1.

A large tank filled with water to a height ‘h’ is to be emptied through a small hole at the
bottom. The ratio of time taken for the level of water to fall from h to h/2 and from h/2 to
zero is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
2. Spherical ball of ‘r’ is falling in a viscous fluid of viscosity ‘’ with a velocity
‘v’. The retarding viscous force acting on the spherical ball is

(a) Inversely proportional to ‘r’ but directly proportional to velocity ‘v’

(b) Directly proportional to both radius ‘r’ and velocity ‘v’
(c) Inversely proportional to both radius ‘r’ and velocity ‘v’
(d) Directly proportional to ‘r’ but inversely proportional to ‘v’
3. Water is flowing through a very narrow tube. The velocity of water below
which the flow remains a streamline flow is known as
(a) Relative velocity
(b) Terminal velocity
(c) Critical velocity
(d) Particle velocity
4. Two drops of the same radius are falling through air with a steady velocity of
5 cm per sec. If the two drops coalesce, the terminal velocity would be
(a) 10 cm per sec
(b) 2.5 cm per sec
(c) 5×(4)1/3 cm per sec
(d) 5 × cm per sec
5. A viscous fluid is flowing through a cylindrical tube. The velocity
distribution of the fluid is best represented by the diagram

(a) (b)

(c)
(d) None of these
6. What is the velocity v of a metallic ball of radius r falling in a tank of liquid
at the instant when its acceleration is one-half that of a freely falling body ?
(The densities of metal and of liquid are and respectively, and the
viscosity of the liquid is )
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
7. Bernoulli’s principle is not involved in the working explanation of
(a) Movement of spinning ball
(b) Carburetor of automobile
(c) Blades of a kitchen mixer
(d) Heart attack
(e) Dynamic lift of an aeroplane
8. A liquid is allowed to flow into a tube of truncated cone shape . Identify the
correct statement from the following

(a) The speed is high at the wider end and high at the narrow end
(b) The speed is low at the wider end and high at the narrow end
(c) The speed is same at both ends in a stream line flow
(d) The liquid flows with unit form velocity in the tube
9. The height of the dam, in an hydroelectric power station is 10 m. In order to
generate 1 MW of electric power, the mass of water (in kg) that must fall per
second on the blades of the turbine is

(a) 106
(b) 105
(c) 103
(d) 104
(e) 102
10. In the following fig. is shown the flow of liquid through a horizontal pipe.
Three tubes A, B and C are connected to the pipe. The radii of the tubes A,
B and C at the junction are respectively 2 cm, 1 cm and 2 cm. It can be said
that the

(a) Height of the liquid in the tube A is maximum

(b) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and B is the same
(c) Height of the liquid in all the three tubes is the same
(d) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and C is the same
11. Eight drops of a liquid of density and each of radius a are falling through
air with a constant velocity 3.75 cms-1. When the eight drops coalesce to
form a single drops the terminal velocity of the new drop will be

(a) 15 × 10-2 ms-1

(b) 2.4 × 10-2 ms-1
(c) 0.75 × 10-2 ms-1
(d) 25 × 10-2 ms-1
(e) 15 × 102 ms-1
12. In the figure, the velocity V3 will be

(a) Zero
(b) 4ms-1
(c) 1ms-1
(d) 3ms-1
(e) 2ms-1
13. Velocity of water in a river is
(a) Same everywhere
(b) More in the middle and less near its banks
(c) Less in the middle and more near its banks
(d) Increase from one bank to other bank
14. Two rain drops of same radii ‘r’, falling with terminat velocity ‘v’ merge
and form a bigger drop of radius R. The terminal velocity of the bigger drop
is
(a)

(b)

(c) v

(d) 2v
15. Bernoulli’s principle is based on the law of conservation of

(a) Angular momentum

(b) Linear momentum
(c) Mass
(d) Energy
16. Two rain drops falling through air have radii in the ratio 1 : 2. They will
have terminal velocity in the ratio

(a) 4 : 1
(b) 1 : 4
(c) 2 : 1
(d) 1 : 2
17. In which one of the following cases will the liquid flow in a pipe be most
streamlined
(a) Liquid of high viscosity and high density flowing through a pipe of small
radius
(b) Liquid of high viscosity and low density flowing through a pipe of small
radius
(c) Liquid of low viscosity and low density flowing through a pipe of large
radius
(d) Liquid of low viscosity and high density flowing through a pipe of large
radius
18. An engine pumps water continuously through a hose. Water leaves the hose
with a velocity v and m is the mass per unit length of the water jet. What is
the rate at which kinetic energy is imparted to water

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
19. An incompressible liquid flows through a horizontal tube as shown in the
following fig. Then the velocity v of the fluid is

(a) 3.0 m/s

(b) 1.5 m/s
(c) 1.0 m/s
(d) 2.25 m/s
20. Horizontal tube of non-uniform cross-section has radii of 0.1 m and 0.05 m
respectively at M and N for a streamline flow of liquid the rate of liquid
flow is
(a) Continuously changes with time
(b) Greater at M than at N
(c) Greater at N than at M
(d) Same at M and N
21. A cylinder of height 20 m is completely filled with water. The velocity of
efflux of water (in m/s) through a small hole on the side wall of the cylinder
near its bottom is

(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 25.5
(d) 5
22. There is a hole in the bottom of tank having water. If total pressure at
bottom is 3 atm (1 atm = 105 N/m2) then the velocity of water flowing from
hole is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d) None of these

23. A liquid flows in a tube from left to right as shown in figure . A 1 and A2 are
the cross-sections of the portions of the tube as shown. Then the ratio of
speeds v1/v2 will be
(a) A1 / A2

(b) A2 / A1

(c)

(d) /
24. The working of venturimeter is based on

(a) Torricelli’s law

(b) Pascal’s law
(c) Bernoulli’s theorem
(d) Archimede’s principle
(e) Stokes’s law
25. An application of Bernoulli’s equation for fluid flow is found in
(a) Dynamic lift of an aeroplane
(b) Viscosity meter
(c) Capillary rise
(d) Hydraulic press
26. The working of an atomizer depends upon

(a) Bernoulli’s theorem

(b) Boyle’s law
(c) Archimedes principle
(d) Newton’s law of motion
27. A small spherical ball falling through a viscous medium of negligible
density has terminal velocity v. Another ball of the same mass but of radius
twice that of the earlier falling through the same viscous medium will have
terminal velocity

(a) v
(b) v/4
(c) v/2
(d) 2v
28. In stream line flow of liquid, the total energy of liquid is constant at
(a) All points
(b) Inner points
(c) Outer points
(d) None of these
29. Two solid spheres of same metal but of mass M and 8M fall simultaneously
on a viscous liquid and their terminal velocities are v and nv, then value of
n is
(a) 16
(b) 8
(c) 4
(d) 2
30. Two helium filled balloons are floating next to each other at the ends of
strings tied to a table. The facing surfaces of the balloons are separated by 1
to 2cm. If you blow through the opening between the balloons, then

(a) They move away from each other

(b) They move towards each other
(c) They are unaffected
(d) Nothing can be said about their separation
31. Consider the following equation of Bernoulli’s theorem.
(constant)
The dimensions of K/P are same as that of which of the following
(a) Thrust
(b) Pressure
(c) Angle
(d) Viscosity
32. An incompressible fluid flows steadily through a cylindrical pipe which has
radius 2r at point A and radius r at B further along the flow direction . If
the velocity at point A is v, its velocity at point B is
(a) 2v
(b) v
(c) v/2
(d) 4v
33. Which of the following is not related to the Bernoulli’s principle
(a) Rise of a liquid column inside a capillary
(b) Operation of a venturimeter
(c) Lift provided to an aeroplane by the air
(d) Propelling force provided to an aeroplane by its propellers
34. Water falls from a tap, down the streamline

(a) Area decreases

(b) Area increases
(c) Velocity remains same
(d) Area remains same
35. A fluid is in stream line flow across of a horizontal pipe of variable area of
cross section.
For this which of the following statements is correct
(a) The velocity is maximum at the narrowest part of the pipe and pressure is
maximum at
the widest part of the pipe
(b) Velocity and pressure both are maximum at the narrowest part of the pipe
(c) Velocity and pressure both are maximum at the widest part of the pipe
(d) The velocity is minimum at the narrowest part of the pipe and the pressure
is minimum at the widest part of the pipe