Q. Volute type of casing is provided in a centrifugal pump to

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Q. Bernoulli's equation is not applicable, when the flow is

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Q. Centre of pressure of a plane surface of arbitrary shape immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid

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Q. Drag co-efficient for flow past immersed body is the ratio of __________ to the product of velocity head and density.

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Q. Creeping flow around a sphere is defined, when particle Reynolds number is

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Q. In a free vortex, the

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Q. Pick out the wrong statement.

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Q. The velocity distribution in direction normal to the direction of flow in plane Poiseuille flow is

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Q. In fluid flow, the stagnation point is defined as a point, where the __________ is zero.

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Q. A special type of liquid transporting device is the diffuser pump, in which __________ are minimised.

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Q. Reynolds number for flow of water at room temperature through 2 cm dia pipe at an average velocity of 5 cm/sec is around

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Q. Centrifugal pumps as compared to reciprocating pumps

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Q. What type of motion the fluid element undergoes, when it changes from one position to another position, such that the angle between the two sides change ?

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Q. In which type of fluid flow, the velocity of flow of fluid changes from point to point in the fluid at any instant ?

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Q. The continuity equation in ideal fluid flow states that

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Q. Which of the following is most prone to pulsating discharge flow ?

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Q. A streamline is

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Q. Which of the following relationship is valid for the equilibrium position of the float in a rotameter ? (where, Df = Drag force on the float Bf = Buoyant force on the float Wf = Weight of the float)

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Q. Drag is defined as the force exerted by the

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Q. The boundary layer is that part of a moving fluid, in which the fluid velocity is

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