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				This section includes 905 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mechanical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | The tangential velocity of the water element having a free vortex is | 
| A. | irectly proportional to its distance from the centre | 
| B. | nversely proportional to its distance from the centre | 
| C. | irectly proportional to its (distance)2 from the centre | 
| D. | nversely proportional to its (distance)2 from the centre | 
| Answer» C. irectly proportional to its (distance)2 from the centre | |
| 2. | A large Reynold number is indication of | 
| A. | mooth and streamline flow | 
| B. | aminar flow | 
| C. | teady flow | 
| D. | ighly turbulent flow | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | Motion of a liquid in a volute casing of a centrifugal pump is an example of | 
| A. | otational flow | 
| B. | adial | 
| C. | orced spiral vortex flow | 
| D. | piral vortex flow | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. | The product of mass and acceleration of flowing liquid is called | 
| A. | nertia force | 
| B. | iscous force | 
| C. | ravity force | 
| D. | ressure force | 
| Answer» B. iscous force | |
| 5. | When a body is placed over a liquid, it will float if | 
| A. | ravitational force is equal to the up-thrust of the liquid | 
| B. | ravitational force is less than the up-thrust of the liquid | 
| C. | ravitational force is more than the up-thrust of the liquid | 
| D. | one of the above | 
| Answer» C. ravitational force is more than the up-thrust of the liquid | |
| 6. | Which of the following instrument can be used for measuring speed of an aeroplane? | 
| A. | enturimeter | 
| B. | rifice plate | 
| C. | itot tube | 
| D. | otameter | 
| Answer» D. otameter | |
| 7. | The discharge of a depressed nappe is 6 to 7 percent __________ that of a free nappe. | 
| A. | ess than | 
| B. | ore than | 
| C. | qual to | 
| D. | one of these | 
| Answer» C. qual to | |
| 8. | The flow in a pipe or channel is said to be non-uniform when | 
| A. | he liquid particles at all sections have the same velocities | 
| B. | he liquid particles at different sections have different velocities | 
| C. | he quantity of liquid flowing per second is constant | 
| D. | ach liquid particle has a definite path | 
| Answer» C. he quantity of liquid flowing per second is constant | |
| 9. | The torque required to overcome viscous resistance of a footstep bearing is (where μ = Viscosity of the oil, N = Speed of the shaft, R = Radius of the shaft, and t = Thickness of the oil film) | 
| A. | π²NR/60t | 
| B. | π²NR²/60t | 
| C. | π²NR³/60t | 
| D. | π²NR⁴/60t | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | When a liquid is flowing through a pipe, the velocity of the liquid is | 
| A. | aximum at the centre and minimum near the walls | 
| B. | inimum at the centre and maximum near the walls | 
| C. | ero at the centre and maximum near the walls | 
| D. | aximum at the centre and zero near the walls | 
| Answer» B. inimum at the centre and maximum near the walls | |
| 11. | According to Newton's law of viscosity, the shear stress on a layer of a fluid is __________ to the rate of shear strain. | 
| A. | qual to | 
| B. | irectly proportional | 
| C. | nversely proportional | 
| D. | one of these | 
| Answer» C. nversely proportional | |
| 12. | The region between the separation streamline and the boundary surface of the solid body is known as | 
| A. | ake | 
| B. | rag | 
| C. | ift | 
| D. | oundary layer | 
| Answer» B. rag | |
| 13. | If the ratios of all the corresponding linear dimensions are equal, then the model and the prototype are said to have | 
| A. | eometric similarity | 
| B. | inematic similarity | 
| C. | ynamic similarity | 
| D. | one of these | 
| Answer» B. inematic similarity | |
| 14. | A flow whose streamline is represented by a curve, is called | 
| A. | ne-dimensional flow | 
| B. | wo-dimensional flow | 
| C. | hree-dimensional flow | 
| D. | our-dimensional flow | 
| Answer» C. hree-dimensional flow | |
| 15. | The discharge of a double acting reciprocating pump is (where L = Length of stroke, A = Cross-sectional area of piston, and N = Speed of crank in r.p.m.) | 
| A. | .A.N | 
| B. | L.A.N | 
| C. | L.A.N)/60 | 
