Questions
State the principle on which a hydraulic press works.
- Archimedes principle
- Bernoulli's principle
- Pascals Law
- None of these
The principle of fluid pressure that is used in hydraulic brakes or lifts is that.
- pressure is the same at all levels in a fluid.
- increases of pressure are transmitted equally to all parts of a fluid.
- the pressure at a point in a fluid is due to the weight of the fluid above it.
- increases of pressure can only be transmitted through fluids.
In a hydraulic lift, used at a service station the radius of the large and small piston are in the ratio of 20 : 1. What weight placed on the small piston will be sufficient to lift a car of mass 1500 kg ?
- 3.75 kg
- 37.5 kg
- 7.5 kg
- 75 kg
Hydraulic press is based upon :-
- Archimede's principle
- Bernoulli's theorem
- Pascal's law
- Reynold's number
The working of hydraulic brakes is based on $Pascal's \ law.$
- True
- False
.......................... is used to lift or support heavy objects and work on Pascal's law.
- Hydraulic lift
- Hydraulic press
- Hydraulic brake
- All
A mechanical machine which is used to lift or compress large loads.
- hydraulic press
- hydraulic lifts
- hydraulic brakes
- none
................ works on the Pascal's law and is used in automobiles.
- Hydraulic press
- Hydraulic lift
- Hydraulic jack
- All
The pump tube of hydraulic press is of cross section area $a$ and is connected with a press tube of cross section area $A$ such that :
- $a>A$
- $A>a$
- $A=a$
- None of the above
Discharge of centrifugal pump is
- inversely proportional to diameter of its impeller
- inversely proportional to $diameter^2$ of its impeller
- directly proportional to (diameter)2 of its impeller
- directly proportional to diameter of its impeller
Hydraulic jacks works on which principle from below?
- the pressure in closed container is the same at all points
- the pressure in closed container is not same at all points
- the pressure in closed container is opposite at all points
- None
Power required to drive a centrifugal pump is directly proportional to __________ of its impeller.
- Cube of diameter
- Fourth power of diameter
- Square of diameter
- Diameter
The greater the differences in the areas of the cylinders, the greater the force output of the big cylinder for hydraulic jack. Fill in the gap
- Potential
- Kinetic
- Rotational
- Dynamic
The center of pressure of surface subjected to fluid pressure is the point
- on the surface at which resultant pressure acts
- on the surface at which gravitational force acts
- equal to volume of liquid displaced
- none
Which of the following pump is preferred for flood control and irrigation applications?
- Centrifugal pumop
- Axial Flow pump
- Mixed flow pump
- Reciprocating pump
Slip of a reciprocating pump is defined as
- Difference of theoretical discharge and actual discharge
- ratio of actual discharge to theoretical discharge
- ratio of theoretical discharge to actual discharge
- None
jacks can be categorized based on which types of forces from below
- Mechanical and hydraulic
- Mechanical and kinetic
- Kinetic and potential
- Hydraulic and rotational
The shaft in floor jack is vertical. Is the statement true or false
- True
- False
What does hydraulic jacks use to move oil through two cylinders?
- Pipe
- Wheel
- Pump Plunger
- Tube
How many commonly used hydraulic jacks are available?
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
An enclosed fluid under pressure exerts that pressure throughout its volume and against any surface containing it. Is the statement true or false
- True
- False
In the vacuum suspended system, the brakes are applied when
- Atmospheric pressure is applied to one side of diaphram
- Vacuum is applied to both sides of diaphram
- Atmospheric pressure is applied to both sides of diaphram
- Vacuum is applied to one side of diaphram
When two cylinder with different size like larger and smaller are kept together then though the pressure is same in both, still the force required is more for larger cylinder. Due to increase in which property?
- Area
- height
- Weight
- Volume
In a vacuum suspended unit, when the brakes are on , the piston and diaphragm has on both sides of it
- Atmospheric pressure
- Vacuum
- Hydraulic pressure
- Air pressure
What is a hydraulic jack?
