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Category: Hydraulic Machines
Multistage centrifugal pumps are used to obtain___________________?
A. high discharge
B. high head
C. pumping of viscous fluids
D. high head and high discharge
E. high efficiency
Runaway speed of a hydraulic turbine is_________________?
A. full load speed
B. the speed at which turbine runner will be damaged
C. the speed if the turbine runner is allowed to revolve freely without load and with the wicket gates wide open
D. the speed corresponding to maximum overload permissible
E. none of the above.
According to fan laws, for the fans having constant wheel diameters, the power demand varies_______________?
A. directly as fan speed
B. square of fan speed
C. cube of fan speed
D. square root of fan speed
E. none of the above
Axial flow pump is started with its delivery valve________________?
A. kept fully closed
B. kept fully open
C. irrespective of any position
D. kept 50% open
E. none of the above
In axial flow fans and turbines, fluid enters and leaves as follows________________?
A. radially, axially
B. axially, radially
C. axially, axially
D. radially, radially
E. combination of axial and radial
Reciprocating pumps are no more to be seen in industrial applications (in comparison to centrifugal pumps) because of____________________?
A. high initial and maintenance cost
B. lower discharge
C. lower speed of operation
D. necessity of air vessel
E. all of the above
When a piping system is made up primarily of vertical lift and very little pipe friction, the pump characteristics should be _________________?
A. horizontal
B. nearly horizontal
C. steep
D. first rise and then fall
E. none of the above
Centrifugal pump is started with its delivery valve __________________?
A. kept fully closed
B. kept fully open
C. irrespective of any position
D. kept 50% open
E. none of the above
The specific speed of turbine is defined as the speed of a unit___________________?
A. of such a size that it delivers unit dis-charge at unit head
B. of such a size that it delivers unit dis-charge at unit power
C. of such a size that it requires unit power per unit head
D. of such a size that it produces unit horse power with unit head
E. none of the above
The discharge through a reaction turbine with increase in unit speed____________________?
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unaffected
D. first increases and then decreases
E. first decreases and then increases
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