The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called_________________?

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1. 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
   E. center of pressure

2. 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
   E. none of above is correct

3. 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. Archimedes’ principle
   D. Bernoulli’s theorem
   E. Metacentric principle

4. The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as____________________?

   A. meta center
   B. center of pressure
   C. center of buoyancy
   D. center of gravity
   E. none of the above

5. 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
   E. in between e.g. and center of pressure

6. According to the principle of buoyancy a body totally or partially immersed in a fluid will be lifted up by a force equal to __________________?

   A. the weight of the body
   B. more than the weight of the body
   C. less than the weight of the body
   D. weight of the fluid displaced by the body
   E. weight of body plus the weight of the fluid displaced hy the body

7. In an immersed body, center of pressure is ____________________?

   A. at the center of gravity
   B. above the center of gravity
   C. below be center of gravity
   D. could be above or below e.g. depending on density of body and liquid
   E. unpredictable

8. If cohesion between molecules of a fluid is greater than adhesion between fluid and glass, then the free level of fluid in a dipped glass tube will be_________________?

   A. higher than the surface of liquid
   B. the same as the surface of liquid
   C. lower than the surface of liquid
   D. unpredictable
   E. none of the above

9. The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called________________?

   A. meta-center
   B. center of pressure
   C. center of buoyancy
   D. center of gravity
   E. none of the above

10. Total pressure on a lmxlm gate immersed vertically at a depth of 2 m below the free water surface will be ___________________?

    A. 1000 kg
    B. 4000 kg
    C. 2000 kg
    D. 8000 kg
    E. 16000 kg