Utme 2025 Physics Question 1

Practice objective / multiple choice question 1 from the 2025 Utme Physics examination.

Utme 2025 Physics Objective / Multiple Choice 2 Difficulty
Question 1 UTME • 2025 • PHYSICS • objective

A solid suspended by a piece of string is completely immersed in water. On attempting to lift the solid out of the water, the string breaks when the solid is partly out of the water. This is because

Answer Options

A. the tension in the string decreases as the solid is lifted
B. the mass of the solid has increased
Correct Answer C. the solid apparently weighs less when completely immersed in water than when partially immersed
D. part of the solid still in water is exerting more force on the string
E. the solid is no longer in equilibrium with water.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
the solid apparently weighs less when completely immersed in water than when partially immersed

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This is Utme 2025 Physics Question 1. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Utme Physics examination.

Difficulty level: 2 .

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