1.

Curve III in the above diagram represents a/an A. B. C. D. dilatent fluid pseudo plastic fluid ideal plastic 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 2.

What is the ratio of total kinetic energy of fluid passing per second to the value obtained on the basis of average velocity (for laminar flow through a circular pipe)? A. C. 0.5 1.5 B. D. 1 2

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 3.

The line traced by a single fluid particle as it moves over a period of time is called __________ line. A. B. C. D. stream path equipotential 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 4.

The pressure head on sudden contraction in a horizontal pipe is converted into the __________ head. A. B. C. D. elevation velocity both (a) & (b) neither (a) nor (b)

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 5.

A stream tube is that, which has __________ cross-section entirely bounded by stream lines. A. B. C. D. a circular any convenient a small a large

Answer & Explanation

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

6.

Colebrook equation for friction factor in turbulent flow is given

by, equal to A. C. 0

. It reduces to Nikuradse equation for a value of

B. D.

1 0.5

Answer & Explanation

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

The unit of velocity head is A. C. ft-lb/sec ft-lbf/lb B. D. ft-lb/ft3 ft-lbf/sec.

Answer & Explanation

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

Which of the following properties of a fluid is responsible for offering resistance to shear ? A. B. C. D. Surface tension. Viscosity. Specific gravity. All (a), (b), and (c).

Answer & Explanation

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

Erosion and pits formation on the impeller of a centrifugal pump may be due to A. B. C. D. cavitation. low speed of impeller. its operation with delivery valve closed for considerable time after starting the pump. off centering of pump with motor.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 10. The velocity profile exhibited by laminar flow of Newtonion fluids is such that the velocity distribution w.r.t. radius of the circular pipe is a/an __________ with the apex at the centre line of the pipe. A. C. hyperbola semi-circle B. D. parabola semi-ellipse

Answer & Explanation

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

11. A rotameter works on the principle of __________ pressure drop.

A. B. C. D.

constant variable both (a) & (b) neither (a) nor (b)

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 12. The effect of solid boundary on the fluid flow is confined to the boundary layer, except for fluids A. B. C. D. having high viscosities. moving at low velocities. both (a) & (b). neither (a) nor (b).

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 13. The excess of the sum of pressure & velocity heads over the vapor pressure of the liquid at the suction is called the A. B. static submergence. net positive suction head (NPSH).

C. D.

cavitation sensitivity. priming.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 14. Piezometric head is the sum of the __________ heads. A. B. C. D. elevation & kinetic energy elevation & pressure kinetic energy & pressure 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 15. Propellers are A. B. C. D. axial flow mixers. low speed impeller. used for mixingliquids of high viscosity. radial flow mixers.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. 16. Which of the following is not an advantage of fluidisation from transfer operation point of view? A. B. C. D. Intimate contact of the fluid with all parts of the solid particles. Lower fluid pumping power requirement. Minimisation of temperature variation. Prevention of particle seggregation.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 17. Upto what value of 'Mach number', a fluid may be considered as incompressible ? A. C. 0.03 3 B. D. 0.3 10

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 18. The head developed by a centrifugal pump is largely determined by the A. power of the pump.

B. C. D.

nature of the liquid being pumped. angle of the vanes and the speed of the tip of the impeller. vapour pressure of the liquid.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 19. Pick out the wrong statement: A. Greater is the kinematic viscosity of the liquid, greater is the thickness of the boundary layer. Blowers develop a maximum pressure of 2 atmospheres. Friction losses in pipe fittings are generally expressed in terms of velocity heads. Fanning friction factor in case of turbulent flow of liquids in pipe depends upon relative roughness & Reynolds number.

B. C.

D.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 20. Flow rate of high velocity flue gas discharged through a stack to the atmosphere can be most conveniently measured by a A. B. C. pitot tube manometer rotameter

D.

none of these

Answer & Explanation

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

21. Potential flow is the flow of A. B. C. D. compressible fluids with shear. compressible fluids with no shear. incompressible fluids with shear. incompressible fluids with no shear.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 22. The value of critical Reynolds number for pipe flow is A. B. C. D. 1300 10,000 100,s000 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. Mach number is important in a fluid flow problem, when the inertia and __________ forces predominate. A. B. C. D. elastic viscous gravity 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 24. Fanning friction factor is equal to(where, fB = Blassius friction factor). A. C. fB/4 4fB B. D. fB/2 2fB

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 25. In case of coutte flow, the fluid flow is between two large flat parallel plates with A. B. top plate moving and the bottom plate fixed. bottom plate moving and the top plate fixed.

C. D.

both the plates fixed. both the plates moving.

