Quiznetik

Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics | Set 6

1. Barometer is used to measure

Correct : B. atmospheric pressure

2. An ideal fluid is frictionless and incompressible.

Correct : A. Correct

3. The vacuum pressure is always the negattive gauge pressure.

Correct : A. Yes

4. The Cippoletti weir is a

Correct : C. trapezoidal

5. The density of a liquid in kg / m3 is numerically equal to its specific gravity.

Correct : A. True

6. The specific gravity of water is taken as

Correct : D. 1

7. The frictional resistance of a pipe varies approximately with

Correct : C. square of velocity

8. The intensity of pressure at any point, in a liquid, is

Correct : B. directly proportional

9. A fluid which obeys the Newton's law of viscosity is termed as

Correct : C. newtonian fluid

10. A flow in which the quantity of liquid flowing per second is constant, is called

Correct : A. steady

11. The atmospheric pressure at sea level is

Correct : D. all of the above

12. Viscous force is the

Correct : C. product

13. For a perfect incompressible liquid, flowing in a continuous stream, the total energy of a particle remains the same, while the particle moves from one point to another. This statement is called

Correct : B. Bernoulli's equation

14. The pressure of fluid due to hammer blow is

Correct : C. directly proportional to (density)1/2 of fluid

15. Surface tension force is the product of surface tension per unit length and cross-sectional area of flow.

Correct : B. Incorrect

16. The mercuty does not wet the glass. This is due to the property of the liquid known as

Correct : D. surface tension

17. In a convergent mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is the same as the of the atmosphere.

Correct : A. True

18. The value of coefficient of velocity for a sharp edged orifice

Correct : B. increases

19. The specific weight is also known as weight density.

Correct : A. Correct

20. In a footstep bearing, if the speed of the shaft is doubled, then the torque required to over-come the viscous resistance will be

Correct : A. double

21. To product of mass and accelaration of flowing liquid is called

Correct : A. inertia force

22. The maximum efficiency of transmission through a pipe is

Correct : C. 66.67%

23. Euler's number is the ratio of

Correct : A. inertia

24. To to of the weir over which the water flows in known as

Correct : A. sill or crest

25. A weir is usually made of masonry or concrete.

Correct : A. Yes

26. The pressure of a liquid measured with the help of a piezometer tube is

Correct : B. gauge pressure

27. The pressure of liquid at throat in a venturimeter is

Correct : B. lower

28. The ratio of velocity of fluid in an undisturbed stream to the velocity of sound wave is known as Mach number.

Correct : A. Yes

29. In a footstep bearing, if the radius of the shaft is doubled, then the torque required to overcome the viscous resistance will be

Correct : D. sixteen times

30. A flow through an expanding tube at increasing rate is called unsteady non-uniform flow.

Correct : A. Yes

31. An open tank containing liquid is moving with an acceleration on an inclined plane. The inclination of the free surface of the liquid will be

Correct : B. directly proportional

32. When the pipes are in series, the total head loss is equal to the sum of the head loss in each pipe.

Correct : A. Yes

33. The ratio of specific weight of a liquid to the specific weight of pure water at a standard temperature is called

Correct : B. specific gravity of liquid

34. In an external mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is

Correct : A. less than

35. The unit of kinematic viscosity in S. I. units is

Correct : C. m2/s

36. Re-entrant or Borda's mouthpiece is an

Correct : A. internal

37. The power transmitted through the nozzle is maximum when the head lost due to friction in the pipe is

Correct : B. one-third

38. The coefficient of venturiflume, generally lies between

Correct : D. 0.95 to 1.0

39. An opening in the side of a tank or vessel such that the liquid surface with the tank is below the top edge of the opening, is called.

Correct : B. notch

40. In a venturimeter, the velocity of liquid at throat is

Correct : A. higher

41. When a body is placed over a liquid, it will float if

Correct : B. gravitational force is less than the upthrust of the liquid

42. The hydraulic gradient line may be above or below the centre line of the pipe.

Correct : B. False

43. The property of a liquid which enables into resist tensile stress is called its surface tension.

Correct : A. Agree

44. In a sharp-crested weir, the thickness of the weir is kept less than half of the height of water above the crest of the weir.

Correct : B. False

45. The viscosity of a liquid

Correct : A. effects

46. A water tank contains 1.3 m deep water. The pressure exerted by the water per metre length of the tank is

Correct : B. 8.29 kN

47. A flow is called sonic, if the Mach number is unity.

Correct : A. Agree

48. An internal mouthpiece is said to be running free if the length of the mouthpiece is

Correct : C. less than three times

49. The hydraulic mean depth or the hydraulic radius is the ratio of

Correct : A. area of flow and wetted perimeter

50. When a plate is immersed in a liquid parallel to the flow, it will be subjected to a pressure

Correct : A. less than

51. According to Pascal's law, the intensity of pressure at any point in a fluid at rest is the same in all directions.

Correct : A. Agree

52. When the water level on the downstream side of a weir is above the top surface of a weir, the weir is known as

Correct : D. submerged weir

53. A manometer is used to measure

Correct : C. high pressure

54. Stoke is the unit of

Correct : A. kinematic viscosity in C.G.S. units

55. Coefficient of resistance is the ratio of

Correct : C. loss of head in the orifice to the head of water available at the exit of the orifice

56. The discharge in an open channel corresponding to critical depth is

Correct : C. maximum

57. The line of action of the force of buoyancy acts through the centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced.

Correct : A. True

58. Bulk modulus of a fluid is the ratio of

Correct : C. increase in pressure to the volumetric strain

59. The tangential velocity of the water element having a free vortex is

Correct : B. inversely proportional to its distance from the centre

60. When a cylindrical vessel containing liquid is revolved, the surface of the liquid takes the shape of

Correct : B. a paraboloid

61. The vlow in a pipe is neither laminar nor turbulent when Reynold number is

Correct : B. between 2000 and 2800

62. When the Mach number is more than 6, the flow is called

Correct : D. hyper-sonic flow

63. A flow in which

Correct : D. inertia

64. The metacentric heights of two floating bodies A and B are 1 m and 1.5 m respectively. Select the correct statement.

Correct : C. The body B is more stable than body A

65. When a body is placed over a liquid, it is subjected to gravitational force and upthrust of the liquid.

Correct : A. True

66. The discharge of a depressed nappe is 6 to 7 percent

Correct : B. more than

67. The ratio of the inertia force to the gravity force is called Froud's number.

Correct : A. Agree

68. When the corfficient of discharge (Cd) is 0.623, then the general equation for discharge over a rectangular weir is

Correct : A. 1.84 (L-0.1 nH) H3/2

69. The specific weight of water in S.I. units is taken as

Correct : D. any of these

70. The vacuum pressure can be measured with the help of a piezometer tube.

Correct : B. False

71. A flow through a long pipe at decreasing rate is called

Correct : B. unsteady

72. A venturiflume is a flumed structure constructed across a channel by restricting its width.

Correct : A. True

73. The specific gravity of an oil whose specific weight is 7.85 kN / m3, is

Correct : A. 0.8

74. When a tube of smaller diameter is dipped in water, the water rises in the tube due to viscosity of water.

Correct : B. False

75. In case of flow through parallel pipes,

Correct : A. the head loss for all the pipes is same

76. The coefficient of discharge for an external mouthpiece depends upon

Correct : D. length of mouthpiece

77. The tendency of a liquid to uplift a submerged body, because of the upward thrust of the liquid, is known as buoyancy.

Correct : A. Agree

78. When an internal mouthpiece is running full, the discharge through the mouthpiece is twice the discharge when it is running free.

Correct : B. Wrong

79. A flow whose streamline is represented by a curve, is called

Correct : B. two-dimensional flow

80. The intensity of pressure on an immersed surface

Correct : B. increases

81. A channel is said to be of most economical cross-section, if

Correct : D. all of the above

82. According to Bazin, the coefficient of discharge varies with the height of water over the sill of a weir.

Correct : A. Correct

83. The highest efficiency is obtained with a channel of

Correct : D. trapezoidal

84. Poise is the unit of viscosity in C.G.S. system of units.

Correct : A. Agree

85. The discharge through a convergent mouthpiece is

Correct : D. double

86. The viscosity of a liquid is due to cohesion of its particles.

Correct : A. Correct

87. When a tube of smaller diameter is dipped in water, the water rises in the tube with an upward

Correct : A. concave

88. A manometer can be used to measure vacuum pressures.

Correct : A. Agree

89. The formula for discharge over a sharp-crested weir and Ogee weir is same as that of a rectangular weir.

Correct : A. Agree

90. A flow in which each liquid particle has a definite path, and the paths of individual particles do not cross each other, is called

Correct : C. streamline flow

91. The dynamic viscosity of the liquid

Correct : C. decreases

92. The force of buoyancy is always

Correct : A. equal to

93. One stoke is equal to

Correct : C. 10-4m2/s