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Suppose that a student finds that $24 \ mL$ of a certain liquid weighs $36 \ g$. What is the density of this liquid in SI unit?

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  1. $1500  \ kg m^{-3}$

  2. $1200  \ kg m^{-3}$

  3. $1550 \  kg m^{-3}$

  4. $1300  \ kg m^{-3}$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Given, mass of liquid, $m=36g=36\times 10^{-3}kg$;
density of liquid, $\rho=?$
Volume of liquid, $V=24mL=24\times 10^{-3}L$
$=24\times 10^{-3}\times 10^{-3}m^3$
$=24\times 10^{-6}m^3$
Always remember, $1L=10^{-3}m^3=10^3 cm^3$,
Also, $1mL=1cm^3$(also called $1 \ cc$)
Density, $\rho=\displaystyle \frac{Mass}{Volume}=\frac{m}{V}=\frac{36\times 10^{-3}}{24\times 10^{-6}}$
$=1500kg m^{-3}$

Brine has a density of 1.2 g/cc. 40 cc of it is mixed with 30 cc of water. The density of the solution is:

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  1. 2.11 g/cc

  2. 1.11 g/cc

  3. 12.2 g/cc

  4. 20.4 g/cc

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

${ \rho  } _{ mixture }=\dfrac { { \rho  } _{ 1 }{ V } _{ 1 }+{ \rho  } _{ 2 }{ V } _{ 2 } }{ { V } _{ 1 }+{ V } _{ 2 } } $


               $=\dfrac { 1.2\times 40+1\times 30 }{ 70 } =\dfrac { 78 }{ 70 } $


${ \rho  } _{ mixture }=1.11gm/cc$

The densities of three liquids are D, 2D and 3D. What will be the density of the resulting mixture if equal volumes of the three liquids are mixed? 

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  1. 6D

  2. 1.4D

  3. 2D

  4. 3D

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

let $V$ be the volume of each liquid then the total volume of the mixture becomes $3V$. 

$\rho = \dfrac{total\ mass}{total\ volume}$

Therefore, the mass of the liquids can be written as:
$m _1=D\times V=DV$
$m _1=2D\times V=2DV$
$m _1=3D\times V=3DV$

the total mass of the liquids is
$M= DV+2DV+3DV=6DV$

Therefore, the density of the mixture is:
$\rho=\dfrac{6DV}{3V}$

$\rho = 2D$

One litre of cool air weighs heavier than one litre of hot air because of the : 

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  1. Increased number of collisions between . the molecules

  2. Increased number of molecules at. low temperature

  3. Greater energy of molecules at high temperature

  4. Lower energy of molecules at high temperature

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Their exists less no. of molecules at the high temperature and high no. of molecules at the low temperature i.e. in the cold conditions.

$60  cc$ of a liquid of relative density $1.4$ are mixed with $40  cc$ of another liquid of relative density $0.8$. The density of the mixture is

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  1. $1.16 {g}/{cc}$

  2. $2.26 {g}/{cc}$

  3. $11.6 {g}/{cc}$

  4. $116 {g}/{cc}$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
given : - ${ S } _{ 1 }=1.4\quad \quad \quad \quad { V } _{ 1 }=60cc$
               ${ S } _{ 2 }=0.89/cc\quad \quad { V } _{ 2 }=40cc$


The density of the mixture is given by:
$S _{mixture }= \dfrac { { S } _{ 1 }{ V } _{ 1 }+{ S } _{ 2 }{ V } _{ 2 } }{ { V } _{ 1 }+{ V } _{ 2 } } $

$S _{mixture} = \dfrac { 1.4\times 60+0.8\times 40 }{ 100 } $

$S _{mixture} = 1.16 g/cc$

If two masses A and B have their masses in the ratio 1 : 4 and their volumes are equal, then their densities have the ratio :

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  1. 1 : 4

  2. 4 : 1

  3. 2 : 1

  4. 3 : 1

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
We know that density is defined as:
$\rho=\dfrac{mass}{volume}$

It means that density is directly proportional to the mass.
$\dfrac{d}{d'}=\dfrac{m}{m'}=\dfrac14$

Since, $m:m'=1:4$

$\therefore, d:d'=1:4$

A wire of length 50 cm has a mass of 20 g. If its radius is halved by stretching, its new mass per unit length will be :

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  1. 0.4 g $cm^{-1}$

  2. 0.2 kg $m^{-1}$

  3. 0.1 g $cm^{-1}$

  4. 0.2 g $cm^{-1}$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mass, $m=\rho V=\rho (\pi r^2 l)$
where $\rho=$ density of the material of the wire, $r=$ radius of wire and $l=$ length of wire. 

