Description : Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and (A) Water surface (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of gravity (D) Center of buoyancy
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Metacentric height is given as the distance between (A) The center of gravity of the body and the metacentre (B) The center of gravity of the body and the center of buoyancy (C) The center of gravity of the body and the center of pressure (D) Center of buoyancy and metacentre
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : The meatcentric height is the distance between the (A) Centre of gravity of the floating body and the centre of buoyancy (B) Centre of gravity of the floating body and the metacentre (C) Metacentre and centre of buoyancy (D) Original centre of buoyancy and new centre of buoyancy
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : A floating/submerged body is always stable, if its centre of gravity (A) Lies above its centre of buoyancy (B) And centre of buoyancy coincide (C) Lies below its centre of buoyancy (D) Lies above its metacentre
Last Answer : (C) Lies below its centre of buoyancy
Description : The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The centre of percussions is a.The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a central axis b.The point of application of the resultant ... .The point in a body about which it can rotate horizontally and oscillates under the influence of gravity
Last Answer : a. The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a central axis
Description : A body floating in a liquid is said to be in neutral equilibrium, if its metacentre (A) Coincides with its centre of gravity (B) Lies above its centre of gravity C) Lies below its centre of gravity (D) Lies between the centre of buoyancy and centre of gravity
Description : When a body, floating in a liquid, is given a small angular displacement, it starts oscillating about a point known as (A) Centre of pressure (B) Centre of gravity (C) Centre of buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Description : The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Metacentre (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Center of gravity
Description : The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are (A) The metacentre should lie above the center of gravity (B) The center of buoyancy and the center of gravity must lie on the same vertical line (C) A righting couple should be formed (D) All the above are correct
Description : For a floating body to be in stable equilibrium, its metacentre should be (A) Below the center of gravity (B) Below the center of buoyancy (C) Above the center of buoyancy (D) Above the center of gravity
Description : A body floats in stable equilibrium (A) When its meatcentric height is zero (B) When the metacentre is above e.g. (C) When its e.g. is below its center of buoyancy (D) Metacentre has nothing to do with position of e.g. for determining stability
Description : The curve of metacentre for a floating body __________ the curve of buoyancy. (A) Is always below (B) Is the evolute of (C) Intersects at right angle (D) Is tangential to
Last Answer : (B) Is the evolute of
Description : A submerged body is said to be in a stable equilibrium, if its centre of gravity __________ the centre of buoyancy. (A) Coincides with (B) Lies below (C) Lies above (D) None of these
Description : 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
Description : 06. A body floating in a liquid is said to be not in equilibrium if its metacentre lies below its centre of gravity. A) Agree B) Disagree
Last Answer : A
Description : 04. A body floating in a liquid is said to be in a stable equilibrium, if its metacentre coincides with its centre of gravity. A) True B) False
Last Answer : B
Description : Metacentre is the point of intersection of (A) Vertical upward force through e.g. of body and center line of body (B) Buoyant force and the center line of body (C) Midpoint between e.g. and center of buoyancy (D) All of the above
Description : 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
Description : The weight of a body acts through the centre of – (1) gravity (2) mass (3) both (1) and (2) (4) buoyancy
Last Answer : (1) gravity Explanation: The centre of gravity of a collection of masses is the point where all the weight of the object can be considered to be concentrated. The entire weight acts through the center of ... to the surface of the Earth) the Centres of Gravity and Mass are in exactly the same place.
