Pressure inside a Liquid and its Variation


 
 
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Pressure inside a Liquid and its Variation

Pressure in liquids: Like solids, all liquids and gases (together called fluids), apply pressure. Unlike solids, the liquids do not have a definite shape. They take the shape of the containing vessel. Unlike solids the pressure in the liquids is not the thrust per unit area. It depends upon the depth (height) and the density of the liquid. Solids exert pressure on a surface due to their weight. Fluids also have weight. So, they also exert pressure on the base and walls of container in which they are enclosed. What happens when you fill a balloon with water? The walls of the balloon bulge outwards due to the pressure of the water inside. If you keep on filling water in the balloon, what do you think will happen? The balloon will burst because the pressure on the walls of the balloon will increase beyond what its walls can withstand.

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Question : 1

Which of the following are correct :

(a) Unlike solids the pressure in the liquids is not the thrust per unit area.

(b) Liquids take the shape of the containing vessel.

(c) Liquids exert pressure on the base and walls of container in which they are enclosed.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

Which of the following are correct :

(a) Like solids the pressure in the liquids is not the thrust per unit area.

(b) Liquids take the shape of the containing vessel.

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

The pressure of the water at the bottom in a lake is 3/2 times the pressure at half the depth, where the water barometer reads 10m. The depth of the lake is

Right Option : A
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