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Which will exert more pressure, 100 kg mass on 10 m2 or 50 kg mass 4 m2? Give reason. (Take g=10 m/s2)

Important Questions on Floating Bodies

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If two equal weights of unequal volumes are balanced in air, what will happen when these are completely dipped in water.
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An iron cube of side 10 cm is kept on a horizontal table. If density of iron is 8000 kg m-3, find the pressure on the portion of the table, where the cube is kept. (g=10 ms-2)
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When an object is immersed in a fluid, two forces act on the object in vertically opposite directions. Name them also write the factors on which the magnitude of these forces depends.

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The density of turpentine at 293 K is given as 870 kg m-3. Identify and write the name of the substances that sink in turpentine at the same temperature.

S.No Substance Density (kgm-3)
1 Wood 690
2 Ice 920
3 Rubber 970
4 Parrafin Wax 900
5 Cork 240
6 Bone 1850

 

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Archimedes' principle has wide application in making ships and submarines. Explain.
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A doctor applies a force of 50 N to the piston of a syringe of area 1.5 m2. The increase in pressure of the fluid in the syringe is
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A student has to perform the experiment for comparing the pressure of the given cuboid placed at different faces. The steps given below are not in correct sequence:

(i) To place the cuboid slowly on the sand and note the reading.

(ii) To calculate the least count of spring balance.

(iii) To measure the zero error in the spring balance.

(iv) To measure the weight of the given cuboid.

The correct sequence of steps will be

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In an experiment, Sudhir took a solid iron cuboid having mass 5 kg and dimensions 30 cm×20cm×10 cm. He kept the cuboid on the table. The force and the pressure exerted by the cuboid on the table top if it lies with its face of dimensions 20 cm×10 cm respectively would be. (Take g=9.8 m/s2 )