KANHA MAKHAN GROUP OF SCHOOLS

CLASS-11 WORKSHEET
SUBJECT – PHYSICS
Mechanical properties of fluids

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. Which of the following is not the unit of pressure?
a) pascal b) Nm-2
b) torr d) N
2. 1 atmospheric pressure =
a) 1.000 104 Nm-2 b) 1.013 105 Nm-2
b) 1.013 10-5Nm-2 d) 1.013 108 Nm-2
3. Dimensional Formula of pressure is
a) [MLT-2] b) [ML-1T]
-1 -2
b) [ML T ] d) [M-1L-1T-2]
4. Which of the following graphs represents the correct variation of pressure (P) with depth (h) below the
surface of ocean?
a) b)

p p

h h

b) d)
p p

h h

5. An ice cube is floating in water. If density of ice is 900 kg m -3, then the fraction of ice cube immersed in
water is
a) 9 b) 0.9
b) 0.009 d) 0.1
Assertion Reason type questions-
Each questions has two statements I (Assertion) and II (Reason). To answer these
questions, choose any one of the following codes.
a) If both statements I and II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I .
b) If both statements I and II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
c) If statement I is true but statement II is false.
d) If statement I is false but statement II is true.
6. Statement I : It is easier to cut the bread with sharp knife than with blunt knife.
Statement II : Pressure, P = Force/area
7. Statement I : Machine parts get jammed in winter.
Statment II : Viscosity of lubricant used in machine decreases with decrease in temprature.
8. Statement I : The velocity of water flowing in a broader pipe increases when water enters a narrow pipe
connected with it.
Statement II : No two streamlines can cross each other.
9. Statement I : Smaller drops of liquid resist deforming forces better than the larger drops.
Statement II : Smaller drops have large terminal velocity

Page 1 of 3
10. Statement I : Excess pressure inside a small soap bubble is greater than inside a big
soap bubble.
Statement II : Big bubble has larger surface area.

Short Answer type questions.

11. What is fluid? Give examples.
12. What do you mean by gauge pressure?
13. Define Atmosphere pressure.
14. Why is viscosity called internal friction?
15. The passengers are advised to remove the ink from their pens while travelling in an aero plane. Explain why.
16. Explain why two streamlines cannot cross each other?
17. State Pascal’s law. Name two applications of Pascal’s law.
18. Why pressure is a scalar quantity even though pressure is force divided by area, and force is a vector quantity.
19. What height of water column produces the same pressure as a 760 mm high column of mercury?
20. Can you decide whether a liquid will rise or get depressed in a capillary meniscus?
Long Answer type questions.
21. Explain why small liquid drops are spherical in shape but big drops are flat?
22. Two soap bubbles have radii in the ratio 2:3 compare the excess of pressure inside these bubbles. Also
compare the work done in blowing these bubbles.
23. Find the terminal velocity of a steel ball of 2 mm radius falling in a tube of glycerine. Given, density of steel = 8
g cm-3 and that of glycerine = 1.3 g cm-3, of glycerine= 8.3 poise.
24. What is surface energy? Find the relation between surface tension and surface energy.
25. What is meant by coefficient of viscosity? How does the viscosity of fluid varies with temperature?
26. Calculate the rate of flow of glycerine of density 1.25 103 kg m-3 through the conical section of a pipe if the
radii of its ends are 0.1 m and 0.04 m and the pressure drop across its length is 10 N m -2.
27. Explain the principle, construction and working of hydraulic lift.
28. State and prove bernoulli’s theorem for fluids and give the assumptions used in deriving it.
29. What is phenomenon of capillarity? Derive an expression for the rise of a liquid in a capillary tube of uniform
diameter.
30. State Stokes’ law. Derive an expression for terminal velocity attained by a spherical body falling through a
viscous medium.

