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Exercise - 1 Objective Problems | JEE Main

Section A - Pr es su re & i ts var ia ti on , 5. A light semi cylindrical gate of radius R is piovted at

Manometer, Pascal's law its mid point O, of the diameter as shown in the
figure holding liquid of density . The force F re-
1. A bucket contains water filled upto a height = 15 cm. quired to prevent the rotation of the gate is equal to
The bucket is tied to a rope which is passed over a
(A) 2R3g
frictionless light pulley and the other end of the rope (B) 2gR3l
is tied to a weight of mass which is half of that of the O
2
(bucket + water). The water pressure above 2R lρg
(C) R
atmosphere pressure at the bottom is : 3 F
(A) 0.5 kPa (B) 1 kPa (D) none of these
(C) 5 kPa (D) None
6. The pressure at the bottom of a tank of water is 3P
2. A uniformly tapering vessel shown in Fig. is
where P is the atmospheric pressure. If the water is
filled with liquid of density 900 kg/m3. The force
drawn out till the level of water is lowered by one
that acts on the base of the vessel due to liquid is
fifth., the pressure at the bottom of the tank will
(take g = 10 m/s2) -
now be
–3 2 (A) 2P (B) (13/5) P
AREA = 10 m
(C) (8/5) P (D) (4/5) P
0.4 m
AREA = 2 × 10–3m2 7. An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional
area contains water (density 1.0 gram/centimeter3)
(A) 3.6 N (B) 7.2 N standing initially 20 centimeters from the bottom in
(C) 9.0 N (D) 12.6 N each arm. An immiscible liquid of density 4.0 grams/
centimeter 3 is added to one arm until a layer 5
3. A liquid of mass 1 kg is filled in a flask as shown in centimeters high forms, as shown in the figure
figure. The force exerted by the flask on the liquid is above. What is the ratio h2/h1 of the heights of the
(g = 10 m/s2) liquid in the two arms ?
[Neglect atmospheric pressure] (A) 3/1
5cm
(A) 10 N (B) 5/2
h2
(B) greater than 10 N (C) 2/1 h1

(C) less than 10 N (D) 3/2

(D) zero
8. The area of cross-section of the wider tube shown
4. A U-tube having horizontal arm of length 20 cm, in figure is 800 cm2. If a mass of 12 kg is placed on
has uniform cross-sectional area = 1 cm2. It is filled the massless piston, the difference in heights h in
with water of volume 60 cc. What volume of a liquid the level of water in the two tubes is :
of density 4 g/cc should be poured from one side
(A) 10 cm
into the U-tube so that no water is left in the 12kg
(B) 6 cm h
horizontal arm of the tube?
(C) 15 cm
(A) 60 cc (B) 45 cc
(D) 2 cm
(C) 50 cc (D) 35 cc

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Section B - Force on side wall, Archimedes 13. A piece of steel has a weight W in air, W1 when
Principle & Bouyancy completely immersed in water and W 2 when
completely immersed in an unknown liquid. The
relative density (specific gravity) of liquid is :
9. Two cubes of size 1.0 m sides, one of relative density
0.60 and another of relative density = 1.15 are W  W1 W  W2
(A) W  W (B) W  W
connected by weightless wire and placed in a large 2 1

tank of water. Under equilibrium the lighter cube

will project above the water surface to a height of W1  W2 W1  W2
(C) W  W (D) W  W
1 2
(A) 50 cm (B) 25 cm
(C) 10 cm (D) zero
14. A ball of relative density 0.8 falls into water from a
height of 2m. The depth to which the ball will sink
10. A cuboidal piece of wood has dimensions a, b and is (neglect viscous forces) :
c. Its relative density is d. It is floating in a larger (A) 8m (B) 2m
body of water such that side a is vertical. It is pushed (C) 6m (D) 4m
down a bit and released. The time period of SHM
executed by it is : 15. A cube of iron whose sides are of length L, is put
into mercury. The weight of iron cube is W. The
abc g density of iron is I, that of mercury is M. The
(A) 2π g
(B) 2
da depth to which the cube sinks is given by the
expression –
bc da (A) WL2I (B) WL2M
(C) 2 (D) 2
dg g
W W
(C) L2 (D) L2ρ g
I M
11. Two bodies having volumes V and 2V are suspended
from the two arms of a common balance and they
16. A metal ball of density 7800 kg/m3 is suspected to
are found to balance each other. If larger body is
have a large number of cavities. It weighs
immersed in oil (density d1 = 0.9 gm/cm3) and the
9.8 kg when weighed directly on a balance and 1.5
smaller body is immersed in an unknown liquid, then
kg less when immersed in water. The fraction by
the balance remain in equilibrium. The density of
volume of the cavities in the metal ball is
unknown liquid is given by :
approximately :
(A) 2.4 gm/cm3 (B) 1.8 gm/cm3 (A) 20% (B) 30%
(C) 0.45 gm/cm3 (D) 2.7 gm/cm3 (C) 16% (D) 11%

12. A boy carries a fish in one hand and a bucket (not 17. A sphere of radius R and made of material of relative
full) of water in the other hand. If the places the fish density  has a concentric cavity of radius r. It just
in the bucket, the weight now carried by him floats when placed in a tank full of water. The value
(assume that water does not spill) : of the ratio R/r will be
1/ 3 1/ 3
(A) is less than before      1 
(A)   (B)  
(B) is more than before   1    
(C) is the same as before 1/ 3 1/ 3
  1   1 
(D) depends upon his speed (C)   (D)  
     1

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18. A beaker containing water is placed on the platform 22. Two water pipes P and Q having diameters 2 × 10–2 m
of a spring balance. The balance reads 1.5 kg. A and 4×10–2 m, respectively, are joined in series with
stone of mass 0.5 kg and density 500 kg/m3 is the main supply line of water. The velocity of
immersed in water without touching the walls of water flowing in pipe P is
beaker. What will be the balance reading now ? (A) 4 times that of Q
(A) 2 kg (B) 2.5 kg (B) 2 times that of Q
(C) 1 kg (D) 3 kg (C) 1/2 times of that of Q
(D) 1/4 times that of Q
Section C - Equ ation of c on ti nu ity +
accelerated fluid 23. A pipe ABCD of uniform cross-section is bent into
three sections, viz., a horizontal section AB, a vertical
19. A jet of water with cross section of 6 cm2 strikes a section BC with C below B, and a horizontal section
wall at an angle of 60º to the normal and rebounds CD. Liquid flowing through the pipe has speed v1
elastically from the wall without losing energy. If and pressure p1 in section AB, and speed v2 and
the velocity of the water in the jet is 12 m/s, the pressure p2 in section CD -
force acting on the wall is (A) v1 = v2, p1 = p2 (B) v1= v2, p2> p1
(A) 0.864 Nt (B) 86.4 Nt (C) v2 > v1, p2 > p1 (D) v2 > v1, p1 = p2
(C) 72 Nt (D) 7.2 Nt
24. A fluid container is containing a liquid of density  is
is accelerating upward with acceleration a along the
20. Water is flowing steadily through a horizontal tube
inclined place of inclination  as shwon. Then the
of non uniform cross-section. If the pressure of water
angle of inclination  of free surface is :
is 4 × 104 N/m2 at a point where cross-section is
0.02 m2 and velocity of flow is 2 m/s, what
a
is pressure at a point where cross-section reduces to
0.01 m2


