Saturday Practical Batch
Saturday Practical Batch
CHAPTER 2
MECHANICAL PRORPERTIES OF FLUIDS
Q.1 Select and write the correct answer along with
alphabet for the following: (1 mark each)
a) gravity
b) intermolecular attraction
c) surface tension
d) viscosity
2. SI unit of coefficient of viscosity is
a) N s/m
b) N s2/m
c) N s2/m2
d) N s/m2
3. Two capillary tubes of radii 0.6 cm and 0.3 cm are dipped in the
same liquid. The ratio of heights through which the liquid will rise in
the tubes is
a) 1:2
b) 1:4
c) 2:1
d) 4:1
4. Equation of continuity is based on
a) conservation of mass
b) conservation of energy
c) conservation of linear momentum
d) conservation of angular momentum
5. Two hail stones with radii 1 : 2 fall from a great height through the
atmosphere. Their terminal velocities are in the ratio
a) 4:1
b) 2:1
c) 1:2
d) 1:4
6. In a horizontal pipe of non uniform cross section, water flows with a
velocity of 1 m/s at a point where the diameter of the pipe is 20 cm.
The velocity of water at a point where the diameter of the pipe is 5
cm is
a) 8 m/s
b) 16 m/s
c) 24 m/s
d) 32 m/s
7. A large open tank with a square hole of side 0.1 cm in the wall at the
depth of 0.2 m from the top is completely filled with a liquid. Taking
g = 10 m/s2, the rate of flow of the liquid through the hole will be
a) 4 cm/s
b) 3 cm/s
c) 2 cm/s
d) 1 cm/s
8. A spherical ball of radius r is falling in a viscous fluid of coefficient
of viscosity η with a velocity v. The retarding viscous force on the
spherical ball is
a) m s−1
b) m2 s−1
c) m s−2
d) s−1
10. For a streamline flow, Reynolds number (Rn) is
a) acute
b) obtuse
c) zero
d) 90°
12. Hydraulic lift is an application of
a) Bernoulli’s principle
b) surface tension
c) Pascal’s law
d) Stoke’s law
13. The formula for critical velocity in terms of Reynolds number is
Rn
a) vc =
ρ
η
b) vc =
Rn d
Rn η
c) vc =
ρd
η
d) vc =
Rn ρd
14. Dimensions of surface tension are
a) [ L1 M0 T−2]
b) [ L0 M1 T−2]
c) [ L0 M2 T−1]
d) [ L1 M1 T−2]
15. After the terminal velocity is reached, the acceleration of a body
falling through a fluid is
a) greater than g
b) less than g
c) equal to g
d) zero
Q.2 Answer the following: (1 mark each)
1. What will be the shape of the liquid meniscus for obtuse angle of
contact?
2. Write the formula for gauge pressure.
3. What is a streamline flow?
4. Define coefficient of viscosity.
5. State Bernoulli’s principle.