MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS ASSIGNMENT - I

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Mechanical Properties of Fluids

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1. A 20 g copper block is suspended by a vertical spring causing 1 cm elongation over the natural length of
spring. If a beaker of water is placed below the block so that the copper block is completely immersed
in the liquid, the elongation of the spring is (Density of copper 9000 kg m−3 , Density of water 1000
kgm−3 , g = 10 ms−2 )

(A) 0.25 cm (B) 0.15 cm (C) 0.78 cm (D) 0.89 cm

2. Three identical vessels are filled with three liquids A, B , and C with equal masses but having densities
ρA , ρB and ρC respectively. If ρA > ρB > ρC then the pressure at the bottom of the vessels will be

(A) Equal in all vessels

(B) Maximum in vessel containing liquid A
(C) Maximum in vessel containing liquid B
(D) Maximum in vessel containing liquid C

3. An object of mass 10 kg is released from rest in a liquid. If the object moves a distance of 2 m while
sinking in time duration of 1 s, then the mass of the liquid displaced by the submerged object is
(Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m s−2 )

(A) 5 kg (B) 6 kg (C) 3 kg (D) 4 kg

4. A hollow spherical body of outer and inner radii of 4 cm and 2 cm respectively floats half submerged in
a liquid of density 2.0 g/cm3 . The density of the material of the sphere is

(A) 1.02 g/cm3 (B) 1.14 g/cm3 (C) 1.18 g/cm3 (D) 1.24 g/cm3

5. Consider two liquids A and B in a U -shaped tube in static equilibrium as shown in the figure. If the
density of the liquid A is twice the density of liquid B, then the relation between hA and hB is

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hB hB hB hB
(A) hA = √
2
(B) hA = 2 (C) hA = 3 (D) hA = √
3

6. A body of volume V floats on water with 13 of its volume above the surface. The volume of the object
above the surface when floating on a liquid of specific gravity 1.5 is

3 V 4 V 5 V 2 V
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 9 (D) 3

7. Which of the following works on Pascal’s law?

(A) Aneroid barometer

(B) Hydraulic lift
(C) Sprayer
(D) Venturimeter

8. A glass flask weighting 390 g, having internal volume 500cc just floats when half of it is filled with
water. Specific gravity of the glass is

(A) 2.8 (B) 1.8 (C) 1.0 (D) 2.5

9. AU-shaped tube is partially filled with an incompressible liquid of density 1.2 g/cm3 . Oil which does
not mix with the liquid is next poured into 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/cm3 , the oil level will stand higher than the liquid
level of right side of U-tube by

(A) 15 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 12 cm (D) 9 cm

10. If a vessel containing a fluid of density ρ upto height h is accelerated vertically downwards with
acceleration a0 . Then, the pressure by fluid at the bottom of vessel is given by the equation (p0 denotes
the atmospheric pressure and g denotes the acceleration due to gravity).

(A) p = p0 + ρgh + ρha0

(B) p = p0 + ρgh
(C) p = p0 + ρh (g − a0 )
(D) p = p0 − ρgh

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11. A large open top water tank is completely filled with water. A small hole of diameter 4 mm is made
10 m below the water level. The flow rate of water through the hole is(Acceleration due to gravity
= 10 ms−2 )

(A) 14.14 × 10−6 m3 s−1

(B) 2.1 × 10−6 m3 s−1
(C) 1.77 × 10−6 m3 s−1
(D) 0.177 × 10−6 m3 s−1

12. A cylindrical vessel, open at the top, contains 15 litres of water. Water drains out through a small
opening at the bottom. 5 litre of water comes out in time t1 , the next 5 litre in further time t2 , and the
last 5 litre in further time t3 , Then

(A) t1 < t2 < t3 (B) t1 > t2 > t3 (C) t1 = t2 = t3 (D) t2 > t1 = t3

13. A liquid is taken in a long vertical cylindrical vessel and the cylinder is rotated about its vertical axis as
shown in the figure. During rotation, the liquid rises along its sides. If the radius of vessel is 0.05 m
and speed of rotation is 10rads−1 , then the height difference between the liquid at the centre of the
vessel and its sides is g = 10 ms−2

(A) 125 × 10−4 m (B) 100 × 10−4 m (C) 50 × 10−4 m (D) 25 × 10−4 m

14. A cylindrical tank having large diameter is filled with water to a height H. A hole of cross-sectional area
5 cm2 in the tank allows water to drain out. If the water drains out at the rate of 2 × 10−3 m3 s−1 ,
then the value of H is (acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms−2 )

(A) 80 cm (B) 120 cm (C) 60 cm (D) 90 cm

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15. A steady flow of a liquid of density ρ is shown in figure. At point 1 , the area of cross-section is 2 A
√
and the speed of flow of liquid is 2 ms−1 . At point 2 , the area of crosssection is A. Between the
points 1 and 2, the pressure difference is 100Nm−2 and the height difference is 10 cm. The value of ρ
is (Acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms−2 )

(A) 25 kg m−3 (B) 30 kg m−3 (C) 50 kg m−3 (D) 70 kg m−3

16. A wide cylindrical vessel 50 cm in height is filled with water and rests on a table. Assuming the viscosity
to be negligible, find at what height from the bottom of the vessel a small hole should be made for the
water jet coming out of it to hit the surface of the table at the maximum horizontal distance from the
vessel.

