Archimedes' principle and its applications - class-XI

archimedes' principle and its applications

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
  2. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
  4. Both assertion and reason are false.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following statements is true?

  1. Archimedes' principle can also be applied to gases
  2. The buoyant force depends on the nature of object immersed in the liquid.
  3. Ice floats in water because the density of ice is more than that of water.
  4. Force acting on a unit area is called thrust.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An iron needle sinks in water as its density is less than 1 $ \displaystyle g/cm^{3} $.

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

If a body X floats in liquid Y. The density of body X is greater than liquid Y. True or false

  1. True
  2. False
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Submarine's lactometers, hydrometers, etc. are designed according to __________.

  1. Archimedes principle
  2. Principles of hydrology
  3. Principles of fluid flow
  4. All of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Archimedes' principle states that the buoyant force applied to an object 

  1. is greater the weight of the fluid the object displaces
  2. is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces
  3. is less than the weight of the fluid the object displaces
  4. is zero
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Archimedes principle works when the body is
  1. Partially immersed in a liquid
  2. Fully immersed in a liquid
  3. Both A and B
  4. This principle has nothing to do with the level of immersion of the body
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
When an object is immersed in water, it displaces $20\,kg$ of water. How much is the buoyant force acting on the object in Newtons?
  1. $100$
  2. $200$
  3. $0$
  4. $400$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Magnitude of buoyant force is given by 
  1. Newton's first law
  2. Archimedes principle
  3. Newton's second law
  4. None of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Archimedes principle is used for
  1. Determining the force applied on the object
  2. Determining the relative density of the object
  3. Determining the gravitational constant
  4. All the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Fill in the blank.
It is the ______ which makes balloon to rise in air. 
  1. Upthrust
  2. Buoyant force
  3. Both A and B
  4. None
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Lactometers are based on
  1. Third law of motion
  2. Kepler's law
  3. Acceleration due to gravity
  4. Archimedes principle
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fill in the blank. 

As per Archimedes principle the buoyant force on a submerged object is equal to_______ of liquid displaced by object. 

  1. Height
  2. Weight
  3. Nature
  4. Volume
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to the law of floatation weight  of floating body is -

  1. Equal to the weight of liquid displaced
  2. Equal to the volume of liquid displaced
  3. Is greater than the weight of liquid displaced
  4. Is less than the weight of liquid displaced
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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. $1.5\ m^{2}$
  2. $2\ m^{2}$
  3. $3\ m^{2}$
  4. $4\ m^{2}$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 :

  1. 80 kg
  2. 100 kg
  3. 120 kg
  4. 92 kg
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a body is weighed in a liquid, the loss in its weight depends upon:

  1. volume of the body
  2. mass of the body
  3. shape of the body
  4. CG of the body
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

FIll in the blank. 

When a solid floats in a liquid,  the weight of _______ by its immersed part of the solid is equal to the weight of the solid. 

  1. less
  2. buoyant force
  3. weight
  4. liquid displaced
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Archimedes' major contribution / discovery was:

  1. Photoelectric effect
  2. Principle of buoyancy
  3. Wave theory of light
  4. Law of inertia
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An iron ball is weighed in air and then in water by a spring balance

  1. Its weight in air is more than in water
  2. Its weight in water is more than in air
  3. Its weight in same both in air and water
  4. Its weight is zero in water
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Maybe
  4. Can't say
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$A$ 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:

  1. $A$ and $B$ have same weight in air
  2. $A$ and $B$ have equal volumes
  3. The densities of the materials of $A$ and $B$ are the same
  4. $A$ and $B$ are immersed to the same depth inside water.
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. $4:3$
  2. $2:3$
  3. $3:4$
  4. $1:3$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 

  1. 3 : 13
  2. 87 : 90
  3. 90 : 87
  4. 3 : 10
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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?

  1. P
  2. Q
  3. R
  4. S
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A 70 g substance has a volume of $35:cm^3$. It will float on the surface of the water.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A piece of wood floats in water, completely inside it. What happens when it is dropped in ethanol?

  1. It floats higher
  2. Stays as before
  3. It sinks
  4. It sinks first and then rises
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

As the density of a series of liquids increases, the upthrust on the iron rod submerged

  1. Increases
  2. Decreases
  3. Remains constant
  4. Noting can be said
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. liquid A
  2. liquid B
  3. liquid C
  4. all the three liquids
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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?

  1. $20kg$
  2. $80kg$
  3. $100kg$
  4. $120kg$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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).

  1. b a c d e f
  2. a b d c f e
  3. a b c d e f
  4. f e c a b d
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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?

  1. 0.06
  2. 0.083
  3. 0.038
  4. 0.068
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Construction of a submarine is based on.

  1. Bernoulli's theorem
  2. Pascal's law
  3. Archimedes' principle
  4. None of these
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. $\dfrac{h}{\sigma - \rho}$
  2. $\dfrac{h\rho}{\sigma}$
  3. $\dfrac{h\rho}{\sigma - \rho}$
  4. $\dfrac{h\sigma}{\sigma - \rho}$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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  $\rho _{wood} < \rho _{water}$)

  1. Sphere of iron will sink.
  2. Sphere of wood will sink.
  3. both will sink
  4. both will not sink
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 $\rho _L$?

  1. The body will float if $\rho _s \leq \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s < \rho _L$.
  2. The body will float if $\rho _s \leq \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s > \rho _L$.
  3. The body will float if $\rho _s > \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s > \rho _L$.
  4. The body will float if $\rho _s > \rho _L$ and it will sink if $\rho _s < \rho _L$.
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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$=1020\ kg/m^3)$?

  1. $1350\ kg$
  2. $7830\ kg$
  3. $9200\ kg$
  4. $19,500\ kg$
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 ${ \sigma  } _{ 2 }$.

  1. $50\%$ submerged
  2. $25\%$ submerged
  3. $75\%$ submerged
  4. Fully submerged