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Archimedes' Principle

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following ratio defines density?

a)

Mass / Volume

b)

Volume / Mass

c)

Mass / Area

d)

Area / Mass

2.

What is considered as a reference to calculate relative density?

a)

Density of water at 100 °C

b)

Density of water at 4 °C

c)

Density of water at 0 °C

d)

Density of water at 10 °C

3.

What is the unit of buoyant force?

a)

metre

b)

newton metre

c)

newton

d)

newton per metre

4.

Which condition is termed as negative buoyancy?

a)

When a body floats in a fluid

b)

When a body sinks in a fluid

c)

When a body hovers inside the fluid

d)

None of these

5.

The relative density of water is ____________.

a)

1 gm/cm3

b)

1

c)

1000kg/m3

d)

100

6.

Which of the following indicates how compact an object is?

a)

Density

b)

Buoyancy

c)

Weight

d)

None of these

7.

The density of water at 4 °C is ____________ g / cm3.

a)

1000

b)

100

c)

1

d)

1.1

8.

What is the unit of relative density?

a)

N / m2

b)

N / m3

c)

kg / m2

d)

It has no unit

9.

Which of the following states of an element is the least dense?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Cannot be said

10.

What is the upward force acting on a body immersed in a fluid known as?

a)

Weight

b)

Buoyant force

c)

Friction force

d)

None of these

11.

Which of the following will be as same as the magnitude of buoyant force?

a)

The mass of the object immersed in the fluid

b)

The weight of the total fluid in the vessel

c)

The weight of the fluid displaced by the object

d)

The mass of the object

12.

In which of the following cases, will the body float on a given liquid?

a)

Weight of the object > magnitude of the effect of buoyant force

b)

Weight of the object < magnitude of the effect of buoyant force

c)

Weight of the object = magnitude of the effect of buoyant force

d)

None of these

13.

Which branch of physics deals with the interaction between fluids and an object or a body?

a)

Statistical mechanics

b)

Quantum mechanics

c)

Fluid mechanics

d)

Thermodynamics

14.

Which of the following has the SI unit — newton?

a)

Buoyancy

b)

Density

c)

Relative density

d)

Volume

15.

Which of the following cases indicates neutral buoyancy?

a)

An object floats on a liquid

b)

An object sinks in a liquid

c)

An object hovers inside a liquid

d)

None of these

16.

Which of the following is not a type of Buoyancy?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Central

d)

Neutral

17.

Which of the following conditions indicates negative buoyancy?

a)

Weight of object > Buoyant Force

b)

Weight of object < Buoyant Force

c)

Weight of object = Buoyant Force

d)

None of these

18.

Which of the following is used to represent density?

a)

λ

b)

μ

c)

ρ

d)

γ

19.

Which of the following force acts against buoyancy?

a)

Weight of an object

b)

Upthrust by a liquid

c)

Pressure of object on a liquid

d)

None of these

20.

What is the relative density of an object with a density of 15200 kg / m3 with respect to water?

a)

15.2 kg / m3

b)

152 kg / m3

c)

15.2

d)

15200

21.

Which of the following states that the buoyant force acting on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid

displaced by the object?

a)

Archimedes’ principle

b)

Pascal’s law

c)

Laws of thermodynamics

d)

None of these

22.

Which of the following watercraft is designed to float as well as sink?

a)

A ship

b)

A submarine

c)

A boat

d)

None of these

23.

When can the laws of floatation not be applied?

a)

If the mass of on object is very less

b)

If the fluid is not enough

c)

If the gravitation acceleration is zero

d)

They are always applicable

24.

Which of the following can be termed as a fluid?

a)

Water

b)

Ice

c)

Vapour

d)

Both water and vapour

25.

Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

a)

Weight

b)

Density

c)

Buoyancy

d)

All of these

26.

What is the SI unit of Density?

a)

N / m2

b)

N / m3

c)

kg / m2

d)

kg / m3

27.

What is the upward force faced by a body inside a fluid known as?

a)

Buoyant Force

b)

Buoyancy

c)

Up thrust

d)

All of these

28.

Which of the following is true for an object floating in equilibrium on a fluid?

a)

Weight of the object is more than the buoyancy

b)

Weight of the object is equal to the buoyancy

c)

Weight of the object is less than the buoyancy

d)

Cannot be said

29.

The buoyant force exerted by a fluid on an object does not depend on which of the following quantities?

a)

Density of the fluid

b)

Volume of the fluid displaced

c)

Gravitational acceleration

d)

Volume of the object

30.

Which of the following quantities can be determined through Archimedes’ Principle?

a)

Work done

b)

Relative density

c)

Speed

d)

Pressure

31.

What will be the magnitude of the resultant force acting in horizontal directions, opposite to each other, and

with the magnitudes of 5 N and 10 N, respectively?

a)

5 N

b)

15 N

c)

Incomplete information

d)

None of these

32.

Which of the following is used to determine the conditions of floatation of an object?

a)

Archimedes’ Principle

b)

Pascal’s law

c)

Both Archimedes' Principle and Pascal's law

d)

None of these

33.

Which of the following is correct for an object that is fully submerged in a fluid?

a)

Volume of the object = Volume of the fluid displaced

b)

Weight of the object = Weight of the fluid displaced

c)

Mass of the object = Mass of the fluid displaced

d)

All of these are correct

34.

What will be the density of an object with a mass of 5 kg and a volume of 1000 cm3?

a)

5000 kg / m3

b)

5 kg / m3

c)

0.05 kg / cm3

d)

Both 5000 kg / m3 and 0.05 kg / cm3

35.

What is the relative density of water at 4 °C with respect to a fluid with a density of 2000 kg / m3?

a)

1

b)

0.5

c)

2

d)

5