Answer & Explanation

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

26. In a stabilised soap bubble, pressure inside it compared to external pressure is A. C. more same B. D. less unpredictable

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 27. The component of acceleration resulting due to unsteady nature of flow is called __________ acceleration. A. C. normal convective B. D. local tangential

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 28. Power required for mixing Newtonion fluids is a function of the

A. B. C. D.

speed of impeller, diameter of impeller & viscosity. density & viscosity of fluid only. density of fluid, viscosity of fluid & impeller dia only. none of these.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 29. Multistage compressors are used in industry, because they A. B. C. D. reduce the cost of compressor. reduce the size requirement, resemble closely to isothermal compression. are easy to control.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 30. The hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers will merge, when A. B. C. Prandtl number is one. Schmidt number tends to infinity. Nusselt number tends to infinity.

D.

Archimedes number is greater than 10000.

Answer & Explanation

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

31. Differential manometer measures the A. B. C. D. atmospheric pressure. sub-atmospheric pressure. pressure difference between two points. 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 32. For a stable equilibrium of a submerged body (where, G and B are centres of gravity & buoyancy respectively). A. B. C. D. G is above B B is above G B & coincide 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 33. With increase in the ratio of orifice diameter to pipe diameter in case of an orificemeter, the overall pressure loss A. B. C. D. decreases increases remains constant increases linearly

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 34. The vent valve provided in a liquid handling centrifugal pump is A. B. C. D. generally a needle valve. used to release any gases that might be vapour locking the pump. helpful in easy removal of samples. all (a), and (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 35. The discharge through a semi-circular weir varies as (where, H = Head of liquid.)

A. C.

H H3/2

B. D.

H2 H1/2

Answer & Explanation

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

36. The Mach number for hypersonic flow of compressible fluid is A. B. C. D. 1 >1 >4 <2

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 37. Boundary layer thickness in turbulent flow over a flat plate increases as(where, d = distance from the leading edge.) A. B. C. D. d d2/3 d4/5 d1/3

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 38. Mass velocity in case of steady flow and through a constant cross-section conduit is independent of the A. B. C. D. temperature pressure both (a) & (b) neither (a) nor (b)

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 39. The valve used for very remote and accurate control of fluid is a __________ valve. A. C. needle gate B. D. globe butterfly

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 40. f = 16/NRe, is valid for A. turbulent flow

B. C. D.

laminar flow through an open channel steady flow none of these

Answer & Explanation

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

41. A mixed flow centrifugal pump A. employs such an impeller, through which the flow is a combination of radial & axial flow. mixes the two fluids before pumping them. pumps the two fluids separately and then mixes them. employs impellers in both the radial & axial directions.

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 42. In centrifugal pump operation, the cavitation can be eliminated by maintaining suction pressure __________ the vapor pressure of the liquid at the suction temperature. A. B. C. D. lower than higher than equal to 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 43. A rectangular surface 3' x 4', has the lower 3 edge horizontal and 6' below a free oil surface (sp. gr. 0.8). The surface inclination is 300 with the horizontal. The force on one side of the surface is(where, y = specific weight of water) A. C. 39.6y 49.2y B. D. 48y 58y

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 44. A bed of spherical particles (specific gravity 2.5) of uniform size 1500 m is 0.5 m in diameter and 0.5 m high. In packed bed state, the porosity may be taken as 0.4. Ergun's equation for the above fluid-particle system (in SI units) is given below : P/L = 375 x 103 VOM + 10.94 x 106 V2OM (SI units) If water is to be used as the fluidising medium, the minimum fluidisation velocity, V OMis A. B. C. D. 12 mm/s 16 mm/s 24 mm/s 28 mm/s

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation:

No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 45. One dimensional flow implies A. B. C. D. flow in a straight line. steady uniform flow. unsteady uniform flow. a flow which does not account for changes in transverse direction.

Answer & Explanation

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

46. In case of turbulent flow of a Newtonion fluid in a straight pipe, the maximum velocity is equal to (where, Vavg = average fluid velocity) A. B. C. D. Vavg 1.2 Vavg 1.5 Vavg 1.8 Vavg

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 47. Centrifugal compressors compared to reciprocating compressors A. require less space.

B. C. D.

have quieter operation. have lower operating costs. 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 48. For laminar flow of Newtonion fluids through a circular pipe, for a given pressure drop and length & diameter of pipe, the velocity of fluid is proportional to(where, = fluid viscosity ) A. B. C. D. 1/ 1/

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 49. Umf is the minimum fluidisation velocity for a bed of particles. An increase in the superficial gas velocity from 2 Umf to 2.5 Umf results in (all velocities are smaller than the entrainment velocity of the particles) no change in the A. B. C. drag on particles drag on coloumn walls bed height

D.

bed voidage

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question. Let us discuss. View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 50. Slugging occurs in a fluidised bed, if the bed is A. B. C. D. narrow deep both (a) & (b) neither (a) nor (b)

Answer & Explanation

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