MCQ
Select wrong statement about pressure ..........
- APressure is a scalar quantity
- BPressure is always compressive in nature
- CPressure at a point is same in all directions
- ✓None of these
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
None of these
d
(d)
(d)
Pressure is scalar as it is not added vectorially. Pressure is compressive in nature, it is same in all the directions at a point.
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