MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

1. The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has a cross section of one end of which has 40
fine holes each of diameter 1 mm. If the liquid flow inside the tube is 1.5 m/min. What is
speed of ejection of the liquid through the holes
1) 0.32 m/s 2) 0.5 m/sec 3) 0.64 m/s 4) 0.4 m/s
2. In a cylinder piston arrangement, air is under a pressure P1. A soap bubble of radius r lies
inside the cylinder. Soap bubble has surface tension T. The radius of bubble is to be reduced
to half. Find the pressure P2 to which air should be compressed isothermally

1) 2) 3) 4)
3. A cubical wooden block of side 10 cm floats at the interface between oil and water with its
lower face 2 cm below the interface. If the density of oil is 0.6 gcm-3, the mass of the block is

1)200 g 2)340 g 3)480 g 4)680 g

4. If two soap bubbles of different radii are in communication with each other, then
1) air flows from the larger bubble into the smaller one until their sizes become equal
2) the sizes of the bubbles remain unchanged
3) air flows from the smaller bubbles into the larger one and the larger bubble grows at the
expense of the smaller one
4) air flows from the larger into the smaller bubble until their radii interchange

5. A cylinder containing water stand on a table of height H. A small hole is punched in the side
of cylinder at its base. The stream of water strikes the ground at a horizontal distance R from
the table. Then, the depth of water in the cylinder is.
1) H 2) R 3) 4)
6. A metal bar of mass 1 kg is heated at atmospheric pressure from
. The coefficient of linear expansion, the specific heat and the density of metal
are , and respectively. Choose the correct
statement
1) The fraction of heat energy that is used to do work against the atmospheric pressure is

2) The fraction of heat energy that is used to do work against the atmospheric pressure is

3) The quantity of heat supplied to the metal is 18 kJ

4) The increase in internal energy of the metal is 16kJ
7. A gas bubble of diameter D rises steadily through a solution of density  at the rate of v.
The coefficient of viscosity of the solution is
D2 g  D2 g  2D2 g  D2 g 
1) 9v 2) 18v 3) 9v 4) v
8. A cubical block of iron 5cm on each side is floating on mercury in a vessel. Water is poured in
the vessel until it just covers the iron block. What is the height of water column. Density of
mercury = 13.6 , Density of iron 7.2 .
1) 2.35 cm 2) 2.54 cm 3) 2.65 cm 4) 2.46 cm
9. A cube of wood supporting a 200 g mass just floats in water. When the mass is removed, the
cube rises by 2cm.What is the size of the cube?
1) 2m 2) 0.5m 3) 1m 4) 10 cm

10.Two solid uniform spheres each of radius 5cm are connected by a light string and totally
immersed in a tank of water. If the specific gravities of the sphere are 0.5 and 2, find the
tension in the string

1) 2.565 N 2) 0.5 N 3) 3.65 N 4) 5.65 N

11.A cylinder of area 300 and length 10 cm made of material of specific gravity 0.8 is
floated in water with its axis vertical. It is then pushed downward, so as to be just immersed.
Calculate the work done by the agent who pushes the cylinder into the water.
1) 0.6 J 2) 0.12 J 3) 0.06 J 4) 0.24 J
12.A piece of an alloy of mass 96 gm is composed of two metals whose specific gravities are 11.4
and 7.4. If the weight of the alloy is 86 gm in water, find the mass of each metal in the alloy.

1) 62.7 gram, 33.3gram 2) 64 gram, 32 gram

3) 60 gram, 36 gram 4) 48 gram, 48 gram
13.A cylindrical wooden body of height 3 m and mass 80 kg floats vertically in water. If its
specific gravity is 0.80, the amount by which it gets depressed when a body of mass 10 kg is
placed on its upper surface is
1) 0.10 m 2) 0.20 m 3) 0.30 m 4) 0.40 m
14.A hollow sphere of inner radius 9 cm and outer radius 10 cm floats half-submerged in a liquid
of specific gravity 0.8. Calculate the density of the material of which the sphere is made.