(A) 15 cm (B) 35 cm (C) 25 cm (D) 10 cm

17. A liquid flows steadily through a cylindrical pipe having a radius 2R at a point A and radius R at point
B farther along the flow direction. If the velocity at point B is 4v , what will be the velocity at point A ?

(A) 12 v (B) v (C) 2v (D) 3v

18. A large storage tank, open to the atmosphere at top and filled with water, develops a small hole in its
side at a point 20.0 m below the water level. If the rate of flow from the hole is 3.08 × 10−5 m3 /s,
then the diameter of the hole is (Take g = 10 m/s2 ]

(A) 1.0 mm (B) 1.2 mm (C) 1.4 mm (D) 1.6 mm

19. Consider an increase of 1% in each of radius of artery, viscosity of blood and density of blood respectively.
The percentage change in flow rate of blood in artery is

(A) 0.25% (B) 0.50% (C) 1.0% (D) 3.0%

20. A venturimeter has a pipe diameter of 4 cm and a throat diameter of 2 cm. Velocity of water in the
pipe section is 10 m/s. The pressure drop, between pipe section and the throat section is [use density
of water = 1000 kg/m3 ]

(A) 1.5 × 105 Pa (B) 7.5 × 105 Pa (C) 75 × 105 Pa (D) 4.5 × 105 Pa

21. A steel ball of radius 0.05 cm and density 7.8 g cm−3 is dropped into a tank of water. The terminal
velocity of the steel ball is (Density of water = 1 g cm−3 and viscosity of water = 0.001 Pa s )

(A) 3.42 ms−1 (B) 1.81 ms−1 (C) 5.11 ms−1 (D) 3.77 ms−1

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22. A solid metal sphere released in a vertical liquid column has attained terminal velocity in the downward
direction. The magnitudes of viscous force, buoyant force and gravitational force acting on it are Fv , FB
and Fw respectively. Then the correct relation between them is

(A) FB > FV = FW (B) Fw = FV + FB (C) FB = Fw + FV (D) FV = FB + FW

23. A cylindrical metal box whose flat surface has an area of 0.01 m2 rests on liquid of 0.3 mm thickness. If
upon applying a horizontal force of magnitude 13 N, the box slides with a constant speed of 0.09 ms−1 ,
the coefficient of viscosity of the liquid is nearly

(A) 2.5 × 10−2 Pa.s (B) 1.1 × 10−1 Pa.s (C) 1.1 × 10−2 Pa.s (D) 2.5 × 10−1 Pa.s

24. Statement (A) : When the temperature increases the viscosity of gases increases and the viscosity of
liquids decreases.
Statement (B) : Water does not wet an oily glass because cohesive force of oil is less than that of
water
Statement (C) : A liquid will wet a surface of a solid if the angle of contact is greater than 90◦ .

(A) A, B, and C are false

(B) A and B false, C is true
(C) B and C false, A is true
(D) A and C false, B is true

25. A metal cube of side 10 cm rests on a film of a liquid of thickness 0.2 mm. If upon applying a horizontal
→
−
force F of magnitude 0.1 N the cube slides with a constant speed of 0.08 m/s, then the coefficient of
viscosity is

2
(A) 2.5 × 10−2 m
Ns
2 (B) 0.25 × 10−2 m
Ns
2 (C) 5 × 10−2 m
Ns
2 (D) 0.5 × 10−2 Ns
m2

26. Two mercury drops of radii r and 2r merge to form a bigger drop. The surface energy released in the
process is nearly (Surface tension mercury is S and take 923 = 4.326 )

(A) 1.6π r 2 S (B) 3.2π r 2 S (C) 17.1π r 2 s (D) 2.7π r 2 S

27. A capillary tube of radius 0.1 mm is dipped in water. The water rises to a height of 2 cm in the tube.
If the surface tension of water is 0.072Nm−1 , the contact angle between water and wall of the tube is

1 1 1 1
(A) θ = cos−1 (B) θ = cos−1 (C) θ = cos−1 (D) θ = cos−1





3.6 7.2 1.8 6.2

28. A water drop breaks into 64 identical droplets of each surface area 10−7 m2 . If the surface tension of
water is 0.07Nm−1 , the increase in the surface energy in the process is

(A) 158 × 10−9 J (B) 432 × 10−9 J (C) 216 × 10−9 J (D) 336 × 10−9 J

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29. The angle of contact is 120◦ when a cylindrical rod is vertically placed in a liquid. If the same rod is
placed horizontally in the liquid, then the angle of contact is

(A) 60◦ (B) 30◦ (C) 90◦ (D) 120◦

30. A vessel having small hole in the bottom has to hold water without leakage, if water is poured to a
height of 7 cm. Then the radius of the hole is [surface tension of water is 0.07Nm−1 , angle of contact
is 0◦ and g = 10 ms−2 ]

