Q.1
in case of liquids which do not wet the walls of the containing vessel, the force of adhesion is
  • a) Less than √2 times the force of cohesion
  • b) More than √2 times the force of cohesion
  • c)Less than 1/√2 times the force of cohesion
  • d)More than 1/√ times the force of cohesion
Q.2
A capillary tube is dipped in a water container, so that loss in weight of the capillary tube is
  • a) Equal to the upward buoyant force
  • b) Less than the upward buoyant force
  • c) More than the upward buoyant force
  • d) Half of the buoyant force
Q.3
The lower end of a capillary tube is at a depth of 12cm and the water rises 3cm in it. the mouth pressure required to blow an air bubble at the lower end will be X cm of water column, where X is
  • a)3
  • b) 9
  • c)12
  • d)15
Q.4
Water proofing agent changes the angle of contact
  • a) from an obtuse to acute value
  • b) from an acute to obtuse value
  • c)from obtuse to π/2
  • d)from acute to π/2
Q.5
What will be the height of the liquid column in a capillary tube on the surface of moon
  • a) six times that on the surface of earth
  • b) (1/6) of what was on earth's surface
  • c)It will remain unchanged
  • d)None of the preceding is true
Q.6
A long capillary tube with both ends open is filled with water and then set in a vertical position in air. What is the length of the liquid column remaining in the tube? ( surface tension of water is 70 dyne/cm and the radius of the capillary bore is 1mm)
  • a) 1.5 cm
  • b) 3 cm
  • c) zero
  • d) 4.5 cm
Q.7
A given mass of a metal is moulded into solids of different shapes. Its surface area is least when it is
  • a)A circular disc
  • b) A parabolic of revolution
  • c)A right cone
  • d)A sphere
Q.8
Two water droplets merge with each other to form a large droplet. In this process [ Raj.PMT 1997]
  • a) Energy is liberated
  • b) Energy is absorbed
  • c)Energy is neither liberated nor absorbed
  • d)Some mass is converted into energy
Q.9
Under a pressure head, the rate of orderly volume flow of liquid through capillary tube is Q, if the length of the capillary is doubled and the diameter of the bore is halved, the rate of flow would become [ MPPMT 1988]
  • a) Q/4
  • b) Q/16
  • c)Q/32
  • d)Q/8
Q.10
A ring is cut from a platinum tube having 8.5 cm internal and 8.7 cm external diameter. it is supported horizontally from a pair of balance so that it comes in contact with the water in glass vessel. If an extra 3.97 gm weigh is required to pull it away from water, the surface tension of water is [ MNR 1992]
  • a) 73.4 dyne/cm
  • b) 70.80 dyne/cm
  • c)65.35 dyne/cm
  • d)60.00 dyne/cm
Q.11
The excess of pressure in a soap bubble of radius R and surface tension T is given by [ BHU 1995]
  • a) P=2T/R
  • b) P=4T/R
  • c) P=T/R
  • d) P=6T/R
Q.12
Consider a liquid contained in a vessel. the liquid-solid adhesive force is very weak as compared to the cohesive force in the liquid. the shape of the liquid-surface near the solid shall be [ MNR 1994]
  • a) horizontal
  • b) almost vertical
  • c)concave
  • d)convex
Q.13
S.T. of water is 5N/m. If the film is formed on a ring of area 0.02m2, then its surface energy is [ PET 1989]
  • a) 5×10⁻² Joule
  • b) 2.5×10⁻² Joule
  • c)2×10⁻¹ Joule
  • d)3×10⁻¹
Q.14
If work done in blowing a bubble of volume V is W then the work done in blowing a soap bubble of volume 2V will be [ PET 1898]
  • a) W
  • b) 2W
  • c)√ W
  • d)(2)2/3 W
Q.15
The force required to drag a circular flat plate of radius 5cm on the surface of water is (S.T. of water is 75 dynes/cm) [ MPPMT 1991]
