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Hydraulic Machines problems


  • 1. Which of the following pump is suitable for small discharge and high heads?

  • Options
  • A. Centrifugal pump
  • B. Axial flow pump
  • C. Mixed flow pump
  • D. Reciprocating pump
  • Discuss
  • 2. In a centrifugal pump, the regulating valve is provided on the

  • Options
  • A. casing
  • B. delivery pipe
  • C. suction pipe
  • D. impeller
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which of the following is not an impulse turbine?

  • Options
  • A. Girad turbine
  • B. Turgo turbine
  • C. Pelton wheel
  • D. Kaplan turbine
  • Discuss
  • 4. Which of the following pump is sucessfully used for lifting water to the boilers?

  • Options
  • A. Centrifugal pump
  • B. Reciprocating pump
  • C. Jet pump
  • D. Air-lift pump
  • Discuss
  • 5. The specific speed of a centrifugal pump may be defined as the speed of an imaginary pump, identical with the given pump, which will discharge one litre of water, while it is being raised through a head of one metre.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 6. In a reaction turbine, the water enters the wheel under pressure and flows over the vanes.

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 7. A hydraulic press is a device used

  • Options
  • A. to store pressure energy which may be supplied to a machine later on
  • B. to increase the intensity of pressure of water by means of energy available from a large quantity of water at a low pressure
  • C. to lift larger load by the application of a comparatively much smaller force
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 8. Slip of a reciprocating pump is negative, when

  • Options
  • A. suction pipe is short and pump is running at low speeds
  • B. delivery pipe is long and pump is running at high speeds
  • C. suction pipe is short and delivery pipe is long and the pump is running at low speeds
  • D. suction pipe is long and delivery pipe is short and the pump is running at high speeds
  • Discuss
  • 9. Manometric head is the actual head of water against which a centrifugal pump has to work.

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 10. The force exerted by a jet of water impinging normally on a plate which due to the impact of jet, moves in the direction of jet with a velocity v is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss

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