(A) 1.4 × 104 N/m2 (B) 3.4 × 104 N/m2 

(C) 2.4 × 10–4 N/m2 (D) none of these



21. Statement - 1 : The free surface of a liquid at rest

with respect to stationary container is always  g 
 (A) tan–1  
normal to the geff .  g cos  

Statement - 2 : Liquids at rest cannot have shear

–1  a  g sin  
stress. (B) tan  
 g cos  
(A) Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is true and
statement - 2 is correct explanation for statement - 1
–1  a – gsin  
(B) Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is true and (C) tan  
 g(1  cos  ) 
statement - 2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement - 1
–1  a – gsin  
(C) Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is false. (D) tan  
 g(1 – cos  ) 
(D) Statement - 1 is false, statement - 2 is true.

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25. Figure shows a three arm tube in which a liquid is

filled upto levels of height l. It is now rotated at an P P

angular frequency  about an axis passing through (A) (B)

arm B. The angular frequency  at which level of x x
liquid of arm B becomes zero.
P P
2g
(A)
3l (C) (D)
A B C x x

g
(B)
l
l l Section D,E - Bernoullis Equation, Toricelli's
Law, reynolds no.
3g
(C) l l
l 29. A tube is attached as shown in closed vessel
containing water. The velocity of water coming out
3g from a small hole is :
(D)
2l

26. Water is flowing in a horizontal pipe of

non-uniform cross - section. At the most contracted
place of the pipe –
(A) Velocity of water will be maximum and pressure (A) 2 m/s (B) 2 m/s
minimum
(C) depends on pressure of air inside vessel
(B) Pressure of water will be maximum and velocity
(D) None of these
minimum
(C) Both pressure and velocity of water will be 30. In the case of a fluid, Bernoulli’s theorem expresses
maximum the application of the principle of conservation of
(D) Both pressure and velocity of water will be (A) linear momentum (B) energy
minimum
(C) mass (D) angular momentum

27. Water is flowing in a tube of non-uniform radius. 31. A fire hydrant delivers water of density  at a
The ratio of the radii at entrance and exit ends of volume rate L. The water travels vertically upward
tube is 3 : 2. The ratio of the velocities of water through the hydrant and then does 90° turn to
entering in and exiting from the tube will be – emerge horizontally at speed V. The pipe and nozzle
(A) 8 : 27 (B) 4 : 9 have uniform cross-section throughout. The force
(C) 1 : 1 (D) 9 : 4 exerted by the water on the corner of the hydrant is :

28. The cross sectional area of a horizontal tube

increases along its length linearly, as we move in the v

direction of flow. The variation of pressure, as we

move along its length in the direction of flow (A) VL (B) zero
(x-direction), is best depicted by which of the (C) 2VL (D) 2 VL
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32. A water barrel stands on a table of height h. If a 37. A vertical tank, open at the top, is filled with a liquid
small hole is punched in the side of the barrel at its and rests on a smooth horizontal surface. A small
base, it is found that the resultant stream of water hole is opened at the centre of one side of the tank.
strikes the ground at a horizontal distance R from The area of cross-section of the tank is N times the
the barrel. The depth of water in the barrel is area of the hole, where N is a large number. Neglect
(A) R/2 (B) R2/4h mass of the tank itself. The initial acceleration of
the tank is
(C) R2/h (D) h/2

g g g g
33. A cyclindrical vessel of cross-sectional area 1000 (A) (B) (C) N (D)
2N 2N 2 N
cm2, is fitted with a frictionless piston of mass 10
kg, and filled with water completely. A small hole of
38. Water flows into a cylindrical vessel of large cross-
cross-sectional area 10 mm2 is opened at a point 50
sectional area at a rate of 10–4m3/s. It flows out
cm deep from the lower surface of the piston. The
from a hole of area 10–4 m2, which has been punched
velocity of efflux from the hole will be
through the base. How high does the water rise in
(A) 10.5 m/s (B) 3.4 m/s
the vessel ?
(C) 0.8 m/s (D) 0.2 m/s
(A) 0.075 m (B) 0.051 m
34. A horizontal right angle pipe bend has cross-sectional (C) 0.031 m (D) 0.025 m
area = 10 cm2 and water flows through it at
39. A tank has an orifice near its bottom. The volume
speed = 20 m/s. The force on the pipe bend due to
of the liquid flowing per second out of the orifice
the turning of water is :
does not depend upon –
(A) 565.7 N (B) 400 N
(A) Area of the orifice
(C) 20 N (D) 282.8 N
(B) Height of the liquid level above the orifice
(C) Density of liquid
35. Fountains usually seen in gardens are generated by
(D) Acceleration due to gravity
a wide pipe with an enclosure at one end having
many small holes. Consider one such fountain which 40. In a cylindrical vessel containing liquid of density ,
is produced by a pipe of internal diameter 2 cm in there are two holes in the side walls at heights of h1
which water flows at a rate 3ms–1. The enclosure has and h2 respectively such that the range of efflux at
100 holes each of diameter 0.05 cm. The velocity of the bottom of the vessel is same. The height of a
water coming out of the holes is (in ms–1) : hole, for which the range of efflux would be
(A) 0.48 (B) 96 maximum will be.
(C) 24 (D) 48

36. A cylindrical vessel open at the open at the top is 20

cm high and 10 cm in diameter. A circular hole whose
cross-sectional area 1 cm2 is cut at the centre of the
bottom of the vessel. Water flows from a tube above
it into the vessel at the rate 100 cm3s–1. The height
of water in the vessel under state is (Take g = 1000
(A) h2 – h1 (B) h2 + h1
cms–2)
(A) 20 cm (B) 15 cm h 2 – h1 h 2  h1
(C) (D)
(C) 10 cm (D) 5 cm 2 2

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Exercise - 2 (Level-I) Objective Problems | JEE Main

Section A - Pr es su re & i ts var ia ti on ,

Manometer, Pascal's law

1. 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 : 1
(A) L (B) L
2
F2
(A) F1 = F2 (B) F1 =
 1
(C) L (D) 3 L
4
(C) F1 = F2 (D) F1 = F2

5. The vessel shown in the figure has two sections.

2. In the figure shown, the heavy cylinder (radius R)
The lower part is a rectangular vessel with area of
resting on a smooth surface separates two liquids of
cross-section A and height h. The upper part is a
densities 2  and 3 . The height ‘h’ for the
conical vessel of height h with base area ‘A’ and top
equilibrium of cylinder must be
area ‘a’ and the walls of the vessel are inclined at an
3
angle 30° with the vertical. A liquid of density  fills
R
both the sections upto a height 2h. Neglecting
h 2 R
atmospheric pressure.

