The tendency for an immersed body to be lifted up in the fluid, due to an upward force opposite to the action of gravity is known as

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• “When a body is immersed in a fluid either wholly or partially, it is buoyed or lifted up by a force which is equal to the weight of fluid displaced by the body”. This principle was enunciated by
• The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the wirght of the fluid displaced by the body. This is known as
• When a body is immersed in a fluid, partially or completely, the force of buoyancy is equal to
• The gentre of gravity of the volume of liquid displaced by an immersed body is called
• When the dynamic viscosity of a fluid is 0.6 poise and specific gravity is 0.6, the kinematic viscosity of that fluid will be
• The motion of a fluid in which the fluid mass rotates without the external force is known as
• In case the adhesion between moleules of a fluid is greater than cohesion between fluid and the glass, then the free level of the fluid in glass tube dipped in the glass vessel will be
• A stationary body immersed in a river has a maximum pressure of 69 Kpa exerted on it at a distance of 5.4 m below the free surface. What velocity of river could be expected ?
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