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Q1MHT CET 2026 · 15 MAY · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A water drop is divided into 8 equal droplets. The pressure difference between the inner and outer side of the big drop will be

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Q2MHT CET 2026 · 20 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius 2.52.5 cm is 4848 dyne/cm2{}^{2}. The surface tension of soap in dyne /cm is

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Q3MHT CET 2026 · 18 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

If the shape of the liquid surface is curved, then

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Q4MHT CET 2026 · 17 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two soap bubbles, A and B, have radii in the ratio 3:23 : 2. The excess pressure inside the bubble A to that of B is in the ratio

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Q5MHT CET 2026 · 19 MAY · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Under isothermal conditions, a single drop of radius RR is formed from two mercury drops of radii R1R_1 and R2R_2. After combination, the relation between R,R1R, R_1 and R2R_2 is

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Q6MHT CET 2026 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a spherical drop of water is four times that of another drop. Then, their respective mass ratio is

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Q7MHT CET 2026 · 13 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a spherical drop of water is four times that of another drop. Their respective mass ratio is

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Q8MHT CET 2026 · 19 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The pressures inside two soap bubbles A and B are 1.021.02 atmosphere and 1.041.04 atmosphere respectively. The ratio of volume of bubble A to that of bubble B is (outside pressure =1= 1 atmosphere)

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Q9MHT CET 2026 · 17 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside the first soap bubble is three times that inside the second soap bubble. The ratio of the volume of the first soap bubble to the volume of the second soap bubble is

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Q10MHT CET 2026 · 17 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a spherical water drop A is four times that of another water drop B. Then, the ratio of the mass of water drop A to that of drop B is

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Q11MHT CET 2026 · 15 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside the first soap bubble of radius R1R_1 is three times that inside the second soap bubble of radius R2R_2. The ratio of volumes of the first to second bubble is

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Q12MHT CET 2026 · 15 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside the first soap bubble of radius R1R_1 is three times that inside the second soap bubble of radius R2R_2. The ratio of volumes of the first bubble to second bubble is

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Q13MHT CET 2026 · 11 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Due to surface tension, the excess pressure inside a smaller drop is 99 units. If 2727 smaller drops combine then excess pressure inside the bigger drop is

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Q14MHT CET 2026 · 16 APR · SHIFT 2Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Under isothermal condition, two soap bubbles of radii r1r_1 and r2r_2 combine to form a single soap bubble of radius R. The surface tension of the soap is (P = outside pressure)

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Q15MHT CET 2025 · 26 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Let R1,R2R_1, R_2 and R3R_3 be the radii of three mercury drops. A big mercury drop is formed from them under isothermal conditions. The radius of the resultant drop is

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Q16MHT CET 2025 · 23 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside first soap bubble is three times that of a second soap bubble. The ratio of volumes of the first to second bubble

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Q17MHT CET 2025 · 22 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is 1.5 times the excess pressure inside a second soap bubble. The volume of the second bubble is ' xx ' times the volume of the first bubble. The value of ' x ' is

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Q18JEE Main 2025 · 24 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

An air bubble of radius 0.1 cm lies at a depth of 20 cm below the free surface of a liquid of density 1000 kg/m31000\text{ kg/m}^3. If the pressure inside the bubble is 2100 N/m22100\text{ N/m}^2 greater than the atmospheric pressure, then the surface tension of the liquid in SI unit is (use g=10 m/s2g = 10\text{ m/s}^2)

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Q19JEE Main 2025 · 23 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

An air bubble of radius 1.0 mm is observed at a depth 20 cm below the free surface of a liquid having surface tension 0.095 J/m20.095\text{ J/m}^2 and density 103 kg/m310^3\text{ kg/m}^3. The difference between pressure inside the bubble and atmospheric pressure is __________ N/m2\text{N/m}^2. (Take g=10 m/s2g = 10\text{ m/s}^2)

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Answer: 2190

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Q20MHT CET 2025 · 26 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Under isothermal conditions, two soap bubbles of radii r1r_1 and r2r_2 coalesce to form a big drop. The radius of the big drop is

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Q21JEE Main 2025 · 3 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble A in air is half the excess pressure inside another soap bubble B in air. If the volume of the bubble A is nn times the volume of the bubble BB, then, the value of nn is__________.

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Answer: 8

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Q22JEE Main 2025 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two soap bubbles of radius 2 cm and 4 cm, respectively, are in contact with each other. The radius of curvature of the common surface, in cm, is _________.

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Answer: 4

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Q23MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

In air, a charged soap bubble of radius R breaks into 64 small soap bubbles of equal radius rr. The ratio of mechanical force per unit area of big soap bubble to that of a small bubble is

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Q24MHT CET 2024 · 16 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A water drop is divided into 8 equal droplets. The pressure difference between the inner and outer side of the big drop will be

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Q25JEE Main 2024 · 9 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is thrice the excess pressure inside a second soap bubble. The ratio between the volume of the first and the second bubble is:

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Q26JEE Main 2024 · 6 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Pressure inside a soap bubble is greater than the pressure outside by an amount: (given: R=R = Radius of bubble, S=S = Surface tension of bubble)

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Q27MHT CET 2024 · 10 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two soap bubbles having radii ' r1r_1 ' and ' r2r_2 ' has inside pressure ' P1P_1 ' and ' P2P_2 ' respectively. If P0P_0 is external pressure then ratio of their volume is

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Q28MHT CET 2024 · 4 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a spherical drop of water A is four times that of another drop B. Then the ratio of mass of drop AA to that of drop BB is

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Q29MHT CET 2024 · 3 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The pressure inside a soap bubble AA is 1.01 atmosphere and that in a soap bubble B is 1.02 atmosphere. The ratio of volume of bubble A to that of B is [Surrounding pressure =1= 1 atmosphere]

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Q30MHT CET 2024 · 3 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The pressure inside two soap bubbles, (A) is 1.01 and that of (B) is 1.02 atmosphere respectively. The ratio of their respective radii (A to B) is (outside pressure =1 atm= 1\text{ atm}.)

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Q31MHT CET 2024 · 2 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The pressure inside a soap bubble A is 1.01 atmosphere and that in a soap bubble B is 1.02 atmosphere. The ratio of volume of AA to that of BB is

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Q32JEE Main 2024 · 8 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A liquid column of height 0.04 cm0.04\text{ cm} balances excess pressure of a soap bubble of certain radius. If density of liquid is 8×103 kg m−38 \times 10^3\text{ kg m}^{-3} and surface tension of soap is 0.28 N m−10.28\text{ N m}^{-1}, then diameter of the soap bubble is __________ cm\text{cm}. (if g=10 m s−2g = 10\text{ m s}^{-2})

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Answer: 7

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Q33MHT CET 2023 · 11 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

What should be the diameter of a soap bubble, in order that the excess pressure inside it is 25.6 N m−225.6\text{ N m}^{-2}? [surface tension of soap =3.2×10−2 N m−1]= 3.2 \times 10^{-2}\text{ N m}^{-1}]

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Q34MHT CET 2023 · 12 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a first spherical drop of water is three times that of second spherical drop of water. Then the ratio of mass of first spherical drop to that of second spherical drop is

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Q35MHT CET 2023 · 9 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess of pressure in a first soap bubble is three times that of other soap bubble. Then the ratio of the volume of first bubble to other is

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Q36JEE Main 2023 · 15 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

There is an air bubble of radius 1.0 mm1.0\text{ mm} in a liquid of surface tension 0.075 N m−10.075\text{ N m}^{-1} and density 1000 kg m−31000\text{ kg m}^{-3} at a depth of 10 cm10\text{ cm} below the free surface. The amount by which the pressure inside the bubble is greater than the atmospheric pressure is _________ Pa(g=10 m s−2)\text{Pa}\left(g = 10\text{ m s}^{-2}\right)

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Answer: 1150

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Q37MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two spherical soap bubbles of radii 'aa' and 'bb' in vacuum coalesce under isothermal conditions. The resulting bubble has a radius equal to

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Q38MHT CET 2023 · 9 MAY · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The radii of two soap bubbles are r1r_1 and r2r_2. In isothermal condition they combine with each other to form a single bubble. The radius of resultant bubble is

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Q39MHT CET 2022 · 11 AUG · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius 2 cm2\text{ cm} is 50 dyne/cm2{}^{2}. The surface tension is

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Answer: (d)

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Q40NEET 2022 · PHASE 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

If a soap bubble expands, the pressure inside the bubble

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Q41JEE Main 2022 · 30 JUN · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess pressure inside a liquid drop is 500 Nm−2{}^{-2}. If the radius of the drop is 2 mm, the surface tension of liquid is x ×\times 10−-3 Nm−1{}^{-1}. The value of x is _____________.

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Answer: 500

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Q42JEE Main 2022 · 27 JUL · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A spherical soap bubble of radius 3 cm is formed inside another spherical soap bubble of radius 6 cm. If the internal pressure of the smaller bubble of radius 3 cm in the above system is equal to the internal pressure of another single soap bubble of radius r cm. The value of r is ___________.

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Answer: 2

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Q43MHT CET 2021 · 21 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A big water drop is divided into 8 equal droplets. ΔPs\Delta P_s and ΔPB\Delta P_B be the excess pressure inside a smaller and bigger drop respectively. The relation between ΔPs\Delta P_s and ΔPB\Delta P_B is

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Q44MHT CET 2021 · 20 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

What should be the radius of water drop so that excess pressure inside it is 72 Nm −2{}^{-2}? (The surface tension of water 7.2 ×\times 10 −2{}^{-2} Nm −1{}^{-1})

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Q45MHT CET 2021 · 20 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Air is pushed in a soap bubble to increase its radius from 'R' to '2R'. In this case, the pressure inside the bubble

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Q46MHT CET 2021 · 20 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Let 'R1R_1' and 'R2R_2' are radii of two mercury drops. A big mercury drop is formed from them under isothermal conditions. The radius of the resultant drop is

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Q47MHT CET 2021 · 24 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Pressure inside two soap bubbles are 1.01 atm and 1.03 atm. The ratio between their volumes is (Pressure outside the soap bubble is 1 atmosphere)

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Q48JEE Main 2021 · 25 JUL · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two spherical soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 in vacuum combine under isothermal conditions. The resulting bubble has a radius equal to:

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Q49JEE Main 2021 · 17 MAR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

When two soap bubbles of radii a and b (b > a) coalesce, the radius of curvature of common surface is:

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Q50JEE Main 2021 · 26 AUG · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A soap bubble of radius 3 cm is formed inside the another soap bubble of radius 6 cm. The radius of an equivalent soap bubble which has the same excess pressure as inside the smaller bubble with respect to the atmospheric pressure is ................ cm.

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Answer: 2

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Q51MHT CET 2021 · 21 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Under isothermal conditions, two soap bubbles of radii 'r1r_1' and 'r2r_2 ' combine to form a single soap bubble of radius 'RR'. The surface tension of soap is ( P=P = outside pressure)

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Q52JEE Main 2020 · 3 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Pressure inside two soap bubbles are 1.01 and 1.02 atmosphere, respectively. The ratio of their volumes is:

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Q53MHT CET 2019 · 2 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

The excess of pressure, due to surface tension, on a spherical liquid drop of radius ' RR ' is proportional to

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Q54NEET 2019Easy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A soap bubble, having radius of 1 mm, is blown from a detergent having a surface tension of 2.5 ×\times 10–2 N/m. The pressure inside the bubble equals the pressure at a point Z0 below the free surface of water in a container. Taking g = 10 m/s2, density of water = 103 kg/m3, the value of Z0 is:

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Q55MHT CET 2019 · 2 MAY · SHIFT 1Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

In air, a charged soap bubble of radius ' RR ' breaks into 27 small soap bubbles of equal radius ' rr '. Then the ratio of mechanical force acting per unit area of big soap bubble to that of a small soap bubble is

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Q56JEE Main 2019 · 12 JAN · SHIFT 2Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A soap bubble, blown by a mechanical pump at the mouth of a tube, increases in volume, with time, at a constant rate. The graph that correctly depicts the time dependence of pressure inside the bubble is given by:

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Answer: (b)

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Q57JEE Main 2018 · 16 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

A small soap bubble of radius 4 cm is trapped inside another bubble of radius 6 cm without any contact. Let P2 be the pressure inside the inner bubble and P0, the pressure outside the outer bubble. Radius of another bubble with pressure difference P2 ______ P0 between its inside and outside would be:

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Q58JEE Main 2014 · 11 APR · SHIFT 1Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

An air bubble of radius 0.1 cm is in a liquid having surface tension 0.06 N/m and density 103 kg/m3. The pressure inside the bubble is 1100 Nm−2{}^{-2} greater than the atmospheric pressure. At what depth is the bubble below the surface of the liquid? (g = 9.8 ms−2{}^{-2})

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Q59JEE Main 2014 · 12 APR · SHIFT 1Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two soap bubbles coalesce to form a single bubble. If V is the subsequent change in volume of contained air and S the change in total surface area, T is the surface tension and P atmospheric pressure, which of the following relation is correct?

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Answer: (b)

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Q60JEE Main 2004 · AIEEEEasy

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

If two soap bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube

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Answer: (a)

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