Archimedes' principle and its applications - class-XI
archimedes' principle and its applications
Questions
Assertion: To float; a body must displace liquid whose weight is equal to the actual weight.
Reason: The body will experience no net downward force in that case.
- Both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
- Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- Assertion is true but reason is false.
- Both assertion and reason are false.
State whether given statement is True or False
Archimede's principle describes the magnitude of a buoyant force acting on a body that is partly or completely submerged in a fluid.
- True
- False
Which one of the following statements is true?
- Archimedes' principle can also be applied to gases
- The buoyant force depends on the nature of object immersed in the liquid.
- Ice floats in water because the density of ice is more than that of water.
- Force acting on a unit area is called thrust.
An iron needle sinks in water as its density is less than 1 $ \displaystyle g/cm^{3} $.
- True
- False
If a body X floats in liquid Y. The density of body X is greater than liquid Y. True or false
- True
- False
Submarine's lactometers, hydrometers, etc. are designed according to __________.
- Archimedes principle
- Principles of hydrology
- Principles of fluid flow
- All of the above
Archimedes' principle states that the buoyant force applied to an object
- is greater the weight of the fluid the object displaces
- is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces
- is less than the weight of the fluid the object displaces
- is zero
- Partially immersed in a liquid
- Fully immersed in a liquid
- Both A and B
- This principle has nothing to do with the level of immersion of the body
- $100$
- $200$
- $0$
- $400$
- Newton's first law
- Archimedes principle
- Newton's second law
- None of the above
- Determining the force applied on the object
- Determining the relative density of the object
- Determining the gravitational constant
- All the above
- Upthrust
- Buoyant force
- Both A and B
- None
- Third law of motion
- Kepler's law
- Acceleration due to gravity
- Archimedes principle
Fill in the blank.
- Height
- Weight
- Nature
- Volume
According to the law of floatation weight of floating body is -
- Equal to the weight of liquid displaced
- Equal to the volume of liquid displaced
- Is greater than the weight of liquid displaced
- Is less than the weight of liquid displaced
The specific gravity of ice is $0.9$. The area of the smallest slab of ice of height $0.5\ m$ floating in fresh water that will just support a $100\ kg$ man is
- $1.5\ m^{2}$
- $2\ m^{2}$
- $3\ m^{2}$
- $4\ m^{2}$
A block of ice with a lead shot embedded in It is floating on water contained in a vessel. The temperature of the system is maintained at $0^{\circ}$ C as the ice melts. When the ice melts completely the level of water in the vessel rises.
- True
- False
A rectangular boat floating in water has length 4 m and breadth 1.5 m. A person gets into the boat as a result of w which the boat sinks by 2 cm. Mass of the person is :
- 80 kg
- 100 kg
- 120 kg
- 92 kg
When a body is weighed in a liquid, the loss in its weight depends upon:
- volume of the body
- mass of the body
- shape of the body
- CG of the body
FIll in the blank.
- less
- buoyant force
- weight
- liquid displaced
Archimedes' major contribution / discovery was:
- Photoelectric effect
- Principle of buoyancy
- Wave theory of light
- Law of inertia
An iron ball is weighed in air and then in water by a spring balance
- Its weight in air is more than in water
- Its weight in water is more than in air
- Its weight in same both in air and water
- Its weight is zero in water
A cylinder is made up of a material of density $1.5\ g\ cm^{-3}$ is immersed inside a liquid of density $1\ g\ cm^{-3}$. State whether the cylinder moves up or not
- Yes
- No
- Maybe
- Can't say
$A$ and $B$ are two metallic pieces. They are fully immersed in water and then weighed. Now they show same loss of weight. The conclusion therefore is:
- $A$ and $B$ have same weight in air
- $A$ and $B$ have equal volumes
- The densities of the materials of $A$ and $B$ are the same
- $A$ and $B$ are immersed to the same depth inside water.
Two solids A and B Float is 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.
- $4:3$
- $2:3$
- $3:4$
- $1:3$
A piece of paraffin wax of density 0.9 g/cc floats on water.A layer of turpentine of density 0.87 g/cc is added on top of water until the wax is entirely submerged.The ratio of the volume of wax immersed in water to that in turpentine is
- 3 : 13
- 87 : 90
- 90 : 87
- 3 : 10
The densities of objects P,Q,R and S are ${200 kg/m^3}$, ${450 kg/m^3}$, ${1200 kg/m^3}$ and ${785 kg/m^3}$ respectively. Which one of these objects will sink when dipped in a bucket of water?
