SAT – 1 – Fluid Statics

All questions are single correct

Section – A: Compulsory
1. A tube 1 cm2 in cross section is attached to the top of a vessel 1 cm high and cross-section 100
cm2. Water fills the system upto a height of 100 cm from the bottom of the vessel. The force
exerted by the liquid at the bottom of the vessel is (g = 10 m/s2). P0 = 105 Pa
2
1cm

99cm

1cm

2
100cm

(A) 1000 N (B) 990 N (C) 900 N (D)1100 N

2. Find the pressure at point C in the figure shown.

(A) 1.04 ´105 Pa (B) 2.04 ´105 Pa (C) 3.04 ´105 Pa (D) 4.04 ´105 Pa

3. Some liquid is filled in a cylindrical vessel of radius R. Let F1 be the force applied by the
liquid on the bottom of the cylinder. Now the same liquid is poured into a vessel of uniform
square cross-section of side R. Let F2 be the force applied by the liquid on the bottom of this
new vessel. Then: (neglecting atmospheric pressure)

F2
(A) F1 = pF2 (B) F1 = (C) F1 = pF2 (D) F1 = F2
p

4. The pressure at the bottom of a tank of water is 3P where P is the atmospheric pressure. If
the water is drawn out till the level of water is lowered by one fifth, the pressure at the bottom
of the tank will now be

(A) 2P (B) (13/5) P (C) (8/5) P (D) (4/5)P

5. To construct a barometer, a tube of length 1 m is filled completely with mercury and is
inverted in a mercury cup. Now the closed end of the tube is gradually pulled out until only
a small part of it is dipped in mercury. The barometer reading on a particular day is 76 cm.
Suppose another tube of length 1 m is filled with mercury up to 76 cm and then closed by a
cork (in the remaining part of the tube of length 24 cm, there is air present). The tube is now
inverted in a mercury cup and the cork is removed. The height of mercury column in the
tube over surface in the cup will be

(A) zero (B) 76cm (C) > 76 cm (D) < 76 cm.

6. A space-ship is revolving around the earth at an attitude where the acceleration due to
gravity is g/2. The air pressure inside the cabin is maintained at 76 cm of mercury. A
barometer of tube length 100 cm is hanging on the wall of the cabin. The mercury in the
barometer will rise to a height equal to

(A) 38 cm (B) 76 cm (C) 100 cm (D) zero

7. A U – tube having horizontal arm of length 20 cm, has uniform cross-sectional area = 1 cm 2
. It is filled with water of volume 60 cc. What volume of a liquid of density 4 g/cc should be
poured from one side into the U – tube so that no water is left in the horizontal arm of the
tube?

(A) 60 cc (B) 45 cc (C) 50 cc (D) 35 cc

8. Two communicating vessels contain mercury. The diameter of right vessel is n times the
diameter of the left vessel. A column of water of height h is poured in the left vessel. Relative
density of mercury is s. The mercury level will rise in the right-hand vessel by

!! " !! " " "

(A) (!$%)! '
(B) (!! $%)' (C) (!$%)! ' (D) (!! $%)'

9. An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional area contains water (density 1.0 gram/
centimeter 3 ) standing initially 20 centimeters from the bottom in each arm. An immiscible
liquid of density 4.0 grams/ centimeter 3 is added to one arm until a layer 5 centimeters high
forms, as shown in the figure above. What is the ratio h 2 / h1 of the heights of the liquid in
the two arms?

(A) 3/1 (B) 5/2 (C) 2/1 (D) 3/2

10. An open U – tube contains two immiscible liquid of densities r1 and r 2 ( r1 > r2 ) as shown in
figure. If PA , PB , PCand PD refer to the pressure at points A, B, C and D respectively then

r2

C D

A B

(A) PA = PB > PC > PD (B) PA = PB > PD > PC (C) PA = PB > PC = PD

(D) it is not possible to predict the correct relation between PA , PB , PC and PD with given
information

11. A thin uniform circular tube is kept in a vertical plane. Equal volumes of two immiscible
liquids whose densities are 𝜌% and 𝜌( fill the half of the tube as shown. In equilibrium the
radius pasing through the interface makes an angle of 30o with vertical. The ratio of densities
(𝜌% /𝜌( ) is not equal to

30°
r2
30°

r1

√*+% √*$% √*+% √*$%

(A) (+√* (B). ($√* (C). %$√* (D)
√*+%

12. A closed tube in the form of an equilateral triangle of side l contains equal volumes of three
liquids which do not mix and is placed vertically with its lowest side horizontal. Find the
value x in the figure if the densities of liquids are in arithmetic progression.

