SAT – 4 – Fluid Statics - Basic Level

Section - A
1. If pressure at half the depth of a lake is equal to 2/3 pressure at the bottom of the lake then what is the depth of the lake
(a) 10 m (b) 20 m
(c) 60 m (d) 30 m
2. Two bodies are in equilibrium when suspended in water from the arms of a balance. The mass of one body is 36 g and its density
is 9 g / cm3. If the mass of the other is 48 g, its density in g / cm3 is
4 3
(a) (b)
3 2
(c) 3 (d) 5
3. An inverted bell lying at the bottom of a lake 47.6 m deep has 50 cm3 of air trapped in it. The bell is brought to the surface of the
lake. The volume of the trapped air will be (atmospheric pressure = 70 cm of Hg and density of Hg = 13.6 g/cm3)
(a) 350 cm3 (b) 300 cm3
(c) 250 cm3 (d) 22 cm3
4. A uniformly tapering vessel is filled with a liquid of density 900 kg/m3. The force that acts on the base of the vessel due to the liquid
Area = 10 m
–3 2

is (g = 10 ms -2 )
(a) 3.6 N
(b) 7.2 N 0.4 m
(c) 9.0 N
Area=2 × 10–3m2
(d) 14.4 N
5. A siphon in use is demonstrated in the following figure. The density of the liquid flowing in siphon is 1.5 gm/cc. The pressure
difference between the point P and S will be
Q R

10 cm
(a) 105 N/m
P 20 cm
(b) 2 × 105 N/m
S
(c) Zero
(d) Infinity
6. The height of a mercury barometer is 75 cm at sea level and 50 cm at the top of a hill. Ratio of density of mercury to that of air is
104. The height of the hill is
(a) 250 m (b) 2.5 km
(c) 1.25 km (d) 750 m
7. Density of ice is r and that of water is s . What will be the decrease in volume when a mass M of ice melts

(a) M
(b)
s -r
s -r M
é1 1 ù 1 é1 1 ù
(c) Mê - ú (d) ê - ú
ër s û M ër s û
8. Equal masses of water and a liquid of density 2 are mixed together, then the mixture has a density of
(a) 2/3 (b) 4/3
(c) 3/2 (d) 3
9. A body of density d1 is counterpoised by Mg of weights of density d 2 in air of density d. Then the true mass of the body is

æ ö
(a) M (b) M ç 1 - d ÷
ç d2 ÷
è ø
æ d ö M (1 - d / d 2 )
(c) M çç 1 - ÷
÷
(d)
è d1 ø (1 - d / d 1 )
10. The pressure at the bottom of a tank containing a liquid does not depend on
(a) Acceleration due to gravity
(b) Height of the liquid column
(c) Area of the bottom surface
(d) Nature of the liquid
11. When a large bubble rises from the bottom of a lake to the surface. Its radius doubles. If atmospheric pressure is equal to that of
column of water height H, then the depth of lake is
(a) H (b) 2H
(c) 7H (d) 8H
12. The volume of an air bubble becomes three times as it rises from the bottom of a lake to its surface. Assuming atmospheric pressure
to be 75 cm of Hg and the density of water to be 1/10 of the density of mercury, the depth of the lake is
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m
(c) 15 m (d) 20 m
13. The value of g at a place decreases by 2%. The barometric height of mercury
(a) Increases by 2%
(b) Decreases by 2%
(c) Remains unchanged
(d) Sometimes increases and sometimes decreases
14. A barometer kept in a stationary elevator reads 76 cm. If the elevator starts accelerating up the reading will be
(a) Zero (b) Equal to 76 cm
(c) More than 76 cm (d) Less than 76 cm
15. A closed rectangular tank is completely filled with water and is accelerated horizontally with an acceleration a towards right.
Pressure is (i) maximum at, and (ii) minimum at

(a) (i) B (ii) D A D

a
(b) (i) C (ii) D
(c) (i) B (ii) C B C
(d) (i) B (ii) A
16. A beaker containing a liquid is kept inside a big closed jar. If the air inside the jar is continuously pumped out, the pressure in the
liquid near the bottom of the liquid will
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remain constant
(d) First decrease and then increase
17. A barometer tube reads 76 cm of mercury. If the tube is gradually inclined at an angle of 60o with vertical, keeping the open end
immersed in the mercury reservoir, the length of the mercury column will be
(a) 152 cm (b) 76 cm
(c) 38 cm (d) 38 3 cm
18. The height to which a cylindrical vessel be filled with a homogeneous liquid, to make the average force with which the liquid presses
the side of the vessel equal to the force exerted by the liquid on the bottom of the vessel, is equal to
(a) Half of the radius of the vessel
(b) Radius of the vessel
(c) One-fourth of the radius of the vessel
(d) Three-fourth of the radius of the vessel
19. A vertical U-tube of uniform inner cross section contains mercury in both sides of its arms. A glycerin (density = 1.3 g/cm3) column
of length 10 cm is introduced into one of its arms. Oil of density 0.8 gm/cm3 is poured into the other arm until the upper surfaces
of the oil and glycerin are in the same horizontal level. Find the length of the oil column, Density of mercury = 13.6 g/cm3

Oil
Glycerin

h
(a) 10.4 cm 10 cm
e

(b) 8.2 cm
(c) 7.2 cm
(d) 9.6 cm
Mercury
20. A triangular lamina of area A and height h is immersed in a liquid of density r in a vertical plane with its base on the surface of the
liquid. The thrust on the lamina is
1 1
(a) A rgh (b) A rgh
2 3
1 2
(c) A rgh (d) A rgh
6 3
21. If two liquids of same masses but densities r 1 and r 2 respectively are mixed, then density of mixture is given by
r1 + r 2 r1 + r 2
(a) r= (b) r=
2 2 r1 r 2
2 r1 r 2 r1 r 2
(c) r= (d) r=
r1 + r 2 r1 + r 2
22. If two liquids of same volume but different densities r 1 and r 2 are mixed, then density of mixture is given by
 r1 + r 2 r1 + r 2
(a) r= (b) r =
2 2 r1 r 2
2 r1 r 2 r1 r 2
(c) r= (d) r =
r1 + r 2 r1 + r 2
23. The density r of water of bulk modulus B at a depth y in the ocean is related to the density at surface r 0 by the relation

é r 0 gy ù é r gy ù
(a) r = r 0 ê1 - (b) r = r 0 ê1 + 0 ú
ë B úû ë B û

é Β ù é ù
(c) r = r 0 ê1 + ú (d) r = r 0 ê1 - B ú
ë r 0 hgy û ë r 0 gy û
24. With rise in temperature, density of a given body changes according to one of the following relations
(a) r = r 0 [1 + g d q ] (b) r = r 0 [1 - g d q ]
(c) r = r 0 gd q (d) r = r 0 / gd q
25. Three liquids of densities d , 2 d and 3 d are mixed in equal volumes. Then the density of the mixture is
(a) d (b) 2d
(c) 3d (d) 5d
26. Three liquids of densities d , 2 d and 3 d are mixed in equal proportions of weights. The relative density of the mixture is

11d 18 d
(a) (b)
7 11
13d 23d
(c) (d)
9 18
27. From the adjacent figure, the correct observation is

Water Water

(a) (b)
(a) The pressure on the bottom of tank (a) is greater than at the bottom of (b).
(b) The pressure on the bottom of the tank (a) is smaller than at the bottom of (b)
(c) The pressure depend on the shape of the container
(d) The pressure on the bottom of (a) and (b) is the same
28. A given shaped glass tube having uniform cross section is filled with water and is mounted on a rotatable shaft as shown in figure.
If the tube is rotated with a constant angular velocity w then
A B

L 2L

(a) Water levels in both sections A and B go up

(b) Water level in Section A goes up and that in B comes down
(c) Water level in Section A comes down and that in B it goes up
(d) Water levels remains same in both sections
29. Why the dam of water reservoir is thick at the bottom
(a) Quantity of water increases with depth
(b) Density of water increases with depth
(c) Pressure of water increases with depth
(d) Temperature of water increases with depth
30. Air is blown through a hole on a closed pipe containing liquid. Then the pressure will
(a) Increase on sides
(b) Increase downwards
(c) Increase in all directions
(d) Never increases
31. Radius of an air bubble at the bottom of the lake is r and it becomes 2r when the air bubbles rises to the top surface of the lake. If P
cm of water be the atmospheric pressure, then the depth of the lake is
 (a) 2p (b) 8p
(c) 4p (d) 7p

Section - B

1. An ice berg of density 900 Kg/m3 is floating in water of density 1000 Kg/m3. The percentage of volume of ice-cube outside the water
is
(a) 20% (b) 35%
(c) 10% (d) 25%
2. 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)
(a) 80 Kg (b) 50 Kg
(c) 60 Kg (d) 30 Kg
3. A hemispherical bowl just floats without sinking in a liquid of density 1.2 × 103kg/m3. If outer diameter and the density of the bowl
are 1 m and 2 × 104 kg/m3 respectively, then the inner diameter of the bowl will be
(a) 0.94 m (b) 0.97 m
(c) 0.98 m (d) 0.99 m
4. In making an alloy, a substance of specific gravity s1 and mass m1 is mixed with another substance of specific gravity s 2 and mass
m 2 ; then the specific gravity of the alloy is
æ m1 + m 2 ö æ s1 s 2 ö
(a) ç ÷ (b) ç ÷
ç s +s ÷ çm + m ÷
è 1 2 ø è 1 2 ø
æ m1 m 2 ö
çç + ÷
m1 + m 2 è s1 s 2 ÷ø
(c) (d)
æ m1 m 2 ö m1 + m 2
çç + ÷
è s1 s 2 ÷ø
5. A concrete sphere of radius R has a cavity of radius r which is packed with sawdust. The specific gravities of concrete and sawdust
are respectively 2.4 and 0.3 for this sphere to float with its entire volume submerged under water. Ratio of mass of concrete to mass
of sawdust will be
(a) 8 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) Zero
6. A metallic block of density 5 gm cm–3 and having dimensions 5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm is weighed in water. Its apparent weight will be
(a) 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 gf (b) 4 × 4 × 4 × 4 gf
(c) 5 × 4 × 4 × 4 gf (d) 4 × 5 × 5 × 5 gf
7. 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 immersed in the liquid will be
1
(a)
2
3
(b)
8
2
(c)
3
3
(d)
4
8. A silver ingot weighing 2.1 kg is held by a string so as to be completely immersed in a liquid of relative density 0.8. The relative
density of silver is 10.5. The tension in the string in kg-wt is
(a) 1.6 (b) 1.94
(c) 3.1 (d) 5.25
9. A sample of metal weighs 210 gm in air, 180 gm in water and 120 gm in liquid. Then relative density (RD) of
(a) Metal is 3 (b) Metal is 7
1
(c) Liquid is 3 (d) Liquid is
3
10. Two solids A and B float in water. It is observed that A floats with half its volume immersed and B floats with 2/3 of its volume
immersed. Compare the densities of A and B
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 2 : 3
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 1 : 3
11. The fraction of a floating object of volume V0 and density d 0 above the surface of a liquid of density d will be
d0 dd 0
(a) (b)
d d + d0
d - d0 dd 0
(c) (d)
d d - d0
12. Pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted undiminished to every portion of the fluid and the walls of the containing vessel.
This law was first formulated by
(a) Bernoulli (b) Archimedes
(c) Boyle (d) Pascal
13. A block of steel of size 5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm is weighed in water. If the relative density of steel is 7, its apparent weight is
(a) 6 × 5 × 5 × 5 gf (b) 4 × 4 × 4 × 7 gf
(c) 5 × 5 × 5 × 7 gf (d) 4 × 4 × 4 × 6 gf
14. A body is just floating on the surface of a liquid. The density of the body is same as that of the liquid. The body is slightly pushed
down. What will happen to the body
(a) It will slowly come back to its earlier position
(b) It will remain submerged, where it is left
(c) It will sink
(d) It will come out violently
15. A cork is submerged in water by a spring attached to the bottom of a bowl. When the bowl is kept in an elevator moving with
acceleration downwards, the length of spring
(a) Increases (b) Decreases
(c) Remains unchanged (d) None of these
16. A solid sphere of density h ( > 1) times lighter than water is suspended in a water tank by a string tied to its base as shown in fig. If
the mass of the sphere is m then the tension in the string is given by
æh -1 ö
(a) ç
ç h ÷÷ mg
è ø
(b) hmg
mg
(c)
h -1
(d) (h - 1) mg
17. A hollow sphere of volume V is floating on water surface with half immersed in it. What should be the minimum volume of water
poured inside the sphere so that the sphere now sinks into the water
(a) V / 2 (b) V / 3
(c) V /4 (d) V
18. A rectangular block is 5 cm × 5 cm × 10cm in size. The block is floating in water with 5 cm side vertical. If it floats with 10 cm side
vertical, what change will occur in the level of water?
(a) No change
(b) It will rise
(c) It will fall
(d) It may rise or fall depending on the density of block
19. A ball whose density is 0.4 × 103 kg/m3 falls into water from a height of 9 cm . To what depth does the ball sink
(a) 9 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 4.5 cm (d) 2.25 cm
1 1
20. Two solids A and B float in water. It is observed that A floats with of its body immersed in water and B floats with of its
2 4
volume above the water level. The ratio of the density of A to that of B is
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 2 : 3
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 1 : 2
21. 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, how will it
affect the level of water
(a) It will remain unchanged
(b) It will rise
(c) It will fall
(d) First it will first rise and then fall
22. Two pieces of metal when immersed in a liquid have equal upthrust on them; then
 (a) Both pieces must have equal weights
(b) Both pieces must have equal densities
(c) Both pieces must have equal volumes
(d) Both are floating to the same depth
23. A wooden cylinder floats vertically in water with half of its length immersed. The density of wood is
(a) Equal of that of water
(b) Half the density of water
(c) Double the density of water
(d) The question is incomplete
24. A candle of diameter d is floating on a liquid in a cylindrical container of diameter D (D>>d) as shown in figure. If it is burning at the
rate of 2cm/hour then the top of the candle will

L
(a) Remain at the same height
L
(b) Fall at the rate of 1 cm/hour
d
(c) Fall at the rate of 2 cm/hour
D
(d) Go up the rate of 1cm/hour
25. An ice block contains a glass ball when the ice melts within the water containing vessel, the level of water
(a) Rises (b) Falls
(c) Unchanged (d) First rises and then falls
26. A large ship can float but a steel needle sinks because of
(a) Viscosity (b) Surface tension
(c) Density (d) None of these
27. Construction of submarines is based on
(a) Archimedes’ principle (b) Bernoulli’s theorem
(c) Pascal’s law (d) Newton’s laws

Answer Key
Section – A

1 b 2 c 3 b 4 b 5 c
6 b 7 c 8 b 9 d 10 c
11 c 12 c 13 a 14 d 15 a
16 b 17 a 18 b 19 d 20 b
21 c 22 a 23 b 24 b 25 b
26 b 27 d 28 a 29 c 30 c
31 d

Section – B

1 c 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 b

6 d 7 a 8 b 9 bc 10 c

11 c 12 d 13 a 14 b 15 b

16 d 17 a 18 a 19 b 20 b

21 c 22 c 23 b 24 b 25 b

26 d 27 a