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  1. If the atmospheric pressure on the surface of an oil tank (sp. gr. 0.8) is 0.2 kg/cm”, the pressure at a depth of 50 m below the oil surface will be

  2. A.

     2 meters of water column

    B.

     3 meters of water column

    C.

     5 meters of water column

    D.

     6 meters of water Column


  3. The pressure in the air space above an oil (sp. gr. 0.8) surface in a tank is 0.1 kg/cm”. The pressure at 2.5 m below the oil surface will be

  4. A.

     2 meters of water column

    B.

     3 meters of water column

    C.

     3.5 meters of water column

    D.

     4 m of water column


  5. If cohesion between molecules of a fluid is greater than adhesion between fluid and glass, then the free level of fluid in a dipped glass tube will be

  6. A.

     higher than the surface of liquid

    B.

     the same as the surface of liquid

    C.

     lower than the surface of liquid

    D.

     unpredictable


  7. The hydraulic grade line is

  8. A.

     always above the centre line of pipe

    B.

     never above the energy grade line

    C.

     always sloping downward in the direction of flow

    D.

     all of the above


  9. During the opening of a valve in a pipe line, the flow is

  10. A.

     steady

    B.

     unsteady

    C.

     uniform

    D.

     laminar


  11. A balloon lifting in air follows the following principle

  12. A.

     law of gravitation

    B.

     Archimedes principle

    C.

     principle of buoyancy

    D.

     all of the above


  13. Choose the wrong statement

  14. A.

     The horizontal component of the hydro-static force on any surface is equal to the normal force on the vertical projection of the surface

    B.

     The horizontal component acts through the center of pressure for the vertical projection

    C.

     The vertical component of the hydrostatic force on any surface is equal to the weight of the volume of the liquid above the area

    D.

     he vertical component passes through the center of pressure of the volume


  15. In a forced vortex motion, the velocity of flow is

  16. A.

     directly proportional to its radial distance from axis of rotation

    B.

     inversely proportional to its radial distance from the axis of rotation

    C.

     inversely proportional to the square of its radial distance from the axis of rotation

    D.

     directly proportional to the square of its radial distance from the axis of rotation


  17. When the flow parameters at any given instant remain same at every point, then flow is said to be

  18. A.

     quasi static

    B.

     steady state

    C.

     laminar

    D.

     uniform


  19. The atmospheric pressure with rise in altitude decreases

  20. A.

     linearly

    B.

     first slowly and then steeply

    C.

     first steeply and then gradually

    D.

     unpredictable