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Calculate work done required to increase the area of a rectangular film of liquid from (4 cm×5 cm)(4 \mathrm{~cm} \times 5 \mathrm{~cm}) to (5 cm×6 cm)(5 \mathrm{~cm} \times 6 \mathrm{~cm}). (surface tension of the liquid is 0.3 N/m0.3 \mathrm{~N} / \mathrm{m} )
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Correct option: C
6×10−4 J6 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~J}
Option C (6×10−4 J6 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~J}) is correct because it is calculated using the formula for work done in increasing the surface area of a liquid film.
92 Medium
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A 20 cm long capillary tube is dipped in water. The water rises up to 8 cm It the entire arrangement is put in a freely falling body (or) elevator, the length of water column in the capillary tube will be
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Correct option: B
20cm
Option B (20cm) is correct because in a freely falling elevator, there is no apparent weight, and the water rises to the full length of the capillary tube.
93 Medium
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The lower end of a capillary tube of diameter 2.00 mm2.00 \mathrm{~mm} is dipped 8.00 cm8.00 \mathrm{~cm} below the surface of water in a beaker. What is the pressure required in the tube in order to blow a hemispherical bubble at its end in water? The surface tension of water at the temperature of the experiment is 7.30×10−2 Nm−1.17.30 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{~Nm}^{-1} .1 atmospheric pressure =1.01×105 Pa=1.01 \times 10^5 \mathrm{~Pa}, density of water =1000 kgm−3,g=9.80 ms−2=1000 \mathrm{~kgm}^{-3}, g=9.80 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}. Also calculate the excess pressure.
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Correct option: A
146 Pa,1.02×103 Pa146 \mathrm{~Pa}, 1.02 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{~Pa}
Option A (146 Pa, 1.02×1031.02 \times 10^{3} Pa) is incorrect. The excess pressure is 146 Pa and the pressure inside the bubble is 1.0193×1051.0193 \times 10^{5} Pa which is approximately 1.02×1051.02 \times 10^{5} Pa. The correct answer is A (146 Pa, 1.02×1051.02 \times 10^{5} Pa).
94 Medium
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An aircraft has mass 106 kg10^6 \mathrm{~kg}. Its total wing area is 500 m2500 \mathrm{~m}^2. In a level flight with a speed of 1000 km/hr1000 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{hr}. Find pressure difference between lower and upper surfaces?
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Correct option: B
2×104 Pa2 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~Pa}
Option B (2×104 Pa2 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~Pa}) is correct because the pressure difference is calculated using the lift equation, where lift equals weight.
95 Medium
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If a drop of mercury having radius 1 cm1 \mathrm{~cm} is broken into 10610^6 identical small droplets. If surface of mercury is 35×10−3 N/m235 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~N} / \mathrm{m}^2, then find out work done in this process.
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Correct option: B
4.35×10−3 J4.35 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~J}
Option B (4.35×10−3 J4.35 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~J}) is correct because it is the work done in breaking the mercury drop into smaller droplets, calculated using the formula W=4πR2T[n1/3−1]W = 4 \pi R^2 T [n^{1/3} - 1].
96 Medium
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If the shearing stress having stress b/w the horizontal layers of water in a river is 1.5 milli newton/m2{m^2} and ηwater=1×10−3pa,s{\eta _{\mathrm{water}}} = 1 \times {10^{ - 3}}pa,s then the velocity gradient is s−1{s^{ - 1}}
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Correct option: A
1.5
Option A (1.5) is correct because the velocity gradient is calculated by dividing the shearing stress by the viscosity.
97 Medium
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Assertion: The shape of liquid drop is spherical.
Reason: The pressure inside liquid drop is greater than that outside it.
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Correct option: B
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of the assertion
Option B (If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of the assertion) is correct because surface tension causes the spherical shape, and the pressure difference is a consequence of this shape.
98 Medium
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Two spherical rain drops with radii in the ratio 1:2 fall with a constant velocity in atmosphere. The ratio of their linear momenta in this situation is
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Correct option: C
1:321: 32
Option C (1:321: 32) is correct because the linear momentum is proportional to r5r^5, where r is the radius of the raindrop.