1) 1476 gr/c 2) 14.76 gr/c 3) 4 gr/c.c 4) 1.476 gr/c.c

15.A piece of gold weighing 36 g in air, weighs only 34g in water. If in this piece some copper is
mixed with gold, find the amount of copper in it. Specific gravity of gold is 19.3 and that of
copper is 8.9
1) 2grams 2) 4.2 g 3) 3.2 grams 4) 2.2 g
16.A uniform rod AB, 4 m long and weighing 12 kg, is supported at end A, with a 6-kg lead
weight at B. The rod floats as shown in the figure with one half to its length submerged. The
buoyant force on the lead mass is negligible as it is of negligible volume. Find the tension in
the cord (g = acceleration due to gravity)

1) g 2) 3g 3) 2g 4) 4g
17.The area of cross-section of the two arms of a hydraulic press are 1 and 10
respectively. A force of 5 N is applied on the water in the thinner arm. What force should be
applied on the water in the thicker arm so that the water may remain in equilibrium?

1) 5 N 2) 10 N 3) 25N 4) 50 N
18.Two identical cylindrical vessels with their bases at the same level, each contain a liquid of
density . The height of the liquid in one vessel is and that in the other vessel is . The
area of either base is A. What is the work done by gravity in equalizing the levels when the
two vessels are connected?

1) 2) 3) 4)
19.A closed tube in the form of an equilateral triangle of side contains equal volumes of three
liquids which do not mix and is placed vertically with its lowest side horizontal. Find the

value of ( )in the figure, if the densities of liquids are in arithmetic progression.

1) 2) 3) 4)
20.A rough surfaced metal cube of size 4cm and mass 100 gm is placed in an empty vessel. Now
water is filled in the vessel so that the cube is just immersed in the water find the average
pressure on the bottom surface of vessel which is in contact with the cube.
1) 2b) 1.02 pa 3) 100 pa 4) 200 pa
21.A closed tank filled with a fluid of density is mounted on a cart. The cart moves with an
acceleration a on a plane road. The value of pressure at a point at depth h and a distance l
from the front wall is
1) 2) 3) 4)
22.A body floats in a liquid contained in a vessel. The vessel falls vertically with acceleration
. If be the initial and be the final volume of the body immersed in the liquid then
1) ) ) 4) Data Insufficient
2 3
23.The spring balance A reads 2 kg with a block suspended from it. A balance B reads 5 kg when
a beaker with liquid is put on the pan of the balance. The two balances are now so arranged
that the hanging mass is inside the liquid in the beaker as shown in fig. In this situation:

1) The balance A will read more than 2 kg

2) The balance B will read less than 5 kg
3) The balance A will read less than 2 kg and B will read more than 5 kg
4) The balances A and B will read 2 kg and 5 kg respectively
24.A vessel contains oil over mercury. A homogeneous sphere floats with half volume immersed
in mercury and the other half in oil. If density of oil. If density of oil is 0.8 and that
of mercury is 13.6 what is the density of material of sphere.
1) 7.2 gr/c.c 2) 14.4 gr/c 3) 6.4 gr/c.c 4) 14 gr/c.c
25.An iron casting containing a number of cavities weights 6000 N in air and 4000 N in water.
What is the volume of the cavities in the casting? Density of iron is
1) 2) 3) 4)
26.Two solids A and B float in a liquid. 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.
1) 4 : 3 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 4 4) 1 : 3
27.An ice cube containing a lead piece in it is floating in a glass of water. As ice melts the water
level will:
1) Fall 2) Rise 3) Remain stationary 4) none of these
28.A vessel contains liquid of density as shown in fig. The gauge pressure at the point P is:
 1) 2) 3) 4)
29.A sphere of solid material of relative density 9 has a concentric air filled spherical cavity and
just sinks in water. If the radius of the sphere is R, then the radius of the cavity r will be
related to R as:

1) 2) 3) 4)
30.A solid spherical ball of radius r and relative density 0.5 is floating in equilibrium in a large
tank of water. The work done in slowly pushing the ball down so that whole of it is just
immersed in water is: (where is the density of water)

1) 2) 3) 4)
31.The tension in a string holding a solid block below the surface of a liquid (where
as in shown in the figure is T when the system is at rest.

