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Atmospheric pressure can be measured by which of the following instruments

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  1. doctor's thermometer

  2. mercury barometer

  3. speedometer

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Speedometre is an instrument which is used to measure the speed of a vehicle.

Doctor's thermometre is used to measure the temperature of the body of the patient.
Mercury thermometre is used for measuring the atmospheric pressure.

The pressure energy per unit volume of a liquid is

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  1. $ \frac {P}{\rho}$

  2. P

  3. P x $\rho$

  4. $ \frac {\rho}{P}$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pressure energy per unit volume=$=\dfrac{Work done}{Volume}=\dfrac{W}{V}=\dfrac{F.d}{A.d}$

$=\dfrac{F}{A}$
$=P$

'The atmospheric pressure at a place is $76  cm$ of $Hg$? State its value in $bar$.

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  1. $1.013\times{10}^{5}$ $bar$

  2. $1 bar$

  3. $1.013\times{10}^{-5}$ $bar$

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$1atm$ is the standard atmospheric pressure. 
In terms of length of mercury it is $76cm $ of Hg.

In SI units, the atmospheric pressure is $1atm=1.01325\times 10^{5}Nm^{-2}= 1 bar$

Unit for pressure used in weather maps is millibar. 1 millibar is equal to

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    1. 1000 bar

    2. 100 kPa

    3. 100 Pa

    4. 1 atm

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    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    Bar is a unit of pressure.

    $1bar=10^5 Pa$
    Hence dividing by 1000 expresses the milli form of the unit.
    $\implies 1millibar=\dfrac{10^5}{1000}Pa$
    $=100Pa$

    $1\ atm$ of pressure is equal to

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    1. $1\ Torr$

    2. $\dfrac{1}{760}\ Torr$

    3. $760\ Torr$

    4. $1.013 \times 10^5\ Torr$

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    Correct Option: C
    Explanation:

    The pressure due to $760$ mm of mercury is equal to atmospheric pressure. Pressure equivalent to $1$mm of mercury is $1torr$. Hence the atmospheric pressure $1atm=760torr$.

    $1\ Pa$ of pressure is equal to:

    physics fluid pressure pressure in air introduction to atmospheric pressure pressure exerted by air devices to measure pressure

    1. $7.5 \times 10^{-3}\ Torr$

    2. $7.5 \times 10^{3}\ Torr$

    3. $760\ Torr$

    4. $1\ Torr$

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    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    Atmospheric pressure $=1atm=760torr=1.01\times 10^3Pa$

    $\implies 1Pa=\dfrac{760}{1.01\times 10^5}torr=7.5\times 10^{-3}torr$

    A measurement referenced to the atmospheric pressure and it varies from the measurement of barometric reading and manometer reading is called as 

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    1. gauge pressure

    2. absolute pressure

    3. atmospheric pressure

    4. none of the above

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    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    Absolute pressure: It uses absolute zero (pressure in vacuum) as its zero point.

    Gauge pressure: It uses atmospheric pressure  as its zero point.
    Therefore, Absolute pressure = Atmospheric pressure + Gauge pressure
    A barometer reads the atmospheric pressure and a manometer reads absolute pressure (when closed from one end), therefore a measurement referenced to the atmospheric pressure varying from barometer reading and manometer is called as gauge pressure.

    A pressure equivalent to 1 mm of mercury is called 

    physics fluid pressure pressure in air introduction to atmospheric pressure pressure exerted by air devices to measure pressure

    1. 1 torr

    2. 1 bar

    3. 1 pascal

    4. 1 atm

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    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    The pressure at the bottom of $760 mm$ of mercury is equal to atmospheric pressure.

    Also, $1atm=760torr$
    Hence, $1torr$ pressure and $1mm$  of mercury are equivalent.

    1 pascal (Pa) is equal to 

    physics fluid pressure pressure in air introduction to atmospheric pressure pressure exerted by air devices to measure pressure

    1. $1 \times 10^{5} $ bar

    2. $1 \times 10^{3} $ bar

    3. $1 \times 10^{-3} $ bar

    4. $1 \times 10^{-5} $ bar

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    Correct Option: D
    Explanation:

    We have,

                   $1 atm=1\times10^{5}Pa$ ,
    and         $1atm=1bar$ ,
    hence,   $1bar=1\times10^{5}Pa$ 
    or            $1Pa=1\times10^{-5}bar$

    $1\ Torr$ of pressure is equal to:

    physics fluid pressure pressure in air introduction to atmospheric pressure pressure exerted by air devices to measure pressure

    1. $133\ Pa$

    2. $13\ Pa$

    3. $1\ Pa$

    4. none of these

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    Correct Option: A
    Explanation:

    Atmospheric pressure $=1atm=1.01\times 10^5Pa=760torr$

    $\implies 1torr=\dfrac{1.01\times 10^5}{760}Pa$$=133Pa$