ASSIGNMENT - 2

(Level: IIT-JEE ADVANCE)

11. Fluid Mechanics - Hydrostatic Pressure

and Pascal_s Law
1. A vertical uniform U tube open at both ends contains mercury. Water is poured in one limb until the
level of mercury is depressed 2cm in that limb. What is the length of water column when this
happens.

2. A bucket contains water filled upto a height = 15 cm. The bucket is tied to a rope which is passed
over a frictionless light pulley and the other end of the rope is tied to a weight of mass which is half
of that of the (bucket + water). The water pressure above atmosphere pressure at the bottom is
(A) 0.5 kPa (B) 1 kPa (C) 5 kPa (D) None of these

3. The area of cross-section of the wider tube shown in figure is 800 cm2. If a mass of 12 kg is placed
on the massless piston, the difference in heights h in the level of water in the two tubes is :

(A) 10 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 2 cm

4. A liquid of mass 1 kg is filled in a flask as shown in figure. The force exerted by the flask on the
liquid is (g = 10 m/s2) [Neglect atmospheric pressure]:

(A) 10 N (B) greater than 10N (C) less than 10N (D) zero

5. The pressure at the bottom of a tank of water is 3P where P is the atmospheric pressure. If the water
is drawn out till the level of water is lowered by one fifth, the pressure at the bottom of the tank will
now be
(A) 2P (B) (13/5) P (C) (8/5) P (D) (4/5) P

6. An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional area contains water (density 1.0 gram/centimeter 3)
standing initially 20 centimeters from the bottom in each arm. An immiscible liquid of density 4.0
grams/ centimeter3 is added to one arm until a layer 5 centimeters high forms, as shown in the figure
above. What is the ratio h 2 / h1 of the heights of the liquid in the two arms?

(A) 3/1 (B) 5/2 (C) 2/1 (D) 3/2

7. The vessel shown in the figure has two sections. The lower part is a rectangular vessel with area of
cross-section A and height h. The upper part is a conical vessel of height h with base area ‘A’ and
top area ‘a’ and the walls of the vessel are inclined at an angle 30° with the vertical. A liquid of
density r fills both the sections upto a height 2h. Neglecting atmospheric pressure.
 (A) The force F exerted by the liquid on the base of the vessel is 2hg
A  a 
2
A
(B) The pressure P at the base of the vessel is 2hg
a
(C) The weight of the liquid W is greater than the force exerted by the liquid on the base
(D) The walls of the vessel exert a downward force (F–W) on the liquid.

8. Figure here shown the vert ical cross-sect ion of a vessel filled wit h a liquid of densit y
 . The normal thrust per unit area on the walls of the vessel at point. P, as shown, will
be

(A) hg (B) Hg (C) (H – h) g (D) (H – h) g cos 

9. In a hydraulic lift, used at a service station the radius of the large and small piston are
in the ratio of 20 : 1. What weight placed on the small piston will be sufficient to lift a
car of mass 1500 kg?
(A) 3.75 kg (B) 37.5 kg
(C) 7.5 kg (D) 75 kg.

10. Two vessels A and B of different shapes have the same base area and are filled wit h
water up to the same height h (see figure). The force exerted by water on the base is FA
for vessel A and FB for vessel B. The respect ive weights of the water filled in vessels
are WA and WB .Then

(A) FA  FB ; WA  WB
(B) FA  FB ; WA  WB
(C) FA  FB ; WA  WB
(D) FA  FB ; WA  WB
11. A U-tube of uniform cross-sect ion (see figure) is partially filled wit h a liquid I.
Another liquid II which does not mix wit h liquid I is poured into one side. It is found
that the liquid levels of the two sides of the tube are the same, while the level of I has
risen by 2 cm. If the specific gravit y of liquid I is 1.1, the specific gravit y of liquid II
must be :

(A) 1.12 (B) 1.1 (C) 1.05 (D) 1.0

12. A piston of mass M = 3kg and radius R = 4cm has a hole into which a thin pipe of radius r = 1cm is
inserted. The piston can enter a cylinder tightly and without friction, and initially it is at the bottom
of the cylinder. 750gm of water is now poured into the pipe so that the piston & pipe are lifted up as
shown. Find the height H of water in the cylinder and height h of water in the pipe.

13. For the system shown in the figure, the cylinder on the left at L has a mass of 600kg and a cross
sectional area of 800 cm2. The piston on the right, at S, has cross sectional area 25cm2 and
negligible weight. If the apparatus is filled with oil.(r = 0.75 gm/cm3) Find the force F required to
hold the system in equilibrium.

14. The volume of an air bubble is doubled as it rises from the bottom of a lake to its surface. If the
atmospheric pressure is H m of mercury & the density of mercury is n times that of lake water. Find
the depth of the lake.

15. In the figure shown, the heavy cylinder (radius R) resting on a smooth surface separates two liquids
of densities 2 and 3. Find the height ‘h’ for the equilibrium of cylinder.

16. Some liquid is filled in a cylindrical vessel of radius R. Let F1 be the force applied by the liquid on
the bottom of the cylinder. Now the same liquid is poured into a vessel of uniform square
cross- section of side R. Let F2 be the force applied by the liquid on the bottom of this new
vessel. (Neglect atmosphere pressure) Then:
F
(A) F1 = F2 (B) F1 = 2 (C) F1 = F2 (D) F1 = F2

17. A light semi cylindrical gate of radius R is pivoted at its mid-point O, of the diameter as shown in
the figure holding liquid of density . The force F required to prevent the rotation of the gate is equal
to

2R 2 g
(A) 2R3g (B) 2gR3l (C) (D) None of these
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18. The mercury t hread in a barometric tube stands at a height of 0.76 metre. If densit y of
mercury is 13.6 × 10 3 kg m–3 and g is 9.8 m s –2 , then the atmospheric pressure in N
m –2 is
(A) 1.01 × 10 3 (B) 1.01 × 10 4 (C) 1.01 × 10 5 (D) 1.01 × 10 6

19. A small uniform tube is bent into a circle of radius r whose plane is vertical. Equal volume of two
immiscible liquids whose densities are 1 and 2  1  2  fill half the circle. The angle between
radius passing through interface and vertical axis is given by:

          
(A) tan 1  1  (B) tan 1  2  (C) tan 1  1 2  (D) tan 1  1 2 
 2   1   1  2   1  2 

20. A square gate of 2m  2m is hinged at its mid-point. A fluid of density  fills the space to the left of
the gate. The force F required to hold the gave stationary is:

2g 4g 8g g

(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3

21. A U-tube is filled with two immiscible liquids A and B of densities  and 2 respectively and the
system is in equilibrium. Now left arm is just closed such that air filled above the liquid is at
atmospheric pressure ( P0 ) and right arm is open to atmosphere as shown in the figure. Now more
liquid of density is slowly poured in right arm till the level of liquid of density becomes equal in the
two arms. Neglect any variation in the temperature
 of the system. Given . Area of cross-section of left arm is 2S and that of right arm is S. Right arm is
long enough. Match the Column-I and Column-II

Column – I Column – II
(A) Height H is (p) 3h 2
(B) level of liquid B drop in night arm by (q) h u
(C) level of liquid A rise in left arm by (r) h n
2h n
(D) Light of liquid A in right arm is (s)
3
(t) More than h1

22. Two immiscible liquids are poured in a U- tube having densities 1 and 2 . The ratio of height of the
h 
liquids above their interface  1  is
 h2 

(A) Directly proportional to their densities

(B) inversely proportional to their densities

(C) Directly proportional to square of their densities

(D) Equal

23. A conical flask of mass 10 kg and base area 103 cm2 is floating in liquid of specific gravity 1.2 as
shown in the figure. The force that liquid exerts on curved surface of conical flask is  g  10m / s 2 

(A) 20 N in downward direction

(B) 40 N in downward direction

(C) 20 N in upward direction

(D) 40 N in upwards direction

24. List - I List - II

(a) Pascal’s law (p) Gause Pressure

(b) Archimedie’s principle (q) atmospheric pressure

(c) Manometre (r) Hydraulic pressure

(d) Barometre (s) Impurity in a given material

 ANSWER KEY:

1. 54.4 cm 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B
6. C 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B
2m 11
11. B 12. (h ,H  m) 13. (37.5 N) 14. (nH)
 32
3
15. (R ) 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. C
2

20. B 21. a) q ; b) s ; c) r ; d) p, t 22. B 23. A

24. a – r; b – s; c – p; d – q