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  • In a reciprocating pump, air vessels are used to


  • Options
  • A. smoothen the flow
  • B. reduce suction head
  • C. increase delivery head
  • D. reduce acceleration head

  • Correct Answer
  • reduce acceleration head 


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    • 1. Which type of the pump is different from others in the same group?

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    • A. Screw pump
    • B. Gear pump
    • C. Cam and piston pump
    • D. Plunger pump
    • Discuss
    • 2. In a Francis turbine, the pressure at inlet is __________ that at outlet.

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    • A. less than
    • B. more than
    • Discuss
    • 3. By fitting an air vessel to the reciprocating pump, there is always a saving of work done and subsequently saving of power. This saving in case of a single acting reciprocating pump is

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    • A. 39.2%
    • B. 48, 8%
    • C. 84.8%
    • D. 88.4%
    • Discuss
    • 4. A Pelton wheel develops 1750 kW under a head of 100 metres while running at 200 r.p.m. and discharging 2500 litres of water per second. The unit discharge of wheel is

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    • A. 0.25 m3/s
    • B. 0.5 m3/s
    • C. 1.5 m3/s
    • D. 2.5 m3/s
    • Discuss
    • 5. In an inward flow reaction turbine

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    • A. the water flows parallel to the axis of the wheel
    • B. the water enters at the centre of the wheel and then flows towards the outer periphery of the wheel
    • C. the water enters the wheel at the outer periphery and then flows towards the centre of the wheel
    • D. the flow of water is partly radial and partly axial
    • Discuss
    • 6. The unit power developed by a turbine is (where P = Power developed by the turbine under a head of water (H))

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 7. In a mixed flow reaction turbine, the flow of water is partly radial and partly axial.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
    • Discuss
    • 8. Overall efficiency of a centrifugal pump is the ratio of

    • Options
    • A. energy available at the impeller to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
    • B. actual workdone by the pump to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
    • C. energy supplied to the pump to the energy available at the impeller
    • D. manometric head to the energy supplied by the impeller per kN of water
    • Discuss
    • 9. A hydraulic ram is a device used to

    • Options
    • A. store the energy of water
    • B. increase the pressure of water
    • C. to lift water from deep wells
    • D. to lift small quantity of water to a greater height when a large quantity of water is available at a smaller height
    • Discuss
    • 10. A Kaplan turbine is an axial flow reaction turbine.

    • Options
    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
    • Discuss


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