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Centre of buoyancy is
Options
A. centroid of the floating body
B. centroid of the fluid displaced
C. centre of pressure of the displaced liquid
D. none of these.
Correct Answer
centroid of the fluid displaced
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1. If the pressure at the inlet of a pipe is 90 kg/cm
2
and pressure drop over the pipe line is 10 kg/cm
2
, the efficiency of transmission, is
Options
A. 66.6%
B. 77.7%
C. 55.5%
D. 88.8%.
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Correct Answer: 88.8%.
2. The width of a weir with end contraction, is
Options
A. equal to the width of the channel
B. less than the width of the channel
C. half the width of the channel
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: less than the width of the channel
3. The flow in open channel is said to be subcritical if the Froude number is
Options
A. less than 1.0
B. equal to 1.0
C. greater than 1.0
D. none.
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Correct Answer: less than 1.0
4. Pick up the incorrect statement from to following regarding triangular notch :
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A. For measuring low discharge, it gives more accurate result
B. Only one reading (i.e.
H
) is required for computation of discharge
C. Ventilation is necessary
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: Ventilation is necessary
5. For the two dimensional flow, the stream function is given by ? = 2xy. The velocity at a point (3, 4) is
Options
A. 6 m/sec
B. 8 m/sec
C. 10 m/sec
D. 12 m/sec
E. 15 m/sec.
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Correct Answer: 10 m/sec
6. Total energy line is
Options
A. pressure head
B. datum head
C. kinetic head
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
7. A body of dimensions 1.5 m x 1.0 m x 2 m weighs 3000 kg in water. Its specific gravity is
Options
A. 0.8
B. 0.9
C. 1.0
D. 1.1
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Correct Answer: 1.1
8. An orifice is called a large orifice if water head, is
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A. twice the diameter of the orifice
B. thrice the diameter of the orifice
C. four times the diameter of the orifice
D. five times the diameter of the orifice.
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Correct Answer: five times the diameter of the orifice.
9. In a two dimensional flow if the components of the velocity are
u
=
ax
;
v
=
by
, the point where no motion occurs, is known as
Options
A. critical point
B. neutral point
C. stagnation point
D. stationary point
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: stagnation point
10. The unit of the viscosity is
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A. kg sec/m
2
B. Newton sec per m
2
C. Newton-sec
2
/m
3
D. m
2
per sec.
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Correct Answer: Newton sec per m
2
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