Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Previous year questions with solutions · 2024 – 2026
65 Questions
48 Papers covered
4.21% Weightage 2026 ▲ 5.3% vs last year
Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage Year Questions Papers Avg / paper Weightage 2026 20 19 1.1 4.21% ▲ 5.3% vs last year 2025 19 19 1 4.00% ▼ 7.7% vs last year 2024 26 20 1.3 4.33%
All 65 MCQ 44 Numerical 21
Topic All topics Angle of Contact, Excess Pressure in Drops and Bubbles Bernoulli's Principle and Its Applications Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle Capillary Rise Hydraulic Machines Pressure, Pascal's Law, Variation of Pressure with Depth Streamline Flow and Equation of Continuity Surface Tension and Surface Energy Viscosity and Stokes' Law, Terminal Velocity Year All years 2026 2025 2024
Ques. 31 JEE Main 2024, 9 April (Evening Shift)
A spherical ball of radius 1 10-4 m and density 105 kg/m3 falls freely under gravity through a distance h before entering a tank of water. If after entering in water the velocity of the ball does not change, then the value of h is approximately: (The coefficient of viscosity of water is 9.8 10-6 N s/m2)
2518 m 2396 m 2249 m 2296 m
Ques. 32 JEE Main 2024, 8 April (Morning Shift)
Correct Bernoulli's equation is (symbols have their usual meaning) :
P + 12 gh + 12 v2 = constant P + mgh + 12mv2 = constant P + gh + v2 = constant P + gh + 12 v2 = constant
Ques. 33 JEE Main 2024, 8 April (Evening Shift)
A cube of ice floats partly in water and partly in kerosene oil. The ratio of volume of ice immersed in water to that in kerosene oil (specific gravity of Kerosene oil = 0.8, specific gravity of ice = 0.9): [figure]
5 : 4 9 : 10 8 : 9 1 : 1
Ques. 34 JEE Main 2024, 6 April (Morning Shift)
A small ball of mass m and density is dropped in a viscous liquid of density 0. After sometime, the ball falls with constant velocity. The viscous force on the ball is :
mg (1 - 0 ) mg ( 0 - 1 ) mg (1 - 0 ) mg (1 + 0 )
Ques. 35 JEE Main 2024, 6 April (Evening Shift)
Pressure inside a soap bubble is greater than the pressure outside by an amount : (given : R = Radius of bubble, S = Surface tension of bubble)
SR 4SR 4RS 2SR
Ques. 36 JEE Main 2024, 5 April (Morning Shift)
Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I is true and Statement II is false Statement I is false but Statement II is true Both Statement I and Statement II are true Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Ques. 37 JEE Main 2024, 4 April (Morning Shift)
Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
Ques. 38 JEE Main 2024, 4 April (Evening Shift)
Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Both Statement I and Statement II are false. Both Statement I and Statement II are true. Statement I is false but Statement II is true. Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Ques. 39 JEE Main 2024, 1 February (Evening Shift)
A big drop is formed by coalescing 1000 small droplets of water. The surface energy will become :
1100 th 110 th 100 times 10 times
Ques. 40 JEE Main 2024, 31 January (Morning Shift)
A small steel ball is dropped into a long cylinder containing glycerine. Which one of the following is the correct representation of the velocity time graph for the transit of the ball?
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Ques. 41 JEE Main 2024, 31 January (Evening Shift)
A small spherical ball of radius r, falling through a viscous medium of negligible density has terminal velocity 'v'. Another ball of the same mass but of radius 2r, falling through the same viscous medium will have terminal velocity:
4v 2v v4 v2
Ques. 42 JEE Main 2024, 29 January (Morning Shift)
Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate from the options given below
Both Statement I and Statement II are false Both Statement I and Statement II are true Statement I is true but Statement II is false Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Ques. 43 JEE Main 2024, 29 January (Evening Shift)
A small liquid drop of radius R is divided into 27 identical liquid drops. If the surface tension is T, then the work done in the process will be:
4 R2T 8 R2T 18 R2T 3 R2T
Ques. 44 JEE Main 2024, 27 January (Morning Shift)
Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect Both Statement I and Statement II are correct