A hydraulic press has a ram of 15 cm diameter and plunger of 1.5 cm. It is required to lift a weight of 1 tonne. The force required on plunger is equal to
A. 10 kg
B. 100 kg
C. 1000 kg
D. 1 kg
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Specific weight of water in S.I. units is equal to
A. 1000 N/m3
B. 10000 N/m3
C. 9.81 × 103 N/m3
D. 9.81 × 106 N/m3
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The specific weight of water in S.I. units is taken as
A. 9.81 kN/m3
B. 9.81 × 103 kN/m3
C. 9.81 × 10-6 N/mm3
D. Any one of these
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A flow is called super-sonic if the
A. Velocity of flow is very high
B. Discharge is difficult to measure
C. Mach number is between 1 and 6
D. None of these
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One liter of water occupies a volume of
A. 100 cm3
B. 250 cm3
C. 500 cm3
D. 1000 cm3
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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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The unit of surface tension is
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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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Hydrometer is used to determine
A. Specific gravity of liquids
B. Specific gravity of solids
C. Specific gravity of gases
D. Relative humidity
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The units of dynamic or absolute viscosity are
A. Metres2 per sec
B. Kg-sec per meter
C. Newton-sec per meter
D. Newton-sec2 per meter
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In a short cylindrical external mouthpiece, the vena contracta occurs at a distance __________ the diameter of the orifice from the outlet of orifice.
A. Equal to
B. One-fourth
C. One-third
D. One-half
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The total pressure on the top of a closed cylindrical vessel of radius (r) completely filled up with liquid of specific weight (w) and rotating at (ω ) rad/s about its vertical axis, is
A. 4 g π w ω 2 r 2
B. 4 g π w ω 2 r 3
C. 4 g π w ω 2 r 4
D. 2 g π w ω 2 r 2
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Which of the following instrument can be used for measuring speed of a submarine moving in deep sea?
A. Venturimeter
B. Orifice plate
C. Hot wire anemometer
D. Pitot tube
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A pressure of 25 m of head of water is equal to
A. 25 kN/m2
B. 245 kN/m2
C. 2500 kN/m2
D. 2.5 kN/m2
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In a centrifugal pump casing, the flow of water leaving the
A. Radial
B. Axial
C. Centrifugal
D. Vortex
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According to fan laws, for the fans having constant wheel diameters, the power demand varies
A. Directly as fan speed
B. Square of fan speed
C. Cube of fan speed
D. Square root of fan speed
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The number of buckets on the periphery of a Pelton wheel is given by
A. 2 d D + 5
B. 2 d D + 10
C. 2 d D + 15
D. 2 d D + 20
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The pressure at a point in a fluid will not be same in all the directions when the fluid is
A. Moving
B. Viscous
C. Viscous and static
D. Viscous and moving
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When a body is placed over a liquid, it will sink down if
A. Gravitational force is equal to the up-thrust of the liquid
B. Gravitational force is less than the up-thrust of the liquid
C. Gravitational force is more than the up-thrust of the liquid
D. None of the above
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The kinematic viscosity of an oil (in stokes) whose specific gravity is 0.95 and viscosity 0.011 poise, is
A. 0.0116 stoke
B. 0.116 stoke
C. 0.0611 stoke
D. 0.611 stoke
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