  • a) 30 dynes
  • b) 60 dynes
  • c) 750 dynes
  • d) 750π dynes
Q.16
The work done in blowing a bubble of radius R is W, then the work done in making a bubble of radius 2R is
  • a)W/2
  • b) 2W
  • c)4W
  • d)21/3W
Q.17
A soap bubble of diameter 8cm is formed in air. The surface tension of liquid is 30 dyne/cm. The excess pressure inside the soap bubble is [ PET 1990]
  • a) 150 dyne/ cm2
  • b) 30 dyne/ cm2
  • d)12 dyne/ cm2
  • c)3×10⁻³ dyne/ cm2
Q.18
Two tubes of same material but of different radii are dipped in a liquid. The height to which a liquid rises in one tube is 2.2 cm and in the other tube is 6.6 cm . The ratio of their radii is [ PET 1990]
  • a) 9 : 1
  • b) 1 ; 9
  • c)3 : 1
  • d)1 : 3
Q.19
An oil drop of radius 1cm is divided into 1000 small equal drops of same radius. if the surface tension of oil drop is 50 dynes/cm then the work done is [ PET 1990]
  • a) 18 π erg
  • b) 180π erg
  • c) 1800π erg
  • d) 18000π erg
Q.20
The surface tension of soap is T. The work done in blowing a soap bubble of diameter D to that of diameter 2D is : [ MPPMT 1990]
  • a)2πD2T
  • b) 4πD2T
  • c)6πD2T
  • d)8πD2T
Q.21
The surface tension of a liquid is T, then increase in its energy on increasing the area of the surface by A is [ PET 1991]
  • a) AT-1
  • b) AT
  • c)A2T
  • d)A2T2
Q.22
If a glass rod is dipped in mercury and withdrawn out, the mercury does not wet the rod because [ MPPMT 1995]
  • a) angle of contact is acute
  • b) cohesion force is more
  • c)adhesion force is more
  • d)density of mercury is more
Q.23
At which of the following temperatures, the value of surface tension of water is minimum [ MPPMT 1998]
  • a) 4° C
  • b) 25° C
  • c) 50° C
  • d) 75° C
Q.24
The work done to increase unit area of liquid surface is called surface tension when [ Raj.PMT 1996]
  • a)Temperature is constant
  • b) Pressure is constant
  • c)Volume is constant
  • d)Adiabatic condition
Q.25
A loop of thread is placed over a horizontal film of soap. if the thread is penetrated in the mid it acquires a circular shape of radius R. If the surface tension of soap is T, the tension in the thread is [ Raj.PET 1996]
  • a) πR2 / T
  • b) πR T
  • c)2πR / T
  • d)2πR T
Q.26
A soap bubble in vacuum has a radius of 3cm and another soap bubble in vacuum has a radius 4cm. If the two bubbles collaps under isothermal condition then the radius of the new bubble is [ MPPMT 1998]
  • a) 2.3 cm
  • b) 4.5 cm
  • c)5.0 cm
  • d)7.0 cm
Q.27
A capillary tube is dipped in water up to length l, the level of water reaches up to height h. Now the end which is inside the water is closed and capillary tube is put outside the water and that closed end is opened if l>h, the height of the remaining water column in the capillary will be [ Raj.PET 1996]
  • a) 0
  • b) l+h
  • c) 2h
  • d) h
Q.28
Surface tension of a liquid is found to be influenced by [ ISM Dhanabad 1996]
  • a)Its increase with the increase of temperature
  • b) nature of the liquid in contact
  • c)presence of soap that increases it
  • d)its variation with the concentration of liquid
Q.29
The pressure of air inside a soap bubble of diameter 0.7 cm is 8mm of water above the pressure outside. the surface tension of soap solution is [ MPPMT 1997]
  • a) 980 dynes/cm
  • b) 68.6 dynes/cm
  • c)72 dynes/cm
  • d)137.3 dynes/cm
Q.30
The mass of water which rises in capillary tube of radius R is M, then the mass of water which rises in capillary tube of radius 2R will be [ Raj.PMT 1997]
  • a) M
  • b) 2M
  • c)M/2
  • d)4M
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