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Hydraulic jack is based upon the principle of (Newton's/ Pascal's) law.

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Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Fluids

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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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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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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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The pressure at the bottom of a tank of liquid is not proportional to
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One ton stone is put on a larger piston of diameter 40 cm of a hydraulic lift and a pressure P has to be applied on the smaller piston of diameter 2 cm, to lift the stone. The pressure P, is approximately
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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 hydraulic press can lift 100 kg when a mass m is placed on the smaller piston.How much mass (in kg)  can it lift when the diameter of the larger piston is increased by 4 times and that of the smaller piston is decreased by 4 times keeping the same mass m on the smaller piston.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A: When you squeeze one end of a tube to get toothpaste out from the other end, Pascal’s principle is observed.

Reason R: A change in the pressure applied to an enclosed incompressible fluid is transmitted undiminished to every portion of the fluid and to the walls of its container.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate 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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The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank is not proportional to the
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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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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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In a hydraulic lift, compressed air exerts a force F on a small piston of radius 3 cm. Due to this pressure the second piston of radius 5 cm lifts a load of 1875 kg. The value of F is
(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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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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Two narrow bores of diameter 5.0 mm and 8.0 mm are joined together to form a U-shaped tube open at both ends. If this U-tube contains water, what is the difference in the level of two limbs of the tube.
[Take surface tension of water T=7.3×10-2 N m-1, angle of contact =0, g=10 m s-2 and density of water=1.0×103 kg m-3
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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 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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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 nurse measures the blood pressure of a seated patient to be 190 mm of Hg