A person swimming in a fresh water pool swims, obeying

(1) Newton's second law

(2) gravitational law

(3) Newton's third law

(4) Newton's first law 

 71%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

A container has a small hole at its bottom. Area of cross-section of the hole is A1 and that of the container is A2. Liquid is poured in the containor at a constant rate Q m3/s
The maximum level of liquid in the container will be

(1) Q22g A1A2

(2) Q22g A12

(3) Q2g A1A2

(4) Q22g A22

Please attempt this question first.
Hints

A rectangular vessel when full of water takes 10 minutes to be emptied through an orifice in its bottom. How much time will it take to be emptied when half filled with water

1. 9 minute

2. 7 minute

3. 5 minute

4. 3 minute

 51%
PMT - 1997
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

Two rain drops of same radii 'r', falling with terminal velocity 'v' merge and form a bigger drop of radius R. The terminal velocity of the bigger drop is

1. vRr

2. vR2r2

3. v

4. 2v

 62%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

Water flows along a horizonatl pipe whose cross-section is not constant. The pressure is 1 cm of Hg where the velocity is 35 cms-1. At a point where the velocity is 65 cms-1, the pressure will be

1. 0.89 cm of Hg

2. 8.9 cm of Hg

3. 0.5 cm of Hg

4. 1 cm of Hg

 

PMT - 2009
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

If two soaps bubbles of equal radii r coalesce  then the radius of curvature of interface between two bubble will be

1. r

2. 0

3. infinity

4. r2

Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

A cylinrical vessel is filled with a liquid up to a height H. A small hole is made in the vessel at a distance y below the liquid surface as shown in figure. The  liquid emerging from the hole strike the ground at distance x

1. x is equal if hole is at depth y or H-y

2. x is maximum for y=H2

3. Both (1.) and (2) are correct

4. Both (1.) and (2.) are wrong

Please attempt this question first.
Hints

Water from a tap emerges vertically down with an initial speed of 10ms-1. The cross-sectional area of tap is 10-4m2. Assume that the pressure is constant throughout the stream of water, and that the flow is steady. The cross sectional area of the stream 0.15 m below the tap is

1. 5.0×10-4m2

2. 10×10-5 m2

3. 5.0×10-5 m2

4. 2.0×10-5 m2

Please attempt this question first.
Hints

A solid uniform ball of volume V floats on the interface of two immiscible liquids (Fig.) The specific gravity of the upper liquid is ρ1 and that of lower one is ρ2 whilst the specific gravity of ball is ρ (ρ1<ρ<ρ2). The fraction of the volume of the ball in the upper liquid is

   

1. ρ2ρ1

2. ρ2-ρρ2-ρ1

3. ρ-ρ1ρ2-ρ1

4. ρ1ρ2

 51%
Please attempt this question first.
Hints

advertisementadvertisement

 A metal sphere connected by a string is dipped in a liquid of density ρ as shown in figure. The pressure at the bottom of the vessel will be, (p0atmospheric pressure)

 

1. p=p0+ρgh

2. p>p0+ρgh

3. p<p0+ρgh

4. p0

Please attempt this question first.
Hints