! ! 3! 3!
(A) x = (B) x = (C) x = (D) x =
3 6 7 8
13. Equal mass of three liquids are kept in three identical cylindrical vessels A, B and C. The
densities of the three liquids are r A , r B , rC with r A < r B < rC .The force on the base will be

(A) maximum in vessel A (B) maximum in vessel B

(C) maximum in vessel C (D) equal in all the vessel

14. A liquid of mass 1 kg is filled in a flask as shown in figure. The force exerted by the flask on
the liquid is (g = 10 m/ s 2 ) [Neglect atmospheric pressure]:

(A) 10 N (B) greater than 10N (C) less than 10N (D) zero
15. The area of cross-section of the wider tube shown in figure is 800 cm3. If a mass of 12 kg is
placed on the massless piston, the difference in height h in the level of water in the two tubes
is

(A) 10 c (B) 6 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 2 cm

16. In the figure shown, water is filled in a symmetrical container. Four pistons of equal area A
are used at the four openings to keep the water in equilibrium. Now an additional force F is
applied at each piston. The increase in the pressure at the centre of the container due to this
addition is

F 2F 4F
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
A A A
17. A U-tube containing a liquid is accelerated horizontally with a constant acceleration equal to
,
-
, where g is the acceleration dues to gravity. The separation between the vertical limbs is l,
while the initial level of the liquid in each arm is also l. The difference in the heights of liquid
in the two vertical limbs (when the liquid is in equilibrium with the tube) is
 . (. . √(0
(A) %/ (B) -
(C). - (D) . -
l

18. The vertical limbs of a U shaped tube are filled with a liquid of density r upto a height h on
each side. The horizontal portion of the U tube having length 2h contains a liquid of density
2r. The U tube is moved horizontally with an acceleration g/2 parallel to the horizontal arm.
The difference in heights in liquid levels in the two vertical limbs, at steady state will be

2h 8h 4h
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
7 7 7
19. Two liquids of density 2 r and r are filled in a vertical U-tube as shown in the figure. The
vertical height of liquid of density 2 r is h. If we accelerate the tube towards right till the
heights of liquid columns will be same. The acceleration of tube is

3g 2g g 4g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
20. A bucket contains water filled upto a height = 15 cm. The bucket is tied to a rope which is
passed over a frictionless light pulley and the other end of the rope is tied to a weight of mass
which is half of that of the (bucket + water). The water pressure above atmosphere pressure
at the bottom is

(A) 0.5 kPa (B) 1 kPa (C) 5 kPa (D) None of these

21. A liquid vessel containing liquid moves down a smooth incline plane of angle of inclination
30° . Find the angle (f ) made by free surface of liquid with the incline plane.

(A) 15° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 0°

22. A fluid container is containing a liquid of density r is accelerating upward with acceleration
a along the inclined place of inclination a as shown. Then the angle of inclination q of free
surface is :

é a ù é a + g sin a ù
(A) tan -1 ê ú (B) tan -1 ê ú
ë g cos a û ë g cos a û

é a - g sin a ù é a - g sin a ù
(C) tan -1 ê ú (D) tan -1 ê ú
ë g(1 + cos a) û ë g(1 - cos a) û

23. An open cubical tank was initially fully filled with water. When the tank was accelerated on
a horizontal plane along one of its side it was found that one third of volume of water spilled
out. The acceleration was

(A) g/3 (B) 2g/3 (C) 3g/2 (D) None

24. Figure shows a three-arm tube in which a liquid is filled upto levels of height l. It is now
rotated at an angular frequency w about an axis passing through arm B. The angular
frequency w at which level of liquid in arm B becomes zero.

2g g 3g 3g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3l l l 2l

25. A U- tube of uniform cross – section contains a liquid of density ‘d’. diameter of the tube is
D. Height of liquid in the left arm and also in the right arm is h and length of horizontal
portion of the tube and hence the horizontal column of liquid is L. The tube is mounted on a
horizontal table that is made to rotate with a uniform angular speed w , about an axis which
is parallel to one of the arms and is at a distance of ‘a’ from the first arm shown in the figure.
Take ‘M’ as the total mass of the liquid and ‘g’ as the acceleration due to gravity. Difference
in height between the liquid columns in the vertical arms will be
 Lw 2 æ w 2 L2 h 3 ( L + 2h ) w 2 d Lw 2 æ a
2
Lö ö
(A) h = ça + ÷ (B) (C) (D) h = ç + L÷
g è 2ø 2g 4 gM g è2 ø

26. A tube filled with water (density r ) and closed at both ends uniformly rotates in a horizontal
plane about a vertical axis OO'-axis and tube MN is parallel to OO'. The manometers fixed
in the tube wall at distance ! and 2! from the rotational axis indicate pressure P1 and P2
respectively as shown in the figure [take ( P2 - P1 ) = 2r !g ].