3 a
(A) 3R/2 (B) R
2 30° h
(C) R 2 (D) None
h
3. The vertical limbs of a U shaped tube are filled with a
liquid of density  upto a height h on each side. The A
horizontal portion of the U tube having length 2h
contains a liquid of density 2. The U tube is moved (A) The force F exerted by the liquid on the base
horizontally with an accelerator g/2 parallel to the
horizontal arm. The difference in heights in liquid (A  a)
of the vessel is 2hg
levels in the two vertical limbs, at steady state will be 2
(A) 2h/7 (B) 8h/7 (B) the pressure P at the base of the vessel is
(C) 4h/7 (D) None
A
2hg
2
4. A slender homogeneous rod of length 2L floats partly
(C) the weight of the liquid W is greater than the
immersed in water, being supported by a string
force exerted by the liquid on the base
fastened to one of its ends, as shown. The specific
gravity of the rod is 0.75. The length of rod that (D) the walls of the vessel exert a downward force
extends out of water is (F–W) on the liquid.

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6. A uniform rod of density  is placed in a wide tank 9. A heavy hollow cone of radius R and height h is
containing a liquid of density 0 (0 > ). The depth placed on a horizontal table surface, with its flat
of liquid in the tank is half the length of the rod. The base on the table. The whole volume inside the cone
rod is in equilibrium, with its lower end resting on is filled with water of density . The circular rim of
the bottom of the tank. In this position the rod makes the cone’s base has a watertight seal with the table’s
surface and the top apex of the cone has a small
an angle  with the horizontal.
hole. Neglecting atmospheric pressure find the
1 1 0 total upward force exerted by water on the cone is
(A) sin  = 0 /  (B) sin  = .
2 2  (A) (2/3)R2 hg (B) (1/3)R2 hg
(C) R2 hg (D) None
(C) sin  =  / 0 (D) sin  = 0/

10. A dumbbell is placed in water of density . It is

7. A sealed tank containing a liquid of density  moves observed that by attaching a mass m to the rod, the
with a horizontal acceleration a, as shown in the dumbbell floats with the rod horizontal on the surface
of water and each sphere exactly half submerged as
figure. The difference in pressure between the points
shown in the figure. The volume of the mass m is
A and B is -
negligible. The value of length l is

l l
C A M,V m 2M,V
a
h
Water
B
d

(A) hg (B) la

d(V  3M) d(V  2M)
(C) hg – la (D) hg + la (A) 2(V  2M) (B) 2(V  3M)
 

Section B - Force on side wall, Archimedes d(V  2M) d(V  2M)

Principle & Bouyancy
(C) 2(V  3M) (D) 2(V  3M)
 

8. A cone of radius R and height H, is hanging inside a 11. A container of large surface area is filled with liquid
liquid of density  by means of a string as shown in of density . A cubical block of side edge a and
the figure. The force, due to the liquid acting on the mass M is floating in it with four-fifth of its volume
slant surface of the cone is (neglect atmospheric submerged. If a coin of mass m is placed gently on
pressure) the top surface of the block is just submerged. M is
(A) 4m/5 (B) m/5
(A)gHR2
(C) 4m (D) 5m
(B) HR2

4 12. A hollow sphere of mass M and radius r is immersed

(C) gHR2
3 H in a tank of water (density w). The sphere would
float if it were set free. The sphere is tied to the
R

2 bottom of the tank by two wires which makes angle

(D) gHR2
3 45º with the horizontal as shown in the figure. The
tension T1 in the wire is :

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16. A uniform solid cylinder of density 0.8 g/cm3 floats

4 3
R  w g  Mg in equilibrium in a combination of two non-mixing
(A) 3 liquid A and B with its axis vertical. The densities of
2 R
liquid A and B are 0.7 g/cm3 and 1.2 gm/cm3. The
M
T1 height of liquid A is hA = 1.2 cm and the length of
2 3
(B) R w g  Mg 45º 45º the part of cylinder immersed in liquid B is
3
hB = 0.8 cm. Then the length of the cylinder in air is

4 3 (A) 0.21 m (B) 0.25 cm

R w g  Mg 4 3 (C) 0.35 cm (D) 0.4 cm
(C) 3 (D) R w g  Mg
2 3

Section C - Equ ation of c on ti nu ity +

accelerated fluid
13. Two cyllinders of same cross-section and length
but made of two material of densities d1 and d2 are
cemented together to form a cylinder of length 2L. 17. An open cubical tank was initially fully filled with
The combination floats in a liquid of density d water. When the tank was accelerated on a horizontal
with a length L/2 above the surface of the liquid. If plane along one of its side it was found that one
d1 > d2 then : third of volume of water spilled out. The acceleration
was
3 d
(A) d1  d (B)  d1 (A) g/3 (B) 2g/3
4 2
(C) 3g/2 (D) None
d
(C)  d1 (D) d < d1
4
18. A laminar stream is flowing vertically down from a
tap of cross-section area 1 cm2. At a distane 10 cm
14. A body having volume V and density  is attached below the tap, the cross-section area of the stream
to the bottom of a container as shown. Density of has reduced to 1/2 cm2. The volumetric flow rate of
the liquid is d(>). Container has a constant upward water from the tap must be about
acceleration a. Tension in the string is (A) 2.2 litre/min (B) 4.9 litre/min
(A) V[Dg – (g + a)] (C) 0.5 litre/min (D) 7.6 litre/min
(B) V (g + a) (d – ) a
(C) V (d – ) g 19. The three water filled tanks shown have the same
(D) none volume and height. If small identical holes are
punched near this bottom, which one will be the
first to get empty.
15. 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 (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) Falls
(C) Remains same (A) (i) (B) (ii)

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20. A beaker containing a liquid of density  moves up (A) As the water moves down, its speed increases
with an acceleration a. The pressure due to the liquid and hence its pressure decreases. It is then
at a depth h below the free surface of the liquid is - compressed by the atmosphere.
(A) hg (B) h (g + a) (B) Falling water tries to reach a terminal velocity
and hence reduces the area of cross–section to
 g a  balance upward and downward froces.
(C) h (g – a) (D) 2hg  
ga (C) The mass of water flowing past any cross–
section must remain constant. Also, water is almost
incompressible. Hence, the rate of volume flow must
21. The U–tube shown has a uniform cross–section. A
remain constant. As this is equal to velocity × area,
liquid is filled in the two arms up to heights h1 and
the area decreases as velocity increases.
h2, and then the liquid is allowed to move. Neglect
viscosity and surface tension. When the levels (D) The surface tension causes the exposed surface
equilize in the two arms, the liquid will area of the liquid to decrease continuously.

