Chapter 8

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

1. A ball is made of a material of density  where
oil <  < water with oil and water representing the
densities of oil and water, respectively. The oil and FILM
water are immiscible. If the above ball is in
equilibrium in a mixture of this oil and water, which
of the following pictures represents its equilibrium
positions? [AIEEE-2010]
w

(1) 0.1 Nm–1 (2) 0.05 Nm–1

Oil Water (3) 0.025 Nm–1 (4) 0.0125 Nm–1

(1) (2) 5. A uniform cylinder of length L and mass M having
cross-sectional area A is suspended, with its length
Water Oil
vertical, from a fixed point by a massless spring,
such that it is half submerged in a liquid of density
 at equilibrium position. The extension x 0 of
the spring when it is in equilibrium is

Water [JEE (Main)-2013]

Oil
(3) (4)
Mg Mg  LA 
1
k  M 
(1) (2)
Water Oil k

Mg  LA  Mg  LA 
1 1
k  2M  k  M 
2. Two mercury drops (each of radius r) merge to form (3) (4)
a bigger drop. The surface energy of the bigger
drop, if T is the surface tension, is [AIEEE-2011] (Here k is spring constant)

(1) 28/3r2T (2) 25/3r2T 6. Assume that a drop of liquid evaporates by

decrease in its surface energy, so that its
(3) 4r2T (4) 2r2T temperature remains unchanged. What should be
the minimum radius of the drop for this to be
3. If a ball of steel (density  = 7.8 g cm–3) attains
possible? The surface tension is T, density of liquid
a terminal velocity of 10 cm s –1 when falling
is  and L is its latent heat of vaporization.
in a tank of water (coefficient of viscosity water = [JEE (Main)-2013]
8.5 × 10 –4 Pa s), then its terminal velocity in
glycerine ( = 1.2 g cm–3,  = 13.2 Pa. s) would (1) L/T (2) T / L
be, nearly [AIEEE-2011]
(3) T/L (4) 2 T/L
(1) 1.5 × 10–5 cm s–1 (2) 1.6 × 10–5 cm s–1
7. There is a circular tube in a vertical plane. Two
(3) 6.25 × 10–4 cm s–1 (4) 6.45 × 10–4 cm s–1 liquids which do not mix and of densities d1 and d2
are filled in the tube. Each liquid subtends 90°
4. A thin liquid film formed between a U-shaped wire
angle at centre. Radius joining their interface
and a light slider supports a weight of 1.5 × 10–2
N (see figure). The length of the slider is 30 cm and d1
makes an angle  with vertical. Ratio d is
its weight negligible. The surface tension of the 2
liquid film is [AIEEE-2012] [JEE (Main)-2014]

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 11. A liquid of density  is coming out of a hose pipe
of radius a with horizontal speed v and hits a
mesh. 50% of the liquid passes through the mesh
d2 unaffected. 25% looses all of its momentum and
 25% comes back with the same speed. The
resultant pressure on the mesh will be
d1 [JEE (Main)-2019]
1  sin  1  cos  3 2 1 2
(1) (2) (1) v (2) v
1– sin  1– cos  4 4

1  tan  1  sin  1 2
(3) (4) (3) v (4) v 2
1– tan  1– cos  2
8. On heating water, bubbles being formed at the 12. A soap bubble, blown by a mechanical pump at the
bottom of the vessel detatch and rise. Take the mouth of a tube, increases in volume, with time, at
bubbles to be spheres of radius R and making a a constant rate. The graph that correctly depicts
circular contact of radius r with the bottom of the the time dependence of pressure inside the bubble
vessel. If r << R, and the surface tension of water is given by [JEE (Main)-2019]
is T, value of r just before bubbles detatch is
(Density of water is w) [JEE (Main)-2014]
P
P
(1) (2)
1
log(t) t
R

2r P
P
2 2w g 2 w g
(1) R (2) R (3) (4)
3T 6T 1
t
1/3
t
2 w g 2 3w g
(3) R (4) R
13. A long cylindrical vessel is half filled with a liquid.
T T
When the vessel is rotated about its own vertical
9. The top of a water tank is open to air and its water axis, the liquid rises up near the wall. If the radius
level is maintained. It is giving out 0.74 m3 water of vessel is 5 cm and its rotational speed is
per minute through a circular opening of 2 cm 2 rotations per second, then the difference in the
radius in its wall. The depth of the centre of the heights between the centre and the sides, in cm,
opening from the level of water in the tank is close will be [JEE (Main)-2019]
to [JEE (Main)-2019] (1) 1.2 (2) 0.1
(1) 9.6 m (2) 2.9 m (3) 0.4 (4) 2.0
(3) 4.8 m (4) 6.0 m 14. W ater from a pipe is coming at a rate of
100 liters per minute. If the radius of the pipe is
10. Water flows into a large tank with flat bottom at the
5 cm, the Reynolds number for the flow is of the
rate of 10–4 m3s–1. Water is also leaking out of a
order of : (density of water = 1000 kg/m 3 ,
hole of area 1 cm2 at its bottom. If the height of coefficient of viscosity of water = 1 mPa s)
the water in the tank remains steady, then this
height is [JEE (Main)-2019] [JEE (Main)-2019]

