Description : The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body due to its tendency to uplift the submerged body is called (A) Up-thrust (B) Reaction (C) Buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as (A) Meta center (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Center of gravity
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. This definition is according to (A) Buoyancy (B) Equilibrium of a floating body (C) Archimedes' principle (D) Bernoulli's theorem
Description : Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Description : Which principle states that when a body is partially or totally immersed in a fluid, it experiences an upward thrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it?
Last Answer : Archimedes
Description : 12. The tendency of a liquid to uplift a submerged body, because of the upward thrust of the liquid, is known as buoyancy. A) Agree B) Disagree
Last Answer : A
Description : The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Metacentre (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Center of gravity
Description : According to the principle of buoyancy a body totally or partially immersed in a fluid will be lifted up by a force equal to (A) The weight of the body (B) More than the weight of the body (C) Less than the weight of the body (D) Weight of the fluid displaced by the body
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Metacentre is the point of intersection of (A) Vertical upward force through e.g. of body and center line of body (B) Buoyant force and the center line of body (C) Midpoint between e.g. and center of buoyancy (D) All of the above
Description : Choose the wrong statement (A) Any weight, floating or immersed in a liquid, is acted upon by a buoyant force (B) Buoyant force is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced (C) The ... the center of buoyancy (D) Center of buoyancy is located above the center of gravity of the displaced liquid
Description : The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Description : 13. The centre of buoyancy is the centre of area of the immersed body. A) Correct B) Incorrec
Description : 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 ... liquid) (A) 1/(y/3) (B) 2y/3 (C) 1/(y/4) (D) 3y/4
Last Answer : (B) 2y/3
Description : Center of buoyancy is the (A) Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid (B) Center of pressure of displaced volume (C) Does not exist (D) None of the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : If there were no gravity, which of the following will not be there for a fluid? (1) Viscosity (2) Surface Tension (3) Pressure (4) Upward Thrust
Last Answer : (4) Upward Thrust Explanation: If there is no gravity, there will not be any upward thrust to keep a liquid buoyant. Whenever a body is placed in a fluid, the fluid applies resultant up ... gravity at the given place. Up thrust increases with increase in acceleration due to gravity and vice versa.
Last Answer : Upward Thrust
Description : The center of pressure of a surface subjected to fluid pressure is the point (A) On the surface at which resultant pressure acts (B) On the surface at which gravitational force acts (C) At which all hydraulic forces meet (D) Similar to metacentre
Description : The point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of depth (C) Centre of pressure (D) Centre of immersed surface
Description : A rectangular tank 10 m x 5 m in plan and 3 m deep is divided by a partition wall parallel to the shorter wall of the tank. One of the compartments contains water to a depth of 3 m, and the other a lighter ... pressure thrust on the partition wall is (a) 1000 kg (b) 1500 kg (c) 2000 kg (d) 2500 kg
Last Answer : Correct Answer is 15000 kg
Description : Metacentric height is given as the distance between (A) The center of gravity of the body and the metacentre (B) The center of gravity of the body and the center of buoyancy (C) The center of gravity of the body and the center of pressure (D) Center of buoyancy and metacentre
Description : When a body floating in a liquid, is displaced slightly, it oscillates about (A) C.G. of body (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are (A) The metacentre should lie above the center of gravity (B) The center of buoyancy and the center of gravity must lie on the same vertical line (C) A righting couple should be formed (D) All the above are correct
Description : The centre of percussions is a.The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a central axis b.The point of application of the resultant ... .The point in a body about which it can rotate horizontally and oscillates under the influence of gravity
Last Answer : a. The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a central axis
Description : The resultant of all normal pressures acts (A) At C.G. of body (B) At center of pressure (C) Vertically upwards (D) At metacentre
Description : Pick out the wrong statement: (A) The vacuum pressure is always the negative gauge pressure (B) The pressure of the liquid measured by a piezometer tube is the gauge pressure (C) Manometric ... point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as the centre of gravity
Last Answer : (D) The point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as the centre of gravity
Description : Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and (A) Water surface (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of gravity (D) Center of buoyancy
Description : For a floating body to be in stable equilibrium, its metacentre should be (A) Below the center of gravity (B) Below the center of buoyancy (C) Above the center of buoyancy (D) Above the center of gravity