(A) be at rest
(B) be moving with 24. A piece of wood floats in water kept in a beaker. If
the beaker moves with a vertical acceleration a, the
an acceleration of h1
wood will
 h  h2  h2 (A) sink deeper in the liquid if a is upward
g 1 
 h1  h 2  h  h (B) sink deeper in the liquid if a is downward, with a < g
(C) come out more from the liquid if a is downward,
(C) be moving with a velocity of
with a < g
g (D) remain in the same position relative to the water
 h1  h 2 
2  h1  h 2  h 

(D) exert a net force to the right on the tube

Section D,E - Bernoullis Equation, Toricelli's
Law, reynolds no.

22. Water flows through a tube shown in figure. The 25. A cylindrical tank of height 1 m and cross section area
areas of cross-section at A and B are 1 cm2 and 0.5 A = 4000 cm2 is initially empty when it is kept under a
cm2 respectively. The height difference between A tap of cross sectional area 1 cm2. Water starts flowing
and B is 5 cm. If the speed of water at A is 10 cm/s. from the tap at t = 0, with a speed = 2 m/s. There is a
The speed at B (in cm/s) is - small hole in the base of the tank of cross-sectional
(A) 20 area 0.5 cm2. The variation of height of water in tank
A
(B) 40 (in meters) with time t is best depicted by
(C) 15 B
(D) 65 h h

23. Water coming out of the mouth of a tap and falling 1 0.8

vertically in streamline flow forms a tapering col- (A) (B)

umn, i.e., the area of cross–section of the liquid O t O t
column decreases as it moves down. Which of the
following is the most accurate explanation for this? h h

0.8 1
(C) (D)
O t O t

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26. A cubical box of wine has a small spout located in 29. Equal volumes of two immiscible liquids of densities
one of the bottom corners. When the box is full and  and 2 are filled in a vessel as shown in figure.
placed on a level surface, opening the spout results Two small holes are punched at depth h/2 and 3h/2
in a flow of wine with a initial speed of v0 (see from the surface of lighter liquid. If v1 and v2 are the
figure). When the box is half empty, someone tilts it velocities of a flux at these two holes, then v1/v2 is :
at 45º so that the spout is at the lowest point (see
1
figure). When the spout is opened the wine will flow (A)
2 2 h v1
out with a speed of

1 h 2 v2
(B)
2

V0 1 1
(C) (D)
4 2

30. A cylindrical vessel filled with water upto height of

H stands on a horizontal plane. The side wall of the
(A) v0 (B) v0/2 vessel has a plugged circular hole touching the
bottom. The coefficient of friction between the
(C) v0 / 2 (D) v0 / 4 2
bottom of vessel and plane is  and total mass of
water plus vessel is M. What should be minimum
27. A vertical cylindrical container of base area A and diameter of hole so that the vessel begins to move
upper cross-section area A1 making an angle 30° on the floor if plug is removed (here density of water
with the horizontal is placed in an open rainy field is )
as shown near another cylindrical container having
2M M
same base area A. The ratio of rates of collection of (A) (B)
H 2 H
water in the two containers will be.

(A) 2 / 3 A1 M
(C) (D) none
60º
30º
60º H
(B) 4 / 3

(C) 2 A A
31. Figure shows a siphon. Choose the wrong
(D) None
statement :
(P0 = atmospheric pressure)
28. A large tank is filled with water (density =
103 kg/m3). A small hole is made at a depth 10m
below water surface. The range of water issuing out h1
h=0 2
of the hole is Ron ground. What extra pressure must h2
h3
be applied on the water surface so that 3
the range becomes 2R (take 1 atm = 105 Pa and
g = 10 m/s2) :
(A) Siphon works when h3 > 0
(A) 9 atm
(B) Pressure at point 2 is P2 = P0 – gh3
(B) 4 atm
(C) Pressure at point 3 is P0
(C) 5 atm
(D) None of the above
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32. A cylindrical vessel is filled with a liquid up to height 34. Water flows through a frictionless duct with a cross-
H. A small hole is made in the vessel at a distance y section varying as shown in figure. Pressure p at
below the liquid surface as shown in figure. The points along the axis is represented by
liquid emerging from the hole strike the ground at
distance x

y
H p

(A) if y is increased from zero to H, x will decrease (A)

and then increase
(B) x is maximum for y = H/2 x
(C) the maximum value of x is H/2 p
(D) the maximum value of x increases with the
increases in density of the liquid
(B)
33. A steady flow of water passes along a horizontal
tube from a wide section X to the narrower section x
Y, see figure. Manometers are placed at P and Q at
p
the sections. Which of the statements A, B, C, D, E
is most correct ?

(C)
X Y

P Q x

p
(A) water velocity at X is greater than at Y
(B) the manometer at P shows lower pressure than
at Q
(D)
(C) kinetic energy per m3 of water at X = kinetic
energy per m3 at Y
x
(D) the manometer at P shows greater pressure than
at Y

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Exercise - 2 (Level-II) Multiple Correct | JEE Advanced

Section A - Pr es su re & i ts var ia ti on , Section C - Equ ation of c on ti nu ity +

Manometer, Pascal's law accelerated fluid

1. A container having dimension 5 m × 4 m × 3 m is 3. A beaker is filled in with water is accelerated a

accelerated along its breadth in horizontal. Container m/s2 in +x direction. The surface of water shall make
is filled with water upto the height of 1.5 m. on angle
Container is accelerated with 7.5 m/s2. If g = 10 m/s2 (A) tan–1(a/g) backwards (B) tan–1(a/g) forwards
and density of water is 103 kg/m3 -
(C) cot–1(g/a) backwards (D) cot–1(g/a) forwards
A B

3m 4. The weight of an empty balloon on a spring balance

1.5m is w1. The weight becomes w2 when the balloon is
D
4m
C filled with air. Let the weight of the air itself be w.
Neglect the thickness of the balloon when it is filled
(A) Gauge pressure at point C is 104 Pascal with air. Also neglect the difference in the densities
(B) Gauge pressure at point D is 3 × 104 Pascal of air inside & outside the balloon. Then :
(C) Gauge pressure at the middle of the base is (A) w2 = w1 (B) w2 = w1 + w
1.5 × 104 Pascal (C) w2 < w1 + w (D) w2 > w1
(D) Remaining value of liquid inside the container is
20 m3 Section D,E - Bernoullis Equation, Toricelli's
Law, reynolds no.
Section B - Force on side wall, Archimedes
Principle & Bouyancy 5. A tank is filled upto a height h with a liquid and is
placed on a platform of height h from the ground.
2. The spring balance A reads 2 kg with a block m To get maximum range xm a small hole
suspended from it. A balance B reads 5 kg when a is punched at a
beaker with liquid is put on the pan of the balance. distance of y from
The two balances are now so arranged that the the free surface of
hanging mass is inside the liquid in the beaker as the liquid. Then y
shown in the figure in this situation : (A) x m= 2h
h