(1) 5.1 cm (2) 1.7 cm (1) 102 (2) 104

(3) 2.9 cm (4) 4 cm (3) 103 (4) 106

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15. If M is the mass of water that rises in a capillary 20. A submarine experiences a pressure of
tube of radius r, then mass of water which will rise 5.05 × 106 Pa at a depth of d1 in a sea. When it
in a capillary tube of radius 2r is goes further to a depth of d2, it experiences a
[JEE (Main)-2019] pressure of 8.08 × 10 6 Pa. Then d 2 – d 1 is
approximately (density of water = 103 kg/m3 and
(1) 2M (2) M acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms–2) :
M [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) 4M (4)
2 (1) 600 m
16. A wooden block floating in a bucket of water has (2) 500 m
4 (3) 300 m
of its volume submerged. When certain amount
5 (4) 400 m
of an oil is poured into the bucket, it is found that
21. A solid sphere, of radius R acquires a terminal
the block is just under the oil surface with half of
velocity v1 when falling (due to gravity) through a
its volume under water and half in oil. The density
viscous fluid having a coefficient of viscosity . The
of oil relative to that of water is [JEE (Main)-2019]
sphere is broken into 27 identical solid spheres. If
(1) 0.5 (2) 0.8 each of these spheres acquires a terminal velocity,
v2, when falling through the same fluid, the ratio
(3) 0.7 (4) 0.6
17. The ratio of surface tensions of mercury and water  v1 
 v  equals [JEE (Main)-2019]
is given to be 7.5 while the ratio of their densities  2
is 13.6. Their contact angles, with glass, are close
to 135° and 0°, respectively. It is observed that 1
mercury gets depressed by an amount h in a (1) (2) 9
27
capillary tube of radius r1, while water rises by the
same amount h in a capillary tube of radius r2. The 1
ratio, (r1/r2), is then close to : [JEE (Main)-2019] (3) (4) 27
9
(1) 4/5 (2) 2/3
22. An ideal fluid flows (laminar flow) through a pipe of
(3) 3/5 (4) 2/5 non-uniform diameter. The maximum and minimum
diameters of the pipes are 6.4 cm and 4.8 cm,
18. A cubical block of side 0.5 m floats on water with
respectively. The ratio of the minimum and the
30% of its volume under water. W hat is the
maximum velocities of fluid in this pipe is
maximum weight that can be put on the block
without fully submerging it under water? [JEE (Main)-2020]
[Take, density of water = 103 kg/m3] 81 9
(1) (2)
[JEE (Main)-2019] 256 16
(1) 30.1 kg (2) 46.3 kg
3 3
(3) 87.5 kg (4) 65.4 kg (3) (4)
4 2
19. Water from a tap emerges vertically downwards with
23. Consider a solid sphere of radius R and mass
an initial speed of 1.0 ms–1. The cross-sectional area
of the tap is 10–4 m2. Assume that the pressure is  r2 
constant throughout the stream of water and that the density (r )  0  1  2  , 0 < r  R. The
 R 
flow is streamlined. The cross-sectional area of
stream, 0.15 m below the tap would be: minimum density of a liquid in which it will float is

(Take g = 10 ms–2) [JEE (Main)-2019] [JEE (Main)-2020]

(1) 1 × 10–5 m2 20 0

(1) (2)
(2) 5 × 10–5 m2 5 3
(3) 5 × 10–4 m2
0 20
(4) 2 × 10–5 m2 (3) (4)
5 3
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24. A leak proof cylinder of length 1 m, made of a metal 27. A small spherical droplet of density d is floating
which has very low coefficient of expansion is floating exactly half immersed in a liquid of density  and
vertically in water at 0°C such that its height above surface tension T. The radius of the droplet is
the water surface is 20 cm. When the temperature (take note that the surface tension applies an
of water is increased to 4°C, the height of the upward force on the droplet) [JEE (Main)-2020]
cylinder above the water surface becomes 21 cm.
The density of water at T = 4°C, relative to the 3T T
density at T = 0°C is close to [JEE (Main)-2020] (1) r = (2) r =
(2d  )g (d  )g
(1) 1.04
(2) 1.03 T 2T
(3) r = (4) r =
(3) 1.26 (d  )g 3(d  )g

(4) 1.01
28. A cylindrical vessel containing a liquid is rotated
about its axis so that the liquid rises at its sides as
25. M shown in the figure. The radius of vessel is 5 cm and
the angular speed of rotation is  rad s –1. The
5m difference in the height, h (in cm) of liquid at the
centre of vessel and at the side will be
N
[JEE (Main)-2020]
5m 

