FLUIDS MECHANICS

Fluids
Mechanics
Level - 1

1. A barometer is constructed using a liquid 4. The velocity of a small ball of mass M and
(density = 760 kg/m3). What would be the height density d when dropped in a container filled
of the liquid column, when a mercury barometer with glycerine becomes constant after some
time. If the density of glycerine is d/2, then the
reads 76 cm?
viscous force acting on the ball will be
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(Density of mercury = 13600 kg/m )
Mg
(a) (b) Mg
(a) 1.36 m (b) 13.6 m 2

(c) 136 m (d) 0.76 m 3

(c) Mg (d) 2Mg
2
2. In a U-tube as shown in a figure, water and oil
are in the left side and right side of the tube 5. A small hole of area of cross-section 2mm2 is
respectively. The heights from the bottom for present near the bottom of a fully filled open
water and oil columns are 15 cm and 20 cm tank of height 2 m. Taking g  10 m/s2 , the rate
respectively. The density of the oil is of flow of water through the open hole would be
nearly
[take water  1000 kg/m3 ]
(a) 8.9  106 m3 /s (b) 2.23  106 m3 /s
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(a) 1200 kg/m
(c) 6.4  106 m3 /s (d) 12.6  106 m3 /s
(b) 750 kg/m3 6. A wind with speed 40 m/s blows parallel to the
roof of a house. The area of the roof is 250m2 .
(c) 1000 kg/m3
Assuming that the pressure inside the house is
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(d) 1333 kg/m atmospheric pressure, the force exerted by the
wind on the roof and the direction of the force will
3. A U-tube with both ends open to the
be (pair  1.2 kg/m3 )
atmosphere, is partially filled with water. Oil,
which is immiscible with water, is poured into (a) 4.8  105 N, downwards
one side until it stands at a distance of 10 mm
above the water level on the other side. (b) 4.8  105 N, upwards

Meanwhile the water rises by 65 mm from its

(c) 2.4  105 N, upwards
original level (see diagram). The density of the
oil is (d) 2.4  105 N, downwards

(a) 650 kg m-3 7. A pressure-pump has a horizontal tube of

cross-sectional area 10 cm2 for the outflow of
(b) 425 kg m-3 water at a speed of 20 m/s. The force exerted
on the vertical wall just in front of the tube which
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(c) 800 kg m stops water horizontally flowing out of the tube,

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is: [Given: density of water = 1000 kg/m3]
(d) 928 kg m
(a) 300 N (b) 500 N
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(c) 250 N (d) 400 N

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Mechanics
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8. A cubical block of side 0.5 m floats on water 11. Consider a cylindrical tank of radius 1 m is filled
with 30% of its volume under water. What is the with water. The top surface of water is at 15 m
maximum weight that can be put on the block from the bottom of the cylinder. There is a hole
without fully submerging it under water? [Take, on the wall of cylinder at a height of 5 m from
density of water = 103 kg/m3] the bottom. A force of 5  105 N is applied on
(a) 46.3 kg (b) 87.5 kg the top surface of water using a piston. The
speed of efflux from the hole will be:
(c) 65.4 kg (d) 30.1 kg

9. A liquid of density  is coming out of a hose (given atmospheric pressure PA  1.01 105 Pa,

pipe of radius a with horizontal speed v and hits density of water w  1000 kg/m3 and
a mesh. 50% of the liquid passes through the
gravitational acceleration g  10 m/s2 )
mesh unaffected. 25% looses all of its
momentum and 25% comes back with the (a) 11.6 m/s
same speed. The resultant pressure on the (b) 10.8 m/s
mesh will be:
(c) 17.8 m/s
1 2 3 2
(a) v (b) v (d) 14.4 m/s
4 4
12. The area of cross-section of a large tank is
1 2
(c) v (d) v 2
2 0.5m2 . It has a narrow opening near the

10. A ball is made of a material of density  where bottom having area of cross-section 1cm2 . A
oil    water with oil and water presenting load of 25 kg is applied on the water at the top

the densities of oil and water, respectively. The in the tank. Neglecting the speed of water in the

oil and water are immiscible. If the above ball is tank, the velocity of the water, coming out of the

in equilibrium in a mixture of this oil and water, opening at the time when the height of water

which of the following pictures represents its level in the tank is 40 cm above the bottom, will

equilibrium position? be ______ cms–1. [Take g  10 ms2 ]

(a) 350 (b) 300

(c) 400 (d) 250

13. If  is the density and  is coefficient of

viscosity of fluid which flows with a speed v in
the pipe of diameter d, the correct formula for
Reynolds number R e is:

d v
(a) Re  (b) Re 
v d
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vd 
(c) Re  (d) Re 
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 vd
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Mechanics
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14. Water flows in a horizontal tube (see figure). 18. Water is flowing at a speed of 1.5 ms 1 through
The pressure of water changes by 700 Nm2 horizontal tube of cross-sectional area 102 m2
between A and B where the area of cross- and you are trying to stop the flow by your palm.
2 2
section are 40 cm and 20 cm , respectively. Assuming that the water stops immediately
Find the rate of flow of water through the tube. after hitting the palm, the minimum force that
you must exert should be
(density of water  1000 kgm3 )
(density of water  103 kgm3 )
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(a) 3020 cm /s
(a) 15 N (b) 22.5 N
3
(b) 2720 cm /s (c) 33.7 N (d) 45 N

(c) 2420 cm3 /s 19. Air of density 1.2 kg m3 is blowing across the
horizontal wings of an aeroplane in such a way
(d) 1810 cm3 /s
that its speeds above and below the wings are
15. An ideal fluid flows (laminar flow) through a pipe
150 ms1 and 100 ms 1 , respectively. The
of non-uniform diameter. The maximum and
minimum diameters of the pipes are 6.4 cm and pressure difference between the upper and
4.8 cm, respectively. The ratio of the minimum lower sides of the wings, is:
and the maximum velocities of fluid in this pipe
is: (a) 60 Nm2 (b) 180 Nm2

9 3 (c) 7500 Nm2 (d) 12500 Nm2

(a) (b)
16 2
20. A cylinder of height 20 m is completely filled
3 81
(c) (d) with water. The velocity of efflux of water
4 256
(in ms1) through a small hole on the side wall
16. The water is filled upto height of 12 m in a tank
having vertical sidewalls. A hole is made in one of the cylinder near its bottom is
of the walls at a depth ‘h’ below the water level. (a) 10 (b) 20
The value of ‘h’ for which the emerging stream
of water strikes the ground at the maximum (c) 25.5 (d) 5
range is ____ m.
21. A small spherical ball of radius 0.1 mm and
(a) 5 m (b) 4 m
density 104 kg m3 falls freely under gravity
(c) 6 m (d) 7 m
through a distance h before entering a tank of
17. When an air bubble of radius r rises from the water. If after entering the water the velocity of
bottom to the surface of a lake, its radius
ball does not change and it continue to fall with
5r
becomes . Taking the atmospheric pressure same constant velocity inside water, then the
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to be equal to 10 m height of water column, the value of h will be _____ m.
depth of the lake would approximately be (Given g  10 ms2 , viscosity of water
(ignore the surface tension and the effect of
temperature):  1.0  105 N-sm2 )

(a) 10.5 m (b) 8.7 m (a) 20 (b) 30

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(c) 11.2 m (d) 9.5 m (c) 25 (d) 15

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Mechanics
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22. A water drop of radius 1 m falls in a situation 27. A capillary tube of radius r is immersed in water
where the effect of buoyant force is negligible. and water rises in it to a height h. the mass of
Coefficient of viscosity of air is the water in the capillary tube is 5 g. Another
1.8  105 Nsm2 and its density is negligible capillary tube of radius 2r is immersed in water.
The mass of water that will rise in this tube is
as compared to that of water 106 gm3 .
Terminal velocity of the water drop is: (a) 5.0 g (b) 10.0 g
(Take acceleration due to gravity  10 ms2 ) (c) 20.0 g (d) 2.5 g
(a) 145.4  106 ms1 (b) 118.0  106 ms1 28. Two small drops of mercury each of radius R
(c) 132.6  106 ms1 (d) 123.4  106 ms1 coalesce to form a single large drop. The ratio
of total surface energy before and after the
23. A solid sphere, of radius R acquires a terminal
change is:
velocity v 1 when falling (due to gravity) through
1 1
a viscous fluid having a coefficient of
(a) 2 3 : 1 (b) 1: 2 3
viscosity  . The sphere is broken into 27
identical solid spheres. If each of these spheres (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1: 2
acquires a terminal velocity v 2 , when falling 29. When a long glass capillary tube of radius
through the same fluid, the ratio (v 1 / v 2 ) 0.015 cm is dipped in a liquid, the liquid rises to
equals: a height of 15 cm within it. If the contact angle
between the liquid and glass to close to 0°, the
(a) 9 (b) 1/27
surface tension of the liquid, in milliNewton m1
(c) 1/9 (d) 27
[(liquid)  900 kgm3 , g  10 ms2 ] , is (Given
24. In an experiment, a small steel ball falls through
a liquid at a constant speed of 10 cm/s. If the answer in closest integer) ____.
steel ball is pulled upward with a force equal to
(a) 102 (b) 103
twice its effective weight, how fast will it move
upward? (c) 101 (d) 105

(a) 5 cm/s (b) zero 30. If ‘M’ is the mass of water that rises in a capillary
tube of radius ‘r’, then mass of water which will
(c) 10 cm/s (d) 20 cm/s
rise in a capillary tube of radius ‘2r’ is:
25. A liquid does not wet the solid surface if angle
of contact is (a) M (b) M/2

(a) equal to 45° (b) equal to 60° (c) 4M (d) 2M

(c) greater than 90° (d) zero 31. When two soap bubbles of radii a and b(b > a)
coalesce, the radius of curvature of common
26. A rectangular film of liquid is extended from
(4 cm × 2 cm) to (5 cm × 4 cm). If the work done surface is:

is 3  104 J , the value of the surface tension ab ab

(a) (b)
of the liquid is b a a b

(a) 0.250 Nm1 (b) 0.125 Nm1 (c)

b a
(d)
a b
ab ab
(c) 0.2 Nm1 (d) 8.0 Nm1
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