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Why do fluids exert pressure on the wall of containing vessel ?

Important Questions on Hydrostatics

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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 17
What happens to barometer reading if a drop of water is introduced in a mercury barometer tube?
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 18
What is buoyancy ?
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 1
Explain why pressure is treated as a scalar quantity, even though it is defined as normal force per unit area.
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 2
Explain why the blood pressure in a human body is greater near the feet than at the brain .
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 3
Explain why the force required by man to move his limbs in water is less than the force for the same movement in air.
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 4
What is the effect of temperature on specific gravity?
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 5
Explain why water cannot be used in a barometer ?
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Bureau's Higher Secondary Physics Class 11>Chapter 13 - Hydrostatics>MODEL QUESTIONS>Q 6
Explain why it is easier to swim in a sea water than in ordinary pond water ?