JEE Advanced Model Paper 11 with solutions for online practice

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A pan balance has a container of water with an overflow spout on the right-handpan as shown. It is full of water up to the overflow spout. A container on the lefthandpan is positioned to catch any water that overflows. The entire apparatus isadjusted so that it is balanced. A brass weight on the end of a string is thenlowered into the water, but not allowed to rest on the bottom of the container.What happens next?

Water overflows and the right side of the balance tips down
Water overflows and the left side of the balance tips down
Water overflows but the balance remains balanced.
Water overflows but which side of the balance tips down depends on whetherthe brass weight is partly or completely submerged.

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