- Device uses force to lift heavy objects
- Device uses force for pumping water
- Device uses force to pump air
- Device use to lower the harder objects
The type of braking system referred to as power brake makes use of
- Electromagents
- Compressed air
- Vacuum
- Compressed water
In the hydraulic braking system , the piston in the master cylinder is connected by mechanical linkage to the
- Wheel cylinders
- Brake shoes
- Brake pedal
- Wheel pedal
In the integral type of power brake , the diaphragm acts directly on the hydraulic piston in the
- Master cylinder
- Wheel cylinder
- Adjacent cylinder
- Multiplier unit
In the power assisted kind of brake the bellows applies force to master cylinder piston
- Through diaphragm linkage
- Directly
- Through mechanical linkage
- Through kinetic linkage
In Jeeps we use
- Mechanical brakes
- Hydraulic brakes
- Air brakes
- water brakes
In the air brake, air pressure is supplied by
- Engine manifold
- A compressor
- The diaphragm valve
- pump
Two general types of vacuum assisted power brakes are
- Vacuum suspended and power suspended
- Integral and pressure suspended
- Atmospheric and vacuum suspended
- Power and pressure suspended
If the system is not in free fall, which of the following statements is true about hydrostatic pressure?
- In a liquid, point at different depth can never be at the same pressure.
- In a liquid, point at different depth may be at the same pressure.
- In different liquids, points at different depths can be at the same pressure.
- In different liquids, points at the same depths can never be at the same pressure.
A hydraulic machine exerts a force of 900 N on a piston of diameter 1.80 cm. The output force is exerted on a piston of diameter 36 cm. What will be the output force?
- $12\times 10^4 N$
- $16\times 10^4 N$
- $36\times 10^4 N$
- $38\times 10^4 N$
A U-tube is partially filled with water. Oil which does not mix with water is next poured into one side, until water rises by $25;cm$ on the other side. If the density of oil is $0.8;g/cc$, the oil level will stand higher than the water level by
- $6.25\;cm$
- $12.50\;cm$
- $18.75\;cm$
- $25.00\;cm$
The area of the piston in hydraulic machine are $10cm^2$ and $225cm^2$. The force required on the smaller piston to support a load of $1000N$ on the larger piston.
- 44.44 N
- 55.55 N
- 33.33 N
- 4.44 N
Hydraulic machines work on the application of
- Pascal's law
- Newton's law
- Law of Gravity
- none of these
What should be the ratio of area of cross section of the master cylinder and wheel cylinder of a hydraulic brake so that a force of $15 N$ can be obtained at each of its brake shoe by exerting a force of $0.5 N$ on the pedal?
- $1: 60$
- $1: 30$
- $1: 15$
- $1: 45$
In a hydraulic lift, used at a service station the radius of the large and small piston are in the ratio of $20 : 1$. What weight placed on the small piston will be sufficient to lift a car of mass $1500 kg$ ?
- $3.75 kg$
- $37.5 kg$
- $7.5 kg$
- $75 kg$
To avoid vaporization in the pipe line, the pipe line over the bridge is laid such that it is not more than
- 2.4m above hydraulic gradient
- 6.4m above hydraulic gradient
- 10m above hydraulic gradient
- 1.4m above hydraulic gradient
A hydraulic press has a ram of 15 cm diameter and plunger is 1.5 cm. It is required to lift a weight of 1 tonne. The force required on plunger is
- 10kg
- 100 kg
- 1000 kg
- 1 kg
The maximum number of jets generally employed in an impulse turbine without jet interference are
- 6
- 5
- 7
- 8
In a typical hydraulic press, a force of 20 N is exerted on small piston of area 0.050 m2. What is force exerted by large piston on load if it has an area of 0.50 m2?
- 200N
- 100N
- 50N
- 10N
Principle of similitude forms the basis for:
- comparing two identical equipments
- designing models so that the result can be converted to prototypes
- hydraulic designs
- performing acceptance tests
- True
- False
A hydraulic press contains 0.25 $m^3$ (250 L) of oil. Find the decrease in volume of the oil when it is subjected to a pressure increase $\Delta p , = , 1.6 , \times , 10^7$ ,Pa. The bulk modulus of the oil is $B , = , 5.0 , \times ,10^9$ Pa.
- $-0.32 \%$
- $-1.32 \%$
- $-0.42 \%$
- $-1.42 \%$