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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 resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. This definition is according to
A Buoyancy
B Equilibrium of a floating body
C Archimede's principle
D Bernoulli's theorem
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
A floating body oscillates about its __________ when it is displaced slightly.
A Centre of gravity
B Metacentre
C Centre of buoyancy
D Centre of pressure
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 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
If a body floating in a liquid returns back to its original position, when given a small angular displacement, the body is said to be in
A Neutral equilibrium
B Stable equilibrium
C Unstable equilibrium
D None of these
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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