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  • A glass tube of smaller diameter is used while performing an experiment for the capillary rise of water because


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  • A. it is easier to see through the glass tube
  • B. glass tube is cheaper than a metallic tube
  • C. it is not possible to conduct this experiment with any other tube
  • D. all of the above

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  • it is easier to see through the glass tube 

    • Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems

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    • 1. A water tank contains 1.3 m deep water. The pressure exerted by the water per metre length of the tank is

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    • A. 2.89 kN
    • B. 8.29 kN
    • C. 9.28 kN
    • D. 28.9 kN
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    • 2. 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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    • 3. 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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    • 4. The ratio of the inertia force to the gravity force is called Froude number.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 5. 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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    • 6. A manometer can be used to measure vacuum pressures.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. disagree
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    • 7. The error in discharge (dQ/Q) to the error in measurement of head (dH/H) over a rectangular notch is given by

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    • 8. A flow in which __________ force is dominating over the viscosity is called turbulent flow.

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    • A. elastic
    • B. surface tension
    • C. viscous
    • D. inertia
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    • 9. When the pressure intensity at a point is less than the local atmospheric pressure, then the difference of these two pressures is called vacuum pressure.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 10. Which of the following statement is wrong?

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    • A. A flow whose streamline is represented by a curve, is called two dimensional flow.
    • B. The total energy of a liquid particle is the sum of potential energy, kinetic energy and pressure energy.
    • C. The length of divergent portion in a venturimeter is equal to the convergent portion.
    • D. A pitot tube is used to measure the velocity of flow at the required point in a pipe.
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