Mechanical Properties of Fluid Test (NEET Pattern) 01:00 Hr

Important Instructions
This test contains 45 questions. Each question carries 4 marks. For each correct response the
candidate will get 4 marks. For each incorrect response, one mark will be deducted from the total
scores. The maximum marks are 180.

1. Equal masses of water and a liquid of density 3g /cm3 are mixed together, then the mixture has
a density of :-
2
(1) g / cm3
3
4
(2) g / cm3
3
3
(3) g / cm3
2
(4) 3g /cm3

2. A closed cylinder is filled with a liquid of density 2d upto a height 4h. If the beaker is at rest, then
the mean pressure on the wall is :-
(1) Zero
(2) hdg
h
(3) dg
2
(4) 4 hdg

3. For the given figure ratio of pressure at A and B will be ( = 1000 kg / m3 , Po = 105 pa) :-

1
(1)
2
1
(2)
4
1
(3)
3
2
(4)
3

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4. A barometer kept in a stationary elevator reads 76 cm. If the elevator starts accelerating up, the
reading will be :-
(1) zero
(2) equal to 76 cm
(3) more than 76 cm
(4) less than 76 cm

5. Two vessels A and B have the same base area and contain water to the same height, but the mass
of water in A is four times that in B. The ratio of the liquid thrust at the base of A to that at the
base of B is :-

(1) 4 : 1
(2) 2 : 1
(3) 1 : 1
(4) 16 : 1

6. A U-tube of uniform cross-section is partially filled with a liquid A. Another liquid B which does
not mix with liquid A is poured into one side. It is found that the upper liquid levels of the two
sides of the tube are the same as shown in figure. If the specific gravity of liquid A is 1.1, the
specific gravity of liquid B must be :-

(1) 1.2
(2) 1.1
(3) 1.05
(4) 1.0

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7. A certain object floats in fluids of density :-

(i) 0.9 0 , (ii) 0 , (iii) 1.1 0
Which of the following statements is true ?
(1) The buoyant force of fluid (i) is greater than the buoyant forces of the other two fluids
(2) the buoyant force of fluid (iii) is greater than the buoyant forces of the other two fluids
(3) All three fluids exert the same buoyant force
(4) The object displace the same volume of all three fluids

8. A cubical block is floating in a liquid with half of its volume immersed in the liquid. When the
whole system accelerates upwards with acceleration of g/3, the fraction of volume of block
immersed in the liquid will be :-

1
(1)
2
3
(2)
8
2
(3)
3
3
(4)
4

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9. A sphere is floating in water its rd part is outside the water and when sphere is floating in
3
1
unknown liquid, its th part is outside the liquid then density of liquid is :-
4
(1) 4/9 gm/c.c.
(2) 9/4 gm/c.c.
(3) 8/3 gm/c.c.
(4) 3/8 gm/c.c.

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10. The spring balance A read 2 kg. with a block of mass m suspended from it. A balance B reads
5 kg. when a beaker with liquid is put on the pan of the balance. The two balances are now so
arranged that the hanging mass is inside the liquid in the beaker as shown in fig. In this
situation:–

(1) The balance A will read more than 2 kg.

(2) The balance B will read more than 5 kg.
(3) The balance A will read less than 2 kg. and B will read more than 5 kg.
(4) The balance A and B will read 2 kg. and 5 kg. respectively.

11. The reading of spring balance when a block is suspended from it in air, is 60N. This reading is
changed to 40 N when the block is immersed in water. The relative density of the block is :-
(1) 3
2
(2)
3
(3) 6
3
(4)
2

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12. A hollow sphere has inner volume half of the outer volume. Its th part is submerged when
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placed in water. The density of material is :-
(1) 1.4  103 kg / m3
(2) 1.5 103 kg / m3
(3) 1.6  103 kg / m3
(4) 1.7  103 kg / m3

13. A boat having a length of 12 metre and breadth 2 metre is floating on a lake. The boat sinks by
0.3 cm when a man gets on it. The mass of the man is :-
(1) 60 kg
(2) 62 kg
(3) 72 kg
(4) 128 kg

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14. The fraction of a floating object of volume V0 and density d0 above the surface of a liquid of
density d will be :-
d
(1) 0
d
dd0
(2)
d + d0
d − d0
(3)
d
dd0
(4)
d − d0

15. A boat carrying steel balls is floating on the surface of water in a tank. If the balls are thrown into
the tank one by one, then how will it affect the level of water ?
(1) It will remain unchanged
(2) It will rise
(3) It will fall
(4) It will first rise and then fall

16. A pipe of non-uniform cross-section has two distinct section 1 and 2 with areas 2 cm2 and
4 cm2 respectively. If the velocity of flowing liquid at section 1 is 5 cm/s, determine the velocity
at section 2 in cm/s is :-
(1) 2
(2) 2.5
(3) 3
(4) 5

17. An incompressible fluid flows steadily through a cylindrical pipe which has radius 2R at point
A and radius R at point B farther along the flow direction. If the velocity at point A is v, its velocity
at point B is:-
(1) 2v
(2) v
v
(3)
2
(4) 4v

18. Water is flowing through a non-uniform radius tube. If ratio of the radius of entry and exit end
of the pipe is 2 : 3 then the ratio of velocities of exit and entering liquid is :-
(1) 4 : 9
(2) 9 : 4
(3) 8 : 27
(4) 1 : 1

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19. Three tubes A, B and C are connected to a horizontal pipe in which ideal liquid is flowing. The
radii of the tubes A, B and C at the junction are 2 cm, 1 cm and 2 cm respectively. It can be said:-

(1) The height of the liquid in the tube A is maximum

(2) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and B is same
(3) Height of the liquid in the tubes A, B and C is same
(4) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and C is same

20. Water from a tap emerges vertically downwards with an initial speed of 1.0 m/s. The cross–
sectional area of tap is 10−3 m2 . Assume that the pressure is constant throughout the stream of
water and that the flow is steady, the cross–sectional area of stream 0.15 m below the tap is
(g = 10 m/s2 ) :-

(1) 5.0  10−4 m2

(2) 1.0  10−4 m2

(3) 5.0  10−5 m2

(4) 2.0  10−5 m2

21. Water flows steadily through a horizontal pipe of variable cross-section. If the pressure of water
is P at a point where flow speed is v, the pressure at another point where the flow speed is 2v,
is:-
(Take density of water as  )

3v2
(1) P −
2
v 2
(2) P −
2
3v2
(3) P −
4
(4) P − v2

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22. In the given figure, if a very small hole is made in container, then which of following will be
correct :-

(1) v = 2gh
H
(2) For R max , h =
2
(3) R max = H
(4) All of these

23. A tank of height 5 m is full of water. There is a hole of cross sectional area 10 cm2 in its bottom.
The initial rate of volume of water that will come out from this hole is (g = 10 m/s2 ) :-
(1) 10−3 m3 /s
(2) 10−4 m3 /s
(3) 10 m3 /s
(4) 10−2 m3 /s

24. The flow speeds of air on the lower and upper surfaces of the wing of an aeroplane are v and
2 2 v respectively. The density of air is  and surface area of wing is A. The dynamic lift on the
wing is :-
(1) v2A
(2) 7 2 v 2 A
7 2
(3) v A
2
2
(4) v 2 A
7

25. A square plate of 0.1 m side moves parallel to a second plate with a velocity of 0.1 m/s, both
plates being immersed in water. If the viscous force is 0.002 N and the coefficient of viscosity is
0.01 poise, distance between the plates in m is :-
(1) 0.1
(2) 0.05
(3) 0.005
(4) 0.0005

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26. Two small spheres of radii r and 4r fall through a viscous liquid with the same terminal velocity.
The ratio of the viscous forces acting on them is :-
(1) 1 : 2
(2) 4 : 1
(3) 1 : 16
(4) 1 : 4

27. A small drop of water falls from rest through a large height h in air. The final velocity is :-
(1) almost independent of h
(2) proportional to h
(3) proportional to h
(4) inversely proportional to h

28. Two drops of equal radius are falling through air with a steady velocity of 1 cm/s. If the two
drops coalesce, then its terminal velocity will be :-
1
(1) 4 3  5 cm / s
1
(2) 4 3 cm / s
1
(3) 5 3  4 cm / s
2
(4) 4 3  5 cm / s

29. A drop of water of radius 0.0015 mm is falling in air. If the coefficient of viscosity of air is
2.0  10−5 kg / m.s , the terminal velocity of the drop will be (neglect density of air) :-
(The density of water = 1.0  103 kg / m3 and g = 10 m/s2 )

(1) 1.0  10−4 m / s

(2) 2.0  10−4 m / s

(3) 2.5  10−4 m / s

(4) 5.0  10−4 m / s

30. Spiders and insects move and run about on the surface of water without sinking because :-
(1) Elastic membrane is formed on water due to property of surface tension
(2) Spiders and insects are ligther
(3) Spiders and insects swim on water
(4) Spiders and insects experience up-thrust

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31. A thin liquid film formed between a U-shaped wire and a light slider supports a weight of
3  10−2 N (see figure). The length of the slider is 30 cm and its weight negligible. The surface
tension of the liquid film is :-

(1) 0.025 N/m

(2) 0.0125 N/m
(3) 0.1 N/m
(4) 0.05 N/m

32. A big drop of radius R is formed by 1000 small droplets of water, then the radius of small drop
is: :-
R
(1)
2
R
(2)
3
R
(3)
5
R
(4)
10

33. A liquid drop of diameter D breaks into 125 tiny drops. The change in energy is :-
(1) 2 TD2
(2) 4 TD2
(3)  TD2
(4) None of these

34. Surface tension of a liquid is 50 N/m. If its thin film is made in a ring of area 0.02 cm2 , then its
surface energy will be :-
(1) 5  10−4 Joule
(2) 2.5  10−4 Joule
(3) 3  10−4 Joule
(4) 2  10−4 Joule

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35. Eight small drops of mercury, each of radius R, coalesce to form a single large drop. The ratio of
the total surface energies before and after the change is :-
(1) 1:21/3
(2) 21/3 :1
(3) 2 : 1
(4) 1 : 2

36. The diameter of one drop of water is 0.2 cm. The work done in breaking one drop into 1000
equal droplets will be :-
(surface tension of water = 7  10−2 N/ m )
(1) 7.9  10−6 J
(2) 5.92  10−6 J
(3) 2.92  10−6 J
(4) 1.92  10−6 J

37. The work done in blowing a soap bubble of radius 0.2 m, given that the surface tension of soap
solution is 30  10−3 N / m , is :-
(1) 24  10−4 J
(2) 8  10−4 J
(3) 96  10−4 J
(4) 192  10−4 J

38. Consider a soap film on a square frame of wire of area 4  4 cm2 . If the area of the soap film is
increased to 4  8 cm2 , the work done in the process will be (The surface tension of the soap film
is 3  10−2 N / m ) :-
(1) 12  10−6 J
(2) 24  10−6 J
(3) 60  10−6 J
(4) 96  10−6 J

39. A soap bubble in vacuum has a radius of 12 cm and another soap bubble in vacuum has a radius
of 5 cm. If the two bubbles coalesce under isothermal condition, then the radius of the new
bubble is :-
(1) 23 cm
(2) 45 cm
(3) 13 cm
(4) 17 cm

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40. Two soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 equal to 4cm and 6 cm are touching each other over a
common surface S1S2 (shown in figure). Its radius will be :-

(1) 12 cm
(2) 20 cm
(3) 10 cm
(4) 5 cm

41. On dipping a capillary of radius 'r' in water, water rises upto a height H and potential energy of
water is u1 . If a capillary of radius 3r is dipped in water, then the potential energy is u2 . The
u1
ratio is :-
u2
(1) 2 : 1
(2) 1 : 2
(3) 4 : 1
(4) 1 : 1

42. A vessel, whose bottom has round hole with radius of 0.1 mm, is filled with water. The maximum
height to which the water can be filled without leakage is:-
(S.T. of water = 75 dyne/cm, g = 1000 cm/s2)
(1) 100 cm
(2) 15 cm
(3) 60 cm
(4) 30 cm

43. In a surface tension experiment with a capillary tube water rises up to 10 cm. If the same
experiment is repeated on an artificial satellite which is revolving round the earth, water will
rise in the capillary tube up to a height of :-
(1) 0.1 m
(2) 0.98 m
(3) 9.8 m
(4) full length of capillary tube

44. Radius of a capillary is 0.2 cm. A liquid of weight 6.2 N may remain in equilibrium in the capillary.
Then the surface tension of liquid will be (C = 0o ) :-
(1) 5  10−3 N / m
(2) 5  10−2 N / m
(3) 50 N/m
(4) 500 N/m

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45. Water rises in a capillary upto a height of 4 cm. If it is tilted to 30° from the vertical, then the
length of water column in it will be :-
8
(1) cm
3
(2) 8 3cm
(3) 4 cm
(4) 2 cm

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