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Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Centre of pressure compared to e.g. is______________?

  • (A)  above it
  • (B)  below it
  • (C)  at same point
  • (D)  above or below depending on area of body
  • (E)  none of the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The center of pressure of a surface subjected to fluid pressure is the point____________________?

  • (A)  on the surface at which resultant pres-sure acts
  • (B)  on the surface at which gravitational force acis
  • (C)  at which all hydraulic forces meet
  • (D)  similar to metacentre
  • (E)  where pressure equivalent to hydraulic thrust will act
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Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and___________________?

  • (A)  water surface
  • (B)  center of pressure
  • (C)  center of gravity
  • (D)  center of buoyancy
  • (E)  none of the above
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The resultant of all normal pressures acts_________________?

  • (A)  at e.g. of body
  • (B)  at center of pressure
  • (C)  vertically upwards
  • (D)  at metacentre
  • (E)  vertically downwards
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Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Working principle of dead weight pressure gauge tester is based on __________________?

  • (A)  Pascal’s law
  • (B)  Dalton’s law of partial pressure
  • (C)  Newton’s law of viscosity .
  • (D)  Avogadro’s hypothesis
  • (E)  Second law of thermodynamic
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Which of the following manometer has highest sensitivity __________________?

  • (A)  U-tube with water
  • (B)  inclined U-tube
  • (C)  U-tube with mercury
  • (D)  micro-manometer with water
  • (E)  displacement type
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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
  • (E)  weight of body plus the weight of the fluid displaced hy the body
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For a body floating in a liquid the normal pressure exerted by the liquid acts at _________________?

  • (A)  bottom surface of the body
  • (B)  e.g. of the body
  • (C)  metacentre
  • (D)  all points on the surface of the body
  • (E)  all of the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal