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A tank is filled to a height . The range of water coming out of a hole which is a depth from the surface of water level is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the range is calculated using the formula for the range of a projectile launched from a height.
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A waterproofing agent changes the angle of contact
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Correct option: B
from acute to obtuse.
Option B (from acute to obtuse) is correct because waterproofing agents increase the contact angle, making it obtuse and preventing wetting.
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A body weighs in air, in water and in oil. The specific gravity of oil is
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Correct option: A
0.8
The correct answer is A (0.8) because specific gravity is calculated as the ratio of the loss of weight in oil to the loss of weight in water.
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A small sphere is falling in a viscous liquid with terminal speed. The work done by viscous force on the body in taking it through a finite displacement is;
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Correct option: C
Negative
Option C (Negative) is correct because the viscous force opposes the motion, resulting in negative work done.
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A solid sphere of radius acquires a terminal velocity when falling (due to gravity) through a viscous fluid having a coefficient of viscosity . The sphere is broken into 27 identical solid spheres. If each of these spheres acquires a terminal velocity, when falling through the same fluid, the ratio equals
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Correct option: A
9
Option A (9) is correct because the terminal velocity is proportional to the square of the radius, and the radius changes by a factor of 3 when the sphere is divided into 27 smaller spheres.
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If Reynold's number is greater than 3000, the flow of liquid is:
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Correct option: B
Turbulent
Option B (Turbulent) is correct because Reynolds number greater than 3000 indicates turbulent flow.
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The water flows from a tap of diameter with a rate of . The density and coefficient of viscosity of water are and Pas, respectively. The flow of water is
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Correct option: B
Turbulent with Reynolds number 5100
Option B (Turbulent with Reynolds number 5100) is correct because the calculated Reynolds number is greater than 3000, indicating turbulent flow.
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What is the maximum height (in ) of a brick column of uniform cross section for which column deformation due to its own weight is within the elastic limit? . Elastic limit, .]
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Correct option: A
200
Option D (200) is correct because it is calculated by setting the pressure due to the column's weight equal to the elastic limit and solving for the height.
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The work done in blowing a soap bubble of radius 0.2 m is (Surface tension of water is 0.06 N/m )
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the work done calculated using the surface tension and the change in surface area of the soap bubble.
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Two stretched membranes of area and are placed in a liquid at the same depth. The ratio of pressure on them is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because pressure at a given depth in a liquid depends only on the depth and the density of the liquid, not the area.
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A straw long floats on water. The water film on one side has surface tension of on the other side camphor reduces the surface tension to .The force is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the net force is the difference in surface tension multiplied by the length of the straw.
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Sudden fall of pressure at a place indicates:
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Correct option: A
Storm
Option A (Storm) is correct because a sudden fall in pressure indicates the approach of a storm due to the rapid influx of air.
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An object is located at 2 km beneath the surface of the water. If the fractional compression is 1.36%, the ratio of hydraulic stress to the corresponding hydraulic strain will be………
(Take, density of water is and )
(Take, density of water is and )
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the phase angle is calculated using the inductive reactance and resistance.
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A tube of length is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass and closed at both ends. The tube is rotated in horizontal plane about one of its ends with angular speed of . The force exerted by liquid at other end is
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Correct option: C
Option C (3 N) is correct because the force exerted by the liquid is calculated using integration and the given parameters.
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With an increase in temperature, surface tension of liquid (except molten copper and cadmium)
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Correct option: C
decreases
Option C is correct because the surface tension of most liquids decreases as temperature increases due to increased molecular kinetic energy.
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Assertion: The contact angle between water and glass is acute.
Reason: The surface of water in the capillary is convex.
Reason: The surface of water in the capillary is convex.
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Correct option: C
If assertion is true but reason is false
Option C is correct because the contact angle between water and glass is acute, but the surface of water in a capillary is concave, not convex.
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A square frame of side is dipped in a liquid. On taking out, a membrane is formed. If the surface tension of the liquid is , the force acting on one side of the frame will be
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the force acting on one side of the frame is twice the surface tension times the length due to the two surfaces of the membrane.
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A soap bubble of diameter is produced using the soap solution of surface tension . Find the energy required to double the radius of the bubble without change of temperature.
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the energy required is calculated considering the two surfaces of the soap bubble.
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In a streamline flow if the gravitational head is . The kinetic and pressure heads are
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Correct option: B
and g
Option B ( and g) is correct because these are the standard expressions for kinetic and pressure heads in fluid dynamics.
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Wax is coated on the inner wall of a capillary tube and the tube is then dipped in water. Then, compared to the unwaxed capillary, the angle of contact and the height upto which water rises change. These changes are :
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Correct option: C
increases and decreases
Option C ( increases and decreases) is correct because waxing the capillary tube increases the contact angle and reduces the capillary rise.
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An air foil has:
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Correct option: A
Convex shape
Option A (Convex shape) is correct because an airfoil is designed with a convex shape on its upper surface to create lift.
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A water drop is divided into eight equal droplets. The pressure difference between the inner and outer side of the big drop will be
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Correct option: B
of that for smaller droplet
Option B ( of that for smaller droplet) is correct because the pressure difference is inversely proportional to the radius, and the radius of the big drop is twice that of the smaller droplets.
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A drop of radius is split under isothermal conditions into droplets, each of radius the ratio of surface energies of big and each small drop is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the ratio of surface energies is proportional to the ratio of surface areas, which depends on the number of droplets.
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Select the correct statements from the following.
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Correct option: D
All are correct
Option D is correct because all the statements are applications of Bernoulli's principle and atmospheric pressure.
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A body of density is dropped from rest from height (from the surface of water) into a lake of density of water . Neglecting all dissipative effects, the acceleration of body while it is in the lake is
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Correct option: A
upwards
Option A ( upwards) is correct because the net acceleration is the difference between the buoyant force and the weight, divided by the mass, acting upwards.
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A cubical block of steel of each side equal to is floating on mercury in a vessel. The densities of steel and mercury are and . The height of the block above the mercury level is given by
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the height of the block above the mercury level, calculated using the principle of floatation.
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A ball whose density is falls into water from a height of 9 cm. To what depth does the ball sink?
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Correct option: B
6 cm
Option B (6 cm) is correct because the depth the ball sinks is calculated to be 6 cm by considering the buoyant force and the ball's density.
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A boat having a length and breadth is floating on a lake. The boat sinks by when a man gets on it. The mass of the man is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it's calculated by equating the weight of the man to the extra upthrust experienced by the boat when it sinks by 1 cm.
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A sample of metal weight in air, liquid. Then find:
(1) Relative density of metal
(2) Relative density of unknown liquid.
(1) Relative density of metal
(2) Relative density of unknown liquid.
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Correct option: A
Option A (10, 3) is correct because it is calculated using the formulas for relative density.
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The pressure on a swimmer 20 m below the surface of water at sea level is
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Correct option: D
3.0 atm
Option D (3.0 atm) is correct because it is the total pressure calculated by adding atmospheric pressure to the pressure due to the water column.
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