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  • Question
  • On an inclined plane, centre of pressure is located


  • Options
  • A. at the centroid
  • B. above the centroid
  • C. below the centroid
  • D. anywhere.

  • Correct Answer
  • below the centroid 


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    • 1. Manning's formula is used for

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    • A. flow in open channels
    • B. head loss due to friction in open channels
    • C. head loss due to friction in pipes flowing full
    • D. flow in pipes.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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    • A. Total energy gradient is the graphical representation of the total head at any section of a pipe line
    • B. Vertical distance between the total energy line and hydraulic grade line is equal to the velocity head
    • C. Vertical distance between the total energy line and total energy gradient represents loss of head
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. For the most economical trapezoidal section of a channel with regards to discharge, the required condition, is

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    • A. half of top width = sloping side
    • B. hydraulic depth = half the depth
    • C.
    • D. perpendiculars drawn from the centre of the top width on to the bottom sloping side, are all equal
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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

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    • A. laminar
    • B. turbulent flow
    • C. uniform flow
    • D. non-uniform flow.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Shear stress is directly proportional to

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    • A. the velocity
    • B. the shear strain
    • C. the viscosity
    • D. the velocity.
    • Discuss
    • 6. For the flow of liquid from an open ended tube (or nozzle) leading to the formation of spray of liquid drops, the number generally applied, is

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    • A. Froude number
    • B. Weber number
    • C. Reynold number
    • D. Mach number.
    • Discuss
    • 7. If Cv, Cc, Cd and Cr are the hydraulic coefficients of an orifice, then

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    • A. Cd = Cc . Cv
    • B. Cr = 1 + Cv2/Cd
    • C. Cv = Cc + Cd
    • D. Cc = Cv/Cd
    • Discuss
    • 8. The specific weight of water is 1000 kg/m3

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    • A. at normal pressure of 760 mm
    • B. at 4°C temperature
    • C. at mean sea level
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Piezometers are used to measure

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    • A. pressure in water channels, pipes etc.
    • B. difference in pressure at two points
    • C. atmospheric pressure
    • D. very low pressure.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The rise of the liquid along the walls of a revolving cylinder above the initial level, is

    • Options
    • A. greater than the depression of the liquid at the axis of rotation
    • B. lesser than the depression of the liquid at the axis of rotation
    • C. the same as the depression of the liquid at the axis of rotation
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss


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