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An internal mouthpiece is said to be running __________ if the length of the mouthpiece is more than three times the diameter of the orifice.

A. Free

B. Partially

C. Full

D. None of these

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C. Full


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A glass tube of small diameter (d) is dipped in fluid. The height of rise or fall in the tube given by (where w = Specific weight of liquid, α = Angle of contact of the liquid surface, and σ = Surface tension)

A. 4wd/σ cosα

B. σ cosα/4wd

C. 4σ cosα/wd

D. wd/4σ cosα

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In an external mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is __________ the atmospheric pressure head by an amount equal to 0.89 times the height of the liquid, above the vena contracta.

A. Less than

B. More than

C. Equal to

D. None of these

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A piece of metal of specific gravity 13.6 is placed in mercury of specific gravity 13.6, what fraction of it volume is under mercury?

A. The metal piece will simply float over the mercury

B. The metal piece will be immersed in mercury by half

C. Whole of the metal piece will be immersed with its top surface just at mercury level

D. Metal piece will sink to the bottom

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A manometer is used to measure

A. Atmospheric pressure

B. Pressure in pipes and channels

C. Pressure in Venturimeter

D. Difference of pressures between two points in a pipe

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The absolute pressure is equal to

A. Gauge pressure + atmospheric pressure

B. Gauge pressure - atmospheric pressure

C. Atmospheric pressure - gauge pressure

D. Gauge pressure - vacuum pressure

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The Euler's equation for the motion of liquids is based upon the assumption that

A. The fluid is non - viscous, homogeneous and incompressible

B. The velocity of flow is uniform over the section

C. The flow is continuous, steady and along the stream line

D. All of the above

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The angle of contact in case of a liquid depends upon

A. The nature of the liquid and the solid

B. The material which exists above the free surface of the liquid

C. Both of die above

D. Any one of the above

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A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall per unit length is (where w = Specific weight of liquid, and H = Height of liquid)

A. wH

B. wH/2

C. wH2/2

D. wH2/3

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Choose the correct relationship

A. Specific gravity = gravity × density

B. Dynamic viscosity = kinematic viscosity × density

C. Gravity = specific gravity × density

D. Kinematic viscosity = dynamic viscosity × density

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

A. It gives maximum discharge for a given cross-sectional area and bed slope

B. It has minimum wetted perimeter

C. It involves lesser excavation for the designed amount of discharge

D. All of the above

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The Francis formula for the discharge over Cipoletti weir is

A. 1.84 LH1/2

B. 1.84 LH

C. 1.84 LH3/2

D. 1.84 LH5/2

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The variation in the volume of a liquid with the variation of pressure is called its

A. Surface tension

B. Compressibility

C. Capillarity

D. Viscosity

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A metal with specific gravity of a floating in a fluid of same specific gravity a will

A. Sink to bottom

B. Float over fluid

C. Partly immersed

D. Be fully immersed with top surface at fluid surface

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Newton's law of viscosity is a relationship between

A. Shear stress and the rate of angular distortion

B. Shear stress and viscosity

C. Shear stress, velocity and viscosity

D. Pressure, velocity and viscosity

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An orifice is said to be large, if

A. The size of orifice is large

B. The velocity of flow is large

C. The available head of liquid is more than 5 times the height of orifice

D. The available head of liquid is less than 5 times the height of orifice

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The ratio of the inertia force to the elastic force is called

A. Reynold's number

B. Froude's number

C. Weber's number

D. Mach number

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Ratio of inertia force to surface Jension is known as

A. Mach number

B. Froude number

C. Reynoldss number

D. Weber's number

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Metacentre is the point of intersection of

A. Vertical upward force through e.g. of body and center line of body

B. Buoyant force and the center line of body

C. Midpoint between e.g. and center of buoyancy

D. All of the above

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A piece of wood having weight 5 kg floats in water with 60% of its volume under the liquid. The specific gravity of wood is

A. 0.83

B. 0.6

C. 0.4

D. 0.3

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If the coefficient of discharge is 0.6, then the discharge over a right angled notch is

A. 0.417 H5/2

B. 1.417 H5/2

C. 4.171 H5/2

D. 7.141 H5/2

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A flow is called hyper-sonic, if the Mach number is

A. Less than unity

B. Unity

C. Between 1 and 6

D. None of these

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A weir is said to be narrow-crested weir, if the width of the crest of the weir is __________ half the height of water above the weir crest.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. More than

D. None of these

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The pressure of the liquid flowing through the divergent portion of a Venturimeter

A. Remains constant

B. Increases

C. Decreases

D. Depends upon mass of liquid

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Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to smallest possible area due to the

A. Force of adhesion

B. Force of cohesion

C. Force of friction

D. Force of diffusion

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Viscous force is the __________ of shear stress due to viscosity and cross-section area of flow.

A. Sum

B. Different

C. Product

D. Ratio

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The surface tension of mercury at normal temperature is __________ that of water.

A. Same as

B. Lower than

C. Higher than

D. None of these

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The flow in which the velocity vector is identical in magnitude and direction at every point, for any given instant, is known as

A. One dimensional flow

B. Uniform flow

C. Steady flow

D. Turbulent flow

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The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called

A. Centre of gravity

B. Centre of pressure

C. Metacentre

D. Centre of buoyancy

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At the center line of a pipe flowing under pressure where the velocity gradient is zero, the shear stress will be

A. Minimum

B. Maximum

C. Zero

D. Could be any value

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Dynamic viscosity of most of the gases with rise in temperature

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Remain unaffected

D. Unpredictable