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Pressure and Density: 1 1  1 1 1 

(c) M    (d)   
1. If pressure at half the depth of a lake is equal to 2/3    M   
pressure at the bottom of the lake then what is the 8. Equal masses of water and a liquid of density 2 are
depth of the lake
mixed together, then the mixture has a density of
(a) 10 m (b) 20 m
(a) 2/3 (b) 4/3
(c) 60 m (d) 30 m
(c) 3/2 (d) 3

2. Two bodies are in equilibrium when suspended in

9. A body of density d1 is counterpoised by Mg of
water from the arms of a balance. The mass of one
body is 36 g and its density is 9 g / cm3. If the mass weights of density d 2 in air of density d. Then the
of the other is 48 g, its density in g / cm3 is true mass of the body is
4 3  d 
(a) (b) (a) M (b) M 1  

3 2
 d 2 
(c) 3 (d) 5
 d  M (1  d / d 2 )
(c) M  1  
 (d)
 d1  (1  d / d 1 )
3. An inverted bell lying at the bottom of a lake 47.6 m
deep has 50 cm3 of air trapped in it. The bell is
brought to the surface of the lake. The volume of the 10. The pressure at the bottom of a tank containing a
trapped air will be (atmospheric pressure = 70 cm liquid does not depend on
of Hg and density of Hg = 13.6 g/cm3) (a) Acceleration due to gravity
(a) 350 cm3 (b) 300 cm3 (b) Height of the liquid column
(c) 250 cm3 (d) 22 cm3 (c) Area of the bottom surface
(d) Nature of the liquid
4. A uniformly tapering vessel is filled with a liquid of
density 900 kg/m3. The force that acts on the base 11. When a large bubble rises from the bottom of a lake
of the vessel due to the liquid is (g  10 ms 2 )Area = 10– to the surface. Its radius doubles. If atmospheric
3
m2
(a) 3.6 N pressure is equal to that of column of water height
H, then the depth of lake is
(b) 7.2 N
0.4 (a) H (b) 2H
(c) 9.0 N m
(c) 7H (d) 8H
(d) 14.4 N Area=2 × 10–3m2

12. The volume of an air bubble becomes three times as

5. A siphon in use is demonstrated in the following
it rises from the bottom of a lake to its surface.
figure. The density of the liquid flowing in siphon is
Assuming atmospheric pressure to be 75 cm of Hg
1.5 gm/cc. The pressure difference between the
and the density of water to be 1/10 of the density of
point P and S will be
mercury, the depth of the lake is
Q R
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m
10 cm

(a) 105 N/m (c) 15 m (d) 20 m

(b) 2 × 105 N/m P 20 cm

(c) Zero S
13. The value of g at a place decreases by 2%. The
(d) Infinity barometric height of mercury
(a) Increases by 2%
6. The height of a mercury barometer is 75 cm at sea (b) Decreases by 2%
level and 50 cm at the top of a hill. Ratio of density (c) Remains unchanged
of mercury to that of air is 104. The height of the hill
(d) Sometimes increases and sometimes decreases
is
(a) 250 m (b) 2.5 km
14. A barometer kept in a stationary elevator reads 76
(c) 1.25 km (d) 750 m
cm. If the elevator starts accelerating up the reading
will be
7. Density of ice is  and that of water is  . What will (a) Zero (b) Equal to 76 cm
be the decrease in volume when a mass M of ice (c) More than 76 cm (d) Less than 76 cm
melts
M  
(a) (b)
  M

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15. A closed rectangular tank is completely filled with with its base on the surface of the liquid. The thrust
water and is on the lamina is
accelerated 1 1
horizontally with an
A D
a (a) A gh (b) A gh
2 3
acceleration a
1 2
towards right. B C (c) A gh (d) A gh
6 3
Pressure is (i) maximum at, and (ii) minimum at

(a) (i) B (ii) D 21. If two liquids of same masses but densities 1 and
(b) (i) C (ii) D  2 respectively are mixed, then density of mixture
(c) (i) B (ii) C is given by
(d) (i) B (ii) A 1   2 1   2
(a)   (b)  
2 2 1  2
16. A beaker containing a liquid is kept inside a big
closed jar. If the air inside the jar is continuously
2 1  2 1  2
pumped out, the pressure in the liquid near the (c)   (d)  
1   2 1   2
bottom of the liquid will
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases 22. If two liquids of same volume but different densities
(c) Remain constant 1 and  2 are mixed, then density of mixture is
(d) First decrease and then increase given by
1   2 1   2
(a)   (b)  
17. A barometer tube reads 76 cm of mercury. If the tube 2 2 1  2
is gradually inclined at an angle of 60o with vertical, 2 1  2 1  2
(c)   (d)  
keeping the open end immersed in the mercury 1   2 1   2
reservoir, the length of the mercury column will be
(a) 152 cm (b) 76 cm
23. The density  of water of bulk modulus B at a depth
(c) 38 cm (d) 38 3 cm y in the ocean is related to the density at surface  0
by the relation
18. The height to which a cylindrical vessel be filled   gy    gy 
with a homogeneous liquid, to make the average (a)    0 1  0  (b)    0 1  0 
 B   B 
force with which the liquid presses the side of the
vessel equal to the force exerted by the liquid on the  Β   B 
(c)    0 1   (d)    0 1  
bottom of the vessel, is equal to   0 hgy    0 gy 

(a) Half of the radius of the vessel

(b) Radius of the vessel
24. With rise in temperature, density of a given body
(c) One-fourth of the radius of the vessel changes according to one of the following relations
(d) Three-fourth of the radius of the vessel (a)    0 [1   d ] (b)    0 [1   d ]
(c)    0 d (d)    0 / d
19. A vertical U-tube of uniform inner cross section
contains mercury in both sides of its arms. A
glycerin (density = 1.3 g/cm3) column of length 10 25. Three liquids of densities d, 2d and 3 d are mixed in
cm is introduced into one of its arms. Oil of density equal volumes. Then the density of the mixture is
0.8 gm/cm3 is poured into the other arm until the (a) d (b) 2d
upper surfaces of the oil and glycerin are in the same
(c) 3d (d) 5d
horizontal level. Find the length of the oil column,
Density of mercury = 13.6 g/cm3
26. Three liquids of densities d, 2d and 3 d are mixed in
Glyceri

Oil h equal proportions of weights. The relative density of

ne

(a) 10.4 cm 10 cm
the mixture is
(b) 8.2 cm 11d 18 d
(a) (b)
(c) 7.2 cm 7 11
(d) 9.6 cm Mercury 13 d 23d
(c) (d)
9 18
20. A triangular lamina of area A and height h is
immersed in a liquid of density  in a vertical plane 27. From the adjacent figure, the correct observation is

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1. An ice berg of density 900 Kg/m3 is floating in water

of density 1000 Kg/m3. The percentage of volume of
ice-cube outside the water is
Wat Wat (a) 20% (b) 35%
er er
(a (b (c) 10% (d) 25%
(a) The pressure on the
) )
bottom of tank (a) is greater than at the bottom
of (b). 2. A log of wood of mass 120 Kg floats in water. The
(b) The pressure on the bottom of the tank (a) is weight that can be put on the raft to make it just
smaller than at the bottom of (b) sink, should be (density of wood = 600 Kg/m3)
(c) The pressure depend on the shape of the (a) 80 Kg (b) 50 Kg
container
(c) 60 Kg (d) 30 Kg
(d) The pressure on the bottom of (a) and (b) is the
same
3. A hemispherical bowl just floats without sinking in
a liquid of density 1.2 × 103kg/m3. If outer diameter
28. A given shaped glass tube having uniform cross
and the density of the bowl are 1 m and 2 × 104 kg/m3
section is filled with water and is mounted on a
respectively, then the inner diameter of the bowl
rotatable shaft as shown in figure. If the tube is
will be
rotated with a constant angular velocity  then
A B (a) 0.94 m (b) 0.97 m
(c) 0.98 m (d) 0.99 m

4. In making an alloy, a substance of specific gravity s1

L 2L and mass m1 is mixed with another substance of

(a) Water levels in both sections A and B go up specific gravity s 2 and mass m 2 ; then the specific

(b) Water level in Section A goes up and that in B gravity of the alloy is
comes down  m1  m 2   s1 s 2 
(a)  
 (b)  

(c) Water level in Section A comes down and that in  s1  s 2   1  m2
m 
B it goes up
 m1 m 2 
(d) Water levels remains same in both sections   
m1  m 2  s1 s 2 
(c) (d)
 m1 m 2  m1  m 2
29. Why the dam of water reservoir is thick at the   
 s1 s 2 
bottom
(a) Quantity of water increases with depth
(b) Density of water increases with depth 5. A concrete sphere of radius R has a cavity of radius
r which is packed with sawdust. The specific
(c) Pressure of water increases with depth
gravities of concrete and sawdust are respectively
(d) Temperature of water increases with depth 2.4 and 0.3 for this sphere to float with its entire
volume submerged under water. Ratio of mass of
30. Air is blown through a hole on a closed pipe concrete to mass of sawdust will be
containing liquid. Then the pressure will (a) 8 (b) 4

(a) Increase on sides (c) 3 (d) Zero

(b) Increase downwards

6. A metallic block of density 5 gm cm–3 and having
(c) Increase in all directions
dimensions 5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm is weighed in water.
(d) Never increases Its apparent weight will be
(a) 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 gf (b) 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 gf
31. Radius of an air bubble at the bottom of the lake is r (c) 5 × 4 × 4 × 4 gf (d) 4 × 5 × 5 × 5 gf
and it becomes 2r when the air bubbles rises to the
top surface of the lake. If P cm of water be the 7. A cubical block is floating in a liquid with half of its
atmospheric pressure, then the depth of the lake is volume immersed in the liquid. When the whole
(a) 2p (b) 8p system accelerates upwards with acceleration of
g/3, the fraction of volume immersed in the liquid
(c) 4p (d) 7p
will be
1
Pascal's Law and Archmidies Principle: (a)
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3 (d) It will come out violently

