Hydrostatic Pressure and Pascal's Law
Hydrostatic Pressure and Pascal's Law
exerted
by water columns on (a) 12.8 kPa (b) 15.8 kPa
4Pand
. Pg are the pressures
A and
the bot of vessels B respectively. Then, we (c) 19.8 kPa (d) 23.8 kPa
conclude that
15. In a hydraulic press, the piston in the small cylinder has a
B diameter of'd,'cm, while the largepiston has a diameter
of'dcm. Ifa
force'F,'is applied to the small piston, the
Water force'F, on the large piston is given by
Water
PB
(a)
) PAPB d? F
(6) PpPa
)PAPB d)Fd
(d) Pressure depends upon the shape of the vessel 16. A small cylinder of2 cm diameter is connected to a large
10. A cylindrical vessel is filled with mercury and water of cylinder of 20 cm diameter and each cylinder is fitted
equal weights. The total height of the two liquid layers is with suitable pistons. An incompressible fluid is filled in
29.2 the cylinders. Ifa force of 60 N is applied to the piston of
cm.
If the specific gravity of mercury is 13.6, then
the small cylinder, then the force exerted on the piston of
the height of mercury column will be
the large cylinder will be
(a)Icm (b) 1.5 cm
(a) 600 N (b) 6000N
c) 2 em (d) 3 cm
.
(c) 12000 N (d) 1200N
wo thin circular metal plates A and B of radii 2 cm and3
m are 17. A rectangular glass vessel measuring 25 cm x 12 cm x 20
kept in water at depths of 75 cm and 150 cm
espectively below the free surface of water. F and FB cm contains water of height 8 cm. What is the thrust on
are the
thrusts on the plates A and B the base of the vessel ?
respectively. What is Density of water = 1000 kg/m', g = 10 m/s*]
theratio FA (a) 24 N (b) 20 N
(c) 16 N (d) 10N
(b) 18. The two thigh bones (femurs), each of
cross-sectional areaa
10 cm support the upper part of a human
3 body of mass
40 kg. What is the
(d) average pressure sustained by the
femurs ? (g= 10 m/s-
atmosspheric ressure is taken as the pressure exerted
by a mereury (a) 200 N/m2 (b) 2 x 10 N/m2
column of height 76 cm. What is the
approximate heightgnt of an air column that will produce
oneatmogn
(c) 2 x 10° N/m2 (d) 2* 103 N/m?
UnOspheric pressure on its bottom 19. In a car lift, compressed air exerts force
sume
? a
F, on a small
value of gthat the perature and density of air and the piston having a radius of 5 cm. This pressure is transmitted
remains
Cnains constant
throughout the air column.
to a second piston of radius I5 cm.
If the mass of the
to be lifted is 1350 kg. what is F,? (g= 10 m/s*)
car
a)Pury
13.6 10
8km
x
kg/m3 and Pair 1.3 kg/m* (a) 1500 N (b) 2000N
e) Skm (b) 6 km
(c) 1200 N (d) 800 N
The (d) 4 km
manual of a 20. During blood transfusion of a patient the neodle is inserted
es to truck instructs the driver to in flate the
pressure of 210instrkPa. What is the recommended
ina vein. The guage pressure at the vein is
absolute pressure 2000 Pa. At
what height must the blood otile be placed so that
blood
atmos pherie may just enter the vein?
a 210 Pa ressure 101 kPa] Thedensity of the blod- 1.06 x 10' kg/m
Pwater103
water kg/m3] (c) 7H (d) 8H
(a) 4.9 x 10 N b) 9.8 x 103 N 31. A tank with a square base of area 1 m* is divided by a
(c)7.5 x 102 N (d) 12.5 x 103 N vertical partition in the middle. The bottom of the patition
has a small hinged door of area 20 cm . The tank is filled
25. The barometric height at a certain place is 0.75 m of
with water in one compartment, and an acid (of relative
mercury. What will be the barometric height ifa liquid of
density 1.7) in the other, both to a height of 4.0 m. What
density 3.4x 10* kg/m* is used to fill the barometric tube?
Tmercury13.6 * 10° kg/m3] is the force necessary to keep the door closed ?
34.
hottom of a cylinder of radius R. The volume of the 0.1 Ns/m]
bo
remaining cylinde is V and its mass is M. It is
suspended (a) 5 10N (b) 8 10 4 N
in a liquid of density p where it stays vertical.
bya string N
The upper surface ofthe cylinder is at a depth ofh below (c) 12 10N (d) 5 10
theliquid surface. The force on the bottom of the cylinder 100 sq. cm, rests on a layer of oil
2
42. A metal plate of area
the liquid is N applied parallel to the plate
by mm thick. A force of 0.1 cm/
(a) Mg (b) Mg- Vpg horizontally keeps it moving with uniform speed ofl
(d pg (V + tRh) s. What is the coefficient of viscosity of oil?
c) Mg+ tR hg p
(a) 0.5 Ns/m2 (b) I Ns/m2
(c) 1.5 Ns/m2 (d) 2 Ns/m
2. Viscosity
HIGHER LEVEL
STANDARD LEVEL
43. The velocity of water in a river is 18 km/h near the upper
35. Which one of the following has maximum viscosity ? surface. The river is 5m deep. What is the shearing stress
between the horizontal layers of water ? (Coefficient of
(a) Water (b) Kerosene viscosity of water = 1 0 Poise)
(c) Glycerine (d) Mercury (a) 10-1 N/m2 (b) 102 N/m
36. The relative velocity of two parallel layers of water is 8
(c) 10-3 N/m2 (d) 104N/m2
cm/s. Ifthe perpendicular distance between the layers is
0.1 cm, then the velocity gradient will be
(a) 60/s (b) 50/s 3. Stoke's Law, Reynold's Number
(c) 40/s d) 80/s
37. The unit of dynamic viscosity is
(a) Poiuselle (b) watt STANDARD LEVEL
c)stokes (d) dyne/cm
38. A metal plate of area 20 cm, is separated from a large 44. Ifthe Reynold's number for the flow of a liquid in a tube
plate by a layer of glycerine I mm thick. The coefficient is 3800, then the flow of the liquid is
of viscosity of the glycerine is 20 poise. What is the (a) laminar (b) streamline
horizontal force required
velocity of 2 cm/s?
to keep the plate moving with a
(c)turbulent (d) unsteady
45. The onset
[1 poise = 10-l N-s/m?] ofturbulence in a liquid is determined by
(a) 0.04 N (b) 0.05 N (a) Pascal's law (b) Stoke's law
(c) 0.06 N (d) 0.08 N (c) Bernoulli's principle (d) Reynold's number
39. 46. The dimensional formula of Reynold's number is
Water is flowing steadily in a river. Pand Q are two layers (a) L' MT-2
ofwater at heights of 20 cm and 50 cm from the bottom. (b) L° MOTO
The velocity of the layer A is 15 cm/sec. What is the (c) L-I M2T-
velocity of the layer B? (d) L'M TI
47. A copper ball of radius 'r travels with a uniform
(a) 15 cm/s (b) 22.5 cm/s speed 'v
in a viscous fluid. Ifthe ball is changed with another
copper
(c) 30 cm/s (d) 37.5 cm/s ball of radius '2r', then the new uniform speed will be
.
Asquare plate of 0.1 metre side, moves parallel to a second (a) 8v (b) 2v
plate with a velocity of0.1 m/s both plates being immersed
in water.
(c) 4v (d) v
The viscous force is 0.002 newton and the
coefficient of viscosity is 0.01 Poise. What is the distance 48. Ifa small raindrop falls through air, its velocity
between the plates? (a) goes on increasing
(a) 5x 10 m (b) 5x 103 m (b) goes on decreasing
(c)5 10 m (d) 5x 10- m (c) remains constant initially for some time and then it
What starts decreasing
is the force due
to viscosity acting on a layer of
water
ne two
of area 4 10 m, ifthe relative velocity between
x
(d) goes on increasing for some time and then becomes
layers of water, separated by 0.4 mm is 5 cm/s constant
Marvel Physies
394
(a) Streamline (b) Turbulent MHT-C
49.
