A vertical rectangular plane surface is submerged in water such that its top and bottom surfaces are 1.5 m and 6.0 m res-pectively below the free surface. The position of center of pressure below the free surface will be at a distance of________________?

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1. A right circular cylinder open at the top is filled with liquid and rotated about its vertical axis at such a speed that half the liquid spills out, then the pressure intensity at the center of bottom is___________________?

   A. zero
   B. one-fourth its value when cylinder was full
   C. one-half its value when cylinder was full
   D. cannot be predicted from the given data

2. The position of center of pressure on a plane surface immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid is______________?

   A. at the centroid of the submerged area
   B. always above the centroid of the area
   C. always below the centroid of the area
   D. none of the above

3. The depth ‘d’ below the free surface at which the point velocity is equal to the average velocity of flow for a uniform laminar flow with a free surface, will be_________________?

   A. 0.423 D
   B. 0.577 D
   C. 0.223 D
   D. 0.707 D

   where D is the depth of flow

4. The total pressure on a plane surface inclined at an angle 9 with the horizontal is equal to_______________?

   A. PA
   B. pA sin 9
   C. pA cos 9
   D. pA tan 9

   where p is pressure intensity at centroid of area and A is area of plane surface

5. Coefficient of discharge for a totally submerged orifice as compared to that for an orifice discharging free is__________________?

   A. slightly less
   B. slightly more
   C. nearly half
   D. equal

6. An open tank contains 1 m deep water with 50 cm depth of oil of specific gravity 0.8 above it. The intensity of pressure at the bottom of tank will be________________?

   A. 4 kN/m2
   B. 10 kN/m2
   C. 12 kN/m2
   D. 14 kN/m2

7. A rectangular block 2 m long, 1 m wide and 1 m deep floats in water, the depth of immersion being 0.5 m. If water weighs 10 kN/m3, then the weight of the block is________________?

   A. 5kN
   B. lOkN
   C. 15 kN
   D. 20 kN

8. The boundary layer thickness at a distance of l m from the leading edge of a flat plate, kept at zero angle of incidence to the flow direction, is O.l cm. The velocity outside the boundary layer is 25 ml sec. The boundary layer thickness at a distance of 4 m is__________________?

   A. 0.40 cm
   B. 0.20 cm
   C. 0.10 cm
   D. 0.05 cm

   Assume that boundary layer is entirely laminar

9. When a liquid rotates at a constant angular velocity about a vertical axis as a rigid body, the pressure intensity varies________________?

   A. linearly with radial distance
   B. as the square of the radial distance
   C. inversely as the square of the radial distance
   D. inversely as the radial distance

10. Due to each end contraction, the discharge of rectangular sharp crested weir is reduced by________________?

    A. 5%
    B. 10%
    C. 15%
    D. 20%