SAT – 1

Single Correct (+4/-1)

1. How much work will be done in increasing the diameter of a soap bubble from 2 cm to
5cm? Surface tension of soap solution is 3 ´10-2 N/m.
A) 8.96 ´10-4 J B) 3.96 ´10-4J C) 0.96 ´10-4J D) 10 -4J
2. A ring is cut from a platinum tube with 8.5 cm internal and 8.7 cm external diameters. It is
supported horizontally from the pan of a balance so that if comes in contact with water in a
glass vessel. If an extra 3.97 gm wt is required to pull it out of water, then surface tension of
water will be (in dyne/cm)
F

a) 76.81 b) 75.22 c) 74.75 d) 72.13

3. A thread is tied slightly loose to a wire frame as shown in the figure. And the
frame is dipped into a soap solution and taken out. The frame is completely
covered with the film. When the portion A is punctured with a pin, the thread :

(A) becomes convex towards A

(B) becomes concave towards A
(C) remains in the initial position
(D) either (A) or (B) depending on size of A w.r.t. B
4. There is a horizontal film of soap solution. On it a thread is placed in the form
of a loop. The film is pierced inside the loop and the thread becomes a circular
loop of radius R. If the surface tension of the loop be T, then the tension in the
thread will be :
(A) p R 2 /T (B) p R 2 T (C) 2 p R T (D) 2 RT
5. The radii of the two columns is U-tube are r 1 and r 2 . When a liquid of density
(angle of contact is 0 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) :
rghr1r2 rgh(r2 - r1 ) 2(r2 - r1 ) rgh
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2(r2 - r1 ) 2r1r2 rghr1r2 2(r2 - r1 )
6. A thin metal ring of internal radius 8 cm and external radius 9 cm is supported
horizontally from the pan of a balance so that it comes in contact with water in a
glass vessel. It is found that an extra weight of 7.48 g is required to pull the ring
out of water. The surface tension of water is
(A) 80 × 10 –3 N/m (B) 75 × 10 –3 N/m
 (C) 65 × 10 –3 N/m (D) 70 × 10 –3 N/m
7. A spherical liquid drop of radius R is divided into 8 equal droplets. If the
surface tension is T, then work done in the process will be :
(A) 2pR 2 T (B) 3pR 2 T (C) 4pR 2 T (D) 2pRT 2
8. An air bubble of radius r in water is at a depth h below the water surface at
some instant. If P is atmospheric pressure, d and T are density and surface
tension of water respectively, the pressure inside the bubble will be :
4T 2T
(A) P + h dg – (B) P + h dg +
r r
2T 4T
(C) P + h dg – (D) P + h dg +
r r
9. A soap - bubble with a radius ‘r’ is placed on another bubble with a radius R
(figure). Angles between the films at the points of contact will be –

(A) 120 0 (B) 30 0 (C) 45 0 (D) 90 0

10. 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) 8 H

Multiple Correct (+1 for each correct option, +6 for all correct, -1 for incorrect)

11. Two bubbles of same liquid have radii 3r and 4r

a) When they are placed in contact externally so that they form a tiny common contacting
surface, then radius of curvature of common surface will be 12r
b) When they coalesce to form bigger bubble isothermally in vacuum, the radius of new
bubble is (91)1/3r
c) When they coalesce to form bigger bubble isothermally in vacuum, the radius of new
bubble is 5r
d) When they are interconnected by means of a thin tube, air flows from bigger bubble to
smaller bubble
12. A circular wire, 10 cm in diameter, with a slider wire on it, is in a horizontal plane. A liquid
film is formed, bounded by the wires, on the left side of the slider, as shown in figure. The
surface tension of the liquid is 0.1Nm -1. An applied force of 16 mN, perpendicular to the
slider, maintains the film in equilibrium. Ignore the sag in the film. What can be the
distance between point P and the slider?
 a) 8 cm b) 2 cm c) 5 cm d) Slider cannot be in
equilibrium
13. When an air bubble rises from the bottom of a deep lake to a point just below the water
surface, the pressure of air inside the bubble
(A) is greater than the pressure outside it (B) is less than the pressure outside it
(C) increases as the bubble moves up (D) decreases as the bubble moves up
14. Free surface of a liquid
A) contains liquid molecules
B) contains vapor molecules of the same substance
C) has a thickness in the order of diameter of sphere of influence
D) obeys ideal gas equations
15. An amount of water is poured on top circular face of a horizontal glass cylinder. Excess
amount of water spills over the edges and a little amount of water remains there in a thin
uniform layer, a portion of which is shown in the figure. If contact angle is q and surface
tension of water is s , the vertical thickness of the water layer far away the edge is t. the
point in the plane of the diagram on the liquid where the liquid protrudes the most is D.
The vertical depth of this point from the horizontal free surface of the water layer is d. r is
density of water and g is acceleration due to gravity. Mark the CORRECT relation(s)

2s (1 + sin q ) 2s (1 - cos q )
A) t = B) t =
rg rg
2s 2s (1 - cos q )
C) d = D) d =
rg rg

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An isolated drop of water has volume V and surface tension of water is T and angle of
contact is zero. (Neglect gravity)
16. The water drop is spread between two circular glass plates each of radius R. Water
completely wets the surfaces in contact. The ratio of separation between the plates and
radius of the plates is 1 : 50. Then the minimum force required to pull plates apart when
applied perpendicular to their area is
a) 98πTR b) 99πTR c) 100πTR d) 49πTR
17. If the drop is split into 8 identical drops, increase in its surface energy is
a) (6 πV) 2/3T b) (3 πV) 2/3T c) 2(3 πV) 2/3T d) (12 πV) 2/3T

Matrix Match (+1 for each option correct, +7 if all correct)

18. A thin walled cylindrical tube of glass, filled with air, has its ends spanned by soap films.
The soap films are spherical and have equal radii of curvature. By some arrangement, the
soap films at both the end are given shapes shown in the first column of the given table. In
 the second column are specified possible natures of equilibrium, these shapes can have.
Suggest suitable matches.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B D B d A D C B A C

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

AC AB BD ABC BC C A A-P, B-P, C-P, D-Q