Second GATE 20005 TRIAL EXAM

Sub: Hydrology, Soil mechanic and Fluid mechanics

Q. 1 to 30 carrying 1 mark each

1) Conversion of manometer height of liquid to pressure requires the
knowledge of _______
a) Density of liquid
b) Density of water only
c) Acceleration due to gravity and density of water
d) Acceleration due to gravity and density of liquid
2) Pressure loss through meter ‘A’ being less than meter ‘B’,
discharge coefficient
a) of meter B is higher than that of meter A,
b) of meter A higher than that of meter B
c) is equal for both A and B
d) is not function of pressure loss
3) Pressure loss through a butterfly valve are estimated by _______
a) expansion loss
b) Contraction loss
c) pipe friction loss
d) contraction and expansion loss
4) Recurrence interval is the average number of years during which
at least once on event of a given magnitude may be_________
a) equal
b) exceeded
c) equaled or exceeded
d) none of the above
5) pF of the soil is defined as the_________________
a) logarithmic to the base 10 of the soil moisture tension
b) logarithmic to the base 10 of atmospheric pressure
c) pH of soil it self
d) non of above
6) A self recording rainguage records___________
a) hourly depth of rain
b) snow melt
c) cumulative depth of rainfall
d) onset and occurrence of rainfall
7) Modified proctor test the water content dry density curves less
above the standard protector test curves due to
increased________________
a) Fall of rammer
b) cylinder diameter
c) weight of rammer
d) number of layer
8) The basic parameter considered in design of grass water are ______
a) type of soil
b) type of grass
c) channel slope
d) peak discharge
9) If 1 cm of water is added to ground water, water rise in ground
water table will be (drainable porosity of soil 10%) ______________
a) 1.0 cm
b) 10 cm
c) 0.1 cm
d) no change in the level of ground water table
10) In the rational formula Q = 0.0028 CIA, I is the intensity of rainfall
expressed in __________
a) mm per hr
b) cm per hr
c) m per hr
d) in per hour
11) The initial infiltration rate is at capacity if the intensity of
rainfall____________
a) less than the average rate of infiltration
b) less than the infiltration capacity of the soil
c) equal to or more than the infiltration capacity of soil
d) equal to or more than the average rate of infiltration
12) For most efficient hydraulic section of a rectangular channel the
bottom width is ________
a) equal to the depth
b) equal to half the depth
c) equal to 150 % of depth
d) equal to 200 % of depth
13) Water content of volumetric basis may be
Expressed as (w water content on weight basis Vs is volume of
solids V is total volume of soil mass and ¡ is particle density)
 a) wVs V/¡s
b) w Vs /V ¡s
c) w ¡s V/Vs
d) w ¡ V/Vs
14) A synthetic unit hydrograph can be developed for a basin
a) having a rain gauge net work but no stream gauging station
b) whose stream is being regularly gauged
c) over which no rain gauge and stream gauge station
are estimated
d) by taking the basin shape or in size
15) Muskingum method of flood routing is used for
a) hydraulic channel routing
b) hydraulic reservoir routing
c) hydrologic channel routing
d) solving Saint Venant equation
16) The energy of rain drop causing erosion is expressed in ____
a) M-Mg/ha-m
b) M-Mg/ha
c) M-t/ha
d) t/ha-m
17) The hydrologic equation states that
a) subsurface inflow is equal to subsurface outflow
b) the inflow into the basin is equal to the out flow from the
basin at any instant
c) the difference between inflow and outflow in the
storage
d) the water balance over the basin = åinflow -åout flow
18) In India the average annual rainfall (a a r) is computed based on
_____________
a) 10 year data
b) 35 year consecutive years data
c) 10 consecutive years data
d) 25 consecutive years data
19) The general form of intensity duration frequency relationship is
given by
a) i = kTx/tn
b) i = kTx
c) i = akTx
d) i = kTx /(b+t)n
20) A double mass analysis is made
 a) to detect any change in exposure of a station
b) to adjust the record data station to the change environment
c) to compute the a a r consistent with the changed
environment
d) for all the above purposes
21) Infiltration occurs at capacity rate
a) if there had been antecedent rate
b) if the intensity of rainfall is lower than the capacity rate
c) if the intensity of rain fall is lower than the capacity
rate
d) due to watershed leakage
22) Evaporation continues till
a) ew>eu
b) ew<eu
c) ew=eu
d) ew=0
23) The average infiltration rate is called as
a) infiltration index
b) basic intake rate
c) infiltration capacity
d) f-index
24) Given a hydrograph of inflow into the reservoir flood routing is the
process of determining _________
a) reservoir pool elevation
b) reservoir storage
c) hydrograph of outflow from the reservoir
d) all of above
25) An influent stream is due to _____________
a) effluent seepage from the basin
b) base flow
c) ground water table above the stream bed
