Question

When a body is fully immersed in a liquid the apparent loss in the weight of body is equal to :

• A. volume of liquid displaced by the body
• B. density of the liquid
• C. weight of liquid displaced by the body
• D. none of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C weight of liquid displaced by the body

According to Archimedes principle, the weight of water displaced is equal to the weight of immersed part.For a solid floating in a liquid, its weight acting vertically down at its centre of gravity is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the immersed part of the solid acting vertically up at its centre of buoyancy. In the floating condition, the apparent weight and the apparent density of the solid are zero and the body is said to be weightless.