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01) Which of the following flows have the highest A)flow in a pipe
critical Reynolds number (lower)?
A) flow in a pipe
B) flow between parallel plates
C) flow in an open channel
D) flow around spherical body

02) The ratio of inertia force to viscous force is b) Reynolds number

known as
a) Grashof number
b) Reynolds number
c) Fourier number
d) Nusselt number

03) For transient flow, the value of Reynolds c) 2300-6000

number may vary between
a) 1450-9870
b) 1200-4500
c) 2300-6000
d) 6000-9000

04) The Prandtl Number approximates _____ a) Momentum diffusivity to

a) Momentum diffusivity to thermal thermal diffusivity
diffusivity
b) Thermal diffusivity to momentum
diffusivity
c) Shear stress to thermal diffusivity
 d) Thermal diffusivity to kinematic viscosity

05) Prandtl number is the ratio of C. kinematic viscosity (ν) to

thermal diffusivity (α)
A. thermal diffusivity (α) to absolute viscosity
(μ)
B. absolute viscosity (μ) to thermal diffusivity
(α)
C. kinematic viscosity (ν) to thermal
diffusivity (α)
D. thermal diffusivity (α) to kinematic
viscosity (ν)

06) Which quantity signifies the ratio of b) Nusselt number

temperature gradient at the surface to a
reference temperature gradient?
a) Reynolds number
b) Nusselt number
c) Fourier number
d) Stanton number

07) Nusselt number is given by a) h l/k

a) h l/k
b) 2 h l/k
c) 3 h l/k
d) 4 h l/k

08) For a given value of Nusselt number, the c) Thermal conductivity

convective surface coefficient h is directly
proportional to
a) Length
 b) Mass
c) Thermal conductivity
d) Density

09) D)100-10000
What is the value of Prandtl number for highly
viscous oils?
a) 100-1000
b) 0-100
c) 10-100
d) 100-10000

10) The ratio of heat transfer coefficient to the d) Stanton number

flow of heat per unit temperature rise due to
the velocity of the fluid is known as
a) Fourier number
b) Grashof number
c) Peclet number
d) Stanton number

11) Which number indicates the relative ability of b) Prandtl number

the fluid to diffuse momentum and internal
energy by molecular mechanisms?
a) Nusselt number
b) Prandtl number
c) Peclet number
d) Stanton number

12) Which number establishes the relation A)Nusselt number

between convective film coefficient, thermal
conductivity of the fluid and a significant
 length parameter?
a) Nusselt number
b) Stanton number
c) Peclet number
d) Fourier number

13) The ratio of heat transfer coefficient to the d) Stanton number

flow of heat per unit temperature rise due to
the velocity of the fluid is known as
a) Fourier number
b) Grashof number
c) Peclet number
d) Stanton number

14) What is the value of Prandtl number for liquid a) 0.003-0.01

metals?
a) 0.003-0.01
b) 0.01-0.1
c) 0.1-0.5
d) 0.5-0.95

15) The product of buoyant force and inertia force b) Grashof number
to the square of the viscous force is known as
a) Stanton number
b) Grashof number
c) Fourier number
d) Peclet number

16) For inclined plates we multiply Grashof d) Cos α

number with
a) Cos 2 α
 b) tan α
c) Sin α
d) Cos α

17) The convective heat transfer coefficient in

laminar flow over a flat plate c) Increases if a denser fluid is used
a) Increases with distance
b) Increases if a higher viscosity fluid is used
c) Increases if a denser fluid is used
d) Decreases with increase in free stream
velocity

18) When a hemisphere is placed on the ground on b) circle

its flat face, its top view is a _____
a) semi circle
b) circle
c) ellipse
d) irregular one

19) When a hemisphere is placed on the ground on a) semi circle

its flat face, its front view is a _____
a) semi circle
b) square
c) ellipse
d) irregular one

20) For laminar flow over a flat plate, the average d) Dynamic viscosity has to be
value of a Nusselt number is prescribed by the decreased sixteen times
relation
Nu = 0.664 (Re)^0.5 (Pr)^0.33
Which of the following is then a false
 statement?
a) Density has to be increased four times
b) Plate length has to be decreased four times
c) Specific heat has to be increased four times
d) Dynamic viscosity has to be decreased
sixteen times

