CUET-PG SERIES
Water-engineering-and-management

Fluid Mechanics

14 previous year questions.

Volume: 14 Ques
Yield: Medium

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2025
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Chapter Questions
14 MCQs

01
PYQ 2024
medium
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The condition for irrotational flow is given by:
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02
PYQ 2024
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The gauge pressure at the surface of a liquid of density is . If the atmospheric pressure is , calculate the absolute pressure at a depth of .
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5.8145 bar
2
2.5245 bar
3
7.3242 bar
4
4.3647 bar
03
PYQ 2024
medium
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In a static fluid with as the vertical direction, the pressure variation is given by:
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04
PYQ 2024
medium
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1 Stoke is equal to:
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05
PYQ 2024
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What will be the maximum capillary rise for a tube having an internal diameter of mm, when it is held vertical with the bottom end dipped in pure water taken in a trough? Consider the temperature of water to be C, the value of surface tension ( ) is kN/m, and kN/m3.
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0.2974 m
2
0.3867 m
3
0.5671 m
4
0.6782 m
06
PYQ 2025
medium
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An open channel of symmetric right-angled triangular cross-section is conveying a discharge . If is the acceleration due to gravity, what is the critical depth for this channel?
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07
PYQ 2025
medium
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The sequent ratio in a hydraulic jump formed in a horizontal rectangular channel is 16.48. The Froude number of the Supercritical stream is:
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4.0
2
3.0
3
12.0
4
14.0
08
PYQ 2025
medium
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Which one of the following condition is a typical characteristics of critical flow? (Symbols have their usual meaning)
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09
PYQ 2025
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Match List-I with List-II

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(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
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(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
3
(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (V)
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(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
10
PYQ 2025
medium
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Dynamic viscosity of a fluid is 2.2 poise and specific gravity is 0.7. Then kinematic viscosity in SI units is:
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11
PYQ 2025
medium
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What are the support reactions at the fixed end of the cantilever beam of 3 m length as shown in the diagram below?
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120 kN, 120 kN-m
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120 kN, 240 kN-m
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240 kN, 120 kN-m
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120 kN, 60 kN-m
12
PYQ 2025
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A beam of triangular cross-section is subjected to a shear force of 50kN. The base width of the section is 250 mm and the height is 200 mm. The beam is placed with its base horizontal. The shear stress at the neutral axis will be nearly-
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1.2 N/mm
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3.2 N/mm
3
3.7 N/mm
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2.4 N/mm
13
PYQ 2025
medium
water-engineering-and-management ID: cuet-pg-
The failure theory which is the most conservative for ductile materials is
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Maximum principal stress theory
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Maximum shear stress theory
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Maximum shear strain energy theory
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Maximum principal strain theory
14
PYQ 2025
medium
water-engineering-and-management ID: cuet-pg-

Match List-I with List-II

1
(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (II)
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(A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)
3
(A) - (III), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
4
(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)