(b)
8
2 15. A cork is submerged in water by a spring attached to
(c)
3 the bottom of a bowl. When the bowl is kept in an
3 elevator moving with acceleration downwards, the
(d) length of spring
4
(a) Increases (b) Decreases
(c) Remains unchanged (d) None of these
8. A silver ingot weighing 2.1 kg is held by a string so
as to be completely immersed in a liquid of relative 16. A solid sphere of density  ( > 1) times lighter than
density 0.8. The relative density of silver is 10.5. water is suspended in a water tank by a string tied
The tension in the string in kg-wt is to its base as shown in fig. If the mass of the sphere
is m then the tension in the string is given by
(a) 1.6 (b) 1.94
 1 
(c) 3.1 (d) 5.25 (a)   mg
  
9. A sample of metal weighs 210 gm in air, 180 gm in (b) mg
water and 120 gm in liquid. Then relative density mg
(c)
(RD) of  1
(a) Metal is 3 (b) Metal is 7
(d) (  1) mg
1
(c) Liquid is 3 (d) Liquid is
3
17. A hollow sphere of volume V is floating on water
surface with half immersed in it. What should be the
10. Two solids A and B float in water. It is observed that
minimum volume of water poured inside the sphere
A floats with half its volume immersed and B floats
so that the sphere now sinks into the water
with 2/3 of its volume immersed. Compare the
densities of A and B (a) V / 2 (b) V / 3
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) V / 4 (d) V
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 1 : 3
18. A rectangular block is 5 cm × 5 cm × 10cm in size.
11. The fraction of a floating object of volume V0 and The block is floating in water with 5 cm side vertical.
If it floats with 10 cm side vertical, what change will
density d 0 above the surface of a liquid of density d
occur in the level of water?
will be
(a) No change
d0 dd 0
(a) (b) (b) It will rise
d d  d0
(c) It will fall
d  d0 dd0
(c) (d) (d) It may rise or fall depending on the density of
d d  d0
block

12. Pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted

19. A ball whose density is 0.4 × 103 kg/m3 falls into
undiminished to every portion of the fluid and the
water from a height of 9 cm . To what depth does the
walls of the containing vessel. This law was first
ball sink
formulated by
(a) 9 cm (b) 6 cm
(a) Bernoulli (b) Archimedes
(c) Boyle (d) Pascal (c) 4.5 cm (d) 2.25 cm

13. A block of steel of size 5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm is weighed 20. Two solids A and B float in water. It is observed that
in water. If the relative density of steel is 7, its 1
A floats with of its body immersed in water and
apparent weight is 2
(a) 6 × 5 × 5 × 5 gf (b) 4 × 4 × 4 × 7 gf 1
B floats with of its volume above the water level.
(c) 5 × 5 × 5 × 7 gf (d) 4 × 4 × 4 × 6 gf 4
The ratio of the density of A to that of B is
14. A body is just floating on the surface of a liquid. The (a) 4 : 3 (b) 2 : 3
density of the body is same as that of the liquid. The (c) 3 : 4 (d) 1 : 2
body is slightly pushed down. What will happen to
the body
21. A boat carrying steel balls is floating on the surface
(a) It will slowly come back to its earlier position
of water in a tank. If the balls are thrown into the
(b) It will remain submerged, where it is left tank one by one, how will it affect the level of water
(c) It will sink
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(a) It will remain unchanged (b) Liquid of high viscosity and low density flowing
(b) It will rise through a pipe of small radius
(c) It will fall (c) Liquid of low viscosity and low density flowing
(d) First it will first rise and then fall through a pipe of large radius
(d) Liquid of low viscosity and high density flowing
22. Two pieces of metal when immersed in a liquid have through a pipe of large radius
equal upthrust on them; then
(a) Both pieces must have equal weights 2. Two water pipes of diameters 2 cm and 4 cm are
(b) Both pieces must have equal densities connected with the main supply line. The velocity of
(c) Both pieces must have equal volumes flow of water in the pipe of 2 cm diameter is
(d) Both are floating to the same depth (a) 4 times that in the other pipe
1
(b) times that in the other pipe
23. A wooden cylinder floats vertically in water with 4
half of its length immersed. The density of wood is
(c) 2 times that in the other pipe
(a) Equal of that of water
(b) Half the density of water 1
(d) times that in the other pipe
(c) Double the density of water 2
(d) The question is incomplete 3. An incompressible liquid flows through a horizontal
tube as shown in the following fig. Then the velocity
v of the fluid is
24. A candle of diameter d is floating on a liquid in a v2 = 1.5
cylindrical container of diameter D (D>>d) as shown A m/s
in figure. If it is burning at the rate of 2cm/hour then
the top of the candle will v1 = 3 A
m/s
(a) Remain at the same height
1.5 A
(b) Fall at the rate of 1 cm/hour L v
(c) Fall at the rate of 2 cm/hour L (a) 3.0 m/s (b) 1.5 m/s
(d) Go up the rate of 1cm/hour d (c) 1.0 m/s (d) 2.25 m/s
D

25. An ice block contains a glass ball when the ice melts 4. Water enters through end A with speed v1 and
within the water containing vessel, the level of leaves through end B with speed v 2 of a cylindrical
water
tube AB. The tube is always completely filled with
(a) Rises water. In case I tube is horizontal and in case II it is
(b) Falls vertical with end A upwards and in case III it is
vertical with end B upwards. We have v1  v 2 for
(c) Unchanged
(d) First rises and then falls (a) Case I (b) Case II
(c) Case III (d) Each case

26. A large ship can float but a steel needle sinks

5. Water is moving with a speed of 5.18 ms–1 through a
because of
pipe with a cross-sectional area of 4.20 cm2. The
(a) Viscosity (b) Surface tension water gradually descends 9.66 m as the pipe
(c) Density (d) None of these increase in area to 7.60 cm2. The speed of flow at the
lower level is
(a) 3.0 ms–1 (b) 5.7 ms–1
27. Construction of submarines is based on
(c) 3.82 ms–1 (d) 2.86 ms–1
(a) Archimedes’ principle (b)Bernoulli’s theorem
(c) Pascal’s law (d) Newton’s laws 6. The velocity of kerosene oil in a horizontal pipe is 5
m/s. If g  10 m / s 2 then the velocity head of oil will
Fluid Flow: be
1. In which one of the following cases will the liquid (a) 1.25 m (b) 12.5 m
flow in a pipe be most streamlined (c) 0.125 m (d) 125 m
(a) Liquid of high viscosity and high density flowing
through a pipe of small radius 7. In the following fig. is shown the flow of liquid
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connected to the pipe. The radii of the tubes A, B and (c) 60 m / s (d) None of these
C at the junction are respectively 2 cm, 1 cm and 2
cm. It can be said that the
13. There is a hole of area A at the bottom of cylindrical
vessel. Water is filled up to a height h and water
flows out in t second. If water is filled to a height
4h, it will flow out in time equal to
(a) t (b) 4t
A C (c) 2 t (d) t/4
B

(a) Height of the liquid in the tube A is maximum 14. A cylindrical tank has a hole of 1 cm2 in its bottom.
(b) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and B is the If the water is allowed to flow into the tank from a
same tube above it at the rate of 70 cm3/sec. then the
(c) Height of the liquid in all the three tubes is the maximum height up to which water can rise in the
same tank is
(d) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and C is the (a) 2.5 cm (b) 5 cm
same (c) 10 cm (d) 0.25 cm

8. A manometer connected to a closed tap reads 3.5 × 15. A square plate of 0.1 m side moves parallel to a
105 N/m2. When the valve is opened, the reading of second plate with a velocity of 0.1 m/s, both plates
manometer falls to 3.0 × 105 N/m2, then velocity of being immersed in water. If the viscous force is
flow of water is 0.002 N and the coefficient of viscosity is 0.01 poise,
(a) 100 m/s (b) 10 m/s distance between the plates in m is
(c) 1 m/s (d) 10 10 m/s (a) 0.1 (b) 0.05
(c) 0.005 (d) 0.0005
9. Air is streaming past a horizontal air plane wing
such that its speed in 120 m/s over the upper surface 16. Spherical balls of radius 'r' are falling in a viscous
and 90 m/s at the lower surface. If the density of air fluid of viscosity '' with a velocity 'v'. The retarding
is 1.3 kg per metre3 and the wing is 10 m long and viscous force acting on the spherical ball is
has an average width of 2 m, then the difference of (a) Inversely proportional to 'r' but directly
the pressure on the two sides of the wing of proportional to velocity 'v'
(a) 4095.0 Pascal (b) 409.50 Pascal (b) Directly proportional to both radius 'r' and
(c) 40.950 Pascal (d) 4.0950 Pascal velocity 'v'
(c) Inversely proportional to both radius 'r' and
10. A large tank filled with water to a height ‘h’ is to be velocity 'v'
emptied through a small hole at the bottom. The (d) Directly proportional to 'r' but inversely
ratio of time taken for the level of water to fall from proportional to 'v'
h h
h to and from to zero is
2 2 17. A small sphere of mass m is dropped from a great
1 height. After it has fallen 100 m, it has attained its
(a) 2 (b) terminal velocity and continues to fall at that speed.
2
The work done by air friction against the sphere
1 during the first 100 m of fall is
(c) 2 1 (d)
2 1 (a) Greater than the work done by air friction in the
second 100 m

