Quiz: Mechanical Engineering
Exam: UPSSSC JE
Topic: Fluid mechanics
Each question carries 1 mark
Negative marking: 1/3 mark
Time: 10 Minutes
Q1. Practical fluids
(a) are viscous
(b) possess surface tension
(c) are compressible
(d) possess all the properties
L1Difficulty 3
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Q2. In a static fluid
(a) resistance to shear stress is small
(b) fluid pressure is zero
(c) linear deformation is small
(d) only normal stresses can exist
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Q3. If no resistance is encountered by displacement, such a substance is known as
(a) fluid
(b) ideal fluid
(c) gas
(d) perfect solid
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Q4. The volumetric change of the fluid caused by a resistance is known as
(a) Volumetric strain
(b) volumetric index
(c) compressibility
(d) adhesion
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Q5. Density of water is maximum at
(a) 0°C
(b) 0°K
(c) 4°C
(d) 100°C
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Q6. Fluid is a substance that
(a) cannot be subjected to shear forces
(b) always expands until it fills any container
(c) has the same shear stress at a point regardless of its motion
(d) cannot remain at rest under action of any shear force.
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Q7. Fluid is a substance which offers no resistance to change of
(a) pressure
(b) flow
(c) Shape
(d) Volume
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Q8. A fluid is said to be ideal, if it is
(a) incompressible
(b) inviscous and incompressible
(c) viscous and incompressible
(d) inviscous and compressible
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Q9. An ideal flow of any fluid must fulfil the following
(a) Newton’s law of motion
(b) Newton’s law of viscosity
(c) Pascal’s law
(d) Continuity equation
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Q10. Mercury does not wet glass. This is due to property of liquids known as
(a) adhesion
(b) cohesion
(c) surface tension
(d) viscosity
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SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans (d)
S2. Ans (d)
Sol. A fluid at rest can have only normal stresses, since a fluid at rest cannot resist a shear stress. In this case, the sum of all the forces must balance the weight of the fluid element. This condition is known as hydrostatics. Here, pressure is the only normal stress which exists.
S3. Ans (b)
S4. Ans (c)
S5. Ans (c)
S6. Ans (d)
Sol. A fluid is a substance that continuously deforms under an applied shear force.
S7. Ans (c)
S8. Ans (b)
S9. Ans (d)
S10. Ans (c)
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