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Centre of pressure in an immersed body is __________ the centre of gravity.
A Above
B Below
C At
D Either above or below; depends on the liquid density
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 centre of pressure for a vertically immersed surface lies at a distance equal to __________ the centre of gravity.
A $$\frac{{{I_{\text{G}}}}}{{{\text{A}}\overline {\text{x}} }}{\text{ below}}$$
B $$\frac{{{I_{\text{G}}}}}{{{\text{A}}\overline {\text{x}} }}{\text{ above}}$$
C $$\frac{{{\text{A}}\overline {\text{x}} }}{{{I_{\text{G}}}}}{\text{ below}}$$
D $$\frac{{{\text{A}}\overline {\text{x}} }}{{{I_{\text{G}}}}}{\text{ above}}$$
The centre of pressure acts __________ the centre of gravity of immersed surface.
A At
B Above
C Below
D None of these
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
Centre of pressure of a plane surface of arbitrary shape immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid
A Lies above the centroid of the plane surface
B Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid
C Is different for different fluids
D Is at the centroid of the plane 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
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

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