| D. | 2 L.A.N)/60 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. | A flow in which each liquid particle has a definite path, and the paths of individual particles do not cross each other, is called | 
| A. | teady flow | 
| B. | niform flow | 
| C. | treamline flow | 
| D. | urbulent flow | 
| Answer» D. urbulent flow | |
| 17. | The speed of sound in a ideal gas varies directly as it’s | 
| A. | bsolute temperature | 
| B. | emperature | 
| C. | ensity | 
| D. | odulus of elasticity | 
| Answer» B. emperature | |
| 18. | The depth of the bucket for a Pelton wheel is generally _________ the diameter of jet. | 
| A. | qual to | 
| B. | .2 times | 
| C. | .8 times | 
| D. | ouble | 
| Answer» C. .8 times | |
| 19. | The width of the bucket for a Pelton wheel is generally ________ the diameter of jet. | 
| A. | ouble | 
| B. | hree times | 
| C. | our times | 
| D. | ive times | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. | A metal with specific gravity of 'a' floating in a fluid of same specific gravity 'a' will | 
| A. | ink to bottom | 
| B. | loat over fluid | 
| C. | artly immersed | 
| D. | e fully immersed with top surface at fluid surface | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. | Impulse turbine is generally fitted | 
| A. | t the level of tail race | 
| B. | ittle above the tail race | 
| C. | lightly below the tail race | 
| D. | bout 2.5 m above the tail race to avoid cavitations | 
| Answer» C. lightly below the tail race | |
| 22. | According to Bernoulli's equation for steady ideal fluid flow | 
| A. | rinciple of conservation of mass holds | 
| B. | elocity and pressure are inversely proportional | 
| C. | otal energy is constant throughout | 
| D. | he energy is constant along a streamline but may vary across streamlines | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. | Froude's number is the ratio of inertia force to | 
| A. | ressure force | 
| B. | lastic force | 
| C. | ravity force | 
| D. | urface tension force | 
| Answer» D. urface tension force | |
| 24. | The hydraulic efficiency of an impulse turbine is maximum when velocity of wheel is _______ of the jet velocity, | 
| A. | ne-fourth | 
| B. | ne-half | 
| C. | hree-fourth | 
| D. | ouble | 
| Answer» C. hree-fourth | |
| 25. | The kinematic viscosity of an oil (in stokes) whose specific gravity is 0.95 and viscosity 0.011 poise, is | 
| A. | .0116 stoke | 
| B. | .116 stoke | 
| C. | .0611 stoke | 
| D. | .611 stoke | 
| Answer» B. .116 stoke | |
| 26. | When a body is placed over a liquid, it will sink down if | 
| A. | ravitational force is equal to the up-thrust of the liquid | 
| B. | ravitational force is less than the up-thrust of the liquid | 
| C. | ravitational force is more than the up-thrust of the liquid | 
| D. | one of the above | 
| Answer» D. one of the above | |
| 27. | The pressure at a point in a fluid will not be same in all the directions when the fluid is | 
| A. | oving | 
| B. | iscous | 
| C. | iscous and static | 
| D. | iscous and moving | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. | The force exerted by a jet of water (in a direction normal to flow) impinging on a fixed plate inclined at an angle θ with the jet is | 
| A. | waV/2g) × sin θ | 
| B. | waV/g) × sin θ | 
| C. | waV²/2g) × sin 2θ | 
| D. | waV²/g) × sin θ | 
| Answer» D. waV²/g) × sin θ | |
| 29. | Theoretical power required (in watts) to drive a reciprocating pump is (where w = Specific weight of liquid to be pumped in N/m3, Q = Discharge of the pump in m3/s, Hs = Suction head in meters, and Hd = Delivery head in meters) | 
| A. | QHs | 
| B. | QHd | 
| C. | Q (Hs - Hd) | 
| D. | Q (Hs + Hd) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. | The pressure of fluid due to hammer blow is | 
| A. | irectly proportional to density of fluid | 
| B. | nversely proportional to density of fluid | 
| C. | irectly proportional to (density)1/2 of fluid | 
| D. | nversely proportional to (density)1/2 of fluid | 
| Answer» D. nversely proportional to (density)1/2 of fluid | |
| 31. | An open tank containing liquid is moving with an acceleration on an inclined plane. The inclination of the free surface of the liquid will be __________ to the acceleration of the tank. | 
| A. | qual to | 
| B. | irectly proportional | 
| C. | nversely proportional | 
| D. | one of these | 
| Answer» C. nversely proportional | |