d) a river crossing a desert area
26) Isohyetal method gives accurate mean aerial depth of
rainfall__________
a) in a plain country
b) in a gently slopping basin
c) I a undulating country
d) when the precipitation includes snowmelt
27) The period of direct runoff due to a unit storm is called as
 ___________
a) time base
b) lage time
c) Tc
d) time of peak
28) Under simulated rainfall condition, the measured infiltration rate is
lesser than the infiltration because of _____________
a) raindrop impact
b) turbidity created in overland flow
c) greater water depth
d) both a and b
29) Areas of Theissen polygon method are determined by the devices
a known as ________
a) planimeter
b) Sexant
c) Techometer
d) non of above
30) The process involvingf to decre3ase in the water content of a
saturated soil without replacement of the water by air is termed as
______________
a) Compression
b) Consolidation
c) Compaction
d) compressibility
Q. 31- 90 Carries two marks each.
31) A pipe and a square section channel, whose side is equal to the
diameter of the pipe are running full with weir. The ratio of
hydraulic radius of the pipe to that of the channel is
a) 1/3
b) ½
c) ¾
d) 1
32) A soil sample 75 mm in diameter and 150 mm in length is tested
in a falling head permeameter having 15 mm diameter stand pipe,
At the commencement of the test, the initial head is 1300 mm and
it drop to 800 mm after one hour, The coefficient of the
permeability of the soil is _______________
a) 1.88x10-7 m/s
b) 8.00x10-7 m/s
 c) 8.00x10-4 m/s
d) 9.25x10-3 m/s
33) Precipitation station was inoperative for part of a march during
which a storm occurred. The respective storm total surrounding
stations A, B and C were 107, 89 and 122 mm. The normal annual
precipitation amount of stations A, B C and D are respectively
1120, 935, 1200 and 978 mm. Estimated the storm precipitation
for station D.
a) 97.3 mm
b) 116.9 mm
c) 91.76 mm
d) 126.18 mm
34) Assertion: A) Rainfall records constitute the most and fundamental
data required for hydrological investigation
Reason : R) It required for reservoir regulation and fixing design
flood
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason
for (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct
reasons for (A)
c) Both (A) and (R) are false
d) is true but (R) is false
35) Match Group A with Group B (more than one in group B may fit)
Group A Group B
P. Evaporation 1.  - Index
Q. Infiltration rate 2. Rate of entry of rain water into soil
R. Coefficient of variation 3. Dalton law
S. Orographic 4. Optimum rain gauge network
precipitation
5. Western Ghat
6. Change in regims of rain gauge
station
A) P-3, Q-2, R-5, S-4
B) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-5
C) P-2, Q-3, R-5, S-4
D) P-3, Q-2, R-5, S-4
36) Match Group-A with Group B
Group-A Group-B
P. Channel routing 1. The change in shape of hydrograph
Q. Reservoir routing 2. The reservoir stage and stage
volume of outflow hydrograph for
inflow hydrograph
R. Outflow from reservoir 3. Q=Qsl+Qsp
S. Out flow from channel 4. Q2= CoI2+C1I1+C2O1
5. S=K[xI+(1-x)O]
A) P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-4
B) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-5
C) P-2, Q-3, R-5, S-4
D) P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4
37) Match the following pairs
Group A Group-B
P. 7 - 4.5 year 1. dry semi arid tropics
Q. 4.1 - 2 year 2. arid (semi deserts)
R. 2 - 1 Year 3. wet dry (semi – arid tropics)
S. 1 - 0 Year 4. arid (desert)
A) P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-4
B) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-5
C) P-2, Q-3, R-5, S-4
D) P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4
38) Match the following pairs
Group A Group B
P. Rainfall intensity vs – time 1 Hydrograph
.
Q. Cumulative discharge vs time in 2 Hyetograph
chronological order .
R. Accumulated Precipitation vs time 3 Flow duration curve
in chronological order .
S. Stream flow vs time in chronological 4 Flow mass curve
order .
T. Steam discharge vs percent time the 5 Mass curve of rainfall
flow in equaled or preceded .
A) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1, T-3
B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1, T-5
C) P-4, Q-2, R-5, S-1, T-3
D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5, T-3
 39) Match the following pairs
Group-A Group-B
P. Time to peak flow (TP) 1. (P-R)/tr
Q. Dicken's formula (Q) 2. Tp = D/2 + 0.6 Tc
R. Curve number (CN) 3. CN = 25400/(254+S)
S. Infiltration indices (W) 4. Q = CA0.75
5. Q = CA2/3
6. Tp = 0.02L0.77S-0.385
A) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1
B) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
C) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5
40) Match the following pairs
Group -A Group-B
P. Chezy's formula 1. Q = 0.65a (2gh)1/2
Q. Mannings formula 2. Q = 0.0186 LH3/2
R. Siphon 3. Q = a (R 2/3
S1/2)/n
S. Cipolitte notch 4. Q = a c (R S)1/2
5. Q = 0.0138 H 5/3

