Viscosity - class-XI

Comprehensive physics quiz covering viscosity, fluid mechanics, viscous drag, terminal velocity, capillary action, and related fluid dynamics concepts for class XI students

36 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Viscosity is most closely related to:

  1. density
  2. velocity
  3. friction
  4. energy
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Viscosity of the fluids is analogous to:

  1. Random motion of the gas molecules
  2. Friction between the solid surfaces
  3. integral motion
  4. Nonuniform motion of solids
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main cause of viscosity is:

  1. force of repulsion between molecules.
  2. cohesive forces.
  3. adhesive forces.
  4. both cohesive and adhesive forces.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arrow with a pointed tip can move faster in air than that of with a blunt tip.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Viscosity is the property by virtue of which a liquid:

  1. occupies minimum surface area.
  2. offers resistance for the relative motion between its layers.
  3. becomes spherical in shape.
  4. tends to gain its deformed position.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The cause of viscosity of liquid is:

  1. diffusion.
  2. adhesive force.
  3. gravitational force.
  4. cohesive force.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Viscosity is exhibited by:

  1. Solids, liquids, and gases.
  2. liquids and gases
  3. Solids and gases
  4. Solids and liquids
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Aeroplanes are streamlined to reduce ....................... friction.

  1. Contact
  2. Fluid
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. None
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The dimensions of velocity gradient are:

  1. [$T^{-1}$]
  2. [$T$]
  3. [$T^2$]
  4. [$T^{\circ}$]
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The viscous drag is:

  1. inversely proportional to the velocity gradient.
  2. directly proportional to the surface area of layers in contact.
  3. independent of nature of liquid.
  4. perpendicular to the direction of liquid flow.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For an ideal fluid, viscosity is:

  1. zero
  2. infinity
  3. finite but small
  4. unity
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The total area of wings of an aeroplane is $10, m^2$. the speed of air above and below the wings is 140 m/s and 110 m/s. Then the force on the aeroplane by air is ? $(P _A=1.28\dfrac{Kg}{m^3})$

  1. 48750 N
  2. 48000 N
  3. 95000 N
  4. 50000 N
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Viscous force a is similar to friction in solids ,but viscous force
a. is independent of area but friction depends on area
b. is temperature dependent while friction force between solids depends upon normal reaction
c. is velocity dependent while friction is velocity independent

  1. a, b, c are correct
  2. a, c are correct
  3. b, c are correct
  4. a, b are correct
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The viscous force on a small sphere of radius $R$ moving in a fluid varies as 

  1. $\propto \ R^2$
  2. $\propto \ R$
  3. $\propto \ (\dfrac{1}{R})$
  4. $\propto \ (\dfrac{1}{R})^2$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why does the cotton wick in an oil filled lamp keep on burning?

  1. By friction
  2. By capillary action
  3. By electrostatic force
  4. By Gravitational force
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a ball is released from rest in a very long column of viscous liquid, its down ward acceleration is $a'$ (just after released). Its acceleration when it has acquired to third of the maximum velocity is $a/X$. Find the value of $X$.

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $23$
  4. $5$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A liquid rises in a capillary tube when the angle of contact is:

  1. $An\ acute\ one$
  2. $An\ obtuse\ one$
  3. $\pi/2\ radian$
  4. $\pi\ radian$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two solid metal balls of radii $r$ $2r$ are falling with their terminal speeds in a viscous liquid.What is the ratio of drag force acting on these two balls?

  1. 1;2
  2. 1;4
  3. 1;8
  4. 4;1
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

We have three beakers A, B and C containing glycerine, water and kerosene respectively. They are stirred vigorously and placed on the table. The liquid which comes to rest at the earliest is

  1. Glycerine
  2. Water
  3. Kerosene
  4. All of them at the same time
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When $200 ml$ of water is subjected to a pressure of $2 \times {10^8}pa,$ the decrease in its volume is $0.2 ml.$ the compressibility of water is -----

  1. $5 \times {10^{ - 8}}{m^2}{N^{ - 1}}$
  2. $5 \times {10^{ - 10}}{m^2}{N^{ - 1}}$
  3. $5 \times {10^{ - 12}}{m^2}{N^{ - 1}}$
  4. $None$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A water hose 2 cm in diameter is used to fill a 20 litre bucket. If it takes 1 minute to fill bucket with watch velocity it leaves the hose ,

  1. 150 cm/s
  2. 70 cm/s
  3. 106 cm/s
  4. 100 cm/s
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An air bubble of diameter 2mm rises steadily througha solution of density $1750 kg/m^3$at the rate of $0.35cm/s$.Calculate the coefficient of viscosity of the solution.The density of air is negligible. 

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Blood vessel is $0.10\ m$ in length and has a radius of $1.5\times{10}^{-3}m$. Blood flows at rate of ${10}^{-7}{m}^{-3}/s$ through this vessel. The pressure difference that must be maintained in this flow, between the two ends of the vessel is $20\ Pa$. What is the viscosity sufficient of blood?

