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Physical Quantities and Measurement question types

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Physical Quantities and Measurement questions

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Q 1MCQ1 Mark
The weight of a body is more than the buoyant force experienced by it, due to a liquid. The body will
  • sink
  • B
    float with some part outside the liquid
  • C
    float just below the surface of liquid
  • D
    float with whole of its volume above the surafce of liquid

Answer: A.

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Q 2MCQ1 Mark
A piece of wood floats on water. The buoyant force on wood will be
  • A
    zero
  • B
    more than the weight of the wood piece
  • equal to the weight of wood piece
  • D
    less thsn the weight of wood piece

Answer: C.

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Q 3MCQ1 Mark
The correct statement is
  • A
    The buoyant force on a body is equal to the volume of the liquid displaced by it '
  • B
    The buoyant force on a body is equal to the volume of the body
  • The buoyant force on a body is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by it
  • D
    The buoyant force on a body is always equal to the weight of the body.

Answer: C.

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Q 4MCQ1 Mark
A density bottle has a marking $25 \ ml$ on it. It means that:
  • A
    the mass of density bottle is $25 g$
  • the density bottle will store $25 \ ml$ of any liquid in it
  • C
    the density bottle will store $25 \ ml$ of water, but more volume of liquid denser than water.
  • D
    the density bottle will store $25 \ ml$ of water, but more volume of a liquid lighter than water.

Answer: B.

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Q 5MCQ1 Mark
The density of aluminium is $2.7 g \ cm^3$ and that of brass $8.4 g \ cm^3.$ The correct statement is
  • A
    Equal masses of aluminium and brass have equal volumes
  • The mass of a certain volume of brass is more than the mass of equal volume of aluminium.
  • C
    The volume of a certain mass of brass is more than the volume of equal mass of aluminium.
  • D
    Equal volumes of aluminium and brass have equal masses.

Answer: B.

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Match the following :
Column $A$ Column $B$
$(a)$ $kg m^-3$ $(i)$ relative density
$(b)$ no unit $(ii)$ sinks in alcohol
$(c)$ relative density $(iii)$ floats on water
$(d)$ iron $(iv)$ density
$(e)$ wood $(v)$ density bottle
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The mass of an empty density bottle is $21.8 g$ when filled completely with water is $41.8 g$ and when filled completely with liquid it is $40.6 g.$ Find
$a.$ the volume of density bottle.
$b.$ the relative density of liquid.
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Q 33TRUE / FALSE1 Mark
When a body is immersed in a liquid, the buoyant force experienced by the body is equal to the volume of the liquid displaced by it.
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