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At 1 km below the sea the pressure rises by about:
AAround 10 atm
BAround 1 atm
CAround 1000 atm
DAround 100 atm
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Around 100 atm
1. Every 10 m of water adds about one atmosphere.
2. A kilometre is 100 times that.
3. So the rise is about 100 atm.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Physics Part II, Chapter 10, Mechanical Properties of Fluids._
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