Then what will be the tension in the string if the system has upward acceleration a?

1) 2) 3) 4)
32.A 20 cm long capillary tube is dipped in water. The water raises upto 8 cm. If the entire
arrangement is put in a freely falling elevator, the length of water column is capillary tube
will be
1) 8 cm 2) zero 3) 4 cm 4) 20 cm
33.A small stream–lined body falls through air from a height h on the surface of a non-viscous
liquid. Let d and D denote the densities of the materials of the body and the liquid
respectively. If D>d, then the time after which the body will be instantaneously at rest, is:

1) 2) 3) 4)
34.A body weighs in a fluid of density and in a fluid of density . What would be
the weight in a fluid of density ?

1) 2)
 3) 4)
35.A completely submerged solid sphere of volume V and density floats at the interface of two
immiscible liquids of densities and respectively. If , then the ratio of volume
of the parts of the sphere in upper and lower liquid is,

1) 2) 3) 4)
36.A hemispherical portion of radius R is removed from the bottom of a cylinder of radius R.
The volume of the remaining cylinder is V and its mass is M. it is suspended by a string
in a liquid of density where it stays vertical. The upper surface of the cylinder is at a
depth h below the liquid surface. The force on the bottom of the cylinder by the liquid
is:

1) Mg 2) Mg – 3) 4)
37.A cylindrical vessel of area of cross-section contains a liquid to a height H. There is a small
hole at the bottom of vessel having area of cross-section a. The time taken to decrease the
level of liquid from H1 to H2 will be

1) 2)

3) 4)
38.Two small drops of mercury, each of radius R, coalesce to form a single large drop. The ratio
of the total surface energies before and after the change is

1) 1 : 21/3 2) 21/3:1 3) 2 : 1 4) 1 : 2
39.A liquid is kept in a vertical cylindrical vessel which is being rotated about a vertical axis
through the centre of its circular base. If the radius of the vessel is r and angular velocity of
rotation is , then the difference in the heights of its liquid at the centre of the vessel and the
edge is:

1) 2) 3) 4)
40.A cylindrical vessel contains a liquid of density upto a height h. The liquid is closed by a
piston of mass m and area of cross–section A. There is a small hole at the bottom of the
vessel. The speed v with which the liquid comes out of the hole is:
 1) 2) 3) 4)
41.A liquid is filled in a tall vessel which is initially at rest. It has a hole in the wall which is
closed by a valve. It is filled upto a height H. The distance of hole from the liquid surface is
h. With what horizontal acceleration should the vessel be moved so that the liquid does not
come out when the hole is opened? [given, L=length of base]

1) 2) 3) 4) h
42.A large tank filled with water to a height of h is emptied through a small hole at the bottom.
The ratio of times taken for the level of water to fall down from h to h/2 and from h/2 to zero
is

1) 2) 3) 4)
43.A gas flows with a velocity v along a pipe of cross–sectional area S and bent with an
angle of 90° at a point A. What force does the gas exert on the pipe at A if
its density is ?

1) 2) 3) 4)
44.A square hole of side length l is made at a depth of y and a circular hole is made at a
depth of 4y from the water surface of a water tank, kept on a horizontal
surface. If equal amount of water comes out of the vessel through the holes per second
then the radius of circular hole is equal to (r,l<<y)

1) 2) 3) 4)
45. Air is streaming past a horizontal airplane wings such that its speed is at the upper
surface and at the lower surface. If the wing is 10m long and 2m wide and density of
air is , the net lift on wings will be (in N)
1) 2) 3) 4)
46.A vertical glass capillary tube, open at both ends, contains some water. Which of the following
shapes may be taken by the water in the tube ?

1) 2) 3) 4)
47.A cubical block is floating in a liquid with half of its volume immersed in the liquid.
When the whole system accelerates upward with a net acceleration of g/2,
the fraction of volume immersed in the liquid will become
1) 1/2 2) 1/4 3) 2/3 4) 3/4
48.A beaker containing a liquid is kept inside a big closed jar. If the air inside the jar is
continuously pumped out, the pressure just below the liquid surface will
1) first decreases and then becomes zero 2) doesn’t change
3) first decreases and then remains non-zero constant 4) increases continuously
49.An open glass tube is immersed in mercury in such a way that a length of 8 cm extends above
the mercury level. The open end of the tube is now closed and sealed. The tube is lifted
vertically up by additional height of 46 cm. What will be the length of the air column above
mercury in the tube now? (Atmospheric pressure = 76 cm of Hg)
1) 38 cm 2) 6 cm 3) 16 cm 4) 22 cm
50.Liquid reaches equilibrium as shown, in a capillary tube of internal radius r. If the surface
tension of the liquid is T, the angle of contact and density of liquid , then the
pressure difference between P and Q is: [P is a point just below the surface]

1) 2) 3) 4)
51.A drop of water of volume V is pressed between the two glass plates so as to spread to an
area A. If T is the surface tension, the normal force required to separate the glass plates is:

1) 2) 3) 4)
52.A large number of liquid drops each of radius r coalesce to form a single drop of radius R.
Assume that the energy released in the process is converted into the kinetic energy of the big
drop so formed. The speed of the big drop is: [given surface tension of liquid is T, density of
liquid is ]

1) 2) 3) 4)
53.The radii of the two columns in U–tube are and . When a liquid of density (angle of
contact is 0°) is filled in it the level difference of liquid in two arms is h. The surface tension
of liquid is: (g=acceleration due to gravity)

1) 2) 3) 4)
54.If h is the height of capillary rise and r be the radius of capillary tube, then which of the
following relation will be correct for a given liquid?

1) hr = constant 2) constant 3) = constant 4) constant

55.A completely filled sealed tank has a liquid of density and moves with an acceleration ‘a’, as
shown in the figure. The difference in pressure between the points A and B is:

1) 2) 3) 4)
56.The velocity of the liquid coming out of small hole of a vessel containing two different liquids
of densities and as shown in the figure is

1) 2) 3) 4)
57.A tank which is open at the top contains a liquid upto height H. A small hole is made in the
side of the tank at a distance y below the liquid surface such that the liquid flows out
horizontally. The liquid emerging from the hole lands at a distance x from the tank:
1) if y is increased from zero to H, x will first increase and then remains constant

2) x is maximum for
3) the maximum value of x is H/3
4) the maximum value of x will depend on the density of the liquid
58.The tube shown is of uniform cross-section. Liquid flows through it at a constant speed in the
direction shown by the arrows. The liquid exerts ____ on the tube

1) a net force to the right 2) a net force to the left

3) a clockwise torque 4) an anticlockwise torque
59.A layer of glycerine of thickness 1mm is present between a very large surface area and a small
2
surface area of 0.1m . With what force the small surface is to be pulled, so that it can move
1 1
with a velocity of 1m / s ? (Given that coefficient of viscosity  0.07kg  m s )
 1) 70N 2) 7N 3) 700N 4) 0.70N
60.When water flows at a rate Q through a tube of radius r placed horizontally, a pressure
difference p develops across the ends of the tube. If the radius of the tube is doubled and the
rate of flow halved, the pressure difference will be:
1) 8 p 2) p 3) p / 8 4) p / 32
61.A spherical solid ball of volume V is made of a material of density 1 . It is falling though a
 2   2  1 
liquid of density . Assume that the liquid applies a viscous force on the ball that is
Fviscous  k 2  k  0 
proportional to the square of its speed  , i.e., . The terminal speed of the
ball is:
Vg  1   2  Vg 1 Vg 1 Vg  1   2 
1) k 2) k 3) k 4) k
62.A volume V of a viscous liquid flows per unit time due to a pressure head P along a pipe of
diameter d and length l. Instead of this pipe, a set of four pipes each of diameter d / 2 and
length 2l is connected to the same pressure head P . Now the volume of liquid flowing per
unit time is:
1) V /16 2) V / 8 3) V / 4 4) V
63.If the terminal speed of a sphere of gold (density  19.5kg / m ) is 0.2m / s in a viscous liquid
3

