GATE XE · 2026 · XE-F
Question 123: Polymer rheology
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Question 123
XE-FMCQ2 marksNeeds review
The variation of steady shear viscosity (
) of a polymer melt with shear rate (
) is shown in the figure, where
is the upper limit of the applied shear rate. Which one of the following figures, labeled P, Q, R and S, shows the most appropriate variation of shear stress (
) with shear rate for the same polymer melt?


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2026XE-F
GATE XE 2026 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XE-F
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- Multiple choice (MCQ)
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- 2 marks
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