21) If we imagine a curve within a fluid , the B)Stream line

tangent at every point of which indicates the
direction of the velocity of the fluid particles ,
then the curve is known as a
A) Boundary layer
B) Stream line
C) Streak line
D) Laminar curve
22) Viscous effect of a fluid C) is confined in the boundary
A) is found in the turbulent core layer
B) is confined outside the boundary layer
C) is confined in the boundary layer
D) is confined in the potential flow
23) The zone of transition between the laminar B) buffer layer
sublayer and the turbulent core is called
A) transition zone
B)buffer layer
C)boundary layer
D)none of the above
24) For flow over a flat plate , the critical value of D) all of the above
Reynolds number characterizes
A) the flow when eddies start forming in
the fluid
B) the end of the laminar boundary layer
 C) the beginning of turbulent boundary
layer
D) all of the above
25) A fluid is flowing over a flat plate with a free B) displacement thickness
stream velocity u∞ . The distance by which an
equivalent uniform stream would have to be
displaced from the surface to give the same
volume flow of the fluid is called the
A) boundary layer thickness
B) displacement thickness
C) momentum thickness
D) energy thickness

26) For flow over a cylinder , the flow separation

occurs at the location s for which
A) ( ∂∂ uy ) =0

( )
s
∂u
A) =0
∂y s

B) (
∂ y)
∂u
>0
s

C) (
∂ y)
∂u
<0
s

D) When Reynolds number exceeds 2300

27) A fluid is flowing along a plate having a high A) Decreases
uniform wall temperature .The heat transfer
coefficient along the length
A) Decreases
B) Increases
C) Remains constant
D) First decreases and then increases
28) The conditions which are important to study D)All of the above
the analysis of a heat transfer process under
 steady state are
A) Geometric conditions
B) Physical conditions
C) Boundary conditions
D) All of the above
29) The ratio of surface shear stress to free stream C) Drag coefficient
kinetic energy is called
A) Friction factor
B) Weber number
C) Drag coefficient
D) Drag force
30) In laminar boundary layers over a flat plate , C) Pr
−1
3

δr
the ratio of is equal to
δ
1
A) Pr 2
1
B) Pr 3
−1
C) Pr 3

1
D) Pr 4

31) It is a property of a fluid C) Kinematic viscosity

A) Eddy Viscosity
B) Eddy diffusivity
C) Kinematic viscosity
D) Turbulent Prandtl number
32) The convective heat transfer coefficient for C) x
−1
2 and x−0.2
laminar and turbulent flows over a flat plate
varies respectively as –
1
A) x 2 and x 0.2
 1
B) x 2 and x−0.2
−1
C) x 2 and x−0.2
1
D) x 3 and x 0.2

33) δt B) Very large

In liquid metal heat transfer, is
δ
A) Very small
B) Very large
C) About 1
D) Dependent on the thermal conductivity
of the film
34) In liquid metal heat transfer, Nusselt number is C) Peclet number
a function of
A) Prandtl number
B) Reynolds number
C) Peclet number
D) Peclet and Reynolds number
35) The Nusselt number for fully developed C) Is constant
laminar flow in a tube under constant heat flux
A) Depends on Reynolds number
B) Depends on Prandtl number
C) Is constant
D) Depends on Graetz number
36) This equation can be used to determine A) Hagen-Poiseuille equation
experimentally the dynamic viscosity of a fluid
A) Hagen-Poiseuille equation
B) Dittus-Boelter equation
C) Sieder-Tate equation
D) Hausen’s equation
37) When a hot fluid is flowing over a cold flat C) Is zero at the edge of the
plate, the temperature gradient thermal boundary layer
 A) Is zero at the surface
B) Is negative at the surface
C) Is zero at the edge of the thermal
boundary layer
D) Is positive at the edge of the thermal
boundary layer
38) The boundary layer thickness at a distance x 1 1
C) 5.0 ( x 2 ν 2 u
−1
2 )
∞
from the leading edge in a laminar boundary
layer ( Blasius velocity profile is )
−1
A) 5.0 R e 2
x

−1
B) 4.64 R e 2
x

1 1 −1
C) 5.0 ( x 2 ν 2 u 2 )
∞

1
D) 5.0 R e 2
x

39) If the local heat transfer coefficient is h x at a A) 2 h x

distance x from the leading edge, the average
heat transfer coefficient is
A) 2 h x
B) √ hx
C) 3 h x
D) 4 h x
40) Which is an example of forced convection A) Stirring liquid heating in a
A) Stirring liquid heating in a vessel vessel with pipe
with pipe
B) Liquid heating in a vessel
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above