Two liquids of densities 1 and 2 (2 = 21) are

filled up behind a square wall of side 10 m as
h
shown in figure. Each liquid has a height of 5 m.
The ratio of the forces due to these liquids exerted
on upper part MN to that at the lower part NO is
(Assume that the liquids are not mixing)
10 cm
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 1/4 22 52
(1) (2)
25g 2g
(2) 1/2
(3) 2/3 22 252
(3) (4)
(4) 1/3 5g 2g

26. Water flows in a horizontal tube (see figure). The 29. A capillary tube made of glass of radius 0.15 mm
pressure of water changes by 700 Nm–2 between is dipped vertically in a beaker filled with methylene
A and B where the area of cross section are iodide (surface tension = 0.05 Nm–1, density = 667
40 cm2 and 20 cm2, respectively. Find the rate of kg m–3) which rises to height h in the tube. It is
flow of water through the tube. [JEE (Main)-2020] observed that the two tangents drawn from liquid-
(density of water = 1000 kgm–3) glass interfaces (from opp. sides of the capillary)
make an angle of 60° with one another. Then h is
A close to (g = 10 ms–2) [JEE (Main)-2020]
B
(1) 0.049 m
(Fig.) (2) 0.087 m

(1) 3020 cm3/s (2) 1810 cm3/s (3) 0.137 m

(3) 2720 cm3/s (4) 2420 cm3/s (4) 0.172 m

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30. Pressure inside two soap bubbles are 1.01 and 35. A fluid is flowing through a horizontal pipe of varying
1.02 atmosphere, respectively. The ratio of their cross-section, with speed  ms–1 at a point where
volumes is [JEE (Main)-2020] the pressure is P pascal.
P
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 0.8 : 1 At another point where pressure is pascal
2
(3) 4 : 1 (4) 8 : 1 its speed is V ms –1. If the density of the fluid is
31. A air bubble of radius 1 cm in water has an upward  kg m–3 and the flow is streamline, then V is equal
acceleration 9.8 cm s–2. The density of water is to [JEE (Main)-2020]
1 gm cm–3 and water offers negligible drag force on
the bubble. The mass of the bubble is (g = 980 P 2P
(1)  2 (2)  2
cm/s2) [JEE (Main)-2020]  
(1) 1.52 gm (2) 4.51 gm
(3) 3.15 gm (4) 4.15 gm P P
(3)  (4)  2
32. Two identical cylindrical vessels are kept on the  2
ground and each contain the same liquid of
density d. The area of the base of both vessels is 36. W hen a long glass capillary tube of radius
S but the height of liquid in one vessel is x1 and 0.015 cm is dipped in a liquid, the liquid rises to
in the other, x 2 . W hen both cylinders are a height of 15 cm within it. If the contact angle
connected through a pipe of negligible volume very between the liquid and glass to close to 0°, the
close to the bottom, the liquid flows from one surface tension of the liquid, in milliNewton m–1, is
vessel to the other until it comes to equilibrium at [(liquid) = 900 kgm–3, g = 10 ms–2] (Give answer in
a new height. The change in energy of the system closest integer) _____. [JEE (Main)-2020]
in the process is [JEE (Main)-2020] 37. A hydraulic press can lift 100 kg when a mass ‘m’
is placed on the smaller piston. It can lift _______
1
(1) gdS( x2  x1 )2 (2) gdS( x 2  x1 )2 kg when the diameter of the larger piston is
4 increased by 4 times and that of the smaller
piston is decreased by 4 times keeping the same
(3)
3
4
gdS( x 2  x1 )2 (4) 
gdS x22  x12  mass ‘m’ on the smaller piston.
[JEE (Main)-2021]
33. A hollow spherical shell at outer radius R floats just
38. A large number of water drops, each of radius r,
submerged under the water surface. The inner
combine to have a drop of radius R. If the surface
radius of the shell is r. If the specific gravity of the
tension is T and mechanical equivalent of heat is J,
27 the rise in heat energy per unit volume will be
shell material is w.r.t water, the value of r is
8
[JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
2T 1 1 3T
2 4 (1)
J r R (2)
(1) R (2) R   rJ
3 9
3T  1 1  2T

J  r R 
1 8 (3) (4)
(3) R (4) R rJ
3 9
39. The pressure acting on a submarine is 3 × 105 Pa
34. In an experiment to verify Stokes law, a small at a certain depth. If the depth is doubled, the
spherical ball of radius r and density  falls under percentage increase in the pressure acting on the
gravity through a distance h in air before entering submarine would be: [JEE (Main)-2021]
a tank of water. If the terminal velocity of the ball
(Assume that atmospheric pressure is 1 × 105 Pa,
inside water is same as its velocity just before
density of water is 103 kg m–3, g = 10 ms–2)
entering the water surface, then the value of h is
proportional to [JEE (Main)-2020] 200 3
(1) % (2) %
(ignore viscosity of air) 5 200
(1) r4 (2) r3
200 5
(3) % (4) %
(3) r (4) r2 3 200