Wateris flowing through a cylindrical pipe of
1.5m. The coefficient of viscosity of water is 80 NS/m
diameter (c) Unstable (d) Critical
and the Reynold's number is 1500. What is the maximum 56. Eight equal droplets of water cach of radits. a
with a terminal velocity of7.5 cml.2 de fa.
velocity of water, to avoid a turbulent flow ? through air
coalesce to form big
a drop in air. What will behed
(a) 60 m/s
b)80 m/s velocity of the big drop.
c) 100 m/s (d) 40 m/s (b) 20 cm/s
(a) 15 cm/s
50. A glass tube of uniform cross section is to a connected (d) 30 cm/s
(c) 25 cm/s
tap with a rubber tube. The tap is opened slowly. Initially
the flow of water in the tube is streamline. What should 57. Spherical balls of radius
R are falling in a
iscous flud
vis
velocity v.'The retarding
be the speed offlow ofwater to convert it into a turbulent
flow ?
viscosity n with a
acting on the spherical
ball is viscous forg
to both radius R
[Given: radius of the tube 1 cm, n 1x 10 Pas and
(a) directly proportional and
= =
53. A steel ball of radius 2 mm and of relative density 8.2 is 59. Two water drops of the same radius are falling through
falling through a liquid ofrelative density 1.9. Its terminal air with a velocity of 5 cm/s. If the two drops coalescet
velocity is 0.7 m/s. What is the viscosity of the liquid if form one drop, the terminal velocity of the drop will e
the acceleration due to gravityis 10 m/s*? (a) 10 cm/s (b) 5/2 cm/s
(a) 4x 10-2 PI (b) 8 PI
(c) 2.5 cm/s (d) 5x 4 cm/s
(d) 8 x 10-2 PI
(c) 4 PI 60.
54. What is the largest average velocity of blood flow in an 27 identical drops of water are falling down verticall
If
air each with a terminal velocity of 0.15 m/s. h
artery of radius 2 x 10 m, if the flow must remain
combine to form a single bigger drop, what will
streamline?
terminal velocity?
The maximum value of Reynold's number for laminar
(a) Om/s (b) 1.35 m/s
(streamline) flow is 2000.
[Given: Viscosity of blood 2.084 x 10-3 Pa-s, (c) 0.3 m/s (d) 0.45 m/s
61. Two
Density of blood 1.06x 10* kg/m3 raindrops reach the earth with different terui
velocities having the ratio 9 : 4. What is the ratioo
(a) 0.75 m/s (b) 0.82 m/s volumes?
(c) 0.98 m/s (d) 1.2 m/s
55. Water is flowing in a pipe of radius 1.5 cm with an average (b)
velocity of 15 cm/s. What is the nature offlow?
Given: Coefficient of viscosity of water is 10 kg/m/s
(d)
and its density is 10* kg/m*'.
Mechanical Properties ofFluids 395
The velocity of a smal ball of mass M and density d, 68. A liquid flows through a horizontal tube of varia01c
62.
hen dropped in a container filled with glycerine becomes section. The pressure is lowest where the
constantafter some time. If the density of glycerine is
d,
the viscous force acting on the ball is (a) the velocity is zero
(b) the velocity is maximum
(a) Mg (d -d,) (b) (c) the diameter is maximum
(d) Both diameter and velocity are maximum
69. High speed wind blows over a house. The force on the
() Mgd d, Mg roof is
63. A sphere of radius R and density p, is dropped in a liquid (a) in the horizontal direction
of density o. Its terminal velocity is v. Ifanother sphere (b) in the upward direction
of radius R and density P2 is dropped in the same
liquid, ()in the downward direction
its terminal velocity will be
(d) zero
P-V b) 70. Water flows out of the hole on the side of a bucket and
follows a parabolic path. If the bucket falls freely under
gravity, then ignoring air resistance, the water flow
)v-?
