Engineering  :: Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines  
            
            
         
     
    
	 
    
 
    
 
    
 
 
    
	
	
        
  
    
    
    
        
            
			
			
            
            
                111.  
In which of the following cases it is possible for flow to occur from low pressure to high pressure?  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Flow through a converging section 
				 				 B. Adiabatic flow in a horizontal pipe 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Flow of liquid in a vertical pipe 
				 				 D. Flow of air downward in a pipe 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. None of the above 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: A 
 
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                112.  
At point A in a pipe line carrying water the diameter is 1 m, the pressure 98 kPa and the velocity 1 m/s. At point B, 2 m higher than A, the diameter is 0.5 m and the pressure 20 kPa. The direction of flow would be  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. A to B 
				 				 B. B to A 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Cannot be ascertained from data 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: A 
 
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                113.  
Identify the correct statement  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Frictional resistance in a pipe decreases with density of the fluid 
				 				 B. Frictional resistance in a pipe is dependent on the fluid pressure 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Frictional resistance in a pipe is independent on surface roughness 
				 				 D. Frictional resistance in a pipe depends on the square of area of the wetted surface 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. Frictional resistance in a pipe increases with the square of velocity 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: E 
 
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                114.  
Pressure co-efficient is a ratio of pressure forces to  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Viscous forces   
				 				 B. Intertial forces   
				  
				 
				 				 C. Gravity forces 
				 				 D. Surface tension forces 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. Elastic energy forces 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: B 
 
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                115.  
Eulers dimensionless number relates  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Pressure force and inertia force 
				 				 B. Inertia force and gravity force 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Buoyant force and inertia force 
				 				 D. Buoyant force and viscous force 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. Viscous force and inertia force 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: A 
 
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                116.  
The velocity distribution for flow between two fixed parallel plates  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Is constant over the cross-section 
				 				 B. Varies parabolically across the section 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Is zero at the plates and linearly increases towards the plates 
				 				 D. Is zero in the middle and increases linearly towards the plates 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. None of the above 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: A 
 
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                117.  
Bernoulli's theorem deals with the principle of conservation of  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Energy 
				 				 B. Momentum 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Mass 
				 				 D. Force 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. Hydraulic pressure 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: A 
 
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                118.  
The friction factor in turbulent flow in smooth pipes depends upon the following:  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. V, D, ?, L,  
				 				 B. L,  
				  
				 
				 				 C. (L, D, ?, ?,  
				 				 D. V, D,  
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. L, D, Q, V. 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: D 
 
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                119.  
The head loss in turbulent flow in a pipe  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Varies inversely with diameter 
				 				 B. Varies conversely with diameter 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Varies conversely as square of velocity 
				 				 D. Varies directly as velocity 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. Varies approximately as square of velocity 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: E 
 
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                120.  
Falling drops of water become spherical due to  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				A. Adhesion 
				 				 B. Cohesion 
				  
				 
				 				 C. Dynamic viscosity 
				 				 D. Kinematic viscosity 
				 				  
				 
				 				  
				    E. Surface tension 
					
					     
				 
				  
				 				 
				 
                        
                        
                            Answer: E 
 
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