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40. What will be the nature of flow of water from a 44. Two spherical soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 in
circular tap, when its flow rate increased from vacuum combine under isothermal conditions. The
0.18 L/min to 0.48 L/ min? The radius of the tap resulting bubble has a radius equal to
and viscosity of water are 0.5 cm and 10–3 Pa s,
[JEE (Main)-2021]
respectively. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(Density of water : 103 kg/m3) r1  r2
(1) (2) r1r2
2
(1) Steady flow to unsteady flow
(2) Remains turbulent flow r1r2
(3) Unsteady to steady flow
(3) r  r (4) r12  r22
1 2

(4) Remains steady flow

45. A light cylindrical vessel is kept on a horizontal
41. When two soap bubbles of radii a and b (b > a) surface. Area of base is A. A hole of cross-
coalesce, the radius of curvature of common sectional area ‘a’ is made just at its bottom side.
surface is [JEE (Main)-2021] The minimum coefficient of friction necessary to
prevent sliding the vessel due to the impact force
ab ab of the emerging liquid is (a < < A)
(1) (2)
ba ab
[JEE (Main)-2021]
A
ba ab
(3) (4)
ab ab

42. Consider a water tank as shown in the figure. It’s

cross-sectional area is 0.4 m2. The tank has an
opening B near the bottom whose cross-section a
area is 1 cm2. A load of 24 kg is applied on the
water at the top when the height of the water level
is 40 cm above the bottom, the velocity of water
A
coming out the opening B is  ms–1. (1) (2) None of these
2a
The value of , to the nearest integer, is ______.
[Take value of g to be 10 ms–2] 2a a
(3) (4)
A A
[JEE (Main)-2021]
24 kg 46. A raindrop with radius R = 0.2 mm falls from a
cloud at a height h = 2000 m above the ground.
A
Assume that the drop is spherical throughout its fall
and the force of buoyance may be neglected, then
the terminal speed attained by the raindrop is
[Density of water fw = 1000 kg m–3 and

B Density of air fa = 1.2 kg m–3, g = 10 m/s2

43. Two small drops of mercury each of radius R Coefficient of viscosity of air = 1.8 × 10–5 Nsm–2]
coalesce to form a single large drop. The ratio of
[JEE (Main)-2021]
total surface energy before and after the change is
(1) 250.6 ms–1
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(2) 14.4 ms–1
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 2
(3) 43.56 ms–1
1 1
(3) 2 3 : 1 (4) 1: 2 3 (4) 4.94 ms–1

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47. The water is filled upto height of 12 m in a tank 53. The velocity of upper layer of water in a river is
having vertical sidewalls. A hole is made in one
36 kmh–1. Shearing stress between horizontal layers
of the walls at a depth ‘h’ below the water level.
The value of ‘h’ for which the emerging stream of of water is 10–3 Nm–2. Depth of the river is ____ m.
water strikes the ground at the maximum range (Co-efficient of viscosity of water is 10–2 Pa.s)
is _____m. [JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
48. Two narrow bores of diameter 5.0 mm and 8.0 mm 54. An ideal fluid of density 800 k gm –3, flows smoothly
are joined together to form a U-shaped tube open through a bent pipe (as shown in figure) that tapers
at both ends. If this U-tube contains water, what is
a.
the difference in the level of two limbs of the tube? in cross-sectional area from a to The pressure
2
[Take surface tension of water T = 7.3 × 10–2 Nm–1, difference between the wide and narrow sections of
angle of contact = 0, g = 10 ms–2 and density of pipe is 4100 Pa. At wider section, the velocity of fluid
water = 1.0 × 103 kg m–3] [JEE (Main)-2021]
x
is ms–1 for x =_______. (Given g =10 ms–2)
(1) 2.19 mm (2) 3.62 mm 6
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(3) 5.34 mm (4) 4.97 mm

49. A soap bubble of radius 3 cm is formed inside the

another soap bubble of radius 6 cm. The radius of
an equivalent soap bubble which has the same
excess pressure as inside the smaller bubble with
respect to the atmospheric pressure is _____ cm.

