Pressure of the order of 10" torr can be measured by
A. Bourdon tube
B. Pirani Gauge
C. Micro-manometer
D. Ionisation gauge
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The most economical section of a trapezoidal channel is one which has hydraulic mean depth equal to
A. 2 1 × depth
B. 2 1 × breadth
C. 2 1 × sloping side
D. 4 1 × (depth + breadth)
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The pressure of liquid at throat in a Venturimeter is __________ than that at inlet.
A. Higher
B. Lower
C. Same
D. None of these
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A bucket of water is hanging from a spring balance. An iron piece is suspended into water without touching sides of bucket from another support. The spring balance reading will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain same
D. Increase/decrease depending on depth of immersion
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Fluid is a substance which offers no resistance to change of
A. Pressure
B. Flow
C. Shape
D. Volume
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According to fan laws, at constant weight of air or gas, the speed, capacity and pressure vary
A. Directly as the air or gas density
B. Inversely as square root of density
C. Inversely as density
D. As square of density
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For centrifugal pump impeller, the maximum value of the vane exit angle is
A. 10° to 15°
B. 15° to 20°
C. 20° to 25°
D. 25° to 30°
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A hemispherical tank of radius (R) has an orifice of cross-sectional area (a) at its bottom and is full of liquid. The time required to empty the tank completely is
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Choose the wrong statement. Alcohol is used in manometer, because
A. Its vapour pressure is low
B. It provides suitable meniscus for the inclined tube
C. Its density is less
D. It provides longer length for a given pressure difference
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Alcohol is used in manometers because
A. It has low vapour pressure
B. It is clearly visible
C. It has low surface tension
D. It can provide longer column due to low density
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Two pipe systems can be said to be equivalent, when the following quantities are same
A. Friction loss and flow
B. Length and diameter
C. Flow and length
D. Friction factor and diameter
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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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If the ratio's of the corresponding forces acting at corresponding points are equal, then the model and the prototype are said to have.
A. Geometric similarity
B. Kinematic similarity
C. Dynamic similarity
D. None of these
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The discharge through a reaction turbine with increase in unit speed
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. First increases and then decreases
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The specific speed of a centrifugal pump, delivering 750 liters of water per second against a head of 15 meters at 725 r.p.m., is
A. 24.8 r.p.m.
B. 48.2 r.p.m
C. 82.4 r.p.m.
D. 248 r.p.m
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The specific weight of sea water is __________ that of pure water.
A. Same as
B. Less than
C. More than
D. None of these
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When a body is immersed wholly or partially in a liquid, it is lifted up by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced by the body. This statement is called
A. Pascal’s law
B. Archimedes’s principle
C. Principle of flotation
D. Bernoulli’s theorem
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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
A. Continuity equation
B. Bernoulli’s equation
C. Pascal’s law
D. Archimedes’s principle
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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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A moving fluid mass may be brought to a static equilibrium position, by applying an imaginary inertia force of the same magnitude as that of the accelerating force but in the opposite direction. This statement is called
A. Pascal’s law
B. Archimedes’s principle
C. D-Alembert’s principle
D. None of these
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