11. A cylinder of height 20 m is completely filled with (b) Less than the work done by air friction in the
water. The velocity of efflux of water (in m/s) second 100 m
through a small hole on the side wall of the cylinder (c) Equal to 100 mg
near its bottom is (d) Greater than 100 mg
(a) 10 (b) 20
(c) 25.5 (d) 5 18. Two drops of the same radius are falling through air
with a steady velocity of 5 cm per sec. If the two
12. There is a hole in the bottom of tank having water. drops coalesce, the terminal velocity would be
If total pressure at bottom is 3 atm (1 atm = (a) 10 cm per sec (b) 2.5 cm per sec
105N/m2) then the velocity of water flowing from (c) 5  (4 ) 1/3
cm per sec (d) 5  2 cm per sec
hole is
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19. A ball of radius r and density  falls freely under 24. In a turbulent flow, the velocity of the liquid
gravity through a distance h before entering water. molecules in contact with the walls of the tube is
Velocity of ball does not change even on entering (a) Zero
water. If viscosity of water is , the value of h is (b) Maximum
given by
(c) Equal to critical velocity
2 2 1   
(a) r  g (d) May have any value
9   

2 2  1  25. The Reynolds number of a flow is the ratio of

(b) r  g
81    h
(a) Gravity to viscous force
2 (b) Gravity force to pressure force
2 4  1
(c) r   g
81   
(c) Inertia forces to viscous force
(d) Viscous forces to pressure forces
2
2 4  1 
(d) r   g
9    26. Water is flowing through a tube of non-uniform
cross-section ratio of the radius at entry and exit
end of the pipe is 3 : 2. Then the ratio of velocities
20. The rate of steady volume flow of water through a
at entry and exit of liquid is
capillary tube of length 'l' and radius 'r' under a
pressure difference of P is V. This tube is connected (a) 4 : 9 (b) 9 : 4
with another tube of the same length but half the (c) 8 : 27 (d) 1 : 1
radius in series. Then the rate of steady volume flow
through them is (The pressure difference across the 27. Water is flowing through a horizontal pipe of non-
combination is P)
uniform cross-section. At the extreme narrow
V V portion of the pipe, the water will have
(a) (b)
16 17 (a) Maximum speed and least pressure
16 V 17 V (b) Maximum pressure and least speed
(c) (d)
17 16
(c) Both pressure and speed maximum
(d) Both pressure and speed least
21. A liquid is flowing in a horizontal uniform capillary
tube under a constant pressure difference P. The
28. A liquid flows in a tube from left to right as shown
value of pressure for which the rate of flow of the
in figure. A1 and A 2 are the cross-sections of the
liquid is doubled when the radius and length both
are doubled is portions of the tube as shown. Then the ratio of
3P speeds v1 / v 2 will be
(a) P (b)
4 (a) A1 / A2
A1
P P A2
(c) (d) (b) A2 / A1
2 4 v1 v2

(c) A 2 / A1
22. We have two (narrow) capillary tubes T1 and T2.
Their lengths are l1 and l2 and radii of cross-section (d) A1 / A 2
are r1 and r2 respectively. The rate of flow of water
under a pressure difference P through tube T1 is
8cm3/sec. If l1 = 2l2 and r1 =r2, what will be the rate 29. In a streamline flow
of flow when the two tubes are connected in series (a) The speed of a particle always remains same
and pressure difference across the combination is (b) The velocity of a particle always remains same
same as before (= P)
(c) The kinetic energies of all the particles arriving
(a) 4 cm3/sec (b) (16/3) cm3/sec
at a given point are the same
(c) (8/17) cm3/sec (d) None of these
(d) The moments of all the particles arriving at a
given point are the same
23. In a laminar flow the velocity of the liquid in contact
with the walls of the tube is
(a) Zero 30. An application of Bernoulli's equation for fluid flow
(b) Maximum is found in
(c) In between zero and maximum (a) Dynamic lift of an aeroplane
(d) Equal to critical velocity (b) Viscosity meter
(c) Capillary rise
(d) Hydraulic press
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(a) v A  v B A
31. The Working of an atomizer depends upon (b) v B  v A
(a) Bernoulli's theorem
(c) PA = PB B
(b) Boyle's law
(d) PB > PA
(c) Archimedes principle
(d) Newton's law of motion
37. A liquid flows through a horizontal tube. The
velocities of the liquid in the two sections, which
32. The pans of a physical balance are in equilibrium.
have areas of cross-section A1 and A 2 , are v1 and
Air is blown under the right hand pan; then the right
hand pan will v2 respectively. The difference in the levels of the
(a) Move up liquid in the two vertical tubes is h
(b) Move down (a) The volume of the liquid flowing through the
(c) Move erratically tube in unit time is A1v1

(d) Remain at the same level h

(b) v 2  v1  2 gh

(c) v 22  v12  2 gh A1 v1 A2
33. According to Bernoulli's equation v2
(d) The energy per unit mass of the liquid is the
P 1 v2
h  constant same in both sections of the tube
g 2 g

The terms A, B and C are generally called

38. A sniper fires a rifle bullet into a gasoline tank
respectively:
making a hole 53.0 m below the surface of gasoline.
(a) Gravitational head, pressure head and velocity
The tank was sealed at 3.10 atm. The stored gasoline
head
has a density of 660 kgm–3. The velocity with which
(b) Gravity, gravitational head and velocity head gasoline begins to shoot out of the hole is
(c) Pressure head, gravitational head and velocity (a) 27 . 8 ms 1 (b) 41 .0 ms 1
head
(c) 9 . 6 ms 1 (d) 19 . 7 ms 1
(d) Gravity, pressure and velocity head

34. At what speed the velocity head of a stream of water 39. An L-shaped tube with a small orifice is held in a
be equal to 40 cm of Hg water stream as shown in fig. The upper end of the
tube is 10.6 cm above the surface of water. What will
(a) 282.8 cm/sec (b) 432.6 cm/sec be the height of the jet of water coming from the
(c) 632.6 cm/sec (d) 832.6 cm/sec orifice? Velocity of water stream is 2.45 m/s
(a) Zero
(b) 20.0 cm
35. The weight of an aeroplane flying in air is balanced
(c) 10.6 cm
by 2.45
(d) 40.0 cm m/s
(a) Upthrust of the air which will be equal to the
weight of the air having the same volume as the
40. Fig. represents vertical sections of four wings
plane
moving horizontally in air. In which case the force
(b) Force due to the pressure difference between the is upwards
upper and lower surfaces of the wings, created
by different air speeds on the surface
(c) Vertical component of the thrust created by air (a) (b)
currents striking the lower surface of the wings
(d) Force due to the reaction of gases ejected by the
revolving propeller
(c) (d)

36. In this figure, an ideal liquid flows through the tube,

which is of uniform cross-section. The liquid has
velocities v A and v B , and pressure PA and PB at points
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41. An L-shaped glass tube is H

T1 time to decrease the height of water to (  1) ;
just immersed in flowing
h 
water such that its and it takes T2 time to take out the rest of water. If
opening is pointing
T1  T2 , then the value of  is
against flowing water. If v
the speed of water (a) 2 (b) 3
current is v, then (c) 4 (d) 2 2
2
v
(a) The water in the tube rises to height
2g 47. Velocity of water in a river is
g (a) Same everywhere
(b) The water in the tube rises to height
2v 2 (b) More in the middle and less near its banks
(c) The water in the tube does not rise at all (c) Less in the middle and more near its banks
(d) None of these (d) Increase from one bank to other bank

42. A tank is filled with water up to a height H. Water is 48. As the temperature of water increases, its viscosity
allowed to come out of a hole P in one of the walls (a) Remains unchanged
at a depth D below the surface of water. Express the (b) Decreases
horizontal distance x in terms of H and D (c) Increases
(a) x  D(H  D) (d) Increases or decreases depending on the
external pressure
D(H  D) D
(b) x  H
2 49. The coefficient of viscosity for hot air is
(c) x  2 D(H  D) (a) Greater than the coefficient of viscosity for cold
x air
(d) x  4 D(H  D) (b) Smaller than the coefficient of viscosity for cold
air
43. A cylindrical vessel of 90 cm height is kept filled (c) Same as the coefficient of viscosity for cold air
upto the brim. It has four holes 1, 2, 3, 4 which are (d) Increases or decreases depending on the
respectively at heights of 20 cm, 30 cm, 45 cm and external pressure
50 cm from the horizontal floor PQ. The water
falling at the maximum horizontal distance from the 50. A good lubricant should have
vessel comes from (a) High viscosity (b) Low viscosity
(a) Hole number 4 (c) Moderate viscosity (d) High density
(b) Hole number 3 4
3
(c) Hole number 2 51. We have three beakers A, B and C containing
2
1 glycerine, water and kerosene respectively. They
(d) Hole number 1
P Q are stirred vigorously and placed on a table. The
liquid which comes to rest at the earliest is
44. A rectangular vessel when full of water takes 10 (a) Glycerine
minutes to be emptied through an orifice in its (b) Water
bottom. How much time will it take to be emptied
(c) Kerosene
when half filled with water
(d) All of them at the same time
(a) 9 minute (b) 7 minute
(c) 5 minute (d) 3 minute
52. A small drop of water falls from rest through a large
height h in air; the final velocity is
45. A streamlined body falls through air from a height h
on the surface of a liquid. If d and D(D > d) (a)  h
represents the densities of the material of the body
(b)  h
and liquid respectively, then the time after which
the body will be instantaneously at rest, is (c)  (1 / h)

2h 2h D (d) Almost independent of h

(a) (b) .
g g d

2h d 2h  d  53. The rate of flow of liquid in a tube of radius r, length

(c) . (d)  
g D g Dd l, whose ends are maintained at a pressure
QP r 4
difference P is V  where  is coefficient of
46. A large tank is filled with water to a height H. A l
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1 diameter 2 cm. The velocity of water in the other

