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A tank of large base area is filled with water up to a height of 5 m. A hole of 2 cm2 cross-section in the bottom allows the water to drain out in continuous streams. For this situation, mark out the correct statement(s). Take ρwater=1000 kg m-3, g=10 m s-2
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Important Questions on Properties of Solid and Liquid

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Water flows through a horizontal pipe of diameter 2cm at a speed of 3cm s-1. The pipe has a nozzle of diameter 0.5cm at its end. The speed of water emerging from the nozzle is
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Water from a tap emerges vertically downwards with an initial speed of  1.0 ms-1 . The cross - sectional area of the tap is  10-4 m2 . Assume that the pressure is constant throughout the stream of water and that the flow is streamlined. The cross - sectional area of the stream, 0.15 m below the tap would be:
(Take  g=10 ms-2 )
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Water flows in a horizontal tube (see figure). The pressure of water changes by 700 N m-2 between A and B where the area of cross section are 40 cm2 and 20 cm2, respectively. Find the rate of flow of water through the tube. (density of water =1000 kg m-3 )
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A liquid is allowed to flow into a tube of truncated cone shape. Identify the correct statement from the following.
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The Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda merge at Deoprayag to form the Ganga with their speeds in the ratio 1: 1: 5 . The cross-sectional areas of the Bhagirathi, the Alaknanda and the Ganga are in the ratio 1: 2: 3 . Assuming streamline flow, the ratio of the speed of Ganga to that of the Alaknanda is
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A fluid is flowing through a horizontal pipe of varying cross-section, with vms1 at a point where the pressure is P Pascal. At another point where pressure P2 Pascal its speed is V ms-1. If the density of the fluid is ρkgm-3 and the flow is streamline, then V is equal to 
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An ideal fluid flows (laminar flow) through a pipe of non-uniform diameter. The maximum and minimum diameters of the pipes are 6.4cm and 4.8cm , respectively. The ratio of the minimum and the maximum velocities of fluid in this pipe is:
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A U-tube open at both the ends is partially filled with a liquid A of density 950 k gm-3. Another liquid B of density 820 k gm-3 is poured into one of the arms and it forms a column of length 10 cm as shown in the figure. If the arm into which liquid B is poured is shielded from any air motion, the speed with which air should be blown across the top of the other arm till the levels of the two liquids are at same height in m s-1 is (Density of air is 1.3 k gm-3, Acceleration due to gravity =9.8 m s-2)

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Water containing air bubbles flows without turbulence through a horizontal pipe which has a region of narrow cross-section. In this region the bubbles
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Water is flowing at a speed of 1.5 m s-1 through a horizontal tube of cross-sectional area 10-2 m2 and you are trying to stop the flow by your palm. Assuming that the water stops immediately after hitting the palm, the minimum force that you must exert should be (density of water = 103 kg m-3)
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A cylindrical tank with a large diameter is filled with water. Water drains out through a hole at a bottom of the tank. If the cross-sectional area of the hole is 6 cm2 then the drainage rate m3 s-1 when the depth of the water is 0.2 m, is
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The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has radius R , one end of which has n fine holes, each of radius r . If the speed of the liquid in the tube is V , the speed of the ejection of the liquid through the holes is :
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Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a speed V. Internal diameter of the pipe is d. If the water is emerging at a speed V1 the diameter of the nozzle is
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Two identical cylindrical vessels are kept on the ground and each contain the same liquid of density d. The area of the base of both vessels is S but the height of liquid in one vessel is x1 and in the other x2. When both cylinders are connected through a pipe of negligible volume very close to the bottom, the liquid flows from one vessel to the other until it comes to equilibrium at a new height. The change in energy of the system in the process is :
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Water flows through a pipe as shown in the figure. The areas of cross-section of sections A and B respectively are 4 cm2 and 1 cm2. The gauge pressure in the pipe at the centre of section A is 1.25×105 Pa  and the flow rate is 800 cm3 s-1. The difference in heights of the water levels in the vertical pipes is_____ m. (Acceleration due to gravity =10 m s-2)

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Mumbai needs 1.4×1012 L of water annually. Its effective surface area is 600 km2 and it receives an average rainfall of 2.4 m annually. If 10% of this rain water is conserved, it will meet approximately
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Figures below show water flowing through a horizontal pipe from left to right. Note that the pipe in the middle is narrower. Choose the most appropriate depiction of water levels in the vertical pipes.
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Consider a water jar of radius R that has water filled up to height H and is kept on a stand of height h (see figure). Through a hole of radius r r<<R at its bottom, the water leaks out and the stream of water coming down towards the ground has a shape like a funnel as shown in the figure. If the radius of the cross-section of water stream when it hits the ground is x. Then:
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Water flows steadily through a horizontal pipe of a variable cross-section. If the pressure of the water is p at a point, where the speed of the flow is v , what is the pressure at another point, where the speed of the flow is 2v? Let the density of water be 1 g cm-3.
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A vessel completely filled with water has holes A and B at depths h and 3h from the top respectively. The hole A is a square of side L and B is a circle of radius r. The water flowing out per second from both the holes is same. Then L is equal to