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The power transmitted through the pipe is maximum when the head lost due to friction is equal to
A One-fourth of the total supply head
B One-third of the total supply head
C One-half of the total supply head
D Two-third of the total supply head
The horse power transmitted through a pipe is maximum when the ratio of loss of head due to friction and total head supplied is
A $$\frac{1}{3}$$
B $$\frac{1}{4}$$
C $$\frac{1}{2}$$
D $$\frac{2}{3}$$
A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:
A 6 hours
B 10 hours
C 15 hours
D 30 hours
If Hg is the gross or total head and hf is the head lost due to friction, then net or effective head (H) is given by
A $${\text{H}} = \frac{{{\text{Hg}}}}{{{\text{hf}}}}$$
B H = Hg × hf
C H = Hg + hf
D H = Hg - hf
A water tank with 64-gallon capacity is filled by pipe A and emptied by pipe B. If the rate of water flow through pipe A is 2 gallons per hour, how many gallons per hour should flow through pipe B so that when both pipes are open, the initially empty tank shold be full in exactly 96 hours?
A 3/8
B 4/3
C 2/3
D 8/3
Water flows into an empty 64-gallon drum through pipe A and flows out through pipe B. If the rate of flow through A is 2 gallons/hour, how many gallons per hour must flow out through pipe B so that the drum is full in exactly 96 hours?
A 3/8
B 1/2
C 2/3
D 4/3
Pipe A can fill an empty cistern in 4 hours while along with Pipe B it can fill it up in 3 hours. Only Pipe A is turned on for an hour after which Pipe B is also turned on. How much total time will it take to fill up the cistern?
A 3 hrs 20 min
B 3 hrs 25 min
C 3 hrs 15 min
D 3 hrs
When the back pressure of a nozzle is below the designed value of pressure at exit of nozzle, the nozzle is said to be
A Choked
B Under-damping
C Over-damping
D None of these
Pipe A alone can fill a tankin 8 hours .Pipe B can fill it in 6 hours . If both the pipes are operated and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in.
A 6 hours
B 3 1/2 hours
C 4 hours
D 1 1/2 hours
A pipe fills a tank in P minuties and another pipe fills the tank in Q minutes. A different pipe makes the tank empty in R minutes. If all these three pipe are opened then in how many minutes the tank will be full?
A p+q-qpqr
B pq+pr-pqpqr
C pq+qr-prpqr
D pqrqr+pr-pq

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