Physics
Assertion (A) : The walls of a dam are made thicker at the bottom.
Reason (R) : Pressure is the same in all directions about a point inside the liquid.
- both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
- assertion is false but reason is true
- assertion is true but reason is false
Related Questions
Assertion (A) : Water is not used as a barometric liquid because it does not stick to the glass surface.
Reason (R) : Barometric liquid should be such that should neither wet nor stick to the glass surface.
- both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
- assertion is false but reason is true
- assertion is true but reason is false
Assertion (A) : A brick exerts maximum pressure on ground when it is placed with its longest side vertical.
Reason (R) : Larger the area on which a given thrust acts, lesser is the pressure exerted by it.
- both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
- assertion is false but reason is true
- assertion is true but reason is false
Assertion (A) : A hydraulic jack is used for squeezing oil out of linseed and cotton seeds.
Reason (R) : It works on the Pascal's principle.
- both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
- assertion is false but reason is true
- assertion is true but reason is false
Write the numerical value of the atmospheric pressure on the surface of the earth in pascal.