Properties of Matter 2 Question 16

16. The spring balance A reads 2kg with a block m suspended from it. A balance B reads 5kg when a beaker with liquid is put on the pan of the balance. The two balances are now so arranged that the hanging mass is inside the liquid in the beaker as shown in the figure. In this situation

(1985,2M)

(a) the balance A will read more than 2kg

(b) the balance B will read more than 5kg

(c) the balance A will read less than 2kg and B will read more than 5kg

(d) the balances A and B will read 2kg and 5kg respectively

True / False

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 16. F

Solution:

  1. Liquid will apply an upthrust on m. An equal force will be exerted (from Newton’s third law) on the liquid. Hence, A will read less than 2kg and B more than 5kg. Therefore, the correct options are (b) and (c).


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