Practice MCQs For Pressure



This quiz contains practice questions for GCE ‘O’ level topic: Pressure. There are explanations for some of the questions after you submit the quiz. If you could not figure out why a particular option is the answer, feel free to drop a comment below or ask a question in ‘O’ & ‘A’ Level Discussion section of the forum. If you wish to contribute questions to this quiz, please contact us.

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1. The diagram shows a simple mercury barometer. Which height is a measure of the atmospheric pressure?

pressure qn
2. Which would be the least likely to sink into soft ground?
3. A barometer is carried up on a balloon. Why does the reading on the barometer fall?
4. Four different liquids are poured into identical measuring cylinders. The diagrams show the depths of the liquids and their densities.

Which liquid causes the largest pressure on the base of its measuring cylinder?

pressure at base of cylinder
5. A small table weighing 40 N stands on four legs, each having an area of $0.001 \text{ m}^{2}$. What is the pressure of the table on the floor?
6. Which of the following will cause the height of the mercury column in a barometer, A, to be higher than  that of another barometer, B, located at sea level?
7. A manometer is connected to a gas supply.

manometer qnPressure can be measured in cm of water.

What is the pressure of the gas?
8. The diagrams show, to the same scale, the vertical sections of a set of circular vessels, each containing the same depth of water.

vessels qnWhich one of the following statements is correct?
9. Bubbles of gas, escaping from the mud at the bottom of a deep lake, rise to the surface.

bubbles in pondAs the bubbles rise, they get larger.

Why is this?
10. The diagram shows a glass block resting on a table top.

block pressure qnThe area of the block in contact with the table is X and the area of the table top is Y.

The weight of the block is P and the weight of the table is Q.

Which expression gives the pressure exerted on the table by the block?

 

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