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- Question
Which of the following turbine is preferred for 0 to 25 m head of water?
Options- A. Pelton wheel
- B. Kaplan turbine
- C. Francis turbine
- D. none of these
- Correct Answer
- Kaplan turbine
- 1. The discharge of a centrifugal pump working under constant head __________ with the speed.
Options- A. increases
- B. decreases Discuss
- 2. In an impulse turbine, the jet of water impinges on the bucket with a low velocity and after flowing over the vanes, leaves with a high velocity.
Options- A. True
- B. False Discuss
- 3. In a Kaplan turbine runner, the number of blades are generally between
Options- A. 2 to 4
- B. 4 to 8
- C. 8 to l6
- D. 16 to 24 Discuss
- 4. Which of the following pump is preferred for flood control and irrigation applications?
Options- A. Centrifugal pump
- B. Axial flow pump
- C. Mixed flow pump
- D. Reciprocating pump Discuss
- 5. Manometric head, in case of a centrifugal pump, is equal to
Options- A. Suction lift + Loss of head in suction pipe due to friction + Delivery lift + Loss of head in delivery pipe due to friction + Velocity head in the delivery pipe
- B. Workdone per kN of water - Losses within the impeller
- C. Energy per kN at outlet of impeller - Energy per kN at inlet of impeller
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 6. Work done by a turbine __________ upon the weight of water flowing per second.
Options- A. depends
- B. does not depend Discuss
- 7. The principle of jet propulsion is used in driving the ships and aeroplanes.
Options- A. Correct
- B. Incorrect Discuss
- 8. The power produced by the reaction turbine is __________ to the head of water.
Options- A. directly proportional
- B. inversely proportional Discuss
- 9. 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
- 10. The mechanical efficiency of an impulse turbine is
Options- A. ratio of the actual power produced by the turbine to the energy actually supplied by the turbine
- B. ratio of the actual work available at the turbine to the energy imparted to the wheel
- C. ratio of the Work done on the wheel to the energy of the jet
- D. none of the above Discuss
Hydraulic Machines problems
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Correct Answer: increases
Correct Answer: False
Correct Answer: 4 to 8
Correct Answer: Axial flow pump
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: depends
Correct Answer: Correct
Correct Answer: directly proportional
Correct Answer: specific speed
Correct Answer: ratio of the actual work available at the turbine to the energy imparted to the wheel
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