99 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
The speed of sound is measured by a resonance tube at the room temperature once by filling the tube with water and then with glycerine as v1v_1 and v2v_2. Which of the following relation relations is/are true in this context?
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Correct option: D
v1v_1 and v2v_2 does not depend on the nature of the liquid taken in the tube.
Option D (v1v_1 and v2v_2 does not depend on the nature of the liquid taken in the tube.) is correct because the speed of sound in air is independent of the liquid used in the resonance tube; it depends on the properties of the air itself.
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Water rises to a height h′\mathrm{h'} in capillary tube. If the length of capillary tube above the surface of water is made less than h′\mathrm{h'} then:
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Correct option: C
Water rises upto the top of capillary tube and stays there without overflowing
Option C (Water rises upto the top of capillary tube and stays there without overflowing) is correct because the water will rise to the top and adjust its radius of curvature to maintain equilibrium without overflowing.
101 Medium
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Assertion:- Surface tension is the property of only liquids
Reason:- Only liquids have free surface in fluids.
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Correct option: A
If both Assertion & Reason are True & the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion
Option A is correct because surface tension is indeed a property of liquids, and this is because only liquids have a free surface in fluids.
102 Medium
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The profile of advancing liquid in a tube is a
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Correct option: C
Parabola
Option C (Parabola) is correct because the velocity profile of a liquid advancing in a tube follows a parabolic distribution.
103 Medium
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The density (ρ)(\rho) of atmospheric air varies with height (h)(h) above the ground according to the relation ρ=ρoe−λh\rho=\rho_o e^{-\lambda h} where λ\lambda is a constant. At what height above the ground is the pressure half its value on the surface?
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Correct option: C
ln⁡2λ\frac{\ln 2}{\lambda}
Option C (ln⁡2λ\frac{{\ln 2}}{{\lambda}}) is correct because it is derived from the given density relation and the pressure-density relationship.
104 Medium
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A large HeHe balloon of volume 1425 m31425 \mathrm{~m}^3 is used to lift a pay load of 400 kg400 \mathrm{~kg}. Assume that the balloon maintains constant radius as it rises. How high does it rise? ρ0=1.25 kg m−3\rho_0=1.25 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}
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Correct option: A
8 km8 \mathrm{~km}
Option A (8 km8 \mathrm{~km}) is correct because the balloon rises until its density equals the air density at that height, which is calculated using the given formula.
105 Medium
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The pressure at the bottom of a tank of
water is 3P3P where PP is the atmospheric
pressure. If the water is drawn out till the
level of water is lowered by one fifth, the
pressure at the bottom of the tank will now
be:
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Correct option: B
(135)P\left( {\frac{{13}}{5}} \right)P
Option B ((135)P\left( {\frac{{13}}{5}} \right)P) is correct because it's calculated by finding the new height after the water level is lowered and then calculating the new pressure at the bottom of the tank.
106 Medium
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Statement A: To float a body, weight of the displaced liquid is equal to the actual weight of the body.
Statement B: The body will experience no net downward force in that case.
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Correct option: A
Statement A is true and statement B is true
Option A is correct because for a body to float, the buoyant force (equal to the weight of the displaced liquid) must equal the weight of the body, resulting in no net downward force.
107 Medium
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At critical temperature, the surface tension of a liquid is
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Correct option: A
Zero
Option A is correct because at the critical temperature, the surface tension of a liquid becomes zero.
108 Medium
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Increase in pressure at one point of the enclosed liquid in rest is transmitted equally to all other points of liquid". Above statement is in accordance with the
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Correct option: B
Pascal's law
Option B (Pascal's law) is correct because the statement describes Pascal's law, which states that pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted equally to all points.
109 Medium
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STATEMENT-1 : The stream of water flowing at high speed from a garden hose pipe tends to spread like a fountain when held vertically up, but tends to narrow down when held vertically down.

STATEMENT-2 : In any steady flow of an incompressible fluid, the volume flow rate of the fluid remains constant.
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Correct option: A
Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
Option A is correct. Statement-1 is true because of the continuity equation, and Statement-2 correctly explains why the water stream spreads or narrows based on velocity changes.
