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Application +4 | -1
A ball of mass mm and radius rr is gently released in a viscous liquid. The mass of the liquid displaced by it is m′{m}^{\prime}, such that m>m′m > m^{\prime}. The terminal velocity is proportional to
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Correct option: A
m−m′r\frac{m-m^{\prime}}{r}
Option A (m−m′r\frac{m-m^{\prime}}{r}) is correct because the terminal velocity is proportional to the difference between the mass of the ball and the mass of the liquid displaced, divided by the radius.
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Understanding +4 | -1
A small tiny lead shot is gently dropped on the surface of a viscous liquid
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Correct option: D
The velocity of lead shot will reach steady value after sometime
The correct answer is D (The velocity of lead shot will reach steady value after sometime) because the viscous force increases with velocity until it balances the weight, resulting in terminal velocity.
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Analyzing +4 | -1
A hollow cylinder of mass mm made heavy at its bottom is floating vertically in water. It is tilled from its vertical position through an angle θ\theta and is left. The restoring force acting on it is
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Correct option: C
mg[1cos⁡θ−1]m\mathrm{g}\left[ {\frac{1}{{\cos \mathrm{\theta }}} - 1} \right]
Option C is correct because the restoring force is calculated by considering the extra volume of water displaced when the cylinder is tilted.
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Understanding +4 | -1
Excess pressure inside a liquid drop of radius RR is P1P_1 and inside a bubble of same liquid and same radius RR is P2P_2 then P1:P2P_1: P_2 is
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Correct option: A
1:21: 2
The correct answer is A (1:21: 2) because the excess pressure inside a liquid drop is 2S/R2S/R, while inside a bubble it is 4S/R4S/R, where S is the surface tension.
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Application +4 | -1
The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has a crosssection of 8.0 cm28.0 \mathrm{~cm}^2, one end of which has 40 fine holes each of diameter 1.0 mm1.0 \mathrm{~mm}. If the liquid flow inside the tube is 1.5 m min−11.5 \mathrm{~m} \mathrm{~min}^{-1}, what is the speed of ejection of the liquid through the holes?
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Correct option: A
0.637 ms−10.637 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}
Option A (0.637 m/s) is correct because it accurately calculates the speed of ejection of the liquid using the equation of continuity.
216 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Statement A: Aero planes are made to run on the runway before take off, so that they acquire the necessary lift.
Statement B: According to Bernoulli's theorem, as velocity increases pressure decreases and vice versa.
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Correct option: A
Statement A is true and statement B is true
Option A is correct because both statements are true and related to the principle behind an airplane's lift during takeoff.
217 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
A suction pump at ground level can draw water from a well whose depth of level is:
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Correct option: C
less than 10.2 cm10.2 \mathrm{~cm}
Option C is correct because the maximum height a suction pump can draw water is limited by atmospheric pressure, which corresponds to about 10.2 m.
218 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Statement-1: When a drop of ink falls on a news paper, it spreads on it.
Statement-2: Adhesive force between ink and paper is greater than cohesive force between ink molecules.
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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 (Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1) is correct because the ink spreads due to stronger adhesive forces between ink and paper compared to cohesive forces within the ink.
219 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Water rises up in a glass capillary upto a height of 9.0 cm9.0 \mathrm{~cm}, while mercury falls down by 3.4 cm3.4 \mathrm{~cm} in the same capillary. Assume angles of contact for water-glass and mercury-glass as 0∘0^{\circ} and 135∘135^{\circ} respectively. Determine the ratio of surface tensions of mercury and water. Take cos⁡135∘=−0.71.\cos 135^{\circ}=-0.71.
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Correct option: A
7.2:17.2: 1
Option A (7.2:17.2: 1) is correct because it is the ratio of surface tensions calculated using the capillary rise formula, considering the different heights, densities, and contact angles.
220 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
A metallic wire of diameter 'dd' is lying horizontally on the surface of water. The maximum length of wire so that it may not sink will be
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Correct option: D
Any length
Option D (Any length) is correct because the maximum length of the wire that can be supported by surface tension is independent of the wire's length.
221 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Assertion: When fluids flow, there is some loss of energy due to friction.
Reason: Different layers of the fluid exert forces on each other.
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Correct option: A
If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Option A (If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion) is correct because the friction between fluid layers causes energy loss.
222 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Choose the correct statement
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Correct option: A
Terminal velocities of rain drops are proportional to square of their radii
Option A (Terminal velocities of rain drops are proportional to square of their radii) is correct because the terminal velocity is directly proportional to the square of the radius of the raindrop.
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Understanding +4 | -1
Assertion: The flow is streamline for Reynolds number less than 2000.
Reason: The flow of liquid is unstable for Reynolds number greater than 3000.
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Correct option: C
If assertion is true but reason is false
Option B (If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion) is correct because both statements are true regarding Reynolds number and flow stability, but the reason doesn't explain the assertion.
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Understanding +4 | -1
Statement A: The shape of an automobile is so designed that its front resembles the stream line pattern of the fluid through which it moves.
Statement B: The resistance offered by the fluid is maximum.
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Correct option: C
Statement A is false and statement B is true
Option D (Statement A is false and statement B is false) is correct because streamlined designs minimize fluid resistance, not maximize it.
225 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
On which of the following, the terminal velocity of a solid ball in a viscous fluid is independent?
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Correct option: B
Height of the liquid
Option B is correct because the terminal velocity formula does not include the height of the liquid column.
