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

Important Questions on Hydrostatics

An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional area contains water (density ). Initially the water level stands at from the bottom in each arm. Kerosene oil (a water-immiscible liquid) of density is added to the left arm until its length is , as shown in the schematic figure below. The ratio of the heights of the liquid in the two arms is







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






During blood transfusion the needle is inserted in a vein where the gauge pressure is . 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 | |
Water Sea water Mercury Ethyl alcohol Whole blood Air Oxygen Hydrogen Intersteller space |
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.
is a prime number between and
is an odd number between and


Calculate the difference in water levels in two communicating capillary tubes of radius and .
(Surface tension of water is )