(a) 8 (b)
8 pipe is
1 (a) 3 m/s (b) 6 m/s
(c) 16 (d)
16 (c) 12 m/s (d) 8 m/s

54. In Poiseuilli's method of determination of
coefficient of viscosity, the physical quantity that
requires greater accuracy in measurement is
(a) Pressure difference
(b) Volume of the liquid collected
(c) Length of the capillary tube
(d) Inner radius of the capillary tube
55. Two capillary tubes of the same length but different
radii r1 and r2 are fitted in parallel to the bottom of
a vessel. The pressure head is P. What should be the
radius of a single tube that can replace the two tubes
so that the rate of flow is same as before
(a) r1  r2 (b) r12  r22
(c) r14  r24 (d) None of these
60. Two capillary of length L and 2L and of radius R and
2R are connected in series. The net rate of flow of
fluid through them will be (given rate of the flow
through single capillary, X  PR 4 / 8L)
8 9
(a) X (b) X
9 8
5 7
(c) X (d) X
7 5
61. When a body falls in air, the resistance of air
depends to a great extent on the shape of the body,
3 different shapes are given. Identify the
combination of air resistances which truly
represents the physical situation. (The cross
sectional areas are the same).
R
R R

56. Two capillaries of same length and radii in the ratio

W W W
1 : 2 are connected in series. A liquid flows through
(1) (2) (3
them in streamlined condition. If the pressure Disc Ball ) shaped
Cigar
across the two extreme ends of the combination is 1
m of water, the pressure difference across first (a) 1 < 2 < 3 (b) 2 < 3 < 1
capillary is (c) 3 < 2 < 1 (d) 3 < 1 < 2
(a) 9.4 m (b) 4.9 m
(c) 0.49 m (d) 0.94 m 62. Water falls from a tap, down the streamline
(a) Area decreases (b) Area increases
57. Water flows in a streamlined manner through a (c) Velocity remains same (d)Area remains same
capillary tube of radius a, the pressure difference
being P and the rate of flow Q. If the radius is 63. A manometer connected to a closed tap reads
reduced to a/2 and the pressure increased to 2P, the 4 .5  10 5 Pascal. When the tap is opened the reading
rate of flow becomes
of the manometer falls to 4  10 5 Pascal. Then the
(a) 4 Q (b) Q velocity of flow of water is

(c)
Q
(d)
Q (a) 7 ms 1 (b) 8 ms 1
4 8
(c) 9 ms 1 (d) 10 ms 1

58. A viscous fluid is flowing through a cylindrical tube.
The velocity distribution of the fluid is best
represented by the diagram
64. What is the velocity v of a metallic ball of radius r
falling in a tank of liquid at the instant when its
acceleration is one-half that of a freely falling body
? (The densities of metal and of liquid are  and 
respectively, and the viscosity of the liquid is ).

(a) (b) r2g r2g

(a) (  2 ) (b) (2    )
9 9
r2g 2r 2 g
(c) (   ) (d) (   )
9 9
(c) (d) None of these

65. Consider the following equation of Bernoulli’s

1
theorem. P  V 2  gh  K (constant)
59. Water is flowing in a pipe of diameter 4 cm with a 2
velocity 3 m/s. The water then enters into a tube of The dimensions of K/P are same as that of which of
the following

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(a) Thrust (b) Pressure (c) 7.2 (d) 12.8

(c) Angle (d) Viscosity

5. A body floats in a liquid contained in a beaker. The

66. An incompressible fluid flows steadily through a
whole system as shown falls freely under gravity.
cylindrical pipe which has radius 2r at point A and
radius r at B further along the flow direction. If the The upthrust on the body due to the liquid is
velocity at point A is v, its velocity at point B is
(a) 2v (b) v
(c) v/2 (d) 4v

Critical Thinking: (a) Zero

1. A U-tube in which the cross-sectional area of the
limb on the left is one quarter, the limb on the right
contains mercury (density 13.6 g/cm3). The level of
mercury in the narrow limb is at a distance of 36 cm
from the upper end of the tube. What will be the rise
in the level of mercury in the right limb if the left
limb is filled to the top with water
Water
(b) Equal to the weight of the liquid displaced
(c) Equal to the weight of the body in air
(d) Equal to the weight of the immersed position of
the body
6. A liquid is kept in a cylindrical vessel which is being
rotated about a vertical axis through the centre of
the circular base. If the radius of the vessel is r and

(a) 1.2 cm angular velocity of rotation is  , then the

difference in the heights of the liquid at the centre
(b) 2.35 cm
of the vessel and the edge is
(c) 0.56 cm
r r 2 2
(d) 0.8 cm Mercur (a) (b)
y 2g 2g

A homogeneous solid cylinder of length L (L  H / 2) . 2

2. (c) 2 gr (d)
Cross-sectional area A / 5 is immersed such that it 2gr 2
floats with its axis vertical at the liquid-liquid
interface with length L / 4 in the denser liquid as
7. Water is filled in a cylindrical container to a height
shown in the fig. The lower density liquid is open to
atmosphere having pressure P0 . Then density D of of 3m. The ratio of the cross-sectional area of the
solid is given by orifice and the beaker is 0.1. The square of the speed
of the liquid coming out from the orifice is (g = 10
5
(a) d m/s2)
4
4 (a) 50 m2/s2
(b) d H/ d
3L/4 (b) 50.5 m2/s2
5 2 L
3m
(c) d H/ 2d (c) 51 m2/s2
d 2 52.5 cm
(d) (d) 52 m2/s2
5

3. A wooden block, with a coin placed on its top, floats 8. A large open tank has two holes in the wall. One is
a square hole of side L at a depth y from the top and
in water as shown in fig. the distance l and h are
the other is a circular hole of radius R at a depth 4y
shown there. After some time the coin falls into the
from the top. When the tank is completely filled
water. Then
with water the quantities of water flowing out per
Coin second from both the holes are the same. Then R is
(a) l decreases and h increases
equal to
(b) l increases and h decreases
l L
(c) Both l and h increase (a) 2 L (b)
h 2
(d) Both l and h decrease
L
(c) L (d)
2
4. A vessel contains oil (density = 0.8 gm/cm3) over
mercury (density = 13.6 gm/cm3). A homogeneous
9. A cylinder containing water up to a height of 25 cm
sphere floats with half of its volume immersed in
1
mercury and the other half in oil. The density of the has a hole of cross-section cm 2 in its bottom. It is
4
material of the sphere in gm/cm3 is
counterpoised in a balance. What is the initial
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change in the balancing weight when water begins having area of cross-section a. The time taken to
to flow out decrease the level from H 1 to H 2 will be
(a) Increase of 12.5 gm-wt A 2
(a) [ H1  H 2 ] (b) 2 gh
(b) Increase of 6.25 gm-wt a g
(c) Decrease of 12.5 gm-wt A g
25 cm (c) 2 gh (H 1  H 2 ) (d) [ H1  H 2 ]
(d) Decrease of 6.25 gm-wt a 2
Surface Tension
10. There are two identical small holes of area of cross- 1. The value of surface tension of a liquid at critical
section a on the opposite sides of a tank containing temperature is
a liquid of density  . The difference in height (a) Zero (b) Infinite
between the holes is h. Tank is resting on a smooth (c) Between 0 and  (d) Cannot be determined
horizontal surface. Horizontal force which will has
to be applied on the tank to keep it in equilibrium is 2. The spherical shape of rain-drop is due to
(a) gh a (a) Density of the liquid
2 gh (b) Surface tension
(b)
a h
(c) Atmospheric pressure
(d) Gravity
(c) 2 agh
gh 3. Surface tension is due to
(d)
a (a) Frictional forces between molecules
(b) Cohesive forces between molecules
11. Two communicating vessels contain mercury. The (c) Adhesive forces between molecules
diameter of one vessel is n times larger than the (d) Gravitational forces
diameter of the other. A column of water of height
h is poured into the left vessel. The mercury level 4. When there is no external force, the shape of a
will rise in the right-hand vessel (s = relative liquid drop is determined by
density of mercury and  = density of water) by
(a) Surface tension of the liquid
(b) Density of liquid
Water (c) Viscosity of liquid
h
(d) Temperature of air only

Mercury
5. Soap helps in cleaning clothes, because
n h 2
h (a) Chemicals of soap change
(a) (b)
(n  1)2 s (n  1) s
2 (b) It increases the surface tension of the solution
(c) It absorbs the dirt
h h
(c) (d) (d) It lowers the surface tension of the solution
(n  1)2 s n2s

6. A pin or a needle floats on the surface of water, the

12. A uniform rod of density  is placed in a wide tank reason for this is
containing a liquid of density 0 (0  ) . The depth (a) Surface tension (b) Less weight
of liquid in the tank is half the length of the rod. The (c) Upthrust of liquid (d) None of the above
rod is in equilibrium, with its lower end resting on
the bottom of the tank. In this position the rod
7. Coatings used on raincoat are waterproof because
makes an angle  with the horizontal
(a) Water is absorbed by the coating
1 1 0
(a) sin   0 /  (b) sin   . (b) Cohesive force becomes greater
2 2 
(c) Water is not scattered away by the coating
(c) sin    / 0 (d) sin   0 /  (d) Angle of contact decreases

13. A block of ice floats on a liquid of density 1.2in a 8. If temperature increases, the surface tension of a
beaker then level of liquid when ice completely melt liquid
(a) Remains same (b) Rises (a) Increases
(c) Lowers (d) (a), (b) or (c) (b) Decreases
(c) Remains the same
14. A vessel of area of cross-section A has liquid to a (d) Increases then decreases
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9. A drop of oil is placed on the surface of water. tension of the liquid is T, the force acting on the
Which of the following statement is correct frame will be
(a) It will remain on it as a sphere (a) 2 TL (b) 4 TL
(b) It will spread as a thin layer (c) 8 TL (d) 10 TL
(c) It will be partly as spherical droplets and partly
as thin film 16. Water does not wet an oily glass because
(d) It will float as a distorted drop on the water (a) Cohesive force of oil>> adhesive force between
surface oil and glass
(b) Cohesive force of oil > cohesive force of water
10. The temperature at which the surface tension of (c) Oil repels water
water is zero (d) Cohesive force for water > adhesive force
(a) 0°C between water and oil molecules
(b) 277 K
(c) 370°C 17. A water drop takes the shape of a sphere in a oil
(d) Slightly less than 647 K while the oil drop spreads in water, because
(a) C.F. for water > A.F. for water and oil
11. A small air bubble is at the inner surface of the (b) C.F. for oil > A.F. for water and oil
bottom of a beaker filled with cold water. Now (c) C.F. for oil < A.F. for water and oil
water of the beaker is heated. The size of bubble
(d) None of the above
increases. The reason for this may be
(A.F. = adhesive force C.F. = cohesive force)
(a) Increase in the saturated vapour pressure of
water
(b) Root mean square velocity of air molecules 18. Which of the fact is not due to surface tension
inside the bubble increases (a) Dancing of a camphor piece over the surface of
(c) Decrease in surface tension of water water
(d) All of the above (b) Small mercury drop itself becomes spherical
(c) A liquid surface comes at rest after stirring
12. The spiders and insects move and run about on the (d) Mercury does not wet the glass vessel
surface of water without sinking because
(a) Elastic membrane is formed on water due to 19. In the glass capillary tube, the shape of the surface
property of surface tension of the liquid depends upon
(b) Spiders and insects are lighter (a) Only on the cohesive force of liquid molecules
(c) Spiders and insects swim on water (b) Only on the adhesive force between the
(d) Spider and insects experience upthrust molecules of glass and liquid
(c) Only on relative cohesive and adhesive force
13. Small droplets of a liquid are usually more spherical between the atoms
in shape than larger drops of the same liquid (d) Neither on cohesive nor on adhesive force
because
(a) Force of surface tension is equal and opposite to 20. Force necessary to pull a circular plate of 5 cm
the force of gravity radius from water surface for which surface tension
(b) Force of surface tension predominates the force is 75 dynes/cm, is
of gravity (a) 30 dyne (b) 60 dynes
(c) Force of gravity predominates the force of
(c) 750 dynes (d) 750  dynes
surface tension
(d) Force of gravity and force of surface tension act
in the same direction and are equal 21. The property of surface tension is obtained in
(a) Solids, liquids and gases
14. Hairs of shaving brush cling together when it is (b) Liquids
removed from water due to (c) Gases
(a) Force of attraction between hair (d) Matter
(b) Surface tension
(c) Viscosity of water 22. The surface tension of a liquid
(d) Characteristic property of hairs (a) Increases with area
(b) Decreases with area
15. A square frame of side L is dipped in a liquid. On (c) Increase with temperature
taking out, a membrane is formed. If the surface
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23. If two glass plates are quite nearer to each other in (a) Inertia (b) Pressure
water, then there will be force of (c) Surface tension (d) Viscosity
(a) Attraction (b) Repulsion
(c) Attraction or repulsion (d)None of the above 33.
(a) Atmospheric pressure exerts a force on a liquid
drop
24. On mixing the salt in water, the surface tension of
water will (b) Volume of a spherical drop is minimum
(c) Gravitational force acts upon the drop
(a) Increase (b) Decrease
(d) Liquid tends to have the minimum surface area
(c) Remain unchanged (d) None of the above
due to surface tension

25. The maximum force, in addition to the weight 34. A thin metal disc of radius r floats on water surface
required to pull a wire of 5.0 cm long from the and bends the surface downwards along the
surface of water at temperature 20oC, is 728 dynes. perimeter making an angle  with vertical edge of
The surface tension of water is the disc. If the disc displaces a weight of water W
(a) 7.28 N/cm (b) 7.28 dyne/cm and surface tension of water is T, then the weight of
(c) 72.8 dyne/cm (d) 7.28×102 dyne/cm metal disc is
(a) 2rT  W (b) 2rT cos  W
26. Consider a liquid contained in a vessel. The liquid (c) 2rTcos  W (d) W  2rT cos
solid adhesive force is very weak as compared to
the cohesive force in the liquid. The shape of the 35. A 10 cm long wire is placed horizontally on the
liquid surface near the solid shall be surface of water and is gently pulled up with a force
(a) Horizontal (b) Almost vertical of 2 ×10-2 N to keep the wire in equilibrium. The
(c) Concave (d) Convex surface tension, in Nm-1, of water is
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2
27. At which of the following temperatures, the value of (c) 0.001 (d) 0.002
surface tension of water is minimum
(a) 4o C (b) 25o C 36. It is easy to wash clothes in hot water because its
o
(c) 50 C (d) 75o C (a) Surface tension is more
(b) Surface tension is less
28. If a glass rod is dipped in mercury and withdrawn (c) Consumes less soap
out, the mercury does not wet the rod because (d) None of these
(a) Angle of contact is acute
(b) Cohesion force is more 37. Due to which property of water, tiny particles of
(c) Adhesion force is more camphor dance on the surface of water
(d) Density of mercury is more (a) Viscosity (b) Surface tension
(c) Weight (d) Floating force
29. Mercury does not wet glass, wood or iron because
(a) Cohesive force is less than adhesive force 38. The force required to separate two glass plates of
(b) Cohesive force is greater than adhesive force area 10 2 m 2 with a film of water 0.05 mm thick
(c) Angle of contact is less than 90o between them, is (Surface tension of water is
(d) Cohesive force is equal to adhesive force
70  10 3 N/m)
(a) 28 N (b) 14 N
30. Surface tension of a liquid is found to be influenced
(c) 50 N (d) 38 N
by]
(a) It increases with the increase of temperature
39. Oil spreads over the surface of water whereas water
(b) Nature of the liquid in contact
does not spread over the surface of the oil, due to
(c) Presence of soap that increases it
(a) Surface tension of water is very high
(d) Its variation with the concentration of the liquid
(b) Surface tension of water is very low
(c) Viscosity of oil is high
31. When a drop of water is dropped on oil surface, then
(d) Viscosity of water is high
(a) It will mix up with oil
(b) It spreads in the form of a film
40. Cohesive force is experienced between
(c) It will deform
(a) Magnetic substances
(d) It remains spherical
(b) Molecules of different substances
(c) Molecules of same substances
32. Two pieces of glass plate one upon the other with a
little water in between them cannot be separated (d) None of these
easily because of
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41. The property utilized in the manufacture of lead 4

(a) 4T (nr 2  R 2 ) (b)  (r 3 n  R 2 )
shots is 3
(a) Specific weight of liquid lead (c) 4T (R 2  nr 2 ) (d) 4T (nr 2  R 2 )
(b) Specific gravity of liquid lead
(c) Compressibility of liquid lead
2. The potential energy of a molecule on the surface of
(d) Surface tension of liquid lead
liquid compared to one inside the liquid is
(a) Zero (b) Smaller
42. The dimensions of surface tension are
(c) The same (d) Greater
(a) [MLT 1 ] (b) [ML2 T 2 ]
(c) [ML0 T 2 ] (d) [ML1T 2 ] 3. Two droplets merge with each other and forms a
large droplet. In this process
43. A wooden stick 2m long is floating on the surface of (a) Energy is liberated
water. The surface tension of water 0.07 N/m. By (b) Energy is absorbed
putting soap solution on one side of the sticks the
(c) Neither liberated nor absorbed
surface tension is reduced to 0.06 N/m. The net
force on the stick will be (d) Some mass is converted into energy
(a) 0.07 N (b) 0.06 N
(c) 0.01 N (d) 0.02 N 4. A drop of liquid of diameter 2.8 mm breaks up into
125 identical drops. The change in energy is nearly
44. A thread is tied slightly loose to a wire frame as in (S.T. of liquid =75 dynes/cm)
figure and the frame is dipped into a soap solution (a) Zero (b) 19 erg
and taken out. The frame is completely covered with (c) 46 erg (d) 74 erg
the film. When the portion A punctured with a pin,
the thread.
5. Radius of a soap bubble is 'r', surface tension of soap
Frame
A solution is T. Then without increasing the
temperature, how much energy will be needed to
B double its radius
Thread
(a) 4r 2 T (b) 2r 2 T
(c) 12r 2 T (d) 24 r 2 T
(a) Becomes concave toward A
(b) Becomes convex towards A
6. Work done in splitting a drop of water of 1 mm
(c) Remains in the initial position
radius into 106 droplets is (Surface tension of water
(d) Either (a) or (b) depending on the size of A w.r.t.
 72  10 3 J / m 2 )
B
(a) 9 . 58  10 5 J (b) 8 . 95  10 5 J
45. The force required to take away a flat circular plate (c) 5 . 89  10 5 J (d) 5 .98  10 6 J
of radius 2 cm from the surface of water, will be (the
surface tension of water is 70 dyne/cm)
(a) 280  dyne (b) 250  dyne 7. A spherical liquid drop of radius R is divided into
eight equal droplets. If surface tension is T, then the
(c) 140  dyne (d) 210  dyne
work done in this process will be
(a) 2 R 2 T (b) 3 R 2 T
46. Surface tension may be defined as
(c) 4 R 2 T (d) 2 RT 2
(a) The work done per unit area in increasing the
surface area of a liquid under isothermal
condition 8. The amount of work done in blowing a soap bubble
(b) The work done per unit area in increasing the such that its diameter increases from d to D is (T=
surface area of a liquid under adiabatic surface tension of the solution)
condition (a) 4 (D 2  d 2 )T (b) 8 (D 2  d 2 )T
(c) The work done per unit area in increasing the
(c)  (D 2  d 2 )T (d) 2 (D 2  d 2 )T
surface area of a liquid under both isothermal
and adiabatic conditions
(d) Free surface energy per unit volume 9. If T is the surface tension of soap solution, the
amount of work done in blowing a soap bubble from
a diameter D to 2D is
Surface Energy
1. Energy needed in breaking a drop of radius R into n (a) 2 D2 T (b) 4 D2 T
drops of radii r is given by
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(c) 6 D2 T (d) 8 D2 T 18. A mercury drop of 1 cm radius is broken into 10 6
small drops. The energy used will be (surface