Az1.5 m2
(R)
(a) A
(a) 2m/s (b) 2.5 m/s
b) B
(C) 3 m/s (d) 4 m/s
() C
84. There is a stream line flow of water in a horizontal pipeline
(d) all have same velocity
of non-uniform cross-section. The velocities of water at
78. Water flows through a horizontal pipe whose internal two points. A and B in the pipe are 1 m/s and 2 m/s. The
diameter is 2.0 cm, at a speed of 1.0 m/s. What should be pressure at A is 2000 pascal. What is the pressure at B?
the diameter of the nozzle, if the water is to emerge at a
(a) 300 Pa (b) 400 Pa
speed of 4.0 m/s ?
(b) 2 cm
() 500 Pa (d) 600 Pa
(a) I cm
(c) 0.5 cm (d) 1.5 cm
85.
Blood is flowing at the rate of200 cm s- in a
of cross sectional area 0.5 m2. The velocity of flow in
capillay
79. In a test experiment on a model aeroplane in a wind tunnel,
mmsis
the flow speeds on the upper and lower surfaces of the
wings are 70 m/s and 60 m/s respectively, What is the (a)0.1 (b) 0.2
dynamic lift of the wing if its area is 2.4 m-? (c)0.3 (d) 0.4
Density of air = 1.3 kg/m'] 86. A
cylinder
contains water upto a height H. It has thre
(a) 1014N (b) 2028 N orifices o, O2, O3. Let v,, V2, V2, be the speeds ofeiu
of water from the three orifices. Then
(c) 2315 N (d) 1645 N
80. The flow speeds ofair on the lower and upper surfaces of
the wing of an aeroplane are v and 2 v respectively. AA
is the area of the wing and p is the density of the
surrounding air. What is the force of the dynamic lift on H
the wing?
(c) pv-A
(e)v (d) V, V3V
Properties of Fluids 397
Mechanical
87. The cviindrical tube of spray pump has a eross-section of . A horizontal pipeline carries water in a streamline flow
One end of the tube has 40 tine holes each of area cross-sectional area
Su2. 1f the liquid tlows inside the tube, with a At a
point along the pipe, where the
is 10 cm, the velocity of water is I m/s and the pressure
speed
af0.15 m/minute, the speed with which the liquid is ejected Is 2000 Pa. What is the pressure of water at another point
through the holes is
where thecross-sectional area is 5 cm*
(8) S m/s (b) 0.05 m/s (a) 1000 Pa (b) 750 Pa
(c) 0.5 nm/s (d) 50 m/s (c) 500 Pa (d) 250 Pa
ss. Water is flowing through two pipes having constrictions the pipe
at A and B. The manometrie levels in the tubes P. Q. R (a) 2.5 m/s (b) 5 m/s
and S are as shown in the tigure. Then
(c) 7.5 m/s (d) 10 m/s
R 94. A tank ofheight 5 m is completely filled with water. There
is a hole of cross sectional area 1cm near its bottom
What is the initial volume ofwater that will cone out of
(1) (2)
(4)
(3)
Depth Depth
(a) Figure 2 (b) Figure 3
(c) Figure 4 (d) Figurel
101. When a body falls in air, the resistance of air depends toa
(3) (4) great extent on the shape of the body. 3 different shapes
are given. Arrange the bodies in the ascending order of
Depth Depth air resistance. (The cross sectional areas are the same)
(a) 2 (b) 3
AR
(C) 4 (d) 1
99.
w W
2
(a) (b)
PA P.
(1) (2)
02 --.
(c) O (d) o
(3) (4)
Oil Water
(b)
. Water
Oil
.Oil Water
() (d)
Water . oil
b)
(c)
(d)
o
ANSWERS
1.b 2.b 3. c 4. c 5. d
6. d 7. c 8. c 9. c 10. c
11. c 12. a 13. b 14. C 15. a