1.

The ratio of the wall drag to the form drag in the Stoke's law range (for motion of spherical particles in a stationary fluid) is A. C. 0.5 2 B. D. 1 0.33

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Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 2.

For turbulent flow in smooth circular pipe, the velocity distribution is a function of the distance 'd' measured from the wall of the pipe and the friction velocity 'v', and it follows a __________ relationship. A. C. logarithmic hyperbolic B. D. linear parabolic

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Maintenance cost of a __________ pump for a particular duty is the least. A. C. centrifugal volute B. D. reciprocating gear

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Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 4.

Choking in case of pipe flow means that a A. B. C. D. specified mass flow rate can not be achieved. valve is closed in the line. restriction in flow cross-section area occurs. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

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Velocity of liquid hydrocarbon fuels in a pipeline can not be measured by magnetic flowmeters, because their __________ is very low/small. A. B. C. D. thermal conductivity electrical conductivity specific gravity electrical resistivity

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

6.

The nominal size of a hose pipe is specified by its A. B. I.D. O.D.

C. D.

thickness none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 7.

Transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow is aided by the A. B. C. D. surface roughness and curvature (i.e.sharp corners). vibration. pressure gradient and the compressibility of the flowing medium. all (a), (b) & (c).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 8.

For flow of fluids through packed bed, the superficial velocity is A. B. C. D. less than the average velocity through channels. more than the average velocity through channels. dependent on the pressure drop across the bed. same as the average velocity through channels.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 9.

Cd is always __________ Cc. A. B. C. D. greater than less than equal to either more or less than

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 10. Buoyant force A. B. C. D. for non-symmetrical bodies is not vertical. depends on the depth of the submergence of the floating body. depends on the weight of the floating body. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

11. Which of the following is an undesirable property of a manometric liquid ? A. B. C. D. Non-sticky & non-corrosive nature. High vapour pressure. Low viscosity & surface tension. Low co-efficient of thermal expansion.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 12. Characteristic curves for a centrifugal pump plotted against its capacity is shown in the diagram. x, y and z denote respectively

A. B. C. D.

efficiency, head and B.H.P. head, efficiency and B.H.P. B.H.P., efficiency and head efficiency, B.H.P. and head

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 13. Liquid delivery by centrifugal pump starts, only when the head developed by it is equal to the __________ head. A. C. manometric static B. D. total friction

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 14. The speed of sound in an ideal gas varies as the A. B. C. D. temperature pressure density none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 15. The maximum head that can be developed by a single impeller is __________ ft. A. C. 25 250-300 B. D. 100 1000

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 16. The ratio of hydrodynamic boundary layer to thermal boundary layer thickness in case of liquid metals is A. B. C. D. <1 1 >1 2

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 17. The general relationship between speed N, head H, power P and discharge Q for a centrifugal pump is A. B. C. D. QN : HN2 : PN3 QN2 : HN3 : PN QN : HN3 : PN2 QN3 : HN : PN2

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 18. What is the ratio of the velocity at the axis of the pipe to the mean velocity of flow in case of pipe flow under viscous condition ? A. C. 0.5 1 B. D. 0.67 2

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 19. Foot valve provided in the pump is a __________ valve. A. B. C. D. direction control back pressure relief pressure reduction

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 20. The discharge co-efficient for an orificemeter does not depend upon the A. B. C. pipe length. ratio of pipe diameter to orifice diameter. type of orifice & the Reynolds number.

D.

pipe diameter.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

21. Which of the following options will facilitate the achievement of a very high head (say 30 metres) in case of a centrifugal pump? A. B. C. D. Increasing the impeller speed and the volute area. Increasing the number of vanes in the impeller. Mounting of two or more impellers in series on a single shaft. Either of (a), (b) or (c).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 22. An equipotential line is __________ to the velocity vector at every point. A. B. C. D. normal normal tangential none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 23. Specific speed for a centrifugal pump is A.

B.

C.

