t

en
nm nment
sig ssig
As A Assignment

Assignment
(1) 1 m/s
SECTION - A
2
NCERT Based MCQs (2) m/s
3
1. The height of mercury in the barometer tube is 70
3
cm due to entrapped air in it as shown in figure. (3) m/s
2
Now from this position tube is pulled up slightly,
then length of the mercury column in the tube will (4) 2 m/s
4. A container filled with a liquid of density 4 as
[NCERT Pg. 254]
shown in the figure. The velocity of efflux through
not perfect orifice is ( is density of water and g = 10 ms–2)
vacuum
[NCERT Pg. 259]

70 cm h=5 m
4

(1) 20 m/s (2) 10 m/s

(3) 14 m/s (4) 28 m/s
(1) Remain 70 cm
5. A boat floating in a lake is carrying a number of
(2) Slightly more than 70 cm cork balls. If the cork balls are unloaded into water,
then water level [NCERT Pg. 255]
(3) Slightly less than 70 cm
(1) Remains unchanged
(4) Can’t say
(2) Rises
2. The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is equal
(3) Falls
to an oil column of height 3 mm. The total surface
area of the soap bubble in contact with air will be (4) May rise or fall depends on the number of cork
(given, density of oil = 0.9 g/cm3, surface tension ball
of soap solution = 0.03 N/m and g = 10 ms–2) 6. A human heart pumps 50 cc of blood per heart
beat at a pressure of 1.5 m of water. If the heart
[NCERT Pg. 268]
beats are 75 per minute then average pumping
(1) 4.96 × 10–4 m2 (2) 1.24 × 10–4 m2 power of the heart is (g = 10 m/s2)
(3) 3.72 × 10–4 m2 (4) 1.03 × 10–4 m2 [NCERT Pg. 261]

3. An incompressible liquid is flowing through a (1) 3.0 W (2) 2 W

horizontal pipe as shown in figure. The magnitude (3) 0.94 W (4) 1.5 W
of velocity v is [NCERT Pg. 257]
7. Volume rate flow of a liquid of density  and
A coefficient of viscosity  through a cylindrical tube
3A 4 m/s of diameter D is Q. Reynold’s number of the flow
v is [NCERT Pg. 264]

4Q Q
(1) (2)
D D
2A
Q Q
(3) (4)
1 m/s 4D D
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 93
8. A hole is made at the bottom of tank filled with water. 13. Rise or fall of liquid inside the capillary is
If total pressure at bottom is 3 atm (1 atm = 105 N/m2)
then velocity of efflux is (Consider area of hole is [NCERT Pg. 269]

3 (1) Inversely proportional to radius of the capillary

times of cross sectional area of container)
2 tube
[NCERT Pg. 259] (2) Inversely proportional to surface tension of the
(1) 20 m/s liquid
(2) 40 m/s (3) Directly proportional to the density of liquid
(3) 50 m/s (4) Directly proportional to acceleration due to
(4) 30 m/s gravity
9. An ideal liquid is flowing through the horizontal tube 14. The flow of liquid is streamline if Reynolds number
as shown in figure. If areas of cross-section of end (Re) is [NCERT Pg. 264]
A and B are 2 mm2 and 4 mm2 respectively and (1) Re > 2000 (2) 1000 < Re < 2000
velocity of liquid at end A is 4 m/s then velocity of
liquid at end B will be [NCERT Pg. 257] (3) Re < 1000 (4) 2000 < Re < 3000
15. A spherical object is dropped inside the viscous liquid.
A B
Choose the correct velocity versus time (v - t) graph
of the object. (vT is the terminal velocity)
(1) 4 m/s (2) 2 m/s [NCERT Pg. 264]
(3) 8 m/s (4) 1 m/s v
v
10. If water is flowing in a pipe at a height 4 m from
the ground then its potential energy per unit volume (1) (2)
is (Reference is taken at ground, g = 10 m/s2) vT
t t
[NCERT Pg. 258] O O
v v
(1) 20 kJ/m3 (2) 10 kJ/m3
vT
(3) 40 kJ/m3 (4) 30 kJ/m3 (3) (4) vT
11. A circular wire frame of radius R is floating on the
surface of liquid of surface tension S. The force t t
O O
required to just pull out the frame from the liquid is
SECTION - B
[NCERT Pg. 266]
Objective Type Questions
(1) 2RS (2) 4RS
(3) RS (4) 3RS 1. The amount of work done in forming a soap film of
size 5 cm × 15 cm if surface tension is 10–2 N/m
12. A spherical air cavity of radius R is inside a liquid is
of uniform density  and surface tension T as
shown in the figure. The excess pressure inside (1) 3 × 10–4 J (2) 4.5 × 10–5 J
the cavity is (P1 is the pressure inside and P2 is (3) 1.5 × 10–4 J (4) 10–3 J
the pressure outside the cavity) [NCERT Pg. 268]
2. Two soap bubble of radius 3 cm and 4 cm combine
together in isothermal condition. The radius of
resultant soap bubble is
P2 (1) 5 cm (2) 7 cm
P1
(3) 1 cm (4) 91 cm

3. A spherical liquid drop of radius 7 cm is divided

4T 8T to 27 equal droplets. If the surface tension is
(1) P1  P2  (2) P1  P2  2 × 10–3 N/m, then the work done in the process is
R R
(1) 10–4 J (2) 5 × 10–4 J
2T T
(3) P1  P2  (4) P1  P2 
R R (3) Zero (4) 2.5 × 10–4 J

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
94 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

4. The surface energy of a soap bubble of radius ‘r’ 9. Which of the following option is correct for the
is proportional to figure shown below?

1
(1) (2) r2
r
A A/2 Q A R
(3) r (4) r3 P

S
5. A large bubble rises from the bottom of the lake to
the surface and its radius becomes 4 times, find h 3A
4
the depth of lake if atmospheric pressure is equal h/2
T A
to that of column of water of height H.
(1) 2 H (2) 60 H
(3) 55 H (4) 63 H (1) VP = VQ (2) PQ = PS
6. Three containers of different shapes containing (3) PP < PT (4) VR > VP
water, the pressure at the bottom for container A,
B and C are PA, PB and PC respectively. Select the 10. A liquid is flowing in streamline manner in a pipe
correct option. 1 with rate of x. If the same liquid is flowing in a
pipe of radius half of pipe 1 and length twice the
pipe 1 with same pressure difference, the rate of
flow of liquid for this pipe is
h h+1 h
x x
A B C (1) 3 (2)
2 24

(1) PA = PB = PC (2) PA = PC < PB x x

(3) 5 (4)
2 22
(3) PA = PC > PB (4) PA < PB < PC
11. A container is filled with mercury and accelerated
7. A body weighs 4 N in air, 3 N in water and 2 N in upwards as shown in figure where PT, PU, PV and
a liquid. The relative density of the solid and that P W are pressure at points T, U, V and W
of the liquid are respectively respectively. Choose the correct option
a
3 4 3
(1) 2, (2) , T U
2 3 2

V W
3
(3) 4, (4) 4, 2
2 (1) PT > PU > PW > PV

8. A block of wood with a metal plate placed on its (2) (PT = PU) < (PV = PW)
top floats in water as shown in figure, with x = 2 (3) (PT = PV) > (PU = PW)
cm and y = 50 cm, the possible value of x and y
after metal plate has fallen in water (4) (PT = PU) > (PV = PW)
12. If water drop is kept between glass plates X and
Metal plate Y and mercury drop is kept between glass plates
Y and Z then correct option is

Wood X X
x
y (1) Y (2) Y
Z Z

X X
(1) 3 cm, 52 cm (2) 3 cm, 49 cm Y Y
(3) (4)
(3) 1 cm, 51 cm (4) 1 cm, 48 cm Z Z

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 95
13. A square frame of side 2 cm is dipped in a liquid. 18. A candle of radius 1 cm is floating in a liquid in a
A membrane is formed when taken out, force cylindrical container of radius 1 m. If the candle is
acting on the frame. (Surface tension of liquid is burning at the rate of 1.5 cm/h, then the top of the
2.5 N/m) is nearly equal to candle will (in the given figure)

(1) 1.25 N (2) Zero

(3) 0.21 N (4) 0.41 N L
14. n identical liquid drops is/are falling with terminal L
velocity v0. If they combine to form a single drop
then new terminal velocity of the big drop will be
1
v0
(1) n 3 v 0 (2) 1
(1) Fall at the rate of 1.5 cm/h
n3 (2) Remain at the same height
2 (3) Fall at the rate of 3 cm/h
(3) n 3 v 0 (4) v0 (4) Fall at the rate of 0.75 cm/h
15. A ball is dropped from certain height H from 19. The variation of pressure, if an incompressible liquid
ground in a container a viscous liquid of height h is flowing in stream line manner shown in the
(H > h). The variation of velocity versus time is figure, is given by
represented by
V V

(1) (2)

t t P P

V V

(1) (2)
(3) (4) x x
P P
t t

16. Magnus effect is related with

(3) (4)
(1) Carnot theorem
x x
(2) Bernoulli’s theorem
20. Viscous drag force depends upon
(3) Perpendicular axes theorem
(1) Velocity with which it moves
(4) de-Broglie hypothesis
(2) Viscosity of body
17. Find the velocity v, if liquid flowing in streamline
manner (3) Density of body

2
(4) Both (1) & (2)
cm
=1 s 21. The lower end of a capillary tube is dipped in water.
A 2 4 m/
= Water rises upto height 10 cm. The tube is broken
A1 = 2 cm
2
v2
v1 = 8 m/s A3 upto 8 cm. Then new angle of contact will be
=1
v .5
cm 2 (1) 53º
(2) 37º
(1) 4 m/s (2) 8 m/s (3) 30º
(3) 12 m/s (4) 16 m/s
(4) 0º

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
96 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

22. If two liquid drops of same density but of masses 26. A U-tube containing a liquid moves with horizontal
M and 27M fall simultaneously in a viscous medium
g
with terminal speed v and nv, then value of n is acceleration , and the separation between the
2
(1) 9 (2) 3 limbs is d. The difference in their liquid levels is

1 d
(3) (4) 1 (1) (2) d
9 2
23. If n number of little droplets of water each of radius d
‘r’ and surface tension ‘s’ coalesce to form bigger (3) (4) 2d
4
drop then pressure inside bigger drop is (p0 is
atmosphere pressure). 27. 27 equal drops of liquid are falling through air with
steady velocity v 0 for each. If the drops are
1 coalesced then new velocity of bigger drop is
nT
(2) n T  p
3
(1)  p0
r r
0 (1) v0 (2) 27v0

(3) 9v0 (4) 3v0

T2 2T
(3)  p0 (4) 1
 p0
1 28. A cylindrical vessel of height h and base area A is
n3r 2 n3r filled with water. A hole of area a is made at the
bottom of vessel. If water is non-viscous then time
24. A hemisphere of volume v is kept in a liquid of in which water flows out of vessel is
density  as shown in figure. Vertical thrust on the
hemisphere due to liquid inside it is
A 2h A
(1) (2) 2gh
a g a

a 2h A g
(3) (4)
A g a 2h

29. A light cylindrical vessel is kept on a horizontal

surface. Its base area is A. A hole of cross
(1) vg (2) 2 vg
A
sectional area is made on side wall just at its
v g 4
(3) (4) Zero
2 bottom. Minimum coefficient of friction such that it
does not slide due to impact force of emerging
25. Liquid is filled in a tank upto height H. A hole is liquid is
made in the wall of tank at height y. Liquid
emerging from the hole lands at distance x from 1
(1)   (2)  = 4
the hole. If y decreases from H to zero, then x will 4

1 1
(3)   (4)  
2 8

H 30. A spherical solid ball of volume V is made of a

material of density 1. It is falling through a liquid
y of density 2 (2 > 1). Assume that the liquid
applies a viscous force on the ball such that
x F = –kv, then the terminal speed of the ball is
(1) First increase, then decrease
Vg  1  2  Vg  1  2 
(2) Increase (1) (2)
k k
(3) Decrease
V 1g V 2 g
(4) First decrease then increase (3) (4)
k k
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 97
31. Which of the following graphs represents the
relation between the capillary rise h and the radius
SECTION - C
r of the capillary (angle of contact is acute) Previous Years Questions

(1) (2) 1. In a U-tube as shown in the fig. water and oil are
in the left side and right side of the tube
respectively. The heights from the bottom for water
h h and oil columns are 15 cm and 20 cm
respectively. The density of the oil is
[take water = 1000 kg/m3] [NEET- 2019 (Odisha)]
r r

(3) (4)
h h 20 cm
15 cm

r r
water oil
32. If terminal speed of a sphere of gold (g = 19.5
kg/m3) is 2 m/s in a viscous liquid (  = 11.5 kg/ (1) 1333 kg/m3
m3) then the terminal speed of a sphere of silver (2) 1200 kg/m3
(s = 15.5 kg/m3) of same size in same liquid is
(3) 750 kg/m3
(1) 2 m/s
(4) 1000 kg/m3
(2) 1 m/s 2. Two small spherical metal balls, having equal
(3) 4 m/s masses, are made from materials of densities 1
and 2 (1 = 82) and have radii of 1 mm and 2
(4) 5 m/s
mm, respectively, they are made to fall vertically
33. A drop of liquid of diameter 0.28 cm breaks into 125 (from rest) in a viscous medium whose coefficient
droplets of equal radii. The change in surface energy of viscosity equals  and whose density is 0.12.
is nearly (Surface tension = 7.5  10–2 N/m) The ratio of their terminal velocities would be,
(1) Zero (2) 2 J [NEET- 2019 (Odisha)]
(3) 4.6 J (4) 7.5 J
79
(1)
34. Density of ice is  and that of water is . What 36
will be decrease in volume when a mass M of ice
melts? 79
(2)
72
M 
(1) (2) 19
 M (3)
36
1 1 1 1 1 39
(3) M    (4)     (4)
  M   72
3. A soap bubble, having radius of 1 mm, is blown
35. If three liquids of densities d, 2d, 3d are mixed with
equal proportion of mass, then relative density of from a detergent solution having a surface tension
mixture is of 2.5 × 10–2 N/m. The pressure inside the bubble
equals at a point Z0 below the free surface of water
11d 18d in a container. Taking g = 10 m/s2, density of
(1) (2)
7 11 water = 103 kg/m3, the value of Z0 is: [NEET- 2019]

13d 23d (1) 100 cm (2) 10 cm

(3) (4)
9 18 (3) 1 cm (4) 0.5 cm
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
98 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

4. A small hole of area of cross-section 2 mm2 is 7. A rectangular film of liquid is extended from
present near the bottom of a fully filled open tank (4 cm × 2 cm) to (5 cm × 4 cm). If the work done
of height 2 m. Taking g = 10 m/s2, the rate of flow is 3 × 10–4 J, the value of the surface tension of
of water through the open hole would be nearly the liquid is [NEET (Phase-2) - 2016]

[NEET- 2019] (1) 0.250 Nm–1

(2) 0.125 Nm–1
(1) 12.6 × 10–6 m3/s
(3) 0.2 Nm–1
(2) 8.9 × 10–6 m3/s
(4) 8.0 Nm–1
(3) 2.23 × 10–6 m3/s
8. Three liquids of densities 1, 2 and 3 (with 1 >
(4) 6.4 × 10–6 m3/s 2 > 3), having the same value of surface tension
T, rise to the same height in three identical
5. A small sphere of radius r falls from rest in a capillaries. The angles of contact 1, 2 and 3
viscous liquid. As a result, heat is produced due obey [NEET (Phase-2) - 2016]
to viscous force. The rate of production of heat
when the sphere attains its terminal velocity, is 
(1)  1  2  3  0
proportional to [NEET- 2018] 2

(1) r 3 (2) 0  1  2  3 
2
(2) r 2 
(3)  1  2  3  
(3) r4 2

(4) r 5 (4)   1  2  3 
2
6. A U tube with both ends open to the atmosphere, 9. Two non-mixing liquids of densities  and n
is partially filled with water. Oil, which is (n > 1) are put in a container. The height of each
immiscible with water, is poured into one side until liquid is h. A solid cylinder of length L and density
it stands at a distance of 10 mm above the water d is put in this container. The cylinder floats with
level on the other side. Meanwhile the water rises its axis vertical and length pL (p < 1) in the denser
by 65 mm from its original level (see diagram). The liquid. The density d is equal to [NEET-2016]
density of the oil is [NEET- 2017] (1) {1 + (n – 1)p}
Pa Pa (2) {1 + (n + 1)p}
F
A (3) {2 + (n + 1)p}
10 mm
E (4) {2 + (n – 1)p}
Final water level
65 mm 10. The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has radius R,
Oil D one end of which has n fine holes, each of radius
Initial water level r. If the speed of the liquid in the tube is V, the
65 mm speed of the ejection of the liquid through the holes
is [Re-AIPMT-2015]
B C
V 2R
(1)
Water nr
VR 2
(2)
(1) 650 kg m–3 n2r 2

(2) 425 kg m–3 VR 2

(3)
nr 2
(3) 800 kg m–3
VR 2
(4) 928 kg m–3 (4)
n3 r 2
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 99
11. Water rises to a height h in capillary tube. If the 16. A liquid X of density 3.36 g cm–3 is poured in a
length of capillary tube above the surface of water U-tube, which contains Hg. Another liquid Y is
is made less than h, then [Re-AIPMT-2015] poured in left arm with height 8 cm, upper levels of
(1) Water does not rise at all X and Y are same. What is density of Y?
Y X
(2) Water rises upto the tip of capillary tube and
then starts overflowing like a fountain 8 cm
10 cm
(3) Water rises upto the top of capillary tube and
stays there without overflowing
(4) Water rises upto a point a little below the top
and stays there
12. A wind with speed 40 m/s blows parallel to the roof (1) 0.8 gcc–1 (2) 1.2 gcc–1
of a house. The area of the roof is 250 m 2 .
(3) 1.4 gcc–1 (4) 1.6 gcc–1
Assuming that the pressure inside the house is
atmospheric pressure, the force exerted by the 17. A wooden ball of density D is immersed in water
wind on the roof and the direction of the force will of density d to a depth h below the surface of
be (Pair = 1.2 kg/m3) [AIPMT-2015] water and then released. Upto what height will the
ball jump out of water?
(1) 2.4 × 105 N, downwards
d
(2) 4.8 × 105 N, downwards (1) h
D
(3) 4.8 × 105 N, upwards
d 
(4) 2.4 × 105 N, upwards (2)   1 h
D 
13. A certain number of spherical drops of a liquid of radius (3) h
r coalesce to form a single drop of radius R and
(4) Zero
volume V. If T is the surface tension of the liquid, then
18. A piece of solid weighs 120 g in air, 80 g in water
[AIPMT-2014] and 60 g in a liquid. The relative density of the solid
and that of the liquid are respectively
1 1
(1) Energy = 4VT    is released (1) 3, 2
r R
3
1 1 (2) 2,
(2) Energy = 3VT    is absorbed 4
r R
3
1 1 (3) ,2
(3) Energy = 3VT    is released 2
r R
(4) Energy is neither released nor absorbed 3
(4) 3,
2
14 The wettability of a surface by a liquid depends
19. A solid sphere of volume V and density ρ floats at
primarily on : [NEET-2013]
the interface of two immiscible liquids of densities
(1) Surface tension ρ1 and ρ2 respectively. If ρ1 < ρ < ρ2, then the ratio
(2) Density of volume of the parts of the sphere in upper and
lower liquids is
(3) Angle of contact between the surface and the
liquid 2  
(1)   
1
(4) Viscosity
15. The neck and bottom of a bottle are 3 cm and   1
(2)   
15 cm in radius respectively. If the cork is pressed 2
with a force 12 N in the neck of the bottle, then   2
force exerted on the bottom of the bottle is (3)   
1
(1) 30 N (2) 150 N
1 2
(3) 300 N (4) 600 N (4)

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
100 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

20. Ice pieces are floating in a beaker A containing water 25. A piece of wax weighs 18.03 g in air. A piece of
and also in a beaker B containing miscible liquid of metal is found to weigh 17.03 g in water. It is tied
specific gravity 1.2. When ice melts, the level of to the wax and both together weigh 15.23 g in
water. Then, the specific gravity of wax is
(1) Water increases in A
18.03
(2) Water decreases in A (1)
17.03
(3) Liquid in B decreases
17.03
(2)
(4) Liquid in B increases 18.03
21. A vessel contains oil (density 0.8 g cm–3) over 18.03
mercury (density 13.6 g cm–3). A homogenous (3)
19.83
sphere floats with half volume immersed in mercury
and the other half in oil. The density of the material 15.03
(4)
of the sphere in g cm–3 is 17.03

(1) 12.8 (2) 7.2 26. Eight equal drops of water are falling through air
with a steady velocity of 10 cm–1. If the drops
(3) 6.4 (4) 3.3 combine to form a single drop big in size, then the
terminal velocity of this big drop is
22. Two solid pieces, one of steel and the other of
aluminium when immersed completely in water (1) 80 cms–1 (2) 30 cms–1
have equal weights. When the solid pieces are
(3) 10 cms–1 (4) 40 cms–1
weighed in air
27. Streamline flow is more likely for liquid with
(1) The weight of aluminium is half the weight of
steel (1) High density and low viscosity

(2) Steel peice will weigh more (2) Low density and high viscosity

(3) They have the same weight (3) High density and high viscosity

(4) Aluminium piece will weigh more (4) Low density and low viscosity
28. An air bubble of radius 10–2 m is rising up at a
23. A wooden block, with a coin placed on its top,
steady rate of 2 × 10–3 ms–1 through a liquid of
floats in water as shown in the figure. The
density 1.5 × 103 kg m–3, the coefficient of viscosity
distances h and l are shown there. After some
neglecting the density of air, will be (g = 10 ms–2)
time, the coin falls into the water, then
(1) 23.2 units (2) 83.5 units
Coin
(3) 334 units (4) 167 units
l 29. The flow of liquid is laminar or streamline is
h determined by
(1) Rate of flow of liquid
(2) Density of fluid
(1) Both l and h increase
(3) Radius of the tube
(2) Both l and h decrease (4) Coefficient of viscosity of liquid
(3) l decreases and h increases 30. A boat carrying a number of large stones is floating
(4) l increases and h decreases in a water tank. What would happen to the water
level, if a few stones are unloaded into water?
24. An iceberg is floating in water. The density of ice
in the iceberg is 917 kg m–3 and the density of (1) Rises
water is 1024 kg m–3. What percentage fraction of (2) Falls
the iceberg would be visible?
(3) Remains unchanged
(1) 5% (2) 10%
(4) Rises till half the number of stones are unloaded
(3) 12% (4) 8% and then begins to fall

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 101
31. The velocity of a small ball of mass M and density 35. A rectangular vessel when full of water, takes 10 min
d1 when dropped in a container filled with glycerine to be emptied through an orifice in its bottom. How
becomes constant after some time. If the density much time will it take to be emptied when half filled
of glycerine is d2, the viscous force acting on the with water?
ball is (1) 9 min (2) 7 min

 d  (3) 5 min (4) 3 min

(1) Mg  1  2 
 d1  36. A metal plate of area 103 cm2 rests on a layer of
oil 6 mm thick. A tangential force 10–2 N is applied
d1 on it to move it with a constant velocity of 6 cms–1.
(2) Mg The coefficient of viscosity of the liquid is
d2
(3) mg(d1 – d2) (1) 0.1 poise (2) 0.5 poise

(4) mgd1d2 (3) 0.7 poise (4) 0.9 poise

32. There are two holes one each along the opposite 37. With an increase in temperature, surface tension of
sides of a wide rectangular tank. The cross-section liquid (except molten copper and cadmium)
of each hole is 0.01 m2 and the vertical distance (1) Increases
between the holes is one metre. The tank is filled
with water. The net force on the tank in newton (2) Remain same
when the water flows out of the holes is (density (3) Decreases
of water = 1000 kgm–3)
(4) First decreases then increases
(1) 100
38. Determine the energy stored in the surface of a
(2) 200 soap bubble of radius 2.1 cm if its tension is
(3) 300 4.5  10–2 Nm–1.

(4) 400 (1) 8 mJ (2) 2.46 mJ

33. A hole is made at the bottom of the tank filled with (3) 4.93 × 10–4 J (4) None of these
water (density 1000 kg/m3). If the total pressure at 39. A mercury drop of radius 1.0 cm is sprayed into
the bottom of the tank is 3 atm (1 atm = 105 N/m2), 106 droplets of equal sizes. The energy expended
then the velocity of efflux is in this process is (surface tension of mercury is
equal to 32 × 10–2 Nm–1)
(1) 200 m/s
(1) 3.98 × 10–4 J (2) 8.46 × 10–4 J
(2) 400 m/s (3) 3.98 × 10–2 J (4) 8.46 × 10–2 J
40. When a glass capillary tube of radius 0.015 cm is
(3) 500 m/s dipped in water, the water rises to a height of
15 cm within it. Assuming contact angle between
(4) 800 m/s water and glass to be 0°, the surface tension of
water is [ρwater = 1000 kg m–3, g = 9.81 ms–2]
34. A horizontal pipe line carries water in stremline
(1) 0.11 Nm–1 (2) 0.7 Nm–1
flow. At a point where the cross-sectional area is
10 cm2 the water velocity is 1 ms–1 and pressure (3) 0.072 Nm–1 (4) None of these
is 2000 Pa. The pressure of water at another point
41. A liquid does not wet the sides of a solid, if the
where the cross-sectional area is 5 cm2, is
angle of contact is
(1) 200 Pa
(1) Obtuse
(2) 400 Pa
(2) 90°
(3) 500 Pa
(3) Acute
(4) 800 Pa
(4) Zero
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
102 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

42. Two drops of equal radius coalesce to form a 4. If velocity of liquid flow is 8 m/s, then its velocity
bigger drop. What is ratio of surface energy of head is (take g = 10 m/s2)
bigger drop to a smaller one? (1) 1.6 m (2) 3.2 m
(1) 21/2 :1 (2) 1 : 1 (3) 4.8 m (4) 6.4 m
(3) 22/3 :1 (4) None of these 5. The mercury in a barometer stands at 75 cm by
the side of a fresh water lake. An air bubble at the
43. The excess pressure inside a spherical drop of
bottom of the lake when rises to the surface, its
water is frour times that of another drop. Then their
volume becomes three times its volume at the
respective mass ratio is
40
(1) 1 : 16 (2) 8 : 1 bottom. If specific gravity of the mercury is ,
3
(3) 1 : 4 (4) 1 : 64 then depth of the lake is
44. A balloon with mass m is descending down with an (1) 10 m (2) 20 m
acceleration a (where a < g). How much mass (3) 30 m (4) 40 m
should be removed from it so that it starts moving
up with an acceleration a? 6. A plastic cube just floats in a liquid while remaining
fully submerged. The same cube floats in water
2ma 2ma
(1) (2) 3
g a g a with th of its volume submerged. The density of
4
ma ma liquid (in kg/m3) is
(3) (4)
g a g a (density of water = 1000 kg/m3)

SECTION - D (1) 250 (2) 500

NEET Booster Questions 4000

(3) 750 (4)
1. If N rain drops of radius R falling with terminal 3
speed v each merge to form a single drop then
7. Water level in a tank is at 4 m from the ground. A
terminal speed of new drop is
small hole is made in the side wall of the tank at
1 2 m from the ground. On the horizontal ground, the
(1) Nv (2) N 3 v water coming out will fall up to a maximum
2 distance of
(3) N 3 v (4) N 3 v (1) 2 m from the tank (2) 3 m from the tank
2. If a liquid drop of radius R and surface tension T (3) 4 m from the tank (4) 5 m from the tank
breaks up into N identical liquid drops then work
done in this process is equal to 8. A square gate of size 4 m × 4 m is hinged at
topmost point. A fluid of density  fills the space
2 
(1) R T N 3  1
1
 2 
(2) R T N 3  1
2
 left of it. The force which acting 1 m from lowest
point can held the gate stationary is

(3) 4R 2T N 3  1 2
 
(4) 4R 2T N 3  1
1

F
3. Two different liquids have densities D1 and D2 1m
respectively. If same volume of both the liquids is
mixed together, then the density of this mixture is
128
(1) g
(1) D1D2 3
D1  D2 128
(2) (2) g
2 9
2D1D2 256
(3) D  D (3) g
1 2 9
(4) D1 + D2 256
(4) g
3
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 103
9. Work done in increasing the size of a soap bubble 14. Two capillaries A and B of equal length but radii r
from a radius of 3 cm to 5 cm is nearly (surface and 3r are connected in series across a pressure
tension of soap solution = 0.03 N m–1) difference of p. The ratio of pressure difference
(1) 0.4 mJ (2) 0.2 mJ across A and B is

(3) 2 mJ (4) 4 mJ (1) 1 : 1 (2) 9 : 1

10. A U-tube contains water and methylated spirit (3) 81 : 1 (4) 1 : 9
separated by mercury. The mercury column in two
15. On the opposite sides of a wide vertical vessel
arms are in level with 10 cm of water in one arm
filled with water two identical holes are opened,
and 12.5 cm of spirit in the other. What is the
each having cross-sectional area a. If combined
specific gravity of spirit?
mass of water and vessel is M, then find the initial
(1) 0.2 (2) 0.3 acceleration of tank
(3) 0.5 (4) 0.8
11. Variation in atmospheric pressure above the sea h
level graphically shown with (Temperature of
atmosphere assume to be constant)
h
P
C h Smooth
A

D agh 4agh
B (1) (2)
h M M
(1) A (2) B
2agh
(3) C (4) D (3) (4) Zero
M
12. A closed tank filled with water is mounted on a
cart. The cart moves with an acceleration ‘a’ on a 16. The atmospheric pressure at a place is 105 Pa. If
plane road. The value of the pressure at a point tribromomethane (specific gravity = 2.9) be
which is at a depth h and a distance l from the employed as the barometric liquid, the barometric
front wall BC is (d = density of water) height is
B (1) 3.52 m (2) 1.52 m
h
a (3) 4.52 m (4) 2.52 m
l
C 17. A large vessel of height H, is filled with a liquid of
density , upto the brim . A small hole of radius r
is made at the side vertical face, close to the
(1) hdg (2) lda base. The horizontal force is required to stop the
(3) d(hg + la) (4) hd(g + a) gushing of liquid is
13. A small spherical solid ball is dropped in a viscous (1) 2(gH)r2 (2) gH
liquid. The graph correctly represented the velocity
(v) and acceleration (a) of ball is (3) gHr (4) gr2
18. A vertical U-tube of uniform cross-section contains
v a
water in both the arms. A 10 cm glycerine column
(R.D. = 1.2) is added to one of the limbs. The level
(1) (2) difference between the two free surfaces in the two
a v
limbs will be
t t
(1) 4 cm
v v
(2) 2 cm
(3) (4) (3) 6 cm
a a
t t (4) 8 cm

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
104 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

19. The pressure at the bottom of a water tank is 4 P, 24. An object suspended by a wire stretches it by
where P is atmospheric pressure. If water is drawn 10 mm. When object is immersed in a liquid the
3 10
out till the water level decreases by th, then elongation in wire reduces by mm. The ratio of
5 3
relative densities of the object and liquid is
pressure at the bottom of the tank is
(1) 3 : 1 (2) 1 : 3
3P 7P (3) 1 : 2 (4) 2 : 1
(1) (2)
8 6
25. A spring balance reads 200 gf when carrying a
11 P lump of lead in air. If the lead is now immersed
9P
(3) (4) with half of its volume in brine solution, what will
5 4 be the new reading of the spring balance?
20. A air bubble rises from bottom of a lake to surface. specific gravity of lead and brine are 11.4 and 1.1
If its radius increases by 200% and atmospheric respectively
pressure is equal to water coloumn of height H, (1) 190.4 gf (2) 180.4 gf
then depth of lake is
(3) 210 gf (4) 170.4 gf
(1) 21H
26. Water flows in a stream line manner through a
(2) 8H capillary tube of radius a. The pressure difference
(3) 9H being P and the rate of flow is Q. If the radius is
a
(4) 26H reduced to and the pressure is increased to 4P,
4
21. A liquid mixture of volume V, has two liquids as its then the rate of flow becomes
ingredients with densities  and . If density of the
mixture is , then mass of the first liquid in Q
(1) 4Q (2)
mixture is 2

V [  1] Q
(3) Q (4)
(1)
[  ] 64
L L
V [  ] 27. Three capillaries of length L,
2
and
3
are
(2)
[  ] r r
connected in series. Their radii are r, and
2 3
V (  ) respectively. Then if stream-line flow is to be
(3)
 maintained and the pressure across the first
capillary is P, then
V [1  ]
(4) (1) The pressure difference across the ends of
[  ] second capillary is 8P
22. A piece of gold weighs 10 g in air and 9 g in (2) The pressure difference across the third
water. What is the volume of cavity? capillary is 43P
(Density of gold = 19.3 g cm–3) (3) The pressure difference across the ends of
(1) 0.182 cc second capillary is 16P
(2) 0.282 cc (4) The pressure difference across the third
capillary is 59P
(3) 0.382 cc
28. Air streams horizontally past an air plane. The
(4) 0.482 cc speed over the top surface is 60 m/s and that
23. A block of ice floats in an oil in a vessel when the under the bottom surface is 45 m/s. The density of
ice melts, the level of oil will air is 1.293 kg/m3, then the difference in pressure is
(1) Go up (1) 1018 N/m2
(2) Go down (2) 516 N/m2
(3) Remain same (3) 1140 N/m2
(4) Go up or down depending on quantity of ice (4) 2250 N/m2

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
NEET Mechanical Properties of Fluids 105
29. Two water pipes P and Q having diameter 35. A glass capillary tube of inner diameter 0.28 mm
2 × 10–2 m and 4 × 10–2 m respectively are joined is lowered vertically into water in a vessel. The
in series with the main supply line of water. The pressure to be applied on the water in the capillary
velocity of water flowing in pipe P is tube so that water level in the tube
(1) Four times that of Q is same as that in the vessel is (surface
tension of water = 0.07 N/m and atmospheric
(2) Two times that of Q pressure = 105 N/m2).
1 (1) 103
(3) times that of Q
2 (2) 99 × 103
1
(4) times that of Q (3) 100 × 103
4
(4) 101 × 103
30. At what speed, the velocity head of water is equal
to pressure head of 40 cm of mercury? 36. Water rises to a height of 10 cm in a capillary
tube and mercury falls to a depth of 3.42 cm in the
(1) 2.8 m/s
same capillary tube. If the density of mercury is
(2) 10.32 m/s 13.6 kg/m3 and angle of contact is 135°, the ratio
(3) 5.6 m/s of surface tension for water and mercury is (angle
of contact for water and glass is 0°).
(4) 8.4 m/s
31. If the terminal speed of a sphere of gold (1) 1 : 0.5
(density 19.5 kg/m3) is 0.2 m/s in a viscous liquid (2) 1 : 3
(density = 1.5 kg/m3), find the terminal speed of a
(3) 1 : 6.5
sphere of silver (density = 10.5 kg/m3) of the same
size in the same liquid. (4) 1.5 : 1
(1) 0.2 m/s 37. A spherical drop of water has 1 mm radius. If the
(2) 0.4 m/s surface tension of water is 75 × 10–3 N/m, then
difference of pressure between inside and outside
(3) 0.1 m/s of the drop is
(4) 0.133 m/s (1) 35 N/m2
32. If T is the surface tension of a fluid, then the
(2) 70 N/m2
energy needed to break a liquid drop of radius R
into 64 equal drops is (3) 140 N/m2
(1) 6R2T (4) 150 N/m2
(2) R2T 38. A capillary tube is dipped in water and it is 20 cm
(3) 12R T 2 outside water. The water rises upto 8 cm. If the
entire arrangement is put in freely falling elevator the
(4) 8R2T
length of water column in the capillary tube will be
33. The excess pressure inside a spherical drop of
(1) 20 cm (2) 4 cm
water is four times that of another drop. Then their
respective mass ratio is (3) 10 cm (4) 8 cm
(1) 1 : 16 39. If the excess pressure inside a soap bubble is
(2) 1 : 64 balanced by an oil column of height 2 mm,
then the surface tension of soap solution will be
(3) 1 : 4 (r = 1 cm, density of oil = 0.8 g/cm3)
(4) 1 : 8 (1) 3.9 N/m (2) 3.9 × 10–2 N/m
34. The work done in blowing a soap bubble of 10 cm
(3) 3.9 × 10–3 N/m (4) 3.9 × 10–1 N/m
radius is (surface tension of soap solution is
0.03 N/m). 40. There is small hole in a hollow sphere. The water
enters in it when it is taken to a depth of 40 cm
(1) 37.68 × 10–4 J
under water. The surface tension of water is
(2) 75.36 × 10–4 J 0.07 N/m. The diameter of hole is
(3) 126.82 × 10–4 J (1) 7 mm (2) 0.07 mm
–3
(4) 75.36 × 10 J (3) 0.0007 mm (4) 0.7 m
Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456
106 Mechanical Properties of Fluids NEET

41. Two equal drops are falling through air with a 44. A cylinder containing water, stands on a table of
steady velocity of 5 cm/second. If two drops height H. A small hole is punched in the side of
coalesce, then new terminal velocity will be cylinder at its base. The stream of water strikes
the ground at a horizontal distance R from the
(1) 5 × (4)1/3 cm/s (2) 5 2 cm/s table. Then the depth of water in the cylinder is
5 (1) H
(3) cm/s (4) 5 × 2 cm/s
2 (2) R
42. A small drop of water falls from rest through a
(3) RH
large height h in air; the final velocity is
2
(4) R /4H
(1) Proportional to h
45. A large open tank has two holes in its wall. One
(2) Proportional to h is a square of side a at a depth x from the top and
(3) Inversely proportional to h the other is a circular hole of radius r at depth 4x
from the top. When the tank is completely filled
(4) Almost independent of h with water, the quantities of water flowing out per
43. A vessel contain a liquid has a constant second from both holes are the same. Then r is
acceleration 19.6 m/s2 in horizontal direction. The equal to
free surface of water get sloped with horizontal at (1) 2a
angle
(2) a
1  1  1  1 
(1) tan   (2) sin   a
2  3 (3)
2
1 1  2  a
(3) tan  2  (4) sin   (4)
 5 
‰ ‰ ‰

Aakash Educational Services Limited - Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph. 011-47623456