Physics

EXERCISE
Multiple choice questions
1. A man of mass 60 kg stands on a weighing machine of area 225 m2. The pressure exerted by him is
(take g = 10 ms –2)
(1) 26666.7 Nm –2 (2) 266.67 Nm–2
(3) 26.667 Nm–2 (4) 2.67 Nm –2
2. A door of dimensions 2 m × 1.2 m × 0.06 m is acted upon by a certain force due to the air inside the room,
whose pressure is 105 Pa. The magnitude of the force is
(1) 2.4 × 105 N (2) 2.4 dyne (3) 2.4 KN (4) 24 N
3. The combustion chamber of a bike has an area of cross-section 16 cm . A pressure of 400 Pa acts on it.
2

Find force exerted on bike.

(1) 64 N (2) 6.4 N (3) 0.64 N (4) 0.064 N
4. The given apparatus shows a heavy piston supported by gas trapped in a cylinder. The cross-sectional area of
the piston is 4.0 × 10–4 m2. The pressure of the gas inside the cylinder is 1.5 × 105 Pa and atmospheric pressure
is 1.0 × 105 Pa. Find the mass of the piston (Take g = 10 m s –2).

Cylinder

Gas
Piston

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

5. The given figure shows two shoulder bags, one with a thin strap, and the other with a wide strap.

If both bags are equally heavy, the sling bag with the wide strap will be more comfortable to carry because
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(1) the thin strap has a greater mass per unit length
(2) the thin strap causes greater force to be exerted
(3) the wide strap allows friction to be spread over a bigger area, thus reducing the force between the shoulder
and the strap
(4) the wide strap enables the weight of the bag to be spread over a bigger area, thus reducing the pressure
on the shoulder
6. Hydraulic brakes work on the principle of
(1) Pascal’s law (2) Archimedes’ principle (3) Newton’s law (4) Bernoulli’s theorem
7. To lift an automobile of 1600 kg, a hydraulic pump with a larger piston 800 cm2 in area is employed. If
the area of the smaller piston is 10 cm2, the force that must be applied on it is
(1) 20 N (2) 20 kgf (3) 200 kgf (4) 2000 N

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8. An object of uniform density is allowed to float in water kept in a beaker. The object has triangular cross-section
as shown in the figure. If the water pressure measured at the three points A, B and C below the object are
P A, P B and P C respectively, then

A B C

(1) P A > P B > P C (2) P A < P B < P C (3) P A = P B = P C (4) P A = P C < P B

9. In a stationary homogeneous liquid
(1) pressure is the same at all points at the same level
(2) pressure is the same at all points
(3) pressure depends on the direction
(4) pressure is independent of any atmospheric pressure on the upper surface of the liquid
10. Assertion : It is difficult to stop bleeding from a cut in the body at high altitudes.
Reason : The atmospheric pressure at high altitude is lesser than the blood pressure.
(1) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(2) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(3) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(4) Assertion is false but reason is true.
11. Density of ice is and that of water is . What will be the decrease in volume when a mass M of ice melts?

M – 1 1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) M – (4) –
– M M

12. The relative density of a solid with respect to a liquid is 4/5 and relative density of the liquid with respect
to water is 10/9. The buoyant force exerted by a liquid on a solid immersed in it is equal to the weight of
the liquid displaced by the solid. Specific gravity of solid with respect to water is
(1) 18/25 (2) 8/9 (3) 0.56 (4) 1.8
13. A tank 2 m high is half filled with water and then filled to the top with oil of density 0.80 g/cc. What is
the pressure at the bottom of the tank due to these liquids only ? (Take g = 10 ms–2)
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(1) 1.8 × 10 3 Nm –2 (2) 0.9 × 10 3 Nm –2 (3) 1.8 × 10 4 Nm –2 (4) 0.9 × 10 4 Nm –2

14. 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

H
A B

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

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15. A heavy load W is supported on a platform of area S by applying a force F on a small piston of area . The
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value of F for equilibrium is
w

Liquid
of density
H

W W gHS W gHS
(1) (2) (3) (4) 10 W
10 10 10
16. The vessels shown below all contain water to the same height. Rank them according to the pressure exerted
by the water on the vessel bottoms, least to greatest.

(1) 3, 4, 2, 1 (2) 4, 3, 2, 1 (3). 2, 3, 4, 1 (4) All pressures are the same

17. A cubical block of side 10 cm floats at the interface of an oil and water. The pressure above that of atmosphere
at the lower face of the block is

10 cm OIL 0.6 g/cc

2 cm
10 cm WATER 1.0 g/cc

(1) 200 N/m 2 (2) 680 N/m 2 (3) 400 N/m 2 (4) 800 N/m 2
18. A body submerged in the sea was brought up slowly from the sea bed to the sea surface. Variation of pressure
on the body with decrease in the depth of sea is shown in the figures below. Which of these is correct ?

P P

1 atm 1 atm
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(1) (2)
0 0
Sea bed Sea surface Sea bed Sea surface

P P

1 atm 1 atm
(3) ` (4)
0 0
Sea bed Sea surface
Sea bed Sea surface

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19. The given figure shows the cross-section of a dam and its reservoir. The widening of the wall towards the
bottom is because of :

Water

Wall

(1) increase in pressure with depth of water

(2) decrease in pressure with depth of water
(3) decrease in density of water
(4) increase in density of water
20. A dam has a height H and a width b. Assuming that the water level reaches the top, find the net force exerted
on the dam for H = 60 m and b = 200 m.
(1) 3 × 10 8 N (2) 4.2 × 10 9 N (3) 2.3 × 10 10 N (4) 3.6 10 9 N
21. At a depth of 1000 m in an ocean, what is the gauge pressure ? (The density of sea water is
1.03 10 3 kg m –3 ; g = 10 m s –2)
(1) 1.03 10 5 Pa (2) 2.06 10 5 Pa (3) 1.03 10 7 Pa (4) 2.06 10 7 Pa
22. To obtain the absolute pressure from the gauge pressure
(1) subtract atmospheric pressure (2) add atmospheric pressure
(3) subtract 273 (4) add 273
23. A U-tube of uniform cross-section shown in figure is partially filled with liquid I. Another liquid II which
does not mix with I is poured into one side. The liquid levels of the two sides is found the same, while
the level of liquid I has risen by 2 cm. If the specific gravity of liquid I is 1.1, the specific gravity of
liquid II must be

I
II
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(1) 1.2 (2) 1.1 (3) 1.3 (4) 1.0

24. In the figure shown

P0
P

3h
h

(1) P < P 0 (2) P > P 0 (3) P = P 0 (4) P = 0

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25. A liquid X of density 3.36 g/cm3 is poured in a U-tube, which contains Hg ( Hg = 13.6 g/cm3 ). Another liquid
Y is poured in left arm with height 8 cm. Upper levels of X and Y are same. What is density of Y ?
Y X

8 cm 10 cm

(1) 0.8 g/cc (2) 1.2 g/cc (3) 1.4 g/cc (4) 1.6 g/cc
26. Mercury is a convenient liquid to use in a barometer because
(1) it is a metal (2) it has a high boiling point
(3) it expands little with temperature (4) it has a high density
27. A capillary tube C dipped in a liquid that wets it as shown in figure. If we blow air through the horizontal
tube H, then what will happen to the liquid column in the capillary tube ?
Air H
A
C

(1) Level will fall below A. (2) Level will rise above A.
(3) Level will remain at A. (4) It is difficult to predict.
28. A manometer is connected to a gas supply. Pressure can be measured in cm of water. The pressure of the
gas is
Connected to
Air gas supply
8cm

4cm

Water
(1) 8 cm of water more than atmospheric pressure
(2) 12 cm of water more than atmospheric pressure
(3) 8 cm of water less than atmospheric pressure
(4) 12 cm of water less than atmospheric pressure
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29. A solid of mass 1.6 kg and density 2.4 × 103 kgm–3 is completely immersed in water. The loss of weight is
(1) 0.66 N (2) 0.66 kg wt (3) 6.6 kg wt (4) 66 N
30. A body floats in a liquid contained in beaker. The whole system as shown in figure falls freely under gravity.
The upthrust on the body is

(1) zero
(2) equal to the weight of the liquid displaced
(3) equal to the body weight in air
(4) equal to the weight of the immersed portion of the body

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31. A small block of wood of relative density 0.5 is submerged in water. When the block is released, it starts
moving upwards. The acceleration of the block is (g = 10 ms–2)
(1) 5 ms–2 (2) 10 ms–2 (3) 7.5 ms –2 (4) 15 ms–2
32. A sealed packet of mass 500 g has density 1.43 g cm–3. When placed in alcohol (density 0.8 gcm–3) the
upthrust on the packet will be
(1) 250 gf (2) 280 gf (3) 350 gf (4) 300 gf
33. A body of density d1 is counterpoised by Mg of weights of density d2 in air of density d. Then the true mass
of body is

d d M 1 – d/d2
(1) M (2) M 1 – (3) M 1 – (4)
d2 d1 1 – d/d1

34. A coil of wire of cross section 0.75 mm2 weighs 125 g in air and 115 g in water. The length of the coil
in cm is

102 105 105 103

(1) cm (2) cm (3) cm (4) cm
0.75 0.75 75 75

35. An object of mass 4 kg and density 2 × 103 kgm–3 is completely immersed in water, its apparent weight
will be
(1) 2 kg wt (2) 20 kg wt (3) 1 kg wt (4) 10 kg wt

1 rdd
36. A solid has a mass 39 kg. It loses of its weight when immersed in water. Its volume will be
3

(1) 1.3 × 10–3 m3 (2) 13 × 10–3 m3 (3) 13 × 10–2 m3 (4) 13 m3

37. A piece of pure gold ( = 19.3 gcm–3) is suspected to be hollow from inside. It weighs 77.2 g in air and
71.2 g in water. The volume of the hollow portion in gold will be
(1) 1 cm3 (2) 2 cm3 (3) 3 cm3 (4) 4 cm3
38. When a body is weighed in a liquid, the loss in its weight is not equal to
(1) Weight of liquid displaced by the body.
(2) Weight of water displaced by the body.
(3) The difference in weights of the body in air and liquid.
(4) The upthrust of liquid on the body.
39. A solid has a volume of 8 cm3. When weighed on a spring scale calibrated in grams, the scale indicates 20 g.
What does the scale indicate if the object is weighed while immersed in a liquid of density
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2 g/cm 3 ?
(1) 16 g (2) 10 g (3) 12 g (4) 4 g
40. An iron cube of mass 5 kg and sides 10 cm is inside water. What will be its apparent weight ?
(1) 39.2 N (2) 58.8 N (3) 49 N (4) 24.5 N
41. A log of wood of mass 120 kg floats in water. The weight that can be put on the raft to make it just sink,
should be (density of wood = 600 kg/m3)
(1) 80 kg (2) 50 kg (3) 60 kg (4) 30 kg
1
42. Two solids A and B float in water. It is observed that A floats with of its body immersed in water and
2
1
B floats with of its volume above the water level. The ratio of the density of A to that of B is
4
(1) 4:3 (2) 2:3 (3) 3:4 (4) 1:2
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43. When a sphere is floating in water, its rd part is outside the water, and when sphere is floating in unknownn
3
3
liquid, its th part is outside the liquid, then density of liquid is
4

4 9 8 3
(1) gm/cc (2) gm/cc (3) gm/cc (4) gm/cc
9 4 3 8

44. A piece of wood of R.D. 0.25 floats in a pail containing oil of R.D. 0.81. The fraction of volume of the
wood above the surface of the oil is
(1) 0.31 (2) 0.69 (3) 0.21 (4) 0.79

3 thh
45. A solid floats in water with of its volume below the surface of water. The density of the solid will be
4

(1) 75 kgm–3 (2) 750 kgm–3 (3) 75 × 102 kgm–3 (4) 75 × 103 kgm–3
46. The density of ice is 0.918 g cm–3 and that of water is 1.03 g cm–3. An iceberg floats with a portion of 224
cm3 outside the surface of water. The total volume of the iceberg is
(1) 1030 cm3 (2) 1545 cm3 (3) 2060 cm3 (4) 2575 cm3
47. A man of weight 40 kg floats on water in a lake. His apparent weight is
(1) 40 kg (2) 35 kg (3) zero (4) 20 kg
48. A wooden cube just floats inside water when a 200 g mass is placed on it. When the mass is removed the cube
is 2 cm above water level. The side of cube is
(1) 5 cm (2) 10 cm (3) 15 cm (4) 20 cm
49. A boat having a length of 3 metre and breadth 2 metre is floating on a lake. The boat sinks by 1 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
50. Two identical blocks of ice float in water as shown. Then

B
A

(1) block A displaces a greater volume of water since the pressure acts on a smaller bottom area
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(2) block B displaces a greater volume of water since the pressure is less on its bottom
(3) the two blocks displace equal volumes of water since they have the same weight
(4) block A displaces a greater volume of water since its submerged end is lower in the water
51. A vessel contains oil (density 0 = 0.8 g cm–3) over mercury (density Hg = 13.6 gcm–3). A homogeneous
sphere floats with half its volume immersed in mercury and the other half in oil. The density of material of
sphere in g cm–3 is

1 0 Hg
(1) 0 Hg (2) 0 + Hg (3) Hg – 0 (4)
2 Hg 0

52. A glass stopper suspended from the hook of a spring balance and immersed in water reads 100 gf. When
a cork of volume 20 cm3 is tied to the glass stopper and then the combination is immersed in water, the
reading of spring balance will be
(1) more than 100 gf (2) equal to 100 gf (3) less than 100 gf (4) none of the above

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53. Sonam has 4 solid metallic balls, all of equal weight. The sizes of the 4 balls are as shown below. If ball 2 sinks
in water, which of the other balls will definitely sink in water ?

1 2 3 4
(1) Only ball 1 (2) Only ball 3
(3) Both ball 1 and ball 4 (4) All the other balls -1, 3 and 4
54. A large iron body of mass 2 kg and volume 2.5 × 10–3 m3 is dipped in water. Will it float or sink ?
(1) Float (2) Sink
(3) Float & then sink (4) Cannot be determined
55. An object of density d is immersed in three different liquids of densities d 1 , d 2 and d 3 such that
d3 < d1 < d < d2

(1) It will sink in liquid III and float in liquid I (2) It will sink in liquid III and float in liquid II
(3) It will sink in liquid I and float in liquid III (4) It will sink in liquid II and float in liquid I
56. A block weighs 15 N in air. It weighs 12 N when immersed in water and 13 N when immersed in another
liquid. The relative density of the block and liquid will be
3 2 1 2 1 3
(1) ; 5 (2) ; (3) 5 ; (4) ;
2 3 5 3 5 2
57. A piece of steel has a weight W in air, W1 when completely immersed in water and W2 when completely immersed
in an unknown liquid. The relative density (specific gravity) of liquid is

W W1 W W2 W1 W2 W1 W2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
W W2 W W1 W W1 W W2
58. A solid weighs 32 gf in air and 28.8 gf in water. The R.D. of the solid is
(1) 8.9 (2) 10 (3) 29.12 (4) 20
59. An ice cube holding a solid steel ball floats in a cup of water. After all the ice melts, the level in the cup will
(1) rise
(2) fall
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(3) remain unchanged

(4) cannot be confirmed without knowing density of steel ball
60. An ice cube with an embedded cork floats in a cup of water. If all ice melts, there will be
(1) drop in level (2) rise in level
(3) no change in level (4) can drop or rise based on temperature

ANSWERS
Qu e. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
An s. 4 1 3 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 1 1 4
Qu e. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
An s. 3 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 2 2 4 1
Qu e. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
An s. 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 3

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