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When a plate is immersed in a liquid parallel to the flow, it will be subjected to a pressure __________ that if the same plate is immersed perpendicular to the flow.
A Less than
B More than
C Equal to
D None of these
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
The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body due to its tendency to uplift the sub-merged body is called
A upthrust
B reaction
C buoyancy
D metacentre
The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body due to its tendency to uplift the submerged body is called
A Up-thrust
B Reaction
C Buoyancy
D Metacentre
The position of center of pressure on a plane surface immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid is
A at the centroid of the submerged area
B always above the centroid of the area
C always below the centroid of the area
D none of the above
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
If the weight of a body immersed in a fluid exceeds the buoyant force, then the body will
A rise until its weight equals the buoyant force
B tend to move downward and it may finally sink
C float
D none of the above
The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called
A upthrust
B buoyancy
C center of pressure
D all the above are correct
The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as
A center of gravity
B center of buoyancy
C center of pressure
D metacentre
Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through
A center of gravity
B center of pressure
C metacentre
D center of buoyancy

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