FLUID MECHANICS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Q.1 Shear stress develops on a fluid element, if Q.7 Group-I contains the types of fluid while
the fluid Group-II contains the shear stress-rate of
(A) is a rest shear relationship of different types of
(B) if the container is subjected to uniform fluids, as shown in the figure.
linear
(C) is inviscid
(D) is viscous and the flow is non-uniform.
Q.2 Continuum approach in fluid mechanics is
valid when
(A) The compressibility is very high
(B) The viscosity is low
(C) The mean free path of the molecule is
much smaller compared to the
characteristics dimension
Group-I
(D) M >>, when M is the Mach number
P. Newtonian fluid
Q.3 A fluid is said to be Newtonian fluid when
Q. Pseudo plastic fluid
the shear stress is
R. Plastic fluid
(A) Directly proportional to the velocity
S. Dilatant fluid
gradient
Group-II
(B) Inversely proportional to the velocity
1. Curve 1
gradient
2. Curve2
(C) Independent of the velocity gradient
3. Curve 3
(D) None of the above
4. Curve 4
Q.4 If for a fluid in motion, pressure at a point is
5. Curve 5
same in all directions, then the fluid is
The correct match between Group I and
(A) A real fluid
Group II is
(B) A Newtonian fluid
(A) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5 (B) P-2, Q-5, R-4, S-1
(C) An Ideal fluid
(C) P-2, Q-4, R-5, S-3 (D) P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4
(D) A non-Newtonian fluid
Q.8 Condition of Maxwell No slip condition at
Q.5 A fluid is one which can be defined as a
rigid boundaries is applicable to
substance that :
(A) Flow of Newtonian fluid only
(A) Has that same shear stress at all points
(B) Flow of idea fluid only
(B) Can deform indefinitely under the
(C) Flow of all red fluids
action of the smallest shear force
(D) Flow of Non-Newtonian fluid only
(C) Has the small shear stress in all
Q.9 A fluid indicates the following shear stress
directions
and deformation rates
(D) Is practically incompressible
du 0 1 2 4
Q.6 With increase of temperature, viscosity of a (unit)
dy
fluid
(A) Does not change  (unit) 10 15 20 30
(B) Always increases Fluid is classified as,
(C) Always decreases
(A) Newtonian fluid (B) Bingham Plastic
(D) Increases, if he fluid is a gas and
(C) Dilatant fluid (D) Pseudo plastic
decreases, if it is a liquid
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Q.10 Q.16 In the phenomenon of cavitation, the
du 0 1 3 5 characteristic fluid property involved is
(unit) (A) Surface tension
dy
(B) Viscosity
 (unit) 0 6 18 30 (C) Bulk modulus of elasticity
(D) Vapour pressure
Fluid is classified as, Q.17 What is the capillary rise in a narrow two
(A) Bingham plastic (B) Dilatant dimensional slit of width ‘w’ ?
(A) Half of that in a capillary tube of
(C) Newtonian (D) Ideal
diameter ‘w’
Q.12 For a Newtonian fluid,
(B) Two-third of that in a capillary tube of
(A) Shear stress is proportional to shear diameter ‘w’
strain. (C) One-third of that in a capillary tube to
(B) Rate of shear stress is proportional to diameter ‘w’
shear strain (D) One-fourth of that in a capillary tube of
diameter ‘w’
(C) Shear stress is proportional to rate of
Q.18 Match List-I with List-II and select the
shear strain
correct answer using the codes given below
(D) Rate of shear stress is proportional to
the lists :
rate of shear strain.
List-I
Q.13 Dimension of surface Tension is A. Lubrication
N J B. Rise of sap in trees
(A) (B) C. Formation of droplets
m2 m
D. Cavitation
J W
(C) (D) List-II
m2 m
1. Capillary
Q.14 If angle of contact of a drop of liquid is 2. Vapour pressure
acute then, 3. Viscosity
(A) Adhesion > Cohesion 4. Surface tension
(B) Cohesion > Adhesion Codes :
A B C D
(C) Cohesion = Adhesion
(A) 2 4 1 3
(D) Adhesion and cohesion has No (B) 3 4 1 2
relationship with angle of contact. (C) 2 1 4 3
Q.15 Which of the following forces act on a fluid (D) 3 1 4 2
at rest? Q.20 In an experiment to determine the
1. Gravity force rheological behavior of a material, the
observed relation between shear stress,  ,
2. Hydrostatic force du
and rate of shear strain, is
3. Surface tension dy
0.5
4. Viscous force  du 
  0  c   . The material is
Select the correct answer using the codes  dy 
given below. (A) A Newtonian fluid
(B) A thyrotrophic substance
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 3 (C) A Binghan plastic
(C) 2 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4 (D) An ideal plastic
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Q.21 Assertion (A) : The mercury level inside the Q.26 Consider the following statements :
tube shall rise above the level of mercury In order to have cavitations,
outside 1. Local velocity is increased so that the
Reason (R) : The cohesive force between the local pressure is decreased below
vapour pressure
molecules of mercury is greater than the
adhesive force between mercury and glass 2. Elevation is kept so high that the local
pressure reduces below vapour
Q.22 The vapour pressure is the characteristic pressure
stat fluid property involved in the 3. General ambient pressure is increased
phenomenon of to a very high magnitude
(A) Water hammer in a pipe flow 4. Water hammer must occur in the
system
(B) Cavitation
Which of these statements are correct?
(C) Rise of sap in a tree (A) 2 and 3 (B) 12
(C) 1 and 2 (D) 1 and 4
(D) Spherical shape of rainwater drop
Q.27 Match List-I with List-II and select the
Q.23 Unlike the viscosity of liquids, the viscosity correct answer using the codes given below
of gases increases with increasing the lists :
temperature. This is due to List-I

