What is buoyancy?

$A$ metal ball of density $7800 \ kg/m^3$ is suspected to have a large number of cavities. It weighs $9.8 \ kg$ when weighed in air and $1.5 \ kg$ less when immersed in water. The fraction by volume of the cavities in the metal ball is approximately ....... $\%$

$A$ body floats in a liquid contained in a beaker. The whole system,as shown,falls freely under gravity. The upthrust on the body due to the liquid is

$A$ hollow sphere of external radius $R$ and thickness $t$ $(t \ll R)$ is made of a metal of density $\rho$. The sphere will float in water if:

$A$ ball rises to the surface at a constant velocity in a liquid whose density is $3$ times greater than that of the material of the ball. The ratio of the force of friction acting on the rising ball to its weight is (in $: 1$)

$A$ log of wood of mass $120 \ kg$ floats in water. The mass that can be put on the raft to make it just sink should be ....... $kg$ (density of wood = $600 \ kg/m^3$,density of water = $1000 \ kg/m^3$).