Pressure exerted by liquids and gases - class-IX
pressure exerted by liquids and gases
Questions
- Volume of object immersed in the liquid.
- Density of the liquid.
- Both A and B
- None
The property of a fluid to exert a buoyant force on an object immersed in it is known as _______.
- Adhesion
- Buoyancy
- Cohesion
- none of these
When a body is partially or completely immersed in a fluid at rest, it experiences an upthrust which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it.
- True
- False
The upward force exerted by the floating body on the fluid is known as upthrust.
- True
- False
How much is the hydrostatic pressure exerted by water at the bottom of a beaker? Take the depth of water as 45 cm. (density of water $10^3 kg m^{-3})$.
- 2410 Pa
- 3410 Pa
- 4410 Pa
- 5410 Pa
The pressure in a water pipe on the second floor of a building is 60,000 Pa, and on the third floor it is 30,000 Pa. Find the height of the second floor. (Density of water $=1000 kg m^{-3}, g=10 m s^{-2})$.
- 3 m
- 4 m
- 5 m
- 6 m
The pressure in water pipe at the ground floor of a building is 120000 Pa, where as the pressure on a third floor is 30000 Pa. What is the height of third floor?
[Take $g=10 m s^{-2}$, density of water $=1000 kg m^{-3}]$.
- 9 m
- 10 m
- 11 m
- 12 m
The pressure of water on the ground floor is 50000 Pa and at the first floor is 20000 Pa. Find the height of the first floor. Take density of water is $10^3 kg m^{-3}$ and $g=10 ms^{-2}$
- 2 m
- 3 m
- 4 m
- 5 m
Calculate the pressure exerted by 0.8 m vertical length of alcohol of density $0.8 g cm^{-3}$. (Acceleration due to gravity $(g)=10 m s^{-2})$.
- 3200 Pa
- 6400 Pa
- 800 Pa
- 5000 Pa
Calculate the pressure exerted by water at the bottom of a lake of depth 6 m. (Density of water $=1000 kg m^{-3}, g=10 ms^{-2})$.
- $2\times 10^4 Pa$
- $4\times 10^4 Pa$
- $6\times 10^4 Pa$
- $8\times 10^4 Pa$
Calculate the vertical height of a mercury column which exerts a pressure of 81600 Pa. (Density of mercury is $13.6 g cm^{-3}$ and $g=10 ms^{-2})$.
- 0.2 m
- 0.4 m
- 0.6 m
- 0.8 m
A liquid of density $12 kg m^{-3}$ exerts a pressure of 600 Pa at a point inside a liquid. What is height of liquid column above that point? $[g=10 ms^{-2}]$
- 4 m
- 5 m
- 6 m
- 7 m
A metal cube is placed in an empty vessel. When water is filled in the vessel so that cube is completely immersed in the water, the force on the bottom of the vessel in contact with the cube-
- Will increase
- Will decrease
- Will remain the same
- Will become zero
Standing liquid exerts pressure on the bottom due to its:
- mass
- weight
- both mass and weight
- none of these
A tank filled with water is placed in vacuum. The net pressure at point which is $10 m$ below the surface of water will be $(g = 10 m/s^2)$
- $100 \ kPa$
- $10 \ kPa$
- $1 \ kPa$
- Zero
- only downwards
- only upwards
- in all directions
- Fluids do not exert pressure
- Solids
- Liquids
- Gases
- All of the above
Which of the following is true?
- Fluid do not have any weight
- Only liquids have weight
- Only gases have weight
- Fluids have weight
Two stretched membranes of area $2 cm^2$ and $3 cm^2$ are placed in a liquid at the same depth. The ratio of the pressure on them is :
- $1 : 1$
- $2 : 3$
- $3 : 2$
- $2^2 : 3^2$
- same
- independent
- different
- zero
The most characteristic property of a liquid is :
- elasticity
- fluidity
- formless
- volume conservation
A block of wood floats separately in river water and then in ocean water. Then the weight of the displaced river water is
- equal to the weight of the displaced ocean water.
- less than the weight of the displaced ocean water.
- more than the weight of the displaced ocean water.
- not dependent on the density of the wooden block.
The pressure exerted by liquid on container
- increases with depth
- decreases with depth
- remains unchanged with depth
- none of the above
The fluids in a confined space exert pressure in which direction?
- Upward
- Downward
- Forward
- All directions
Fill in the blank.
- One
- Two
- All
- It do not extent any pressure
If a sweet water fish enters a sea, the fish will
- swell
- be squeezed
- remain as it is
- suffer none of these
There are two fish tanks each of depth $0.5 m$. Base area of one is $0.5m^2$ and that of another is $0.1m^2$. At the depth of which tank will a fish feel larger pressure?
- The tank of wider base area
- The tank of smaller base area
- Equal for both tanks
- Can't say
- The substances which are lighter than air.
- The substances which let substances float on them.
- The substances which can flow easily.
- Liquids.
If a sea fish enters a river, the fish will
- swell
- be squeezed
- remain as it is
- suffer none of these
Pressure exerted at a point in a liquid is
- scaler
- vector
- teasor
- none
Pressure exented by the liquids on the walls of the container depends upon
- density
- declaration due to gravity
- height of the liquids column
- all
- Air
- Water
- Kerosene
- Both A and B are considered as most common fluids
- Solids exert pressure on a surface due to their own weight.
- Fluids also have weight.
- Liquids can exert pressure.
- All the above
- Air
- The container in which they are stored
- Both A and B
- Their own molecules which are present on the surface of the container
How fluid pressure is different from solid pressure?
- Solid pressure leads to deformity while fluid pressure doesnt
- Solid pressure doesn't lead to deformity while fluid pressure leads to deformity
- Both leads to deformity
- Both doesn't lead to deformity
- True
- False
The size of an air bubble rising up in water.
- Decreases
- Increases
- Remains same
- May increase or decrease
Pressure inside an inflated balloon is
- Less than atmospheric pressure
- Greater than atmospheric pressure
- Equal to atmospheric pressure
- May be less than or equal to atmospheric pressure
The pressure in an enclosed fluid is transmitted _________ in all directions with diminished force
- equally
- unequally
- cant say
- none
Different liquids exert the _____ pressure at a given depth.
- same
- different
- can't say
- none
Liquid rise in a syringe when its piston is pulled up due to
- Atmospheric pressure
- Inertia of motion
- Inertia of rest
- Conservation of momentum
Based on which of the following does a water pump draw water?
- Pressure difference
- Bernoulli's principle
- Law of Gravity
- None of these
What is the relationship between liquid pressure and the depth of a liquid?
- Directly proportional
- Inversely proportional
- Linear
- None of these
The pressure a liquids exerts against the sides and bottom of a container depends on the
- atmospheric pressure
- surface area
- volume of container
- density and depth of liquid
A tank $5\ m$ high is half filled with water and then is filled to the top with oil of density $0.85\ g\ cm^{-3}$. The pressure at the bottom of the tank, due to these liquids, is
- $1.85\ g$
- $89.25\ g\ dyne\ cm^{-3}$
- $462.5\ g\ dyne\ cm^{-2}$
- $500\ g\ dyne\ cm^{-2}$
A barometer which measures atmospheric pressure more accurately is ..........
- Fortin's barometer
- mercury barometer
- anaeroid barometer
- Torricelli barometer
The Pressure at any point in the liquid is proportional to :
- The density of liquid.
- The depth of point below the surface.
- The acceleration due to gravity.
- All the above
Liquid pressure at a point in a liquid does not depend on the :
- Density of liquid
- Shape of the vessel in which the liquid is kept
- Depth of the point from the surface
- Acceleration due to gravity
Which of the following scientists invented mercury barometer?
- Blaise Pascal
- Evangelist Torricelli
- Robert Brown
- Amedeo Avogadro
A fluid exerts pressure in all possible directions of a container.
- True
- False
Pressure at a point inside the liquid does not depend upon :
- The depth of the point below the surface of the liquid.
- The nature of the liquid.
- The acceleration due to gravity at that point.
- The shape of the container.
The deep sea divers wear specially designed suites to protect from
- different sea organisms
- different sea plants
- high water pressure
- none
Fill in the blank spaces by choosing the correct words from the options given below.
- $liquids$
- $gases$
- $submarines$
- All of the above
A deep sea diver may hurt his ear drum during diving because of:
- lack of oxygen
- more atm pressure
- more water pressure
- all of the above
In cities water supply from an overhead tank to.the houses is done due to:
- difference in pressure
- gravitational force
- decrease of friction in pipes
- flow of liquid
Fluids include
- a and b
- b and c
- a and c
- All the above
What is the difference between the pressure on the water surface and that on the bottom?
- $\rho gh$
- $\frac{\rho g}{h}$
- Zero
- Infinity