Question

Observe the vessels A, B, C and D shown in the figure given below.
Volume of water taken in each vessel is as shown. Arrange them in the order of decreasing pressure at the base of each vessel. Explain.

Answer 1

If you take a look at the heights of the liquids in each vessel, you can see that,
the height of liquid in D> height of liquid in B> height of liquid in A> height of liquid in C.
Therefore, in order of decreasing pressure at the base of each vessel, the arrangement would be D>B>A>C. That is because the pressure of a liquid column depends on the height of the liquid column and not on the volume of the liquid.