Question

Describe an experiment to show that a liquid exerts pressure at the bottom of the container in which it is kept.

Answer 1

Take a balloon and tie it at the lower end of a glass tube and hold vertically.

Pour some water in the tube, balloon bulges out as in (b) because water column exerts pressure (∴ liquid has weight) at its bottom. Force on the balloon is equal to the weight of the Thrust water column which is called the thrust, P = $\frac{thrust}{area}$
This shows that a liquid exerts pressure at the bottom of the container in which it is kept.