(A) 1 mm (B) 2 mm (C) 4 mm (D) 0.2 mm

31. The surface tension and vapour pressure of a liquid at 25◦ C are 8 × 10−2 Nm−1 and 2.5 × 103 Pa
respectively. The radius of the smallest spherical water droplet which can from without evaporating at
25◦ C is

(A) 64µm (B) 30µm (C) 60µm (D) 32µm

32. A circular film of a liquid has an area of 10 cm2 . If the work done in making its radius two times the
initial (1) 8 × 10−3 J, the surface tension of the liquid is 1 + 1a Nm−1 . The value of α is

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

33. Energy needed in breaking a liquid drop of radius R , into n smaller drops each of radius r , is[T- Surface
tension of the liquid]

(A) 4π r 2 n − 4π R 2 T

(B) 43 π r 3 n − 43 π R 3 T

(C) 4π R 2 − 4π r 2 nT

(D) 4π R 2 − n4π r 2 /T

34. In a U-shaped tube the radius of one limb is 2 mm and that of other limb is 4 mm. A liquid of surface
tension 0.03Nm−1 , density 1500kgm−3 and angle of contact zero is taken in the tube. The difference
in the heights of the levels of the liquid in the two limbs is (Acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms−2 )

(A) 3 mm (B) 2.5 mm (C) 1 mm (D) 1.5 mm

35. A spherical drop of radium r is divided in to 8 equal droplets. If the surface tension is S , then the work
done in the process will be

(A) 2π r 2 S (B) 3π r 2 S (C) 4π r 2 S (D) 4π r2 S2

36. A soap bubble of initial radius R is to be blown up. The surface tension of the soap film is T . The
surface energy needed to double the diameter of the bubble is

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(A) 12π R2 T (B) 4π R 2 T (C) 16π R 2 T (D) 24π R2 T

37. An air bubble of radius 1 mm is at a depth of 8 cm below the free surface of a liquid column. If the
surface tension and density of the liquid is 0.1 N/m and 2000Kg/m3 , respectively, by what amount is
the pressure inside the bubble greater than the atmospheric pressure? [Take g = 10 m/s2 ]

(A) 1500 N/m2 (B) 1800 N/m2 (C) 1600 N/m2 (D) 1700 N/m2

38. Water does not wet an oily glass because

(A) cohesive force of oil is greater than adhesive force between oil and glass
(B) cohesive force of oil is greater than cohesive force of water
(C) oil repels water
(D) cohesive force of water is greater than adhesive force between water and oil molecules

39. The lower end of a capillary tube is dipped into water and it is observed that the water in capillary tube
rises by 7.5 cm. Find the radius of the capillary tube used, if surface tension of water is 7.5 × 10−2 Nm−1 .
Angle of contact between water and glass is 0◦ and acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms−2 .

(A) 0.2 cm (B) 0.1 cm (C) 0.4 mm (D) 0.2 mm

40. A metal sheet 4 cm on a side and of negligible thickness is attached to a balance and inserted into
container fluid. The balance to which metal sheet is attached read 0.50 N and the contact angle is
found to be zero. A small amount of oil is then spread over the metal sheet. The contact angle now
becomes 180◦ and the balance now reads 0.49 N. The surface tension of the fluid is

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(A) 6.25 × 10−2 N/m

(B) 1.25 × 10−1 N/m
(C) 4.25 × 10−2 N/m
(D) 0.1 N/m

41. A meniscus drop of radius 1 cm is sprayed into 106 droplets of equal size. Calculate the energy expended
if surface tension of mercury is 435 × 10−3 N/m.

(A) 54.1 × 10−3 J (B) 64.1 × 10−3 J (C) 74.1 × 10−3 J (D) 84.1 × 10−3 J

42. The radius of the bore of a capillary tube is r and the angle of contact of the liquid is θ. When the
tube is dipped in the liquid, the radius of curvature of the meniscus of liquid rising in the tube is

r r
(A) r sin θ (B) sin θ (C) r cos θ (D) cos θ

43. A long cylindrical glass vessel has a pinhole of diameter 0.2 mm at its bottom. The depth to which
the vessel can be lowered vertically in a deep water bath without the water entering into the vessel is
(surface tension of water, T = 0.07Nm−1 , acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 ms−2 )

(A) 14 cm (B) 7 cm (C) 21 cm (D) 28 cm

44. Consider a water droplet of diameter 0.2 mm where the outside pressure is 1.5 N/cm2 at 25◦ C. The
pressure inside the droplet, when the surface tension at 25◦ C is 0.08 N/m is

(A) 0.32 N/cm2 (B) 1.18 N/cm2 (C) 1.82 N/cm2 (D) 1.66 N/cm2

45. A liquid drop of density ρ is floating half immersed in a liquid of surface tension S and density ρ2 . If the
surface tension S of the liquid is numerically equal to 10 times of acceleration due to gravity, then the
diameter of the drop is :
q q q q
20 80 60 40
(A) ρ (B) ρ (C) ρ (D) ρ

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