When its radius is halved by stretching, the new mass will be ,
 $m'=\rho \pi (r/2)^2l'$

Thus, $\dfrac{m'}{m}=\dfrac{l'}{4l}$ or $\dfrac{m'}{l'}=\dfrac{m}{4l}$

Hence, the new mass per unit length $=m'/l'=m/4l=\dfrac{20}{4\times 50}=0.1 $ $g$ $cm^{-1}$

Ventilators are provided at the top of room

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  1. To bring oxygen for breathing

  2. So that sunlight may enter the room

  3. To maintain convectional currents to keep the air fresh in the room

  4. To provide an outlet for carbon dioxide

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ventilators are provided in the rooms at the top of the roofs because if the air inside the room gets hot, the hot air rises up and flows through these ventilators and thus cool air remains at bottom. It brings cool and fresh air in the room. Thus ventilators maintain conventional currents to keep the air fresh in the room.

A vessel contains a mixture consisting of ${m} _{1}=7kg$ of nitrogen $\left( { M } _{ 1 }=28 \right) $ and ${m} _{2}=11g$ of carbon dioixide $\left( { M } _{ 2 }=44 \right) $ at temeprature $T=300K$ and pressure ${ P } _{ 0 }=1\quad atm$. The density of the mixture is:

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  1. $1.446g$ per litres

  2. $2.567g$ per litre

  3. $3.752g$ per litre

  4. $4.572g$ per litre

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Let V is the volume of the vessel.

Now, let $p _{1}$ and $p _{2}$ be the partial pressure, then using gas law: 

$p _{1}V = \dfrac{m _1}{M _1}RT\\$

$p _{2}V = \dfrac{m _2}{M _2}RT,\ p _{0}  = p _{1} +  p _{2}\\$

$p _{0} = \left(\dfrac{m _1}{M _1} + \dfrac{m _2}{M _2}\right)\dfrac{RT}{V}\\$

$V = \left(\dfrac{m _1}{M _1} + \dfrac{m _2}{M _2}\right)\dfrac{RT}{p _{0}}\\$

$\because \rho _{mix}=\dfrac{(m _{1} + m _{2})}{V}\\$

$rho _{mix}=\dfrac {(m _1 + m _2)M _1 M _2} {(m _1M _2 + m _2M _1)} \times \dfrac{p _0}{RT}\\$

Substituting values,

$\rho _{mix}=\dfrac {(7 + 11) \times 28 \times 44\times 10^{-3}} {(7 \times 44 + 11\times 28))} \times \dfrac{10^{5}}{8.3 \times 300}\\$

$= 1.446 \ per \ litre$

Option A is correct.

Two non-mixing liquids of densities $\rho$ and $n \rho ( n >$ 1) are put in a container. The height of each liquids $h$ . A solid cylinder of length $L$ and density $d$ is put in this container. The cylinder floats with its its axis vertical and length $p L ( p < 1 )$ in the denser liquid. The density $d$ is equal to

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  1. ${ 1 + ( n - 1 ) p } p$

  2. ${ 1 + ( n + 1 ) p } p$

  3. ${ 2 + ( n + 1 ) p } p$

  4. ${ 2 - ( n + 1 ) p } p$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$\begin{array}{l} d=density\, \, of\, \, cylin{ { de } }r \ A=area\, \, of\, \, cross-sectional\, \, of\, \, cylinder \ U\sin  g\, \, law\, \, of\, \, floation, \ weight\, \, of\, \, cylinder=up\, thrust\, \, by\, \, two\, \, liquids \ L\times A\times d\times g \ =n\rho \times \left( { pL\times A } \right) g+\rho \left( { L-pL } \right) Ag \ d=np\rho +\rho \left( { 1-p } \right) =\left( { np+1-p } \right) \rho  \ d=\left{ { 1+\left( { n-1 } \right) p } \right} \rho  \end{array}$

Hence,
option $(A)$ is correct answer.