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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 centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced is called
A Centre of pressure
B Centre of buoyancy
C Metacentre
D None of these
The periodic time of a compound pendulum is __________ when the distance between the point of suspension and the center of gravity is equal to the radius of gyration of the body about its center of gravity.
A Zero
B Minimum
C Maximum
D None of these
Which law/principle states that when a body is immersed fully or partially in a fluid, it experiences an upward force that is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it?
A Boyle's Law
B Charles Law
C Archimedes Principle
D Pascal's Law
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
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

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