ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK

Properties of Fluids
One Mark Questions GFIPMO01A. The SI unit of kinematic viscosity
() is:
GFIPMO95A. A fluid is said to be Newtonian
fluid when the shear stress is (a) m2 /sec (b) kg/m-sec
(c) m/sec 2 (d) m2 /sec 2
(a) directly proportional to the velocity
gradient.
GFIPMO04A. An incompressible fluid (kinematic
(b) inversely proportional to the velocity
viscosity = 7.4×10−7 m2 /s, specific
gradient
gravity, 0.88) is held between two parallel
(c) independent of the velocity gradient
plates. If the top plate is moved with a
(d) none of the above
velocity of 0.5 m/s while the bottom one is
held stationary, the fluid attains a linear
GFIPMO96A. A fluid is one which can be defined
velocity profile in the gap of 0.5 mm
as a substance that:
between these plates; the shear stress in
(a) has that same shear stress at all points
Pascal on the surface of bottom plate is:
(b) can deform indefinitely under the
action of the smallest shear force
(a) 65.1 (b) 0.651
(c) has the small shear stress in all
(c) 6.51 (d) 651
directions
(d) is practically incompressible
GFIPMO06A. For a Newtonian fluid:
(a) shear stress is proportional to shear
GFIPMO96B. The dimension of surface tension
strain
is:
(b) rate of shear stress is proportional to
shear strain
(a) ML−1 (b) L2 T −1
(c) shear stress is proportional to rate of
(c) ML−1 T −1 (d) MT −2
shear strain
(d) rate of shear stress is proportional to
GFIPPO97A. The dimension of surface tension is
rate of shear strain
(a) N/m2 (b) J/m
GFIPMO08A. A journal bearing has a shaft
(c) J/m2 (d) W/m
diameter of 40 mm and a length of 40mm.
The shaft is rotating at 20 rad/s and the
GFIPPO99A. If ‘P’ is the gauge pressure within a
viscosity of the lubricant is 20 mPa-s. The
spherical droplet, then gauge pressure
clearance is 0.020 mm. The loss of torque
within a bubble of the same fluid and of
due to the viscosity of the lubricant is
same size will be:
P P approximately:
(a) (b)
4 2
(c) P (d) 2P (a) 0.040 Nm (b) 0.252 Nm
(c) 0.400 Nm (d) 0.652 Nm
GFIPMO99B. Kinematic viscosity of air at 200 C is
given to be 1.6×10−5 m2 /s . Its kinematic GFIPMO14A. The difference in pressure (in
viscosity at 700 C will be varying approximately: N/m2) across an air bubble of diameter 0.001 m
(a) 2.2×10−5 m2 /s immersed in water (surface tension = 0.072 N/m)
(b) 1.6×10−5 m2 /s is _________
(c) 1.2×10−5 m2 /s d) 3.2×10−5 m2 /s

ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719 Page 1
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
GFIPMO14B. Assuming constant temperature
condition and air to be an ideal gas, the
variation in atmospheric pressure with
height calculated from fluid statics is
(a) linear (b) exponential
(c) quadratic (d) cubic
Two Marks Questions
GFIPMO03A. Newton’s law of viscosity states
that the shear stress in a fluid is
proportional to:
(a) The velocity of the fluid.
(b) The time rate of change of velocity of
the fluid.
(c) The rate of change of velocity of the
fluid with the height of fluid film.
(d) The square of the velocity of the fluid.
GFIPMO04B. A cubic block of side ‘L’ and mass
‘M’ is dragged over an oil film across table
by a string connects to a hanging block of
mass ‘m’ as shown is fig. The Newtonian oil
film of thickness ‘h’ has dynamic viscosity
′μ′ and the flow condition is laminar. The
acceleration due to gravity is ‘g’. The steady
state velocity ‘V’ of block is:
Mgh Mgh
(a) μ L2
(b) μ
mgh mgh
(c) μ L2
(d) μ infinite horizontal plates which are parallel
GFIPPO07A. Oil in a hydraulic cylinder is
compressed from an initial volume 2m3 to
1.96 m3 . If the pressure of oil in the
cyli8nder changes from 40 MPa to 80 MPa
ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719
Properties of Fluids
during compression, the bulk modulus of
elasticity of oil is _________
(a) 1000 MPa (b) 2000 MPa
(c) 4000 MPa (d) 8000 MPa
GFIPMO10A. A lightly loaded full journal
bearing has journal diameter of 50 mm,
bush bore of 50.50 mm and bush length of
20 mm. If rotational speed of journal is 1200
rpm and average viscosity of liquid
lubricant is 0.3 Pa-sec, the power loss (in
Watt) will be:
(a) 37 (b) 74 (c) 118 (d) 237
GFIPMO14C. In a simple concentric shaft-
bearing arrangement, the lubricant flows in
the 2mm gap between the shaft and the
bearing. The flow may be assumed to be a
plane Couette flow with zero pressure
gradient. The dynamic viscosity of the
lubricant is 0.1g/m.s. The frictional resisting
force (in Newton) per 100mm length of the
bearing is _____
GFIPMO15A. Which of the following statement
are TRUE, when the cavitation parameter σ = 0?
(i) The local pressure is reduced to vapor
pressure.
(ii) Cavitation starts
(iii) Boiling of liquid starts
(iv) Cavitation stops
(a) (i), (ii) and (iv
(b) only (ii) and (iii)
(c) only (i) and (iii)
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
GFIPMO16A.Consider fluid flow between two
(the gap between them being 50 mm). The
top plate is sliding parallel to the stationary
bottom plate at a speed of 3 m/s. The flow
between the plates is solely due to the
motion of the top plate. The force per unit
Page 2
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
Properties of Fluids
area (magnitude) required to maintain the
bottom plate stationary is _____ N/m2.
Viscosity of the fluid μ = 0.44 kg/m-s and
density ρ = 888 kg/m3 .

ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719 Page 3
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
One Mark Questions
01. Shown below are three cylindrical gates
which restrain water in a 2-D channel.
Which gate experiences the maximum
vertical component, the minimum vertical
component and the maximum horizontal
component of the hydrostatic force?
(GATE-ME-93)
02. Bodies in floatation to be in stable
equilibrium the necessary and sufficient
condition is that the Centre of gravity is
located below the _____
(GATE-ME-94)
03. A mercury manometer is used to measure
the static pressure at a point in a water pipe
as shown in Fig. The level difference of
mercury in the two limbs is 10 mm. The
gauge pressure at that point is
(GATE-ME-96)
(a) 1236 Pa (b) 1333 Pa
(c) Zero (d) 98 Pa
04. A static fluid can have
(a) Non-zero normal and shear stress
(b) Negative normal stress and zero shear
stress
ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719
Fluid statics
(c) Positive normal stress and zero shear
stress
(d) Zero normal stress and non-zero shear
stress
05. A cylindrical body of cross-sectional area A,
height H and density ρs , is immersed to a
depth h in a liquid of density ρ, and tied to
the bottom with a string. The tension in the
string is (GATE-ME-03)
(a) ρghA (b) (ρs − ρ)ghA
(c) (ρ − ρs )ghA (d) (ρh − ρs H)gA
06. For the stability of a floating body, under
the influence of gravity alone, which of the
following is TRUE? (GATE-ME-10)
(a) Metacenter should be below Centre of
gravity.
(b) Metacenter should be above Centre of
gravity.
(c) Metacenter and Centre of gravity must
lie on the same horizontal line.
(d) Metacenter and Centre of gravity must
lie on the same vertical line.
07. For a completely submerged body with
Centre of gravity ‘G’ and Centre of
buoyancy ‘B’, the condition of stability will
be (GATE-ME-14)(S-1)
(a) G is located below B
(b) G is located above B
(c) G and B are coincident
(d) Independent of the locations of G and B
08. For a floating body, buoyant force acts at
the
(GATE-16-SET-1)
(a) centroid of the floating body
Page 1
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
Fluid statics
(b) center of gravity of the body (a) gd [ ha – (H – h) A]
(c) centroid of the fluid vertically below (b) gdHA
the body (c) gdHa
(d) centroid of the displaced fluid (d) gd (H – h) A

Two Marks Questions 04. Refer to figure, the absolute pressure of gas
A in the bulb is
01. A circular plate 1 m in diameter is (GATE-ME-97)
submerged vertically in water such that its
upper edge is 8m below the free surface of
water. The total hydrostatic pressure force
on one side of plate is:
(GATE-ME-88)
(a) 6.7 kN (b) 65.4 kN
(c) 45.0 kN (d) 77.0 kN

02. the cross-sectional area of one limb of a U-

tube manometer [figure shown below] is
made 500 time larger than the other, so
that the pressure difference between the
two limbs can be determined by measuring
‘h’ on one limb of the manometer. The
percentage error involved is:
(GATE-ME-90)
(a) 771.2 mm Hg (b) 752.65 mm Hg
(c) 767.35 mm Hg (d) 748.8 mm Hg
05. In given figure, if the pressure of gas in bulb
A is 50 cm Hg vacuum and patm = 76 cm
Hg, then height of column H is equal to
(GATE-ME-00)

(a) 1.0 (b) 0.5

(c) 0.2 (d) 0.05
03. The force F needed to support the liquid of
density d and the vessel on top (fig) is (a) 26 mm (b) 50 cm
(GATE-ME-95) (c) 76 cm (d) 126 cm

