A fluid is a substance that a. permanently resists distortion b. does not permanently resist distortion c.

has a definite density which is constant under all circumstances, d. has a density which cannot be accurately determined. 2.The unit of pressure in SI system is a. kg/m2 b. kg.m/s2 c. kg/m.s2 d. kg.m2/s 3.Pressure is a a. vector b. scalar c. tensor d. none of these 4.A fluid in equilibrium means a. its viscosity is zero b. shear stresses are acting on the fluid but no flow behavior is manifeste d c. it is free from shear stresses d. a hypothetical situation because fluids are never in equilibrium. A manometer is used to measure a. pressure difference b. absolute pressure c. both (a) and (b) 7.The flow of an incompressible fluid with no shear is known as a. Potential flow b. Laminar flow c. Turbulent flow d. Couette flow 8.A fluid is called Newtonian when the shear stress versus shear strain plot is a. linear and passes through origin b. linear but has an intercept c. exponential and passes through the origin d. is a rectangular hyperbola 9.When a fluid flows over a stationary solid surface, the fluid velocity at the fluid solid interface is a. Zero b. equal to free stream velocity c. between zero and free stream velocity 10.Liquid that does not flow at all until a threshold shear stress is attained i s known as a. Bingham Plastic b. Pseudoplastic c. Dilatant fluid d. Newtonian liquid 11.The unit of viscosity in CGS system is commonly known as Poise. The dimension of Poise is a. g/cm.s2 b. g.cm/s c. g.cm2/s d. g/cm.s 12.The unit of viscosity in SI system is a. N.S b. Pa. S c. N. Pa d. N.Pa/s 13.Viscosity of a gas a. decreases with an increase in temperature

b. increases with an increase in temperature c. remains unaffected with change in temperature. 14.Viscosity of a liquid a. decreases with increasing temperature b. increases with increasing temperature c. remains unaffected with change in temperature 15.Kinematic viscosity is a ratio of a. absolute viscosity to absolute pressure b. absolute viscosity to absolute temperature c. absolute viscosity to specific heat d. none of the above 16.Kinematic viscosity has a unit of a. m/s b. m/s2 c. m2 /s d. kg.m/s 17.Reynolds number is a ratio of a. momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity b. momentum diffusivity to molecular diffusivity c. inertial force to viscous force d. average velocity to velocity of sound 18.Flow is laminar when Reynolds number is a. less than 2100 b. less than 4000 c. less than 10000 d. less than 25000 19.Consider fluid flow over a flat plate. When flow in the boundary layer is com pletely laminar, the thickness of the boundary layer ( ) varies with the distance from the leading edge of the plate (x) in accordance with relation : proportional to x 0.5 proportional to x 0.8 proportional to x proportional to x 1.5 20.The onset of turbulence is characterized by a. a sudden rapid decrease in the thickness of the boundary layer b. a sudden increase in velocity in the direction of flow c. a sudden rapid increase in the thickness of boundary layer d. a sudden decrease in velocity in the direction of flow 21.A turbulent boundary layer consists of three zones which are buffer layer, tu rbulent zone and a. critical layer b. stagnant zone c. viscous sub layer d. thin film zone 22.The equation of continuity applies to a. incompressible fluids b. compressible fluids c. highly viscous fluids d. both incompressible and compressible fluids 23.An incompressible fluid of density flows through a tube of constant cross sec tional area A at a flow rate of Q (vol/time). For this situation which of the fo llowing is /are correct? a. Q/A = constant b. Q. = constant c. Q. /A = constant d. all (a), (b) and (c) 24.The unit of mass velocity in SI system is a. kg/s b. kg/ m3. s c. kg/m.s