(B) xm=1.5 h
h
(C) y = h
A
(D) y = 0.75 h xm

6. Water coming out of a horizontal tube at a speed 

m strikes normally a vertically wall close to the mouth
of the tube and falls down vertically after impact.
B When the speed of water is increased to 2.
(A) the thrust exerted by the water on the wall will
(A) the balance A will read more than 2 kg be doubled
(B) the balance B will read more than 5 kg (B) the thrust exerted by the water on the wall will
be four times
(C) the balance A will read less than 2 kg and B
(C) the energy lost per second by water strikeup the
will read more than 5 kg
wall will also be four times
(D) the balances A and B will read 2 kg and 5 kg (D) the energy lost per second by water striking the
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Exercise - 3 | Level-I Subjective | JEE Advanced

Section A - Pressure & its variation, Manometer, 5. A level controller is shown in the figure. It consists
Pascal's law of a thin circular plug of diameter 10cm and a
cylindrical float of diameter 20 cm tied together with
a light rigid rod of length 10 cm. The plug fits in
1. A piston of mass M = 3 kg and radius R = 4 cm has a
snugly in a drain hole at the bottom of the tank
hole into which a thin pipe of radius r = 1 cm is
which opens into atmosphere. As water fills up and
inserted. The piston can enter a cylinder tightly and
the level reaches height h, the plug opens. Find h.
without friction, and initially it is at the bottom of the
Determine the level of water in the tank when the
cylinder. 750 gm of water is now poured into the
plug closes again. The float has a mass 3kg and the
pipe so that the piston & pipe are lifted up as shown.
plug may be assumed as massless.
Find the height H of water in the cylinder and height
h of water in the pipe. (Neglect width of piston)

Float
h

h
10cm
Plug
H

6. A ship sailing from sea into a river sinks X mm and

2. Compute the work which must be performed to on discharging the cargo rises Y mm. On proceeding
slowly pump the water out of a hemispherical again into sea the ship rises by Z mm. Assuming
reservoir of radius R = 0.6 m. ship sides to be vertical at water line, find the specific
gravity of sea water.
3. A vertical uniform U tube open at both ends contains
mercury. Water is poured in one limb until the level Section B - Force on side wall, Archimedes
of mercury is depressed 2cm in that limb. What is Principle & Bouyancy
the length of water column when this happens.

7. A solid ball of density half that of water falls freely

4. For the system shown in the figure, the cylinder on under gravity from a height of 19.6 m and then enter
the left at L has a mass of 600kg and a cross water. Upto what depth will the ball go ? How much
sectional area of 800 cm2. The piston on the right, time will it take to come again to the water surface ?
at S, has cross sectional area 25cm2 and negligible Neglect air resistance & velocity effects in water.
weight. If the apparatus is filled with oil. ( = 0.75
gm/cm3) Find the force F required to hold the system
in equilibrium. 8. Place a glass beaker, partially filled with water, in a
sink. The beaker has a mass 390 gm and an interior
volume of 500 cm3. You now start to fill the sink
F
s with water and you find, by experiment, that if the
8m beaker is less than half full, it will float; but if it is
L more than half full, it remains on the bottom of the
600kg
sink as the water rises to its rim. What is the
density of the material of which the beaker is made?

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9. Two spherical balls A and B made up of same 13. Find the speed of rotation of 1 m diameter tank,
material having masses 2m and m are released from initially full of water such that water surface makes
rest. Ball B lies at a distance h below the water an angle of 45° with the horizontal at a radius of 30
surface while A is at a height of 2h above water cm. What is the slope of the surface at the wall of
surface in the same vertical line at the instant they the tank.
are released. Obtain the position where they collide.
Specific gravity of the material of the balls is 2/3. 14. A ball is immersed in water kept in container and
released. At the same time container is accelerated
Neglect viscosity and loss due to splash.
in horizontal direction with acceleration, 44 m / s 2 .

10. Two spherical balls A and B made up of same Acceleration of ball w.r.t. container (in m/s2) is
material having masses 2m and m are released from (specific gravity of ball = 12/17, g = 10m/s2) -
rest. Ball B lies at a distance h below the water
surface while A is at a height of 2h above water 15. A mercury pallet of length 5 cm is trapped in a
surface in the same vertical line at the instant they horizontal tube of small cross–section area. Length
are released. If the bodies stick together due to of tube enclosed by mercury pallet is 20 cm when it
collision, to what maximum height above water is accelerated with a = g/2 in the direction shown.
The length of tube enclosed by pallet if it is
surface does the combined mass rise?
accelerated in opposite direction with same
Specific gravity of the material of the balls is 2/3.
acceleration is : (Atmospheric pressure is 7.2.5 cm
Neglect viscosity and loss due to splash. of Hg)

a
Section C - Equ ation of c on ti nu ity +
accelerated fluid
5cm
10cm 20cm
11. A spherical tank of 1.2m radius is half filled with oil
of relative density 0.8. If the tank is given a horizontal
acceleration of 10 m/s2. Calculate the inclination of
16. A U-tube of base length ‘‘ filled with same volume
the oil surface to horizontal and maximum pressure
of two liquids of densities  and 2 is moving with
on the tank. an acceleration ‘a’ on the horizontal plane. If the
height difference between the two surfaces (open to
12. An open cubical tank completely filled with water is atmosphere) becomes zero, then the height h is given
kept on a horizontal surface. Its acceleration is then by -
slowly increased to 2m/s2 as shown in the fig. The
side of the tank is 1m. Find the mass of water that
would spill out of the tank.
a
h

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Section D,E - Bernoullis Equation, Toricelli's Find

Law, reynolds no. (a) velocity of flow
(b) discharge rate of the flow in m3/sec.
17. Two very large open tanks A and F both contain the (c) absolute pressure at the crest level A.
same liquid. A horizontal pipe BCD, having a [Use P0 = 105 N/m2 & g = 10 m/s2]
constriction at C leads out of the bottom of tank A,
and a vertical pipe E opens into the constriction at C 19. A large tank is filled with two liquids of specific
and dips into the liquid in tank F. Assume streamline gravities 2 and . Two holes are made on the wall
flow and no viscosity. If the cross section at C is of the tank as shown. Find the ratio of the distances
one half that at D and if D is at a distance h1 below from O of the points on the ground where the jets
the level of liquid in A, to what height h2 (in terms from holes A & B strike.
of h1) will liquid rise in pipe E ? (above G & upto C
there is air in the pipe)
 h/4 A
h/2

2 A
h1 h/2
A B C D h/4
O
G
h2 E

F 20. The tank in fig discharges water at constant rate for

all water levels above the air inlet R. The height
above datum to which water would rise in the
manometer tubes M and N respectively are
18. A siphon has a uniform circular base of diameter _________ & ___________ .

