Question

Which of the following is true regarding liquid pressure?

• A. For the same height of the liquid column, a denser liquid exerts more pressure than a liquid of lesser density.
• B. The pressure exerted by a liquid is not equal everywhere in the bulk of the liquid.
• C. The pressure exerted by a liquid acts equally in all directions.
• D. For the same height of the liquid column, a denser liquid exerts less pressure than a liquid of lesser density.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

The correct options are
A

For the same height of the liquid column, a denser liquid exerts more pressure than a liquid of lesser density.

C

The pressure exerted by a liquid acts equally in all directions.

Liquid pressure at any point in a liquid is the pressure experienced due to the weight of the overlying liquid column.

Liquid pressure depends on the height of the column of liquid and the density of the liquid.

It does not depend on the mass or the volume of the liquid.

The pressure exerted by a liquid increases with the depth and is not same everywhere in the bulk of the liquid.

Liquid pressure acts equally in all directions.