226 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
An air bubble of radius 1 mm1 \mathrm{~mm} is formed inside water at a depth 10 m10 \mathrm{~m} below free surface (where, air pressure is 105Nm−210^5 \mathrm{Nm}^{-2} ). The pressure inside the bubble is (surface tension of water =7×10−2Nm−1=7 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{Nm}^{-1} )
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Correct option: D
2.0014×105Nm−22.0014 \times 10^5 \mathrm{Nm}^{-2}
Option D (2.0014×105Nm−22.0014 \times 10^5 Nm^{-2}) is correct because it accounts for both the hydrostatic pressure due to the depth of the bubble and the excess pressure due to surface tension.
227 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Streamline flow is more likely for liquid with
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Correct option: D
low density and low viscosity
Option D (low density and low viscosity) is correct because streamline flow is favored by low density and low viscosity liquids.
228 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Assertion:- Surface tension of water is larger among fluids.
Reason:- There is hydrogen bond in water molecule so its surface tension is larger than other 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 water has a higher surface tension than most fluids due to the presence of hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
229 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A block weighs 15 N15 \mathrm{~N} in air. It weighs 12 N12 \mathrm{~N} when immersed in water. When immersed in another liquid, it weighs 13 N13 \mathrm{~N}. Calculate the relative density (specific gravity) of the other liquid.
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Correct option: A
23\frac{2}{3}
Option A (23\frac{2}{3}) is correct because it is calculated by dividing the loss of weight in the other liquid by the loss of weight in water.
230 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A raft of wood of mass 120 kg120 \mathrm{~kg} floats in water. The weight that can be put on the raft to make it just sink, should be (Take, draft =600kgm−3d_{\text {raft }}=600 \mathrm{kgm}^{-3} )
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Correct option: A
80 kg80 \mathrm{~kg}
Option A (80 kg80 \mathrm{~kg}) is correct because it is the additional weight required for the raft to be fully submerged, calculated using the principle of buoyancy.
231 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A drop of liquid of diameter 2.8 mm breaks up into 125 identical drops. The change in energy is nearly (S=75  dyne  cm−1)\left( {S = 75\,\,\mathrm{dyne}\,\,\mathrm{c}{\mathrm{m}^{ - 1}}} \right)
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Correct option: D
74 erg
Option D (74 erg) is correct because the change in energy is calculated by multiplying the surface tension by the increase in surface area after the drop breaks into smaller droplets.
232 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
The amount of work done in blowing a soap bubble such that its diameter increases from d to DD is (S=S =surface tension of solution)
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Correct option: B
2π(D2−d2)S2\pi \left( {{D^2} - {d^2}} \right)S
Option B is correct because the work done is the product of surface tension and the change in surface area of the soap bubble, considering both surfaces.
233 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
A beaker containing water is balance on the pan of a common balance. A solid of specific gravity 1 and mass 5 g is tied to the arm of the balance and immersed in water contained in the beaker. The scale pan with the beaker
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Correct option: C
Remains unchanged
Option C (Remains unchanged) is correct because the effective weight of the solid in water is zero, so there's no change in the balance reading.
234 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Pressure inside a liquid drop is greater than the pressure outside by an amount 2SR,\frac{2 S}{R}, where SS is surface tension of liquid and RR is radius of liquid drop. When 8 such identical drops combine together become one single drop than the pressure difference between inside and outside the drop will be
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Correct option: A
SR\frac{S}{R}
Option A (2\sqrt 2) is correct because it's derived from the prism formula using the given refracting angle and minimum deviation.
235 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A cubical block of ice floating in water has to support a metal piece weighing 0.5 kg0.5 \mathrm{~kg}. What can be the minimum edge of the block so that it does not sink in water? Specific gravity of ice =0.9.=0.9.
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Correct option: A
17 cm17 \mathrm{~cm}
Option A (17 cm17 \mathrm{~cm}) is correct because the minimum edge length is calculated by equating the weight of the ice block and metal piece to the upthrust.
236 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
If the excess pressure inside a liquid drop is 3 times of excess pressure of another liquid drop made from same liquid. Find ratio of their volumes.
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Correct option: B
127\frac{1}{27}
Option B (127\frac{1}{27}) is correct because the ratio of volumes is the cube of the ratio of radii, and the ratio of radii is inversely proportional to the excess pressure.
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Application +4 | -1
The radius R of the soap bubble is doubled under isothermal condition. If T be the surface tension of soap bubble, the work done in doing so is given by
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Correct option: B
24πR2T24\pi {R^2}T
Option B (24πR2T24\pi {R^2}T) is correct because it calculates the work done as the product of the increase in surface area and the surface tension, considering both surfaces of the soap bubble.
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Application +4 | -1
A rain drop of radius 0.3 mm has a terminal velocity in air = 1 m/s. The viscosity of air is 8×10−58 \times {10^{ - 5}} poise. The viscous force on it is
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Correct option: A
45.2×10−4  dyne45.2 \times {10^{ - 4}}\,\,\mathrm{dyne}
Option A (45.2×10−4 dyne45.2 \times {10^{ - 4}}\,\mathrm{dyne}) is correct because it is the viscous force calculated using Stokes' Law.
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Understanding +4 | -1
Statement I: Finer the capillary, greater is the height to
which the liquid rises in the tube.

Statement II: This is in accordance with the ascent
formula.
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Correct option: A
Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is
the correct explanation for Statement I
Option A is correct because the height to which a liquid rises in a capillary tube is inversely proportional to the radius of the tube, as described by the ascent formula.
240 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
The excess of pressure inside the first soap bubble is 3\sqrt{3} times that inside the second bubble. The ratio of volume of the first to that the second bubble is
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Correct option: A
1:331: 3 \sqrt{3}
Option A (1:331: 3 \sqrt{{3}}) is correct because the ratio of volumes is the cube of the inverse ratio of the excess pressures.
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