ASSIGNMENT - 2

(Level: IIT-JEE ADVANCE)

12. Properties of Matter - Viscosity

1. A Spherical ball of radius r is moving with terminal velocity inside a liquid. Rate of heat loss is
directly proportional to

(A) r 2 (B) r 3 (C) r 4 (D) r 5

2. A spherical ball is dropped in a long column of viscous liquid. Which of the following graphs
represent the variation of

(i) gravitational force with time (ii) viscous force with time (iii) net force acting on the ball with time

(A) Q,R,P (B) R,Q,P (C) P,Q,R (D) R,P,Q

3. A spherical object of mass 1kg and radius 1 m is falling vertically downward inside a viscous liquid
in a gravity free space. At a certain instant the velocity of the sphere is 2m/s. If the coefficient of
1
viscosity of the liquidis N  s / m 2 , then velocity of ball will become 0.5m/ s after a time
18

(A) In 4s (B) 2 In 4s (C) 3 In 4s (D) 2 In 2s

4. The drag force to the motion of a body in some medium depends on the velocity of the body as
F  kv where 'k ' and '  ' are positive constants. The body travels s an infinitely large distance after
getting an initial momentum. Then '  ' must be

(A)  1 (B) 1 (C)  2 (D)  2

5. STATEMENT 1: Terminal velocity of a spherical solid depends on the radius of the sphere

STATEMENT 2: With sufficient dimensions of a liquid medium, every solid acquires terminal
velocity

PASSAGE:

Viscosity in liquids and gases is because of different velocities of adjacent layers. The viscous force

is given by F  A
r

6. A large drop of oil whose density is less than that of water, rises through a column of water. Assume
waterand oil do not mix. If 0 and w are the viscosities of oil and water, the velocity of the drop
depends on

(A) Both 0 and w (B) Only 0

(C) Only w (D) Neither Not

7. Which of the following process is least affected by viscosity of water?

(A) Water flowing through a pipe

(B) Air bubble rising up through water

(C) A wide shallow sheet of water flowing as a flat surface

(D) Water flowing out through a hole in the side of a tank

8. A rain drop reaching the ground with terminal velocity has momentum p. Another drop of twice the
radius,also reaching the ground with terminal velocity will have momentum

(A) 4 p (B) 8 p (C) 16 p (D) 32 p

9. Eight rain drops of radius one mm each falling down with a terminal velocity of 5 cm s –1coalesec to
form a biggerdrop. The terminal velocity of the bigger drop will be

(A) 20 cm/s (B) 2 cm/s (C) 10 cm/s (D) 50 cm/s

10. A ball bearing of radius of 1.5 mm made of iron of density 7.85 g cm–3 is allowed to fall through a
long column ofglycerine of density 1.25 g cm–3. It is found to attain a terminal velocity of2.25 cm
s–1. The viscosity of glycerine in centipoise will be:

(A) 14370.33 (B) 143.733 (C) 1437.33 (D) 17.33

11. An air bubble of 1 cm radius is rising at a steady rate of 0.5 cm s –1 through a liquid of density0.8g
cm–3. The coefficient of viscosity of the liquid. (Neglect the density of air) will be

(A) 248.44 poise (B) 348.44 poise (C) 34.844 poise (D) 3.4844 poise

12. A spherical bal of radius 3.0 × 10–4 m and density 104 kg/m3 falls freely under gravity through a
distance h beforeentering a tank of water. If after entering the water the velocity of the ball does not
change, (viscoescity of water9.8 × 10–6 N-s/m2) then height h will be :

(A) 1.65 × 104 m (B) 1.65 × 102 m (C) 165 m (D) 1.65 × 103 m

13. A metal plate 10 cm square rests on a 2 mm thick caster oil layer. Calculate the horizontal force
needed to movethe plate with speed 3 cm–1 will be (Coefficient of viscosity of caster oil is 15 poise.)

(A) 2.25 × 10–2 (B) 2.25 × 10–1 (C) 2.25 × 10–3 (D) 2.25 × 10–4

14. A ball bearing of radius of 1.5 mm made of iron of density 7.85 g cm–3 is allowed to fall through a
long column ofglycerine of density 1.25 g cm–3. It is found to attain a terminal velocity of2.25 cm
s–1. The viscosity of glycerine in centipoise will be:

(A) 14370.33 (B) 143.733 (C) 1437.33 (D) 17.33

15. Viscosity of liquids :

(A) increases with increase in temperature (B) is independent of temperature

(C) decreases with decrease in temperature (D) decreases with increase in temperature
16. A spherical ball of density  and radius 0.003m is dropped into a tube containing a viscousfluid
filled up to the 0 cm mark as shown in the figure. Viscosity of the fluid = 1.260 N.m–2and its density
L   / 2  1260 kg, m 3 . Assume the ball reaches a terminal speed by the 10cm mark. Find the time
taken by the ball totraverse the distance between the 10 cm and 20 cm mark.( g = acceleration due to
gravity = 10 ms–2 )

17. Which of the following graphs best represents the motion of a raindrop?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

18. Which of the following is the incorrect graph for a sphere falling in a viscous liquid?

(Given at t = 0, velocity v = 0 and displacement x = 0.)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

19. The displacement of a ball falling from rest in a viscous medium is platted against time. Choose a
possible option

(A) (B) (C) (D)

20. The time taken for a ball dropped from height ‘h’ to attain the terminal velocity VT.Assume density

of air remains a constant.

2h
(A) 0 (B)
g

9h
(C) (D) The ball will never reach terminal velocity
2r     
2
 PASSAGE

Consider a disk of mass ‘m’, radius ‘R’ lying on a liquid layer of thickness T and coefficient of
viscosity  as shown in the figure

21. The coefficient of viscosity varies as   0 x (x measured as shown in the figure) at the giveninstant
the disk is floating towards right with a velocity v as shown. Find the force required to movethe disk
slowly at the given instant?

20 R 2  80 R 2  0 R 3 160 R 3

(A) (B) (C) (D)
T T T T

22. The Torque required to rotate the disk at a constant angular velocity  given the viscosity is
uniformly  .

4R 4 R 4 2R 4

(A) (B) (C) (D) 16R 4
T T T

23. A disc rotating with angular velocity  is placed on a viscous liquid of thickness ‘T’. Find the angle

rotated by the disc before it comes to rest. [Viscosity =  , Mass of disc = M, radius of disc = R].

40 TM 20 TM 0 TM 0 TM
(A) (B) (C) (D)
R 2 R 2 R 2 2R 2

PASSAGE

A ball is dropped from height 'h' into water. The ball is having radius R , mass m and
specificgravity2. For all collisions with water surface the ball looses 50% of it’s kinetic energy.If
coefficient of viscosity for water is  then answer the following question assuming stoke’s formula.

24. If ball continues with constant speed in water then value of h  h 0 is

m2g m2g m2g m2g

(A) (B) (C) (D)
122 2 R 2 362 2 R 2 722 2 R 2 14422 R 2

25. If h  2h 0 then viscous force acting on the ball just after hitting the water surface

mg mg
(A) mg (B) (C) 2 mg (D)
2 2 2
 h0
26. h then net force acting on the ball just after hitting the water surface
2

 2 1 
(A)
mg
2 2
(B)
mg
2 2
 
2 1 (C) mg
2
(D)
mg
2 2
 
2 1
 ANSWER KEY:

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B)

6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C)

11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (D)

16. (5s) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (D)

21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (B)

26. (D)