logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home General Knowledge Physics See What Others Are Saying!
  • Question
  • A man stands on the pan of a balance holding a fish in his right hand and bucket of water in his left hand. If he transfers the fish into the bucket, the total weight on the pan


  • Options
  • A. increases
  • B. decreases
  • C. remains the same
  • D. first increases and then decreases

  • Correct Answer
  • remains the same 

    Explanation

    Before transferring the fish, the position is the man with the fish and the bucket of water. After transferring the position is: the man without the fish, but the fish inside the water in the bucket. Thus to know  whether there is any change in weight, it is enough to consider whether there is any change in weight when the fish in air is transferred into the water. The answer is there is no change as when in water though it loses weight due to upthrust of water on it, the level of water increases and exerts an equal force at the bottom.So, (c) is correct.


  • More questions

    • 1. kilohertz is a unit which measures

    • Options
    • A. power used by a current of one ampere
    • B. electromagnetic radio wave frequencies
    • C. voltage
    • D. electric resistance
    • Discuss
    • 2. Atoms of an element differ from those of all other elements in

    • Options
    • A. atomic number and electronic configuration
    • B. number of neutrons and number of valence electrons
    • C. atomic number and number of valence electrons
    • D. number of neutrons and electronic configuration
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which radioactive pollutant has recently drawn to public, due to its occurrence in the building material?

    • Options
    • A. Thorium
    • B. Radium
    • C. Plutonium
    • D. Radan
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is used for removing air bubbles from glass during its manufacture?

    • Options
    • A. Arsenous oxide
    • B. Potassium carbonate
    • C. Soda ash
    • D. Feldspar
    • Discuss
    • 5. What are the soaps?

    • Options
    • A. Salts of silicates
    • B. Mixture of glycerol and alcohols
    • C. Sodium or potassium salts of heavier fatty acids
    • D. Esters of heavy fatty acids
    • Discuss
    • 6. The vast resources of unutilised natural gas can be used in the production of

    • Options
    • A. graphite
    • B. Synthetic petroleum
    • C. fertilisers
    • D. carbide
    • Discuss
    • 7. Glass is made of the mixture of

    • Options
    • A. quartz and mica
    • B. sand and silicates
    • C. salt and quartz
    • D. sand and salt
    • Discuss
    • 8. The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at

    • Options
    • A. the equator
    • B. the tropics
    • C. the arctic
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. The major countries of central America are

    • Options
    • A. Belize, Costa Rica, Panama
    • B. China, Taiwan, Japan
    • C. Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country's water resources. It covers

    • Options
    • A. sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines
    • B. technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific projects
    • C. facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation planning and development of ground water resources
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment