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The atmospheric pressure at a surface depends on the height of the air column above it.

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Important Questions on Hydrostatics

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Consider a vessel filled with a liquid upto height H. The bottom of the vessel lies in the X-Y plane passing through the origin. The density of the liquid varies with Z-axis as ρz=ρ02-zH2. If P1 and P2 are the pressures at the bottom surface and top surface of the liquid, the magnitude of P1-P2 is :
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An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional area contains water (density 103 kg m-3 ). Initially the water level stands at 0.29 m from the bottom in each arm. Kerosene oil (a water-immiscible liquid) of density 800 kg m-3 is added to the left arm until its length is 0.1 m, as shown in the schematic figure below. The ratio h1h2 of the heights of the liquid in the two arms is

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A U tube with both ends open to the atmosphere is partially filled with water. Oil, which is immiscible with water, is poured into one side until it stands at a distance of 10 mm above the water level on the other side. Meanwhile, the water rises by 65 mm from its original level (see diagram). The density of the oil is ____ρw=1000 kg m-3
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The pressure on a swimmer 20 m below the sea level is
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A tank 5 m high is half filled with water and then is filled to the top with oil of density 0.85 gcm-3. The pressure at the bottom of the tank, due to these liquids is
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A cubical sealed vessel with edge L is placed on a cart, which is moving horizontally with an acceleration a as shown in figure. The cube is filled with an ideal fluid having density d. The gauge pressure at the centre of the cubical vessel is -

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Torricelli's barometer used mercury. Pascal duplicated it using French wine of density 984 kg m-3. The height of the wine column for normal atmospheric pressure is

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The height of mercury barometer is 75 cm at sea level and 50 cm at top of a hill. Ratio of density of mercury to that of air is 104. the height of the hill is
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The pressure on a swimmer 20 m below the surface of water at sea level is
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The top surface of an incompressible liquid is open to the atmosphere. The pressure at a depth P1. How does the pressure P2 at depth h2 =2h1 compare with P1?
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During blood transfusion the needle is inserted in a vein where the gauge pressure is 2000 Pa. At what height (answer to two decimal places) must the blood container be placed so that blood may just enter the vein?

(Answer approximately to two decimal places)

(Use the density of whole blood from table).

Densities of some common fluids at STP

 Fluid   ρ(kg m-3) 
 Water 
 Sea water 
 Mercury 
 Ethyl alcohol 
 Whole blood 
 Air 
 Oxygen 
 Hydrogen 
 Intersteller space 
 1.00×103 
1.03×103 
 1.36×103 
 0.806×103 
 1.06×103 
 1.29 
 1.43 
 9.0×10-2 
10-22 
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A vertical tube of length 100 cm contains a mercury pallet of length 5 cm as shown in figure. The length of tube above mercury pallet if the tube is inverted is nearly : atm pressure=75 cm


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A glass tube 80 cm long and open at both ends is half immersed in mercury. Then the top of the tube is closed and it is taken out of the mercury. A column of mercury 20 cm long then remains in the tube. The atmospheric pressure (in cm of Hg) is
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If pressure at half the depth of a lake is equal to 2/3 pressure at the bottom of the lake then what is the depth of the lake?
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A piston of mass M = 3kg and radius R = 4cm has a hole into which a thin pipe of radius r = 1cm is inserted. The piston can enter a cylinder tightly and without friction, and initially it is at the bottom of the cylinder. 750gm of water is now poured into the pipe so that the piston & pipe are lifted up as shown. Find the height H of water in the cylinder h of water in the pipe
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The top surface of an incompressible liquid is open to the atmosphere. The pressure at a depth P1. How does the pressure P2 at depth h2 =2h1 compare with P1?
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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By sucking through a straw, a student can reduce the pressure in his lungs to 750 mm of Hg (density =13.6 g cm-3). Using the straw, he can drink water from a glass upto a maximum depth of
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Calculate the difference (h) in water levels in two communicating capillary tubes of radius 1 mm and 1.5 mm.

(Surface tension of water is 0.07 N m-1)

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