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Mercury is often used in barometer because _________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Mercury is often used in barometer because _________________?

A. it is the best liquid
B. the height of barometer will be less
C. its vapour pressure is so low that it may be neglected
D. both B. and C.
E. it moves easily

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Which of the following instrument can be used for measuring speed of an aeroplane ________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Which of the following instrument can be used for measuring speed of an aeroplane ________________?

A. Venturimeter
B. Orifice plate
C. hot wire anemometer
D. rotameter
E. pitot tube

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Barometer is used to measure__________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Barometer is used to measure__________________?

A. pressure in pipes, channels etc.
B. atmospheric pressure
C. very low pressure
D. difference of pressure between two points
E. rain level

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

In an isothermal atmosphere, the pressure__________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
In an isothermal atmosphere, the pressure__________________?

A. decreases linearly with elevation
B. remains constant
C. varies in the same way as the density
D. increases exponentially with elevation
E. unpredictable

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Operation of McLeod gauge used for low pressure measurement is based on the principle of_____________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Operation of McLeod gauge used for low pressure measurement is based on the principle of_____________________?

A. gas law
B. Boyle’s law
C. Charle’s law
D. Pascal’s law
E. McLeod’s law

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Pressure of the order of 10″‘ torr can be measured by_______________ ?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Pressure of the order of 10″‘ torr can be measured by_______________ ?

A. Bourdon tube
B. Pirani Gauge
C. micro-manometer
D. ionisastion gauge
E. McLeod gauge

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Newton’s law of viscosity is a relationship between________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Newton’s law of viscosity is a relationship between________________?

A. shear stress anctthejiate of angular distortion
B. shear stress and viscosity
C. shear stress, velocity and viscosity
D. pressure, velocity and viscosity
E. shear stress, pressure and rate of angular distortion

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

An odd shaped body weighing 7.5 kg and occupying 0.01 m3 volume will be completely submerged in a fluid having specific gravity of_________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
An odd shaped body weighing 7.5 kg and occupying 0.01 m3 volume will be completely submerged in a fluid having specific gravity of_________________?

A. 1
B. 1.2
C. 0.8
D. 0.75
E. 1.25

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

The atmospheric pressure with rise in altitude decreases____________________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
The atmospheric pressure with rise in altitude decreases____________________?

A. linearly
B. first slowly and then steeply
C. first steeply and then gradually
D. unpredictable
E. none of the above

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to smallest possible area due to the_______________?

August 15, 2021January 23, 2019 by admin
Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to smallest possible area due to the_______________?

A. force of adhesion
B. force of cohesion
C. force of friction
D. force of diffusion
E. none of die above

Categories Civil Engineering Mcqs, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
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