110 Medium
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Reynolds number is the ratio of:
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Correct option: A
Inertial force to viscous force
Option A (Inertial force to viscous force) is correct because the Reynolds number is defined as the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
111 Medium
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If a rain drop starts falling from the cloud
level then before it acquires the terminal
velocity, its acceleration and velocity
respectively
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Correct option: A
increases, decreases
Option B (decreases, increases) is correct because as the raindrop falls, air resistance increases, causing the acceleration to decrease while the velocity increases until terminal velocity is reached.
112 Medium
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Shear modulus is zero for
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Correct option: C
Gases
Option D (Liquids and gases) is incorrect. Shear modulus is zero for gases because they cannot resist shear stress.
113 Medium
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Assertion: When the stopcock over the UU-tube having a large bubble at its one end and a small bubble at the other end is opened, air flows from the large bubble to the small bubble.
Reason: The pressure inside the large bubble is greater than that inside small bubble.
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Correct option: D
If both assertion and reason are false
Option D (If both assertion and reason are false) is correct because the pressure is higher inside the smaller bubble, causing air to flow from the smaller to the larger bubble.
114 Medium
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Statement A: An object falling through a viscous medium eventually attains terminal velocity
Statement B: All the rain drops hit the surface of the earth with the same constant velocity
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Correct option: B
Statement A is true and statement B is false
The correct answer is B (Statement A is true and statement B is false) because objects in viscous fluids reach terminal velocity, but raindrops don't all have the same constant velocity.
115 Medium
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A water drop of radius 1 cm1 \mathrm{~cm} is broken into 1000 equal droplets. What would be the gain in surface energy, if the surface tension of water is 0.075Nm−10.075 \mathrm{Nm}^{-1}
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Correct option: B
8.48×10−4 J8.48 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~J}
Option B (8.48×10−4 J8.48 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~J}) is correct because it is the calculated gain in surface energy when a water drop breaks into smaller droplets, considering the increase in surface area.
116 Medium
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Assertion: If an object is submerged in fluid at rest, the fluid exerts a force on its surface.
Reason: Force exerted by the fluid at rest has to be parallel to the surface in contact with it.
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Correct option: C
If assertion is true but reason is false
Option C (Assertion is true but reason is false) is correct because the fluid exerts a force on the surface, but this force is perpendicular, not parallel.
117 Medium
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An air-tight cage with a parrot sitting in it is suspended from the spring balance. The parrot starts flying. The reading of the spring balance will
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Correct option: C
Not change
Option C (Not change) is correct because the total weight supported by the spring balance remains the same, regardless of whether the parrot is sitting or flying.
118 Medium
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The area of cross-section of a large tank is 0.5 m20.5 \mathrm{~m}^2. It has an opening near the bottom having area of cross-section 1 cm21 \mathrm{~cm}^2. A load of 20 kg20 \mathrm{~kg} is applied on the water at the top. Find the velocity of the water coming out of the opening at the time when the height of water level is 50 cm50 \mathrm{~cm} above the bottom. (approx.) (Take g=10 m/s2g=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2)
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Correct option: A
3.28 m/s3.28 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}
The correct answer is A (3.28 m/s3.28 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}) because it is calculated using Bernoulli's equation, considering the pressure due to the applied load and the height of the water.
119 Medium
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Assertion: When height of a tube is less than liquid rise in the capillary tube, the liquid does not overflow.
Reason: Product of radius of meniscus and height of liquid in capillary tube always remains constant.
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Correct option: D
If both assertion and reason are false
Option D is correct because both the assertion and reason are false. The liquid does not overflow, and the product of the radius of the meniscus and the height remains constant.
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A water tank standing on the floor has two small holes punched in the vertical wall one above the other. The holes are 2.4 cm2.4 \mathrm{~cm} and 7.6 cm7.6 \mathrm{~cm} above the floor. If the jet of water from the holes hit the floor at the same point, then the height of water in the tank is
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Correct option: A
10 cm10 \mathrm{~cm}
Option A (10 cm10 \mathrm{~cm}) is correct because it is the height of the water in the tank calculated using the principle that the range is the same for complementary heights.
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