
A U-tube contains two liquids in static equilibrium: water of density, is in the right arm, oil of unknown density is in the left arm as shown in figure. Measurements give, and . The density of oil is,




Important Questions on Fluid Mechanics


Assertion: Density of a hollow body is always less than the density of substance of equal mass of the body.
Reason: Volume of a hollow body is greater than the volume of substance of the body but mass of a hollow body is equal to the mass of substance of the body.

Assertion: A hydrogen filled balloon stop rising after it has attained a certain height in the sky.
Reason: The atmospheric pressure decreases with height and becomes zero when maximum height is attained.

Assertion: The size of a hydrogen balloon increases as it rise in air.
Reason: The material of the balloon can be easily stretched.

Reason : According to Bemoullis theorem for the stream line flow of an ideal liquid, the total energy per unit mass remains constant.

Assertion: The shape of an automobile is so designed that its front resembles the streamline pattern of the fluid through which it moves.
Reason: The shape of the automobile is made streamlined in order to reduce resistance offered by the fluid.

Assertion: For Reynold number , the flow of fluid is turbulent.
Reason: Inertial forces are dominant compared to the viscous forces at such high Reynold numbers.
