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The Cipoletti weir is a __________ weir.

A. Rectangular

B. Triangular

C. Trapezoidal

D. Circular

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C. Trapezoidal


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The power transmitted through a pipe is (where w = Specific weight in N/m3, and Q = Discharge in m3/s)

A. w × Q × H

B. w × Q × hf

C. w × Q (H - hf)

D. w × Q (H + hf)

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Unit of surface tension is

A. Energy/unit area

B. Velocity/unit area

C. Both of the above

D. It has no units

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The force exerted by a moving fluid on an immersed body is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum due to the presence of the body. This statement is called

A. Newton's law of motion

B. Newton's law of cooling

C. Newton's law of viscosity

D. Newton's law of resistance

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The total energy of each particle at various places in the case of perfect incompressible fluid flowing in continuous stream

A. Keeps on increasing

B. Keeps on decreasing

C. Remain constant

D. May increase/decrease

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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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The power transmitted through the nozzle is maximum when the head lost due to friction in the pipe is __________ of the total supply head.

A. One-half

B. One-third

C. Two-third

D. None of these

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A perfect gas

A. Has constant viscosity

B. Has zero viscosity

C. Is in compressible

D. None of the above

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The coefficient of discharge in case of internal mouthpiece is __________ that of external mouthpiece.

A. Less than

B. More than

C. Equal to

D. None of these

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The product of mass and acceleration of flowing liquid is called

A. Inertia force

B. Viscous force

C. Gravity force

D. Pressure force

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When a cylindrical vessel, containing some liquid, is rotated about its vertical axis, the liquid surface is depressed down at the axis of its rotation and rises up near the walls of the vessel on all sides. This type of flow is known as

A. Steady flow

B. Turbulent flow

C. Vortex flow

D. Uniform flow

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A fluid whose viscosity does not change with the rate of deformation or shear strain is known as

A. Real fluid

B. Ideal fluid

C. Newtonian fluid

D. Non-Newtonian fluid

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The time oscillation of a floating body with increase in meatcentric height will be

A. Same

B. Higher

C. Lower

D. Lower/higher depending on weight of body

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Surface tension

A. Acts in the plane of the interface normal to any line in the surface

B. Is also known as capillarity

C. Is a function of the curvature of the interface

D. Decreases with fall in temperature

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

A. Real fluid

B. Ideal fluid

C. Newtonian fluid

D. Non-Newtonian fluid

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The error in discharge (dQ/Q) to the error in measurement of head (dH/H) over a triangular notch is given by

A. dQ/Q = 3/2 × (dH/H)

B. dQ/Q = 2 × (dH/H)

C. dQ/Q = 5/2 × (dH/H)

D. dQ/Q = 3 × (dH/H)

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The total pressure force on a plane area is equal to the area multiplied by the intensity of pressure at the Centroid, if

A. The area is horizontal

B. The area is vertical

C. The area is inclined

D. All of the above

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A compound pipe is required to be replaced by a new pipe. The two pipes are said to be equivalent, if

A. Length of both the pipes is same

B. Diameter of both the pipes is same

C. Loss of head and discharge of both the pipes is same

D. Loss of head and velocity of flow in both the pipes is same

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The increase of temperature results in

A. Increase in viscosity of gas

B. Increase in viscosity of liquid

C. Decrease in viscosity of gas

D. Decrease in viscosity of liquid

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A uniform body 3 m long, 2 m wide and 1 m deep floats in water. If the depth of immersion is 0.6 m, then the weight of the body is

A. 3.53 kN

B. 33.3 kN

C. 35.3 kN

D. None of these

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If the surface of liquid is convex, men

A. Cohesion pressure is negligible

B. Cohesion pressure is decreased

C. Cohesion pressure is increased

D. There is no cohesion pressure

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Dynamic viscosity of most of the liquids with rise in temperature

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Remain unaffected

D. Unpredictable

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The pressure at a point 4 m below the free surface of water is

A. 19.24 kPa

B. 29.24 kPa

C. 39.24 kPa

D. 49.24 kPa

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For measuring flow by a Venturimeter, if should be installed in

A. Vertical line

B. Horizontal line

C. Inclined line with flow downward

D. In any direction and in any location

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The viscosity of a liquid __________ its rate of flow through a hole in a vessel.

A. Effects

B. Does not effect

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

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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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The intensity of pressure on an immersed surface __________ with the increase in depth.

A. Does not change

B. Increases

C. Decreases

D. None of these

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Reynold's number is the ratio of the inertia force to the

A. Surface tension force

B. Viscous force

C. Gravity force

D. Elastic force

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According to the principle of buoyancy a body totally or partially immersed in a fluid will be lifted up by a force equal to

A. The weight of the body

B. More than the weight of the body

C. Less than the weight of the body

D. Weight of the fluid displaced by the body

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In order to increase sensitivity of U-tube manometer, one leg is usually inclined by angle θ. Sensitivity of inclined tube to sensitivity of Utube is equal to

A. Sinθ

B. 1/Sinθ

C. Cosθ

D. 1/Cosθ

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The pressure in Pascals at a depth of 1 m below the free surface of a body of water will be equal to

A. 1 Pa

B. 91 Pa

C. 981 Pa

D. 9810 Pa