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NDA 2020 GAT · General Knowledge · Fluids and Pressure · easy

A hydraulic lift used to raise vehicles in a service station works on the principle of

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A hydraulic lift used to raise vehicles in a service station works on the principle of
  1. A. Bernoulli's theorem
  2. B. Archimedes' principle
  3. C. Pascal's law
  4. D. Boyle's law
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Answer: (C) Pascal's law

Pascal's law states that pressure applied to an enclosed incompressible liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions. A small force on a small piston creates the same pressure on a large piston, giving a large force. Bernoulli relates pressure and flow speed and Boyle's law relates to gases, so they do not apply.
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