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Question
The maximum efficiency of transmission through a pipe is
Options
A. 50%
B. 56.7%
C. 66.67%
D. 76.66%
Correct Answer
66.67%
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems
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1. In a free nappe,
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A. the pressure below the nappe is atmospheric
B. the pressure below the nappe is negative
C. the pressure above the nappe is atmospheric
D. the pressure above the nappe is negative
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Correct Answer: the pressure below the nappe is atmospheric
2. 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
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Correct Answer: centre of buoyancy
3. The discharge through a siphon spillway is
Options
A.
C
d
x
a
2
gH
B.
C
d
x
a
2
g
x
H
3/2
C.
C
d
x
a
2
g
x
H
2
D.
C
d
x
a
2
g
x
H
5/2
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Correct Answer:
C
d
x
a
2
gH
4. The loss of head due to an obstruction in a pipe is twice the loss of head at its entrance.
Options
A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Correct Answer: Agree
5. A flow in which the volume of a fluid and its density does not change during the flow is called __________ flow.
Options
A. incompressible
B. compressible
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Correct Answer: incompressible
6. In a depressed nappe
Options
A. the pressure below the nappe is atmospheric
B. the pressure below the nappe is negative
C. the pressure above the nappe is atmospheric
D. the pressure above the nappe is negative
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Correct Answer: the pressure below the nappe is negative
7. One litre of water occupies a volume of
Options
A. 100 cm
3
B. 250 cm
3
C. 500 cm
3
D. 1000 cm
3
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Correct Answer: 1000 cm
3
8. 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)
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A.
wH
B.
wH
/2
C.
wH
2
/2
D.
wH
2
/3
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Correct Answer:
wH
2
/2
9. A manometer is used to measure
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A. low pressure
B. moderate pressure
C. high pressure
D. atomospheric pressure
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Correct Answer: high pressure
10. The metacentric heights of two floating bodies A and B are 1 m and 1.5 m respectively. Select the correct statement.
Options
A. The bodies A and B have equal stability
B. The body A is more stable than body B
C. The body B is more stable than body A
D. The bodies A and B are unstable
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Correct Answer: The body B is more stable than body A
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