Why it is easier to swim in the sea than in a river?
A. The sea water is salty
B. The sea water is deep
C. The sea water is heavier
D. The sea water is lighter
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The working of venturimeter is based on
A. Torricelli's Law
B. Pascal's Law
C. Bernoulli's Theorem
D. Archimede's Principle
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The pressure in a liquid at a given depth below the surface
A. is same in all directions
B. is always exerted downward
C. equals the total weight of liquid above the depth
D. depends upon the amount of liquid below the depth
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With the rise of temperature, the viscosity of liquid
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. May increase or decrease depending on nature of liquid
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If the area is small for a given force, the pressure will be-
A. Change
B. Less
C. More
D. Fixed
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Oil spreads on water surface because
A. Oil is denser than water
B. Oil is less dense than water
C. Surface tension of oil is more than water
D. Surface tension of oil is less than water
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Cohesive force is experienced between
A. magnetic substances
B. molecules of different substances
C. molecules of same substances
D. None of the above
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As the depth increases from the free surface of a fluid, the pressure exerted by the liquid will be-
A. Becomes zero
B. Gets reduced
C. Increases
D. Remains unchanged
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Which of the following elements was first produced artificially?
A. Neptunium
B. Plutonium
C. Francium
D. Technetium
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What is the thrust per unit area called?
A. Current
B. Force
C. Pressure
D. Area
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A boat full of iron nails is floating on water in a lake. When the iron nails are removed, the water level
A. rises
B. falls
C. cannot be determined
D. remains constant
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Which one of the following substances possesses the highest elasticity?
A. Rubber
B. Glass
C. Steel
D. Copper
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What is the force exerted by water in upwards direction?
A. Gravitational force
B. Fluid density
C. Buoyancy force
D. Friction
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Kerosene oil floats on water because
A. Its density is greater than the density of water
B. Its density is less than the density of water
C. Its density is equal to that of the density of water
D. None of the above
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If the depth of water in a dam is 'h' and 'A' is the transverse area of dam and 't' is the thickness of the dam. How, the pressure of dam wall depend on?
A. A, h and t
B. A and h
C. h and t
D. none of these
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Assertion (A) The solids are more elastic and gases are least elastic.
Reason (R) It is so because for the given stress applied the gases are more compressible than that of solids.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. A is false, but R is true
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Which of the following physicists explained the existence of Buoyant force?
A. Archimedes
B. Blaise Pascal
C. Charles Augustine de Coulomb
D. Issac Newton
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The density of silver is 10.8 × 103 kgm-3 and the density of water is 103 kgm-3 . What is the relative density of silver?
A. 10.8 kgm-1
B. 10.8 kgm
C. 10.8
D. 10.8 kgm-2
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With the rise of temperature, the surface tension of a liquid
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unchanged
D. None of the above
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Virtually the force exerted on a vessel wall by a gas molecules.
A. Stick to the wall of the pot
B. Decay of kinetic energy
C. Hitting the wall to be quick
D. Change in their momentum by hitting the wall
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