Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. Saving of work done and power by fitting an air vessel to double acting reciprocating pump is of the order of
- (A) 39.2%
- (B) 49.2%
- (C) 68.8%
- (D) 84.8%
2. If the net positive suction head (NPSH) requirement for the pump is not satisfied, then
- (A) No
flow will take place
- (B) Cavitation
will be formed
- (C) Efficiency
will be low
- (D) Excessive
power will be consumed
3. According to fan laws, at constant pressure, the speed capacity and power vary
- (A) Directly as the air
or gas density
- (B) Inversely as square
root of density
- (C) Inversely as density
- (D) As square of density
4. Which of the following turbine is preferred for a specific speed of 60 to 300 r.p.m.?
- (A) Pelton
wheel
- (B) Francis
turbine
- (C) Kaplan
turbine
- (D) None
of these
5. The angle of taper on draft tube is
- (A) Greater than 15°
- (B) Greater than 8°
- (C) Greater than 5°
- (D) Less than 8°
6. The width of the bucket for a Pelton wheel is generally ________ the diameter of jet.
- (A) Double
- (B) Three times
- (C) Four
times
- (D) Five times
7. Which place in hydraulic turbine is most susceptible for cavitations?
- (A) Inlet of draft rube
- (B) Blade inlet
- (C) Guide blade
- (D) Penstock
8. Discharge of a centrifugal pump is (where N = Speed of the pump impeller)
- (A) Directly
proportional to N
- (B) Inversely
proportional to N
- (C) Directly
proportional to N²
- (D) Inversely
proportional to N²
9. The discharge through a reaction turbine with increase in unit speed
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) Remain unaffected
- (D) First increases and
then decreases
10. The power produced by the reaction turbine is ________ to the head of water.
- (A) Directly
proportional
- (B) Inversely
proportional
- (C) 4th power
- (D) None
of these
11. The maximum number of jets, generally, employed in an impulse turbine without jet interference are
- (A) Two
- (B) Four
- (C) Six
- (D) Eight
12. Pressure intensifier increases the pressure in proportion to
- (A) Ratio of diameters
- (B) Square of ratio of
diameters
- (C) Inverse ratio of
diameters
- (D) Square of inverse
ratio of diameters
13. The specific speed from 160 to 500 r.p.m. of a centrifugal pump indicates that the pump is
- (A) Slow
speed with radial flow at outlet
- (B) Medium
speed with radial flow at outlet
- (C) High
speed with radial flow at outlet
- (D) High
speed with axial flow at outlet
14. For centrifugal pump impeller, the maximum value of the vane exit angle is
- (A) 10° to 15°
- (B) 15° to 20°
- (C) 20° to 25°
- (D) 25° to 30°
15. A hydraulic accumulator normally consists of
- (A) Two cylinders, two
rams and a storage device
- (B) A cylinder and a ram
- (C) Two coaxial rams and
two cylinders
- (D) A cylinder, a piston, storage tank and
control valve
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