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  • Question
  • Atmospheric pressure is equal to water column head of


  • Options
  • A. 9.81 m
  • B. 5.0 m
  • C. 10.30 m
  • D. 7.5 m.

  • Correct Answer
  • 10.30 m 


  • Hydraulics problems


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    • 1. Molecules of fluids get attracted due to

    • Options
    • A. capillarity action
    • B. surface tension
    • C. adhesion
    • D. cohesion
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Atmospheric pressure varies with

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    • A. altitude
    • B. temperature
    • C. weather conditions
    • D. all of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. To avoid vapourisation, pipe lines are laid over the ridge so that these are above the hydraulic gradient line, not more than

    • Options
    • A. 2.4 m
    • B. 6.4 m
    • C. 10.0 m
    • D. 5.0 m.
    • Discuss
    • 4. A jet projected at an angle of 45?, 40 m from the foot of a vertical column, just reaches the top of the column. The height of the column is

    • Options
    • A. 15 m
    • B. 20 m
    • C. 30 m
    • D. 40 m
    • E. 60 m.
    • Discuss
    • 5. For pipes not running full, the hydraulic mean depth is given by

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    • A. m = r(? - sin ?)
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 6. Which one of the following statements is true?

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    • A. The value of kinetic energy correction factor for turbulent flow lies between 1.03 to 1.06
    • B. The value of kinetic energy correction factor for laminar flow is 2
    • C. The practical value of kinetic energy correction factor for turbulent flow is unity
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Uniform flow is said to occur when

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    • A. size and shape of the cross-section in a particular length remain constant
    • B. size and shape of the cross-section change along a length
    • C. frictional loss in the particular length of the channel will the more than the drop in its elevation
    • D. frictional loss in the particular length of the channel, will be less than the drop in elevation.
    • Discuss
    • 8. For exerting a pressure of 4.8 kg/cm2, the depth of oil (specific gravity 0.8), should be

    • Options
    • A. 40 cm
    • B. 41 cm
    • C. 56 cm
    • D. 60 cm
    • E. 76 cm.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Shear stress is directly proportional to

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    • A. the velocity
    • B. the shear strain
    • C. the viscosity
    • D. the velocity.
    • Discuss
    • 10. If velocities of fluid particles vary from point to point in magnitude and direction, as well as from instant to instant, the flow is said to be

    • Options
    • A. laminar
    • B. turbulent flow
    • C. uniform flow
    • D. non-uniform flow.
    • Discuss


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