mm 2 8 mm 3 4 mm Official answer 4 0.4 mm

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

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