SET 1

1. Fluid is a substance that.

A. cannot be subjected to shear forces

B. always expands until it fills any container

C. has the same shear stress at a point regardless of its motion

D. cannot remain at rest under action of any shear force

ANSWER: D

2. If no resistance is encountered by displacement, such a substance is known as.

A. fluid

B. water

C. gas

D. ideal fluid

ANSWER: D

3. The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are.

A. the meta-centre should lie above the centre of gravity

B. the centre of buoyancy and the centre of gravity must lie on the same vertical line

C. a righting couple should be formed

D. all the above are correct

ANSWER: D

4. Atmospheric pressure held in terms of water column is.

A. 7.5 m

B. 8.5 m

C. 9.81 m

D. 10.3 m

ANSWER: D

5. A balloon lifting in air follows the following principle.

A. Archimedes principle

B. principle of buoyancy

C. A or B
D. Both A and B

ANSWER: D

6. The units of viscosity are.

A. metres2 per sec

B. kg sec per metre

C. newton-sec per metre2

D. newton-sec per metre

E. none of the above

ANSWER: C

7. Bourdon tube pressure gauge is used for measuring which pressures.

A. High

B. Low

C. High as well as low

D. None

ANSWER: C

8. The density of a liquid is 900 kg/m3 then specific gravity of that liquid is.

A. 0.09

B. 0.9

C. 9

D. 9.81

ANSWER: B

9. Kinematic viscosity is equal to.

A. dynamic viscosity/density

B. dynamicviscosity x density

C. density/dynamic viscosity

D. 1/dynamicviscosity x density

ANSWER: A

10. Specific weight of sea water is more that of pure water because it contains.

A. dissolved air
B. dissolved salt

C. suspended matter

D. all of the above

ANSWER: D

11. When the flow parameters at any given instant remain same at every point, then flow is said to be.

A. quasi static

B. steady state

C. laminar

D. uniform

ANSWER: D

12. When the flow parameters at any given instant remain same with respect to time, then flow is said
to be.

A. quasi static

B. steady

C. laminar

D. uniform

ANSWER: B

13. The path followed by fluid particles in motion is called.

A. stream line

B. Path line

C. streak line

D. none

ANSWER: B

14. The flow in a river during the period of heavy rain fall is.

A. steady, non uniform and 3-d

B. steady, uniform and 2-d

C. unsteady, niform and 3-d

D. unsteady, non uniform and 3-d

ANSWER: D

15. The motion of fluid particles may be described by which of the following methods.

A. lagrangian method

B. Eularian method

C. both a and b

D. none

ANSWER: C

16. In which of the following methods the observer concentrates on a point in the fluid system.

A. lagrangian method

B. Eularian method

C. any of the above

D. none

ANSWER: B

17. In which of the following methods the observer concentrates on a single fluid particle in the fluid
system.

A. lagrangian method

B. Eularian method

C. any of the above

D. none

ANSWER: A

18. The type of flow in which the velocity at any given time does not change with respect to space is
called.

A. steady flow
B. compressible flow

C. uniform flow

D. rotational flow

ANSWER: C

19. The type of flow in which the velocity at any given time does not change with respect to time is
called.

A. steady flow

B. compressible flow

C. uniform flow

D. rotational flow

ANSWER: A

20. ____________ is defined as a scalar function of space and time, such that its negative derivative with
respect to any direction gives the fluid velocity in that direction.

A. velocity potential function

B. stream function

C. circulation

D. vorticity

ANSWER: A