50. In Millikan’s oil drop experiment, what is viscous

force acting on an uncharged drop of radius 55. The velocity of a small ball of mass ‘m’ and density
2.0 × 10–5 m and density 1.2 × 103 kgm–3 ? Take d1, when dropped in a container filled with glycerine,
viscosity of liquid = 1.8 × 10–5 Nsm –2. (Neglect becomes constant after some time. If the density of
buoyancy due to air). [JEE (Main)-2021] glycerine is d2, then the viscous force acting on the
ball, will be [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 5.8 × 10–10 N
 d1   d2 
(2) 1.8 × 10–10 N (1) mg  1– d  (2) mg  1– d 
 2   1
(3) 3.8 × 10–11 N
 d1   d2 
(4) 3.9 × 10–10 N
(3) mg  d – 1 (4) mg  d – 1
 2   1 
51. When a rubber ball is taken to a depth of _____
m in deep sea, its volume decreases by 0.5%. 56. The area of cross-section of a large tank is 0.5 m2. It

(The bulk modulus of rubber = 9.8 × 108 Nm–2, has a narrow opening near the bottom having area of
cross-section 1 cm2. A load of 25 kg is applied on the
Density of sea water = 103 kgm–3, g = 9.8 m/s2)
water at the top in the tank. Neglecting the speed of
[JEE (Main)-2021]
water in the tank, the velocity of the water, coming
52. The terminal velocity (vt) of the spherical rain drop
out of the opening at the time when the height of
depends on the radius (r) of the spherical rain drop as
water level in the tank is 40 cm above the bottom, will
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) r1/2 (2) r be ______ cms–1.

(3) r2 (4) r3 [Take g = 10 ms–2] [JEE (Main)-2022]

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57. A water drop of diameter 2 cm is broken into 64 equal 62. A water drop of radius 1 cm is broken into 729 equal
droplets. The surface tension of water is 0.075 N/m. droplets. If surface tension of water is 75 dyne/cm,
In this process the gain in surface energy will be then the gain in surface energy upto first decimal
place will be : [JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(Given  = 3.14)
(1) 2.8 × 10–4 J (2) 1.5 × 10–3 J
(3) 1.9 × 10–4 J (4) 9.4 × 10–5 J (1) 8.5 × 10–4 J (2) 8.2 × 10–4 J

58. A water drop of radius 1 mm falls in a situation where (3) 7.5 × 10–4 J (4) 5.3 × 10–4 J
the effect of buoyant force is negligible. 63. A spherical soap bubble of radius 3 cm is formed
Co-efficient of viscosity of air is 1.8 × 10–5 Nsm–2 and
inside another spherical soap bubble of radius 6 cm.
its density is negligible as compared to that of water
(106 gm–3). Terminal velocity of the water drop is If the internal pressure of the smaller bubble of radius
(Take acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms–2) 3 cm in the above system is equal to the internal
pressure of the another single soap bubble of radius
[JEE (Main)-2022]
r cm. The value of r is ___ [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 145.4 × 10–6 ms–1
(2) 118.0 × 10–6 ms–1 64. The diameter of an air bubble which was initially

(3) 132.6 × 10–6 ms–1 2 mm, rises steadily through a solution of density

(4) 123.4 × 10–6 ms–1 1750 kg m–3 at the rate of 0.35 cms–1. The coefficient

59. A liquid of density 750 kgm –3 flows smoothly through of viscosity of the solution is _______ poise (in
a horizontal pipe that tapers in nearest integer). (The density of air is negligible).
cross-sectional area from A1 = 1.2 × 10 m to –2 2

[JEE (Main)-2022]
A1
A2  . The pressure difference between the wide 65. Consider a cylindrical tank of radius 1 m is filled with
2
water. The top surface of water is at 15 m from the
and narrow sections of the pipe is 4500 Pa. The rate
bottom of the cylinder. There is a hole on the wall of
of flow of liquid is _____ × 10–3 m 3s–1.
cylinder at a height of 5 m from the bottom. A force
[JEE (Main)-2022]
of 5 × 105 N is applied on the top surface of water
60. A small spherical ball of radius 0.1 mm and density using a piston. The speed of ifflux from the hole will
104 kg m–3 falls freely under gravity through a distance be: (given atmosphere pressure PA = 1.01 × 105 Pa,
h before entering a tank of water. If, after entering the density of water w = 1000 kg/m3 and gravitational
water the velocity of ball does not change and it
acceleration g = 10 m/s2) [JEE (Main)-2022]
continue to fall with same constant velocity inside
water, then the value of h will be ______ m.
5
(Given g = 10 ms–2, viscosity of water = 1.0 × 10–5 N- 5×10 N
sm–2). [JEE (Main)-2022]
61. A drop of liquid of density  is floating half immersed
in a liquid of density  and surface tension 10 m
7.5 × 10–4 N cm–1. The radius of drop in cm will be 15 m
(g = 10 ms–2) [JEE (Main)-2022]
5m
15 15
(1) (2)
(2  ) (   )

(1) 11.6 m/s (2) 10.8 m/s

3 3
(3) (4)
2 (  ) 20 (2  ) (3) 17.8 m/s (4) 14.4 m/s

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66. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as 68. A tube of length 50 cm is filled completely with an
Assertion (A) and the other· is labelled as Reason incompressible liquid of mass 250 g and closed at
(R). [JEE (Main)-2022] both ends. The tube is then rotated in horizontal
plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular
Assertion (A) : Clothes containing oil or grease
stains cannot be cleaned by water wash. velocity x F rads–1 . If F be the force exerted by the
liquid at the other end then the value of x will
Reason (R) : Because the angle of contact between
be______
the oil/ grease and water is obtuse.
[JEE (Main)-2022]
In the light of the above statements, choose the
correct answer from the option given below.
69. If  is the density and  is coefficient of viscosity of
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
fluid which flows with a speed v in the pipe of diameter
explanation of (A) d, the correct formula for Reynolds number Re is:
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct [JEE (Main)-2022]
explanation of (A)
d
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false (1) Re 
v

(4) (A) is false but (R) is true

v
(2) Re 
67. The velocity of a small ball of mass 0.3 g and density d
8 g/cc when dropped in a container filled with
glycerine becomes constant after some time. If the vd
density of glycerine is 1.3 g/cc, then the value of (3) Re 

viscous force acting on the ball will be x × 10–4 N. The
value of x is _______. [use g = 10 m/s2] 
(4) Re 
[JEE (Main)-2022] vd



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Chapter 8

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

1. Answer (3) 7. Answer (3)
 > oil , ball must sink in oil alone. Equating pressure at A
As  < water , ball must float in water.
2. Answer (1)
SE = T × SA
= T × 4R2 R d2 R sin
Now, R3 = 2r3 
R = 21/3r  R
Rcos
 SE = T × 422/3r2 (R cos – R sin )
3. Answer (3)
d1 A
2
2r
v (  )
9g (Rcos + Rsin)d2g = (Rcos – Rsin)d1g

v      d1 cos   sin  1  tan 

    
v    d2 cos  – sin  1– tan 

7.8  1.2 8.5  104 8. Answer (1)

= 
13.2 7.8  1
When the bubble gets detached,
v = 6.25 × 10–4 cm s–1
Buoyant force = force due to surface tension
4. Answer (3)
5. Answer (3)
For equilibrium,

L R
Ag kx0 
2
L r 
Mg  Ag  kx0 T × dl
2

4
 T  dl sin   3 R
3
Mg w g

Mg  LA  r 4
 x0  1   T  2r   R 3w g
k  2M  R 3
6. Answer (4)
2R 4w g
This could happen if dm × L =dA × T  r2 
3
4R2dR ×  × L =8 RdR × T

2T 2w g
R  r R
2
L 3T

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9. Answer (3) 13. Answer (4)

0.74 3
Volume flow Rate = m /s
60

0.74  10 4
Speed of efflux = m/s = 2gh
60    4

 9.82  2  10  h
 2
 h = 4.8 m  = 4 rad/s x
10. Answer (1)
dh g
  2gh
dt
dy 2 x
a 2gh  Q tan   
dx g
104 2gh  104 h x
2 x
  dy   g
 dx
1 0 0
h
2g 5102
2 x 2
 y
h  5.1 cm 2g
0

11. Answer (1)

162  25  10 4
Let area be A.  y  1.9 cm  2.0 cm
2  10
A A
F  v2   2v 2 14. Answer (2)
4 4
Flow rate of water (Q) = 100 lit/min
3Av 2 3 2
Pressure =  v
4A 4 100  103 5
   103 m3
12. Answer (3) 60 3
4S
P  P0  Q 5  103
R  Velocity of flow (v) = 
A 3    (5  10 2 )2
4S
 P  P0
R 10 2
  m/s
15 3
1/3
 4  = 0.2 m/s
 P  4S    P0
 3v 
Dv
1/3  Reynold number (Re) 
 4  
P  4S    P0
 3kt 
2
(10  102 )   1000
4 3
Also v  R   2 × 104
3

3 1

 3v 
1/3
Order of Re = 104
   R
 4  15. Answer (1)
Given v = kt h  1/r

 1  M  r2h
Correct form: P  m  1/3   c
t  Mr

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16. Answer (4)

4
 
A2 lncm2   1
2
V g  v  g …(1)
5  A2 = 5 × 10–5 m2

v v 20. Answer (3)

V g  g  0 g
2 2 P = P2 – P1 = gH

  oil  4 3.03 × 106 = 103 × 10 × H

     
 2 2  5  H  300 m

oil  4 1 3 21. Answer (2)

    –   
2  5 2  10 R3 = 27r3
3  R = 3r
 oil    0.6
5
17. Answer (4) 2
V1  R 
  9
Ratio of surface tension V2  r 

SHg 22. Answer (2)

 7.5
SWater A1v1 = A2v2 (Equation of continuity)

Hg cos Hg cos135 1 v min v A (4.8)2 9

 13.6 &    1  2  
W cos W cos 0 2 v max v 2 A1 (6.4) 2 16

23. Answer (1)

RHg  SHg   W   cos Hg 
       For minimum density of liquid, solid sphere has to

RWater  SW   Hg   cos W 
float (completely immersed) in the liquid.

