Multiple choice

For a completely submerged body with centre of gravity ‘G’ and centre of buoyancy ‘B’, the condition of stability will be

  1. G is located below B

  2. G is located above B

  3. G and B are coincident

  4. independent of the locations of G and B
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B Correct answer
Explanation

y immersed body be in equilibrium the centre of gravity ‘G’ should be lower than the centre of buoyancy ‘B’.

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