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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
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
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 point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as
A Centre of gravity
B Centre of depth
C Centre of pressure
D Centre of immersed surface
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
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
Whenever a plate is held immersed at some angle with the direction of flow of the liquid, it is subjected to some pressure. The component of this pressure, in the direction of flow of the liquid, is known as
A Lift
B Drag
C Stagnation pressure
D Bulk modulus
For a body floating in a liquid the normal pressure exerted by the liquid acts at
A Bottom surface of the body
B C.G. of the body
C Metacenter
D All points on the surface of the body
A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall acts at a distance __________ from the liquid surface.
A $$\frac{{\text{H}}}{3}$$
B $$\frac{{\text{H}}}{2}$$
C $$\frac{{2{\text{H}}}}{3}$$
D $$\frac{{3{\text{H}}}}{4}$$

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