6. Q = 0.065 a (2gh)1/2
A) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
B) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
C) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-6
D) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-3
41) Match the following pairs
Group A Group B
P. Weibull 1. M/n
Q. Califarnia 2. M/(n + 1)
R. Hazen 3. (m – 3/8 ) / ( n + ¼)
S. Turkey 4. (2 m – 1) / n
5. M / (n – 1)
6. (3 m – 1 ) / ( 3 n + 1 )
A) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-5
B) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
C) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-6
D) P-2, Q-5, R-1, S-6
42) Match the following pairs
Group-A Group-B
 P. TRO 1. Qpeak – Bore flow
Q. UGO 2. DRO + BFO
R. Unit hydrograph 3. DRO / Pnet.
S. Ungauge stream 4. 1 cm of runoff
T. DRO 5. Synthetic unit hydrograph
6. Flood hydrograph
A) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1, T-3
B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1, T-5
C) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-5, T-1
D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5, T-3
Use following data for Q. 43 and 44.
There are 4 rain gauge stations existing in the catchment of a
river. The a.a.r values of these are 800, 620, 400 and 540 mm
respectively.
43)
The optimum number of rain gauge in the catchment are
_____________ if it is desired to limit the error in the mean values of
rainfall in the catchment to 10 %.
a) 7
b) 6
c) 8
d) 10
There are 4 rain gauge stations existing in the catchment of a
river. The a.a.r values of these are 800, 620, 400 and 540 mm
respectively.

44) ______of raingauge required to be installed.

A) 5,
B) 6
C) 4
D) 3
45) The isohyets for annual rainfall over a catchment basin were
drawn. The areas of strip between the isohyets are indicated below
in Table. The average depth of annual precipitation is _________

Isohyets, cm Area in sq km Isohyets, Area in sq

cm km
75-85 580 105-115 1000
85-95 2960 115-135 610
95-105 2850 135-155 160

A) 100
 B) 95
C) 98
D)99
Use following data for Q. 46 and 47.

The value of annual precipitation at rain gauge station expressed

in cm per year in chronological sequence from 1956 to 1967 as
follows 36.5, 29.0, 56.2, 82.0, 27.8, 23.4, 71.2, 48.3, 31.4, 18.1,
29.0, 65.0 respectively.
The ranking of station will be ________ by California method with
46)
recurrence interval of 5 years.
A) 2.4
B) 3.0
C) 3.5
D) 2.0
The value of annual precipitation at rain gauge station expressed
in cm per year in chronological sequence from 1956 to 1967 as
follows 36.5, 29.0, 56.2, 82.0, 27.8, 23.4, 71.2, 48.3, 31.4, 18.1,
29.0, 65.0 respectively.

47) The precipitation has been occurred with recurrence interval of 5

years ________ cm by using the statistical probability method.
A) 72.2 cm
B) 71.5 cm
C) 71.2 cm
D) 73.0 cm

Use following data for Q. 48 and 49.

The following figures present the rate of rainfall for successive 10
minutes period of a 60 minutes storm.

48)
A mass curve plotted using the above hyetograph. The peak of the
 mass curve is ________
A) 1.97 cm
B) 3.00 cm
C) 3.39 cm
D) 5.50 cm
The following figures present the rate of rainfall for successive 10
minutes period of a 60 minutes storm.

If the value of -index is 2 cm/hr. the runoff resulting due to the

49)
storm will be ____
A) 4 cm
B) 4.8 cm
C) 5.0 cm
D) 4.5 cm
50) Following velocities were recorded in a stream with a current
meter
Depth above 0 1 2 3 4
head, m
Velocity, m/s 0 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8
The discharge per unit width of stream near the point of
measurement is _______ at the point of 5 m
a) 3.25 m3/s
b) 3.0 m3/s
c) 4 m3/s
d) 2.5 m3/s
51) A basin has a n area of 26560n km2 and length of traveling along
stream is 230 km, what is the form factor of the basin
A) 115.47
B) 0.502
C) 1.99
D) none of above
52) The intensity duration frequency curves has to be fitted for duration
 of 50 minutes and for return period of rain is 25 years. Take value
of a, b, n and x as 16.45, 1.25, 0.156 and 1.032 respectively.
A) 406.54 cm/hr
B) 40.4 cm/hr
C) 540.09 cm/hr
D) 54.06 cm/hr
53) The maximum possible void ratio for a uniformly graded sand of
perfectly spherical grains is ______ per cent
A) 50
B) 47.6
C) 60.0
D) 40.0
54) What is the maximum capillary tension for a tube 0.05 mm in
diameter_____
A) 6.17 mm
B) 0.617 KN/m3
C) 6.05 KN/m3
D) none of above
55) Assertion: A) Darcy’s law is way to describe the state of flow within
the individual pores
Reason: R) Darcy’s law not represents the statistical
macroscopic equivalent of the Navier Stroke equations of motion
for the viscous flow of ground water
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct reason of
(A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct reason
of (A)
c) Both (A) and (R) are false
d) (A) is true but (R) is false
56) A course grained soil has a void ratio of 0.78 and specific gravity
as 2.67. Calculate the critical gradient at which quick sand
condition will occurs____
A) 1.00
B) 0.94
C) 0.90
D) 0.98

Use following data for Q. 57 and 58.

A cylinder of soil falls under in axial vertical stress of 160 KN/m 2,

when it is laterally unconfined , the failure plain makes an angle of
 50o with horizontal then,
57)
What is the value of cohesion
A) 6.7 kPa
B) 67.1 kPa
C) 0.671 kPa
D) 671.kPa
A cylinder of soil falls under in axial vertical stress of 160 KN/m 2,
when it is laterally unconfined , the failure plain makes an angle of
50o with horizontal then,
58) What will be the value of internal friction of the soil
A) 10o
B) 50o
C) 45o
D)1.192
59) A course grained soil has a void ratio of 0.78 and specific gravity
as 2.67. What is the critical gradient at which quick sand
conditions will occur____
A) 1.00
B) 0.90
C) 0.94
D) 0.89
60) Match the following pairs

Group ‘A’ Group ‘B’

P. Void ratio (e) 1. s/w
Q. Specific gravity (G) 2. Wsat G
R. Dry unit weight (d) 3. Gw/(1+e)
S. Porosity (n) 4. /(1+w)
5. e/(1+e)
A) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-1
B) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-5
C) P-4, Q-2, R-5, S-1
D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5
61) A soil has a bulk unit weight of 20 .00 KN/m 3 and water content of
15 per cent. Calculate the water content if the soil partially dried
to a unit weight of 19.42 KN/m3 and void ration remains
unchanged
A) %
B) 11 %
C) 20 %
D) 10 %
 Use following data for Q. 62 and 63.
What would be intensity of active earth pressure at depth of 8 m
62) in dry cohesion less sand with an angle of internal friction 30 o and
unit weight of 18 KN/m3
A) 1
B) ½
C) 1/3
D) 1/4
63) What would be intensity of passive earth pressure at depth of 8 m
in dry cohesion less sand with an angle of internal friction 30 o and
unit weight of 18 KN/m3
A) 4
B) 2
C) 1
D) 3

Use following data for Q. 64 to 66.

An isolated 3 hours storm occurred over an area of 120 ha as

below
Partial area of -index, Rainfall, cm
catchment, ha cm/hr 1 hr 2 hr 3 hr
36 0.90 0.5 2.4 1.3
18 1.10 0.90 2.1 1.5
66 0.5 1.0 2.0 0.9

64) What is the total rainfall on the catchments in the storm?

