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Why is the tip of a nail made sharp?

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ICSE-FLUIDS-TOPIC 2 (4 Marks Questions )
  1. Why is the tip of a nail made sharp?

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  2. A metal piece weighs 200gf in air and 150 gf when completely immersed ...

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  3. A metal piece weighs 200gf in air and 150 gf when completely immersed ...

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  4. A block of wood of volume 30 "cm"^3 floats it water with 20 "cm"^3 of ...

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  5. A block of wood of volume 30 "cm"^3 floats in water with 20 "cm"^3 of ...

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  6. A solid weighs 32 gf in air and 28.8 gf in water. Find the volume of...

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  7. A solid weighs 32 gf in air and 28.8 gf in water. Find R.D. of solid

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  8. A solid weighs 32 gf in air and 28.8 gf in water. Find the weight of...

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  9. With the use of Archimedes' Principle, state how you will find relativ...

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  10. A piece of stone of mass 15.1 g is first immersed in a liquid and it w...

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  11. A piece of stone of mass 15.1 g is first immersed in a liquid and it w...

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  12. A piece of stone of mass 15.1 g is first immersed in a liquid and it w...

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  13. A piece of stone of mass 15.1 g is first immersed in a liquid and it w...

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  14. A piece of wood of uniform cross section and height 15 cm floats verti...

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  15. A wooden block floats in water with two third of its volume submerged....

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  16. A wooden block floats in water with two-third of its volume submerged...

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  17. The density of ice is 0.92 "g cm"^(-3) and that of sea water is 1.025...

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