| 1. | \(2\) | 2. | \(\dfrac14\) |
| 3. | \(\dfrac18\) | 4. | \(\dfrac1{2\sqrt2}\) |

| 1. | zero | 2. | \(\frac{2W}{A}\) |
| 3. | \(\frac{W}{A}\) | 4. | \(\frac{W}{2A}\) |
A heavy mass is attached to a thin wire and is whirled in a vertical circle. The wire is most likely to break:
| 1. | when the mass is at the highest point |
| 2. | when the mass is at the lowest point |
| 3. | when the wire is horizontal |
| 4. | at an angle of \(\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right)\) from the upward vertical |
The maximum load a wire can withstand without breaking when its length is reduced to half of its original length, will:
1. be doubled
2. be halved
3. be four times
4. remain the same
A mild steel wire of length \(2L\) and cross-sectional area \(A\) is stretched, well within the elastic limit, horizontally between two pillars (figure). A mass \(m\) is suspended from the mid-point of the wire. Strain in the wire is:
| 1. | \( \dfrac{x^2}{2 L^2} \) | 2. | \(\dfrac{x}{\mathrm{~L}} \) |
| 3. | \(\dfrac{x^2}{L}\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{x^2}{2L}\) |