| 32. | The efficiency of power transmission through pipe is (where H = Total supply head, and hf = Head lost due to friction in the pipe) | 
| A. | H - hf )/H | 
| B. | /(H - hf ) | 
| C. | H + hf )/H | 
| D. | /(H + hf ) | 
| Answer» B. /(H - hf ) | |
| 33. | In order to increase sensitivity of U-tube manometer, one leg is usually inclined by angle 'θ'. Sensitivity of inclined tube to sensitivity of U-tube is equal to | 
| A. | inθ | 
| B. | /Sinθ | 
| C. | os θ | 
| D. | /Cosθ | 
| Answer» C. os θ | |
| 34. | Centrifugal pump is started with its delivery valve | 
| A. | ept fully closed | 
| B. | ept fully open | 
| C. | rrespective of any position | 
| D. | ept 50% open | 
| Answer» B. ept fully open | |
| 35. | Axial flow pump is started with its delivery valve | 
| A. | ept fully closed | 
| B. | ept fully open | 
| C. | rrespective of any position | 
| D. | ept 50% open | 
| Answer» C. rrespective of any position | |
| 36. | A fluid whose viscosity does not change with the rate of deformation or shear strain is known as | 
| A. | eal fluid | 
| B. | deal fluid | 
| C. | ewtonian fluid | 
| D. | on-Newtonian fluid | 
| Answer» D. on-Newtonian fluid | |
| 37. | The force exerted (in Newton) by a jet of water impinging normally on a fixed plate is (where w = Specific weight of water in N/m3, a = Cross-sectional area of jet in m², and V = Velocity of jet in m/s) | 
| A. | aV / 2g | 
| B. | aV / g | 
| C. | aV² / 2g | 
| D. | aV² / g | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. | According to fan laws, at constant pressure, the speed capacity and power vary | 
| A. | irectly as the air or gas density | 
| B. | nversely as square root of density | 
| C. | nversely as density | 
| D. | s square of density | 
| Answer» C. nversely as density | |
| 39. | The shear stress between the two liquid layers is __________ proportional to the distance between two layers. | 
| A. | irectly | 
| B. | nversely | 
| C. | oth A and B | 
| D. | one of these | 
| Answer» C. oth A and B | |
| 40. | Low specific speed of a pump implies it is | 
| A. | entrifugal pump | 
| B. | ixed flow pump | 
| C. | xial flow pump | 
| D. | one of the above | 
| Answer» B. ixed flow pump | |
| 41. | One liter of water occupies a volume of | 
| A. | 00 cm3 | 
| B. | 50 cm3 | 
| C. | 00 cm3 | 
| D. | 000 cm3 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. | A flow is called super-sonic if the | 
| A. | elocity of flow is very high | 
| B. | ischarge is difficult to measure | 
| C. | ach number is between 1 and 6 | 
| D. | one of these | 
| Answer» D. one of these | |
| 43. | The specific weight of water in S.I. units is taken as | 
| A. | .81 kN/m3 | 
| B. | .81 × 103 N/m3 | 
| C. | .81 × 10-6 N/mm3 | 
| D. | ny one of these | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. | The total pressure on the top of a closed cylindrical vessel of radius (r) completely filled up with liquid of specific weight (w) and rotating at (ω) rad/s about its vertical axis, is | 
| A. | w ω² r²/4g | 
| B. | w ω² r³/4g | 
| C. | w ω² r⁴/4g | 
| D. | w ω² r²/2g | 
| Answer» B. w ω² r³/4g | |
| 45. | The loss of head due to friction in a pipe of uniform diameter in which a viscous flow is taking place, is (where RN = Reynold number) | 
| A. | /RN | 
| B. | /RN | 
| C. | 6/RN | 
| D. | 4/RN | 
| Answer» D. 4/RN | |
| 46. | The diameter of the nozzle (d) for maximum transmission of power is given by (where D = Diameter of pipe, f = Darcy’s coefficient of friction for pipe, and l = Length of pipe) | 
| A. | = (D⁵/8fl)1/2 | 
| B. | = (D⁵/8fl)1/3 | 
| C. | = (D⁵/8fl)1/4 | 
| D. | = (D⁵/8fl)1/5 | 
| Answer» D. = (D⁵/8fl)1/5 | |
| 47. | Water is a __________ fluid. | 
| A. | eal | 
| B. | deal | 
| C. | ewtonian | 
| D. | on-Newtonian | 
| Answer» D. on-Newtonian | |
| 48. | The optimum value of vane exit angle for a centrifugal pump impeller is | 
| A. | 0-15° | 
| B. | 0-25° | 
| C. | 0-40° | 
| D. | 0-60° | 
| Answer» C. 0-40° | |
| 49. | A flow in which the viscosity of fluid is dominating over the inertia force is called | 
| A. | teady flow | 
| B. | nsteady flow | 
| C. | aminar flow | 
| D. | urbulent flow | 
| Answer» D. urbulent flow | |
| 50. | When a tank containing liquid moves with an acceleration in the horizontal direction, then the free surface of the liquid | 
| A. | emains horizontal | 
| B. | ecomes curved | 
| C. | alls on the front end | 
| D. | alls on the back end | 
| Answer» D. alls on the back end | |