A) 1.4 cm
B) 4.11 cm
C) 1.41 cm
D) 14.1 cm
An isolated 3 hours storm occurred over an area of 120 ha as
below
Partial area of -index, Rainfall, cm
catchment, ha cm/hr 1 hr 2 hr 3 hr
36 0.90 0.5 2.4 1.3
18 1.10 0.90 2.1 1.5
66 0.5 1.0 2.0 0.9

Estimate the runoff from the catchment, if the -index, were

65)
remain at the same value
 A) 2.1 cm
B) 1.2
C) 12 cm
D) 21 cm
An isolated 3 hours storm occurred over an area of 120 ha as
below
Partial area of -index, Rainfall, cm
catchment, ha cm/hr 1 hr 2 hr 3 hr
36 0.90 0.5 2.4 1.3
18 1.10 0.90 2.1 1.5
66 0.5 1.0 2.0 0.9

66) What runoff of 3.3 cm is 3 hr uniformly spread all over the

catchment.
A) 11.7 cm
B) 111 cm
C) 20 cm
D) 1.17 cm
Use following data for Q. 67 to 71.

A soil sample has a porosity of 40 %. The specific gravity of solids

is 2.70.
67) What is void ratio
A) 0.70
B) 0.66
C) 0.60
D) 0.40
A soil sample has a porosity of 40 %. The specific gravity of solids
is 2.70.
68) Calculate dry density
A) 14.58 KN/m3
B) 15.58 KN/m3
C) 58.15 KN/m3
D) non of above
A soil sample has a porosity of 40 %. The specific gravity of solids
is 2.70.
69) What is Dry water content?
A) 12.4 %
B) 24.1 %
C) 14.4 %
D) none of above
A soil sample has a porosity of 40 %. The specific gravity of solids
 is 2.70.

70) Unit weight of soil if soil is 50% saturated

A) 17.85 KN/m3
B) 18.85 KN/m3
C) 20.85 KN/m3
D) none of above
A soil sample has a porosity of 40 %. The specific gravity of solids
is 2.70.
71) Unit weight of soil if it perfectly saturated
A) 18.85 KN/m3
B) 19.85 KN/m3
C) 19.81 KN/m3
D) 18.81 KN/m3
72) The capillary rise in the glass tube is not to exceed 0.2 mm of
water. Determine its minimum size, given that surface tension for
water in contact with air is 0.0725 N/m.
A) 13.5 cm
B) 14.8 cm
C) 16.1 cm
D) 4.52 cm
73) A rectangular plane surface is 2 m wide and 3 m deep. It lies in
vertical plane in water. Determine the total pressure on the plane
surface when its upper edge is horizontal and coincides with water
surface.
A) 66.26 KN
B) 75.23 KN
C) 88.29 KN
D) 99.33 KN
74) The diameters of a circular pipe at section 1 and 2 are 10 cm and
15 cm respectively. Find the velocity at section 2 if the velocity of
water at section 1 is 5 m/sec.
A) 3.33 m/s
B) 1.33 m/s
C) 7.99 m/s
D) 2.22 m/s
Use the following data for Q. 75 and Q. 76
A jet of water, issuing from sharp edged vertical orifice under a
constant head of 10 cm, at a certain point, has the horizontal and
 vertical co-ordinates measured from the vena-contracta as 20 cm
75)
and 10.5 cm respectively.
Find the value of Cv.
A) 0.903
B) 0.876
C) 0.976
D) 0.615
A jet of water, issuing from sharp edged vertical orifice under a
constant head of 10 cm, at a certain point, has the horizontal and
vertical co-ordinates measured from the vena-contracta as 20 cm
76)
and 10.5 cm respectively.
Find the value of Cc if Cd is 0.60.
A) 0.732
B) 0.892
C) 0.975
D) 0.615
Use the following data for Q. 77 and Q. 78
A rectangular orifice of 2 m width and 1.2 m deep is fitted in one
side of large tank. The water level on one side of the orifice is 3 m
above the top edge of the orifice, while on the other side of the
orifice, the water level is 0.5 m below the top edge. Given
77) Cd=0.64.
Calculate the discharge through submerged portion of orifice
A) 7.42 m3/s
B) 4.55 m3/s
C) 13.23 m3/s
D) 8.78 m3/s
A rectangular orifice of 2 m width and 1.2 m deep is fitted in one
side of large tank. The water level on one side of the orifice is 3 m
above the top edge of the orifice, while on the other side of the
orifice, the water level is 0.5 m below the top edge. Given
Cd=0.64.
78)
Calculate the total discharge through the orifice
A) 17.23 m3/s
B) 12.53 m3/s
 C) 10.53 m3/s
D) 16.69 m3/s
Use the following data for Q. 79 and Q. 80.
Water flows over a rectangular weir 1 m wide at a depth of 150
mm and afterwards passes through a triangular right-angled weir.
Given Cd for rectangular and triangular weir as 0.62 and 0.59
respectively.
79) Find the discharge over rectangular weir.
A) 0.106 m3/s
B) 0.235 m3/s
C) 0.355 m3/s
D) 0.555 m3/s
Water flows over a rectangular weir 1 m wide at a depth of 150
mm and afterwards passes through a triangular right-angled weir.
Given Cd for rectangular and triangular weir as 0.62 and 0.59
respectively.
80) Find the depth of flow over rectangular weir.
A) 0.123 m
B) 0.253 m
C) 0.357 m
D) 0.412 m
81) What should be the diameter of a droplet of water, if the pressure
inside to be 0.0018 kg/cm2 greater than outside. Given the value
of surface tension of water in contact with air at 20 0 as 0.0075
kg/m
A) 1.5 m
B) 1.57 m
C) 1.67 m
D) 1.7 m
82) A liquid compressed in a cylinder has a volume of 0.0113 m 3 at
6.87 x 106 N/m2 pressure and a volume of 0.0112 m 3 at 13.73 x
106 N/m2 pressure. What is bulk modulus of elasticity
A) 7.75 x 107 N/m2
B) 7.75 x 108 N/m2
C) 8.75 x 107 N/m2
D) 8.75 x 107 N/m2
83) If 5m3 of a certain oil weights 40 KN, calculate the specific weight,
mass density & specific gravity of this soil.
(A) 8000 N/m3, 815.49 Kg/m3, 0.815
(B) 9000 N/m3, 815 Kg/m3,0.815
(C) 8000 N/ m3, 946.54 Kg/ m3, 0.815
(D) 8000 N/ m3, 815.49 Kg/m3, 0.9
84) A venturimeter has it’s axis vertical, the inlet and throat areas
being 177 cm2 and 44 cm2 respectively. The throat is 22.5 cm
above the inlet and coefficient of discharge of meter is 0.96.
Petrol of specific gravity 0.78 flows through the meter at the rate
of 0.029 m3/sec. The pressure difference between the inlet and
throat is_________
A) 18.991 x 103 N/M 2

