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  • The tendency of a liquid to uplift a submerged body, because of the upward thrust of the liquid, is known as buoyancy.


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  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree

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    • 1. An open tank containing liquid is made to move from rest with a uniform acceleration. The angle 0 which the free surface of liquid makes with the horizontal is such that (where a = Horizontal acceleration of the tank, and g = Acceleration due to gravity)

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    • A. tan ? = a/g
    • B. tan ? = 2 a/g
    • C. tan ? = a/2g
    • D. tan ? = a2/2g
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    • 2. When the pipes are in series, the total head loss is equal to the sum of the head loss in each pipe.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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    • 3. If an incompressible liquid is continuously flowing through a pipe, the quantity of liquid passing per second is different at different sections.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 4. The discharge over a triangular notch is

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    • A. inversely proportional to H3/2
    • B. directly proportional to H3/2
    • C. inversely proportional to H5/2
    • D. directly proportional to H5/2
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    • 5. In a footstep bearing, if the speed of the shaft is doubled, then the torque required to overcome the viscous resistance will be

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    • A. double
    • B. four times
    • C. eight times
    • D. sixteen times
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    • 6. The flow of water through the hole in the bottom of a wash basin is an example of

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    • A. steady flow
    • B. uniform flow
    • C. free vortex
    • D. forced vortex
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    • 7. The velocity at which the laminar flow stops, is known as

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    • A. velocity of approach
    • B. lower critical velocity
    • C. higher critical velocity
    • D. none of these
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    • 8. The ratio of the inertia force to the gravity force is called Froude number.

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

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    • D.
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    • 10. The efficiency of power transmission through pipe is (where H = Total supply head, and hf = Head lost due to friction in the pipe)

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