A. Constant
B. Variable
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. nor B.
Related Mcqs:
- A Rotameter through which air at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is flowing gives a certain reading for a flow rate of 100 cc/sec. If helium (molecular weight 4) is used and Rotameter shows the same reading, the flow rate (cc/sec) is__________________?
A. 26
B. 42
C. 269
D. 325 - A 2″ gate valve fitted in a pipe is replaced by a similar globe valve. Pressure drop in gate valve was Δp. For the same discharge, the pressure drop across globe valve is__________________?
A. Δp
B. < Δp
C. > Δp
D. Δp2 - Applying a pressure drop across a capillary results in a volumetric flow rate ‘Q’ under laminar flow conditions. The flow rate for the same pressure drop, in a capillary of the same length but half the radius is____________________?
A. Q/2
B. Q/4
C. Q/8
D. Q/16 - The pressure drop per unit length of pipe incurred by a fluid ‘X’ flowing through pipe is Δp. If another fluid ‘Y’ having both the specific gravity & density just double of that of fluid ‘X’, flows through the same pipe at the same flow rate/average velocity, then the pressure drop in this case will be__________________?
A. Δp
B. 2Δp
C. Δp2
D. Δp/2 - A gas (density = 1.5 kg/m3, viscosity = 2 × 10‒5 kg/m.s) flowing through a packed bed (particle size = 0.5 cm, porosity = 0.5) at a superficial velocity of 2 m/s causes a pressure drop of 8400 Pa/m. The pressure drop for another gas, with density of 1.5 kg/m3and viscosity of 3 × 10‒5kg/m.s flowing at 3 m/s will be________________?
A. 8400 Pa/m
B. 12600 Pa/m
C. 18900 Pa/m
D. 16800 Pa/m - The location of centre of pressure, which defines the point of application of the total pressure force on the surface, can be calculated by applying the principle of moments according to which “sum of the moment of the resultant force about an axis is equal to the sum of the components about the same axis”. The centre of pressure of a rectangular surface (of width ‘w’) immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid is at a depth of (where, y = depth of the liquid) ?
A. 1/(y/3)
B. 2y/3
C. 1/(y/4)
D. 3y/4 - Hydraulic _____________ works on the principle of Pascal’s law of transmission of fluid pressure?
A. Press
B. Turbine
C. Pump
D. Coupling - Which of the following relationship is valid for the equilibrium position of the float in a Rotameter? (Where, Df= Drag force on the float Bf = Buoyant force on the float Wf = Weight of the float)?
A. Df + Bf = Wf
B. Df = Bf + Wf
C. Df + Bf + Wf =0
D. None of these - Drag force on the float of a Rotameter is (where Q = flow rate of the)__________________?
A. ∝ Q
B. ∝ √Q
C. ∝ Q2
D. Constant - In case of a Rotameter, the density of the float material is _____________ that of the liquid it replaces?
A. More than
B. Less than
C. Equal to
D. Either A. or B.