D.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 24. Path followed by water jet issuing from the bottom of a water tank will be a A. B. C. D. parabola (vertex being at the opening). hyperbola. horizontal straight line. zig-zag path (which is geometrically undefined).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 25. Which of the following produces maximum pressure difference for transportation of gases ? A. B. C. D. Vaccum pumps Blowers Fans Compressors

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

26. For flow through a venturi at a particular discharge, the correct relationships among velocities at point X, Y and Z would be

A. B. C. D.

V1 < V2 < V3 V2 > V1 and V2 > V3 V1 > V2 > V3 none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 27. Drag co-efficient in hindered settling is __________ that in free settling. A. B. C. D. less than equal to not necessarily greater than always greater than

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 28. Efficiency of power transmission () through a circular pipe is given by (ht - hf)/ht, which has a maximum value of __________ percent. A. C. 33:3 66.6 B. D. 50 88.8

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 29. One dimensional fluid flow implies the A. B. flow in straight lines only. uniform flow.

C. D.

steady uniform flow. flow in which transverse components are zero.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 30. __________ forces act on a particle moving through a stationary fluid. A. B. C. D. Gravity Drag Buoyant all (a), (b), & (c)

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 31. In frictional fluid flow, the quantity, A. B. C. D. constant along a streamline. not constant along a streamline. increased in the direction of flow. none of these. , is

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 32. Hydraulic radius is the ratio of A. B. C. D. wetted perimeter to flow area. flow area to wetted perimeter. flow area to square of wetted perimeter. square root of flow area to wetted perimeter.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 33. The unit of bulk modulus of elasticity for a liquid in S.I. unit is A. C. N N/m2 B. D. N/m N/m3

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 34. Power requirement of fans having constant wheel diameter varies __________ fan speed.

A. B. C. D.

as square of directly as as cube of none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 35. In the low Reynolds number region, the drag force on a sphere is proportional to A. C. V V4 B. D. V2 V0.5

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 36. The continuity equation A. B. C. D. is independent of the compressibility of the fluid. is dependent upon the viscosity of the fluid. represents the conservation of mass. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 37. Experimental study of laminar fluid flow through a circular tube was conducted by A. B. C. D. Reynolds Hagen and Poiseuille Pascal Blake-Plummer

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 38. The most economical flow control valve for use with large diameter pipes is a A. B. C. D. butterfly valve globe valve needle valve none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 39. Each term in Bernaulli's equation represents the __________ of the fluid.

A. B. C. D.

energy per unit mass energy per unit weight force per unit mass none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 40. Which of the following is a dimensionless parameter ? A. B. C. D. Angular velocity Specific weight Kinematic viscosity None of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

41. If the head over the triangular notch is doubled, the discharge will increase by __________ times. A. C. 2 5.657 B. D. 2.828 4

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 42. Friction factor for a hydraulically smooth pipe at NRe = 2100 is f1. If the pipe is further smoothened (i.e., roughness is reduced), the friction factor at the same value of NRe, will A. B. C. D. increase. decrease. remain unchanged. increase or decrease depending on the pipe material.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 43. What is the force required (in Newtons) to hold a spherical balloon stationary in water at a depth of H from the air-water iterface? The balloon is of radius 0.1 m and is filled with air. A.

B.

C.

D.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 44. For the laminar flow of a fluid in a circular pipe of radius R, the Hagen-Poisseule equation predicts the volumetric flow rate to be proportional to A. C. R R4 B. D. R2 R0.5

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 45. Interstage coolers are provided in a multistage compressor to A. B. C. D. save power in compressing a given volume to a given pressure. cool the delivered air. achieve the exact delivery pressure. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.

46. Consider a centrifugal pump having a specific impeller diameter, fixed impeller speed pumping a liquid of constant density at a particular discharge capacity. With decrease in the capacity of the pump, the __________ decreases.

A. B. C. D.

NPSH required. BHP required by the pump. head of the liquid pumped. all (a), (b) and (c).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 47. Reynolds number is the ratio of A. B. C. D. viscous forces to gravity forces. inertial forces to viscous forces. viscous forces to inertial forces. inertial forces to gravity forces.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 48. For the manometer set up shown in the figure, the pressure difference PA - PB is given by

A. B. C. D.

(H - air)gH (H - L)gH (H - L) gH + (L - air) . g(L - H) (H - L) gL + (L - air)gH

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 49. The discharge through a venturimeter depends upon A. B. C. D. pressure drop only. its orientation. co-efficient of contraction only. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 50. N. second/m2 is A. B. C. D. the S.I. unit of dynamic viscosity. the S.I. unit of kinematic viscosity. equivalent to one poise. equivalent to one stoke.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss.