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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Q. For a perfect incompressible liquid, flowing in a continuous stream, the total energy of a particle remains the same, while the particle moves from one point to another. This statement is called

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Q. The buoyancy depends upon the

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Q. In an internal mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is __________ the atmospheric pressure head by an amount equal to height of the liquid above the vena contracta.

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Q. Select the correct statement

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Q. The specific weight of sea water is __________ that of pure water.

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Q. If a body floating in a liquid occupies a new position and remains at rest in this new position, when given a small angular displacement, The body is said to be in __________ equilibrium.

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Q. The force exerted by a moving fluid on an immersed body is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum due to the presence of the body. This statement is called

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Q. The most economical section of a trapezoidal channel is one which has hydraulic mean depth equal to

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Q. The velocity corresponding to Reynold number of 2000 is called

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