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  1. Discharge of a centrifugal pump is (where N = Speed of the pump impeller)

  2. A.

     Directly proportional to N

    B.

     Inversely proportional to N

    C.

     Directly proportional to N²

    D.

     Inversely proportional to N²

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  3. A Pelton wheel working under a constant head and discharge, has maximum efficiency when the speed ratio is

  4. A.

     0.26

    B.

     0.36

    C.

     0.46

    D.

     0.56

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  5. When a vertical wall is subjected to pressures due to liquid on both sides, the resultant pressure is the __________ of the two pressures.

  6. A.

     Sum

    B.

     Difference

    C.

     Arithmetic mean

    D.

     Geometric mean

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  7. The speed of an imaginary turbine, identical with the given turbine, which will develop a unit power under a unit head, is known as

  8. A.

     Normal speed

    B.

     Unit speed

    C.

     Specific speed

    D.

     None of these

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  9. The overall efficiency for a Pelton wheel lies between

  10. A.

     0.50 to 0.65

    B.

     0.65 to 0.75

    C.

     0.75 to 0.85

    D.

     0.85 to 0.90

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  11. A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall per unit length is (where w = Specific weight of liquid, and H = Height of liquid)

  12. A.

     wH

    B.

     wH/2

    C.

     wH2/2

    D.

     wH2/3

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  13. A liquid would wet the solid, if adhesion forces as compared to cohesion forces are

  14. A.

     Less

    B.

     More

    C.

     Equal

    D.

     Less at low temperature and more at high temperature

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  15. Which of the following manometer has highest sensitivity?

  16. A.

     U-tube with water

    B.

     Inclined U-tube

    C.

     U-tube with mercury

    D.

     Micro-manometer with water

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  17. The viscosity of a liquid __________ its rate of flow through a hole in a vessel.

  18. A.

     Effects

    B.

     Does not effect

    C.

     Both A and B

    D.

     None of these

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  19. A uniform body 3 m long, 2 m wide and 1 m deep floats in water. If the depth of immersion is 0.6 m, then the weight of the body is

  20. A.

     3.53 kN

    B.

     33.3 kN

    C.

     35.3 kN

    D.

     None of these

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