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The distance between metacentre and __________ is called metacentric height. A. B. C. D. water surface centre of gravity centre of buoyancy none of these

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Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 2.

Check valve is used for __________ flow. A. B. C. D. very precise control of unidirectional multidirectional none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 3.

Capacity of a rotary gear pump can be varied by A. B. changing the speed of rotation. bleeding air into suction.

C. D.

bypassing liquid from the suction or discharge line. all (a), (6) and (c).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 4.

For a given Reynolds number, in a hydraulically smooth pipe, further smoothening __________ the friction factor. A. B. C. D. brings about no further reduction of increases decreases none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 5.

Power number is the ratio of A. B. C. D. drag stress to inertial stress. inertial stress to drag stress. inertial stress to gravitational stress. gravitational stress to drag stress.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 6.

The momentum correction factor for the velocity distribution of laminar flow is A. B. C. D. 1.3 1.66 2.5 none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 7.

For the same flow rate of a fluid, the pressure drop is the least for A. B. C. D. venturimeter orificemeter flow-nozzle p is same for all

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum

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The valve commonly used in pipes larger than 2" dia is a A. B. C. D. globe valve plug-cock gate valve check valve

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 9.

Foot valves are provided in the suction line of a centrifugal pump to A. B. C. D. avoid priming, every time we start the pump. remove the contaminant present in the liquid. minimise the fluctuation in discharge. control the liquid discharge.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 10. An ideal fluid is A. B. frictionless & incompressible. one, which obeys Newton's law of viscosity.

C. D.

highly viscous. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

11. In area meter (e.g., rotameter), with increase in the fluid flow rate, the A. B. C. D. pressure drop increases linearly. pressure drop is almost constant. area through which fluid flows does not vary. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 12. Drag co-officient CD, in Stoke's law range is given by

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 13. In power law, A. C. Newtonian thixotropic , then the fluid is B. D. dilatant rheopectic

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 14. The buoyant force acting on a floating body is dependent on the A. B. C. D. viscosity of the liquid. weight of the liquid displaced. depth of immersion of the body. surface tension of the liquid.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 15. A Newtonion fluid is that A. B. which follows Newton's law of motion. which needs a minimum shear, before it starts deforming.

C. for which shear & deformation are related as D. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

16. In case of end to end connection of two or more pipes in series, the __________ each pipe. A. B. C. D. same rate of flow passes through head loss is same through rate of flow in each pipe is proportional to the length of total flow rate is the sum of flow rate in

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 17. Which of the following equations applies to the fluid flow through a packed bed for very large

Reynolds number ? A. B. C. D. Fanning equation Blake-Pllummer equation Hagen-Poiseulle equation Kozney-Karman equation

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 18. The flow of gas along a pipe in the direction of decreasing pressure causes decrease in its A. B. C. D. viscosity specific volume velocity none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 19. Centrifugal pump can't be used to pump A. B. molten sodium (used as a coolant in Fast Breeder Reactor). moderately viscous vegetable oil used in soap industry.

C. D.

thick molten soap at 80C. none of the above.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 20. A stream line is A. B. C. D. fixed in space in steady flow. always the path of particle. drawn normal to the velocity vector at every point. a line connecting the mid points of flow cross-section.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 21. Quicksand is an example of a __________ fluid. A. B. C. D. bingham plastic dilatent Newtonion pseudoplastic

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 22. Correction for capillary effect in manometers (used for pressure measurement) need not be applied, if diameter of the manometer tube is __________ mm. A. B. C. D. <4 >4 > 12.5 < 10

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 23. Differential manometer measures the A. B. C. D. absolute pressure gauge pressure pressure difference pressure gradient

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum

24. The pressure and power requirement of a gas fan at constant speed & capacity varies __________ the gas density. A. B. C. D. directly as inversely as square root of inversely as as square of

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 25. Isothermal turbulent flow of a fluid results in decrease of its pressure, which depends on the A. B. C. D. wall roughness. Reynolds number. both (a) & (b). neither (a) nor (b).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 26. Boundary layer thickness in laminar flow over a flat plate increases as(where, d = distance from the leading edge.) A. B. d d1/3

C. D.

d2 d2/3

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 27. Gradually varied flow in open channel is a/an __________ flow. A. B. C. D. steady uniform steady non-uniform unsteady uniform unsteady non-uniform

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 28. The line of action of the buoyant force acts through the A. B. C. D. centroid of the displaced volume of fluid. centre of gravity of a submerged body. centroid of the volume of any floating body. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 29. Cavitation in a centrifugal pump can be avoided by keeping the A. B. C. D. inlet pressure high outlet pressure low inlet pressure low outlet pressure high

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 30. Vane anemometer A. B. is an area meter. is a variable head meter. rotates an element at a speed determined by the velocity of the fluid in which the meter is immersed. none of these.

C.

D.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

31. The peripherial velocity at inlet of a centrifugal pump having inlet diameter of 25 cms and rotating at 950 rpm is __________ m/sec. A. C. 1.8 186.2 B. D. 12.4 736.4

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 32. Laminar flow is characterised by the nonexistence of A. B. C. D. pressure fluctuation. eddies. deviating velocities. all (a), (b)&(c).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 33. The length of the tube necessary for the boundary layer to reach the centre of the tube and for fully developed flow to be established is called the __________ length. A. B. C. D. equivalent transition Prandtl mixing none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 34. Select the correct practical example of steady non-uniform flow. A. B. C. D. Motion of water around a ship in a lake. Motion of river around bridge piers. Steadily decreasing flow through a reducing section. Steadily increasing flow through a pipe.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 35. Hydraulic diameter for non-circular ducts is equal to __________ times the area of flow divided by the perimeter. A. C. two four B. D. three eight

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

36. Terminal velocity is

A. B. C. D.

a constant velocity with no acceleration. a fluctuating velocity. attained after moving one-half of total distance. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 37. Consider two pipes of same length and diameter through which water is passed at the same velocity. The friction factor for rough pipe is f1 and that for smooth pipe is f2. Pick out the correct statement. A. B. C. D. f1 = f2 f1 < f2 f1 > f2 data not sufficient to relate f1 & f2

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 38. For an incompressible fluid, the bulk modulus of elasticity is A. B. 5 kg/m3 N/m2

C. D.

1N 0 N/m

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 39. A fluid is a substance, that A. B. C. D. has to be kept in a closed container. is almost incompressible. has zero shear stress. flows when even a small shear is applied to it.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 40. The pressure intensity is the same in all directions at a point in a fluid A. B. C. D. only when the fluid is frictionless. only when the fluid is at rest having zero velocity. when there is no motion of one fluid layer relative to an adjacent layer. regardless of the motion of one fluid layer relative to an adjacent layer.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 41. Which of the following must be followed by the flow of a fluid (real or ideal)? (I) Newton's law of viscosity. (II) Newton's second law of motion. (III) The continuity equation. (IV) Velocity of boundary layer must be zero relative to boundary. (V) Fluid cannot penetrate a boundary. A. B. C. D. I, II, III II, III, V I, II, V II, IV, V

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 42. Mach number is defined as the ratio of the local flow velocity to the sonic velocity in the fluid. For what value of Mach number, the gases are considered incompressible ? A. B. C. D. < 0.3 >3 50 1

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 43. Boundary layer exists in flow A. B. C. D. of real fluids. over flat surfaces only. in pipes only. of ideal fluids only.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 44. Rubber latex is an example of __________ fluid. A. B. C. D. dilatent Newtonion pseudoplastic Bingham plastic

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 45. Velocity head on sudden enlargement in a horizontal pipe is converted into __________ head.

A. B. C. D.

elevation pressure both (a) & (b) neither (a) nor (b)

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 46. The frictional resistance in laminar flow does not depend on the A. B. C. D. area of surface in contact. flow velocity. fluid temperature. pressure of flow.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 47. A venturimeter measures the A. B. C. D. velocity head pressure point velocity none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 48. Gradually varying fluid flow is an example of __________ flow. A. B. C. D. non-steady uniform non-steady non-uniform steady uniform steady non-uniform

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 49. Drag is the force component exerted on an immersed object, A. B. C. D. passing the centroid of the body at 60to the direction of motion. the component being parallel to theflow direction. the component being normal to the flow direction. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 50. To handle smaller quantity of fluid at higher discharge pressure, use a __________ pump. A. B. C. D. reciprocating centrifugal volute rotary vacuum

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.