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Water hammer is caused, when water flowing in a pipe is suddenly brought to rest by closing the valve. The extent of pressure thus produced due to water hammer depends on the
A Pipe length
B Fluid velocity in the pipe
C Time taken to close the valve
D All of the above
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
A hammer and a screwdriver currently have the same price. If the price of a hammer rises by 6% and the price of a screwdriver goes up by 4%, how much more will it cost to buy 1 hammer and 1 screwdriver?
A 5%
B 10%
C 24%
D 40%
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
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 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
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
The magnitude of water hammer depends upon the
A Elastic properties of the pipe material
B Elastic properties of the liquid flowing through the pipe
C Speed at which the valve is closed
D All of the above
A pipe of 2 inch diameter fills a water tank in one hour. If the diameter of the pipe is 4 inch in what time will the pipe fill the same tank?
A 10 minutes
B 15 minutes
C 30 minutes
D 45 minutes

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