The angular velocity ' w ' of rotation of the tube is

2g 4g g 3g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3! 3! 2! !

27. ABCDEF is a closed container like a prism placed such that face ACDE is lying horizontally.
A liquid of uniform density is filled inside the container. Let F1 is the force due to liquid on

the face ABC and F2 is the force on the face ABFE. The ratio of F1 is (assume that pressure
F2
at line FB is zero)

3 2 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 4 3

28. A cone of radius R and height H is hanging inside a liquid of density r by means of a string
as shown in the figure. The force, due to the liquid acting on the slant surface of the cone is
(neglect atmospheric pressure and assume tip of the cone to be at level of liquid surface)
 4 2
(A) rpgH R 2 (B) prH R 2 (C) prgH R 2 (D) prgH R 2
3 3

29. A spheircal metal ball of radius 'r' is lying at the botton of a stationary container containing
liquid of density r as shown in the figure. Find the force exerted on the upper hemispherical
portion of the sphere due to gauge pressure ( P0 =atmospheric pressure).

p r2 p r2
(A) [3P0 + 7rr g ] (B) [3P0 + 7rr g ]
3 2

(C) p r 2 [3P0 + 7rr g ] (D) 2p r 2 [3P0 + 7rr g ]

30. A liquid of density r is filled in a conical vessel as shown in fig. Force exerted by liquid on
side wall is (assuming the pressure to be zero at the topmost point of the vessel)

2 1 2
(A) pR2rgh (B) pR rgh (C) pR2rgh (D) 0
3 3
31. In the figure shown, the heavy cylinder (radius R) resting on a smooth surface separates two
liquids of densities 2r and 3r. The height ‘h’ for the equilibrium of cylinder must be (Take
atmospheric pressure as Po )

(A) 3R/2
3
(B) R (C) R 2 (D) None
2
32. A light semi cylindrical gate of radius R is pivoted at its midpoint O, of the diameter as shown
in the figure holding liquid of density r. The force F required to prevent the rotation of the
gate is equal to
 2R 2lrg
(A) 2p R 3rg (B) 2rg R 3l (C) (D) zero
3

33. A square plate of size 4 m x 4 m is hinged at topmost point. A fluid of density ρ fills the space
left of it. The force which acting 1 m from the lowest point can hold the gate stationary is

(-0 (-0 %(2 %(2

(A) *
ρg (B). 1
ρg (C). 1
ρg (D). *
ρg

34. A piece of steel has weight 1 kg-wt. when weighted in air, 0.8 kg-wt. when completely
immersed in water and 0.7 kg-wt. when completely immersed in a liquid A. Relative density
(specific gravity) of liquid A is

(A). 1.4 (B). 1.5 (C) 0.7 (D) 8/7

35. Two bodies having volumes V and 2V are suspended from the two arms of a common
balance and they are found to balance each other. If larger body is immersed in oil (density
d1 = 0.9 gm/ cm 3) and the smaller body is immersed in an unknown liquid, then the balance
remain in equilibrium. The density of unknown liquid is given by:

(A) 2.4 gm/ cm 3 (B) 1.8 gm/ cm 3 (C) 0.45 gm/ cm 3 (D) 2.7 gm/ cm 3

36. A boy carries a fish in one hand and a bucket (not full) of water in the other hand. If he places
the fish in the bucket, the weight now carried by him (assume that water does not spill, and
fish is stationary relative to water):

(A) is less than before (B) is more than before

(C) is the same as before (D) depends upon his speed

37. Two metals are mixed together in equal volumes to form an alloy of specific gravity 4.
When equal masses of the same two metals are mixed together, the specific gravity of alloy
formed is 3, the specific gravity of each metal is

(A) 4 and 6 (B) 2 and 6 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 4 and 8

38. A piece of steel has a weight W in air, W1 when completely immersed in water and W2 when
completely immersed in an unknown liquid. The relative density (specific gravity) of liquid
is:

