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  • Question
  • The specific weight of sea water is __________ that of pure water.


  • Options
  • A. same as
  • B. less than
  • C. more than

  • Correct Answer
  • more than 


  • Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems


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    • 1. The flow in a pipe is turbulent when Reynold number is

    • Options
    • A. less than 2000
    • B. between 2000 and 2800
    • C. more than 2800
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. The force exerted by a moving fluid on an immersed body is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum due to the presence of the body. This statement is called

    • Options
    • A. Newton's law of motion
    • B. Newton's law of cooling
    • C. Newton's law of viscosity
    • D. Newton's law of resistance
    • Discuss
    • 3. An open tank containing liquid is moving with an acceleration on an inclined plane. The inclination of the free surface of the liquid will be __________ to the acceleration of the tank.

    • Options
    • A. equal to
    • B. directly proportional
    • C. inversely proportional
    • Discuss
    • 4. The discharge through a small rectangular orifice is given by (where Cd = Coefficient of discharge for the orifice, a = Cross-sectional area of the orifice, h = Height of the liquid above the centre of the orifice)

    • Options
    • A. Q = Cd x a x 2gh
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 5. In a short cylindrical external mouthpiece, the vena contracta occurs at a distance __________ the diameter of the orifice from the outlet of orifice.

    • Options
    • A. equal to
    • B. one-fourth
    • C. one-third
    • D. one-half
    • Discuss
    • 6. According to Pascal's law, the intensity of pressure at any point in a fluid at rest is the same in all directions.

    • Options
    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss
    • 7. The intensity of pressure on an immersed surface __________ with the increase in depth.

    • Options
    • A. does not change
    • B. increases
    • C. decreases
    • Discuss
    • 8. In an internal mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is __________ the atmospheric pressure head by an amount equal to height of the liquid above the vena contracta.

    • Options
    • A. less than
    • B. more than
    • Discuss
    • 9. The flow in a pipe is neither laminar nor turbulent when Reynold number is

    • Options
    • A. less than 2000
    • B. between 2000 and 2800
    • C. more than 2800
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. With an increase in size of tube, the rise or depression of liquid in the tube due to surface tension will

    • Options
    • A. decrease
    • B. increase
    • C. remain unchanged
    • D. depend upon the characteristics of liquid
    • Discuss


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