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Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics MCQs

Practice multiple choice questions on Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics for SSC JE and other civil engineering exams: fluid properties, hydrostatics, pressure measurement, fluid flow, orifices, pipe and open-channel flow, flow measurement, hydraulic machines and buoyancy. Every question has a detailed worked explanation.

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Each topic is split into parts of about 15 questions.

Properties of Fluid

Density, specific weight, viscosity, surface tension, capillarity and compressibility.

6 parts · 80 questionsStart practice →
Hydrostatic Pressure

Pressure at a point, Pascal's law, and total pressure and centre of pressure on surfaces.

2 parts · 28 questionsStart practice →
Measurement of Pressure

Manometers, piezometers, Bourdon gauges, and absolute and gauge pressure.

3 parts · 38 questionsStart practice →
Fundamentals of Fluid Flow

Types of flow, continuity equation, Bernoulli's theorem and momentum equation.

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Orifices

Hydraulic coefficients, small and large orifices, and time of emptying tanks.

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Flow Through Pipe

Darcy–Weisbach, major and minor losses, pipes in series and parallel, and water hammer.

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Flow Through Open Channel

Chezy and Manning formulas, most economical sections, specific energy and hydraulic jump.

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Flow Measurement

Venturimeter, orifice meter, Pitot tube, notches and weirs.

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Hydraulic Machines

Turbines and pumps, specific speed, efficiencies and cavitation.

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Buoyancy and Flotation

Archimedes' principle, metacentre, metacentric height and stability of floating bodies.

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