chemical engineering fluid mechanics for chemical chemical engineering Mcqs
551. The discharge co-efficient for an orifice meter does not depend upon the ___________________?
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A. Type of orifice & the Reynolds number

B. Ratio of pipe diameter to orifice diameter

C. Pipe length

D. Pipe diameter

553. Check valves are used_______________?
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A. At high pressure

B. In bends

C. For controlling water flow

D. For unidirectional flow
555. Reciprocating pumps compared to centrifugal pumps__________________?
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A. Can handle slurries more efficiently

B. Are not subject to air binding

C. Can be operated with delivery valve closed

D. Deliver liquid at uniform pressure

558. Manometers measure the ______________ pressure?
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A. Vacuum as well as the atmospheric

B. Absolute

C. Difference in

D. Gage

561. With increase in the temperature, viscosity of a liquid____________________?
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A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. May increase or decrease; depends on the liquid

D. Remain constant

562. Absolute viscosity of a fluid is a function of the __________ of the fluid?
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A. Motion

B. Pressure & temperature

C. Shearing stress

D. Both B. & C.
566. Cd for the orifice plate varies from ___________________?
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A. 0.58 to 0.8

B. 0.2 to 0.3

C. 0.02 to 0.03

D. 0.93 to 0.98

568. The rate of change of moment of momentum represents the ______________ by the fluid?
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A. Power developed

B. Torque applied

C. Work done

D. Force exerted

570. Mercury is an ideal barometric fluid mainly due to its __________________?
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A. Very low vapor pressure

B. High density

C. Low compressibility

D. Low capillary action

571. The normal stress is the same in all directions at a point in a fluid, when the fluid is__________________?
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A. Non-viscous

B. Incompressible

C. Both A. and B.

D. Having no motion of one fluid layer relative to the other
572. Which of the following two quantities when same, makes one pipe system equivalent to another pipe system ?
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A. Length & discharge

B. Length & diameter

C. Friction factor & diameter

D. Head & discharge
574. In turbulent flow, a rough pipe has the same friction factor as a smooth pipe____________________?
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A. In the zone of complete turbulence

B. When the friction factor is independent of the Reynolds number

C. Everywhere in the transition zone

D. When the roughness projections are much smaller than the thickness of the laminar film
575. A pipe is defined as hydraulically smooth, if the friction factor_________________?
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A. Is not a function of Reynolds number

B. None of these

C. Is zero irrespective of the Reynolds number

D. For a given Reynolds number remains constant even on further smoothening of the pipe
576. An ideal nozzle design aims at________________?
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A. Minimising wall friction

B. Suppressing boundary layer separation

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

579. The line of action of the buoyant force passes through the centre of gravity of the_______________________?
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A. Displaced volume of the fluid

B. Horizontal projection of the body

C. Volume of fluid vertically above the body

D. Submerged body

580. For a specific centrifugal air blower operating at constant speed & capacity, the power requirement and pressure vary_______________?
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A. Directly as square root of gas density

B. Directly as square of gas density

C. Inversely as gas density

D. Directly as gas density
581. Which of the following fluid forces are not considered in the Navier-Stokes equation ?
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A. Viscous forces

B. Pressure forces

C. Turbulent forces

D. Gravity forces

582. Which of the following factors does not contribute to the pressure drop in a pipeline ?
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A. None of these

B. Size of pipe

C. Velocity of fluid

D. Length of pipe and number of bends

586. While starting a centrifugal pump, its delivery valve should be kept___________________?
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A. Either opened or closed; depending on the fluid viscosity

B. Either opened or closed; it does not make any difference

C. Opened

D. Closed
589. Characteristic curves for a centrifugal pump plotted against its capacity is shown in the diagram. x, y and z denote respectively_______________?
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A. Head, efficiency and B.H.P.

B. Efficiency, head and B.H.P.

C. B.H.P., efficiency and head

D. Efficiency, B.H.P. and head

591. Choking in case of pipe flow means that a___________________?
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A. None of these

B. Valve is closed in the line

C. Restriction in flow cross-section area occurs

D. Specified mass flow rate cannot be achieved
593. The specific speed of a pump is defined as the speed of a unit of such a size, that it__________________?
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A. Delivers unit discharge at unit power

B. Delivers unit discharge at unit head

C. None of these

D. Requires unit power for unit head

594. Buoyant force__________________?
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A. For non-symmetrical bodies is not vertical

B. Depends on the depth of the submergence of the floating body

C. Depends on the weight of the floating body

D. None of these

596. The flow of a liquid through tapering pipe at a constant rate is an example of _______________ flow?
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A. Steady uniform

B. Steady non uniform

C. Unsteady non uniform

D. Unsteady uniform

598. Capacity of a hydraulic accumulator is defined in terms of maximum_____________________?
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A. Amount of energy stored

B. Rate of falling of ram

C. Volume available in the cylinder

D. Flow rate through accumulator

600. Priming of a centrifugal pump is done to___________________?
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A. None of these

B. Develop effective pressure rise by the pump

C. Increase the mass flow rate of fluid

D. Avoid chances of separation inside the impeller