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  • The water hammer in pipes occurs due to sudden change in the velocity of flowing liquid


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    • 1. Water is __________ liquid.

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    • A. a compressible
    • B. an incompressible
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    • 2. The power transmitted through the pipe is maximum when the head lost due to friction is equal to

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    • A. one-fourth of the total supply head
    • B. one-third of the total supply head
    • C. one-half of the total supply head
    • D. two-third of the total supply head
    • Discuss
    • 3. Viscous force is the __________ of shear stress due to viscosity and cross-sectionar area of flow.

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    • A. sum
    • B. different
    • C. product
    • D. ratio
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    • 4. One stoke is equal to

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    • A. 10-2 m2/s
    • B. 10-3 m2/s
    • C. 10-4 m2/s
    • D. 10-6 m2/s
    • Discuss
    • 5. When a cylindrical vessel containing liquid is revolved, the surface of the liquid takes the shape of

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    • A. a triangle
    • B. a paraboloid
    • C. an ellipse
    • D. none of these
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    • 6. When the coefficient of discharge (Cd) is 0.623, then the general equation for discharge over a rectangular weir is

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    • A. 1.84(L - 0.1nH)H3/2
    • B. 1.84(L - nH)H2
    • C. 1.84(L - 0.1nH)H5/2
    • D. 1.84(L - nH)H3
    • Discuss
    • 7. The buoyancy depends upon the

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    • A. weight of the liquid displaced
    • B. pressure with which the liquid is displaced
    • C. viscosity of the liquid
    • D. compressibility of the liquid
    • Discuss
    • 8. For a perfect incompressible liquid, flowing in a continuous stream, the total energy of a particle remains the same, while the particle moves from one point to another. This statement is called

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    • A. continuity equation
    • B. Bernoulli's equation
    • C. Pascal's law
    • D. Archimede's principle
    • Discuss
    • 9. The liquid used in manometers should have

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    • A. low density
    • B. high density
    • C. low surface tension
    • D. high surface tension
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    • 10. The hydraulic gradient line lies over the centre line of the pipe by an amount equal to the

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    • A. pressure head
    • B. velocity head
    • C. pressure head + velocity head
    • D. pressure head - velocity head
    • Discuss


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