1 tension of mercury is 35  10 3 N / cm)

10. The radius of a soap bubble is increased from
 (a) 4 .4  10 3 J (b) 2 .2  10 4 J

cm to
2
cm. If the surface tension of water is 30 (c) 8 .8  10 4 J (d) 10 4 J

dynes per cm, then the work done will be 19. The surface tension of a liquid at its boiling point
(a) 180 ergs (b) 360 ergs (a) Becomes zero
(c) 720 ergs (d) 960 ergs (b) Becomes infinity
(c) is equal to the value at room temperature
11. The surface tension of a liquid is 5 N/m. If a thin (d) is half to the value at the room temperature
film of the area 0.02 m2 is formed on a loop, then its
surface energy will be 20. Surface tension of a soap solution is 1.9  10 2 N / m. .
2
(a) 5  10 J 2
(b) 2 . 5  10 J Work done in blowing a bubble of 2.0 cm diameter
will be
(c) 2  10 1 J (d) 5  10 1 J
(a) 7.6  10 6  joule (b) 15 .2  10 6  joule
(c) 1.9  10 6  joule (d) 1  10 4 joule
12. If work W is done in blowing a bubble of radius R
from a soap solution, then the work done in blowing
a bubble of radius 2R from the same solution is The surface tension of liquid is 0.5 N/m. If a film is
held on a ring of area 0.02 m2, its surface energy is
(a) W/2 (b) 2W
(a) 5 × 10-2 joule (b) 2.0 × 10-2 joule
1
(c) 4W (d) 2 W (c) 4 × 10-4 joule (d) 0.8 × 10-1 joule
3

21. What is ratio of surface energy of 1 small drop and 1

13. A spherical drop of oil of radius 1 cm is broken into
large drop, if 1000 small drops combined to form 1
1000 droplets of equal radii. If the surface tension
large drop
of oil is 50 dynes/cm, the work done is
(a) 100 : 1 (b) 1000 : 1
(a) 18  ergs (b) 180  ergs
(c) 10 : 1 (d) 1 : 100
(c) 1800  ergs (d) 8000  ergs

The amount of work done in forming a soap film of

14. The work done in blowing a soap bubble of radius r
T  3  10 2 N / m )
of the solution of surface tension T will be size 10 cm  10 cm is (Surface tension
(a) 8r 2 T (b) 2r 2 T 6  10 4 J 3  10 4 J
(a) (b)
4 2
(c) 4r 2 T (d) r T 6  10 3 J 3  10 4 J
3 (c) (d)

15. If two identical mercury drops are combined to form 22. The work done in blowing a soap bubble of 10 cm
a single drop, then its temperature will radius is (Surface tension of the soap solution is
(a) Decrease (b) Increase 3
N /m )
(c) Remains the same (d) None of the above 100
(a) 75 .36  10 4 joule
16. If the surface tension of a liquid is T, the gain in
(b) 37 .68  10 4 joule
surface energy for an increase in liquid surface by A
is (c) 150 .72  10 4 joule
(a) AT 1 (b) AT (d) 75 .36 joule
2 2 2
(c) A T (d) A T
23. A liquid drop of diameter D breaks upto into 27 small
17. The surface tension of a soap solution is 2  10 2 N / m. drops of equal size. If the surface tension of the
To blow a bubble of radius 1 cm, the work done is liquid is , then change in surface energy is
(a) 4  10 6 J (b) 8  10 6 J (a) D2 (b) 2D2
(c) 12  10 6 J (d) 16  10 6 J (c) 3D2 (d) 4D2

24. One thousand small water drops of equal radii

combine to form a big drop. The ratio of final surface
energy to the total initial surface energy is
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(a) 1000 : 1 (b) 1 : 1000 32. 8 mercury drops coalesce to form one mercury drop,
(c) 10 : 1 (d) 1 : 10 the energy changes by a factor of
(a) 1 (b) 2
25. The work done in increasing the size of a soap film (c) 4 (d) 6
from 10 cm× 6 cm to 10 cm × 11 cm is 3 ×10-4 joule. 33. If work done in increasing the size of a soap film
The surface tension of the film is from 10 cm  6 cm to 10 cm  11 cm is 2  10 4 J , then
2 2
(a) 1.5  10 N / m (b) 3.0  10 N / m the surface tension is

(c) 6.0  10 N / m 2
(d) 11.0  10 N / m2 (a) 2  10 2 Nm 1 (b) 2  10 4 Nm 1
(c) 2  10 6 Nm 1 (d) 2  10 8 Nm 1
26. If  be the surface tension, the work done in
breaking a big drop of radius R in n drops of equal 34. A mercury drop of radius 1cm is sprayed into 10 6
radius is drops of equal size. The energy expended in joules is
(a) Rn 2 / 3 (b) (n 2 / 3  1)R (surface tension of Mercury is 460  10 3 N / m )

(c) (n1 / 3  1)R (d) 4R 2 (n1 / 3  1) (a) 0.057 (b) 5.7

1 (c) 5.7  10 4 (d) 5.7  10 6

(e) R
n 1/3
1
35. When two small bubbles join to form a bigger one,
27. A big drop of radius R is formed by 1000 small energy is
droplets of water, then the radius of small drop is (a) Released (b) Absorbed
(a) R/2 (b) R/5 (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
(c) R/6 (d) R/10
36. A film of water is formed between two straight parallel
6 wires of length 10cm each separated by 0.5 cm. If their
28. When 10 small drops coalesce to make a new
separation is increased by 1 mm while still maintaining
larger drop then the drop
their parallelism, how much work will have to be done
(a) Density increases
(Surface tension of water = 7.2  10 2 N / m )
(b) Density decreases
(a) 7 . 22  10 6 Joule (b) 1 . 44  10 5 Joule
(c) Temperature increases
(d) Temperature decreases (c) 2 . 88  10 5 Joule (d) 5 . 76  10 5 Joule

29. Which of the following statements are true in case 37. A drop of mercury of radius 2 mm is split into 8
when two water drops coalesce and make a bigger identical droplets. Find the increase in surface
drop energy. (Surface tension of mercury is 0 .465 J / m 2 )
(a) Energy is released (a) 23 .4 J (b) 18 .5 J
(b) Energy is absorbed
(c) 26 .8 J (d) 16 .8 J
(c) The surface area of the bigger drop is greater
than the sum of the surface areas of both the
38. Two small drops of mercury, each of radius R,
drops
coalesce to form a single large drop. The ratio of the
(d) The surface area of the bigger drop is smaller
total surface energies before and after the change is
than the sum of the surface areas of both the
drop (a) 1 : 21 / 3 (b) 21 / 3 : 1
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2

30. 8000 identical water drops are combined to form a

big drop. Then the ratio of the final surface energy to 39. Radius of a soap bubble is increased from R to 2R
the initial surface energy of all the drops together is work done in this process in terms of surface tension
is
(a) 1 : 10 (b) 1 : 15
(a) 24 R 2 S (b) 48 R 2 S
(c) 1 : 20 (d) 1 : 25
(c) 12R 2 S (d) 36 R 2 S
31. The surface energy of liquid film on a ring of area
0 . 15 m 2 is (Surface tension of liquid  5 Nm 1 ) 40. The work done in blowing a soap bubble of radius
0.2 m is (the surface tension of soap solution being
(a) 0.75 J (b) 1.5 J 0.06 N/m)
(c) 2.25 J (d) 3.0 J
(a) 192   10 4 J (b) 280   10 4 J
(c) 200   10 3 J (d) None of these

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7. The parts of motor cars are polished by chromium

41. A liquid film is formed in a loop of area 0.05 m2. because the angle of contact between water and
Increase in its potential energy will be (T = 0.2 N/m) chromium is
(a) 5  10 2 J (b) 2  10 2 J (a) 0o (b) 90o
(c) Less than 90o (d) Greater than 90o
(c) 3  10 2 J (d) None of these

8. A glass plate is partly dipped vertically in the

42. In order to float a ring of area 0.04 m2 in a liquid of
mercury and the angle of contact is measured. If the
surface tension 75 N/m, the required surface energy
plate is inclined, then the angle of contact will
will be
(a) Increase (b) Remain unchanged
(a) 3 J (b) 6.5 J
(c) Increase or decrease (d) Decrease
(c) 1.5 J (d) 4 J
43. If two soap bubbles of equal radii r coalesce then the
radius of curvature of interface between two 9. The liquid meniscus in capillary tube will be convex,
bubbles will be if the angle of contact is
(a) r (b) 0 (a) Greater than 90  (b) Less than 90°
(c) Infinity (d) 1/2r (c) Equal to 90° (d) Equal to 0°

Angle of Contact 10. If a water drop is kept between two glass plates,
then its shape is
1. A liquid does not wet the sides of a solid, if the angle
of contact is
(a) Zero
(b) Obtuse (More than 90°) (a) (b)
(c) Acute (Less than 90°)
(d) 90°

