Subject Experts Solutions for Chapter: General Properties of Matter, Exercise 1: Practice Exercise

Kerosene oil rises in a wick of lantern because of

The densities of three liquids are $D,2D$ and $3D$. What will be the density of the resulting mixture, if equal volumes of the three liquids are mixed?

A deep sea diver may hurt his ear drum during diving because of

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Which one of the following is not a result of surface tension?

A person stands on his two feet over a surface and experiences a pressure $p$. Now, the person stands on only one foot. He would experience a pressure of magnitude 

A container is first filled with water and then the entire water is replaced by mercury. Mercury has a density of $13.6\times {10}^3 \mathrm{kg} {\mathrm{m}}^{-3}$. If $X$ is the weight of the water and $Y$ is the weight of the mercury, then _____.

Density of water is: