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Mercury is often used in barometer because _________________?

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

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

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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

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Barometer is used to measure__________________?

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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

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In an isothermal atmosphere, the pressure__________________?

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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Newton’s law of viscosity is a relationship between________________?

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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

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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_________________?

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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

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The atmospheric pressure with rise in altitude decreases____________________?

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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

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

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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

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