2. The meniscus of mercury in the capillary tube is (c) (d) None of these
(a) Convex (b) Concave
(c) Plane (d) Uncertain
11. The value of contact angle for kerosene with solid
3. When the temperature is increased the angle of surface.
contact of a liquid (a) 0° (b) 90 o
(a) Increases (c) 45 o (d) 33 o
(b) Decreases
(c) Remains the same 12. Nature of meniscus for liquid of 0 o angle of contact
(d) First increases and then decreases (a) Plane (b) Parabolic
(c) Semi-spherical (d) Cylindrical
4. The angle of contact between glass and mercury is]
(a) 0° (b) 30o 13. A liquid wets a solid completely. The meniscus of the
(c) 90o (d) 135o liquid in a sufficiently long tube is
(a) Flat (b) Concave
5. A mercury drop does not spread on a glass plate (c) Convex (d) Cylindrical
because the angle of contact between glass and
mercury is 14. What is the shape when a non-wetting liquid is
(a) Acute (b) Obtuse placed in a capillary tube
(c) Zero (d) 90  (a) Concave upward (b) Convex upward
(c) Concave downward (d) Convex downward
6. A liquid is coming out from a vertical tube. The
relation between the weight of the drop W, surface 15. For which of the two pairs, the angle of contact is
tension of the liquid T and radius of the tube r is same
given by, if the angle of contact is zero (a) Water and glass; glass and mercury
(b) Pure water and glass; glass and alcohol
(a) W  r 2 T (b) W  2rT
(c) Silver and water; mercury and glass
 3
(c) W  2r 2T (d) W  r T (d) Silver and chromium; water and chromium
4

16. If the surface of a liquid is plane, then the angle of

contact of the liquid with the walls of container is

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(a) Acute angle (b) Obtuse angle

(c) 90° (d) 0° 7. If the surface tension of a soap solution is 0.03 MKS
units, then the excess of pressure inside a soap
Pressure Difference bubble of diameter 6 mm over the atmospheric
1. A soap bubble assumes a spherical surface. Which of pressure will be
the following statement is wrong (a) Less than 40 N/m2 (b) Greater than 40 N/m2
(a) The soap film consists of two surface layers of (c) Less than 20 N/m2 (d) Greater than 20 N/m2
molecules back to back
(b) The bubble encloses air inside it 8. The excess of pressure inside a soap bubble than
(c) The pressure of air inside the bubble is less that of the outer pressure is
than the atmospheric pressure; that is why the 2T 4T
atmospheric pressure has compressed it equally
(a) r (b) r
from all sides to give it a spherical shape
T T
(d) Because of the elastic property of the film, it
will tend to shrink to as small a surface area as (c) 2 r (d) r
possible for the volume it has enclosed
9. The pressure of air in a soap bubble of 0.7cm
diameter is 8 mm of water above the pressure
2. If two soap bubbles of different radii are in
outside. The surface tension of the soap solution is
communication with each other
(a) Air flows from larger bubble into the smaller (a) 100 dyne / cm (b) 68 .66 dyne / cm
one (c) 137 dyne / cm (d) 150 dyne / cm
(b) The size of the bubbles remains the same 10. Pressure inside two soap bubbles are 1.01 and 1.02
atmospheres. Ratio between their volumes is
(c) Air flows from the smaller bubble into the large
(a) 102 : 101 (b) (102)3 : (101)3
one and the larger bubble grows at the expense
of the smaller one (c) 8 : 1 (d) 2 : 1
11. A capillary tube of radius r is dipped in a liquid of
(d) The air flows from the larger
density  and surface tension S. If the angle of
contact is , the pressure difference between the two
3. The surface tension of soap solution is surfaces in the beaker and the capillary
25  103 Nm 1 .The excess pressure inside a soap (a)
S
cos  (b)
2S
cos 
bubble of diameter 1 cm is r r
S 2S
(a) 10 Pa (b) 20 Pa (c) (d)
r cos  r cos 
(c) 5 Pa (d) None of the above

12. The radii of two soap bubbles are r1 and r2. In

4. When two soap bubbles of radius r1 and r2 (r2  r1 ) isothermal conditions, two meet together in
coalesce, the radius of curvature of common surface vacuum. Then the radius of the resultant bubble is
is given by
r2  r1 (a) R  (r1  r2 ) / 2 (b) R  r1 (r1r2  r2 )
(a) r2  r1 (b)
r1r2 (c) R 2  r12  r22 (d) R  r1  r2
r1r2
(c) (d) r2  r1
r2  r1 13. The adjoining diagram shows three soap bubbles A,
B and C prepared by blowing the capillary tube
fitted with stop cocks, S1, S2 and S3. With stop cock
5. The excess pressure due to surface tension in a
S closed and stop cocks S1, S2 and S3 opened
spherical liquid drop of radius r is directly
proportional to C S
S1 S3 S2
2
(a) r (b) r
A B
(c) r 1 (d) r 2
(a) B will start collapsing with volumes of A and C

6. A long cylindrical glass vessel has a small hole of increasing

radius 'r' at its bottom. The depth to which the (b) C will start collapsing with volumes of A and B
vessel can be lowered vertically in the deep water increasing
bath (surface tension T) without any water entering (c) C and A both will start collapsing with the
inside is volume of B increasing
(a) 4T/ rg (b) 3T/ rg (d) Volumes of A, B and C will become equal at
equilibrium
(c) 2T/ rg (d) T/ rg

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14. When a large bubble rises from the bottom of a lake (b) Equal to upper side pressure
to the surface, its radius doubles. If atmospheric (c) More than upper side pressure
pressure is equal to that of column of water height
(d) Lesser than upper side pressure
H, then the depth of lake is
(a) H (b) 2H
24. Two soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 equal to 4 cm and
(c) 7H (d) 8H
15. A soap bubble in vacuum has a radius of 3 cm and 5 cm are touching each other over a common surface
another soap bubble in vacuum has a radius of 4 cm. S1S 2 (shown in figure). Its radius will be
S1
If the two bubbles coalesce under isothermal (a) 4 cm
condition, then the radius of the new bubble is (b) 20 cm 4 cm 5 cm
(a) 2.3 cm (b) 4.5 cm
(c) 5 cm
(c) 5 cm (d) 7 cm S2
(d) 4.5 cm
16. The volume of an air bubble becomes three times as
25. The pressure inside a small air bubble of radius 0.1
it rises from the bottom of a lake to its surface.
mm situated just below the surface of water will be
Assuming atmospheric pressure to be 75 cm of Hg
equal to
and the density of water to be 1/10 of the density of
mercury, the depth of the lake is [Take surface tension of water 70  10 3 Nm 1 and
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m atmospheric pressure = 1 .013  10 5 Nm 2 ]
(c) 15 m (d) 20 m (a) 2 .054  10 3 Pa (b) 1.027  10 3 Pa
17. Excess pressure of one soap bubble is four times (c) 1.027  10 5 Pa (d) 2 .054  10 5 Pa
more than the other. Then the ratio of volume of
first bubble to another one is
26. Two bubbles A and B ( A  B) are joined through a
(a) 1 : 64 (b) 1 : 4
narrow tube. Then
(c) 64 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
(a) The size of A will increase
18. There are two liquid drops of different radii. The
(b) The size of B will increase
excess pressure inside over the outside is
(c) The size of B will increase until the pressure
(a) More in the big drop
equals
(b) More in the small drop
(d) None of these
(c) Equal in both drops
(d) There is no excess pressure inside the drops
27. Two soap bubbles have different radii but their
19. If pressure at half the depth of a lake is equal to 2/3 surface tension is the same. Mark the correct
pressure at the bottom of the lake then what is the statement
depth of the lake
(a) Internal pressure of the smaller bubble is higher
(a) 10m (b) 20m than the internal pressure of the larger bubble
(c) 60m (d) 30m (b) Pressure of the larger bubble is higher than the
smaller bubble
20. If the radius of a soap bubble is four times that of (c) Both bubbles have the same internal pressure
another, then the ratio of their pressures will be (d) None of the above
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1
(c) 16 : 1 (d) 1 : 16 28. If the excess pressure inside a soap bubble is
21. A spherical drop of water has radius 1 mm If surface balanced by oil column of height 2 mm, then the
tension of water is 70  10 3 N/m difference of surface tension of soap solution will be (r = 1 cm and
pressures between inside and outside of the density d = 0.8 gm/cc)
spherical drop is (a) 3.9 N/m (b) 3.9 ×10–2 N/m

(a) 35 N / m 2 (b) 70 N / m 2 (c) 3.9 ×10–3 N/m (d) 3.9 dyne/m

(c) 140 N / m 2 (d) Zero

29. In Jager's method, at the time of bursting of the
22. The pressure at the bottom of a tank containing a bubble
liquid does not depend on (a) The internal pressure of the bubble is always
(a) Acceleration due to gravity greater than external pressure
(b) Height of the liquid column (b) The internal pressure of the bubble is always
(c) Area of the bottom surface equal to external pressure
(d) Nature of the liquid (c) The internal pressure of the bubble is always
less than external pressure
23. In capillary pressure below the curved surface of
water will be (d) The internal pressure of the bubble is always
slightly greater than external pressure
(a) Equal to atmospheric
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7. Two capillary tubes P and Q are dipped in water. The

30. The excess pressure in a soap bubble is thrice that height of water level in capillary P is 2/3 to the
in other one. Then the ratio of their volume is height in Q capillary. The ratio of their diameters is
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 9 (a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2
(c) 27 : 1 (d) 1 : 27 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 4 : 3

Capillarity 8. Two capillaries made of same material but of

1. When two capillary tubes of different diameters are different radii are dipped in a liquid. The rise of
dipped vertically, the rise of the liquid is liquid in one capillary is 2.2 cm and that in the other
is 6.6 cm. The ratio of their radii is
(a) Same in both the tubes
(a) 9 : 1 (b) 1 : 9
(b) More in the tube of larger diameter
(c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3
(c) Less in the tube of smaller diameter
(d) More in the tube of smaller diameter
9. Two capillaries made of the same material with
radii r1  1mm and r2  2mm . The rise of the liquid in
2. Due to capillary action, a liquid will rise in a tube, if
one capillary ( r1  mm ) is 30 cm, then the rise in the
the angle of contact is
other will be
(a) Acute (b) Obtuse
(a) 7.5 cm (b) 60 cm
(c) 90° (d) Zero
(c) 15 cm (d) 120 cm

