1. | move up with constant acceleration. |
2. | move up with constant velocity. |
3. | move up with variable acceleration and finally, it may attain a terminal speed. |
4. | remain at rest. |
A tall cylinder is filled with viscous oil. A round pebble is dropped from the top with zero initial velocity. The plot shown in the figure indicates the one that represents the velocity \((v)\) of the pebble as a function of time \((t).\)
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In Millikan’s oil drop experiment, what is the terminal speed of an uncharged drop of radius \(2\times10^{-5}\) m and density \(1.2\times10^{3}\) kg-m–3? (Take the viscosity of air at the temperature of the experiment to be \(1.8\times10^{-5}\) Pa-s.)
1. | \(2.7\) cm/s | 2. | \(3.9\) cm/s |
3. | \(5.8\) cm/s | 4. | \(4.6\) cm/s |
Spherical balls of radius \(R\) are falling in a viscous fluid of viscosity with a velocity \(v.\) The retarding viscous force acting on the spherical ball is:
1. | directly proportional to \(R\) but inversely proportional to \(v.\) |
2. | directly proportional to both radius \(R\) and velocity \(v.\) |
3. | inversely proportional to both radius \(R\) and velocity \(v.\) |
4. | inversely proportional to \(R\) but directly proportional to velocity \(v.\) |
A particle released from rest is falling through a thick fluid under gravity. The fluid exerts a resistive force on the particle proportional to the square of its speed. Which one of the following graphs best depicts the variation of its speed \(v\) with time \(t?\)
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