- P
- Q
- R
- S
A 70 g substance has a volume of $35:cm^3$. It will float on the surface of the water.
- True
- False
A piece of wood floats in water, completely inside it. What happens when it is dropped in ethanol?
- It floats higher
- Stays as before
- It sinks
- It sinks first and then rises
As the density of a series of liquids increases, the upthrust on the iron rod submerged
- Increases
- Decreases
- Remains constant
- Noting can be said
An object is placed in 3 beakers containing liquids A, B and C respectively. If the density of object (d) when compared to tensities of liquids A, B and C is given by $d _A < d < d _B < d _C$ then the body sinks in
- liquid A
- liquid B
- liquid C
- all the three liquids
A body of mass $120kg$ and density $600kg/{m}^{3}$ floats in water. What additional mass could be added to the body so that the body will just sink?
- $20kg$
- $80kg$
- $100kg$
- $120kg$
Write the following steps in a sequence to verify Archimedes' principle.
(a) The object is completed immersed in a liquid.
(b) The weight of the object in air is measured by using a spring balance ($w _{1}$).
(c) The weight of the object in the given liquid is determined ($w _{1}$).
(d) The loss of weight of the object ($w _{1}-w _{2}$) is determined.
(e) The weight of the liquid displaced by the object (w) is determined.
(f) The value of ($w _{1}-w _{2}$) is compared with the value of (w).
- b a c d e f
- a b d c f e
- a b c d e f
- f e c a b d
The density of ice is $917\ kgm^{-3}$. What fraction of the volume of a piece of ice will be above water, when floating in fresh water?
- 0.06
- 0.083
- 0.038
- 0.068
Construction of a submarine is based on.
- Bernoulli's theorem
- Pascal's law
- Archimedes' principle
- None of these
A body of density $\rho$ is dropped from rest from a height h into a lake of density $\sigma$, where $\sigma > \rho$. Neglecting all dissipative forces, the maximum depth to which the body sinks before returning to float on surface
- $\dfrac{h}{\sigma - \rho}$
- $\dfrac{h\rho}{\sigma}$
- $\dfrac{h\rho}{\sigma - \rho}$
- $\dfrac{h\sigma}{\sigma - \rho}$
A sphere of iron and another of wood, both of same radius are placed on the surface of water. State which of the two will sink? (It is given $\rho _{iron} > \rho _{water}$, and $\rho _{wood} < \rho _{water}$)
- Sphere of iron will sink.
- Sphere of wood will sink.
- both will sink
- both will not sink
How does the density of a substance determine whether a solid piece of density $\rho _s$ of that substance will float or sink in a given liquid of density $\rho _L$?
- The body will float if $\rho _s \leq \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s < \rho _L$.
- The body will float if $\rho _s \leq \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s > \rho _L$.
- The body will float if $\rho _s > \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s > \rho _L$.
- The body will float if $\rho _s > \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s < \rho _L$.
The dimensions of a wooden raft (density $ =150\ kg/ m^3)$ are $3.0\ m\times 3.0\ m\times 1.0\ m$. What maximum load can it carry in seawater so that the plank just floats in water (density$=1020\ kg/m^3)$?
- $1350\ kg$
- $7830\ kg$
- $9200\ kg$
- $19,500\ kg$
Two unequal blocks place over each other of different densities ${ \sigma } _{ 1 }$ and ${ \sigma } _{ 2 }$ are immersed in fluid of density of $\sigma$. The block of density ${ \sigma } _{ 1 }$ is fully submerged and the block of density ${ \sigma } _{ 2 }$ is partly submerged so that ratio of there masses is $1/2$ and $\sigma/{ \sigma } _{ 1 }=2$ and $\sigma/{ \sigma } _{ 2 }=0.5$. Find the degree of submergence of the upper block of density ${ \sigma } _{ 2 }$.
- $50\%$ submerged
- $25\%$ submerged
- $75\%$ submerged
- Fully submerged