3. In the state of weightlessness, a capillary tube is

dipped in water, then water 10. When a capillary is dipped in water, water rises to a
height h . If the length of the capillary is made less
(a) Will not rise at all
than h , then
(b) Will rise to same height as at atmospheric
(a) The water will come out
pressure
(b) The water will not come out
(c) Will rise to less height than at atmospheric
pressure (c) The water will not rise

(d) Will rise up to the upper end of the capillary tube (d) The water will rise but less than height of
of any length capillary

4. Two parallel glass plates are dipped partly in the 11. Water rises upto 10 cm height in a long capillary
liquid of density 'd' keeping them vertical. If the tube. If this tube is immersed in water so that the
distance between the plates is 'x', surface tension height above the water surface is only 8 cm, then
for liquids is T and angle of contact is  , then rise (a) Water flows out continuously from the upper
of liquid between the plates due to capillary will be end
T cos  2 T cos  (b) Water rises upto upper end and forms a
(a) (b)
xd xdg spherical surface

2T T cos  (c) Water only rises upto 6 cm height

(c) (d)
xdg cos  xdg (d) Water does not rise at all

5. Water rises in a capillary tube to a certain height 12. A vessel, whose bottom has round holes with
such that the upward force due to surface tension is diameter of 0.1mm, is filled with water. The
balanced by 75  10 4 N force due to the weight of the maximum height to which the water can be filled
without leakage is
liquid. If the surface tension of water is 6  10 2 Nm 1
(S.T. of water =75 dyne/cm, g =1000 cm/s2)
, the inner circumference of the capillary must be
(a) 100 cm (b) 75 cm
(a) 1 .25  10 2 m (b) 0 .50  10 2 m
(c) 50 cm (d) 30 cm
(c) 6 .5  10 2 m (d) 12 .5  10 2 m

13. Water rises in a capillary tube when its one end is

6. It is not possible to write directly on blotting paper dipped vertically in it, is 3 cm. If the surface tension
or newspaper with ink pen of water is 75 × 10-3 N/m, then the diameter of
(a) Because of viscosity (b) Because of inertia capillary will be
(c) Because of friction (d) Because of capillarity (a) 0.1 mm (b) 0.5 mm
(c) 1.0 mm (d) 2.0 mm

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(d) In a lift going downward with acceleration

14. A capillary tube made of glass is dipped into
mercury. Then 23. During capillary rise of a liquid in a capillary tube,
(a) Mercury rises in the capillary tube the surface of contact that remains constant is of
(b) Mercury rises and flows out of the capillary tube (a) Glass and liquid (b) Air and glass
(c) Mercury descends in the capillary tube (c) Air and liquid (d) All of these
(d) Mercury neither rises nor descends in the 24. A shell having a hole of radius r is dipped in water.
capillary tube It holds the water upto a depth of h then the value
of r is
15. By inserting a capillary tube upto a depth l in water, 2T T
(a) r  (b) r 
the water rises to a height h. If the lower end of the hdg hdg
capillary is closed inside water and the capillary is Tg
taken out and closed end opened, to what height the (c) r  (d) None of these
hd
water will remain in the tube
(a) Zero (b) l  h
25. In a capillary tube, water rises by 1.2 mm. The height
(c) 2h (d) h
of water that will rise in another capillary tube
having half the radius of the first, is
16. If the diameter of a capillary tube is doubled, then (a) 1.2 mm (b) 2.4 mm
the height of the liquid that will rise is
(c) 0.6 mm (d) 0.4 mm
(a) Twice (b) Half
(c) Same as earlier (d) None of these
26. If capillary experiment is performed in vacuum then
for a liquid there
17. If the surface tension of water is 0.06 Nm-1, then the
(a) It will rise (b) Will remain same
capillary rise in a tube of diameter 1 mm is (  =0° )
(c) It will fall (d) Rise to the top
(a) 1.22 cm (b) 2.44 cm
(c) 3.12 cm (d) 3.86 cm
27. If liquid level falls in a capillary then radius of
capillary will
18. Two capillary tubes of radii 0.2 cm and 0.4 cm are
(a) Increase (b) Decrease
dipped in the same liquid. The ratio of heights
through which liquid will rise in the tubes is (c) Unchanged (d) None of these

(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 4 (d) 4 : 1 28. Water rises to a height h in a capillary at the surface
of earth. On the surface of the moon the height of
water column in the same capillary will be
19. A capillary tube when immersed vertically in liquid
records a rise of 3 cm. If the tube is immersed in the 1
(a) 6h (b) h
6
liquid at an angle of 60 0 with the vertical. The length
of the liquid column along the tube is (c) h (d) Zero
(a) 9cm (b) 6cm
(c) 3cm (d) 2cm 29. Two capillary tubes of same diameter are put
vertically one each in two liquids whose relative
densities are 0.8 and 0.6 and surface tensions are
20. The action of a nib split at the top is explained by
60 and 50 dyne/cm respectively Ratio of heights of
(a) Gravity flow (b) Diffusion of fluid
h
(c) Capillary action (d) Osmosis of liquid liquids in the two tubes 1 is
h2
10 3
21. The correct relation is (a) (b)
9 10
2 T cos  hdg
(a) r  (b) r  10 9
hdg 2T cos (c) (d)
3 10
2T dgh T cos 
(c) r  (d) r 
cos  2 hdg
30. Water rises in a vertical capillary tube upto a height
of 2.0 cm . If the tube is inclined at an angle of 60 o
22. Water rises upto a height h in a capillary on the
with the vertical, then upto what length the water
surface of earth in stationary condition. Value of h
will rise in the tube
increases if this tube is taken
(a) 2.0 cm (b) 4.0 cm
(a) On sun
4
(b) On poles (c) cm (d) 2 2 cm
3
(c) In a lift going upward with acceleration
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(c) Capillary attracts water

31. The surface tension for pure water in a capillary (d) Of viscosity
tube experiment is
g 2 40. A capillary tube of radius R is immersed in water
(a) (b) and water rises in it to a height H. Mass of water in
2 hr hrg
the capillary tube is M. If the radius of the tube is
rg hrg
(c) (d) doubled, mass of water that will rise in the capillary
2h 2 tube will now be
(a) M (b) 2M
32. In a capillary tube experiment, a vertical 30 cm long (c) M/2 (d) 4M
capillary tube is dipped in water. The water rises up
to a height of 10cm due to capillary action. If this 41. Water rises up to a height h in a capillary tube of
experiment is conducted in a freely falling elevator, certain diameter. This capillary tube is replaced by
the length of the water column becomes
a similar tube of half the diameter. Now the water
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm
will rise to the height of
(c) 30 cm (d) Zero
(a) 4h (b) 3h
3
33. Radius of a capillary is 2  10 m . A liquid of weight (c) 2h (d) h
4
6 . 28  10 N may remain in the capillary then the
surface tension of liquid will be
Critical Thinking:
(a) 5  10 3 N/ m (b) 5  10 2 N/ m 1. There is a horizontal film of soap solution. On it a
(c) 5 N/ m (d) 50 N/ m thread is placed in the form of a loop. The film is
pierced inside the loop and the thread becomes a
34. Two long capillary tubes A and B of radius RB>RA circular loop of radius R. If the surface tension of the
dipped in same liquid. Then
loop be T, then what will be the tension in the thread
(a) Water rise is more in A than B
(a) R 2 / T (b) R 2 T
(b) Water rises more in B than A
(c) Same water rise in both (c) 2RT (d) 2 RT
(d) All of these according to the density of water
2. A large number of water drops each of radius r
35. If water rises in a capillary tube upto 3 cm. What is combine to have a drop of radius R. If the surface
the diameter of capillary tube (Surface tension of tension is T and the mechanical equivalent of heat is
water = 7.2 ×10–2 N/m)
J, then the rise in temperature will be
(a) 9.6×10–4 m (b) 9.6×10–3 m
–2 2T 3T
(c) 9.6×10 m (d) 9.6×10–1 m (a) (b)
rJ RJ

36. When a capillary is dipped in water, water rises 3T 1 1  2T  1 1 

(c)    (d)   
0.015 m in it. If the surface tension of water is J r R J r R
75×10–3 N/m, the radius of capillary is
(a) 0.1 mm (b) 0.5 mm 3. An air bubble in a water tank rises from the bottom
(c) 1 mm (d) 2 mm to the top. Which of the following statements are
true
37. In a capillary tube, water rises to 3 mm. The height (a) Bubble rises upwards because pressure at the
of water that will rise in another capillary tube bottom is less than that at the top.
having one-third radius of the first is
(b) Bubble rises upwards because pressure at the
(a) 1 mm (b) 3 mm bottom is greater than that at the top.
(c) 6 mm (d) 9 mm
(c) As the bubble rises, its size increases
(d) As the bubble rises, its size decreases
38. Kerosene oil rises up the wick in a lantern
(a) Due to surface tension of the oil
4. In a surface tension experiment with a capillary
(b) The wick attracts the kerosene oil
tube water rises upto 0.1 m. If the same experiment
(c) Of the diffusion of the oil through the wick
is repeated on an artificial satellite, which is
(d) None of the above
revolving around the earth, water will rise in the
capillary tube upto a height of
39. Water rises against gravity in a capillary tube when
(a) 0.1 m
its one end is dipped into water because
(b) 0.2 m
(a) Pressure below the meniscus is less than
(c) 0.98 m
atmospheric pressure
(d) Full length of the capillary tube
(b) Pressure below the meniscus is more than
atmospheric pressure
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