Civil Engineering Mcqs

Metacentric height is given as the distance between_______________?

(A) the center of gravity of the body andthe meta center

(B) the center of gravity of the body and the center of buoyancy

(C) the center of gravity of the body and the center of pressure

(D) center of buoyancy and metacentre

(D) none of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Poise is the unit of________________?

(A) surface tension

(B) capillarity

(C) viscosity

(D) shear stress in fluids

(D) buoyancy

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The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called__________________?

(A) upthrust

(B) buoyancy

(C) center of pressure

(D) all the above are correct

(D) none of above is correct

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The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are_______________?

(A) the meta-center should lie above the center of gravity

(B) the center of buoyancy and the center of gravity must lie on the same vertical line

(C) a righting couple should be formed

(D) all the above are correct

(D) none of the above is correct

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The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. This definition is according to____________________?

(A) Buoyancy

(B) Equilibrium of a floating body

(C) Archimedes’ principle

(D) Bernoulli’s theorem

(D) Metacentric principle

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as____________________?

(A) meta center

(B) center of pressure

(C) center of buoyancy

(D) center of gravity

(D) none of the above

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A liquid would wet the solid, if adhesion forces as compared to cohesion forces are_________________?

(A) less

(B) more

(C) equal

(D) less at low temperature and more at high temperature

(D) there is no such criterion

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


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A pressure of 25 m of head of water is equal to________________?

(A) 25 kN/m2

(B) 245 kN/m2

(C) 2500 kN/m2

(D) 2.5kN/m2

(D) 12.5 kN/m2

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Capillary action is due to the__________________?

(A) surface tension

(B) cohesion of the liquid

(C) adhesion of the liquid molecules and the molecules on the surface of a solid

(D) all of the above

(D) none of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal