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Q.1 A solid block of volume V=10-3m3 and density d=800kg/m3 is tied to one end of a string, the other end
of which is tied to the bottom of the vessel. The vessel contains 2 immiscible liquids of densities
1=1000kg/m3 and 2=1500kg/m3. The solid block is immersed with 2/5th of its volume in the liquid of
higher density & 3/5th in the liquid of lower density. The vessel is placed in an elevator which is moving
up with an acceleration of a=g/2. Find the tension in the string. [g=10m/s2]
Q.2 An open rectangular tank 5m × 4m × 3m high containing water upto a
height of 2m is accelerated horizontally along the longer side.
(a) Determine the maximum acceleration that can be given without spilling the water.
(b) Calculate the percentage of water split over, if this acceleration is increased by 20%.
(c) If initially, the tank is closed at the top and is accelerated horizontally by 9m/s2, find the gauge pressure
at the bottom of the front and rear walls of the tank.
Q.3 A level controller is shown in the figure. It consists of a thin circular plug of diameter
10cm and a cylindrical float of diameter 20cm tied together with a light rigid rod
of length 10cm. The plug fits in snugly in a drain hole at the bottom of the tank
which opens into atmosphere. As water fills up and the level reaches height h, the
plug opens. Find h. Determine the level of water in the tank when the plug closes
again. The float has a mass 3kg and the plug may be assumed as massless.

Q.4 A closed tube in the form of an equilateral triangle of side l

contains equal volumes of three liquids which do not mix and is
placed vertically with its lowest side horizontal . Find x in the figure
if the densities of the liquids are in A.P.

Q.5 A ship sailing from sea into a river sinks X mm and on discharging the cargo rises Y mm. On proceeding
again into sea the ship rises by Z mm. Assuming ship sides to be vertical at water line, find the specific
gravity of sea water.
Q.6 A conical vessel without a bottom stands on a table. A liquid is poured with the
vessel & as soon as the level reaches h, the pressure of the liquid raises the
vessel . The radius of the base of the vessel is R and half angle of the cone is 
and the weight of the vessel is W. What is the density of the liquid ?

Q.7 As the arrangement shown in the fig is released the rod of mass M moves
down into the water. Friction is negligible and the string is inextensible.
(a) Find the acceleration of the system w.r.t. the distance moved by each mass.
(b) Find the time required to completely immerse the rod into water
  water
if m  .
M 
 = density of rod ; water = density of water

Q.8 The interface of two liquids of densities  and 2 respectively lies at the point A
in a U tube at rest. The height of liquid column above A is 8a/3 where AB=a.
The cross sectional area of the tube is S. With what angular velocity the tube
must be whirled about a vertical axis at a distance 'a' such that the interface of
the liquids shifts towards B by 2a/3.

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Q.9 A closed cylindrical tank 2m high & 1 m in diameter contains 1.5 m of water. When the angular
velocity is constant at 20.0 rad/s , how much of the bottom of the tank is uncovered? (The
cylinder is rotated about vertical axis of symmetry passing through its length.)

Q.10 A cylinder of height H is filled with water to a height ho (ho < H), & is
placed on a horizontal floor. Two small holes are punched at time t = 0 on
the vertical line along the length of the cylinder, one at a height h1 from the
bottom & the other a depth h2 below the level of water in the cylinder. Find
the relation between h1 & h2 such that the instantaneous water jets emerging
from the cylinder from the two holes will hit the ground at the same point.

Q.11 A cylindrical tank with a height of h = 1m is filled with water up to its rim. What time is required to empty
the tank through an orifice in its bottom? The cross sectional area of the orifice is (1/400)th of the tank.
Find the time required for the same amount of water to flow out of the tank if the water level in the tank
is maintained constant at a height of h = 1m from the orifice.

Q.12 For the arrangement shown in the figure. Find the time interval
after which the water jet ceases to cross the wall.
Area of the tank = 0.5 m2.
Area of the orifice = 1 cm2.

Q.13 A cylindrical tank having cross-sectional area A = 0.5 m2 is filled with two
liquids of densities 1 = 900 kgm–3 & 2 = 600 kgm–3, to a height h = 60cm as
shown in the figure. A small hole having area a = 5 cm2 is made in right vertical
wall at a height y=20cm from the bottom. Calculate
(i) velocity of efflux.
(ii) horizontal force F to keep the cylinder in static equilibrium, if it is placed on a smooth horizontal plane.
(iii) minimum and maximum value of F to keep the cylinder at rest. The coefficient of friction between
cylinder and the plane is  = 0.01.
(iv) velocity of the top most layer of the liquid column and also the velocity of the boundary separating the
two liquids.

Q.14 A cylindrical wooden float whose base area S = 4000 cm² & the altitude H = 50 cm drifts on the
water surface. Specific weight of wood d = 0.8 gf/cm3 .
(a) What work must be performed to take the float out of the water ?
(b) Compute the work to be performed to submerge completely the float into the water.

Q.15 A 10cm side cube weighing 5N is immersed in a liquid of relative density 0.8 contained in a rectangular
tank of cross sectional area 15cm x 15cm. If the tank contained liquid to a height of 8cm before the
immersion, determine the levels of the bottom of the cube and the liquid surface.

Q.16 A jug contains 15 glasses of orange juice. When you open the tap at the bottom it takes 12 sec to fill a
glass with juice. If you leave the tap open. how long will it take to fill the remaining 14 glasses and thus
empty the jug?

Q.17 An interstellar explorer discovers a remarkable planet made entirely of a uniform incompressible fluid on
density . The radius of the planet is R and the acceleration of gravity at its surface is g. What is the
pressure at the center of the planet.

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Q.18 A cylindrical rod of length l = 2m & density floats vertically in a liquid
2
of density  as shown in Fig (a).
(a) Show that it performs SHM when pulled slightly up & released &
find its time period. Neglect change in liquid level.
(b) Find the time taken by the rod to completely immerse when released from position shown in (b). Assume
that it remains vertical throughout its motion. (take g = 2 m/s2)

Q.19 A uniform rod of length b capable of tuning about its end which is out of water,
rests inclined to the vertical. If its specific gravity is 5/9, find the length immersed
in water.

Q.20 A cube with a mass ‘m’ completely wettable by water floats on the
surface of water. Each side of the cube is ‘a’. What is the distance h
between the lower face of cube and the surface of the water if surface
tension is S. Take density of water as w. Take angle of contact m zero.

ANSWER-CLIP

Q.1 6N Q.2 4m/s2, 10%, 0, 45kPa

2(3  ) 3  Y
Q.3 h1 = =0.26 ; h2 = = 0.195 Q.4 x = 1/3 Q.5
15 10 y x  z

W
Q.6 = h 2 g tanR  1 h tan 
3

Mm (M  m) gx  L  Mm  18g

Q.7 (a)  M  m  g  (M  m) L (b) t = 2 g  Mm  Q.8
    19a

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Q.9 m2 Q.10 h1 = h2 Q.11 80 5 sec, 40 5 sec
80

Q.12 431 sec Q.13 (i) 4m/s, (ii) F = 7.2N, (iii) Fmin = 0, Fmax = 52.2 N, (iv) both 4 × 10–3 m/s

d 2 H 2S 1
Q.14 (a) = 32 Kgf  m , (b) SH2(1  d)2 = 2 Kgf m
2g 2

163 388 12 14 gR

Q.15 cm, cm Q.16 t= Q.17
36 36 15  14 2

mg  4sa
Q.18 2 sec., 1 sec Q.19 b/3 Q.20 h =  a 2g
w

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