Why are railway tracks laid on large-sized wooden sleepers?

$A$ spherical marble of radius $1 \, cm$ is stuck in a circular hole of radius slightly smaller than its own radius (for calculation purpose,both can be taken same) at the bottom of a bucket filled with water up to a height of $10 \, cm$. If the mass of the marble is $20 \, g$,then the net force on the marble due to water is close to:

$A$ tank $5 \,m$ high is half filled with water and then is filled to the top with oil of density $0.85 \,g/cm^3$. The pressure at the bottom of the tank,due to these liquids is ........ $g/cm^2$.

$A$ liquid of mass $1 \ kg$ is filled in a flask as shown in the figure. The force exerted by the flask on the liquid is $(g = 10 \ m/s^2)$ [Neglect atmospheric pressure]:

The term 'fluid' is used for ............

Two substances of densities ${\rho _1}$ and ${\rho _2}$ are mixed in equal volumes and the relative density of the mixture is $4$. When they are mixed in equal masses,the relative density of the mixture is $3$. The values of ${\rho _1}$ and ${\rho _2}$ are