8 /  cm with its crest A 1.8 m absove water level

Open to atmosphere
as in figure.
M
N
1.8m A 40cm
20cmR
Datum
3.6m

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Exercise - 3 | Level-II Subjective | JEE Advanced

Section A - Pr es su re & i ts var ia ti on , Section B - Force on side wall, Archimedes

Manometer, Pascal's law Principle & Bouyancy

4. As the arrangement shown in the fig is released the

1. A solid block of volume V = 10–3 m3 and density
rod of mass M moves down into the water.
d = 800 kg/m3 is tied to one end of a string, the
Friction is negligible and the string is inextensible
other end of which is tied to the bottom of the vessel.
The vessel contains 2 immiscible liquids of density
1 = 1000 kg/m3 and 2 = 1500 kg/m3. The solid
block is immersed with 2/5 th of its volume in the
liquid higher density & 3/5th in the liquid of lower
density. The vessel is placed in an elevator which is
moving up with an acceleration of a = g/2. Find the L M m
tension in the string. [g = 10 m/s2]
(a) Find the acceleration of the system w.r.t the
2. An open rectangular tank 5m × 4m × 3m high distance moved by each mass.
containing water upto a height of 2m is accelerated (b) Find the time required to completely immerse
horizontally along the longer side. m  – water
the rod into water if  .
a M 
3m
 = density of rod ; water = desity of water
water 2m

5m 5. The interface of two liquids of densities  and 2

(a) Determine the maximum acceleration that can respectively lies at the point A in a U tube at rest.
be given without spilling the water. The height of liquid column above A is 8a/3 where
(b) Calculate the percentage of water split over, if AB = a. The cross sectional area of the tube is S.
this acceleration is increased by 20% With what angular velocity the tube must be whirled
(c) If initially, the tank is closed at the top and is about a vertical axis at a distance ‘a’ such that the
accelerated horizontally by 9m/s2, find the gauge interface of the liquids shifts towards B by 2a/3.
pressure at the bottom of the front and rear walls of
the tank.

 8a/3
3. A closed tube in the form of an equilateral triangle
of side l contains equal volumes of three liquids which 2
do not mix and is placed vertically with its lowest A B
side horizontal. Find x in the figure if the densities a a
of the liquids are in A.P.
A
6. A closed cylindrical tank 2m high & 1 m in diameter
contains 1.5 m of water. When the angular velocity
+
is constant at 20.0 rad/s, how much of the bottom
+ of the tank is uncovered ? (The cylinder is rotated
x +
+
+ about vertical axis of symmetry passing through its
++++ C
B x length.)

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Section C - Equ ation of c on ti nu ity +

accelerated fluid
h2
h0
7. A cubical sealed vessel with edge L is placed on a
cart, which is moving horizontally with an h1
acceleration ‘a’ as shown in figure. The cube is filled
with an ideal fluid having density d. The gauge
pressure at the centre of the cubical vessel is –
11. A cylindrical tank having cross-sectional area
A = 0.5 m2 is filled with two liquids of densities
L
1 = 900 kgm–3 & 2 = 600 kgm–3, to a height h =
60 cm as shown in the figure. A small hole having
L
a area a = 5 cm2 is made in right vertical wall at a
height y = 20 cm from the bottom. Calculate

h
8. A closed tank filled with water is mounted on a cart.
The cart moves with an acceleration ‘a’ on a plane h
road. What is the difference in pressure of points B  y
and A, shown in figure ? F

(i) velocity of efflux.

B A
h (ii) horizontal force F to keep the cylinder in static
a equilibrium, it it is placed on a smooth horizontal
 plane.
(iii) minimum and maximum value of F to keep the
cylinder at rest. The coefficient of friction between
cylinder and the plane is  = 0.01.
9. A small block of wood of specific gravity 0.5 is
(iv) velocity of the top most layer of the liquid
submerged at a depth of 1.2 m in a vessel filled with
column and also the velocity of the boundary
water. The vessel accelerated upward with an
separating the two liquids.
acceleration of a = g/2. Time taken by block to reach
the surface is (g = 10 m/s2) -
12. A jug contains 15 glasses of orange juice. When you
open the tap at the bottom it takes 12 sec to fill a
Section D,E - Bernoullis Equation, Toricelli's
glass with juice. If you leave the tap open. how long
Law, reynolds no.
will it take to fill the remaining 14 glasses and thus
empty the jug?
10. A cylinder of height H is filled with water to a height
h0 (h0<H), & is placed on a horizontal floor. Two
small holes are punched at time t = 0 on the vertical
line along the length of the cylinder, one at a height
h1 from the bottom & the other a depth h2 below
the level of water in the cylinder. Find the relation
between h1 & h2 such that the instantaneous water
jets emerging
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Exercise - 4 | Level-I Previous Year | JEE Main

1. A jar is filled with two non-mixing liquids 1 and 2 4. A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all
having densities ρ1 and ρ 2 respectively. A solid ball, around it. If the speed of water coming out of the
fountain is v, the total area around the fountain that
made of a material of density ρ3 , is dropped in the
jar. It comes to equillibrium in the position shown in gets wet is : [AIEEE-2011]
the figure.
v4  v4
Which of the following is true for ρ1 , ρ 2 and ρ 3 ? (A)  (B)
g2 2 g2
[AIEEE 2008]
v2 v4
(A) ρ 3  ρ1  ρ 2 (C)  (D) 
Liquid 1 ρ1 g2 g
(B) ρ1  ρ 3  ρ 2
ρ3 5. Water is flowing continuously from a tap having an
(C) ρ1  ρ 2  ρ 3 internal diameter 8 × 10–3m. The water velocity as it
Liquid 2
ρ2 leaves the tap is 0.4 ms–1. The diameter of the water
(D) ρ1  ρ3  ρ 2 stream at a distance 2 × 10–1 m below the tap is close
to [AIEEE 2011]
2. A ball is made of a material of density where,
(A) 7.5 × 10–3 m (B) 9.6 × 10–3 m
ρ oil  ρ  ρ water with ρ oil and ρ water representing the
(C) 3.6 × 10–3 m (D) 5.0 × 10–3 m
densities of oil and water, respectively. The oil and
water are immiscible. If the above ball is in 6. A uniform cylinder of length L and mass M having
equilibrium in a mixture of this oil and water, which cross - sectional area A is suspended, with its length
of the following pictures represents its equilibrium vertical, from a fixed point by a massless spring,
positions? [AIEEE 2010] such that it is half submerged in a liquid of density 
at equilibrium position. The extension x0 of the spring
when it is in equilibrium is : [JEE MAIN 2013]
Water
Oil Mg  LA  Mg  LA 
(A) 1 (B) 1
k  2M  k  M 
(A) (B)
Mg Mg  LA 
Oil
Water (C) (D) 1  
k k  M 