B) 10 x 105 N/M2
C) 14.12 N/M2
D) None of above
85) A siphon of dia. 200 mm connects two reservoirs having
difference of elevation of 15m. The total length of siphon is 600 m
and summit is 4 mm above the water level in the upper reservoir.
If the separation takes place at 2.8 m of water (abs.) Find the
maximum level of siphon from upper reservoir to summit . Take f
= 0.016, Pa = 11.3m of water, Neglect minor losses.
A) 185 m
B) 182 m
C) 180 m
D) 182.5
86) Convert a pressure head of 100 m of water to kerosene of specific
gravity 0.81
A) 100 m
B) 126.34 m
C) 123.46 m
D) 115.35 m
87) The velocity components in a two dimensional flow field for an
incompressible fluid are expressed as
 m = y3/3 + 2x – x2y ;

V = xy2 – 2y – x3 /3 then

A) It is a possible case of an irrotational

flow.
B) It is not a possible case of irrotational flow.
C) Data is insufficient to comment.

D) None of above.
88) A pilot static tube placed in the center of a 200 mm pipeline has
one orifice pointing upstream & the other perpendicular to it. If
the pressure difference between the two orifices is 40 mm of
water when the discharge through the pipe is 1365 liters per
minute, calculate the coefficient of pilot tube. Take the mean
velocity in pipe to be 0.83 times of central velocity.
A) 0.784
B) 0.884
C) 0.994
D) 0.924
89) Match the pairs
Group “A” Group “B”
P. Rotameter 1. Storing the energy of fluid in the
form of pressure energy
Q. Current meter 2. Used for measuring velocity of
fluids
R. Hot wire anemometer 3. Used for increasing pressure
intensity of fluid
S. Hydraulic accumulator 4. Used for measuring velocity of
gases
T. Hydraulic intensifier 5. Used for measuring discharge of
fluids
A) P-5, Q-4, R-2, S-1, T-3
B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1, T-5
C) P-5, Q-2, R-4, S-1, T-3
D) P-5, Q-4, R-2, S-1, T-3
90) Match the pairs
Group “A” Group “B”
P. The flow open channel is 1. Fe = 1
Laminar if
Q. The flow in open channel is 2. Fe < 1
turbulent if
R. Critical flow 3. Reynolds number is less than 500
S. Super critical flow 4. Fe > 1
T. Subcritical 5. Reynolds number is more than
2000
A) P-3, Q-5, R-1, S-4, T-2
B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1, T-5
C) P-5, Q-2, R-4, S-1, T-3
D) P-5, Q-4, R-2, S-1, T-3

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