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Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Assignment- Week 0
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 1 = 15
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QUESTION 1:
The dimension of pressure is

(a) MLT 1

(b) MLT 2

(c) ML1T 2

(d) ML2T 1

Correct Answer: c

Force
Detailed Solution: The dimensional equivalent of pressure is = .
Area

[ Force] [mass][acceleration] MLT 2

Therefore [pressure]=    ML1T 2
[ Area] [ Area] 2
L

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QUESTION 2:
 4 1 1
The rank of the matrix  1 1 1 is
 7 3 1 

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Correct Answer: b
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Detailed Solution:
Let us simplify the matrix

 4 1 1
 1 1 1
 
 7 3 1 

0 5 3
R1  R1  4 R2   1 1 1
 7 3 1 

0 5 3

R3  R3  7 R2   1 1 1
 0 10 6 

0 5 3
R3  R3  2 R1   1 1 1
 0 0 0 

It cannot be further simplified and number of non-zero rows is two, hence rank is 2.

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QUESTION 3:
1 2 3
If A  0 4 5 , then det(A1) is
0 0 1

1
(a)
2
1
(b)
3
(c) 3
1
(d)
4
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Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution:

det(A)  4

1 1
det(A 1)  
det(A) 4

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QUESTION 4:
4 2
The lowest eigenvalue of the matrix   is
1 3 
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 3
Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution:

| A   I | 0
4 2
0
1 3
or , (4   )(3   )  2  0
or ,  2  7  10  0
  5, 2
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QUESTION 5:

 
The divergence of the vector field u  e x cos( y)iˆ  sin( y) ˆj is

(a) 0
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(b) e x  cos( y)  sin( y) 

(c) 2e x cos( y)

(d) 2e x sin( y)

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution:

 
Divergence is given by   u  (u x )  (u y )
x y

 x 
u  (e cos(y))  (e x sin(y))
x y

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QUESTION 6:
Curl of vector V ( x, y, z )  2 x 2iˆ  3z 2 ˆj  y 3kˆ at x  y  z  1 is

(a) 3iˆ

(b) 3iˆ

(c) 3iˆ  4 ˆj

(d) 3iˆ  6kˆ

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution: curl of the vector can be calculated as

iˆ ˆj kˆ



x

y

z
 
 iˆ 3 y 2  6 z  ˆj  0   kˆ(0  0)

2 x2 3z 2 y3

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QUESTION 7:
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At x  0 , the function f ( x) | x | has

(a) a minimum
(b) a maximum
(c) a point of inflexion
(d) neither a maximum nor minimum

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution:

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QUESTION 8:
x3  sin( x)
The value of lim 
x 0 x
(a) 0
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) -1

Correct Answer: d

0
Detailed Solution: The limit has a form. Hence we use the L’Hospital rule
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3x 2  cos( x) 0  1
lim 
x 0 1 1

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QUESTION 9:
dy
If y is the solution of the differential equation y3  x3  0, y(0)  1, the value of y(1) is
dx
(a) -2
(b) -1
(c) 0
(d) 1
Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution:

dy
y3   x3 or, y3dy   x3dx integrate and use the given boundary condition to find the constant.
dx

 
1/4
You get y  1  x 4 . Thus at x=-1, y=0

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QUESTION 10:
dy
The solution of the initial value problem  2 xy ; y(0)  2 is
dx

(a) 1  2e x
2

(b) 2e x
2

(c) 1  e x
2

2
(d) 2e x
Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution:
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dy
 2 xy  0
dx
The above equation looks similar to

dy
 Py  Q
dx

IF  e
Pdx
 e2 xdx  e x
2
Thus e 
Pdx

Solution of such equation is given by

y  IF   Q  IFdx  c

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