(density 1.5kg / m ), find the terminal speed of a sphere of silver (density  10.5kg / m ) of the
3 3

same size in the same liquid:

1) 0.2 m / s 2) 0.4 m / s 3) 0.133 m / s 4) 0.1 m / s
64.Two metal spheres are falling through a liquid of density 2 10 kg / m with the same terminal
3 3

speed. The material density of sphere 1 and sphere 2 are 8 10 kg / m and 1110 kg / m
3 3 3 3

respectively. The ratio of their radii is:

11 11 3 3
1) 8 2) 8 3) 2 4) 2
65.The rate of steady volume flow of water through a capillary tube of length l and radius r under
a pressure difference of P is V. This tube is connected with another tube of same length but
half the radius in series. Then, the rate of steady volume flow through them is: (pressure
difference across the combination is P)
1) V /16 2) V /17 3) 16V / 17 4) 17V / 16
66.Two equal drops are falling through air with a steady velocity of 5cm / sec . If the drops
coalesce, the new terminal velocity will be:
5
1cm / sec
3) 5   4  cm / sec 4) 2
3
1) 5  2cm / sec 2) 5  2 cm / sec
67.Two capillary tubes of same radius r but of lengths l1 and l2 are fitted in parallel to the bottom
of a vessel. The pressure head is P . What should be the length of a single tube of same
radius that can replace the two tubes so that the rate of flow is same as before?
1 1 l1l2 1

1) l1  l2 2) l1 l2 3) l1  l2 4) l1  l2
68.An air bubble of 1cm radius is rising at a steady rate of 2.00 mm/sec through a liquid of
density 1.5gm per cm . Neglect density of air. If g is 1000cm / sec , then the coefficient of
3 2

viscosity of the liquid is:

1) 0.166 10 poise 2) 166 10 poise 3) 1.66 10 poise 4) 16.6 10 poise
3 3 3 3

69.Three capillaries of length L, L / 2 and L / 3 are connected in series. Their radii are r , r / 2 and
r / 3 respectively. Then, if stream-line flow is to be maintained and the pressure across the
first capillary is P, then:
1) the pressure difference across the ends of second capillary is 8P
2) the pressure difference across the third capillary is 43P
3) the pressure difference across the ends of second capillary is 16P
4) the pressure difference across the third capillary is 59P
-3
70. If the terminal speed of a sphere made of gold (density = 19.5 kgm ) is 0.2m/s in a viscous
-3
liquid (density= 1.5 kgm ),find the terminal speed of a sphere made of silver(density=
10.5 kgm - 3 ) of the same size in the same liquid.
1 1 1 1
1)0.4 ms 2)0.133 ms 3)0.1 ms 4)0.2 ms
71.The speed of flow of water through a long cylindrical pipe of diameter 2cm so that flow
3 3
become turbulent is….(Assume density of water as 10 kg / m ,
viscosity   1  10 Pa.s , Reynold’s number=3000)
3

1 1 1 1
1)1.5 ms 2)0.15 ms 3)2 ms 4)1 ms
2
72.The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has a cross section of 8cm one end of which has 40
fine holes each of diameter 1 mm. If the liquid flow inside the tube is 1.5 m/min. What is
speed of ejection of the liquid through the holes
1) 0.32 m/s 2) 0.5 m/sec 3) 0.64 m/s 4) 0.4 m/s
73. The flow rate of water from a tap of diameter 1.25cm is 0.48 l/min. The coefficient of
3
viscosity of water is 10 Pa  s . The flow is
(1) steady (2) non-viscous (3) irrotational (4) turbulent
74. In a capillary tube experiment capillary rise of water is h  119mm and angle of contact is
  0o . If radius of the tube is r=3mm, calculate the surface tension of inner water using the
 g  10m / s 2 
given data. 
(1) 1.8 N/m (2) 1.7 N / m (3) 2.7 N / m (4) 2.8 N / m

KEY
01-10 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 2 4 3
11-20 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 1
21-30 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 1
31-40 2 4 4 3 2 4 1 2 2 2
41-50 3 3 2 4 4 4 1 3 3 1
51-60 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 4
61-70 1 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 1 3
71-80 2 3 1 1