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  1. Falling drops of water become spheres due to the property of

  2. A.

     Adhesion

    B.

     Cohesion

    C.

     Surface tension

    D.

     Viscosity


  3. The Reynold's number of a ship is __________ to its velocity and length.

  4. A.

     Directly proportional

    B.

     Inversely proportional

    C.

     Square root of velocity

    D.

     None of these


  5. The velocity corresponding to Reynold number of 2000 is called

  6. A.

     Sub-sonic velocity

    B.

     Super-sonic velocity

    C.

     Lower critical velocity

    D.

     Higher critical velocity


  7. The pressure of the liquid flowing through the divergent portion of a Venturimeter

  8. A.

     Remains constant

    B.

     Increases

    C.

     Decreases

    D.

     Depends upon mass of liquid


  9. The velocity of the liquid flowing through the divergent portion of a Venturimeter

  10. A.

     Remains constant

    B.

     Increases

    C.

     Decreases

    D.

     Depends upon mass of liquid


  11. A jet of water discharging from a 40 mm diameter orifice has a diameter of 32 mm at its vena contracta. The coefficient of contraction is

  12. A.

     0.46

    B.

     0.64

    C.

     0.78

    D.

     0.87


  13. Discharge (Q) of a centrifugal pump is given by (where D = Diameter of impeller at inlet, b = Width of impeller at inlet, and Vf = Velocity of flow at inlet)

  14. A.

     Q = π.D.Vf

    B.

     Q = π.b.Vf

    C.

     Q = π.D.bf.V

    D.

     Q = D.b.Vf


  15. In order to avoid tendency of separation at throat in a Venturimeter, the ratio of the diameter at throat to the diameter of pipe should be

  16. A.

     1/16 to 1/8

    B.

     1/8 to 1/4

    C.

     1/4 to 1/3

    D.

     1/3 to 1/2


  17. The imaginary line drawn in the fluid in such a way that the tangent to any point gives the direction of motion at that point, is known as

  18. A.

     Path line

    B.

     Stream line

    C.

     Steak line

    D.

     Potential line


  19. The flow in which conditions do not change with time at any point, is known as

  20. A.

     One dimensional flow

    B.

     Uniform flow

    C.

     Steady flow

    D.

     Turbulent flow