SINGLE OPTION TYPE

1. Water rises to a height of 10cm in a capillary tube and mercury falls to a depth of 3.42cm
in the same capillary tube. If the density of mercury is 13.6g/cc and the angle of contact
of mercury and water are 135° and 0°, respectively, the ratio of surface tension of water
to mercury is
(A) 1 : 0.15 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 1 : 6.5 (D) 1.5 : 1
2. The value ‘V’ in the bent tube is initially kept closed. Two soap bubbles A (smaller)
and B (larger) are formed at the two open ends of the tube. ‘V’ is now opened and air
can flow freely between the bubbles.

A) There will be no change in the size of the bubbles

B) The bubbles will grow to equal size
C) A will become smaller and B will become larger
D) The sizes of A and B will be interchanged
3. The force F required to extend a rubber wire by length x from it’s natural length was
found to vary as in diagram. The energy stored in the rubber for an extension of 5 m
was

A) 200 J B) < 10 J C) 100 J D) < 100 J

4. Two immiscible liquid are filled in conical flask as shown in figure .The area of cross
section is shown, a small hole of area a is made un lower end of cone. Find speed of
liquid flow from hole
2 gh gh 2 gh 3gh
(A) (B) C) (D)
17a 2 17a 2 17a 2 17a 2
1− 2 1− 2 1− 1−
A A 32 A2 32 A2
5. Figure shows a three-arm tube in which a liquid is filled upto levels of height l . It is
now rotated at an angular frequency  about an axis passing through arm B. The
angular frequency  at which level of liquid in arm B becomes zero:

2g g 3g 3g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3l l l 2l

6. In the figure shown, a uniform solid sphere of radius R is in equilibrium inside a liquid
 
whose density (  ) varies with depth (h) from free surface of the liquid as  = 0 1 + h  ,
 h0 
density (  ) of the sphere will be: (take h 0 = 8R and d = 4R )

Free surface of liquid

0 0 40 30
A)  = B)  = C)  = D)  =
4 2 3 2

7. A vessel of large area of cross-section opened at the top has a small hole at its bottom
3
and is completely filled with water. When the hole at the bottom is opened of
4
volume of water comes out in time t1 . The time ( t2 ) taken for the remaining 1 of the
4
water to come out is equal to
t1 t1 t1
(A) t1 (B) (C) (D)
4 2− 3 3

8. A cone of height 4H and base radius 4H is in equilibrium with its axis vertical in a
container containing three immiscible ideal fluids of density ρ, 2ρ and 6ρ each of
height 2H as shown in the figure. The height of cone in ρ fluid is H. Neglecting any
atmospheric pressure find the ratio of the force experienced by cone due to ρ fluid to
the force experienced by it due to 6ρ fluid.
 ρ
2H
H

2ρ
2H
4H

2H
4H
6ρ

1 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
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MULTI OPTION TYPE

9. A semicircular glass tube filled with water containing an air bubble is sealed at its
ends. If the tube is held with its plane vertical and made to move in its plane with a
constant acceleration, the bubble stays aside of the highest point as shown in the
figure. What can you conclude about acceleration vector of the tube?

A) It points towards left. B) It points towards right.

C) Its magnitude is g tan  . D) Its magnitude is g cot  .
10. A block of mass ‘m’ and volume ‘V’ is kept immersed in water and is connected to
lower end of a string. The upper end of the string is attached to a light plate (p) which
rests on the ceiling of the vessel. Pressure of air trapped over the water is increased by
pumping air with the help of an external air pump. Neglect variation of densities of
the elements in the system. Area of P exposed to atmosphere is A and that exposed to
air inside the vessel is A 2 . At the moment when ‘P’ is about to be lifted up, (density of
water is  )

A)Force of buoyancy experienced by the block is ‘mg’

B) Tension in the string is mg − V  g
mg − V  g
C) Pressure of air inside the vessel is Patm +
A
D) Tension in the string up to this instant remains constant
11. In a vertical cylindrical vessel filled with water to the brim and closed cover, lies two
balls connected to the strings as shown in the figure. Ball A is made up of steel and ball
B is made up of cork. Now the cylinder is rotated about the vertical axis as shown. Mark
the correct statement(s)

A) Both ball A and B will be deflected away from the axis of rotation
B) Ball A will be deflected towards while ball B will be deflected away from the axis
of rotation
C) Ball A will be deflected away while ball B will be deflected towards the axis of
rotation.
D) Both balls A and B will be deflected toward the axis of rotation
12. Acceleration of blocks and tension in string is compared in air and in a liquid for an
atwood machine system containing two blocks of different masses and having equal
volumes. Densities of liquid & blocks are such that the tension in the string does not get
zero value during motion . Identify the CORRECT statement(s) (ignore viscosity)
(Assume atwood machine system is completely submerged in the liquid)
A) Acceleration of blocks in air is greater than that in liquid
B) Acceleration of blocks in air is equal to that in liquid
C) tension in string will be greater in air than that in liquid
D) tension in string will be less in air than that in liquid
13. A solid sphere of radius R and density  is attached to one end of a mass–less spring
of force constant k. The other end of the spring is connected to another solid sphere of
radius R and density 3 . The complete arrangement is placed in a liquid of density 2
and is allowed to reach equilibrium. The correct statement (s) is (are)

4 R 2  g
A) the net elongation of the spring is
3k

8 R 2  g
B) the net elongation of the spring is
3k
 C) the light sphere is partially submerged

D) the light sphere is completely submerged

14. Density of a liquid varies with depth as  =  h . A small ball of density  0 is released
from the free surface of liquid. Then (neglect viscous force)

0
A) The ball will execute SHM of amplitude


0
B) The mean position of the ball will be at a depth
2

2 0
C) The ball will sink to a maximum depth of


0
D) The ball will sink to a maximum depth of


15. A thin-walled hemispherical shell of mass ‘m’ and radius ‘R’ is pressed against a
smooth vertical wall, and, through a small aperture at its top, is filled with a liquid
(say, water) of mass ‘M’ (see figure). If ‘F’ is (nearly) the minimal magnitude of the
force that has to be applied to the shell if liquid is not to escape from it and  is the
angular position (P) at which ‘F’ is to be applied then choose correct options (Given
M = 3m )

A) F = 4mg B) F = 2Mg C)  = 450 D)  = 370

16. A rectangular vessel of dimension ( l  b  h ) and mass M contains a liquid density  .

The vessel has an orifice at its bottom at a distance ‘c’ from the rear wall as shown in
the figure
 A) The maximum volume of the water that can be stored when the vessel is
accelerated is hcb / 2 .

B) The maximum volume of the water that can be stored when the vessel is
accelerated is hlb / 2 .

 hcb  hg
C) Force F that must be applied when maximum water stored is  M +
 2  c

 hcb  lg
D) Force F that must be applied when maximum water stored is  M +
 2  c

COMPREHENSIONS

Paragraph for Questions 17 & 18:

A uniform homogeneous bar of mass M, length L, cross sectional area A, and Young’s
modulus Y is moving with a constant acceleration as shown due to applied force F.

17. Find the stress in the bar as a function of x.

F F Fx F ( L − x)
A) B) C) D)
2A A AL AL

18. Find the total elongation in bar.

FL FL FL FL
A) B) C) D)
AY 2 AY 3 AY 4 AY

Paragraph for Questions 19 & 20

A wooden cylinder of diameter 4r, height h and density /3 is kept on a hole of
diameter 2r of a tank, filled with water of density  as shown in the figure. The height
of the base of cylinder from the base of tank is H.
19. If level of liquid starts decreasing slowly when the level of liquid is at a height h 1
above the cylinder, the block just starts moving up. Then, value of h 1 is

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

20. Let the cylinder is prevented from moving up, by applying a force and water level is
further decreased. Then, height of water level (h2 in figure) for which the cylinder
remains in original position without application of force is
h 4h 2h
A) B) C) D) h
3 9 3

Paragraph for Question Nos. 21 & 22

A cylindrical vessel of radius ‘a’ and height ‘h’ is fully filled with liquid and then rotated
with gradually increasing angular speed about its vertical y-axis. Free surface of liquid
acquires a paraboloidal shape. Now answer the following questions.

21. The angular speed and volume of the liquid left respectively such that circular base of
the vessel is just visible will be
gh a 2 h 2gh a 2 h gh a 2 h 4gh a 2 h
A) , B) , C) , D) ,
a2 4 a2 2 2a 2 8 3a 2 3

8gh
22. If angular speed becomes equal to then the volume of the liquid left (after
a2
spillage) in the cylinder is
a 2 h a 2 h a 2 h a 2 h
A) B) C) D)
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23. A cubical block of wood of specific gravity 0.5 and a chunk of concrete of specific
gravity 1.5 are fastened together. The ratio of the mass of wood to the mass of
concrete which makes the combination to float with its entire volume submerged
under water is 1/n. Find n.
24. A ball of mass 10 kg and density 1 gm/cm 3 is attached to the base of a container
having a liquid of density 1.1 gm/cm3, with the help of a spring as shown in the figure.
The container is going up with an acceleration 2m/s 2. If the spring constant of the
spring is 200 N/m, the elongation (in cm) in the spring is

25. A sphere is just immersed in liquid. What is the ratio of hydrostatic force acting on
bottom and top half of the sphere in absence of atmospheric pressure?

26. A fixed cylindrical tank having large cross section area is filled with two liquids of
densities  and 2  and in equal volumes as shown in the figure. A small hole of area
of cross section a = 6cm 2 is made at height h/2 from the bottom. Find the area of cross-
section of stream of liquid (in cm2) just before it hits the ground
27. A fixed container of height ‘H’ with large cross- sectional area ‘A’ is completely filled
with water. Two small orifice of cross-sectional area ‘a’ are made, one at the bottom
and the other on the vertical side of the container at a distance H/2 from the top of the
container. The time taken by the water level to reach a height to H/2 from the bottom

of the container is
A
3a
( n −2 ) H
g
where g is acceleration due to gravity and n is a

positive integer. Find the value of n?

28. A circular disc of a diameter d is slowly rotated in a liquid of large viscosity  at a

small distance h from a fixed surface. The expression for torque  necessary to
 d 4
maintain an angular velocity  is . Find the value of n?
(8h  n )

29. A thin plate separates two liquids of coefficients of viscosities  and 4 kept between
two fixed plates as shown. If plate has to be pulled by applying minimum force then
d1
is:-
d2

 d2

d1
4

30. An ideal fluid flows through a pipe of small circular cross section of radius r at a
speed v0 . Now a viscous liquid is made to flow through the pipe at the same volume
n
flow rate (measured in m3 s −1 ). The maximum speed of a fluid particle in the pipe is v0
2
.Then n is— (Assume the speed of the fluid varies linearly along the radial direction of
the pipe)
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C BC AD AC BD AC C B C B
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