7. There is a circular tube in a vertical plane. Two liquids

which do not mix and of densities d1 and d2 are filled
Water
Oil
in the tube. Each liquid subtends 90º angle at centre.
Radius joining their interface makes an angle  with
(C) (D)
d1
Oil
Water vertical. Ratio d is : [JEE MAIN 2014]
2

3. Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings 1  tan 

(A)
of equal lengths. The strings make an angle of 30° 1  tan 
with each other. When suspended in a liquid of density
1  sin 
0.8 g cm–3, the angle remains the same. If density of (B)
the material of the sphere is 1.6 g cm–3, then dielectric 1  cos 
constant of the liquid is [JEE Main 2010] 1  sin  1  cos 
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) (D)
1  sin  1  cos 
(C) 2 (D) 1
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Exercise - 4 | Level-II Previous Year | JEE Advanced

1. Water is filled in a container upto height 3m. A small 4. Let the cylinder is prevented from moving up, by
hole of area ‘a’ is punched in the wall of the container applying a force and water level is further decreased.
at a height 52.5 cm from the bottom. The cross Then, height of water level (h2 in figure) for which
the cylinder remains in original position without
a
sectional area of the container is A. If  0.1 then application of force is [JEE 2006]
A
v2 is (where v is the velocity of water coming out of h 4h
(A) (B)
the hole) [JEE 2005 (Scr.)] 3 9
(A) 48 (B) 51
(C) 50 (D) 51.5 2h
(C) (D) h
3

2. A U tube is rotated about 

one of it’s limbs with an 5. If height h2 of water level is further decreased, then
angular velocity . Find the [JEE 2006]
difference in height H of H
(A) cylinder will not move up and remains at its
the liquid (density ) level, original position
where diameter of the tube
(B) for h2 = h/3, cylinder again starts moving up
d << L..
(C) for h2 = h/4, cylinder again starts moving up
[JEE 2005] L
(D) for h2 = h/5, cylinder again starts moving up

Paragraph Q. No. 3 to Q. 5
6. The piston is taken completely out of the cylinder.
A wooden cylinder of diameter 4r, height h and
The hole at the top is sealed. A water tank is brought
density /3 is kept on a hole of diameter 2r of a
below the cylinder and put in a position so that the
tank, filled with water of density  as shown in the
water surface in the tank is at the same level as the
figure. The height of the base of cylinder from the
top of the cylinder as s hown in figure. The density
base of tank is H.
of the water is . In equilibrium, the height H of the
/3 water column in the cylinder satisfies.
h1 4r
[JEE - 2007]
h2 h

H
2r

3. If level of liquid starts decreasing slowly when the

level of liquid is at a height h1 above the cylinder,
the block just starts moving up. Then, value of h1 is
[JEE 2006]
(A) g (L0 – H)2 + P0 (L0 – H) + L0P0 = 0
2h 5h
(A) (B) (B) g (L0 – H)2 – P0 (L0 – H) – L0P0 = 0
3 4
(C) g (L0 – H)2 + P0 (L0 – H) – L0P0 = 0
5h 5h (D) g (L0 – H)2 – P0 (L0 – H) + L0P0 = 0
(C) (D)
3 2

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7. Water if filled up to a height h in a beaker of radius 9. A glass tube of uniform internal radius (r) has a valve
R as shown in the figure. The density of water is , separating the two identical ends. Initially, the valve
the surface tension of water is T and the atmospheric is in a tightly closed position. End I has a
pressure is p0. Consider a vertical section ABCD of hemispherical soap bubble of radius r. End 2 has
the water column through a diameter of the beaker. sub-hemispherical soap bubble as shown in figure.
The force on water on one side of this section by Just after opening the valve. [JEE 2008]
water on the other side of this section has magnitude
[JEE Advanced 2007]

2R
(A) air from end 1 flows towards end 2. No change
B in the volume of the soap bubbles
(B) air from end 1 flows towards end 2. Volume of
A
the soap bubble at end 1 decreases
h
C (C) no changes occurs
(D) air from end 2 flows towards end 1. Volume of
D
the soap bubble at end 1 increases

(A) |2 p0Rh + R2gh – 2RT| Paragraph for Qeustion No. 10 to 12

2
(B) |2 p0Rh + Rgh – 2RT| A small spherical monoatomic ideal gas double
2 2
(C) |p0R + Rgh – 2RT|
 5
(D) |p0R2 + Rgh2 + 2RT|    3  is trapped inside a liquid of density , (see
 
figure). Assume that the bubble does not exchange
8. STATEMENT - 1 any heat with the liquid. The bubble contains n
The stream of water flowing at high speed from a moles of gas. The temperature of the gas when the
garden hose pipe tends to spread like a fountain when bubble is at the bottom is T0, the height of the liquid
held vertically up, but tends to narrow down when is H and the atmospheric pressure is P0 (Neglect
held vertically down. surface tension). [JEE 2008]
and
STATEMENT - 2
In any steady flow of an incompressible fluid, the
volume flow rate of the fluid remains constant.
(A) STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is True;
STATEMENT-2 is a correct expalantion for
10. As the bubble moves upwards, besides the buoyancy
STATEMENT-1
force the following forces are acting on it
(B) STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is (A) Only the force of gravity
True; STATEMENT-2 is NOT, a correct
(B) The force due to gravity and the force due to
explanation for STATEMENT-1
the pressure of the liquid
(C) STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is (C) The force due to gravity, the force due to the
False pressure of the liquid and the force due to viscosity
(D) STATEMENT-1 is False, STATEMENT-2 is of the liquid
True [JEE 2008] (D) The force due to gravity and the force due to
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11. When the gas bubble is at a height y from the bottom, 14. Column II shows five systems in which two objects
its temperature is are labbled as X and Y. Also in each case a point P is
shown. Column I gives some statements about X
2/5
 P0   gH  and / or Y Match these statements to the appropriate
(A) T0  
 P0   gy  system(s) from Column II.
[JEE 2009]
2/5
 P0   g(H – y)  Column I Column II
(B) T0  
 P0  gH  (A) The force (P) Block Y of mass M left on a
exerted by X fixed inlcined plane X, slides on
3/ 5
 P0   gH  on Y has a it with a constant velocity
(C) T0  
 P0  gy  magnitude Mg.

3/ 5
 P0   g(H – y) 
(D) T0  
 P0  gH 
(B) The (Q) Two ring magnets Y and Z,

12. The buoyancy force acting on the gas bubble is gravitational each of mass M, are kept in
(Assume R is the universal gas constant) potential energy frictionless vertical plastic stand
of X is continuously so that they repel each
(P0  gH) 2 / 5

(A)  nRgT0 increasing. other. y rests on the base X
(P0   gy)7 / 5
and Z hangs in air in
 nRgT0 equilibrium. P is the topmost
(B) (P   gH) 2 / 5[P   g(H – y)]3 / 5
0  0  point of the stand on the
common axis of the two rings.
(P0  gH)3/ 5 The whole system is in a lift that
(C)  nRgT0 (P   gy)8/ 5
0  is going up with a constant
velocity.
 nRgT0
(D) (P   gH)3/ 5[P   g(H – y)]2 / 5
0  0 

13. A cylindrical vessel of height 500 mm has an orifice

(small hole) at its bottom. The orifice is initially closed
and water is filled in it up to height H. Now the top
is completely sealed with a cap and the orifice at the (C) Mechanical (R) A pulley Y of mass m0 is fixed
bottom is opened. Some water comes out from the energy of the to a table through a clamp X. A
orifice and the water level in the vessel becomes
system X + Y is block of mass M hangs from a
steady with height of water column being 200 mm.
continuously string that goes over the pulley
Find the fall in height (in mm) of water level due to
opening of the orifice. [Take atmospheric pressure decreasing and is fixed at point P of the
= 1.0 × 10 5 Nm–2 , density of water = 1000 kg m–3 table. The whole system is
and g = 10 ms–2 . Neglect any effect of surface kept in a lift that is going down
tension.] with a constant velocity.
(Take temperature to be constant) [JEE 2009]

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16. A thin uniform cylindrical shell, closed at both ends,

is partially filled with water. It is floating vertically
in water in half-submerged state. If c is the relative
density of the material of the shell with respect to
water then the correct statement is that the shell is
[JEE Advanced 2012]
(A) more than half-filled if c is less than 0.5
(S) A sphere Y of mass M is put (B) more than half-filled if c is more than 1.0
is a nonviscous liquid X kept in
(C) half-filled if c is more than 0.5
a container at rest. The sphere
is released and it moves down (D) less than half-filled if c is less than 0.5.
in the liquid.
17. A solid sphere of radius R and density  is attached
to one end of a mass-less spring of force constant
k. The other end of the spring is connected to another
solid sphere of radius R and density 3  . The
complete arrangement is placed in a liquid of density
2 and is allowed to reach equilibrium. The correct
(T) A sphere Y of mass M is statement(s) is (are) [JEE–Advance 2013]
falling with its terminal velocity
4R 3g
in a viscous liquid X kept in a (A) the net elongation of the spring is
3k
container.

8R 3g
(B) the net elongation of the spring is
3k
(C) the light sphere is partially submerged.
(D) the light sphere is completely submerged.

Paragraph Q. No. 18 to Q. No. 19

15. Two solid spheres A and B of equal volumes but of A spray gun is shown in the figure where a piston
different densities dA and dB are connected by a pushes air out of a nozzle. A thin tube of uniform
string. They are fully immersed in a fluid of density cross section is connected to the nozzle. The other
dF. They get arranged into an equilibrium state as end of the tube is in a small liquid container. As the
shown in the figure with a tension in the string. The piston pushes air through the nozzle, the liquid from
arrangement is possible only if [JEE 2011] the containwer rises into the nozzle and is sdprayed
out. For the spray gun shown, the radii of the piston
and the nozzle are 20 mm and 1 mm respectively.
The upper end of the container is open to the
A
atmosphere. [JEE Advanced 2014]

(A) dA < dF (B) dB > dF

(C) dA > dF (D) dA + dB = 2 dF

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18. If the piston is pushed at a speed of 5 mms-1, the air 20. A person in a lift is holding a water jar, which has a
comes out of the nozzle with a speed of small hole at the lower end of its side. When the lift
(A) 0.1 ms-1 (B) 1 ms-1 is at rest, the water jet coming out of the hole hits
the floor of the lift at a distance d of 1.2 m from the
(C) 2 ms-1 (D) 8 ms-1
person. In the following, state of the lift’s motion is
given in list I and the distance where the water jet
19. If the density of air is a and that of the liquid l, hits the floor of the lift is given in List II. Match the
then for a given piston speed the rate (volume per statements from List I with those is List II and
unit time) at which the liquid is sprayed will be select the correct answer using the code given
proportional to belsow the lists. [JEE Advanced 2014]
List I List II
a
(A) l (B)  a l P. Lift is acceleration vertically up. 1. d = 1.2 m
Q. Lift is accelerating vertically 2. d> 1.2 m
l with an acceleration less than
(C) a (D) l the gravitational acceleration.
R. Lift is moving vertically up with 3. d < 1.2 m
constant speed.
S. Lift is falling freely. 4. No water
leaks out of the
jar
Code :
(A) P-2, Q-3, R-2, S-4
(B) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4
(C) P-1, Q-1, R-1, S-4
(D) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-1

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Exercise - 1 Objective Problems | JEE Main

1. B 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. C
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. A
15. D 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. B 21. A
22. A 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. A
29. B 30. B 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. D
36. D 37. C 38. B 39. C 40. D

Exercise - 2 (Level-I) Objective Problems | JEE Main

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. D
8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B
15. B 16. B 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. C
22. A 23. C 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. D
29. D 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. A

Exercise - 2 (Level-II) Multiple Correct | JEE Advanced

1. B,C 2. B,C 3. A,C 4. A,C 5. A,C 6. B,D

Exercise - 3 | Level-I Subjective | JEE Advanced

2m 11
1. h ,H m 2. 101.8 Kgf–m 3. 54.4 cm 4. 37.5 N
 32

2(3   ) 3 Y
5. h1 = = 0.26 ; h2 =  0.195 6. 7. 19.6 m, 4 sec
15  10 y– xz

8. 2.79 gm/cc 9. at the water surface, 10. h/2

11. 45°, 9600 2 (gauge) N/m2 12. 100 kg

10 5 3a
13. = rad / s , tan = 14. 5 15. 21.42 cm 16. 
3 3 2g

17. h 2 = 3 h1 18. (a) 6 2 m / s , (b) 9.6 2 × 10–3 M3 /sec, (c) 4.6 × 104 N/m2

19. 3: 2 20. 20 cm, 60 cm

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Exercise - 3 | Level-II Subjective | JEE Advanced

1. 6N 2. 4m/s2, 10%, 0, 45 kPa 3. x = 1/3

 M – m (M – m)gx  L  M  m 18g  2 Ld
4. (a)  M  m  g – (M  m)L (b) t    5. 6. m 7. (g + a)
2 g  M – m 19a 80 2

8. (hg + a)  9. 1.2 sec 10. h1 = h2

11. (i) 4m/s, (ii) F = 7.2 N, (iii) Fmin = 0, Fmax = 52.2 N, (iv) both 4 × 10–3 m/s

12 14
12. t
15 – 14

Exercise - 4 | Level-I Previous Year | JEE Main

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. A

Exercise - 4 | Level-II Previous Year | JEE Advanced

L2  2
1. C 2. H 3. C 4. B 5. A
2g

6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. B 13. 6 14. A  P,T; B  Q,S,T; C  P,R,T
15. A,B,D 16. A 17. A,D 18. C 19. A
20. C

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