Physics - Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Practise 22 Manipal (MET) previous year questions on Mechanical Properties of Fluids, compiled from papers spanning 2010 to 2023. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty Manipal (MET) tests.
Mechanical Properties of Fluids has been asked in 13 of the 15 years of Manipal (MET) papers analysed (2010–2024), with 22 questions in all. 45% of them were easy, 41% moderate and 14% tough. Most of its questions came from 2014, with 3 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 2 questions across 2 papers, about 1 per paper.
The chapter's 6 topics are not weighted equally: Surface tension (9 questions, 41%), Archmidies Principle (5 questions, 23%), and Hydrodynamics (4 questions, 18%) have been asked the most. Over the last five years the most frequent topics have been Archmidies Principle (1), Efflux of liquid (1), and Pressure and thrust (1). Archmidies Principle has produced the most tough questions (1).
- 1The lower end of a capillary tube is dipped into water and it is seen that water rises through 7.5 cm in the capillary. Given, surface tensi2023Surface tension
- 2A vessel contains oil (Density ) over meŕcury (density ). A homogeneous sphere floats with half of its volume immersed in mercury and the ot2022Archmidies Principle
- 3To what height should a rectangular cylinder having square base of length 10 cm be filled, so that the total force on the bottom is equal to2021Pressure and thrust
- 4A rectangulat vessel when full of water takes 10 min to be emptied through an orifice in its bottom. How much time will it take to be emptie2021Efflux of liquid
- 5Surface of the lake is at and depth of the lake is 20 m . Find the temperature of the bottom of the lake2019Surface tension
- 6An open tank filled with water (density) has a narrow hole at a depth of below the water surface. The velocity of water flowing out is2018Hydrodynamics
- 7Energy needed in breaking a drop of radius into drops of radii is given by2018Surface tension
- 8Water rises in a capillary tube to a height . Choose false statement regarding capillary rise from the following.2017Surface tension
- 9A copper ball of radius is moving with a uniform velocity in the mustard oil and the dragging force acting on the ball is . The dragging for2016Viscosity
- 10A block of wood of side 40 cm floats in water in such a way that its lower face is 5 cm below the free surface of water. What is the weight 2016Archmidies Principle
- 11A small block of wood of specific gravity 0.5 is submerged at a depth of 1.2 m in a vessel filled with the water. The vessel is accelerated 2015Archmidies Principle
- 12Several spherical drops of a liquid of radius coalesce to form a single drop to radius . If is surface tension and is volume under considera2014Surface tension
- 13Two substances of densities and are mixed in equal volume and the relative density of mixture is 4 . When they are mixed in equal masses, th2014Pressure and thrust
- 14Ratio of area of hole to beaker is 0.1 . Height liquid in beaker is 3 m , and hole is at the heigh of 52.5 cm from the bottom of beaker, fin2014Hydrodynamics
- 15The radius of the soap bubble is doubled under isothermal condition. If be the surface tension of soap bubble, the work done in doing so is 2013Surface tension
- 16In a capillary tube, water rises to 3 mm the height of water that will rise in another capillary tube having one-third radius of the first i2013Surface tension
- 17The rate of flow of glycerine of density through the conical section of a pipe if the radii of its ends are 0.1 m and 0.04 m and the pressur2013Hydrodynamics
- 18A cylindrical tank has a hole of in its bottom. If the water is allowed to flow into the tank from a tube above it at the rate of , then the2012Hydrodynamics
- 19A cube floats in water with a height of remaining above the surface. The density of the material from which the cube is made is2011Archmidies Principle
- 20Surface tension vanishes at2010Surface tension
- 21A glass flask having mass 390 g and an interior volume of floats on water when it is less than half filled with water. The density of materi2010Archmidies Principle
- 22When a number of small droplets combines to form a large drop, then2010Surface tension
Frequently Asked Questions
1.How many questions are available for Mechanical Properties of Fluids?
This chapter includes 22 questions compiled from Manipal (MET) papers spanning 2010 to 2023.
2.Are these questions only from Manipal (MET), or from other exams too?
These are Manipal (MET) questions specifically for the Mechanical Properties of Fluids chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.
3.Is Mechanical Properties of Fluids an important chapter for Manipal (MET) Physics?
Mechanical Properties of Fluids has appeared in 13 of the 15 years of Manipal (MET) papers covered here, with 22 questions across 13 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.
4.What is the difficulty level of Mechanical Properties of Fluids questions in Manipal (MET)?
Of the 22 questions analysed for this chapter, 45% are easy, 41% moderate and 14% tough. 2014 had the most, with 3 questions.
5.Which topics in Mechanical Properties of Fluids should I focus on?
These topics have carried the most weightage in Mechanical Properties of Fluids:
- Surface tension - 9 questions (41%)
- Archmidies Principle - 5 questions (23%)
- Hydrodynamics - 4 questions (18%)
- Archmidies Principle has produced the most tough questions (1).
6.Is Mechanical Properties of Fluids's weightage in Manipal (MET) going up or down?
Across all 13 papers analysed, Mechanical Properties of Fluids has averaged about 1.7 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has fallen, at about 1.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.