1 1 2  mg = FB (Also Vimmersed = Vtotal)

 7.5    0.4 
13.6 2 5
4
 dV  3 R
3
or 
18. Answer (3)

30  
Given  50 3   1  g  Mcube g …(i) R
 r2  2 4
100
  0 4   1 
 R  2 
 r dr  R 3
3
0
Let m mass should be placed

Hence  50   1  g   Mcube  m  g

3 R
…(ii) r 3 r5  4 3
 40   2   R 
equation (ii) – equation (i)  3 5R  0 3
 mg = (50)3 × g(1 – 0.3) = 125 × 0.7 × 103 g
40 R 3 2 4
 m = 87.5 kg    R 3 
3 5 3
19. Answer (2)
20
Using Bernoullie’s equation v 2  v12  2gh   
5
Equation of continuity 24. Answer (4)
A1V1 = A2V2
Law of floatation

 15  Vi body
(1 cm2 )(1 m/s)  ( A2 )  (1)2  2  10   
 100  V liquid


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 In given case
3T
r=
h1  4C  water (2d  )g
  body  constant 
h2  0C  water   28. Answer (4)

4C  100  20  80
   1.01 (x, y)
0C  100  21  79

25. Answer (1)

P1 = 0
F1 2 x 2
y
2g
P2 = g5
x=R
F2
P3 = 15g 252
 y
2g
(P1  P2 ) 29. Answer (2)
F1  A
2
Angle of contact = 30°
(P2  P3 )
F2  A
2
30°
F1 5g 5 1
   
F2 20g 20 4 60°

26. Answer (3)

1
(PA  PB )  (VB2  VA2 )
2
 3
2  0.05   
1  2 VB2  2T cos   2 
 P   VB   h  = 0.087 m
2  4  r g 0.15  10 –3  667  10

30. Answer (4)

3
 P  VB2
8 4T
P1 = P0  r
1
( P )8 ( P )4 700  4
VB    m /s
3 1500 1500 4T
P2 = P0  r
2
 28  cm3
Q  ABVB  (20)    100
 15  s r1
2
r2
Q  2720 cm3 /s
27. Answer (1) V1
 8
V2
2 3 4
T.2r + r g  r 3 dg 31. Answer (4)
3 3
4 3
r2 r w g – mg  ma
T= (2d  )g 3
3

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 36. Answer (101)
4 3
r w g
 m 3 2T cos 
g a h
gr
= 4.15 gm
gr  h 900  10  15  15
32. Answer (2)  T  
2cos  100  1000  100  2
|Change in energy| = Ui – Uf
 T = 0.10125 Nm–1
x1 x  T = 101.25  101 milliNewton m–1
 (dsx1)g  (dsx2 )g 2
2 2
37. Answer (25600)
  x  x2    x1  x2 
 2  ds  1  g   100g mg
  2   4  Initially  (A 2  A1 )
A1 A2

1
= gds( x2  x1 )2 Mg mg
4 Later 16A  A / 16
1 2
33. Answer (4)
M = 25600
4
3
4

R 3  w  g   R 3 – r 3 m  g
3
 38. Answer (3)
nr3 = R3
H = T[4nr2 – 4R2]
Rise in Heat energy/volume (Q)

4T  2
Q= nr  R2 
4 3 
Jn. r
3

Solving we get

3 3

 R3 = R – r   27
8
Q
3T  1 1 

J  r R 

1 39. Answer (3)

 19 8 3
 r=   R  R P1 = P0 + gh1
 27  9
2P0
34. Answer (1) h1 
g
vT r2
P2 = P0 + 4P0 = 5P0
2
2gh  r
P  P1 200
% increase  2  100  %
 h r4 P1 3
35. Answer (1)
40. Answer (1)
1 2 P 1 2
P    V VD
2 2 2 R


P
 V   2 4Q
 R
D

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 4  103  0.18  10 3 4  105  0.18 P1V1 P2 V2 P  V
R1     
60    10 2
 10 3 60 RT RT RT

= 0.0038 × 105 = 380  r12  r22  r 2

0.48
R2   380  1018
0.18  r  r12  r22
41. Answer (1) 45. Answer (3)
4T
P1  P0  Ve  2gh
a
Thrust force = friction
4T a b
P2  P0  av2 = (Ah)g
b P1 P2
4T a(2gh) = Agh
 P1 – P2 
rc
2a

1 1 1 A
 – 
a b rc 46. Answer (4)

ab FV
 rc 
(b – a )
42. Answer (3)
VT
mg 1
 gH   2 Mg
A 2
240 1
  1000  10  0.4   1000   2 FV  Mg
0.4 2
  = 3 m/s 4 
6RVT   R3  w  g
43. Answer (3)  3 
4 4
R3  2  R 32 2R2 w g 2  (2  10 4 )2  1000  10
3 3 VT  
1
9 9  1.8  105
 R2  R  2 3  4.94 m/s

