
What is the velocity of a metallic ball of radius 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 ).


Important Questions on Properties of Solid and Liquid

Water is filled up to a height in a beaker of radius as shown in the figure. The density of water is , the surface tension of water is and the atmospheric pressure is . Consider a vertical section of the water column through a diameter of the beaker. The force on water on one side of this section by water on the other side of this section has magnitude


Assertion: If work done in increasing the size of a soap film from to is then the surface tension is .
Reason: .

A thread is tied slightly loose to a wire frame as in the figure and the frame is dipped into a soap solution and taken out. The frame is completely covered with the film. When the portion is punctured with a pin, the thread

In a capillary tube having area of cross-section , water rises to a height . If cross sectional area is reduced to the rise of water in the capillary tube is

Three liquids of densities and (with having the same value of surface tension T, rise to the same height in three identical capillaries. The angles of contact and obey

A capillary tube of radius is immersed in water and water rises in it to a height . The mass of water in the capillary tube is . Another capillary tube of radius is immersed in water. The mass of water that will rise in this tube is