Description : 07. The line of action of the force of buoyancy acts through the centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced. A) True B) False
Description : The weight of a body acts through the centre of (1) gravity (2) mass (3) both (1) and (2) (4) buoyancy
Last Answer : gravity
Description : surface lies at a distance equal to __________ the centre of gravity. (A) IG sin² / bellow (B) IG sin² / (C) IG sin / (D) IG sin /
Description : The time of oscillation of a floating body is (A) Longer, if Metacentric height is increased (B) Independent of the Metacentric height (C) Dependent on the buoyant forces only (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : Hydrometer measures the specific gravity of liquids based on the principles of buoyancy. Pycnometer is used to measure the specific gravity of (A) Powder & granular solids (B) Liquids (C) Low melting point semi-solids (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c
Last Answer : (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c
Description : For a stable equilibrium of a submerged body (where, G and B are centres of gravity & buoyancy respectively). (A) G is above B (B) B is above G (C) B & G coincide (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) B is above G
Description : The centre of pressure acts __________ the centre of gravity of immersed surface. (A) At (B) Above (C) Below (D) None of these
Description : A hydrometer indicates specific gravity by comparing the _____________. A. density of a substance in water with the density of the same substance in air B. differences in weight between water and the ... of an object in water with the buoyancy of the same object in the liquid being measured
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : Choose the wrong statement (A) Any weight, floating or immersed in a liquid, is acted upon by a buoyant force (B) Buoyant force is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced (C) The ... the center of buoyancy (D) Center of buoyancy is located above the center of gravity of the displaced liquid
Description : Choose the wrong statement (A) The center of buoyancy is located at the center of gravity of the displaced liquid (B) For stability of a submerged body, the center of gravity of body must ... the submerged body must lie at neutral equilibrium for all positions (D) All floating bodies are stable
Description : The two important forces for a floating body are (A) Buoyancy, gravity (B) Buoyancy, pressure (C) Buoyancy, inertial (D) Inertial, gravity
Description : 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
Description : Euler's dimensionless number relates the following (A) Inertial force and gravity (B) Viscous force and inertial force (C) Viscous force and buoyancy force (D) Pressure force and inertial force
Description : 13. The centre of buoyancy is the centre of area of the immersed body. A) Correct B) Incorrec
Description : For a floating body to be in equilibrium (A) Meta centre should be above e.g . (B) Centre of buoyancy and e.g. must lie on same vertical plane (C) A righting couple should be formed (D) All of the above
Description : The center of pressure of a surface subjected to fluid pressure is the point (A) On the surface at which resultant pressure acts (B) On the surface at which gravitational force acts (C) At which all hydraulic forces meet (D) Similar to metacentre
Description : 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) Metacentre (D) All points on the surface of the body
Description : Pick out the wrong statement: (A) The vacuum pressure is always the negative gauge pressure (B) The pressure of the liquid measured by a piezometer tube is the gauge pressure (C) Manometric ... point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as the centre of gravity
Last Answer : (D) The point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as the centre of gravity
Description : Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the (A) Existence of thermal boundary layer (B) Temperature gradient produced ... difference (C) Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site (D) None of these
Description : If the length of a combined footing for two columns l metres apart is L and the projection on the left side of the exterior column is x, then the projection y on the right side of the exterior column, in order to have a uniformly distributed ... l - ) (C) y = L/2 - (l + ) (D) y = L/2 - (l - )
Description : 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
Last Answer : (B) Below
Description : Chromosomes having equal or almost equal arms are called (a) Metacentric (b) Acrocentric (c) Polycentric (d) Acentric
Last Answer : (a) Metacentric
Description : Chromosome with equal arms is called (A) Metacentric (B) Sub-metacentric (C) Acrocentric (D) Telocentric
Last Answer : (A) Metacentric
Description : 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
Description : The total pressure on a horizontally immersed surface is (where w = Specific weight of the liquid, A = Area of the immersed surface, and x = Depth of the centre of gravity of the immersed surface from the liquid surface) (A) wA (B) wx (C) wAx (D) wA/x
Description : The depth of centre of pressure (h) for a vertically immersed surface from the liquid surface is given by (where IG = Moment of inertia of the immersed surface about horizontal axis through its centre of gravity, A = Area of immersed surface, ... (IG/ ) - (B) (IG/ ) - (C) ( /IG) + (D) (IG/ ) +
Description : What is the feature of a metacentric chromosome? -Biology
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What is Metacentric ?
Last Answer : : The chromosomes whose centromeres are located in the very center are called mesenteric or metasentric chromosomes. They are shaped like the English letter V.
Description : Arm ratio in metacentric condition is :-
Last Answer : Arm ratio in metacentric condition is :- A. `1 : 1` B. `1 : 2` C. `1 : 3` D. `2 : 3`