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Establish the relation between pressure, height, density and acceleration due to gravity.

Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Fluids

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Consider two wires of same material having their ratio of radii to be 2:1. If these two wires are stretched by equal force, the ratio of stress produced in them is :
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A healthy adult of height 1.7 m has an average blood pressure (BP) of 100 mm of Hg. The heart is typically at a height of 1.3 m from the foot. Take, the density of blood to be 103 kg/m3 and note that 100 mm of Hg is equivalent to 13.3kPa (kilo pascals). The ratio of BP in the foot region to that in the head region is close to
 
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A submarine has a window of area 30×30 cm2 on its ceiling and is at a depth of 100 m below sea level in a sea. If the pressure inside the submarine is maintained at the sea-level atmosphere pressure, then the force acting on the window is (consider density of sea water =1.03×103 kg m-3 acceleration due to gravity =10 m s-2):
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A U-shaped tube is partially filled with an incompressible liquid of density 1.2 g cm-3. Oil which does not mix with the liquid is next poured into the left side of the U-tube until the liquid rises by, 15 cm on the right side of U-tube. If the density of the oil is 0.9 g cm-3, the oil level will stand higher than the liquid level of the right side of U-tube by
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A nurse measures the blood pressure of a seated patient to be 190 mm of Hg
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The liquid shown in the figure in the two arms is mercury (specific gravity 13.6) and water. If the difference of heights of the mercury column is 2 cm, the height h of the water column is

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The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank is not proportional to the
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A thin uniform tube is bent into a circle of radius r in the vertical plane. Equal volumes of two immiscible liquids, Whose densities are ρ1 and ρ2 (ρ1>ρ2 ), fill half the circle. The angle θ between the radius vector passing through the common interface and the vertical is:
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A tall tank filled with water has an irregular shape as shown. The wall, CD makes an angle of, 45o with the horizontal; the wall, AB is normal to the base, BC . The lengths, AB and, CD are much smaller than the height, h of water (figure not to scale).
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Let P1, P2 and P3 be the pressures exerted by the water on the wall AB, base BC, and the wall CD, respectively. The density of water is, ρ and, g is the acceleration due to gravity. Then, approximately
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There is a circular tube in a vertical plane. Two liquids which do not mix and of densities d1 and d2 are filled in the tube. Each liquid subtends 90o angle at centre. Radius joining their interface makes an angle α with vertical. Ratio d1d2  is:
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A spherical marble of radius 1 cm is stuck in a circular hole of radius slightly smaller than its own radius (for calculation purpose, both can be taken same) at the bottom of a bucket of height 40 cm and filled with water up to 10 cm. If the mass of the marble is 20 g, the net force on the marble due to water is close to

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A long container has a square base of side L . The height to which water should be filled so that the force on one of its side surface is the same as that at its bottom is (ignore atmospheric pressure)
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The pressure acting on a submarine is 3×105 Pa at a certain depth. If the depth is doubled, the percentage increase in the pressure acting on the submarine would be: (Assume that atmospheric pressure is 1×105 Pa density of water is 103 kg m-3, g=10 ms-2)
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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Pressure in a reservoir of water is same at all points at the same level of water.

Statement II: The pressure applied to enclosed water is transmitted in all directions equally.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Water stands upto height 'h' behind the dam as shown in the figure. The front view of the dam gate is also shown in the adjoining figure. Density of water is 'ρ' and acceleration due to gravity is 'g'. If atmospheric pressure force is also considered, the point of application of total force acting on the dam due to water above 'o' is_____

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A glass flask weighing 390 g, having internal volume 500cc just floats when half of it is filled with water. Specific gravity of the glass is
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The density of kerosene is 800kg m-3. Its relative density is
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A 10 cm3 cube floats in water with a volume of 4 cm3 remaining above the surface. The density of the material form which the cube is made is
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In making an alloy, a substance of specific gravity s1and mass m1 is mixed with another substance of specific gravity s2 and mass m2; then the specific gravity of the alloy as