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  • The liquid used in manometers should have


  • Options
  • A. low density
  • B. high density
  • C. low surface tension
  • D. high surface tension

  • Correct Answer
  • high surface tension 


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. The water hammer in pipes occurs due to sudden change in the velocity of flowing liquid

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss
    • 5. Water is __________ liquid.

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    • A. a compressible
    • B. an incompressible
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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
    • 7. The viscosity of a liquid __________ its rate of flow through a hole in a vessel.

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    • A. effects
    • B. does not effect
    • Discuss
    • 8. When the pressure intensity at a point is more than the local atmospheric pressure, then the difference of these two pressures is called

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    • A. gauge pressure
    • B. absolute pressure
    • C. positive gauge pressure
    • D. vacuum pressure
    • Discuss
    • 9. When a body is placed over a liquid, it will float if

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    • A. gravitational force is equal to the upthrust of the liquid
    • B. gravitational force is less than the upthrust of the liquid
    • C. gravitational force is more than the upthrust of the liquid
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The formula for discharge over a sharp-crested weir and Ogee weir is same as that of a rectangular weir

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
    • Discuss


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