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This document contains 12 multiple choice questions about hydraulic engineering topics like specific volume, cavitation, shear stress, surface tension, capillarity, viscosity, and density. The questions cover fluid properties, pressure units, and instruments like hydrometers. Detailed solutions are provided for each question.

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NPTEL Online Certification Courses

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Hydraulic Engineering
Assignment- Week 1
Number of questions: 12 Total mark: 12 X 1 = 12

QUESTION 1:
A fluid occupies 24 m3. Calculate the specific volume in m3/kg if the fluid mass is 16 kg.
a. 0.667
b. 1
c. 1.334
d. 1.5

Correct Answer: d. 1.5

𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑 24
Detailed Solution: The specific volume of the fluid = = 16 = 1.5 m3/kg
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑

QUESTION 2:
Cavitation is caused by :
a. High velocity
b. Low pressure
c. High pressure
d. High temperature

Correct Answer: b: Low pressure

Detailed Solution: Cavitation is defined as the process of formation of vapor phase of a liquid
when it is subjected to reduced pressure at constant ambient temperature.
QUESTION 3:
Shear stress in the Newtonian fluid is proportional to :
a. pressure
b. strain
c. strain rate
d. the inverse of the viscosity

Correct Answer: c. Strain rate

Detailed Solution: Shear stress in a Newtonian fluid is defined as 𝜏=µdu/dy


µ is dynamic viscosity
du/dy is strain rate and has the unit of s-1

QUESTION 4:
Which of the following is an example of phenomenon of surface tension?
a. Rain drops
b. Rise of sap in a tree
c. Break up of liquid jets
d. All of the above.

Correct Answer: d. All of the above

Detailed Solution: Rain drops, Rise of sap in a tree and Break up of liquid jets are examples of
surface tension phenomenon.
QUESTION 5:
The equivalent head of Mercury corresponding to 8 kPa is (Take specific gravity of mercury as
13.6)
a. 6 cm
b. 3 cm
c. 3.5 cm
d. 2 cm

Correct Answer: a. 6 cm

Detailed Solution: Let hm be the equivalent height of mercury in mercury column


𝑷 𝟖
𝒉𝒎 = = = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟓𝟗𝟗 𝒎 = 𝟔 𝒄𝒎
𝜸𝒎 𝟏𝟑. 𝟔 𝑿 𝟗. 𝟖𝟏

QUESTION 6:

.................. is a phenomenon by which a liquid rises into a thin glass tube above or below its
general level.

a. Surface tension
b. Capillarity
c. Cohesion
d. Adhesion

Correct Answer: b. Capillarity


Detailed Solution: Capillary rise or capillarity is a phenomenon in which liquid spontaneously rises
or falls in a narrow space such as a thin tube or in the voids of a porous material.
QUESTION 7:
Which one of the following is the dimension of specific gravity ?
a. M0 L0 T0
b. M1 L3 T0
c. M0 L-3 T0
d. M0 L3 T0

Correct Answer: a. M0 L0 T0

Detailed Solution: Specific gravity is the ratio of specific weight of a fluid to the specific weight
of a standard fluid . Being a ratio of two quantities with same units .specific gravity has no units
M 0 L 0 T0

QUESTION 8:
Surface tension is due to
a. Cohesion and Adhesion

b. Cohesion only

c. Adhesion only

d. None of the above

Correct Answer: b. Cohesion only

Detailed Solution: Surface tension is a cohesive force which develops between two immiscible
fluids and develops a tension on the surface.
QUESTION 9:
For an incompressible fluid does density vary with temperature and pressure?

a. It varies for all temperature and pressure range


b. It remains constant
c. It varies only for lower values of temperature and pressure
d. It varies only for higher values of temperature and pressure

Correct Answer: b. It remains constant

Detailed Solution: For an incompressible fluid, the change in density is negligible. Thus it does not
change with temperature and pressure.

QUESTION 10:
Which one of the following pressure units represents the least pressure?
a. millibar
b. mm of Hg
c. N//mm2
d. Kgf/cm2
Correct Answer: a. millibar

Detailed Solution:
1 atm=10.1 m of water
=760mm of Hg
= 1013 mllibar
= 101.3 kPa
=1.013 kgf/cm2
=0.1013 N/mm2

1 1 1 1
1 millibar= 1013atm , 1mm of Hg = 760 atm, 1N/mm2 =0.1013atm , 1kgf/cm2= 1.013atm
QUESTION 11:

A hydrometer is used to determine

a. Zero Relative humidity


b. Surface tension of liquids
c. Specific gravity of liquids
d. Viscosity of liquids

Correct Answer: c. Specific gravity of liquids

Detailed Solution: A hydrometer is an instrument used to measure the specific gravity (or relative
density) of liquids; that is, the ratio of the density of the liquid to the density of water.

QUESTION 12:
The unit of dynamic viscosity of fluid is
a. m2/s

b. N-s/m2

c. Pa-s/m2

d. Kg-s2/m2

Correct Answer: b. N-s/m2

Detailed Solution: dynamic viscosity has SI units of N-s/m2.

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