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kg/ m2. s

25.For flow of incompressible fluids through tubes of constant cross-sectional a rea, mass velocity is a. directly proportional to the absolute temperature b. inversely proportional to the total pressure c. directly proportional to the absolute temperature d. independent of temperature and pressure 26.For laminar flow of Newtonian fluids in pipes, the ratio of average velocity to maximum velocity is equal to a. 0.5 b. 1.0 c. 1.5 d. 2.0 27.The fully developed velocity profile for laminar flow of Newtonian fluids in pipes is a. parabolic with the apex at the centerline of the pipe b. parabolic with the apex at the pipe wall c. rod-like d. none of the above .For laminar flow in a pipe, the Fanning friction factor depends on Reynolds num ber according to the relation a. f = 24/ Re b. f = 18.5/ Re c. f = 16/ Re d. none of the above A particle attains its terminal velocity when a. gravity force + drag force=buoyancy force b. gravity force - drag force=buoyancy force c. buoyancy force = gravity force d. drag force=buoyancy force 30.Consider steady flow of a viscous fluid at constant density through a horizon tal pipe. The flow is fully developed. For such a situation, which one of the fo , and shear s llowing equations describes the relation between wall shear stress, tress, , at any radial position in the pipe ? a. [ / w]=[r /R ] b. [ / w]=[R/r ] c. [ / w]=1-[r /R ]2 d. [ / w]=[r /R ]2 31.Water flows laminarly through a tube of dia 1 cm. The average water velocity is uav and the maximum velocity is umax. Then a. umax = 1.5 uav b. umax = 2 uav c. umax = 2.5 uav d. umax = 3 uav 32.The Fanning equation relating pressure drop and friction factor is given by a. - ps = 2fLu2 / gcD b. - ps = 2L u2 / fgcD c. - ps = 2fL u2/ gcD d. - ps = 2fD u2/ gcL ( L : length of the pipe; D : diameter ; f : friction factor ; u : average veloc ity; : density) 33.For an ideal fluid flow the Reynolds number is a. 2100 b. >4000 c. 0 d. infinity 34.For turbulent fluid flow through pipes, the kinetic energy and momentum corre ction factors are practically equal to a. 0.5

b. 1 c. 2 d. 4 35.Under otherwise uniform conditions Fanning friction factor for a rough pipe i s a. smaller than that for a smooth pipe b. greater than that for a smooth pipe c. equal to that for a smooth pipe 36.Water flows turbulently through a smooth pipe. At the centre line the velocit y gradient is a. infinity b. zero c. between zero and one d. none of the above 37.Consider turbulent flow of a fluid in a smooth pipe. At the centre line the t urbulence is a. isotropic b. anisotropic 38.Velocity distribution in turbulent flow is customarily expressed in terms of dimensionless parameters : u + = u/u*, where u* = w gc / (friction velocity), and y + = y/ wgc . Now which of the following equation represents velocity distributi on in the laminar sublayer ? a. u + = 5 ln y+ - 3.05 b. u + = 2.457 ln y + + 5.67 c. u + = y + d. u + . y + = 1 39.The logarithmic velocity law for the turbulent core was proposed by a. Reynolds b. Nikuradse c. Von Karman d. Prandtl 40.Stokes law is valid (strictly theoretically) when particle Reynolds number is NRe,p is a. much less than one b. equal to one c. much greater than one d. none of the foregoing 41.As predicted by stokes law, the drag coefficient, CD , is given by a. 16/ NRe,p b. 8/ NRe,p c. 24/ NRe,p d. 32/ NRe,p 42.In potential flow, wall drag is a. infinite b. zero c. finite and non-zero d. none of the foregoing. 43.At the stagnation point, a. pressure is zero b. both pressure and velocity is zero c. velocity is zero d. neither pressure non velocity is zero. 44.A sphere settles freely through a pool of liquid and the settling is in stoke s law range. The terminal velocity of the sphere will a. be independent of the liquid viscosity b. increase linearly with viscosity c. decrease inversely with viscosity d. decrease inversely with the square of viscosity. 45.In a laboratory experiment spheres of different sizes are allowed to settle f

reely through a pool of liquid and terminal velocities are calculated. It is fou nd that terminal velocity increases with the square root of the particle diamete r. It appears that the settling conforms to a. Stokes low range regime b. intermediate regime c. Newtons law regime d. Any one of the above, more data needed for correct prediction. 46.Two spherical particles, one of dia d1 and the other of dia d2 , settle freel y through a pool of liquid and the settling is in accordance with Stoke s law. d 1:d2 = 1 : 2. Therefore, u1 : u2 is equal to a. 1 : 2 b. 2 : 1 c. 4 : 1 d. 1 : 4 47.For free settling in intermediate range, terminal velocity of a particle vari es as a. particle dia, dp b. dp0.5 c. dp2 d. dp1.14 48.The drag coefficient in hindered settling is a. equal to that in free settling b. grater than in free settling c. less