Hydrostatics

Total No.of questions in Hydrostatics are -

Level # 1 .................................................................................... 18
Level # 2 ..................................................................................... 8
Level # 3 ..................................................................................... 2
Level # 4 ..................................................................................... 4

Total No. of questions .............................................................. 32

 LEVEL # 1
Q.1 Which one of the following would hydrogen Q.7 Two stretched membranes of areas 2 and 3 m2
balloon find easiest to lift ? are placed in a liquid at the same depth. The
(A) 1 kg of steel (B) 1 kg of water ratio of the pressure on them is -
(C) 1 kg of lightly packed feathers (A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 3
(D) all the same (C) 2 : 3 (D) 22 : 32
Q.2 A boy is carrying a bucket of water in one
Q.8 1 kg of cotton and iron are weighed in vacuum,
hand and a piece of plaster in the other. After
transfering the plaster piece to the bucket then -
(in which it floats) the boy will carry - (A) cotton and iron will weight same
(A) same load as before (B) iron will weight more than cotton
(B) more load than before (C) cotton will weight more than iron
(C) less load than before (D) both have zero weight
(D) either less or more load, depending on
the density of the plaster Q.9 An ice block floats in a liquid whose density
Q.3 A beaker containing water is balanced on the is less than water. A part of block is outside
pan of a common balance. A solid of specific the liquid. When whole of ice has melted,
gravity 1 and mass 5 g is tied to the arm of the liquid level will -
the balance and immersed in water contained (A) rise
in the beaker. The scale pan with the beaker (B) go down
- (C) remain same
(A) goes down
(D) first rise then go down
(B) goes up
(C) remains unchanged
(D) none of these Q.10 A small lead shot is embedded in a big lump
of ice floating in a jar of water. The level of
Q.4 A uniformaly tapering vessel shown in Fig. is water in the jar is noted. When all the ice
filled with liquid of density 900 kg/m 3. The
melts down, the level of water in the jar would -
force that acts on the base of the vessel due
to liquid is (take g = 10 m/s2) - (A) be raised
(B) go down
AREA = 10–3m2 (C) remain unchanged
(D) none of the above
0.4m
Q.11 A body partly immersed, floats in a liquid
AREA = 2 × 10–3m2
contained in a beaker. The beaker is kept
(A) 3.6 N (B) 7.2 N inside a lift falling freely under gravity. The
(C) 9.0 N (D) 12.6 N upthrust on the body due to liquid is -
Q.5 A sample of metal weighs 210 g in air, (A) zero
140 g in water and 120 g in an unknown (B) equal to weight of body in air
liquid. Then - (C) equal to weight of liquid displaced
(A) the density of the metal is 3 g/cm 3 (D) equal to weight of immersed part of body
(B) The density of the metal is 7 g/cm 3
(C) density of the metal is 4 times the density Q.12 The height of a barometer filled with a liquid
of unknown liquid
of density 3.4 g/cc under normal condition is
(D) the metal still float in water
approximately -
Q.6 A body is just floating in a liquid (their (A) 8 m (B) 5 m
densities are equal) If the body is slightly (C) 3 m (D) 1 m
pressed down and released it will -
(A) start oscillating Q.13 A weightless base is filled with 5 kg of water
(B) sink to the bottom and then weighed in water. The reading of
(C) come back to the same position spring balance is -
immediately (A) 5 kg f (B) 2.5 kg f
(D) come back to the same position slowly (C) 1.25 kg f (D) zero
Q.14 A cube of iron whose sides are of length L, Q.17 If 1 g of substance of realtive density 2 and
is put into mercury. The weight of iron cube 4g of another substance of relative density
is W. The density of iron is I, that of mercury 3 are mixed together, then the relative density
is M. The depth to which the cube sinks is of the mixture is -
given by the expression - (A) 2.4 (B) 2.5
(A) WL2I (B) WL2M (C) 2.7 (D) 2.8
W W
(C) 2
(D) 2
Q.18 Atmospheric pressure shown by a barometer
L I L ρMg placed in a moving lift will be
Q.15 To what height should a rectangular cylinder (A) greater if lift descends with acceleration.
having square base of length 10 cm be filled (B) less if lift descends with retardation
so that the total force on the bottom is equal (C) greater if lift descends with retardation
to that on the sides - (D) less if lift ascends with constant velocity
(A) 5 cm (B) 10 cm
(C) 20 cm (D) 6.67 cm