Description : A body floats in stable equilibrium (A) When its meatcentric height is zero (B) When the metacentre is above e.g. (C) When its e.g. is below its center of buoyancy (D) Metacentre has nothing to do with position of e.g. for determining stability
Description : Choose the wrong statement (A) The center of buoyancy is located at the center of gravity of the displaced liquid (B) For stability of a submerged body, the center of gravity of body must ... the submerged body must lie at neutral equilibrium for all positions (D) All floating bodies are stable
Description : For a body floating in water, the apparent weight is equal to - (1) Actual weight of the body (2) Zero (3) Weight of the body minus weight of the liquid (4) Weight of the body plus upward thrust
Last Answer : (3) Weight of the body minus weight of the liquid
Description : The force exerted by a moving fluid on an immersed body is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum due to the presence of the body. This statement is called (A) Newton's law of motion (B) Newton's law of cooling (C) Newton's law of viscosity (D) Newton's law of resistance
Description : Center of percussion is (A) The point of C.G. (B) The point of metacentre (C) The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a certain axis (D) Point of suspension
Last Answer : (C) The point of application of the resultant of all the forces tending to cause a body to rotate about a certain axis
Description : Buoyant force is (A) Resultant force acting on a floating body (B) Equal to the volume of liquid displaced (C) Force necessary to keep a body in equilibrium (D) The resultant force on a body due to the fluid surrounding it
Description : Buoyant force is (A) The resultant force acting on a floating body (B) The resultant force on a body due to the fluid surrounding it (C) Equal to the volume of liquid displaced (D) The force necessary to maintain equilibrium of a submerged body
Description : Rain drops falling through atmospheric air attain limited terminal velocity, because of (A) Upward thrust due to air (B) Viscous force exerted by air (C) Surface tension effects of water (D) Force of gravity
Last Answer : Option B
Description : When a body, floating in a liquid, is given a small angular displacement, it starts oscillating about a point known as (A) Centre of pressure (B) Centre of gravity (C) Centre of buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : The two important forces for a floating body are (A) Buoyancy, gravity (B) Buoyancy, pressure (C) Buoyancy, inertial (D) Inertial, gravity
Description : Centre of pressure of a plane surface of arbitrary shape immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid (A) Lies above the centroid of the plane surface (B) Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid (C) Is different for different fluids (D) Is at the centroid of the plane surface
Last Answer : (B) Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid
Description : Deformation drag, which is caused by widespread deformation of fluid around the immersed body (A) Occurs when NRe is very small (B) Is primarily a friction drag (C) Is independent of body length (D) Depends mainly on cross-sectional shape
Last Answer : (A) Occurs when NRe is very small
Description : In an immersed body, centre of pressure is (A) At the centre of gravity (B) Above the centre of gravity (C) Below be centre of gravity (D) Could be above or below e.g. depending on density of body and liquid
Description : Archimedes principle states that a. when a body is inversed in a fluid, the fluid exerts a downward force on the body whose magnitude is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid b. ... fluid exerts a downward force on the body whose magnitude is lower than the weight of the displaced fluid.
Last Answer : when a body is inversed in a fluid, the fluid exerts a upward force on the body whose magnitude is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Description : Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the (A) Existence of thermal boundary layer (B) Temperature gradient produced ... difference (C) Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : The buoyancy depends upon the (A) Weight of the liquid displaced (B) Pressure with which the liquid is displaced (C) Viscosity of the liquid (D) Compressibility of the liquid
Description : Euler's dimensionless number relates the following (A) Inertial force and gravity (B) Viscous force and inertial force (C) Viscous force and buoyancy force (D) Pressure force and inertial force
Description : When a body is immersed wholly or partially in a liquid, it is lifted up by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced by the body. This statement is called (A) Pascal's law (B) (C) Principle of floatation (D) Bernoulli's theorem
Description : The force of buoyancy is always __________ the weight of the liquid displaced by the body. (A) Equal to (B) Less than (C) More than (D) None of these
Description : The body will float if the force of buoyancy is __________ the weight of the liquid displaced. (A) Equal to (B) Less than (C) More than (D) None of these
Description : The meatcentric height is the distance between the (A) Centre of gravity of the floating body and the centre of buoyancy (B) Centre of gravity of the floating body and the metacentre (C) Metacentre and centre of buoyancy (D) Original centre of buoyancy and new centre of buoyancy
Description : A submerged body is said to be in a stable equilibrium, if its centre of gravity __________ the centre of buoyancy. (A) Coincides with (B) Lies below (C) Lies above (D) None of these
Description : A body floating in a liquid is said to be in neutral equilibrium, if its metacentre (A) Coincides with its centre of gravity (B) Lies above its centre of gravity C) Lies below its centre of gravity (D) Lies between the centre of buoyancy and centre of gravity