(A) Increased cohesive force between the A. Concentrated sugar solution

molecules B. Sewage sludge
C. Blood
(B) Increased momentum transfer in the
D. Air
molecules
List-II
(C) Decreased momentum transfer in the 1. Dilatant fluid
molecules 2. Bingham plastic fluid
(D) Increases in both cohesive force and 3. Pseudo-plastic fluid
momentum transfer 4. Newtonian fluid
Codes :
Q.24 Statement (I) : A small insect can sit on the
A B C D
free surface of a liquid though insect's
(A) 1 2 3 4
density is higher than that of the liquid.
(B) 1 2 4 3
Statement (II) : Liquids have viscosity.
(C) 2 1 3 4
Q.25 Which of the following fluids exhibit a (D) 2 1 4 3
certain shear stress at zero shear strain rate Q.28 Which of the following fluids can be
following by a straingth line relationship classified as non-Newtonian?
between shear stress and shear strain rate?
1. Kerosene oil 2. Diesel oil
(A) Newtonian fluids 3. Human blood 4. Toothpaste
5. Water
(B) Ideal Bingham plastic fluids
Select the correct answer using the codes
(C) Pseudo-plastic fluids given below :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4
(D) Dilatent fluids
(C) 2 and 5 (D) 1 and 5
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Q.29 The following items consists of two
statements; one labelled as ‘Assertion (A)’
and the other as 'Reason (R)’.You are to
examine these two statements carefully and
select the answers to these items using the
codes given below :
Assertion (A) : At the standard
temperature, the kinematic viscosity of air is
greater than that of water at the same
temperature.
Reason (R) : The dynamic viscosity of air at
standard temperature is lower than that of
water at the same temperature.
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Q.31 A cubic block of side ‘L’ and mass ‘M’ is
dragged over an oil film across table by a
string connects to a hanging block of mass
‘m’ as shown is fig. The Newtonian oil film
of thickness ‘h’ has dynamic viscosity '  '
and the flow condition is laminar. The
acceleration due to gravity is ‘g’ The steady
state velocity ‘V’ of block is :

Codes :

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the M gh

(A) M g2h (B)
correct explanation of A L 
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not a (C) m g 2h (D) m g h
correct explanation of A L 

(C) A is true but R is false Q.32 A lightly loaded full journal bearing has
journal diameter of 50 mm, bush bore of
(D) A is false but R is true
50.50 mm and bush length of 20 mm. If
Q.30 Match List-I with List-II and select the rotational speed of journal is 1200 rpm and
correct answer using the code given below average viscosity of liquid lubricant is 0.3
the lists: Pa-sec, the power loss (in Watt) will be :
List-I (A) 37 (B) 74
(C) 118 (D) 237
A. Specific Gravity
Q.33 A journal bearing has a shaft diameter of 40
B. Coefficient of viscosity mm and a length of 40mm. The shaft is
C. Kinematic viscosity rotating at 20 rad/s and the viscosity of the
lubricant is 20 MPa-s. The clearance is 0.020
D. Stress
mm. The loss of torque due to the viscosity
List-II of the lubricant is approximately :

1. M 0 L2T 1 2. M 0 L0T 0 (A) 0.040 Nm (B) 0.252 Nm

(C) 0.400 Nm (D) 0.652 Nm
3. ML1T 1 4. ML1T 2
Q.34 Oil in a hydraulic cylinder is compressed
Codes : from an initial volume 2m3 to 1.96 m3 . If
A B C D the pressure of oil in the cylinder changes
from 40 MPa to 80 MPa during
(a) 2 3 1 4
compression, the bulk modulus of elasticity
(b) 4 3 1 2 of oil is_________.
(c) 2 1 3 4 (A) 1000 MPa (B) 2000 MPa
(C) 4000 MPa (D) 8000MPa
(d) 4 1 3 2
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Q.35 In a simple concentric shaft-bearing
arrangement, the lubricant flows in the 2
mm gap between the shaft and the bearing.
The flow may be assumed to be a plane
couette flow with zero pressure gradient.
The diameter of the shaft is 100 mm and its
tangential speed is 10 m/s. the dynamic
viscosity of the lubricant is 0.1 kg/ms. The
frictional resisting force (in newton) per 100
mm length of the bearing is__________.
Q.36 An incompressible fluid [Kinematic
m2
viscosity 7.4 107 , specific gravity 0.88]
s
is held between two parallel plates. If the
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Q.39 A thin plate is placed between two flat
surfaces h cm apart such that the viscosity
of liquid on the top and bottom of the plate
are 1 and  2 respect. Determine the
position of the thin plate such that the
viscous the position of the thin plate such
that the viscous resistance to uniform
motion of the thin plate is minimum.
Assume h to be very small.

top plate is moved with a velocity of 0.5

m Q.40 A cylindrical shaft of 90 mm diameter
s rotates about a vertical axis inside a fixed
while the bottom one is held stationary, the cylindrical tube of length 50 cm & 96 mm
fluid attains a linear velocity profile in the internal dia. If the space between the tube
gap of 0.5 mm between these plates find the and shaft is filled by a lubricant of dynamic
shear stress in ( Pa) on the surface of viscosity 2 poise. Determine the power
(i) Top plate required to overcome the viscous resistance
(ii) Bottom plate when the shaft is rotated at a speed of 240
(iii) at a distance of 0.3 mm from the rpm.
bottom plate
Q.37 A plate of are 0.125 m2 is pulled at a velocity
of 0.25 m/s with respect to another
stationary parallel plate 0.15 m distance
from it. The space between the plates
containing liquid of viscosity 8.6 poise. Find
the force necessary to maintain this velocity
and also power required for the same .
Assume velocity distribution in the gap is Q.41 A circular disc of radius R is kept at a small
3 height above a fixed bed by means of a
u  y  y 2 , in which u is velocity in m/s
4 layer of oil of viscosity . If the disc is
and y is in m rotated at an angular velocity . Expression
Q.38 A 90 N rectangular solid block slides down for viscous torque on the disc is __________.
a 300 inclined plane. The plane is lubricated
by a 3 mm thick film of oil of relative
density 0.90 and viscosity 8 poise. If the
contact area is 0.3 m2 estimate the terminal
velocity of the block.
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Q.42 If the surface tension at air-water interface Q.55 A spherical water drop of 1 mm in diameter
is 0.073 N/m. What is the pressure splits up in air into 64 smaller drops of
difference between inside & outside of an equal size. The work required in splitting
air bubble of diameter 0.01 mm. up the drop is
Q.43 Estimate the excess press over the ambient (A) 0.96 106 J (B) 0.69 106 J
in the following cases.
1. Inside a rain drop or spherical droplet (C) 0.32 106 J (D) 0.23  106 J
of water of diameter 2.5 mm Q.56 Let C1 be the velocity of pressure wave
2. inside a cylindrical jet of water of 3.5 travelling along rigid pipe carrying water
mm in diameter
with its bulk modulus 2.16 109 N/m2 . Let
N
Take ()air-water interface  0.073 C2 be the velocity of pressure wave
m
travelling along a rigid pipe carrying oil of
Q.44 In an experiment, the tip of a glass tube
relative density 0.600 with its bulk modulus
with an internal diameter of 2 mm is
as 1.296 109 N/m2 through a similar pipe.
immersed to a depth of 1.50 cm into a liquid
C
of specific gravity 0.85. Air is forced into the What will be the ratio 1 ?
tube to form a spherical bubble just at the C2
lower end of the tube estimate the surface (A) 0.01 (B) 0.1
tension of liquid if the air pressure in the
(C) 1.0 (D) 10.0
bubble is 200 N/m2
Q.45 Calculate the work done in blowing a soap Q.57 The velocity distribution in a laminar flow
bubble of diameter 12 cm. Assume the adjacent to solid wall is given
surface tension of soap bubble is 0.040 N/m u  3.0sin(5y) . The viscosity of the fluid is
Q.52 The pressure inside a soap bubble of 50 mm 5 poise. What is the shear stress at a section
diameter is 25 N/m above the atmospheric (i) y  0.5m (ii) y  0.12m ?
pressure. The surface tension in soap film (A) 16.7 N/m2 and 6.1 N/m2
would be
(A) 0.156 N/m (B) 0.312 N/m (B) 33.4 N/m2 and Zero
(C) 0.0624 N/m (D) 0.078 N/m (C) 16.7 N/m2 and 12.3 N/m2
Q.53 In a differential manometer, a head of 0.5 m
of fluid A in limb 1 is found to balance a (D) 16.7 N/m2 and Zero
head of 0.3 m of fluid B in limb 2. The Q.58 The surface tension in a soap bubble of
atmospheric pressure is 760 mm of mercury. 50 mm diameter with its inside pressure
The ratio of specific gravities of A to B is : being 2.5 N/m2 above the atmospheric
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.6
pressure is
(C) 2 (D) 4
(A) 0.0125 N/m (B) 0.0156 N/m
Q.54 A 25 cm long prismatic homogeneous solid
floats in water with its axis vertical and 10 (C) 0.2 N/m (D) 0.312 N/m
cm projecting above water surface. If the
same solid floats in some oil with its axis
vertical and 5 cm projecting above the
liquid surface, then the specific gravity of
the oil is
(A) 0.55 (B) 0.65
(C) 0.75 (D) 0.85