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Civil Engineering Mcqs

Metacentric height is given as the distance between_______________?

  • (A)  the center of gravity of the body andthe meta center
  • (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
  • (E)  none of the above
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Poise is the unit of________________?

  • (A)  surface tension
  • (B)  capillarity
  • (C)  viscosity
  • (D)  shear stress in fluids
  • (E)  buoyancy
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The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called__________________?

  • (A)  upthrust
  • (B)  buoyancy
  • (C)  center of pressure
  • (D)  all the above are correct
  • (E)  none of above is correct
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The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are_______________?

  • (A)  the meta-center 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
  • (E)  none of the above is correct
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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
  • (E)  Metacentric principle
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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
  • (E)  none of the above
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A liquid would wet the solid, if adhesion forces as compared to cohesion forces are_________________?

  • (A)  less
  • (B)  more
  • (C)  equal
  • (D)  less at low temperature and more at high temperature
  • (E)  there is no such criterion
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A pressure of 25 m of head of water is equal to________________?

  • (A)  25 kN/m2
  • (B)  245 kN/m2
  • (C)  2500 kN/m2
  • (D)  2.5kN/m2
  • (E)  12.5 kN/m2
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Capillary action is due to the__________________?

  • (A)  surface tension
  • (B)  cohesion of the liquid
  • (C)  adhesion of the liquid molecules and the molecules on the surface of a solid
  • (D)  all of the above
  • (E)  none of the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal