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When the pressure intensity at a point is more than the local atmospheric pressure, then the difference of these two pressures is called
Options
A. gauge pressure
B. absolute pressure
C. positive gauge pressure
D. vacuum pressure
Correct Answer
positive gauge pressure
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems
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1. 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
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Correct Answer: effects
2. 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
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Correct Answer: pressure head
3. 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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Correct Answer: high surface tension
4. 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
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Correct Answer: Bernoulli's equation
5. 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
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Correct Answer: weight of the liquid displaced
6. 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
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Correct Answer: gravitational force is equal to the upthrust of the liquid
7. 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
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Correct Answer: Agree
8. The tangential velocity of the water element having a free vortex is
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A. directly proportional to its distance from the centre
B. inversely proportional to its distance from the centre
C. directly proportional to its (distance)
2
from the centre
D. inversely proportional to its (distance)
2
from the centre
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Correct Answer: inversely proportional to its distance from the centre
9. The hydraulic mean depth for a circular pipe of diameter (
d
) is
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A.
d
/6
B.
d
/4
C.
d
/2
D.
d
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d
/4
10. When the Mach number is less than unity, the flow is called
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A. sub-sonic flow
B. sonic flow
C. super-sonic flow
D. hyper-sonic flow
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Correct Answer: sub-sonic flow
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