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  • A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall acts at a distance __________ from the liquid surface.


  • Options
  • A. H/3
  • B. H/2
  • C. 2H/3
  • D. 3H/4

  • Correct Answer
  • 2H/3 

    • Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems

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    • 1. The body will float if the force of buoyancy is __________ the weight of the liquid displaced.

    • Options
    • A. equal to
    • B. less than
    • C. more than
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    • 2. The ratio of the inertia force to the __________ is called Euler's number.

    • Options
    • A. pressure force
    • B. elastic force
    • C. surface tension force
    • D. viscous force
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    • 3. The total pressure on the top of a closed cylindrical vessel competely filled up with a liquid is

    • Options
    • A. directly proportional to (radius)2
    • B. inversely proportional to (radius)2
    • C. directly proportional to (radius)4
    • D. inversely proportional to (radius)4
      • Discuss
    • 4. The unit of surface tension is

    • Options
    • A. N/m
    • B. N/m2
    • C. N/m3
    • D. N-m
      • Discuss
    • 5. When a body is immersed wholly or partially in a liquid, it is lifted up by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced by the body. This statement is called

    • Options
    • A. Pascal's law
    • B. Archimede's principle
    • C. principle of floatation
    • D. Bernoulli's theorem
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    • 6. Kinematic viscosity is the product of dynamic viscosity and the density of the liquid.

    • Options
    • A. Yes
    • B. No
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    • 7. The top of the weir over which the water flows is known as

    • Options
    • A. sill or crest
    • B. nappe or vein
    • C. orifice
    • D. none of these
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    • 8. A notch is, usually, made of a metallic plate.

    • Options
    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
      • Discuss
    • 9. The pressure of liquid at throat in a venturimeter is __________ than that at inlet.

    • Options
    • A. higher
    • B. lower
      • Discuss
    • 10. A thick liquid like a syrup has a __________ viscosity than a light liquid like water.

    • Options
    • A. lesser
    • B. greater
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