(A) W - W1 (B) W - W2 (C) W1 - W2 (D) W1 - W2

W - W2 W - W1 W - W1 W - W2

39. A metal ball of density 7800 kg/ m 3 is suspected to have a large number of cavities. It weighs
9.8 kg when weighed directly on a balance and 1.5 kg less when immersed in water. The
percentage by volume of the cavities in the metal ball is approximately:

(A) 20 % (B) 30 % (C) 16 % (D) 11 %

40. A wooden object floats in water kept in a beaker. The object is near a side of the beaker. Let
P1, P2, P3 be the pressures at the three points A, B and C of the bottom as shown in the
figure.

(A) P1 = P2 = P3 . (B) P1 < P2 < P3 . (C) P1 > P2 > P3 . (D) P2 = P3 ¹ P1.

Section – B: Optional

41. An empty glass jar is submerged in tank of water with open mouth of the jar downwards, so
that air
inside the jar is trapped and cannot get out. As the jar is pushed down slowly, the magnitude
of net
buoyant force on the system of volume of gas trapped and the jar:

(A) increases

(B) decreases

(C) remains same

(D) information is insufficient to draw inference.

42. A cubical block of wood 10 cm on a side flats at the interface between oil and water as shown
in figure with its lower face 2 cm below the interface. The density of oil is 0.6 g / cm3 . The
mass of the block is:
 (A) 600 g (B) 680 g (C) 800 g (D) 200 g

43. A uniform solid cylinder of density 0.8 g/ cm 3 floats in equilibrium in a combination of two
non-mixing liquid A and B with its axis vertical. The density of liquid A and B are 0.7 g/ cm 3
and 1.2 gm/ cm 3. The height of liquid A is h A = 1.2 cm and the length of the part of cylinder
immersed in liquid B is h B = 0.8 cm. Then the length part of the cylinder in air is

(A) 0.21 cm (B) 0.25 cm (C) 0.35 cm (D) 0.4 cm

44. In a vessel is a liquid whose density increases with depth y form its surface according to the
law r = r0 + ky, where r0 = 1.0 g / cm3 and k = 0.01g / cm 4. In the liquid, are dropped two balls
connected with an inextensible thread of length ! = 15cm size. Volume of each ball is
V = 1.0cm3 and their masses are m1 = 1.2g and m2 = 1.4g respectively. At what depth will
these balls settle in equilibrium?

(A) 22.5 cm and 37.5 cm (B) 22.5 cm and 22.4 cm

(C) 37.5 cm and 37.5 cm (D) None of these

45. A body floats in a liquid contained in a beaker. The whole system as shown in figure falls
freely under gravity. The up-thrust on the body due to liquid is

(A) zero

(B) equal to weight of liquid displaced

(C) equal to weight of the body in air

(D) equal to weight of immersed portion of the body

46. A body having volume V and density r is attached to the bottom of a container as shown.
Density of the liquid is d(>r). Container has a constant upward acceleration a. Tension in the
string is

(A) V[Dg – r(g+a)] (B) V(g+a) (d – r) (C) V (d – r) g (D) none

47. A small ball of volume V and density r is held inside a cubical container of side L filled with
a liquid of density 4 r as shown in figure. Now the container starts moving on smooth
surface with acceleration a and at same instant the ball is released from rest from the position
shown. The value of a so that the ball hits the right top corner P of the container would be

(A) g (B) 2g (C) 3g (D) can't sa anything

48. A block of ice of density 0.9 gm cc-1 and of volume 100 cc floats in water. Then volume of
ice inside the water

(A) 10 cc (B) 90 cc (C) 50 cc (D) 9 cc

49. A cork of density 0.5g cm -3 floats on a calm swimming pool. The fraction of the cork’s volume
which is under water is

(A) 0% (B) 25% (C) 10% (D) 50%

50. Two cubes of size 1.0 m sides, one of relative density 0.60 and another of relative
density = 1.15 are connected by weightless wire and placed in a large tank of water. Under
equilibrium the lighter cube will project above the water surface to a height of

(A) 50 cm (B) 25 cm (C) 10 cm (D) zero

51. A container of large surface area is filled with liquid of density r. A cubical block of side edge
a and mass M is floating in it with four-fifth of its volume submerged. If a coin of mass m is
placed gently on the top surface of the block is just submerged. M is

(A) 4m/5 (B) m/5 (C) 4m (D) 5m

52. Two cylinders of same cross-section and length L but made of two material of densities d1
and d 2 are cemented together to form a cylinder of length 2L. The combination floats in a
liquid of density d with a length L/2 above the surface of the liquid. If d1 > d 2 then:

3 d d
(A) d1 > d (B) > d1 (C) > d1 (D) d < d1
4 2 4

53. A hollow cone floats with its axis vertical upto one-third of its height in a liquid of relative
density 0.8 and with its vertex submerged. When another liquid of relative density r is filled
in it upto one-third of its height, the cone floats upto half its vertical height. The height of the
cone is 0.10 m and the radius of the circular base is 0.05 m. The specific gravity r is given by

(A) 1.0 (B) 1.5 (C) 2.1 (D) 1.9

54. A ball floats on the surface of water in a container exposed to the atmosphere. Volume V1 of
its volume in inside the water. If the container is now covered and some air is pumped out.
Now let V2 be the volume immersed in water. Then

(A)V1 = V2 (B) V1> V2 (C) V2> V1 (D) V2 = 0

55. A dumbbell is placed in water of density r. It is observed that by attaching a mass m to the
rod, the dumbbell floats with the rod horizontal on the surface of water and each sphere
exactly half submerged as shown in the figure. The volume of the mass m is negligible. The
value of length l is

M, V ! 2M, V
m

Water

d
d(Vr - 3M) d(Vr - 2M) d(Vr + 2M) d(Vr - 2M)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2(Vr - 2M) 2(Vr - 3M) 2(Vr - 3M) 2(Vr + 3M)

56. There is a metal cube inside a block of ice which is floating on the surface of water. The ice
melts completely and metal falls in the water. Water level in the container

(A) Rises (B) Falls (C) Remains same (D) Nothing can be concluded
57. A slender homogeneous rod of length 2L floats partly immersed in water, being supported
by a string fastened to one of its ends, as shown. The specific gravity of the rod is 0.75. The
length of rod that extends out of water is :

2L

1 1
(A) L (B) L (C) L (D) 3 L
2 4

58. A hollow sphere of mass M and radius R is immersed in a tank of water (density w). The
sphere would float if it were set free. The sphere is tied to the bottom of the tank by two wires
which makes angle 45° with the horizontal as shown in the figure. The tension T1 in the wire
is:

4
p R 3r w g - Mg
3 2
(A) (B) p R 3rw g - Mg
2 3

4
p R 3r w g - Mg
3 4
(C) (D) p R 3rw g + Mg
2 3
59. A non-homogenous small sphere having average density same as that of the liquid. It is
released from rest in the position shown in figure. C is the center of mass of the sphere and
O is the geometric center of the sphere. Then just after releasing from rest

(A) C moves left (B) O moves down

(C) O moves up (D) None of these

60. A cubical block of wood 2.0 m on a side is weighted so that its centre of gravity is at point as
shown in the figure - 1 and it floats in water with half its volume submerged. If the block is
hinged about point O at an angle of 45° as shown in the figure-2 with completely submerged
in water

Now the net torque about horizontal axis perpendicular to the block and passing through its
geometrical centre ( g = 10 m / s 2 )

(A) 2 2 ´104 N - m (B) 2 ´104 N - m

(C) 2 ´104 N - m (D) 4 ´104 N - m

61. A wooden stick of length L , radius R and density r has a small metal piece of mass m (of
negligible volume) attached to its one end. Find the minimum value for the mass m (in terms
of given parameters) that would make the stick float vertically in stable equilibrium in a
liquid of density s .

æ ö æ ö æ ö æ ö
(A) 2pR 2 Lr ç s - 1÷ B) pR 2 Lr ç 2s - 1÷ C) pR 2 Lr ç s - 1÷ D) pR2 Lr ç s - 1÷
ç ÷ ç ÷ ç ÷ ç ÷
è r ø è r ø è r ø è 2r ø

62. A sphere of radius R made from material of specific gravity SG, is submerged in a tank of
water. The sphere is placed over a hole of radius a, in the tank bottom. For the dimensions
given, the approximate value of minimum SG required for the sphere to remain in the
position shown.

(A) 0.3 (B) 0.7 (C) 0.6 (D) Can't be determined

 Answer Key

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D B D B D D D D C A

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

D A D A C A C B A B

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

D B B C A A D D A A

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

B D B B B C B B C A

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

B B B A A B B B D B

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

C A D A B B A A C B

61 62

C B