Water from a tap emerges vertically down with an initial speed of 10ms-1. The cross-sectional area of tap is 10-4m2. Assume that the pressure is constant throughout the stream of water, and that the flow is steady. The cross sectional area of the stream 0.15 m below the tap is

1. 5.0×10-4m2

2. 10×10-5 m2

3. 5.0×10-5 m2

4. 2.0×10-5 m2

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A solid uniform ball of volume V floats on the interface of two immiscible liquids (Fig.) The specific gravity of the upper liquid is ρ1 and that of lower one is ρ2 whilst the specific gravity of ball is ρ (ρ1<ρ<ρ2). The fraction of the volume of the ball in the upper liquid is

   

1. ρ2ρ1

2. ρ2-ρρ2-ρ1

3. ρ-ρ1ρ2-ρ1

4. ρ1ρ2

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 A metal sphere connected by a string is dipped in a liquid of density ρ as shown in figure. The pressure at the bottom of the vessel will be, (p0atmospheric pressure)

 

1. p=p0+ρgh

2. p>p0+ρgh

3. p<p0+ρgh

4. p0

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Two soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 equal to 4 am and 5 sm are touching each other over a common surface S1S2 (shown in figure). Its radius will be

1. 4 cm

2. 20 cm

3. 5 cm

4. 4.5 cm

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A piece of ice is floating in a beaker containing water when ice melts the temperature falls from 20°C to 4°C, level of water

1. remains uncharged

2. falls

3. rises

4. changes erratically

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The work done in blowing a bubble of radius is W, then the work done in making a bubble of radius 2R from that solution is

1. W2

2. 2W

3. 4W

4. 213W

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When the system shown in the adjoining figure is in equilibrium and if the areas of cross section of the smaller piston and bigger piston are a and 10 a mass on smaller and bigger pistons are  m amd M, then

1. m=M

2. m= 10M

3. M= 10 m

4. M= 100 m

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A wooden block, with a coin placed on its top, floats in water as shown in fig. the distance l and h are shown there. After some time the coin falls into the water. Then

1. l decreases and h increases

2. l increases and h decreases

3. Both l and h increase

4. Both l and h decrease

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What is the velocity v of a metallic ball of radius r failing 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 ρ and σ respectively, and the viscosity of the liquid is h)

1. r2g9η(ρ-2σ)

2. r2g9η(2ρ-σ)

3. r2g9η(ρ-σ)

4. 2r2g9η(ρ-σ)

5. r2g18η(ρ-2σ)

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A tank is filled with water upto a height H. Water is allowed to come out of a hole P in one pf the walls at a depth D below the surface of water. Express the horizontal distance x in terms of H and D

1. x=D(H-D)

2. x=D(H-D)2

3. x=2D(H-D)

4. x=4D(H-D)

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