Q. A manometer can be used to measure vacuum pressures.

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Q. The error in discharge (dQ/Q) to the error in measurement of head (dH/H) over a rectangular notch is given by

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Q. The tendency of a liquid to uplift a submerged body, because of the upward thrust of the liquid, is known as buoyancy.

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Q. If a body floating in a liquid does not return back to its original position, and heels farther "away when given a small angular displacement, the body is said to be in neutral equilibrium.

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Q. The length of the divergent cone in a venturimeter is __________ that of the convergent cone.

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Q. A flow through a long pipe at constant rate is called

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Q. The volume per unit mass of a liquid is called specific volume.

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Q. In an external or internal mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is zero when atmospheric pressure head is 10.3 m of water.

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Q. The shear stress-strain graph for a newtonian fluid is a

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Q. If a pitot tube is placed with its nose upstream, downstream or sideways, the reading will be the same in every case.

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Q. A flow in which each liquid particle does not have a definite path and the paths of individual particles also cross each other, is called turbulent flow.

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Q. A flow in which the viscosity of fluid is dominating over the inertia force is called

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Q. An air vessel is provided at the summit in a syphon to

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Q. Which of the following statement is correct ?

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Q. The rise, in water level, which occurs during the transformation of the unstable shooting flow to the stable streaming flow is called hydraulic jump.

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Q. One stoke is equal to

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Q. The water hammer in pipes occurs due to sudden change in the velocity of flowing liquid

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Q. A venturiflume is a flumed structure constructed across a channel by restricting its width.

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Q. According to Pascal's law, the intensity of pressure at any point in a fluid at rest is the same in all directions.

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Q. The ratio of the inertia force to the surface tension force is called Weber's number.

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