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  1. A hydraulic press has a ram of 15 cm diameter and plunger of 1.5 cm. It is required to lift a weight of 1 tonne. The force required on plunger is equal to

  2. A.

     10 kg

    B.

     100 kg

    C.

     1000 kg

    D.

     1 kg

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  3. Specific weight of water in S.I. units is equal to

  4. A.

     1000 N/m3

    B.

     10000 N/m3

    C.

     9.81 × 103 N/m3

    D.

     9.81 × 10⁶ N/m3

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  5. The specific weight of water in S.I. units is taken as

  6. A.

     9.81 kN/m3

    B.

     9.81 × 103 N/m3

    C.

     9.81 × 10-6 N/mm3

    D.

     Any one of these

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  7. A flow is called super-sonic if the

  8. A.

     Velocity of flow is very high

    B.

     Discharge is difficult to measure

    C.

     Mach number is between 1 and 6

    D.

     None of these

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  9. One liter of water occupies a volume of

  10. A.

     100 cm3

    B.

     250 cm3

    C.

     500 cm3

    D.

     1000 cm3

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  11. The variation in the volume of a liquid with the variation of pressure is called its

  12. A.

     Surface tension

    B.

     Compressibility

    C.

     Capillarity

    D.

     Viscosity

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  13. The unit of surface tension is

  14. A.

     N/m

    B.

     N/m2

    C.

     N/m3

    D.

     N-m

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  15. Unit of surface tension is

  16. A.

     Energy/unit area

    B.

     Velocity/unit area

    C.

     Both of the above

    D.

     It has no units

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  17. Hydrometer is used to determine

  18. A.

     Specific gravity of liquids

    B.

     Specific gravity of solids

    C.

     Specific gravity of gases

    D.

     Relative humidity

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  19. The units of dynamic or absolute viscosity are

  20. A.

     Metres² per sec

    B.

     kg sec/meter

    C.

     Newton-sec per meter

    D.

     Newton-sec² per meter

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