Multiple Choice Questions
(Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines)
Unit 1 - Fluids and Their Properties
1. The branch of Engineering-science, which deals with water at rest
or in motion is called
(a)
hydraulics
(b) Fluid mechanics
(c)
Applied mechanics
(d) Kinematics.
2. A solid can resist which of the following stresses?
(a) Tensile
(b) Compressive
(c) Shear
(d) All of the above.
3...........possesses no definite volume and is compressible.
(a) Solid
(b) Liquid
(c) Gas
(d) Vapour.
4. 4. A real practical fluid possesses which of the following?
(a)
Viscosity
(b) Surface tension
(c)
Compressibility
(d) Density
(e) All of the above
5. The ratio of the specific weight of the liquid to the specific
weight of a standard fluid is known as
(a) Specific volume
(b) Weight density
(c) Specific gravity
(d) Viscosity.
The property of a fluid which determines its resistance to shearing
6.
stress is called
(a) Viscosity
(b) Surface tension
(c) Compressibility
(d) None of the above.
8. Fluids which do not follow the linear relationship between
shear stress and rate of deformation are termed as.... fluids.
(a) Newtonian
(b) Non-Newtonian
(c) Dilatant
(d) Ideal
9. The printer’s ink is an example of
(a) Newtonian fluid
(b) Non-Newtonian
(c) Thixotropic substance
(d) Elastic solid.
10. The viscosity of liquids.....with increase in temperature.
(a) Decreases
(b) Increases
(c) First decreases and then increases
(d) First increases and then decreases.
11. Surface tension is caused by the force of.....at the free
surface.
(a) Cohesion
(b) Adhesion
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above.
12. Which of the following is an example of phenomenon of
surface tension?
(a) Rain drops
(b) Rise of sap in a tree
(c) Break up of liquid jets
(d) All of the above.
13. Surface tension is expressed in
(a) N/m
(b) N/m2
(c) N2/m
(d) N/m3.
14. Pressure inside a water droplet is given by the relation
(a) p = 4 /d
(b) p = 3 /d
(c) p = 8 /d
(d) p = 16 /d
15........is a phenomenon by which a liquid rises into a thin
glass
tube above or below its general level.
(a) Surface tension
(b) Capillarity
(c) Cohesion
(d) Adhesion.
16. The capillary rise of water in the glass tube is given by
(a) h = 2o/wd
(b) h = 3o/wd
(c) h = 4o/wd
(d) h = 6o/wd
17. Elasticity of fluids is measured in terms of
(a) Young’s modulus of elasticity
(b) Shear modulus of elasticity
(c) Bulk modulus of elasticity
(d) None of the above.
18. Compressibility is the reciprocal of
(a) Bulk modulus of elasticity
(b) Shear modulus of elasticity
(c) Young’s modulus of elasticity
(d) Any of the above.
19. Bulk modulus of elasticity is the ratio of
(a) Tensile stress to tensile strain
(b) Compressive stress to compressive strain
(c) Compressive stress to volumetric strain
(d) None of the above.
20. The value of bulk modulus of elasticity..........with
increase of
pressure.
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Either of the above
(d) None of the above.
21. The force per unit area is called
(a) Pressure
(b) Strain
(c) Surface tension
(d) None of the above.
22. The pressure of a liquid on a surface will always
act......
to the surface.
(a) Parallel
(b) Normal
(c) 45°
(d) 60°.
23. The pressure.......as the depth of the liquid
increases.
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remain unchanged
(d) None of the above.
24. The intensity of pressure in a liquid due to its depth
will vary .... with depth.
(a) Directly
(b) Indirectly
(c) Either of the above
(d) None of the above.
25. The height of the free surface above any point is
known as
(a) Static head
(b) Intensity of pressure
(c) Either of the above
(d) None of the above.
26. “The intensity of pressure at any point in a liquid at rest
is the same in all directions.” The above statement is
known as
(a) Kirchhoffs law
(b) Pascal’s law
(c) Either of the above
(d) None of the above.
27. Any pressure measured above the absolute zero of
pressure is termed as
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Gauge pressure
(c) Either of the above
(d) None of the above
28. The fundamental S.I. unit of pressure is N/m 2; this
is also
known as ......
(a) Pascal
(b) Stoke
(c) Poise
(d) None of the above.