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  • Question
  • The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced is called


  • Options
  • A. centre of pressure
  • B. centre of buoyancy
  • C. metacentre
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • centre of buoyancy 


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    • 1. The volume of air delivered by the compressor is called

    • Options
    • A. free air delivery
    • B. compressor capacity
    • C. swept volume
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Radiation is the process of heat transfer in which heat flows from a __________ , in a straight line, without affecting the intervening medium.

    • Options
    • A. cold body to hot body
    • B. hot body to cold body
    • C. smaller body to larger body
    • D. larger body to smaller body
    • Discuss
    • 3. During gas charging in an ammonia vapour compression system, the connection is made at the compressor outlet.

    • Options
    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss
    • 4. A vertically immersed surface is shown in the below figure. The distance of its centre of pressure from the water surface is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The centre of buoyancy is the centre of area of the immersed body.

    • Options
    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
    • Discuss
    • 6. In a four stage compressor, if the pressure at the first and third stage are 1 bar and 16 bar, then the delivery pressure at the fourth stage will be

    • Options
    • A. 1 bar
    • B. 16 bar
    • C. 64 bar
    • D. 256 bar
    • Discuss
    • 7. The speed of an imaginary turbine, identical with the given turbine, which will develop a unit power under a unit head, is known as

    • Options
    • A. normal speed
    • B. unit speed
    • C. specific speed
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The power of a boiler may be defined as

    • Options
    • A. the ratio of heat actually used in producing the steam to the heat liberated in the furnace
    • B. the amount of water evaporated or steam produced in kg per kg of fuel burnt
    • C. the amount of water evaporated from and at 100° C into dry and saturated steam
    • D. the evaporation of 15.653 kg of water per hour from and at 100° C
    • Discuss
    • 9. The humidification process, on the psychrometric chart is shown by

    • Options
    • A. horizontal line
    • B. vertical line
    • C. inclined line
    • D. curved line
    • Discuss
    • 10. Blanking and piercing operations can be performed simultaneously in a

    • Options
    • A. simple die
    • B. progressive die
    • C. compound die
    • D. combination die
    • Discuss


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