Pressure and Its Measurement MCQs

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Q31.
A Hydraulic press has a ram of 30 cm diameter and a plunger of of 2 cm diameter. It is used for lifting a weight of 35 kN. Find the force required at the plunger.

a.

233.3 kN

b.

311.1 kN

c.

466.6 kN

d.

155.5 kN

Discuss
Answer: (d).155.5 kN
Q32.
The pressure at a point in the fluid is 4.9 N/cm². Find height when the fluid under consideration is in oil of specific gravity of 0.85.

a.

5.83 m

b.

11.66 m

c.

17.49 m

d.

8.74 m

Discuss
Answer: (a).5.83 m
Q33.
An open tank contains water upto a depth of 350 cm and above it an oil of specific gravity 0.65 for a depth of 2.5 m. Find the pressure intensity at the extreme bottom of the tank.

a.

5.027 N/cm²

b.

10.05 N/cm²

c.

2.51 N/cm²

d.

None of the mentioned

Discuss
Answer: (a).5.027 N/cm²
Q34.
The diameters of a small piston and a large piston of a hydraulic jack are 45 mm and 100 mm respectively.Force of 0.09 kN applied on smaller in size piston. Find load lifted by piston if smaller in size piston is 40 cm above the large piston. The density of fluid is 850 kg/m³.

a.

60 N/cm²

b.

12 N/cm²

c.

30 N/cm²

d.

None of the mentioned

Discuss
Answer: (a).60 N/cm²
Q35.
If fluid is at rest in a container of a narrow mouth at a certain column height and same fluid is at rest at same column height in a container having broad mouth, will the pressure be different at certain depth from fluid surface.

a.

Pressure will be same for both.

b.

Pressure will be more for narrower mouth

c.

Pressure will be less for narrower mouth

d.

None of the mentioned

Discuss
Answer: (a).Pressure will be same for both.
Q36.
We can draw Mohr’s circle for a fluid at rest.

a.

True

b.

False

c.

May be True or False

d.

Can't say

Discuss
Answer: (b).False
Q37.
Pressure intensity or force due to pressure gradient for fluid at rest is considered as which kind of force?

a.

Surface force

b.

Body force

c.

Force due to motion

d.

None of the mentioned

Discuss
Answer: (a).Surface force
Q38.
Calculate the hydrostatic pressure for water moving with constant velocity at a depth of 5 m from the surface.

a.

49 kN/m²

b.

98 kN/m²

c.

since fluid is in motion, we cannot analyse

d.

None of the mentioned

Discuss
Answer: (a).49 kN/m²
Q39.
Pressure distribution for fluid at rest takes into consideration pressure due to viscous force.

a.

True

b.

False

c.

May be True or False

d.

Can't say

Discuss
Answer: (b).False
Q40.
A beaker of height 30 cm is filled with water (Sw = 1) up to a height of 10 cm. Now oil (S₀ = 0:9) is poured into the beaker till it is completely filled. At what distance (in cm) from the base will the pressure be one-third the pressure at the base of the beaker?

a.

27.33

b.

19.2

c.

10.8

d.

2.67

Discuss
Answer: (b).19.2
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