  1. $2\times{10}^{-3}\ Pa-s$
  2. $1\times{10}^{-3}\ Pa-s$
  3. $4\times{10}^{-3}\ Pa-s$
  4. $5\times{10}^{-4}\ Pa-s$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A U-tube having identical limbs is partially filled with water. An immiscible oil having a density of 0.8 g/cc is poured into one side until the water rises by 25 cm on the other side. the level of oil will stand higher than the water level? 

  1. 6.25 cm
  2. 75 cm
  3. 22.5 cm
  4. 12.5 cm
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A small sphere of mass M and density $D _1$ is dropped in a vessel filled with glycerine. If the density of glycerine is $D _2$ then the viscous force acting on the ball will be in Newton.

  1. $M D _1 D _2$
  2. $Mg \displaystyle \left [ 1- \frac {D _2}{D _1} \right ]$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac {M D _1 g}{D _2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac {M}{g} \left ( D _1 + D _2 \right)$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The viscous drag on a spherical body moving with a speed V is proportional to:

  1. $\sqrt V$
  2. $V$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt V}$
  4. $V^{2}$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An air bubble of radius $1 ,cm$ is found to rise in a cylindrical vessel of large radius at a steady rate of $0.2 ,cm$ per second. If the density of the liquid is $1470 ,kg ,m^{-3}$, then coefficient of viscosity of liquid is approximately equal to

  1. $163$ poise
  2. $163$ centi-poise
  3. $140$ poise
  4. $140$ centi-poise
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A capillary tube of area of cross-section A is dipped in water vertically. The amount of heat evolved as the water rises in the capillary tube up to height h is: (The density of water is $\rho$)

  1. $\dfrac{A\rho gh^2}{2}$
  2. $Agh^2\rho$
  3. $2Agh^2\rho$
  4. None of these
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Viscous force is somewhat like friction as it opposes, the motion and is non-conservative but not exactly so, because

  1. It is velocity dependent while friction is not
  2. It is velocity independent while friction is not
  3. It is temperature dependent while friction is not
  4. It is independent of area is like surface tension while friction is dependent
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A liquid flows between two parallel plates along the x-axis. The difference between the velocity of two  layers separated by the distance $dy$ is $dv$. If $A$ is the area of each plate, then Newton's law of viscosity may be written as:

  1. $F=-\eta A\dfrac{dv}{dx}$
  2. $F=+\eta A\dfrac{dv}{dx}$
  3. $F=-\eta A\dfrac{dv}{dy}$
  4. $F=+\eta A\dfrac{dv}{dy}$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the shearing stress between the horizontal layers of water in a river is $1.5 mN/ m^{2}$ and $\eta  _{water}= 1\times10^{-3}Pa-s$ , The velocity gradient is:

  1. $1.5$
  2. $3$
  3. $0.7$
  4. $1$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An air bubble of radius $1 mm$ moves up with uniform velocity of $0.109ms^{-1}$ in a liquid column of density $14.7 \times 10^{3} kg/m^{3}$, then coefficient of viscosity will be ($g = 10ms^{-2}$)

  1. $1.3 Pa- s$
  2. $300 Pa -s$
  3. $15 Pa- s$
  4. $150 Pa- s$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

List I List II
p. Boltzmann constant 1. $[ML^2T^{-1}]$
q. Coefficient of viscosity 2. $[ML^{-1}T^{-1}]$
r. Planck constant 3. $[MLT^{-3}K^{-1}]$
s. Thermal conductivity 4. $[ML^2T^{-2}K^{-1}]$
  1. P - 3, Q - 1, R - 2, S - 4
  2. P - 3, Q - 2, R - 1, S - 4
  3. P - 4, Q - 2, R - 1, S - 3
  4. P - 4, Q - 1, R - 2, S - 3
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The space between two large horizontal metal plates 6 cm apart, is filled with 
liquid of viscosity 0.8 $N/m^2.$ A thin plate of surface area 0.01 $m^2$ is moved  parallel to the length of the plate such that the plate is at a distance of 2 m  from one of the plates and 4 cm from the other. If the plate moves with a  constant speed of 1 m $s^{-1}$, then

  1. the layer of the fluid, which is having the maximum velocity, is lying mid-way between the plates
  2. the layers of the fluid, which is in contact with the moving plate, is having the maximum velocity
  3. the layer of the fluid, which is in Contact with the moving plate and is on the side of farther plate, is moving with the maximum velocity
  4. the layer of the fluid, which is in contact with the moving plant and is on the Side of nearer plate, is moving with the maximum velocity
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A solid ball of density half that of water falls freely under gravity from a height of 19.6 m and then enters the water. Up to what depth will the ball go? How much time will it take to come again to the water surface. Neglect air resistance and viscosity effects in water. ($
g=9.8 \mathrm{ms}^{-2}
$)

  1. 4 s
  2. 8 s
  3. 6 s
  4. 2 s
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A spherical ball of radius $3\times 10^{-4}\ m$ and density $10^{4}\ kg\ m^{-3}$ falls freely under gravity through a distance $h$ before entering a tank of water. If after entering the water, the velocity of the ball does not change, then the value of $h$ is (Given, $viscosity >of> water=9.8\times 10^{-6}\ Nsm^{-2}$ and $\rho _{water}=10^{3}\ kgm^{-3}$)

  1. $1650\ m$
  2. $165\ m$
  3. $1050\ m$
  4. $105\ m$