06. The horizontal and vertical hydrostatic

forces Fx and Fy on the semi-circular gate,
having a width ‘w’ into the plane of figure,
are
(GATE-ME-01)

ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719 Page 2
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
(a) Fx = ρghrw and Fy = 0
(b) Fx = 2ρghrw and Fy = 0
(c) Fx = 2ρghrw and Fy = ρgwr 2 /2
(d) Fx = 2ρghrw and Fy = πρgwr 2 /2
07. The pressure gauges G1 and G2 installed on
the system shown pressures of PG1 = 5.00
bar and PG2 = 1.00 bar. The value of
unknown pressure P is
(GATE-ME-04)
(a) 1.01 bar (b) 2.01 bar
(c) 5.00 bar (d) 7.01 bar
08. A two dimensional fluid element rotates
like a rigid body. At a point with in the
element, the pressure is 1 unit. Radius of
the Mohr’s circle, charactering the state of
stress at the point, is
(GATE-ME-08)
(a) 0.5 unit (b) 0 unit
(c) 1 unit (d) 2 units
09. A hinged gate of length 5 m, inclined at 300
with the horizontal and with water mass on
its left, is shown in the figure below. Density
of water is 1000 kg/m3 . The minimum mass
of the gate in kg per unit width
(perpendicular to the plane of paper),
required to keep it closed is
(GATE-ME-13)
ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719
Fluid statics
(a) 5000 (b) 6600
(c) 7546 (d) 9623
10. A spherical balloon with a diameter of 10m,
shown in the figure below is used for
advertisements. The balloon is filled with
helium (R He = 2.08 kJ/kg. K) at ambient
conditions of 150 C and 100 kPa. Assuming
no disturbances due to wind, the maximum
allowable weight (in Newton) of balloon
material and rope required to avoid the fall
of the balloon (R air = 0.289kJ/kg. K) is
______
(GATE-ME-14)
11. An inverted U-tube manometer is used to
measure the pressure difference between
two pipes A and B, as shown in the figure.
Pipe A is carrying oil (Specific gravity = 0.8)
and pipe B is carrying water. The densities
of air and water are 1.16 kg/m3 and 1000
kg/m3 , rspectively. The pressure difference
between pipes A and B is _____ kPa.
Acceleration due to gravity
g = 10 m/s2
(GATE-16-SET-1)
Page 3
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
Fluid statics
π
(a) 2ρR2 gL (1 − 4 )
π
(b) 2ρR2 gL (1 + 4 )
2
(c) πρR gL
π
(d) 2 ρR2 gL

14. A 2m×2m square opening in a vertical wall

is covered with a metallic plate of the same
dimensions as shown in the figure below.
Consider the acceleration due to gravity to
be 10.0 m/s 2. The force (in kN) exerted by
12. The large vessel shown in the figure water on the plate is _____
contains oil and water. A body is submerged
at the interface of oil and water such that
45 percent of its volume is in oil while the
rest is in water. The density of the body is
____ kg/m3 .
The specific gravity of oil is 0.7 and density
of water is 1000 kg/m2 .
Acceleration due to gravity g = 10 m/s2
(GATE-16-SET-2)
(GATE-PI-16)
15. The arrangement shown in the figure
measures the velocity V of a gas of density
1Kg/m3 flowing through a pipe. The
acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s2. If
the manometric fluid is water (𝜌 =
1000𝐾𝑔/𝑚3 ) and the velocity V is 20m/s.
13. Consider a frictionless, massless and leak- The differential head in mm between the
proof blocking a rectangular hole of two arms of the manometer is______
dimensions 2R×L at the bottom of an open (GATE -17-SET 2)
tank as shown in the figure. The head of the
plug has the shape of a semi-cylinder of
radius R. The tank is filled with a liquid of
density ρ up to the tip of the plug. The
gravitational acceleration is g. Neglect the
effect of the atmospheric pressure.

The force F required to hold the plug in its

position is (GATE-16-SET-2)

ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719 Page 4
 ENGINEERS HUB FLUID MECHANICS WORK BOOK
Fluid statics

Five Marks Questions

01. A cylinder of mass 10 kg and area of cross-
section 0.1 m2 is tied down with string in a
vessel containing two liquids as shown in
Figure. Calculate gauge pressure on the
cylinder bottom and the tension in the
string. Density of water = 1000 kg/m2 .
Specific gravity of A = 0.8. Specific gravity of
B (water) = 1.0.
(GATE-ME-98)

ENGINEERS HUB UNDER THE GUIDANC EOF NEGI SIR (IIT-BOMBAY), BNPM- AIR1
+91-9505243432, +91-8454993478, WhatsApp: 8292244719 Page 5