Q.16 A metallic sphere with an internal cavity

weighs 40 gm in air and 20 gm in water.
If the density of the material with the cavity
= 2 gm/c.c., then the volume of the cavity is -
(A) 15 c.c. (B) 20 c.c.
(C) 25 c.c. (D) 30 c.c.
 LEVEL # 2
Q.1 A tank 5 metre high is half-filled with water Q.6 A siphon in action is shown in the figure. The
and then is filled to the top with oil of density liquid flowing through the siphon has a density
0.8 gm/cm3. The pressure at the bottom of of 1.5 g/cc. The difference of pressure at
the tank, due to these liquid is - points A and D is (g = 980 cm/s2) -
(A) 1.85 gm cm –2 (B) 89.25 gm cm –2
(C) 462.5 gm cm –2 (D) none of the above

Q.2 A boat having a length of 3 metres and

breadth 2 metres is floating on a lake. The
boat sinks by one cm when a man gets on
it. The mass of the man is -
(A) 60 kg (B) 62 kg
(C) 72 kg (D) 128 kg

Q.3 A body of volume 100 c.c. is immersed just

(A) 2.65 ×104 N/m 2 (B) 2.65 ×105 N/m 2
completely in water contained in a jar. The
(C) 2.65 × 103 N/m 2 (D) Zero
weight of water and the jar before immersion
of the body was 600 g. After immersion, the Q.7 A metal ball immersed in alcohol weighs W 1
weight of the water and jar will be - at 0ºC and W 2 at 59ºC. The coefficient of
(A) 500 g (B) 700 g cubical expansion of the metal is less than
(C) 100 g (D) 800 g that of alcohol. Assuming that the density of
the metal is large compared to that of alcohol,
Q.4 The density of ice is 0.9 g/c.c. and that of it can be shown that -
sea water is 1.1 g/c.c. An ice berg of volume (A) W 1 > W 2 (B) W 1 < W 2
V is floating in sea water. The fraction of ice (C) W 1 = W 2 (D) W 1 = 2 W 2
berg above water level is -
Q.8 A cubical block is floating in a liquid with half
(A) 1/11 (B) 2/11
of its volume immersed in the liquid. When
(C) 3/11 (D) 4/11 the whole system accelerates upwards with
a net acceleration of g/4, the fraction of
Q.5 A piece of steel floats in mercury. The specific volume immersed in the liquid will be -
gravity of mercury and steel are 13.6 and 7.8
respectively. For covering the whole piece 1 1
(A) (B)
some water is filled above the mercury. What 2 4
part of the piece is inside the mercury - 3 3
(C) (D)
(A) 0.54 (B) 0.50 4 8
(C) 0.47 (D) 0.62
 LEVEL # 3

Q.1 A block of mass 2kg and specific gravity 5/2 is Q.2 A stone is placed inside a container. The
attached with a spring of force constant normal reaction between the stone and the
K = 100 N/m and is half dipped in the water. If
container is N1. Now a liquid is poured inside
extension in the spring is 1 cm, the force
exerted by the bottom of the tank on block is– the container such that normal reaction
between stone and the container is N2 then
(Take g = 10 m/s2)
(Assume no liquid between stone and container
at the contace surface) –
(A) N2 < N1 (B) N2 > N1
(C) N2 = N1 (D) None of these

(A) 20N (B) 19N (C) 15N (D) 16N

 LEVEL # 4
[PREVIOUSLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN AIEEE & IIT]

Q.1 A wooden block, with a coin placed on its Q.2 What is the height h1 of the liquid level for
top, floats in water as shown in figure. The the mass to be lifted.
distance  and h are shown there. After some 5h 5h
time the coin falls into the water. Then - (A) h1  (B) h1 
4 3
Coin 2h 5h
(C) h1  (D) h1 
3 2

l Q.3 The disc is kept pressed and water is lowered

in the tank upto the height 'h2' as shown,
h
what is the height h2 for the disc to be again
lifted.

(A)  decreases and h increases h 4h

(A) (B)
(B)  yincreases and h decreases 3 9
(C) both  and h increase 2h
(C) (D) h
(D) both  and h decrease 3

Paragraph for Question Nos. 2 to 4 Q.4 Water is still lowered in the tank, what is the
another height h'2, for the disc to be lifted ?
A tank has a cylindrical opening as shown of h
(A)
diameter 2r. A cylinder of diameter 4r and 3
density /3 is placed on the top of the h
(B)
opening as shown in figure. Liquid of density 4
 is to be filled in the tank. h
(C)
5
(D) no height h'2 at which disc will be lifted

h1 disc
4r
h h2
2r
 ANSWER KEY

LEVEL # 1
Q.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ans. C A C B A B A A B B A C D D A A C B

LEVEL # 2
Q.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ans. C A B B A D B A

LEVEL # 3
Q.No 1 2
Ans. B B

LEVEL # 4
Q.No 1 2 3 4
Ans. D B B D