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251.

The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body due to its tendency to uplift the sub-merged body is called

A. upthrust
B. reaction
C. buoyancy
D. metacentre
Answer» D. metacentre
252.

Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and

A. water surface
B. center of pressure
C. center of gravity
D. center of buoyancy
Answer» D. center of buoyancy
253.

Centre of pressure compared to e.g. is

A. above it
B. below it
C. at same point
D. above or below depending on area of body
Answer» C. at same point
254.

The resultant of all normal pressures acts

A. at e.g. of body
B. at center of pressure
C. vertically upwards
D. at metacentre
Answer» D. at metacentre
255.

Working principle of dead weight pressure gauge tester is based on

A. Pascal’s law
B. Dalton’s law of partial pressure
C. Newton’s law of viscosity
D. Avogadro’s hypothesis
Answer» B. Dalton’s law of partial pressure
256.

In order to increase sensitivity of U-tube manometer, one leg is usually inclined by angle 9. Sensitivity of inclined tube to sensitivity of U-tube is equal to

A. sin 6
B. sin 9
C. casS
D. cos 9
Answer» C. casS
257.

Which of the following manometer has highest sensitivity

A. U-tube with water
B. inclined U-tube
C. U-tube with mercury
D. micro-manometer with water
Answer» E.
258.

Manometer is used to measure

A. pressure in pipes, channels etc.
B. atmospheric pressure
C. very low pressure
D. difference of pressure between two points
Answer» B. atmospheric pressure
259.

Euler’s dimensionless number relates the following

A. inertial force and gravity
B. viscous force and inertial force
C. viscous force and buoyancy force
D. pressure force and inertial force
Answer» E.
260.

A metal with specific gravity of o floating in a fluid of same specific gravity a will

A. sink to bottom
B. float over fluid
C. partly immersed
D. be fully immersed with top surface at fluid surface
Answer» E.
261.

Dynamic viscosity of most of the gases with rise in temperature

A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unaffected
D. unpredictable
Answer» B. decreases
262.

Dynamic viscosity of most of the liquids with rise in temperature

A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unaffected
D. unpredictable
Answer» C. remains unaffected
263.

The speed of sound in a ideal gas varies directly as its

A. pressure
B. temperature
C. density
D. absolute temperature
Answer» E.
264.

Which of the following instruments is used to measure flow on the application of Bernoulli’s theorem

A. Venturimeter
B. Orifice plate
C. nozzle
D. all of the above.
Answer» E.
265.

Piezometer is used to measure

A. pressure in pipe, channels etc.
B. atmospheric pressure
C. very low pressures
D. difference of pressure between two points
Answer» D. difference of pressure between two points
266.

Which of the following instrument can be used for measuring speed of an aeroplane

A. Venturimeter
B. Orifice plate
C. hot wire anemometer
D. pitot tube
Answer» E.
267.

Which of the following instrument can be used for measuring speed of a submarine moving in deep sea

A. Venturimeter
B. Orifice plate
C. hot wire anemometer
D. pitot tube
Answer» E.
268.

Barometer is used to measure

A. pressure in pipes, channels etc.
B. atmospheric pressure
C. very low pressure
D. difference of pressure between two points
Answer» C. very low pressure
269.

Mercury is often used in barometer because

A. it is the best liquid
B. the height of barometer will be less
C. its vapour pressure is so low that it may be neglected
D. both (b) and (c)
Answer» E.
270.

In an isothermal atmosphere, the pressure

A. decreases linearly with elevation
B. remains constant
C. varies in the same way as the density
D. increases exponentially with elevation
Answer» D. increases exponentially with elevation
271.

An odd shaped body weighing 7.5 kg and occupying 0.01 m3 volume will be completely submerged in a fluid having specific gravity of

A. 1
B. 1.2
C. 0.8
D. 0.75
Answer» E.
272.

Operation of McLeod gauge used for low pressure measurement is based on the principle of

A. gas law
B. Boyle’s law
C. Charle’s law
D. Pascal’s law
Answer» C. Charle’s law
273.

Pressure of the order of 10″‘ torr can be measured by

A. Bourdon tube
B. Pirani Gauge
C. micro-manometer
D. ionisastion gauge
Answer» E.
274.

The atmospheric pressure with rise in altitude decreases

A. linearly
B. first slowly and then steeply
C. first steeply and then gradually
D. unpredictable
Answer» C. first steeply and then gradually
275.

Newton’s law of viscosity is a relationship between

A. shear stress anctthejiate of angular distortion
B. shear stress and viscosity
C. shear stress, velocity and viscosity
D. pressure, velocity and viscosity`
Answer» B. shear stress and viscosity
276.

Capillary action is due to the

A. surface tension
B. cohesion of the liquid
C. adhesion of the liquid molecules and the molecules on the surface of a solid
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
277.

Liquids transmit pressure equally in all the directions. This is according to

A. Boyle’s law
B. Archimedes principle
C. Pascal’s law
D. Newton’s formula
Answer» D. Newton’s formula
278.

The rise or depression of liquid in a tube due to surface tension wim increase in size of tube will

A. increase
B. remain unaffected
C. may increase or decrease depending on the characteristics of liquid
D. decrease
Answer» E.
279.

The continuity equation is connected with

A. viscous/unviscous fluids
B. compressibility of fluids
C. conservation of mass
D. steady/unsteady flow
Answer» D. steady/unsteady flow
280.

The units of dynamic or absolute viscosity are

A. metres2 per sec
B. kg sec/meter
C. newton-sec per meter
D. newton-sec2 per meter
Answer» D. newton-sec2 per meter
281.

The process of diffusion of one liquid into the other through a semi-permeable membrane is called

A. viscosity
B. osmosis
C. surface tension
D. cohesion
Answer» C. surface tension
282.

The peoperty by virtue of which a liquid opposes relative motion between its different layers is called

A. surface tension
B. co-efficient of viscosity
C. viscosity
D. osmosis
Answer» D. osmosis
283.

The vapour pressure over the concave surface is

A. less man the vapour pressure over the plane surface
B. equal to the vapour pressure over the plane surface
C. greater than the vapour pressure over the plane surface
D. zero
Answer» B. equal to the vapour pressure over the plane surface
284.

To avoid an interruption in the flow of a syphon, an air vessel is provided

A. at the inlet
B. at the outlet
C. at the summit
D. ay nay point between inlet and outlet
Answer» D. ay nay point between inlet and outlet
285.

To avoid vaporisation in the pipe line, the pipe line over the ridge is laid such that it is not more than

A. 2.4 m above the hydraulic gradient
B. 6.4 m above the hydraulic gradient
C. 10.0 m above the hydraulic gradient
D. 5.0 above the hydraulic gradient
Answer» C. 10.0 m above the hydraulic gradient
286.

If the surface of liquid is convex, men

A. cohesion pressure is negligible
B. cohesion pressure is decreased
C. cohesion pressure is increased
D. there is no cohesion pressure
Answer» D. there is no cohesion pressure
287.

The difference of pressure between the inside and outside of a liquid drop is

A. p = Txr
B. p = T/r
C. p = T/2r
D. p = 2T/r
Answer» E.
288.

The capillary rise at 20°C in a clean glass tube of 1 mm bore containing water is ap-proximately

A. 1 mm
B. 5 mm
C. 10 mm
D. 30 mm
Answer» E.
289.

Surface energy per unit area of a surface is numerically equal to

A. atmospheric pressure
B. surface tension
C. force of adhesion
D. force of cohesion
Answer» C. force of adhesion
290.

Rain drops are spherical because of

A. viscosity
B. air resistance
C. surface tension forces
D. atmospheric pressure
Answer» D. atmospheric pressure
291.

Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to smallest possible area due to the

A. force of adhesion
B. force of cohesion
C. force of friction
D. force of diffusion
Answer» C. force of friction
292.

The angle of contact in case of a liquid depends upon

A. the nature of the liquid and the solid
B. the material which exists above the free surface of the liquid
C. both of die above
D. any one of the above
Answer» D. any one of the above
293.

A piece of metal of specific gravity 13.6 is placed in mercury of specific gravity 13.6, what fraction of it volume is under mercury?

A. the metal piece will simply float over the mercury
B. the metal piece will be immersed in mercury by half
C. whole of the metal piece will be immersed with its top surface just at mercury level
D. metal piece will sink to the bottom
Answer» D. metal piece will sink to the bottom
294.

The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called

A. meta-center
B. center of pressure
C. center of buoyancy
D. center of gravity
Answer» D. center of gravity
295.

The buoyancy depends on

A. mass of liquid displaced
B. viscosity of the liquid
C. pressure of the liquid displaced
D. depth of immersion
Answer» B. viscosity of the liquid
296.

Metacentric height is given as the distance between

A. the center of gravity of the body andthe meta center
B. the center of gravity of the body and the center of buoyancy
C. the center of gravity of the body and the center of pressure
D. center of buoyancy and metacentre
Answer» B. the center of gravity of the body and the center of buoyancy
297.

Poise is the unit of

A. surface tension
B. capillarity
C. viscosity
D. shear stress in fluids
Answer» D. shear stress in fluids
298.

The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are

A. the meta-center should lie above the center of gravity
B. the center of buoyancy and the center of gravity must lie on the same vertical line
C. a righting couple should be formed
D. all the above are correct
Answer» E.
299.

The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called

A. upthrust
B. buoyancy
C. center of pressure
D. all the above are correct
Answer» C. center of pressure
300.

The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. This definition is according to

A. Buoyancy
B. Equilibrium of a floating body
C. Archimedes’ principle
D. Bernoulli’s theorem
Answer» D. Bernoulli’s theorem