Case study questions:

31. Viscosity: Viscosity is the property of a fluid by virtue of which an internal
force of friction comes into play when a fluid is in motion and which opposes
the relative motion between its different layers. The backward dragging force,
called viscous drag or viscous force, acts tangentially to the different layers of
the fluid in motion and tends to destroy its motion. Viscous force F is directly
proportional to (i) the area A of the layers in contact and (ii) the velocity
gradient between the two layers.
F or F=
is called coefficient of viscosity of the liquid . It is defined as the tangential force per unit area of the layer,
required to maintain unit velocity gradient. Its CGS unit is poise and SI unit is decapoise or poiseuille. Thin liquids
like water, alcohol, etc., are less viscous than thick liquids, like coal tar, blood, glycerin, etc.
(Do Any Four)
(i) The SI unit of coefficient of viscosity is
(a) Nm/s (b) Nm2/s (c) N/(m2s-1) (d) Nms2
(ii) Viscous force exerted by the liquid flowing between two plates in a streamline flow depends upon
(a) Velocity gradient in the direction perpendicular to the plates
(b) Area of the plates
(c) coefficient viscosity of the liquid
(d) all of these

Page 2 of 3
(iii) The coefficient of viscosity for hot air.
(a) is greater than the coefficient of viscosity for cold air.
(b) is smaller than the coefficient of viscosity for cold air.
(c) is same as the coefficient of viscosity for cold air.
(d) will increase or decrease depending on the external pressure
(iv) The relative velocity of two consecutive layers is 8cms-1. If the perpendicular distance between the layers is
0.1cm, then the velocity gradient will be
(a) 0.8s-1 (b) 0.08s-1 (c) 8s-1 (d) 80s-1
(v) A square plate of 0.1 m side moves parallel to a second plate with a velocity of 0.1ms-1, both plates being
immersed in water. If the viscous force is 0.002N and the coefficient of viscosity is 0.01 poise, the distance
between the plates is
(a) 0.1m (b) 0.05m (c) 0.005m (d) 0.0005m

32. When an incompressible and non-viscous liquid flows in streamlined motion through a tube of non-uniform
cross-section, the total mass of the liquid going into the tube through any cross-section per second should be
equal to the total mass coming out of the same tube from any other cross-section per second.

For an incompressible liquid,

1= 2, so a1v1=a2v2 av=constant
area of cross-section normal liquid velocity = constant
This is equation of continuity which implies that liquid velocity at any section of the pipe is inversely proportional
to the cross-section of the pipe at that section. Bernoulli’s principle state that the sum of pressure energy, kinetic
energy and potential energy per unit volume of an incompressible non-viscous fluid in a streamlined, irrotational
flow remains constant along a streamline.
P+ constant
For horizontal flow of a liquid, P+ = constant
This implies that velocity increase where pressure decrease and vice-versa.

(Do Any Four)

(i) Bernoulli’s principle is based on the law of conservation of.
(a) energy (b) mass (c) linear momentum (d) angular momentum
(ii) In old age arteries carrying blood in the human body become narrow resulting in an increase in the blood
pressure. This follows from
(a) Pascal’s law (b) Stoke’s law (c) Bernoulli’s principle (d) Archemedes’ principle
(iii) An incompressible fluid flow steadily through a cylindrical pipe which has radius 2 R at point A and R at a point
B further along the flow direction. If the velocity at A is , then that at B is
(a) /2 (b) (c) 2 (d) 4
(iv) Figure shows a venturimeter, through which water is flowing. The speed of water at X is 2 cms -1. The speed of
water at (taking g=1,000 cms-2) is
(a) 23 cms-1 (b) 32 cms-1 (c) 101 cms-1 (d) 1,024 cms-1
(v) A liquid is kept in a cylindrical vessel which is being rotated about a vertical axis through the centre of the
circular base. If the radius of the vessel is and angular velocity of rotation is , then the difference in the heights
of the liquid at the centre of the vessel and the edge is .
(a) (b) (c) √ (d)

Page 3 of 3