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Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability - Hydrostatics - Engineering Sciences Previous Year Questions

Practice Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability - Hydrostatics - Engineering Sciences previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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Questions by year

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Medium 35 58.3%
Easy 22 36.7%
Hard 3 5%

Question type distribution

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MCQ 43 71.7%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 16 26.7%
MSQ 1 1.7%

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Engineering Sciences
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Hydrostatics
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Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
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Paper coverage

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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2026
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2025
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2024
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2023
5 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2022
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2021
2 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2020
2 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2019
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2018
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2017
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2016
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2015
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2014
2 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2013
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2011
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008
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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
A projection manometer is to be used for measuring the dynamic pressure of an airstream (ρ = 1.2 kg/m³). The least count of the manometer scale is 0.1 mm. The manometric liquid is alcohol of specific gravity 0.8. The lowest velocity that can be measured is
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
It is given that a solid sphere and a hollow cube have the same outer surface area. The ratio of buoyancy force on the sphere to that on the cube, when they are fully submerged in a liquid, is given by
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
The pressure of the tank is approximately
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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008
Logs of the following cross-section are fully submerged horizontally in water

Solid Cylinder ... Hollow Cylinder ... Solid Square ... Hollow Square
The buoyancy force passes through the point ‘O’ for which of the following cross-sections?

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008
Find the vertical hydrostatic force, \( f_z \), on the surface P-Q due to the water in the tank. Note, \( f_z \) is the force per unit width along y. The surface P-Q is shaped like a quarter-cylinder of radius R. The atmospheric pressure is \( P_a \).

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008
A log is fully submerged horizontally in water. Consider four different orientations (cross-sections shown below) such that point ‘O’ lies at the same depth. Which orientation(s) will give the maximum moment about point O?
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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009

For a floating body, G, B, and M represent the centre of gravity, centre of buoyancy, and the metacentre, respectively. The body will be stable if

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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009
The absolute pressure at point P will be approximately
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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009
In the manometer shown in the figure, the pressure p_A of the gas inside bulb A is approximately,

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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
A cylindrical container is filled with a liquid up to half of its height. The container is mounted on the centre of a turn-table and is held fixed using a spindle. The turn-table is now rotated about its central axis with a certain angular velocity. After some time interval, the fluid attains rigid body rotation. Which of the following profiles best represents the constant pressure surfaces in the container?
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
Ancients have designed water clocks based upon the head of the water in a circular section container with a hole at the bottom as shown in the figure below. The radius (\( r \)) varies as a function of head (\( H \)) to maintain a constant rate of decline of \( H \).
The relation between \( H \) and \( r \) is
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010

A differential U-tube manometer with mercury as the manometric fluid is used to measure the pressure difference between two sections P and Q in a horizontal pipe carrying water at steady state as shown in the figure below. If the difference in mercury levels in the two limbs of the manometer is 0.75 m, the difference in pressure (kPa) between sections P and Q is

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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
Two walls are holding back water as shown in the figures below. The resisting moments per unit length of the walls at points P and Q are \( M_P \) and \( M_Q \). Denoting the specific weight of water as \( \gamma \), the difference in the moments \( (M_Q – M_P) \) is
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
A 20 cm cubical box slides on oil (mass density = 800 kg/m³), over a large plane surface with a steady state velocity of 0.4 m/s. The plane surface is inclined at an angle of 30° with the horizontal plane. The oil film between the block and the plane surface is 0.4 mm thick. The weight of the cubical box is 64 N. The kinematic viscosity of the oil is

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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
The suction side of the pump is located \( L \) m above the free surface level in the sump. The minimum permissible pressure in the pipeline on the suction side of the pump is 8 m of water below atmospheric pressure. The maximum permissible value of \( L \) is
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
A slab of mass 2000 kg and volume 0.2 m³ is raised slowly in the vertical direction by a massless rope through a height of 2 m from the bottom of a fresh-water lake. Depth of water in the lake is 10 m. If the density of fresh water is 1000 kg/m³ and acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s², work done by water on the block is
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
A bulb is connected to a U-tube with long vertical column as shown in the figure below. Cross-sectional area of both sides of the U-tube is 3 cm2. Water is poured in the right side open column of the U-tube such that the trapped air in the left column and the bulb above water has a volume of 1000 cc and a pressure of 105 kPa. Ambient pressure is 100 kPa. Density of water is 1000 kg/m3. Acceleration due to gravity may be taken as 10 m/s2.
When 90 cc of kerosene oil (specific gravity = 0.7) is poured on the right side of the U-tube, water level in the left column rises by 10 cm. The pressure in the bulb becomes
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2011 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2011
Two tanks, A and B, with the same height are filled with water till the top. The volume of tank A is 10 times the volume of tank B. What can you say about the pressures p_A and p_B at the bottom of the tanks A and B respectively?
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2011 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2011
Consider an L-shaped gate with water level above the hinge as shown. At approximately what height D of the water level will the gate open? Neglect the mass of the gate. Assume g = 10 m/s².

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2011 · Engineering Sciences · Hydrostatics · Pressure Measurement, Buoyancy and Stability
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2011
Consider three identical tanks A, B and C, shown below. What is the pressure p in tank C?
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