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Hydraulics And Fluid Mechanics In Me — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Mechanical Engineering MCQs on Hydraulics And Fluid Mechanics In Me — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for PAEC, NESCOM, PPSC, FPSC, WAPDA.

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Exam-Level PAEC NESCOM PPSC FPSC WAPDA
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Question 1 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The product of mass and acceleration of flowing liquid is called

Question 2 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following turbine is preferred for 0 to 25 m head of water?

Question 3 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The force present in a moving liquid is

Question 4 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The flow in a pipe or channel is said to be non-uniform when

Question 5 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The discharge of a depressed nappe is 6 to 7 percent __________ that of a free nappe.

Question 6 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Power required to drive a centrifugal pump is directly proportional to _________ of its impeller.

Question 7 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following is an example of laminar flow?

Question 8 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

According to Newton's law of viscosity, the shear stress on a layer of a fluid is __________ to the rate of shear strain.

Question 9 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The torque required to overcome viscous resistance of a footstep bearing is (where $$\mu $$ = Viscosity of the oil, N = Speed of the shaft, R = Radius of the shaft and t = Thickness of the oil film)

Question 10 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A glass tube of smaller diameter is used while performing an experiment for the capillary rise of water because

Question 11 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The angle of taper on draft tube is

Question 12 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The working of which of the following hydraulic units is based on Pascal's law?

Question 13 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A flow in which each liquid particle has a definite path, and the paths of individual particles do not cross each other, is called

Question 14 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A double overhung Pelton wheel has

Question 15 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A compound pipe of diameter d 1 , d 2 and d 3 having lengths $${l_1},\,{l_2}$$ and $${l_3}$$ is to be replaced by an equivalent pipe of uniform diameter d and of the same length $$l$$ as that of the compound pipe. The size of the equivalent pipe is given by

Question 16 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Air vessels in reciprocating pump are used to

Question 17 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The optimum value of vane exit angle for a centrifugal pump impeller is

Question 18 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The specific speed (N s ) of a centrifugal pump is given by

Question 19 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

In an outward flow reaction turbine

Question 20 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

In an inward flow reaction turbine

Question 21 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

If a pump is handling water and is discharging a certain flow Q at a constant total dynamic head requiring a definite B.H.P., the same pump when handling a liquid of specific gravity 0.75 and viscosity nearly same as of water, the horse power required will be

Question 22 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The efficiency of jet propulsion for a ship with inlet orifices at right angles to the direction of motion of ship is given by

Question 23 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A glass tube of small diameter (d) is dipped in fluid. The height of rise or fall in the tube given by (where w = Specific weight of liquid, $$\alpha $$ = Angle of contact of the liquid surface and $$\sigma $$ = Surface tension)

Question 24 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The viscosity of water is __________ than that of mercury.

Question 25 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The specific speed from 160 to 500 r.p.m. of a centrifugal pump indicates that the pump is

Question 26 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The total pressure force on a plane area is equal to the area multiplied by the intensity of pressure at the Centroid, if

Question 27 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

In a centrifugal pump casing, the flow of water leaving the impeller, is

Question 28 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The flow ratio of Francis turbine is defined as the ratio of the

Question 29 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The jet ratio is defined as the ratio of the

Question 30 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The centrifugal pump preferred for a specific speed between 80 to 160 r.p.m. is

Question 31 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following pump is successfully used for lifting water to the turbines?

Question 32 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following statement is correct as regard to water wheels?

Question 33 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The kinematic viscosity is the

Question 34 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The viscosity of water at 20°C is

Question 35 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A vertically immersed surface is shown in the below figure. The distance of its centre of pressure from the water surface is

Question 36 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The sheet of water flowing over a notch or a weir is known as

Question 37 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

When the water level on the downstream side of a weir is above the top surface of a weir, the weir is known as

Question 38 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Kinematic similarity is said to exist between the model and the prototype, if both of them

Question 39 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Dynamic similarity is said to exist between the model and the prototype, if both of them

Question 40 of 40
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Geometric similarity is said to exist between the model and the prototype, if both of them

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