Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Mcqs
This set of Civil Engineering Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “ Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics ”. These Mcqs are chosen from a collection of most authoritative and best reference books on Civil Engineering. Our aim is to prepare an individual for competitive exams like NTS, GAT, ECAT, University and College entrance exams, Jobs and interviews. One should practice our MCQS to assimilate Railway Engineering Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics comprehensively.
32. Mercury does not wet glass. This is due to property of liquid known as_________________?
Adhesion
Cohesion
Surface tension
Viscosity
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33. Property of a fluid by which molecules of different kinds of fluids are attracted to each other is called________________?
Adhesion
Cohesion
Viscosity
Compressibility
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34. Specific weight of water in S.I. units is equal to_________________?
1000 N/m3
10000 N/m3
9.81 xlO3 N/m3
9.81 xlO6N/m3
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35. Which of the following is dimensionless ________________?
Specific weight
Specific volume
Specific speed
Specific gravity
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36. The pressure at a point in a fluid will not be same in all the directions when the fluid is________________?
Moving
Viscous
Viscous and static
Inviscous and moving
Viscous and moving
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37. The tendency of a liquid surface to contract is due to the following property_________________?
Cohesion
Adhesion
Viscosity
Surface tension
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38. A fluid in equilibrium can’t sustain_________________?
Tensile stress
Compressive stress
Shear stress
Bending stress
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39. The bulk modulus of elasticity with increase in pressure___________________?
Increases
Decreases
Remains constant
Increases first upto certain limit and then decreases
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40. A balloon lifting in air follows the following principle_________________?
Law of gravitation
Archimedes principle
Principle of buoyancy
All of the above
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41. In a static fluid__________________?
Resistance to shear stress is small
Fluid pressure is zero
Linear deformation is small
Only normal stresses can exist
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42. A perfect gas_________________?
Has constant viscosity
Has zero viscosity
Is incompressible
Is of theoretical interest
none of the above
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43. The increase of temperature results in_________________?
Increase in viscosity of gas
Increase in viscosity of liquid
Decrease in viscosity of gas
Decrease in viscosity of liquid
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44. Surface tension has the units of____________________?
Newtons/m
Newtons/m
New tons/m
Newtons
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45. The stress-strain relation of the newtoneon fluid is________________?
Linear
Parabolic
Hyperbolic
Inverse type