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The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called
A center of gravity
B center of pressure
C metacentre
D center of buoyancy
When a body is immersed wholly or partially in a liquid, it is lifted up by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced by the body. This statement is called
A Pascal’s law
B Archimedes’s principle
C Principle of flotation
D Bernoulli’s theorem
Volume of liquid displaced by a floating body is equivalent to its
A Own weight
B Submerged weight
C Own volume
D Submerged volume
When a body floating in a liquid is displaced slightly, it oscillates about-------.
A C.G of the body
B Center of pressure
C Center of buoyancy
D Metacentre
When a body floating in a liquid, is displaced slightly, it oscillates about
A C.G. of body
B Center of pressure
C Center of buoyancy
D Metacentre
The force of buoyancy is always __________ the weight of the liquid displaced by the body.
A Equal to
B Less than
C More than
D None of these
The body will sink down if the force of buoyancy is __________ the weight of the liquid displaced.
A Equal to
B Less than
C More than
D None of these
The body will float if the force of buoyancy is __________ the weight of the liquid displaced.
A Equal to
B Less than
C More than
D None of these
The centre of percussion is below the centre of gravity of the body and is at a distance equal to
A h / kG
B h.kG
C h2/kG
D k2G/h
The centre of gravity of a plane lamina will not be at its geometrical centre if it is a
A Circle
B Equilateral triangle
C Rectangle
D Right angled triangle

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