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Hydraulics problems


  • 1. The best side slope for most economical trapezoidal section, is

  • Options
  • A. 30°
  • B. 45°
  • C. 60°
  • D. None of these.
  • Discuss
  • 2. In an open tube, free surface of mercury remains

  • Options
  • A. horizontal
  • B. curved upwards
  • C. curved downwards
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Back water curve is caused if

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  • A. friction head loss is more than the bed slope
  • B. pressure is due to weir in the channel
  • C. there is an increase in width of the channel
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 4. If total head available at the inlet of pipe and f1 is the loss of head due to friction in the pipe, the maximum efficiency of transmission of power (?max) is

  • Options
  • A. 1/2
  • B. 2/3
  • C. 3/4
  • D. 4/5
  • Discuss
  • 5. Manometers 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
  • 6. Discharge over an ogee weir remains the same as that of

  • Options
  • A. sharp crested weir
  • B. triangular weir
  • C. cippoletti weir
  • D. drowned weir.
  • Discuss
  • 7. An error of 1% in measuring the head of water over the crest of a triangular notch, produces an error in the discharge which is equal to

  • Options
  • A. 1.25%
  • B. 1.5%
  • C. 2.0%.
  • D. 2.5%
  • Discuss
  • 8. The following is not a laminar flow

  • Options
  • A. Flow of oil in measuring instruments
  • B. Flow in beds in ground water
  • C. Rise of water in plants through roots
  • D. Flow of blood in the arteries of human body
  • E. Flow in water pipe lines.
  • Discuss
  • 9. Which one of the following equation is applicable to unsteady flow in open channels :

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 10. The magnitude of water hammer in a pipe depends upon

  • Options
  • A. speed at which value is closed
  • B. length of the pipe line
  • C. elastic properties of the pipe material
  • D. elastic properties of the following liquid
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss

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