E1 T  4R2  2 47. Answer (6)

  2
E2 2
T  4R  2 3

1
2 H
  2 3
22/3
44. Answer (4) h

p0 = 0
For maximum range
r h=H–h
r1 + r2 =
H
h=
2
4T 4T 4T
P1  P0  , P2  P0  , P  P0 
r1 r2 r 12
= m6m
and n1 + n2 = n 2

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48. Answer (1) 52. Answer (3)
gH = P
4 3
6v t r  r ( – )g
P 3
 H 
g
 vt = Cr2 where C is a constant
 1 1 
P  2T    or vt  r2
R
 1 R 2

53. Answer (100)

2T  R2  R1 
 H 
g  R1R2  du
F  A
dx
2  7.3  102  4  2.5 

100  10  4  2.5  103  –3 –2 10
 10  10 
h
= 2.19 mm
49. Answer (2)
10 –1
Pinside smaller bubble  h m  100 m
10 –3
4T 4T
 Patm    (100)
Rout Rin

Pinside equivalent bubble 54. Answer (363)

4T Applying Bernoulli’s theorem:

 Patm 
Req
1 2 1
v = P2  0    2v 
2
P1  gh 
2 2
1 1 1
  
Req Rout Rin Putting the values,

 Req = 2 cm 3 
4100  800  v 2 – 10 
50. Answer (4)  2 

At steady state,
363
Viscous force = Gravity force  v m/s
6

4 3 55. Answer (2)

 r g
3 Viscous force acting on the ball will be equal and
opposite to net of weight and buoyant force
4
  3.14  8  10 15  1.2  103  9.8
3 4 3 4
 F0  r d1g – r 3 d 2 g
3 3
= 3.9 × 10–10 N
51. Answer (500)  d 
4 3
 r d1g  1– 2 
3  d1 
VdP V 
B  (gh)
dV dV
 d 
 mg  1– 2 
8
9.8  10  0.005  d1 
h 
103  9.8
 Option (2) is correct
= 500 m

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56. Answer (300) 2  P1  P2 
 v
3
By Bernoulli’s theorem:

250 1 2  4500
 gh  v 2   2 m/sec
0.5 2 3  750

 v = 3 m/s So Q = A1v = 24 × 10–3 m3/sec

v = 300 cm/s
60. Answer (20)
57. Answer (1)
2gh = terminal speed
r
r 
4 2 r 2 g (  –  )
 2gh 
 E = T(S) 9 

= T × 4(nr2 –r2), n = 64
2 10 –8  10  9000
= 
= T × 4 × (4 – 1)r 2
9 10 –5
 E = 0.075 × 4 × 3.142 (3) × 10–4 J
400
= 2.8 × 10–4 J  h  2g

58. Answer (4)

 h = 20 m
6 rv  mg
61. Answer (1)
4 3 Balancing the forces on drop
6rv  r g
3
4 2
2RT  R 3 g  R 3 g
2 3
2 r g 2 10  (10 )  10 6 2 3 3
or v  
9  9 1.8  105
= 123.4×10–6 m/s

59. Answer (24)

2R 2
 2T  (  2)  10
3

15  10 2  3
  R2
10(   2)2
Using Bernoulli’s equation

3 1
1 2 1 R
P1  v  P2   4v 2 2  10 (  2)
2 2

3 2 3 1
v  P1  P2  (in m)
2 20   2
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 3  100 1 1 106
(R ) in cm   15   v 2  200   202
20   2   2 1000
 v  17.8 m/s
15 66. Answer (1)
Now if 2   (Rin cm ) 
2  
Due to obtuse angle of contact the water doesn’t
62. Answer (3) wet the oiled surface properly and cannot wash it
also.
4 3 4
729  r  R 3
3 3  Assertion is correct and Reason given is a
correct explanation.
 R = 9r …(1)
67. Answer (25)
U = S × A …(2)
Fv = 6rvT
 U = S × {–4R2 + 729 × 4r2}
= S × 4{729r2 – 81r2} Fv + FB = mg

= 7.5 × 10–4 J  Fv = mg – FB
63. Answer (2) 0.3
= 10  (8 – 1.3)   10 –3
8
4T 4T 4T
 
R1 R2 r = 2.5125 × 10–3 N  25  10 –4 N

1 1 1 68. Answer (4)

    r  2 cm
r 3 6

64. Answer (11)

F = 6rv

4 3
r l g  6rv m2 l
3 Applying Fc 
2
2r 2l g
 m2 l
v F
2

 
2
2  2  10 3  1750  10
 2F
9  3.5  103  4   16 F  4 F
1 1

2 4
= 11 poise
65. Answer (3) 69. Answer (3)
By Bernoulli’s theorem, vd
Re 

5  105 1
 g 10   1.01 105   v 
2

 1
2 2 Direct formula based.

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