Practice Test: Question Set - 08
1. 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
2. Which of the following statement is correct?
- (A) In
a compressible flow, the volume of the flowing liquid changes during the flow
- (B) A
flow, in which the volume of the flowing liquid does not change, is called
incompressible flow
- (C) When the
particles rotate about their own axes while flowing, the flow is said to be
rotational flow
- (D) All
of the above
3. A bucket of water is hanging from a spring balance. An iron piece is suspended into water without touching sides of bucket from another support. The spring balance reading will
- (A) Increase
- (B) Decrease
- (C) Remain same
- (D) Increase/decrease
depending on depth of immersion
4. A flow through a long pipe at constant rate is called
- (A) Steady
uniform flow
- (B) Steady
non-uniform flow
- (C) Unsteady
uniform flow
- (D) Unsteady
non-uniform flow
5. Choose the wrong statement
- (A) Viscosity of a fluid is that property which
determines the amount of its resistance to a shearing force
- (B) Viscosity is due
primarily to interaction between fluid molecules
- (C) Viscosity of liquids
decreases with increase in temperature
- (D) Viscosity of liquids
is appreciably affected by change in pressure
6. The unit of dynamic viscosity in S.I. units is
- (A) N-m/s2
- (B) N-s/m2
- (C) Poise
- (D) Stoke
7. A perfect gas
- (A) Has constant
viscosity
- (B) Has zero viscosity
- (C) Is in compressible
- (D) None of the above
8. In a free nappe,
- (A) The
pressure below the nappe is atmospheric
- (B) The
pressure below the nappe is negative
- (C) The
pressure above the nappe is atmospheric
- (D) The
pressure above the nappe is negative
9. In a static fluid
- (A) Resistance to shear
stress is small
- (B) Fluid pressure is
zero
- (C) Linear deformation is
small
- (D) Only normal stresses
can exist
10. One liter of water occupies a volume of
- (A) 100 cm3
- (B) 250 cm3
- (C) 500 cm3
- (D) 1000 cm3
11. A balloon lifting in air follows the following principle
- (A) Law of gravitation
- (B) Archimedes principle
- (C) Principle of buoyancy
- (D) All of the above
12. The maximum discharge over a broad crested weir is
- (A) 0.384 Cd × L × H1/2
- (B) 0.384 Cd × L × H3/2
- (C) 1.71 Cd × L × H1/2
- (D) 1.71 Cd × L × H3/2
13. The ratio of absolute viscosity to mass density is known as
- (A) Specific viscosity
- (B) Viscosity index
- (C) Kinematic viscosity
- (D) Coefficient of
viscosity
14. Reynold's number is the ratio of inertia force to
- (A) Pressure
force
- (B) Elastic
force
- (C) Gravity
force
- (D) Viscous
force
15. Meta-centric height is given as the distance between
- (A) The center of gravity
of the body and the metacenter
- (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 metacenter
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