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  • The breast water wheels are those in which the wheel runs partly by the weight of water and partly by the impulse of water.


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  • A. True
  • B. False

  • Correct Answer
  • True 


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    • 1. Multi-stage centrifugal pumps are used to

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    • A. give high discharge
    • B. produce high heads
    • C. pump viscous fluids
    • D. all of these
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    • 2. In a reciprocating pump, air vessels are fitted to the suction pipe and delivery pipe close to the cylinder of the pump.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 3. The capacity of a hydraulic accumulator is generally specified as the maximum amount of energy stored.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 4. In a reaction turbine, the draft tube is used

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    • A. to run the turbine full
    • B. to prevent air to enter the turbine
    • C. to increase the head of water by an amount equal to the height of the runner outlet above the tail race
    • D. to transport water to downstream
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    • 5. The efficiency of a centrifugal pump will be maximum when the blades are bent backward.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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    • 6. The ratio of actual work available at the turbine to the energy imparted to the wheel is known as __________ efficiency.

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    • A. hydraulic
    • B. mechanical
    • C. overall
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    • 7. A hydraulic coupling belongs to the category of

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    • A. power absorbing machines
    • B. power developing machines
    • C. energy transfer machines
    • D. energy generating machines
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    • 8. The force exerted by a jet of water (in a direction normal to flow) impinging on a fixed plate inclined at an angle ? with the jet is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 9. In a reaction turbine, the pressure head of water, while flowing over the vanes, is converted into kinetic head before leaving the wheel.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 10. A Francis turbine is used when the available head of water is

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    • A. 0 to 25 m
    • B. 25 m to 250 m
    • C. above 250 m
    • D. none of these
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